Game of Thrones Season 8 Pitch Meeting - Revisited!

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  • @LightofJoshua
    @LightofJoshua Рік тому +4279

    What also kills me about this is the ENTIRE FANBASE would have waited patiently for a honorable ending to the show

    • @jonnnnniej
      @jonnnnniej Рік тому +270

      Dumb and Dumber had to make a shitty Star Wars movie 😭 I'm still mad

    • @TinKnight
      @TinKnight Рік тому +126

      I mean... they're still waiting for GRRM to release the last 2 books despite it having been over 13 years since he started on Book 6. I don't know that we'd have been THAT patient for the show, but making Seasons 7 & 8 full seasons would've gone a LONG way towards alleviating the criticism that it was a botched & rushed job (plus, you know, sequencing improvements & story improvements & making their biggest episode of the entire small-screen show visible on more than 5% of small screens)

    • @caseyhart4999
      @caseyhart4999 Рік тому +97

      If they had properly ended the show it would have gone a long way towards giving George more time and patience to finish the books. As things stand George will likely never finish and so the ending of the show will forever be the canon ending and I myself just cannot forgive that.

    • @bulbafett5001
      @bulbafett5001 Рік тому

      Well they did kinda fuck themselves itno a corner with Sansa, Arya, Jon, Caetlyn, Littlefinger, Basically everything Tyrion does in Essos. I mean ditching Arya's Warging? collapsing Jeyne Poole's stories onto Sansa without a lick of reasoning behind why Littlefinger woudl fuck up that badly? All the smart political masters suddenly eating lead paint chips for the off season till they're retarded.

    • @jackroberts2704
      @jackroberts2704 Рік тому

      Those two shit heads blew it. It's unlikely GRRM will finish the books, but he had the ending planned out. Even if the show couldn't adapt it 1:1, they could have took their time to have it at least make sense.

  • @AngryCenturion576
    @AngryCenturion576 Рік тому +1846

    4 years later and the pain still feels fresh

    • @almostlifesize.
      @almostlifesize. Рік тому +8

      I basically just commented the same thing, but you worded it so much better 😂

    • @lpc3109
      @lpc3109 Рік тому +7

      I fell asleep during the ending, never even bothered to re-watch it. I think falling asleep in the first 15 minutes of the last episode of a show like that says a lot.

    • @jezusmylord
      @jezusmylord Рік тому +4

      thats why we here

    • @TheONE10X
      @TheONE10X Рік тому +2

      The books gots me through my first year on mission in Aghanistan. Thousands of pages read and I couldn't wait for the rest. When the HBO show came out I was very apprehensive, however a battle buddy had the dvds so I gave it a chance. By season two I knew they were not going to honor the source material and abandoned ship after the second episode. Glad I did, but not at all happy with what they did to one of the greatest stories I have read. Still wondering if G.R.R. Martin can get off his ass and save his masterpiece. Him and Patrick Rothfuss....

    • @darklighter66
      @darklighter66 Рік тому +1

      4 years?

  • @larrylutz6825
    @larrylutz6825 Рік тому +1104

    The “5 pairs of sunglasses” line was so accurate. I legit thought something was wrong with my tv at how dark the scenes were!

    • @tessdurberville711
      @tessdurberville711 Рік тому +2

      Did you try turning up the brightness?
      We have watched it on our smart tv, smartphones, laptop, and tablet and never had that problem.

    • @jase276
      @jase276 Рік тому

      Sounds more like a GoT problem if someone could watch literally everything else fine but then needs to turn the brightness up for one GoT episode. Especially when every other GoT episode was fine. It's obvious that they purposefully made it dark. @@tessdurberville711

    • @hackerweirdo8914
      @hackerweirdo8914 Рік тому +18

      @larrylutz6825
      yeah, I had to turn up brightness on my monitor which is what I almost never do

    • @jojopro6590
      @jojopro6590 Рік тому +33

      @@tessdurberville711Idk what amazing screens or eyes you have.I have my phone on full brightness and I couldn’t see anything again in this pitch meeting. Just black screens with barely visible silhouettes. So I can vaguely see what’s probably going on but no details at all.

    • @pk6546
      @pk6546 Рік тому

      @@tessdurberville711 Thats what the show runners said, for a tv show episode that it should be watch in high end product. Most phones and tablet have high quality oled screens. for lcd monitor or screens which most people still have it doesnt look good. When media with higher budget manage to look adequate on any screens or tv.

  • @ellicel
    @ellicel Рік тому +1106

    "The Council of Surviving Characters" is among my favorite lines from Ryan and will never grow old!! 😂

    • @csorfab
      @csorfab Рік тому +11

      Agreed, I was ugly laugh-crying the first time I've heard it due to the sheer absurdity and sadness and anger I'd been feeling because of the last two seasons

    • @kjohns99
      @kjohns99 Рік тому +31

      My very favorite is, Who has a better story than Bran? Arguably any other character.
      Something about the delivery kills me.

    • @mile_high_topher
      @mile_high_topher Рік тому +7

      @@csorfab Ryan has reignited my anger and sadness.

    • @LimitedCheetah
      @LimitedCheetah Рік тому +6

      The bearers of plot armor, sitting on the council of surviving characters, shall elect the "best" king.

    • @Wintermute909
      @Wintermute909 Рік тому +1

      I reckon it was George who said that....Ryan just wrote it!

  • @MrDuzaman
    @MrDuzaman Рік тому +947

    Season 8 hurts even more because when I think about re-watching GoT I can't get the ending out of my head.

    • @selardohr7697
      @selardohr7697 Рік тому +32

      I have that feeling a lot when production companies remake, reboot, or endlessly sequel shows/ movies i used to love. It's frustrating.

    • @romeisburning6739
      @romeisburning6739 Рік тому +71

      Yeah it totally kills the whole show.

    • @axiss5840
      @axiss5840 Рік тому +55

      ​@alandoane9168Because the rest of the seasons are still great

    • @mranderson7932
      @mranderson7932 Рік тому +57

      yeah agree. Sometimes I feel like watching it again but then remember how it ended and that it was all for nothing

    • @jdodd1210
      @jdodd1210 Рік тому +26

      I just rewatched. Burned through 1-6, slowed down on 7, and couldn't even finish the first episode of 8. But it really is worth the rewatch until then

  • @bellenber
    @bellenber Рік тому +348

    Love how the Producer is like..."You can have more episodes". I feel this exact conversation happened.

