(05-23-2019 11:37 AM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  

(05-23-2019 10:15 AM)USM@FTL Wrote:  Then they've been upset since the red wedding. Catelyn Stark is revived as Lady Stoneheart by Beric Dondarian and she goes on to start killing Freys.

I'm sure some book readers found something to dislike from the very first episode. However, the ranks of the dissatisfied fans, both book readers and none, have swelled in the last two seasons. That, of course, coincides with a lack of material from GRRM, and a decision to "just get it over with so we can move on to Disney money".

Thats a little unfair. First, the show runners (Benoff and Weiss) were hired to convert the George RR Martin books into a TV series. They werent really supposed to actually write the story. Im sure when they began, the thinking was 8 years from now Martin will have surely finished the last 2 books. That failure is on more on Martin that the GOT crew.

Secondly, the series had the current cast under contract for "X" number of years. Everyone knew that going in. So, the show was always going to have a window that it had to be completed within.

I do fault Benioff and Weiss for doing a 6 episode final season. I cant really think of a single reason why it had to be done in 6 rather than 10 episodes. Those extra episodes would have allowed us to see Dani slip over the edge more gradually and given us more opportunities to see examples of her slide. It also would have allowed us to get a better feel for the way those around her came to ultimately change their attitudes as well. So, I think the ultra fast paced final season was unnecessary---and that's on the GOT team.