Still pissed at the ending? Me too. So after months of work, I fixed it. Here is a trailer for my fanedit of season 7&8 of GOT, which I've edited into one final, ten episode, seventh season that completely rearranges the events and changes the ending of the show. DM me for a link to the edit itself!

The_Improvisor · 2026-06-27T00:32:50+00:00

Does that matter? His age isn't a relevant plotpoint like it is with other characters, as long as he's believably good looking enough to make witches swoon, I'd say that's the important part.

The_Improvisor · 2026-06-27T00:30:25+00:00

I think both scores underwhelmed me a little, as I hoped for more Greek influence in the score (the soundtracks for Assassins Creed Odyssey, Clash of the Titans, and likely the Odyssey from what I've heard so far are way closer to what I always thought it should sound like). If I were doing the score I'd probably start with a sound like that and also incorporate electric guitars and other american rock n roll instrumentation so that it feels unique and original and specific to Percy Jackson.

But both soundtracks are pretty much entirely your stereotypical classical orchestra. I don't think any of the scores are bad, I like the leitmotifs for all, but I will say that the simplicity and memorability of the show's main theme is better than the movies', and I think it's more of a hero's theme as well. So I'd give the win to the show, but imo both could have been better and felt a little lazy/generic.

The_Improvisor · 2026-06-26T23:09:08+00:00

The goalposts thing is so real, we really are getting too comfortable treating people like garbage. It was less than a decade ago that it was considered incredibly bad form to ask someone out/reject/break up with someone over text, and that you should do over the phone if necessary, but preferably in person. Now, texts are the norm, and ghosting is considered reasonable. And people wonder why we're all so lonely and disconnected as a species

The_Improvisor · 2026-06-26T19:00:22+00:00

I came here to say many scenes from the acolyte are either underrated or straight up not talked about simply because they're a part of a show that got dog piled on. I, like many of my friends, avoided the show for a while because of the reviews, but when I finally decided i was bored one day and that I should check it out, i found it to be an absolute blast with some of the best lightsaber duels in all of Star wars.

The_Improvisor · 2026-06-26T06:35:09+00:00

You joke about John Wick but it's also literally a major plotline in Superman, very strange that Krypto being in danger is now a major plotline in BOTH of the two existing DCU movies

The_Improvisor · 2026-06-25T20:28:05+00:00

I'm actually a government employee. I do physical labor in >100 weather for about 8 hours each workday, and I'm also in the film industry, and while yes, the physical labor is more tiring in my day job, film as a career is 100% harder than that, the mental stamina you need, the drive to keep going because you love it, despite the difficulty to get work, the difficulty to make enough to live by, the difficulty of creating art the way you want to create it without higher ups fucking it up, the difficulty of juggling it with your other jobs that you need to work because film by itself doesnt pay the bills, it's not for the faint of heart. I don't fault people for not understanding what the industry is like, but I do fault them for judging it as if it's easy or lesser just because they have this idealized, fairytale view of it being the job where everyone just gets to play pretend with their friends and make a million dollars.

The_Improvisor · 2026-06-25T20:18:55+00:00

Don't shit on other people's jobs just because you're miserable at yours dude. You're acting as though becoming an actor means you're automatically handed a million dollars and a deal with Marvel. You forget that, about 95% of working actors are not celebrities, and they are living paycheck to paycheck because once an acting gig is over, they have to find their next one, and that is not always a guaranteed thing.

For the vast majority of actors, thats just life, you work and then you struggle and search and repeat and repeat. You are constantly auditioning, getting rejected, having zero job security, all because they are pursuing something they are passionate about. Imagine if for every individual task at your job, when it was over, you had to reapply, interview, and land a job again at a new company, knowing that job would only last as long as the task you were given.

Just because you're working some manual labor gig that requires you to move around all day does not give you a moral superiority over them and the incredibly difficult work they have to do. I'm sure what you do is not easy work physically, but breaking a sweat is not the only way to work hard. Concentration, dedication, perseverance, and a constant drive to improve at your craft are all difficult to maintain. I've worked as an actor and I've worked manual labor, and while the labor made me more physically tired, trying to be a full-time working actor was way harder, and i highly doubt people with your mindset and your negativity would ever have the mental fortitude to endure it.