    • @7PlayingWithFire7
      @7PlayingWithFire7 Рік тому +65

      It did. It's confirmed that dumb and dumber wanted to be done, but also wanted all of the credit for the whole show

    • @dike174
      @dike174 Рік тому +39

      Yep. Even before the final season came out, there were reports that HBO executives were asking Dumb and Dumber if they legit needed more episodes.

    • @morse8026
      @morse8026 5 місяців тому +4

      @@7PlayingWithFire7 Why didn't HBO just sack dumb and dumber and get a new showrunner in.

  • @Deondre_Clark
    @Deondre_Clark Рік тому +3927

    Never has a show gone from cultural phenomenon to completely forgettable in such a short time

    • @pigeonpoo1823
      @pigeonpoo1823 Рік тому +161

      Pitch Meeting is not forgotten!
      Oh, GOT. Yeah, yeah i get what you mean now

    • @lukeford9803
      @lukeford9803 Рік тому +34

      don’t question consume

    • @armoredchimp
      @armoredchimp Рік тому +148

      It's so true. I still think seasons 1-4 were phenomenal but I kind of doubt I will ever re-watch them

    • @kidunderabridge
      @kidunderabridge Рік тому +128

      @@armoredchimp it feels all so pointless to invest that much time in something that the creators didn't respect the time we committed to watching it. Sad because I also think back on the glory days, but I would rather watch something that cares and has a fulfilling conclusion

    • @fanthonyfictions
      @fanthonyfictions Рік тому +13

      Much like the cast and writers.
      I heard such'n such is in the new thingy magigy.
      Who?
      You know, that character from GoT.
      Oh... yea no.

  • @robinswolfs4969
    @robinswolfs4969 Рік тому +869

    But how can you destroy one of the best shows ever made in one season?
    David Benioff and D.B. Weiss saying together in harmony: "Super easy, barely an inconvenience"

    • @boobah5643
      @boobah5643 Рік тому +81

      It wasn't _just_ the last season. Even before they outran the books it was obvious that they didn't understand the story Martin was trying to tell, and once they had things like 'travel time' and 'distance' just stopped being things in the show, despite Westeros being the size of Europe and most everybody being unable to travel faster than a sailboat or horse.

    • @Kumagoro42
      @Kumagoro42 Рік тому +47

      @@boobah5643 "the story Martin was trying to tell" and which, to add insult to injury, he'll never finish. So the GoT ending will remain forever as the only ending of A Song of Ice and Fire.

    • @gaszwyn449
      @gaszwyn449 Рік тому +29

      @@boobah5643They kinda just stripped away all the fantasy horror aspects of the books with the exception of the White Walkers.

    • @jamielondon6436
      @jamielondon6436 Рік тому +4

      @@Kumagoro42 Clearly you are not familiar with fanfiction. ;-)

    • @BrowncoatFairy
      @BrowncoatFairy Рік тому +35

      to be fair it had been going downhill since about season 5 or 6, but there's a big difference between the "going downhill" of 5/6/7 and the "completely falling off a cliff" of season 8.

  • @majed8192
    @majed8192 Рік тому +200

    The fact that the line about Danny forgetting about the iron fleet is word for word from what David Benioff actually said is the most halarious part of the pitch meeting for me 😂

  • @kaib6998
    @kaib6998 Рік тому +1414

    It's really painful to watch something that's supposed to be a parody and hear him say literally the same things the actual showrunners said.

    • @Cipherman360
      @Cipherman360 Рік тому +89

      "So Dani is sitting there all sad with her starbucks"
      "Did you say Starbucks?"
      "Yep"
      😂

    • @LuisSierra42
      @LuisSierra42 Рік тому +45

      It was my first pitch meeting and also the one i've watched the most. It helped me cope with the disappointment

    • @bingobongo1615
      @bingobongo1615 Рік тому +80

      She kind of forgot the iron fleet but they certainly haven’t forgotten her…
      The stupidest thing I have ever heard…

    • @duncanlutz3698
      @duncanlutz3698 Рік тому +39

      I'm just surprised Ryan didn't work in the "Themes are for 8th grade book reports" line. Benioff, one of the showrunners, outright said that in an interview for one of the earlier seasons...
      We should have known.

    • @infinitelybanta
      @infinitelybanta Рік тому +18

      I just got done writing that I think the plot points in season 8 could have worked if they were fleshed out, and I think that even applies to Dany forgetting about the fleet. If they had shown her descent into madness and then the characters were in disbelief about her foolish decision making, even something as seemingly stupid as that could have been okay.

  • @kerravon4159
    @kerravon4159 Рік тому +264

    That GOT season 8 pitch meeting was so spot-on accurate I think it was incredibly cathartic for a lot of disappointed fans.

    • @jamielondon6436
      @jamielondon6436 Рік тому +4

      The beginning of my years long healing journey, yes!

    • @PaolaRL
      @PaolaRL Рік тому +2

      Accurate!

  • @HartSickle
    @HartSickle Рік тому +218

    "Her nephew doesn't wanna sleep with her."
    Always my favorite quote from this one.

    • @batmanwins5701
      @batmanwins5701 9 місяців тому +4

      If she was my auntie I'd make an exception 😉

  • @memecity9849
    @memecity9849 Рік тому +3519

    The best thing about season 8 being so bad is the comedy gold we got from it from people bashing it

    • @premiumheadpats4150
      @premiumheadpats4150 Рік тому +10

      Fair!

    • @Alvaro89Rus
      @Alvaro89Rus Рік тому +20

      Star Wars VIII

    • @ZarRaj
      @ZarRaj Рік тому +61

      I felt so betrayed by season 8. It was like Lost all over again. On the plus side, it torched my taste for GOT so much that I don't even miss it, unlike my favorite space western.

    • @SunMcLob
      @SunMcLob Рік тому +5

      r/freefolk rise up

    • @AceMoonshot
      @AceMoonshot Рік тому +11

      I like how you think. The positivity of seeing the Silver Lining.
      Wish my natural inclination was to do that, too.

