Absolute trash.
They single handedly stopped this from being one of my GOAT shows. Sometimes I watch reruns and think whats the point?April 14. Just wanted to pop in and say that D&D are clueless cnuts and the biggest con artists in the business.
It was far too rushed. Danaerys goes from saviour to Mad Queen in about 3 minutes of screen time. Have no issue doing what she did, but it needed to be a much longer descent into madness than it was.Just to be clear, is the major gripe the way the story was told or how the ending pieces were?
I don't think I can complain with where everyone landed up, but I agree it was terribly rushed and told in a shitty way.
The first 3 books are absolutely phenomenal, they're masterpieces IMO (cover up to end of season 4). Lots of people like 4 and 5 too, they kind of fell off a bit for meIt was far too rushed. Danaerys goes from saviour to Mad Queen in about 3 minutes of screen time. Have no issue doing what she did, but it needed to be a much longer descent into madness than it was.
White Walkers were ruined. Build them up for 7 fecking seasons as this existential threat that can wipe everything and everyone out if the wall is breached. But they are defeated at Battle 1 and nobody important dies. Garbage.
I bought all the books ready to read but zero interest in it now.
Same here. If you'd asked me during seasons 3 and 4, I would have been sure that I'd rewatch it at least once or twice. Having seen that final season, there's no way I'll ever watch it again. Bit like Lost, in that respect.They single handedly stopped this from being one of my GOAT shows. Sometimes I watch reruns and think whats the point?
It's a strange one for sure.Same here. If you'd asked me during seasons 3 and 4, I would have been sure that I'd rewatch it at least once or twice. Having seen that final season, there's no way I'll ever watch it again. Bit like Lost, in that respect.
Yep.Just try pretend this was the final scene of the show:
It’s weird because I have no interest in the spin offs either now. I remember taking the first two seasons away with me on DVD to the Lakes and I thought it was the greatest thing ever, couldn’t wait for season 3 to appear but by the end you just wanted it to be over.It's a strange one for sure.
I think I've re-watched the every season apart from the last multiple times.
Since the final season, I've not re-watched a single episode and even being stuck indoors and this being on Sky, I've got no interest.
I even re-watched a few episodes of Buffy the Vampire slayer last night and I've seen those a million times!
Always see reruns on Sky now but as much as I enjoyed it I won't watch them again. I'd have to watch the whole thing and I don't want to watch the last two series again.It’s weird because I have no interest in the spin offs either now. I remember taking the first two seasons away with me on DVD to the Lakes and I thought it was the greatest thing ever, couldn’t wait for season 3 to appear but by the end you just wanted it to be over.
Buffy was class though!It's a strange one for sure.
I think I've re-watched the every season apart from the last multiple times.
Since the final season, I've not re-watched a single episode and even being stuck indoors and this being on Sky, I've got no interest.
I even re-watched a few episodes of Buffy the Vampire slayer last night and I've seen those a million times!
Read the books. They are better than the show and there's so much more in there, there's things the show never even touched on that open giant new mysteries. Admittedly the tubby fecker will probably never finish them, but where the books currently end is still a million times better than the shit sandwich the show ended on.It was far too rushed. Danaerys goes from saviour to Mad Queen in about 3 minutes of screen time. Have no issue doing what she did, but it needed to be a much longer descent into madness than it was.
White Walkers were ruined. Build them up for 7 fecking seasons as this existential threat that can wipe everything and everyone out if the wall is breached. But they are defeated at Battle 1 and nobody important dies. Garbage.
I bought all the books ready to read but zero interest in it now.
I think she showed a lot of glimpses in her conversations with Jon, the daft logic she'd use to convince her way was the right way when speaking with Tyrion, threatening him and threatening Varys, burning Varys etc. She got very insecure just like her father before resorting to full pelt madness.It was far too rushed. Danaerys goes from saviour to Mad Queen in about 3 minutes of screen time. Have no issue doing what she did, but it needed to be a much longer descent into madness than it was.
Battle 3 (they won when they faced Jon Snow I think at "hornhill"? Forgot the name. And they won when they killed the Jorah Mormont's uncle. But yeah it did seem sudden, I think there isn't really an ending that wouldnt feel sudden given they crammed it in 1 season which was silly.White Walkers were ruined. Build them up for 7 fecking seasons as this existential threat that can wipe everything and everyone out if the wall is breached. But they are defeated at Battle 1 and nobody important dies. Garbage.
