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GoT has the same dynamic as Lord of the Rings, where the world itself is arguably the protagonist, and the characters are there to explore it for you. The GoT

GoT has the same dynamic as Lord of the Rings, where the world itself is arguably the protagonist, and the characters are there to explore it for you. The GoT show runners appear to have totally misunderstood that, and threw the suspense and world building stuff under the bus for creating moments of interpersonal drama. But the drama and actions increasingly made no sense vs the buildup of the previous seasons. Who are the white walkers? What is the rest of their history? What are their goals? This was the big driving mystery of the show, and they simply decided to wrap it up in a single big battle with no further revelations. That totally removed the payoff a lot of people were waiting for. Much like Lost, it became clear there's no actual coherent mystery. Maybe GRRM deserves some criticism for not having things wrapped up himself. But mostly I think the show runners just totally misunderstood what was driving the earlier seasons.

mark38848 4y ago
From episode one it was a telenovela with more nudity, wigs, and CGI. There was one good scene between Cersei and her husband, though.
pbronez 4y ago
Ugh the Lost thing was so infuriating.
- whstl 4y ago
  The Lost finale was definitely disappointing, but at some point it was expected. At some point it became clear that the mystery was just a huge MacGuffin, and the writers had painted themselves into a corner. I think that taught newer generations of Showrunners to not make the same mistake. Modern shows like Breaking Bad and Dark managed to finish right on time with perfect endings. (GoT however...)
  - jfengel 4y ago
    New generations, maybe. JJ Abrams himself still seems to love a mystery box, to the detriment of more than one major franchise.
  - antifa 4y ago
    > I think that taught newer generations of Showrunners to not make the same mistake I'm worried the opposite lesson is being learned here. Most shows "build up" then not worry if it's actually going somewhere or even can have a good ending. Nowadays the exit strategy is first and doremost a cancelation or the next writer's problem.
    - whstl 4y ago
      Yeah, that's hard to disagree with. That's definitely true for a lot of Netflix series.
- jerpint 4y ago
  What happened to the polar bears

mark38848 4y ago

From episode one it was a telenovela with more nudity, wigs, and CGI. There was one good scene between Cersei and her husband, though.

pbronez 4y ago

Ugh the Lost thing was so infuriating.

whstl 4y ago
The Lost finale was definitely disappointing, but at some point it was expected. At some point it became clear that the mystery was just a huge MacGuffin, and the writers had painted themselves into a corner. I think that taught newer generations of Showrunners to not make the same mistake. Modern shows like Breaking Bad and Dark managed to finish right on time with perfect endings. (GoT however...)
- jfengel 4y ago
  New generations, maybe. JJ Abrams himself still seems to love a mystery box, to the detriment of more than one major franchise.
- antifa 4y ago
  > I think that taught newer generations of Showrunners to not make the same mistake I'm worried the opposite lesson is being learned here. Most shows "build up" then not worry if it's actually going somewhere or even can have a good ending. Nowadays the exit strategy is first and doremost a cancelation or the next writer's problem.
  - whstl 4y ago
    Yeah, that's hard to disagree with. That's definitely true for a lot of Netflix series.
jerpint 4y ago
What happened to the polar bears