  • @gor9027
    @gor9027 Рік тому +1985

    GOT Season 8 is one of the very few times the Internet has been completely united on ripping something popular.

    • @noway3202
      @noway3202 Рік тому +57

      I wouldn't say completely united. There was that cringy spinoff of the asoiaf subreddit who made a circlejerk community that tried really hard to pretend the final season was a masterpiece and that people were just hating on it because it was popular. Basically your standard schizophrenic hipsters

    • @elliotwatson3964
      @elliotwatson3964 Рік тому +22

      very true. I know its opinion based on whether people liked it or not, but I actually disagree. If anyone enjoyed season 8 then they clearly wern't paying attention to characters on screen

    • @velkonemriam1935
      @velkonemriam1935 Рік тому +29

      It takes a special kind of negligence to turn an entire fan base into a unity of anger and rage against something.

    • @tessdurberville711
      @tessdurberville711 Рік тому +3

      46m people watched the finale. Only 1.8m signed the petition to remake the final (started mainly to insult Benioff and Weiss).

    • @harish123az
      @harish123az Рік тому +35

      @@tessdurberville711 You genuinely believe all 46m are online and sign petitions? I hate the last season, I didnt sign the petition. But look at the critics rating, the audience rating. By every single measure the finale was a failure.
      Its easy to call someone just a hater, but there is near unanimous consensus that they screwed the pooch in the last season.

  • @ClaraDunning
    @ClaraDunning Рік тому +408

    I was such a massive fan of GoT until that last season, and when I saw your Pitch Meeting it perfectly encapsulated why I hated it. I share the Pitch Meeting to anyone who wonders why I hated the ending so much. Thank you again for your service!

    • @matthewleahy4363
      @matthewleahy4363 Рік тому +22

      So glad those clowns lost their star wars deal cause of it

    • @shepardice3775
      @shepardice3775 Рік тому +19

      Season 7 was basically just as bad. I had the fortune (or misfortune) of basically binging the whole show in a few weeks and was also somewhat familiar with the books. After they stopped being a faithful adaptation, which happened somewhere through season 4, the quality started declining. Season 6 was solid despite that but 5 and especially 7 & 8 sucked ass.

    • @Native_Creation
      @Native_Creation Рік тому +2

      GoT is still good, and even the last couple of seasons could have been good if executed better. D&D executed it in a different way and manner of speaking.

    • @desmondbrown2813
      @desmondbrown2813 Рік тому +4

      I sent this to any and everyone. And shared it multiple time. Ryan's pitch meeting was the PERFECT response to the dreck Dumb & Dumber tried to feed us. From cultural phenomenon to forgettable trash in 6 episodes. Understanding it slid in quality after season 5 we were still willing to forgive if it finished well. What an absolute waste.

    • @xancypillosi9497
      @xancypillosi9497 Рік тому

      R u dumb. Anyone who is a true thrones fan, knows why. Fool

  • @JonathonFyck
    @JonathonFyck Рік тому +408

    “I really want this to be over” was basically the entire vibe of the final season of Game of Thrones

    • @Kumagoro42
      @Kumagoro42 Рік тому +27

      They should have ended it with a freeze frame after Drogon causes something to blow up, and the superimposed text: "Daenerys Targaryen, age 24, gave herself up to the authorities after the incident. She is now serving a life sentence."

    • @orterves
      @orterves Рік тому +7

      Note: Bran the Broken died on the way back to his home planet

    • @bohemianharpsicord4294
      @bohemianharpsicord4294 Рік тому +7

      That's literally what happened, the show runners wanted to work on other stuff but didnt want to hand the reigns over to someone else to they just ended it as quick as possible. HBO even offered them more episodes and seasons and they turned it down.

    • @scottslotterbeck3796
      @scottslotterbeck3796 Рік тому

      20 episodes would have been perfect.

  • @Realdrlipschitz
    @Realdrlipschitz Рік тому +4162

    Never has a show fallen harder from grace

    • @Bossfightmedia
      @Bossfightmedia Рік тому +69

      Peak reason why you should never strife to write like someone else. xD And why HUMONGOUS multiple-part series are not something to be taken lightly.

    • @DevilWearsAdidas
      @DevilWearsAdidas Рік тому +56

      I'm so damn glad it did, too. To me, it was pornhub dnd, as corny as it could be with random sex scenes that didn't need to exist. I'm so damn glad to hear how badly it ended because I honestly couldn't stand it. Everyone kept asking me about it like it's necessary for anyone that does play dnd to watch it, it was just so incredibly hollywooded that I just wished it would burn in a fire. Glad to see it actually did.

    • @StuartQuinn
      @StuartQuinn Рік тому +24

      Never seen Arrested Development?

    • @newrev9er
      @newrev9er Рік тому +135

      ​@@DevilWearsAdidas...that's certainly an opinion.

    • @Cursed_Mark
      @Cursed_Mark Рік тому +115

      @@DevilWearsAdidas "it could be with random sex scenes that "
      Were an important part of the source material.
      "Everyone kept asking me about it "
      Oh, heavens forfend. You're the real Azor Ahai for having to endure such hardship.

  • @xenwraithtealix1075
    @xenwraithtealix1075 Рік тому +107

    I liked how for the GoT season 8 pitch meeting, he used actual quotes from the showrunners

  • @pawanmirchandani83
    @pawanmirchandani83 Рік тому +369

    This man really aged himself ~35 years for, like, three seconds of video. Truly a committed content creator.

    • @Cludnugget
      @Cludnugget Рік тому +68

      No, he de-aged himself for the rest of the video. Remember he's been time traveling since the 90s.
      (Now I think about it it doesn't actually matter what decade you begin time traveling because.. y'know.. time travel.. Whatever, he's old now because of time travel.)

    • @kingmalcolm8695
      @kingmalcolm8695 Рік тому +15

      Wait. Are you saying that's _not_ a cameo of his grandpa?

    • @TheGorque
      @TheGorque Рік тому +6

      I thought that was just David Lynch?

    • @Anudist
      @Anudist Рік тому +2

      Pretty sure that's Tim Allen as Santa.

