Originally Posted by
Wryan
I absolutely hate this line of defense when responding to a piece of criticism in a movie/tv show/whatever: "What? You think X is unrealistic in a movie/show with Crazy A, Wild B and Zaaaany C!? Lol whatever." This is terrible reasoning. People trot this out all the time and without considering the context of the criticism. This happens in GoT circles quite a bit, as well as Marvel. Sometimes directorial choices or writing are just bad or stupid, and no amount of "lol what about giant ice dragons and zombies and wizard surgeons" is gonna fix it.