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Originally Posted by Bowser
Ultimately, no matter how people get there, I think all of this has to do with everyone just feeling a little ripped off that we clearly didn't get enough episodes to send this show off properly, nothing more. This last season HAS been rushed, even if it has had some amazing visuals and sequences.
That, and people just don't want it to end. JMO
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I read somewhere that the characters used to drive the plot and since they've seemingly just gotten tired of the show the plot now drives the characters.
I'm currently rewatching the series, somewhere in season 4 and it's just a totally different ****ing experience.
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Originally Posted by DaFace
To me, it's mainly a matter of lacking nuance, and that goes pretty broadly. As a couple of obvious examples:
"Stay in the crypts. You'll be safe there." (repeat multiple times)
"When the bells ring, you'll spare the innocent, right?" (repeat multiple times)
Both of those are foreshadowing, but would anyone really say that it was done WELL? Similarly, Dany's turn has been "foreshadowed" thoroughly if you're satisfied with all the times she's said "I'll burn the city to the ground." Sure, that's technically foreshadowing, but it would have been much more effective if we'd seen her progressively getting angrier in small outbursts over the past few seasons or something.
Another example would be Arya offing the NK. Do I hate the fact that she's the one to do it? Nope. But I'm not a fan of her just disappearing from the screen for 20+ minutes and then just randomly showing up flying through the air out of nowhere. Where are the logical set of steps that led to the outcome?
Some would call it nitpicking, but it's the difference in OK storytelling and great storytelling. And until we ran out of book material, we were pretty spoiled. Do I blame D&D for not being as good as GRRM? Absolutely not. That's not what they were hired for. But I don't think it's unreasonable for people to be disappointed nonetheless.
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The bells things was soooooo heavy handed lol can't even deny it.
I have no problem with people having issues with the show. Shit,
I have problems with the show. Just certain critiques really rub me the wrong way.