    • @Kinodawker
      @Kinodawker Рік тому +6

      Yeah. It’s so cool that he waited so long before starting his channel for a 3 second joke, even though he already recorded all these videos

  • @ericz9527
    @ericz9527 Рік тому +216

    Seeing behind the scenes footage of Ryan not talking during the other Ryan's dialogue is TIGHT

  • @Athena-vs4cv
    @Athena-vs4cv Рік тому +205

    Only Ryan is capable of reigniting my GoT Season 8 anger, then soothing it in the most wholesome, funny way possible 😄 Thanks for your many hours of hard work producing the pitch meetings Ryan 👏👏👏

    • @CorePathway
      @CorePathway Рік тому +1

      It’s the final stage of grief: Ryan helps us ACCEPT that this actually happened, and justifies our grief by summarizing how much of a departure and disappointment this season was from what we spent almost a decade loving.

  • @carlrood4457
    @carlrood4457 Рік тому +317

    I kind of like how the undead can break out of massive stone crypts, but the one from the previous season couldn't get out of a wood box.

    • @Divertedflight
      @Divertedflight Рік тому +26

      Good point.

    • @rafetizer
      @rafetizer Рік тому +42

      Budget cuts at Winterfell that year. Plaster of Paris was quietly used in place of a hewn stone sarcophogus.

    • @Arldavis
      @Arldavis Рік тому +25

      No, cuz these were STARK undead! Highly powerful! 😅

    • @0cidd0
      @0cidd0 Рік тому +17

      Yeah people saying that was dumb to hide in the crypt, but as far they knew the walkers couldn’t get throw a wooden box. And the last stark dead in the crypt was ned, 8 years ago probably just his head the was body cremated i think, so should be very weak, and before ned, lyanna? Around 18 years ago? Her still have a body?

    • @sabinopereira1631
      @sabinopereira1631 Рік тому +3

      ​@@0cidd0logic? In my dragon show?

  • @latue87
    @latue87 Рік тому +150

    That season 8 pitch meeting was so cathartic. I'm glad it exists

    • @bassmunk
      @bassmunk Рік тому +1

      In the interview he did with Jabby, that's exactly what he said about making it. And I'd say that that's exactly why it was so popular, cuz it was equally as therapeutic for everyone else lol We all needed it! hahaha

  • @thebratqueen
    @thebratqueen Рік тому +86

    It's wild to think that the more time passes the more people will forget that so much of what producer guy is saying was actually what D&D were told. They could've had all the time and money they wanted but they turned it down because they were already thinking about their next series. It became something like karmic payback that the next series never happened.

    • @thelittlemoonling
      @thelittlemoonling Рік тому +2

      Well said

    • @M24071
      @M24071 Рік тому

      yup and now they are basically begging people to watch their new Netflix show which ironically is also based on books it does look decent but i can't bring myself to support those morons

    • @MaxHohenstaufen
      @MaxHohenstaufen 5 місяців тому

      Who's D&D and what would its next series be, if you don't mind me asking?

    • @dissuede6949
      @dissuede6949 5 місяців тому +3

      ​@@MaxHohenstaufen The two moronic showtunners of GoT. They single-handedly ruined the entire final season because they wouldn't let anyone else write/run/make descisions except themselves, and they just wanted to end it as fast as possible.
      That is why we got what we got for an ending. A rushed, half-assed mess of disjointed action sets and absolutely abysmal dialogue. When the season absolutely tanked and everyone hated it they lost the chance to direct their upcoming Star Wars project, which was the entire reason that they rushed GoT season 8 inbthe first place. So, basically, everybody lost.
      Courtesy of David Benioff and Dan Weiss.

    • @MaxHohenstaufen
      @MaxHohenstaufen 5 місяців тому

      @@dissuede6949 Oh, thanks for explaining. Well, at least it looks like there was some poetic justice in the end, they denied people of a proper ending to their beloved series, but were denied what they wanted to direct as a result.

  • @Jaster_Mereel
    @Jaster_Mereel Рік тому +406

    That "being off screen" invincibility is still hilarious

    • @bigpictureguys8415
      @bigpictureguys8415 Рік тому +2

      So true

    • @denisl2760
      @denisl2760 9 місяців тому

      We had main characters die left and right in earlier seasons, then during the main battle only Jorah, Theon, and Lyanna dies. Why didn't Brienne and Tormund die? Their story was over at that point.

  • @Coastfog
    @Coastfog Рік тому +466

    Ryan put more thought into his Q&A workflow bit than Weiss & Benniof into season 8.

    • @john2g1
      @john2g1 Рік тому +6

      Sick burn ❤️‍🔥

    • @dingross
      @dingross Рік тому +3

      True that

    • @NephritduGrey
      @NephritduGrey Рік тому +5

      I mean they're called Dumb and Dumber for a reason.

    • @gm2407
      @gm2407 Рік тому +4

      GRRM spent more time on rewriting one chapter than those two did writing all of season 8.

  • @tolstoy143
    @tolstoy143 Рік тому +122

    “Would you like some more time? You can have it…”
    “…no!”
    That facial expression at 4:10 makes me lol every time!

  • @glitchparallax4215
    @glitchparallax4215 Рік тому +274

    "The Council Of Surviver Characters"
    is now on my favorite lines of Ryan pitch meetings list!! 😂😂😂

    • @scottslotterbeck3796
      @scottslotterbeck3796 Рік тому +2

      Yeah, I burst out laughing at that. Sometimes a line is perfect. That was one of those times.

  • @emforsa
    @emforsa Рік тому +315

    This episode was how I got introduced to pitch meetings...I remember being frustrated with GOT ending so much I wanted to know what others felt about it too 😂

    • @qzbnyv
      @qzbnyv Рік тому +12

      Yesss. Though for me it was "The Last Jedi" that brought me into the Pitch Meeting world.

    • @WombatMan64
      @WombatMan64 Рік тому +11

      And after being introduced to PM, going through the back catalogue was super easy, barely an inconvenience.

    • @jennifere.pergola598
      @jennifere.pergola598 Рік тому +9

      Same here! I thought the video was fantastic, and then jumped down the Pitch Meeting rabbit hole soon afterward! 😆

    • @mile_high_topher
      @mile_high_topher Рік тому +6

      @@WombatMan64 Ryan's back catalogue is TIGHT.

    • @sabee3064
      @sabee3064 Рік тому +6

      Me too lol! So something good came out of that final season.