Why? The show got shite when it went ahead of the books.. so if anything the books should be the one to go by.I bought all the books ready to read but zero interest in it now.
The last two books were poor compared to the first three as well, to be fair. There's a good reason the writer's divulged from them in season five and six (with mixed results). I wouldn't have a lot of faith in GRRM to finish the series strongly, either.Why? The show got shite when it went ahead of the books.. so if anything the books should be the one to go by.
Just to be clear, is the major gripe the way the story was told or how the ending pieces were?
I don't think I can complain with where everyone landed up, but I agree it was terribly rushed and told in a shitty way.
I will do at some point. They’re fecking massive though and a huge undertaking!Read the books. They are better than the show and there's so much more in there, there's things the show never even touched on that open giant new mysteries. Admittedly the tubby fecker will probably never finish them, but where the books currently end is still a million times better than the shit sandwich the show ended on.
I've got no problem with Bran sitting on the throne at the end - I do disagree with the daft writing to have him there, like the logic of "the best story" you refer to.Bran should be King because he had the best story ?
Sansa didn't kill the night king, I guess you meant Arya. They did to subvert expectations. Personally I think him and Jon should have duelled at least and then you get Arya go in for stealth kill while jon is losing.I agree with everyone else that the show got better as it went along. The main criticism I had was that Sansa had nothing to do with the Night King so why did she kill him? Apart from that it was the best show that year. Guinevere was my favourite character, so lush.
They just should have included 2 or 3 more seasons. They rushed because they thought they were gonna do Star Wars which got cancelled.The show should have ended at The Long Night. Anything after that seemed like terrible fan fiction.
Getting ahead of the books killed the TV show and in turn killed any anticipation for the books for me.
Exactly, he did something similar to azor ahai though. Killed his own wife/lover. If that satisfies youThe worst part for me is John's story line. They build him up to be the rightful king over several seasons, he even gets resurrected for goodness sake. Ultimately, he just ends up at the nights watch again.I mean come on.
They should have ended it at the Red Wedding. They themselves admitted that's what they really wanted to put on TV and I don't think they ever planned anything after that, plus were quickly running out of books. The quality dipped after that and continued to do so. It would have went out on a high with people clambering for more. George Costanza's trick of leaving the room after a good joke leaving people wanting more.The show should have ended at The Long Night. Anything after that seemed like terrible fan fiction.
Getting ahead of the books killed the TV show and in turn killed any anticipation for the books for me.
And because they never cared much about the source material to begin with.They just should have included 2 or 3 more seasons. They rushed because they thought they were gonna do Star Wars which got cancelled.
Well watching it again is a major undertaking that will end in disappointment. So much effort went into where it was heading that, now we know, it isn't worth it. It's like being asked if you want to take the scenic route to a grim industrial estate.It's a strange one for sure.
I think I've re-watched the every season apart from the last multiple times.
Since the final season, I've not re-watched a single episode and even being stuck indoors and this being on Sky, I've got no interest.
I even re-watched a few episodes of Buffy the Vampire slayer last night and I've seen those a million times!
They killed off all the characters as well. Tyrion get's dumb and pathetic, Jon becomes Dany's bitch after they have sex and disregards his ideals until after Dany has murdered thousands of civilians, Varys also becomes dumb as feck and Dany becomes Hitler for no reason whatsoever other than Jon didn't want screw his aunt. Jaime suddenly doesn't give a shit about the common folk or innocent or otherwise despite that his greatest achievement was secretly saving the city by killing the mad king. Bran just comes off a creepy retarted person and does feck all despite being omniscient. There is no talk of Arya's coinflipping, despite her ealier taking great pleasure in killing people for revenge. She comes out as a totally good and clean character and doesn't understand the implications of murdering until the hound tells her after she's already killed hundreds people. Sansa for some reason is portrayed as being some genius which she is not.The thing that pissed me off most is all the little bits they sowed in to the previous series and then just seemed to completely forget they had put them in and ignored them as they were rushing to finish.
If they could have been arsed doing another full season and telling the story in the same way they had at the start it could have gone down as one of the all time greats.
To quote one of my favorite YouTubers:Bronn becomes master of coin despite in a former episode says he has no clue about finances and is awarded high garden for threatining to kill Jaime and Tyrion.
For me, its the latter. 3 seasons worth of story in one (cos 7 and 8 were basically one season split up).Just to be clear, is the major gripe the way the story was told or how the ending pieces were?
I don't think I can complain with where everyone landed up, but I agree it was terribly rushed and told in a shitty way.