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IMO just an example of what happens when a crutch is taken away. I’ve never read the books but you could tell the early seasons told a deeply thought out and pl
by afavour 5y ago
IMO just an example of what happens when a crutch is taken away. I’ve never read the books but you could tell the early seasons told a deeply thought out and plotted story. The show creators were great at adopting that work. But once they were left to do their own thing… turns out they couldn’t do that well at all.
Of course the books still aren’t done so if they waited we’d still not have anything to watch. IMO from what I’ve read about the books it sounds like they could have cut out less and made the early seasons last longer without it dragging too much.
- delecti 5y agoIn addition to losing the crutch, they allegedly were also in a rush to wrap things up so they could get to the Star Wars property they were set to work on. But seemingly in the process they did so badly at their rushed ending that they lost that too.
- afavour 5y agoAlso their ill-fated Confederate show. From a purely outsider perspective it felt like they got bored of GoT… I don’t really blame them for that, they’d been working on it for many years. But much better to hand off to some new showrunners if you’re feeling that way.
- galangalalgol 5y agoI think they mostly cut the right stuff, lady stoneheart excepted. The books aren't among my favorites, but the show took all the good and left the filler. But recognizing the good bits is a different skillset than being able to create more.