  • @desmondbrown2813
    @desmondbrown2813 Рік тому +41

    This was the first experience with this sketch, and it was so absolutely amazingly accurate and on point I've never left. And after 7 seasons this was the most cathartic thing ever. Needed ALL OF IT! THANK YOU! SCREW YOU Dan & Dave!!!

    • @beesmitty3435
      @beesmitty3435 Рік тому

      Check out glidus channel he was my therapy after the show..
      Imo it was the whole bring an undead and show cersei so she joins forces w us that took the show off the logical rails and it never gets back on track.

  • @dfolz1101
    @dfolz1101 Рік тому +183

    Ryan managed to touch on every major grievance the fans had in like 5 minutes and only a few days after the shows conclusion 😂

    • @Chronically_ChiII
      @Chronically_ChiII Рік тому +1

      He didn't talk about how every major military expert is a complete pants on the head retard.
      "You put the siege balistas IN FRONT OF THE WALL??"
      "You... charged the cavalry without flanking it... IN COMPLETE DARKNESS? That's not how you use cavalries! "
      Because Hollywood directors are so bad writers, they should hire military tacticians to look for flaws.

    • @davidbonar5190
      @davidbonar5190 Рік тому +3

      imagine how often he watched the final season in those few days to nail down all the juiciest most disappointing material.. blregh :D

  • @dietotaku
    @dietotaku Рік тому +80

    a ryan reynolds pitch meeting collab is the most perfect thing in the universe that i never knew i wanted more than air until this moment

  • @fallendayfan
    @fallendayfan Рік тому +14

    GoT season 8 pitch meeting is what got me to pitch meeting and I’ve been hooked ever since. For me, it was the repeated joke of the producer trying to get the writer to agree to more episodes and the writer both cursing the fact that there weren’t enough episodes to tell the story, while staunching resisting attempts to add more. Brilliant :)

  • @Edramon53
    @Edramon53 Рік тому +1039

    The amazing thing is there were supposedly at least 50% of fans who weren't disappointed. Unless it was 49% disappointed, 51% enraged.

    • @beachwitch89
      @beachwitch89 Рік тому +114

      Right lol there's no way 50% of fans liked it

    • @rome8180
      @rome8180 Рік тому +80

      One of my smartest friends really liked it. He's extremely critical of other shows and movies for their illogical character behaviors and plot inconsistencies. I was baffled when he told me he liked the final season. Personally, I think it went downhill well before Season 8.

    • @robertkennedy2258
      @robertkennedy2258 Рік тому +7

      I liked season 8

    • @iambicpentakill
      @iambicpentakill Рік тому +24

      Everything went downhill the last few seasons (let's rape Sansa again, let's gather the main characters to go get a zombie, etc was all before season 8), so for me it was more of a "meh, expected".

    • @Bamazon1990
      @Bamazon1990 Рік тому +17

      Yeah I don’t believe that for a minute. It’s only 30% from audience on rotten tomatoes

  • @TheBritishQueen
    @TheBritishQueen Рік тому +473

    I like watching these videos of these two completely different people communicating together.

    • @premiumheadpats4150
      @premiumheadpats4150 Рік тому

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @warcanon9546
      @warcanon9546 Рік тому +10

      Watching people is Tight!

    • @Koduhhhh
      @Koduhhhh Рік тому +7

      Likewise. Watching two completely diff people communicating in a video is super easy, barely an inconvenience.

    • @CorporealFixation
      @CorporealFixation Рік тому +1

      ​@@warcanon9546 "Wait, what?"

    • @johnaart
      @johnaart Рік тому +5

      Watching two completely different people communication together is TIGHT!!

  • @omgthisissoawesome
    @omgthisissoawesome Рік тому +19

    This was the first Pitch Meeting I ever saw, and the week following, I watched every single other pitch meeting that was on the channel. I'm so glad you didn't stop making them!! So many years later and they're still just as brilliant.

  • @anttikettunen8601
    @anttikettunen8601 Рік тому +144

    Damn. I never knew Ryan went through so much trouble just to pick the right questions. Hat's off to you sir!

    • @vandal280
      @vandal280 Рік тому +13

      He's incredibly dedicated to his craft

    • @patternofcitation3935
      @patternofcitation3935 Рік тому +20

      You spelled rubble wrong

    • @anttikettunen8601
      @anttikettunen8601 Рік тому +7

      @@patternofcitation3935 ohhh that's a good one

    • @rik80280
      @rik80280 Рік тому +2

      I haven’t laughed that hard at a pitch meeting in months.

    • @Shadow-Shell
      @Shadow-Shell Рік тому +2

      I liked this video just for that

  • @davidlane1248
    @davidlane1248 Рік тому +124

    Ahh... The video that introduced me to the Pitch Meetings skits and changed my life forever after

  • @opuanwar5775
    @opuanwar5775 Рік тому +19

    "It's a very forgettable horse" 😅 Thanks for all the videos Ryan! Looking forward to many more. They're usually my first port of call after watching a movie.
    Seeing the sun is overrated!

  • @dtglck4fkds
    @dtglck4fkds Рік тому +65

    This was the pitch meeting that got me hooked! Just amazing on so many levels - taking actual quotes from the producers ("She forgot").
    I still can't believe Ryan missed the Arya saying 'I know a killer when I see one" referring to Dany to Jon.... as she talks to him in the smoldering ruin of Kings Landing with non-combats single handily murdered by Dany the thousands.

    • @jamielondon6436
      @jamielondon6436 Рік тому +3

      Well, she's not wrong. ;-)

    • @dtglck4fkds
      @dtglck4fkds Рік тому +1

      @@jamielondon6436 Ha ha indeed

    • @DrMcFly28
      @DrMcFly28 Рік тому +3

      She KINDA forgot.
      I don't know why, but that word just makes it so much worse.

    • @mile_high_topher
      @mile_high_topher Рік тому +1

      @@DrMcFly28 She remembered, then she kinda forgot, then she remembered again. Kinda.

