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Originally Posted by KcMsterpce
I would say seasons 1-4 are some of the best television I've ever seen.
Season 5 started to turn into a parody of itself in ways, going for excessive cliches and more simplistic story beats. Also, if you read the book, many of the editorial decisions/changes from the book were questionable at best, and outright mind-numbingly illogical at its worst. - Not having knowledge of the book helps, in this case.
Season 6 was, in my opinion, quite bad. The "Battle of the Bastards" is very cinematic, and beautiful... but gosh-darn a really, really illogical battle that made my head spin. Also, the deus ex machina threw me for a major loop.
The "new" bad guy is so terribly evil that I thought I was watching a parody.
Season 7, I learned to accept it as "dumb, big fun".
Season 8 was the worst season, more than season 5 or 6. But... it was finally over, and I was relieved that I no longer needed to hope for something better, nor wait for further seasons of emotional turmoil for What Could Have Been. But my God, it was obvious that the writers had little talent when it came to understanding how to build off the foundation set by the books.
So, overall a mixed bag. But worth a watch, especially if you have foreknowledge that the show could potentially not maintain the S1-4 glory days.
Because so many people love this show, I recommend it to everyone. YMMV, more so for this show than almost any other.
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I agree about season 6. Moreover if you take out Hodor, BotB and the sept (which was ridiculous in and out of itself) you basically get a big pile of nothing and just a waste of time. I'd even say that season 6 was worse than season 5. And I agree about Ramsay. A lot of people like to throw around "Mary Sue" but no one talks about how Ramsay is basically a "Marty Stu" villain up to the point where he doesn't serve anything anymore.
I also agree about season 7, everything was dumb but enjoyable dumb.
Regarding season 8 - I honestly think that season 8 is as bad as previous seasons, but because it was the last season then fans weren't willing to give it the benefit of the doubt (no more "well it's stupid but maybe it has some significant for upcoming episodes so let's see"). Some say they should have given it more episodes, but IMO that wouldn't have saved anything because the writers' priorities were what was messed up.
IMO the King's Landing battle and destruction should have happened in season 7. Season 8 should have been solely about the long night and Daenerys' redemption and sacrifice.
I have my qualms about season 2-4, especially season 4 after the Purple wedding (the jumping the shark episode IMO), but I'll keep them to myself because it always gets me into trouble, but basically the only good adaptation is season 1 and even that has its issues (not major ones though).