Its not like Lost where i can’t even stomach watching the earlier seasons. I can still watch and enjoy seasons 1-6 and enjoy it. Hell Season 6 has the best finale of all the seasons in my opionion
Did Season 8 of Game of Thrones ruin the series for you?
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Large sections of this post are 100% false.
"GOT" was 100% gunning for top 5, Weiss and Benioff said they hope "GOT" is mentioned alongside "Breaking Bad". They consider that show and "The Wire" as the GOATs in TV history.
They literally stalked episode ratings on IMDB after "The Battle Of The b*stards", to see if it rated higher than "Ozymandias", which is (or was, not sure now) the highest rated episode in history.
So....yeah. Top 5 shows don't just fall out of the sky. There has to be a conscious effort on the part of the creative team to make it happen.
Now, whether or not they're able to pull it off....or whether or not it resonates with fans....is an entirely different story. But Weiss and Benioff set out to make a GOAT tier show.
Lastly, as far as the whole "everything is subjective, individuals will still have this in their top 5"....that's completely pointless because there's people with "The Big Bang Theory" in their top 5....what I'm saying is, no prestige drama from the last 20 years has had a final season this poorly received. By fans or critics. So that alone disqualifies it from the tier Weiss and Benioff were aiming for, regardless of individual opinion.
Fred.
Mantis Toboggan M.D.
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I refuse to believe that any show could fall off as hard as the walking dead from season 4-5 onward
Boardwalk Empire and nBSG would like a word...
I refuse to believe that any show could fall off as hard as the walking dead from season 4-5 onward
TWD bit the dust during season 2 and that long ass search for sophia
shyt season one wasn’t even all that hot imo...but I was willing to continue watching bcuz of how great the comic series was
dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
Ehh, I dont follow everything they say but they said they wanted to finish strong like B.B. furthermore this show was not set out to be some top show, it was a niche genre that easily could’ve done Rome numbers - simply resonated with those who are interested in the genre/book readers, the budgets they gave the earlier seasons reflect that. Juxtapose that to the $$ dropped on westworld which hbo developed specifically to be the next GOT,
prestige drama, flagship show on their network, you cannot in all honestly say GOT started with that same intent.
And how is subjectivity pointless when the thread is about “did it ruin the series FOR YOU?”
that’s the whole point, stop acting like those of us who said it didn’t ruin the series are in denial, it’s a question to individuals here, not critics, not potential top 10 list aggregators, the individual posters here....
I refuse to believe that any show could fall off as hard as the walking dead from season 4-5 onward
I don't consider "TWD" to be on the level of the aforementioned shows in this thread so it didn't have as far to fall in the first place.
Fred.
It was Bernthal that kept me watching. Man's acting was on another level.
Mantis Toboggan M.D.
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Did they literally recycle a plot around a bad guy with his crazy followers 2-3 times while never actually building towards a conclusion that would end the central problem of the show but manage to tease that they were for a while only to reveal it to be a lie that a totally worthless character was telling to get protection from an army convoy? Walking dead at this point is I think 9 seasons in while not building towards any sort of finale while to my knowledge alternating between killing characters for shock value and letting everyone else stagnate to the point that they don’t matter. It’s really hard to botch a show that bad unless you’re trying to.
It didn’t peak as high, but still managed to fall that hard anywayI don't consider "TWD" to be on the level of the aforementioned shows in this thread so it didn't have as far to fall in the first place.
Fred.
Ehh, I dont follow everything they say but they said they wanted to finish strong like B.B. furthermore this show was not set out to be some top show, it was a niche genre that easily could’ve done Rome numbers - simply resonated with those who are interested in the genre/book readers, the budgets they gave the earlier seasons reflect that. Juxtapose that to the $$ dropped on westworld which hbo developed specifically to be the next GOT,
prestige drama, flagship show on their network, you cannot in all honestly say GOT started with that same intent.
And how is subjectivity pointless when the thread is about “did it ruin the series FOR YOU?”
The sole reason we went down this rabbit hole in the first place is people seemed to misinterpret what I said....which is "I don't see how people can admit this has had 2 bad seasons, but it's still top 5".
Key words "admitted it has 2 bad seasons".
Fred.
It was Bernthal that kept me watching. Man's acting was on another level.
only actor on the show worth a damn...until jeffrey dean morgan came on as negan...and even then the show still stunk outside of his scenes
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Superstar
The Westerosi politics will always be interesting but Dany's adventures in Essos seem pretty fukking hollow now.