  • @carolinareader6386
    @carolinareader6386 Рік тому +84

    That pitch meeting was so spot on. The story and the characters deserved more time

  • @JammalSonOfJammal
    @JammalSonOfJammal Рік тому +64

    I love that Ryan always shows up for the thing I'm watching. It's so considerate of him

    • @isaiasabinadisosagarcia936
      @isaiasabinadisosagarcia936 4 місяці тому

      I joined the GOT party late too, just finished it and disappointed doesn't begin to describe how I feel

  • @mjsabie8517
    @mjsabie8517 Рік тому +54

    This one has a special place for me as it was the first Pitch Meeting I ever saw… it was soooooo much better than GoT season 8. I shared it with everyone I knew and have now seen every pitch meeting.

    • @sdfhkm
      @sdfhkm Рік тому +1

      Same here! I came across this one accidentally and enjoyed it so much that I spent the next six or seven days binge watching 250+ Pitch Meetings 😅 it was super easy tho, barely an inconvenience!

    • @vandal280
      @vandal280 Рік тому

      The first one I saw was for Squid Games after a local radio host mentioned it being funny on air. I was instantly hooked, watched everything Ryan's ever made, and am now a forever fan. He's a comedic genius. Have you watched his First Guy series? Or the videos about how things got their names? They're wonderful

  • @The_AndroidSentByCyberlife
    @The_AndroidSentByCyberlife Рік тому +145

    I pray Ryan Renolds sees this and goes on the show! That'd work perfectly

    • @my3dviews
      @my3dviews Рік тому +13

      Then there would be three Ryans. Or would that be four Ryans? 🤔

    • @mallorycarpinski1160
      @mallorycarpinski1160 Рік тому +8

      I can't imagine the Ryanverse brain bending that would ensue...

    • @Mithorium
      @Mithorium Рік тому +10

      Four Ryans are tight

    • @Merkkari
      @Merkkari Рік тому +2

      Yes!

    • @AC-hj9tv
      @AC-hj9tv Рік тому

      Miss me w that

  • @pascalcallemien2498
    @pascalcallemien2498 Рік тому +9

    Your Pitch Meetings are not only extremely funny, they are also great reviews. In 5 minutes you show every weak plotpoint in every movie, even movies that are considered masterpieces, Your concept seems so simple, but it is so brilliant, and as usual with content-creation it probably takes up a lot of your time, so thank you for the effort and the fun.

  • @fairycakes3930
    @fairycakes3930 Рік тому +56

    I could (and probably) have watched this Pitch Meeting hundreds of times. Utterly gleaming. It’s like potted Glidus. Wonderful. Thank you for doing what you do Mr George

    • @MyBiPolarBearMax
      @MyBiPolarBearMax Рік тому +4

      Ive unironically watched this so many times.
      I will never not be mad about this lol

    • @lukaslambs5780
      @lukaslambs5780 Рік тому +6

      Glidus as in the youtuber? I am a huge fan of Glidus! He’s an awesome GOT youtuber! Def check him out!

    • @oliver6969
      @oliver6969 Рік тому

      If you want to, you can have some more time sir

  • @planetofcows
    @planetofcows Рік тому +313

    Has there ever been a pitch meeting you didn't want to do but you did it anyway? Maybe because of expectations from the audience?

  • @InvaderCom
    @InvaderCom Рік тому +96

    Fun fact: That was the first pitch meeting I ever saw! Saved me the time of watching the season and entertained me far better than it likely would have! And here we are years later still going strong!

    • @cameron9359
      @cameron9359 Рік тому +2

      If you watched the whole show you should still watch season 8. It’s ass but you can see what they were going for.. there is 2 seasons Jammed in but if done right it coulda been great

    • @InvaderCom
      @InvaderCom Рік тому +3

      @@cameron9359 I do not want to spend the time watching something I know I will be dissapointed by. I am more than okay dropping a show if it screws itself. At least like this my last memories of watching the show were enjoyable

    • @7PlayingWithFire7
      @7PlayingWithFire7 Рік тому

      ​@InvaderCom best part is that you can rewatch the old stuff without hating it

    • @Hirnlego999
      @Hirnlego999 Рік тому

      Not everything with it is bad though, obviously it still required quite a bit of work

    • @thelittlemoonling
      @thelittlemoonling Рік тому +1

      @@InvaderComgood idea. It’s absolute trash. Don’t let anyone convince you to watch it. I still try to watch the first seasons sometimes still but I can’t unsee that stupid ending and it hurts 😂

  • @VictorDiGiovanni
    @VictorDiGiovanni Рік тому +68

    This remains my favorite Pitch Meeting. I'm so grateful it allowed me a very tiny respite from the crushing disappointment of Season 8.

    • @booshmcfadden7638
      @booshmcfadden7638 Рік тому +7

      It's the first one I ever saw. I was looking for a reviewer to hate season 8 as much as me and found this. I've seen all of them, now. Several more than once.

    • @chaosiscoming9184
      @chaosiscoming9184 Рік тому

      this was my favourite Pitch meeting first

  • @FelipeKana1
    @FelipeKana1 Рік тому +33

    Love how the producer keeps offering more screentime but the writer really really don't want any of it

  • @_TheCakeIsALie_
    @_TheCakeIsALie_ Рік тому +5

    This was my very first pitch meeting i ever saw from you. I loved it immideatly but didnt know this was a series. Some months later, i got a second one reccomended and realized there where many. I think i binge watched every single one out then in one day and saw every video after. Thank you so much for making me laugh for years now

  • @Brianlp32
    @Brianlp32 Рік тому +56

    i love how in this one the producer tries his best to save the season instead of sabotaging it.

    • @jamielondon6436
      @jamielondon6436 Рік тому +19

      And it's just a reflection of reality, too, because HBO essentially offered Dumb and Dumber *all the money* to continue GoT for as long as they needed!

  • @Tera_GX
    @Tera_GX Рік тому +10

    I never got into Game of Thrones, but I absolutely loved how everyone everywhere was talking about it. When it was airing, when it was between seasons, it was regular. It's fun seeing so many people bonding over a common thing. And then there was an explosion of how everyone hated the final season followed by no one talking about Game of Thrones. I'm still shocked by how that transition felt.