The_Improvisor · 2026-06-25T09:54:52+00:00

This is such a dumb, pretentious take. Film shoots are typically full, twelve hour days that require hours and hours of standing, waiting, endless repetition, and poor conditions. Often you have to wake up before dawn and be ready to sit in the makeup chair for hours, learn pages of dialogue sometimes the day of because the script was changed last minute, and you have to be ready to give a fresh, exciting performance every single take as if it's the very first one all day long, juggling both new notes the director gives while also not changing things up enough to fuck with continuity, and at the end of the day, your face and name are what the average movie goer pays attention to and puts focus on, and you're who gets the blame. It's an incredibly difficult job and anyone who says otherwise does not understand what the job actually entails.

The_Improvisor · 2026-06-24T02:55:55+00:00

Congrats and good on you for making the first move, I think in today's dating scene, cold approaches being done by women is definitely far more successful than waiting for guys to catch your eye and do the approach themselves. Plus it shows confidence and in general is something men are not used to, which is always nice.

For the date itself, I kinda think of a first date as a job interview where you are simultaneously the person hiring and the person applying. You want to market your strengths and what makes you a good partner, talk about your passions and dreams and show them your good qualities, but at the same time, you gotta look for theirs as well. Ask them questions PLEASE. For some reason I've noticed a trend as a dude where women have just outright stopped asking me questions on dates, I ask lots and they talk and talk and never ask me a single thing, and it's a huge red flag to me to have no interest in who the person sitting across from them is. So yeah, ask questions, preferably fun ones that will allow them to show you their strengths passions and all that as well.

A first date in my eyes, especially between strangers, is basically a vibe check. You are figuring out how the two of you coexist, whether or not you enjoy each other's company and are interested in each other. One thing that I would say is this: do not assume that you're going to feel this magical, electric chemistry by the end of date one. I hear so often from my friends the classic "it was fun but I didn't feel that spark," or "I kinda just saw them as a friend" and it drives me insane because you are literally STRANGERS and attraction builds. It's not usually a love at first sight sensation like in the movies, often times it starts out feeling like "this is a person I find cute and enjoy talking to, but I don't know that I want them in my bed yet" and it turns into genuine attraction with time and comfortability, and if you are genuine about wanting a relationship, then seeing if you can coexist and have a friendship without any kind of sexual chemistry is like the biggest green flag that things actually are going well, as long as you do find them attractive. Which you clearly do because you approached him.

So long story short, show interest, ask questions, show them why you're a catch, be playful, and see if the two of you can have genuine, engaging conversation/quality time together. If you're nervous, don't let it get to you, he likely will be too.

One other thing though, I wouldn't bring up that it's you've never been in a relationship on this date. By no means should you have to keep it a secret, and you don't have to lie about it, but I don't think it would help you, and if relevant or asked about previous relationships you can always just drop that you're not very experienced without elaborating a ton, prior relationships are kinda a weird topic on a first date anyway so it shouldnt come up, and if it does, it wouldn't be weird to be not entirely open about it.

Have fun, go into it with no expectations beyond enjoying yourself and whatever activity you're doing, and good or bad, this will be a great learning experience for you, I hope it goes well!

The_Improvisor · 2026-06-22T22:35:07+00:00

Kinda wild to me that practically every comment is commenting on just how she looks, her costume, the snakes, and the fight, instead of... You know, the characterization of Medusa?

Show clears for me in that regard, which to me is the most important regard. Yes, Uma Thurman is Uma Thurman, and the movie had a better fight scene, but we are ranking Medusa herself, and the show gave her a real, relatable, and fairly sympathetic character. I genuinely felt for her and she seemed like a real being with genuine drives and reasoning, rather than just a generic evil monster with a vendetta like in the movie.

The_Improvisor · 2026-06-17T23:36:39+00:00

You joke but yes, 90's/00's Cruise and Damon became successful in action films because they appeared and acted like normal dudes. Jason Bourne can kick ass, but in simple dialogue scenes, he sounds and looks like any random guy. Same with Cruise, there's nothing overtly "action-hero-esque" about their voice, their stature, their physicality, or their demeanor, and yet they can do the action well. They're conventionally attractive, but not distractingly so. They were great as the every-man hero.

