The complete reversal of character development is what killed it for me as well. With the same ending and removing the reversal the ending is 100x better. Just let their growth mean something instead of pissing it all away.
GoT was more about execution. The show runners forced 3 seasons worth of character development and plot into 1 mini season. The ending makes sense when you take the whole of the series.
The framing was bad too. With characters like Bran. His end is fine if they had framed it correctly.
IMO, Game of Thrones is massively overrated (even without the terrible later seasons) and is just an excuse for a porn and gore fest. I put it in the same category as shows like The Boys.
If you like it, fair enough, you do you, but nothing about that show resonated with me in any way.
Game of Thrones in the early seasons had interesting intrigues and there were a lot of options for who could be the next king or queen. Plus it had a way of making you care about a character before they were killed off. Yes I’m still salty about Oberyn Martell.
Then the politics and intrigue became increasingly less important as it became Dany + allies vs Cersei + allies. Yes there were a lot of other issues in the later seasons such as the whole fast travel issue, but that was just the tip of the iceberg.
That’s what a sitcom is about, maintaining the status quo. That’s why at the end of every episode, the world reverts back to how it was before episode started.
The complete reversal of character development is what killed it for me as well. With the same ending and removing the reversal the ending is 100x better. Just let their growth mean something instead of pissing it all away.
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GoT was more about execution. The show runners forced 3 seasons worth of character development and plot into 1 mini season. The ending makes sense when you take the whole of the series.
The framing was bad too. With characters like Bran. His end is fine if they had framed it correctly.
I’m going to say something controversial:
IMO, Game of Thrones is massively overrated (even without the terrible later seasons) and is just an excuse for a porn and gore fest. I put it in the same category as shows like The Boys.
If you like it, fair enough, you do you, but nothing about that show resonated with me in any way.
My only exposure to GoT is from the reddit watchitfortheplot subreddit. You mean there was more to it then sex?
Game of Thrones in the early seasons had interesting intrigues and there were a lot of options for who could be the next king or queen. Plus it had a way of making you care about a character before they were killed off. Yes I’m still salty about Oberyn Martell.
Then the politics and intrigue became increasingly less important as it became Dany + allies vs Cersei + allies. Yes there were a lot of other issues in the later seasons such as the whole fast travel issue, but that was just the tip of the iceberg.
I was thinking of GoT when I wrote this. It’s similar, but GoT was so much worse.
That’s what a sitcom is about, maintaining the status quo. That’s why at the end of every episode, the world reverts back to how it was before episode started.