  • @DexTag
    @DexTag Рік тому

    I like the personal take on this at the end and yea, the Pitch Meeting was definitely a turning point. It was so good I just watched it last night and rewatched it here again. They are pretty much perfectly done to portray what people are thinking into a director - publisher kind of view, like if the audience thinks something was cheaply done, they will just blatantly say they don't care. And it's usually really spot on while adding a bunch of top notch humor on top of it, I've binged a lot of them and have been laughing quite a few times over the jokes/perfect timing/editing of them. Well done and I hope that you keep going with it!
    Edit: Omg I want to see Ryan Reynolds so badly and I hope you 2 can come up with some hilarious breaking of the usual theme, like him as publisher talking as producer or something to just completely break how it usually is xD

  • @jopepe2867
    @jopepe2867 Рік тому +46

    Honestly my fave Pitch Meeting ever. When Im sad, I just go watch it for a laugh.

  • @Thedoctorjosh
    @Thedoctorjosh Рік тому +20

    This is the pitch meeting that introduced me to pitch meetings! I was on a bender watching every season 8 deconstruction video and I came across this and I must have watched it a dozen times over the years and it's great every time!

  • @EMTgamer
    @EMTgamer 9 місяців тому +2

    You'll never read this - but your work is great. So many laughs with family and friends for years now. Appreciate all the joy you bring, you're awesome. Thanks.

  • @kboett77
    @kboett77 Рік тому +26

    The GoT season 8 was my first pitch meeting! It was just what I needed at that moment of confusion and upset and I'm so glad to have found RG's content as a result of it!

  • @104snowstorm
    @104snowstorm Рік тому +29

    @10:38 Personally part of the reason I liked the GoT Season 8 pitch meeting *was the fact that it was aimed at the showrunners. It was cathartic to see even this this chaotic good venue bashing their poor decisions

    • @PaolaRL
      @PaolaRL Рік тому

      Yes!!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

    • @AB-fh9zh
      @AB-fh9zh Рік тому

      And it's just 'a brief list of some of the things wrong with it'.

  • @prestonbane4176
    @prestonbane4176 Рік тому +1

    So glad you stuck around! It sounds like I discovered Pitch Meeting right when you were maybe gonna wrap it up, but I was going through the worst breakup of all time and having 200 of your videos to watch REALLY helped 😆😆

  • @Thebigbad1013
    @Thebigbad1013 Рік тому +20

    This is one of my absolute favorite pitch meetings, just perfection!

  • @projectangryman
    @projectangryman Рік тому +15

    The lengths you go to for picking the question is admirable, I mean wow that’s hard work and commitment right there. You deserve all your success.

    • @my3dviews
      @my3dviews Рік тому +1

      Except that the arson thing could come back to bite him. 😂

    • @projectangryman
      @projectangryman Рік тому +1

      @@my3dviews 🤣 if there isn't anymore videos from now on, we know why.

  • @BusWindow
    @BusWindow Рік тому +4

    Oh man, I'm so sad I didn't catch this video when it came out. I was one of the people that got hooked on Pitch Meetings because of this episode. I was never a fan of Game of Thrones in the first place but was fascinated by fast it went from one of the most popular and beloved series to absolutely ragged on by everyone I knew. Then I watched nearly every pitch meeting previously and since and the rest is history.

  • @MrAbsolem
    @MrAbsolem Рік тому +13

    This was my first Pitch Meeting, ever. And I remember feeling "seen" so much, it translated everything I was feeling at that moment. And then I proceeded to watch every single one of them lol

  • @TheDarkbluerock
    @TheDarkbluerock Рік тому +67

    Hey Ryan! Thanks for the countless laughs! What's in your opinion the most underrated pitch meeting and why?

  • @michaelkoolidge
    @michaelkoolidge Рік тому +5

    This was the very first pitch meeting I ever watched, and to me it’s still the best one

  • @awesomo925
    @awesomo925 Рік тому +35

    I'll never forget just how excited I was when the season 8 premier was about to air. It's hard to remember me ever being so excited for a show ever. I can't believe how badly this season fumbled. It almost feels legendary.

  • @MaesterMike
    @MaesterMike Рік тому +7

    I've never watched Game of Thrones (definitely dodged a bullet with how the last season turned out), but this was the episode that introduced me to your style of videos. And I'm glad for that. You're one of the best UA-cam comedians out there.

  • @michaeldobson107
    @michaeldobson107 Рік тому +46

    Literally hit the nail on the head with every point, as usual. Ryan's videos should be required viewing for every writer, director and producer who comes up with an idea for a film or TV series. Season 8 will forever be viewed as the most epic failure of a series in television history.

    • @AdiBronshtein
      @AdiBronshtein Рік тому

      Seriously, these videos need to be in the syllabi of every film & TV studies degree!

    • @bigboi1004
      @bigboi1004 5 місяців тому

      Hi, I'm from the future. We have a Megamind TV show now.

  • @HaelinX
    @HaelinX Рік тому +10

    "Two of her dragons died, a couple of her friends.. Her nephew doesn't want to sleep with her" lmao😂
    Never change Ryan!, Never change

  • @angrytechaddict7803
    @angrytechaddict7803 Рік тому +20

    This one was so on point and just perfectly hilarious, that I am probably responsible for 1 million views alone by me watching it over and over again and recommending it to everyone who also suffered through this season eight

  • @problematicspaghettios
    @problematicspaghettios Рік тому

    You know? I'm glad you revisited this video! I was really starting to think that these strikes were a bit ridiculous! I don't side with the major studios etc but, you know, quality of "content" hasn't been the greatest.
    BUT now that you have reminded about HOW GOOD the shows and movies have actually been, I now realize how much of a fool I was being! They do deserve more obviously! I mean, there's just NO WAY the quality of entertainment has diminished since then!
    NO, NO! They've just been pumping out top tier stuff I tell ya! Stories have been GREAT! Really engaging and completley make sense! Characters feel REAL and GROUNDED! So much character development and background that it feels like a D&D table top game!
    Look, i can go on and on about how WONDERFUL it's all been but I'm sure you catch my drift! I personally CAN'T WAIT until these writers, creators and wonderful actors get everything they're deman......asking for and we can just get back to all the marvelous entertainment we've been so fortunate to get from them/Hollywood!
    🙄

  • @motherofmudkips
    @motherofmudkips Рік тому +18

    It's still one of the funniest pitch meetings I've ever seen. Thank you for the revisit

  • @kevinmccabe7263
    @kevinmccabe7263 Рік тому +16

    Season 8 of GoT is actually what drew me into your channel when it came out!
    Edit: posted this before I got to the part of the video where you said this was probably the case lol

  • @MaiAolei
    @MaiAolei Рік тому +2

    10:18 I love in this bit how Ryan looks to his left whenever he mentions the screen writer and his right when he mentions the producer. Just where they would be standing if they would not both be him.

