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Post by Rey Kahuka on Nov 30, 2020 20:57:33 GMT
I was all in on the show. Until the last season.
Without spoilers, both Arya and Bran's storylines will be crucial in the end. But neither are very well done. Deus ex machina.
If you go back and watch a random episode from seasons 1 - 4, it's rather stark (hah!) how much better it was than what it ultimately turned into in the last 2 seasons. Those earlier entries are riddled with great writing, nuanced character development, a complex but easy-to-follow story and great performances all around. The action sequences are terrific (Battle of Blackwater still holds up) but it's everything that preceded them that makes their stakes felt and the consequences palpable on both sides. It subsequently turned into a caricature of itself. And it's no coincidence that the writing starts to fall apart the farther the show got ahead of the books. D&D went from adapting a finished work to adapting plot notes, and it shows.
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