Out of curiosity: why do you all think the average viewer has so suddenly turned against the show?
I think it's widely agreed upon by more critical viewers that it's had consecutively a few disappointing-to-terrible seasons, but those never seemed to have soured the audience quite like this.
Why now?
I think it's widely agreed upon by more critical viewers that it's had consecutively a few disappointing-to-terrible seasons, but those never seemed to have soured the audience quite like this.
Why now?
The best reviewed episode of this season is the first. This is silly. It was probably the worst. Just shows feelings were building up.
By FligureSkatingFan Go To PostOut of curiosity: why do you all think the average viewer has so suddenly turned against the show?
I think it's widely agreed upon by more critical viewers that it's had consecutively a few disappointing-to-terrible seasons, but those never seemed to have soured the audience quite like this.
Why now?
The average viewer hasn't turned on the show, leave forums and venture onto twitter, IG and snap and people are still enjoying it.
Yeah I'm not sure, everyone I know outside of the internet's inherently nitpicky nature is enjoying the fuck out of it.
I mean, I'm pretty excited about the last episode. I'm making theories, I want to know how it ends, etc. I'll have people over for one last party, which I can't imagine doing for another show. In the end, it still is the defining piece of entertainment of the decade.
The bad writing is obvious. But D&D are dwarves standing on the shoulder of a giant, the basis was too strong for the whole thing to go down the shitter entirely.
The bad writing is obvious. But D&D are dwarves standing on the shoulder of a giant, the basis was too strong for the whole thing to go down the shitter entirely.
By Random Ass Username Go To PostDeadwood got a movie 13 years later. This can too.We might have a new book out by then.
By FligureSkatingFan Go To PostOut of curiosity: why do you all think the average viewer has so suddenly turned against the show?A classic case of quando e' troppo, e' troppo. Also because it's ending, there's no 'next season things will get better' to look forward to.
I think it's widely agreed upon by more critical viewers that it's had consecutively a few disappointing-to-terrible seasons, but those never seemed to have soured the audience quite like this.
Why now?
Most of the sufficiently intelligent people I discuss the show with outside the internet share similar feelings, so I don't think it's just the tubes.
It has never been this bad before, simple as.
By You got 14 bricks right there? Go To PostThe average viewer hasn't turned on the show, leave forums and venture onto twitter, IG and snap and people are still enjoying it.All the non critical people form co-workers to friends all hated the last few episodes.
Also there's tons of hate posts on IG and Twitter with ridiculous amounts of likes and retweets etc wtf
By s y Go To PostAll the non critical people form co-workers to friends all hated the last few episodes.That's people rooting for Dany like people root for sports teams. They went from being on David's side to being on Goliath's.
Also there's tons of hate posts on IG and Twitter with ridiculous amounts of likes and retweets etc wtf
By FligureSkatingFan Go To PostOut of curiosity: why do you all think the average viewer has so suddenly turned against the show?Dani going mad probably soured a lot to the series.
I think it's widely agreed upon by more critical viewers that it's had consecutively a few disappointing-to-terrible seasons, but those never seemed to have soured the audience quite like this.
Why now?
Also Tyrion suddenly being an idiot and making all the wrong decisions is something else.
By Flutter Go To PostAlso Tyrion suddenly being an idiot and making all the wrong decisions is something else.Name one character who made a good political decision in season 8.
There's just one, and that was a self-sacrifice: Varys sending spies and letters to tell the world Jon is heir.
Everyone else is dumb as a rock, no exception. And that takes away a lot of the charm of the story.
Even your average reader can tell that everyone has become a fool.
And Dany stans probably didn't like her nuking a surrended city
And Dany stans probably didn't like her nuking a surrended city
By Gaby Go To PostName one character who made a good political decision in season 8.I have come to accept that Sansa is the one that tries to make the best decisions, only for people to turn them down because they think they know better.
There's just one, and that was a self-sacrifice: Varys sending spies and letters to tell the world Jon is heir.
Everyone else is dumb as a rock, no exception. And that takes away a lot of the charm of the story.
There were more plotlines to hide the stupid in. Now it's so centrally focused there is just one thing to glob onto or find interesting and it blows.
It’s easy to miss this fundamental narrative lane change and blame the series’ downturn on plain old bad writing by Benioff and Weiss—partly because they are genuinely bad at it
Don't worry yal I got you
By n8 dogg Go To PostThis is very good - https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-real-reason-fans-hate-the-last-season-of-game-of-thrones/that's a good read, much appreciated.
apologies for the dp
I'm rewatching old episodes before the finale and this scene is striking in retrospect
also that tongue on this fucking Beric, he would probably convince me to enlist in the army and die for something I couldn't care less about
I'm rewatching old episodes before the finale and this scene is striking in retrospect
also that tongue on this fucking Beric, he would probably convince me to enlist in the army and die for something I couldn't care less about
By n8 dogg Go To PostThis is very good - https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-real-reason-fans-hate-the-last-season-of-game-of-thrones/Great read
By n8 dogg Go To PostThis is very good - https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-real-reason-fans-hate-the-last-season-of-game-of-thrones/
Great stuff
By s y Go To PostWatch when Bran rolls up and snatches the crown from everyone.