  • @kentslocum
    @kentslocum Рік тому +40

    I am really enjoying this new format of reviewing older Pitch Meetings; I don't think I've ever laughed as hard as I did with this one!

  • @frankvandorp2059
    @frankvandorp2059 Рік тому +4

    2:59: I love how one of the goofiest lines is a verbatim quote of David Benioff.

  • @hirollerromeo
    @hirollerromeo Рік тому +1

    This was the first Pitch Meeting I ever saw, and I've been obsessed ever since! Love that he's doing a re-visit video on it.

  • @Chris_Myers.
    @Chris_Myers. Рік тому +10

    *Question*: Have you ever felt any burnout or fatigue around creating Pitch Meetings?
    You seem to have fun with them, but many also seem like they take a ton of work and I know a lot of people find this type of “repetitive” creative work very depleting after a few years.
    P.S. Love your work and candidness with us. Thanks for all you do man!

  • @mikekucharczak4635
    @mikekucharczak4635 Рік тому +11

    This was my first Pitch Meeting!
    Such a comprehensive and comedic summary of the fundamental summary of all of our anguish.
    Damn this short final season!

  • @ryankennedy3
    @ryankennedy3 Рік тому +7

    I love that I can still laugh at this pitch meeting when I never watched GOT.
    And I love this new format with answers to viewers questions
    Hope Ryan Reynolds accepts the offer

  • @elishuster5943
    @elishuster5943 Рік тому +37

    I would absolutely love seeing you do a collab with Ryan Reynolds. Also on you're other channel please do a First Guy to ever get a Tattoo!

  • @hessu275
    @hessu275 Рік тому +10

    This is the video where I fell in love with Pitch Meeting's. I was so angry after watching the eight season and then I laughed my ass off to Ryan's humor

  • @imkitcat11
    @imkitcat11 Рік тому

    I have loved/followed Screen Rant for the past 7 years at least... They have been one of the most primary sources of realistic/dry/comical entertain in regards to cinema reviews in a long time. They’re honestly the shortened version of “cinemasins” that the world needed. Thank you for years of entertainment, and I’m so happy to see how far this segment has come. You are an amazing/consistent source of tears and laughter ❤ Please continue to be you and thank you again for all that you do 🥰

  • @endcensorship874
    @endcensorship874 Рік тому +8

    I love these look backs. Taking a peek behind the veil is tight!
    Oh, and I try to work in "super easy, barely an inconvenience" into a conversation at least once a day. And when a stranger gets it, we're immediately best friends.

  • @Guendison
    @Guendison Рік тому +7

    I had never seen this pitch meeting before your upload today. Super funny, and on point for the show. Thanks for all the great content you put out and the post commentary series you have been doing. Been fun to watch.

  • @stephaniev4444
    @stephaniev4444 Рік тому

    You are absolutely correct. I found you through this original Pitch Meeting. The big eye filter was a good touch too bc I was excited to hear you go off about GOT in a high pitch voice filter. I was slightly disappointed that there was no voice changer, but I got over it real quick bc it was so funny. Love you! You're amazing! ❤️

  • @awful_sniper
    @awful_sniper Рік тому +14

    This was the first Pitch Meeting I ever saw! What started the whole obsession 😂
    Glad it's getting a revisit

  • @dandychiggins7240
    @dandychiggins7240 Рік тому +42

    Oh yes, how to forget one of the most passionate pitchs, you can almost taste the anger and sadness

    • @jamielondon6436
      @jamielondon6436 Рік тому +1

      The defeated look of Producer Guy when Writer Guy turns down the offer of more seasons again is everything!

  • @JDTV23
    @JDTV23 Рік тому

    Asking what is the best film is arguably based on opinions and feelings while still based in good filmmaking and good writing. But generally even amongst fictional characters when they're asked what is the best movie ever the answer is Citizen Kane. I think you could tackle that one in a pitch meeting and touch on that best movie argument. New fan, I've been meaning to watch your videos for a long time. Thank you so much. I love your work!

  • @manthony1058
    @manthony1058 Рік тому +6

    This was the pitch meeting that brought me to your videos. Since then I think I've watched them all.... On repeat!
    Keep up the good work!

  • @fehzorz
    @fehzorz Рік тому +16

    This is the first one I watched and didn't realise it was one of many. "Super Easy Barely An Inconvenience" fit so well. You seem to have effortlessly captured both the actual behind the scenes process and lampooned the show. Hoping you can do more of the former in future pitches

  • @rememberingmogu
    @rememberingmogu Рік тому +1

    This was the most savage burn of any pitch content you've ever done! My hats off to you, sir

  • @jerrycomo2736
    @jerrycomo2736 Рік тому +7

    I've rarely watched movies or popular TV Shows and I've always wondered why. After watching all your "Pitch Meetings" you cured me. Now I know why. Thank you, Doctor Ryan.

  • @robertkleemann1519
    @robertkleemann1519 Рік тому +8

    This was the episode that hooked me on pitch meetings. So much gold in this writing.

  • @Rubbly
    @Rubbly Рік тому +1

    I really enjoy these revisits! The jokes throughout are fun but its nice when you sincerely speak about things.
    GoT S8 certainly made a lot of people mad, glad you got something out of it with this channel!

  • @ninjanape
    @ninjanape Рік тому +23

    This was my first ever Pitch Meeting 😂🎉❤
    This was also a big comfort after the horrible mess of season 8 😢

  • @herrpdurrp
    @herrpdurrp Рік тому +4

    This is still probably my #1 favorite pitch meeting. So many good jokes with no filler

  • @fullmetalx225
    @fullmetalx225 10 місяців тому

    This was the first pitch meeting I ever saw and it led me to watching almost all of your others. So great!

  • @GoldKalash
    @GoldKalash Рік тому +13

    Ryan you are amazing, please never stop making these!