As George R.R. Martin once promised, Game of Thrones ended on a bittersweet note. Though it seems that HBO wishes to revisit the story in the near future and address some of its forsaken plot points.
The final season of HBO’s hit fantasy show, for lack of a better word, was utterly underwhelming. Not only did the showrunners fail to live up to the expectations of an audience who’d been waiting for more than two years to see the conclusion of the story, but they also dropped the ball on several narrative elements that they’d spent years and years building up. For one thing, the Night King’s arc as a menacing villain who heralded the end of times, or what the show referred to as “a long winter,” only lasted a couple of days. And then, the writers rushed the story and burned through two seasons...
The final season of HBO’s hit fantasy show, for lack of a better word, was utterly underwhelming. Not only did the showrunners fail to live up to the expectations of an audience who’d been waiting for more than two years to see the conclusion of the story, but they also dropped the ball on several narrative elements that they’d spent years and years building up. For one thing, the Night King’s arc as a menacing villain who heralded the end of times, or what the show referred to as “a long winter,” only lasted a couple of days. And then, the writers rushed the story and burned through two seasons...
- 7/3/2020
- by Jonathan Wright
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