Game of Thrones 2 (Jon Snow Sequel)

Ah great, a show featuring the most boring character.

I didn't actually hate the last season. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't great, it was rushed and patchy but I can't say I was angered like many, found enough of it enjoyable to get by.

I certainly don't get the sentiment that it retroactively ruins the good stuff that came before. And frankly it wasn't a perfect show anyway, there have been dodgy bits throughout.

I already had that moment with the Sand Snakes.

I just appreciate the fact that the TV show had an ending. Lord knows the books never will.

Frankly I found the last couple of books a very tedious slog. If the show glossed over too much, the books are bogged down by an awful pacing. Not sure I'll bother with the remaining ones.

Admittedly not the biggest fan, but is it me or is Harrington rather... wooden?

To be honest i felt it in season 3, the whole mutiny at Craster's Keep just felt a bit iffy. Tanner was a bit of a pantomime villain.

On the other hand though, I actively like and prefer some of the changes the series made over the events in the book. The extended pairing of Arya and The Hound was joyous.

Well, I've never heard that one before.

(It went to shit in 7, obvs)

See? That's what I mean, it's going to be hard to enjoy those moments again without thinking about how it all turns out.

Can we not just have a show about Arya wandering the lands exploring her sexuality.

It's not as egregious, but S6 gave Arya plot armor to survive multiple stab wounds to the stomach and the introduction of Euron "BIG COCK" Greyjoy

The semi-popular opinion is that it went to shit after they ran out of books to follow. I believe that is from 6 onwards. Season 5 was also a noticeable drop in quality from 4, I would say.

Really though, the full on rot set in with 7, which I would rate as worse than 8. 8 had some big moments that were incredibly dumb and/or badly handled, but I still thought it had some great pieces and was often visually spectacular. 7 just had them rushing all over the place, jumping around the continent in moments. There was obviously a lot of spinning plates to desperately get everything in its right place ready for the final season.

Not sure why they would be going ahead with this show though. I would have thought that anything associated with the way it ended would be shunned by the angry mob of S8 haters. Prequels and something set 100s of years after might be given benefit of the doubt, but a direct sequel seems like it would be too tainted for many.

Then again, maybe the rage about it is just a minority internet thing. I recall the physical release of S8 broke all sorts of records, so guess there was still quite an appetite for it.

Edit: also, agree with Hickman. Episode 2 of season 8 was one of the best episodes since the early seasons. I thought episode 1 was pretty good too, if I remember rightly. They slowed things down for both those episodes and just let the characters speak for a while. It worked well. Shows what could have been if they actually went with the extra time they could have had.

If we're talking about they telegraphed that seasons earlier. Can't see how it won't be in the books as well.

I've not read the books so can't offer an opinion there but I feel the tv show compelty dropped the ball on the last few seasons.

They never recovered from jon snow coming back from the dead.

This.
Luckily they seem to have learned their lesson... oh...