Well I can finally read this thread again lol. I never watched Game of Thrones untill about 6 weeks ago when I started buying the dvd sets and watching 3-4 episodes per night. Watched them all and then bought the final season 8 off On Demand a few days ago and watched the final episode last night. Personally I thought it was one of the best series I have ever seen and would only place one other series ahead of it (Breaking Bad). Some people said they didn't like the ending, or that it was rushed and the Knight king's death was too quick. I don't agree. The battle episode (the long night) was 115mins of battle with the dead, the death of the knight king was done well IMO. I think a long drawn out sword fight between the Knight King and someone else would have made the Knight King seem too human/alive. In actuality since the Knight King created all the dead soliders then the entire 115min battle was more or less battling the Knight King himself, not just the last minute when Arya killed him.
I thoroughly enjoyed Game of Thrones. I was not sure how they would end it or who would be king/queen, but I think they ended it really well and don't really think ending it any other way would have been as satisfying for my tastes. I'm also glad they didn't kill Bronn, I figured he was gonna get killed a couple different times but didn't. I always liked that guy he was hilarious![]()
im fine with how some of it ends, but it's the delivery that they failed on. there was a lot of the lack of build up while abandoning seasons of character development and arcs altogether to quickly tie up loose ends. the result is we get characters acting completely out of character and making zero sense.
for example, arya just abandoning her revenge. cersei had been at the top of her list since season 1, she travels all the way down with the hound, makes it to the doorsteps, only to abandon her quest. and the mountain just suddenly decides to abandon her queen, out of the blue. why?? there was no explanation for that. why have him do that when you can just have the two brothers start fighting? why did the hound just let cersei walk by? the only girl he loves, arya, wants to kill cersei, why not just cut her head off, for arya? lol. why did grey worm or the unsullied not kill jon immediately when they learned jon killed dany? why keep him prisoner? why listen to the other houses to spare jon? why did anyone, when grey worm left, just not say, "hey jon, they gone now, you can be king." the list goes on but you get the points im making
it was sloppy and for me personally, kind of a slap in the face for being a loyal fan all these years. i've watched everything up to season 7 four times. there isn't much i don't know about the show and that's what sucks for me.
my biggest issue with the night king is this,....the whole backbone of the show is the threat beyond the wall. from episode one, the very first scene it was the threat beyond the wall. everyone plays the game of thrones while this evil army is coming for everyone. they don't explain what the walkers want, why the night king wants the three eyed raven, the three eye is the only thing the night king seems to fear or see as a threat.....for what?? bran didn't do anything. bran could've been a 90 year old man in a wheelchair for all it mattered. night king died going after someone who didn't appear to be any more threatening to him than a freaking baby or something
they phoned it in hard this last season and it showed. 3 of my favorite current shows came to an end....into the badlands, gotham and game of thrones. Game of thrones had the worst last season. none of any of my other favorite shows embody the phrase "the bigger they are, the harder they fall" than game of thrones and they fell HARD.
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