The ending was so bad people have forgot the ominous signs that came in Season 5 (first season to move passed the books in a major way) and how truly bad and half baked the Dorne plot was

People were in here noting the big drop off in quality and I think I even defended those plots in here when it was happening live, thinking they wouldn’t continue to frick it up. By god was I wrong

Season 6 and 7 have moments that recapture the glory of the first 4, but even those moments were mostly death note to the show having a satisfying ending, because they would sacrifice logical paths forward in the name of subverting expectations, and then having no solid plan to move forward after whatever twist they went with

Biggest example of that is Arya killing the night king. Incredible episode of TV live and for a brief moment it reinvigorated the show, which was starting to hit the same beats over and over in the later seasons, but then you are left with the aftermath and you realize they basically sacrificed an insane amount of plot development that was crafted over 4-6 seasons in the name of surprising fans in the current season. And so we ended up sputtering to the finish like with another 4 episodes after that that feel like an epilogue to a disappointing story that ended with a single scene.

I’ll spare you the rest of my manifesto on the abomination that is the ending of GOTs for now

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Posted by Byron Bojangles III

Member since Nov 2012

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Posted on 2/21/24 at 4:05 pm to wildtigercat93

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The ending was so bad people have forgot the ominous signs that came in Season 5 (first season to move passed the books in a major way) and how truly bad and half baked the Dorne plot was

People were in here noting the big drop off in quality and I think I even defended those plots in here when it was happening live, thinking they wouldn’t continue to frick it up. By god was I wrong

Season 6 and 7 have moments that recapture the glory of the first 4, but even those moments were mostly death note to the show having a satisfying ending, because they would sacrifice logical paths forward in the name of subverting expectations, and then having no solid plan to move forward after whatever twist they went with

Biggest example of that is Arya killing the night king. Incredible episode of TV live and for a brief moment it reinvigorated the show, which was starting to hit the same beats over and over in the later seasons, but then you are left with the aftermath and you realize they basically sacrificed an insane amount of plot development that was crafted over 4-6 seasons in the name of surprising fans in the current season. And so we ended up sputtering to the finish like with another 4 episodes after that that feel like an epilogue to a disappointing story that ended with a single scene.

I’ll spare you the rest of my manifesto on the abomination that is the ending of GOTs for now

my brother in R'hllor preach.

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Posted by Scoob

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Posted on 2/22/24 at 5:57 am to wildtigercat93

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but even those moments were mostly death note to the show having a satisfying ending, because they would sacrifice logical paths forward in the name of subverting expectations, and then having no solid plan to move forward after whatever twist they went with

That was what truly did it in. Rather than trying to craft the best possible story they could, they started trying to frick with and outsmart the audience.

You saw this shite happen with Westworld, too; and honestly also with the Star Wars sequels. There was such an effort to do something that makes people say "ooh, I didn't see THAT coming".

I don't know when that became the cool, edgy thing to do, but it ruined a lot of shows and movies. It might be interesting at the time, but you don't want to rewatch any of them.

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