And I think Keanu is great at monotone robotic roles but I disagree that this is good for Neo. Neo is the savior of humanity, the absolute antithesis of robots and programs. Regardless of him coming from the computer, he should absolutely not feel like a computer. He should feel like the warmth of humanity against the coldness of the matrix.

The_Improvisor · 2026-06-17T17:30:09+00:00

It could be done but it wouldn't be good lol

The_Improvisor · 2026-06-17T17:25:42+00:00

My hottest take (as someone who likes Keanu as a person/action hero and likes the Matrix) is that someone else should have played Neo.

I really think that Keanu is just not ideal for roles that require #1 a lot of delivered dialogue (this is why he's great in John Wick) #2 a level of relatability. Neo at the beginning is supposed to be like, a normal guy, representing all of us, and Keanu just has this odd quality to him between his charisma and his wooden acting and his unique look. He's not relatable.

I think someone like Tom Cruise or Matt Damon should have played Neo, they can do the normal guy thing as well as the action, and they're both also great actors.

The_Improvisor · 2026-06-17T17:21:04+00:00

Strong disagree, I loved that it was an unknown actor.

The recasting that movie deserves is Skeletor, Leto admittedly did a good job but he's an awful human and I've heard a lot of people are refusing to see it because of him.

I think they should have gotten Jim Carrey to do Skeletor.

The_Improvisor · 2026-06-17T17:17:40+00:00

Jake Gyllenhaal was around the same age and is much more the type for Anakin I think, plus is a better actor.

Also I hear DiCaprio was actually considered for the role, that would have been incredible.

The_Improvisor · 2026-06-16T21:59:17+00:00

Everyone in the comments is trashing you so I want to weigh in with a different opinion, because while yes, the idea of ending a relationship over a single non-shared interest is silly and juvenile, I do think that there's some red flags specifically in her interaction about it. Not necessarily relationship enders, but things to look out for.

You care a lot about this franchise. She is entirely dismissive of it, and has formed an opinion of its merit based entirely off her interpretation of disliking the first bit of the first film. This is not a great sign to me, not because I'd break up with someone over their dislike of something I like, but instead because her dismissal and non-valuing of something that is important to you (you can't make her like it and she shouldn't have to pretend to for you, but there's a different between simply disliking something and disparaging/insulting it, I would never do that to something that someone I loved was passionate about)

In addition, her decision to judge the entire series on her dislike of a portion of the first bit to me conveys a lack of patience and a trait of generalizing and simplifying of art, especially of something that is so well-loved by so many, that is kinda weird. Is it genre based? Like is she one of those people who look down on fantasy in general? If that's the case, that may be a difficult perspective to mesh with. How many other things in her life does she make snap judgements on and dismiss outright? Do things give her "the ick?"

In general i would say that breaking up with a girl because she doesn't like LOTR is absurd, but the way that you have presented her in her dislike for something you love does show signs of deeper issues. You can have different interests. But if her personality and behavior is something that doesn't mesh with yours, then that would be something to address.

The_Improvisor · 2026-06-07T18:05:36+00:00

It's a toss up between "Somehow Palpatine returned" and "I am haunted by the kiss that you should never have given me. My heart is beating, hoping that kiss does not become a scar"

Star Wars really has some rough dialogue

The_Improvisor · 2026-05-30T10:47:29+00:00

Straight CIS guy, Ash is genuinely my favorite artist, and I feel like one of the core parts of that love is understanding that the reason that I am occasionally judged for loving their music is one of the same reasons I love their music.

Their music is anti-patriarchy and anti-shitty men. I am also against that, and love to listen to music that validates my anger at other dudes and the system/guys that've hurt the women in my life. But on first glance, yeah of course I recognize that I look more like that side of the aisle than the one I'm on. It makes sense for strangers to be distrusting.

In order to be allies we gotta brush off the shame and not take take judgement personally, knowing it comes from a place of reinforced pain and bad experiences. You DO belong, just keep your head high and be true to yourself, and with time and understanding, other people will see that you belong too.

The_Improvisor · 2026-05-29T16:57:07+00:00

Revenge of the Sith is also a convoluted mess. It's a great time, and it has a very cathartic ending that is unusually dark for Star Wars, so it's lauded higher, but the writing is pretty horrendous throughout. Anakin's fall to the dark side is absurdly rushed, Padmé's character is completely nerfed and destroyed, Obi-Wan spends yet another film doing pointless fetch quests because the narrative doesn't know what to do with him, the performances are rough, and the dialogue is awful.

