Not at all. The first 4 seasons are the best television I've ever seen, period.Are we willing to admit yet that this show's been bad for the majority of its run?
Fanboys/girls are always voting the stuff up on imdb.
It's so telling that a defense of this show seems to be impossible without directly insulting the intelligence of the people who criticize it.
Reading these threads makes me feel like I'm the only one that just turns their brain off and enjoys the entertainment. I liked the episode well enough.
You started a thread about user-generated reviews that mean nothing because they're regularly gamed by people with axes to grind these days. What deep commentary were you expecting?It's so telling that a defense of this show seems to be impossible without directly insulting the intelligence of the people who criticize it.
D&D used Rheagal to pad Euron's resume just like they used Rickon to pad Ramsey's. They're hack writers.death of the dragon was straight up pantomine....way uplifting music of them flying was playing loudly then it just snapped failed in every way possible. it wasnt even shocking, was straight up shitty writing.
Wasn't good in any way but it was the most tolerable of the season.
They could even do something likeAs a book reader, I've had mixed feelings about the show for a long time. But it's still been enjoyable, mostly. Now, though, I'm full-on hate-watching it.
My wife, not a book reader, spent the last two episodes mostly laughing. When I asked her why, when very little is meant to be funny, she just says "it's so stupid!".
Even the stupid shit they do, could be done in a much more plausible way. For example:
So they want to kill a dragon. Fine. But 3 perfect shots out of nowhere? Amazing heat-seeking missile technology they have there. And then followed by a huge volley of misses? Groan. How about:
- Dany sees ships
- Dany flies down to burn ships - as was discussed in their battle plan
- Dany realizes ships have scorpion weapons, pulls up
- Unmanned dragon does not pull up, gets hit by volley of multiple shots
Much more plausible, same ending. And, quite frankly, has more tension, I think. But it's lacking the shock value, so the morons went with their stupid version.
I'm at the point where I just enjoy the episode while watching, and then enjoy everyone shitting all over it for the following week.Reading these threads makes me feel like I'm the only one that just turns their brain off and enjoys the entertainment. I liked the episode well enough.
8 seasons in and people are fed up with the third to last episode?
The show went past the books. The showrunners cannot write, for the most part, without the book material. They show outright contempt for many key concepts at times and fail to deliver on much of anything beyond dumb spectacle. The disgust with this is spiking because they spent two episodes fucking around on a battle that didn't deliver, leaving themselves 3 (now 2) episodes to complete character arcs. It's terrible.
The show deserves much better than this.
Happy people don't like the episode too
But it's not worse than S8E1 aka the shallow reunion episode. This is just salty people now.
either way, the story was going to be ending soon and the actors probably knew that too. I blame the showrunnersI think you've got it. They likely don't want to share the success with anyone else. Or it could be that the actors want to be done too and didn't want to do another season.
The Bronn scene is probably the worst scene in the history of the show.
I'm imagining instead being such an ardent, obnoxious fanboy that I have to antagonize people who are disappointed with the downward spiral of the show's writing since S5 with lame-ass gifs.
Angry nerds on the internet? Consider me shook.
D+D announce only 13 episode left.
Internet: "They are going to rush it".
Season 7/8 is very rushed
Internet: shockedpikachu.jpg
But it's not worse than S8E1 aka the shallow reunion episode. This is just salty people now.
When the best defense suggested here is "turn off your brain", that's a sign.
But sure, it's not possible the episode was just terrible. Gotta just be angry basement nerds or whatever.
When you have an vitriolic and emotional vendetta against the creators of a show, the problem is not the show, its you. Well-adjusted adults walk away from a piece of pop culture before they get that upset, but people on the internet just keep going.