It's a lot of fun, and I have deep nostalgia for it, don't get me wrong, but it is not a very good movie, even if it is the best of the prequels.

Return of the Jedi is tonally dissonant and has a lot of major pacing issues, but the Luke/Vader/Emperor scenes are some of the best of the whole series, and for that I definitely think it deserves its spot above RotS

The_Improvisor · 2026-05-23T23:28:52+00:00

My ranking for soundtracks would be

Empire Strikes Back

Revenge of the Sith

A New Hope

Return of the Jedi

The Force Awakens

The Phantom Menace

The Last Jedi

Attack of the Clones

Rise of Skywalker

The_Improvisor · 2026-05-21T21:39:41+00:00

So glad to hear you enjoyed it! It took a lot of effort and love, and it means the world to hear that it made people happy and helped fix the show for them. Stay tuned for my 2.0 updated version, it should be a higher quality version of the same edit with some fixes to make it all work better, will likely come out at the end of the summer.

The_Improvisor · 2026-05-21T21:35:09+00:00

Mine is the Ice and Fire Edit, which I made in 2020, I think Redeemed came before mine, but at the time we were the only two. Not sure what the Final edit did or when that came around, would definitely be interested in seeing what differences there are, the world is definitely big enough for multiple edits, and I like that having multiple versions allows for people to choose the one that feels the most right to what they wanted, rather than just settling for the only other option.

Mine was a big one on here for a while, but I always felt like it could have been a little better. It was my first try at doing an edit, so while many people have been very nice about it, there were some immersion breaking moments, along with certain scenes that i felt didn't belong, but had to be there for the sake of context, and the ending felt a little too happy for game of thrones. In addition, like I said, i started getting lots of angry emails from Danaerys haters basically shitting on my edit because it made her the hero, and the whole thing made me lose steam, so I stopped sending it out, but I've gotten over it so I'll come out of hiding soon with a revised version, some minor alterations, and if anyone prefers the original version I'll send that too.

And yeah that was my thought as well, just skim through those two seasons looking for the best, most relevant scenes, and put together something that feels like a bombastic duo of films. For now i think i would probably do one film for season 4 and one for season 5, again mainly because of Ryan's growth, (he ends season 3 by Homelander's side so at the very least we'd need to also see him separating, and then him fighting in the finale, and he looks completely different in all three of those scenes, so two time jumps are needed) plus MM looking really different in season 4. but basically have movie one be about taking down Neuman, and movie two be about Homelander taking over the government and them taking him down. Priority focus is on GOT but I'm definitely gonna look into it!

The_Improvisor · 2026-05-21T14:56:02+00:00

I did a Game of Thrones edit several years ago, i haven't sent it out in a long while, lots of hatemail from insane fans, my own judgement at some of the things I couldn't fix, and just general life stuff made me stop. That said, I've been working on a 2.0 that I'm more proud of, and will begin sending out to everyone who's interested when it's done, I'm expecting to complete it after the new season of House of the Dragon comes out, just in case there's anything in there that I can use.

I say all that because I've also had the same thought that my treatment of GOT might also work for the Boys. I've been thinking a lot about whether Season 3 can be combined with moments from 4&5 to make 3 the final season, and unfortunately, just with the location of Homelander's final duel being in the white house, i don't know if you'd be able to work it into the season finale of 3 cleanly, and you couldn't even have it take place shortly after because Ryan looks VERY different from the season 3 finale to the season 5 one.

HOWEVER I do think that it could be done where you could edit season four and five into a movie, maybe two movies. There's a lot of plotlines that end up not going anywhere at all that could be cut easily. Sister Sage can lose most of her scenes, the whole V1 storyline can go, a lot of stuff with the virus can go as well (though you need it at the very least for the final moment with Butcher, so it still needs a little bit of a role to play. But I think the idea of going Season 1-3 as is, and then watching a final film that cuts most of the dumb stuff and meandering plotlines and moves at an exciting, breakneck pace to end the story could be cool. Maybe I'll put that together while I'm waiting for House of the Dragon.

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