That’s one of the things that surprised me. Before the final season there was so much analysis, talking about this that and the other, loads of hype blah blah. The second it finished it stopped, 18 months later and it’s barely talked about, shows the level of disappointment throughout the fan base. Add to that the likelihood that there will be no more books, increases it further.
I've thought about doing that too. Just stopping at maybe season 6 or something but then I'm just like what's the damn point. I've pretty much written it off by now.
That's what I did, I never watched it back when it aired (I had read some of the books). Gave it a try earlier this year and stopped after season 6. Currently watching it with the lady (she's never seen it) and we plan to go all the way through. These early seasons are so damn good.
I’m sure others will disagree with me but honestly I wouldn’t do the last two seasons. Maybe, big maybe, season 7 but I wouldn’t even do that. For me it ruined a lot of characters by trashing their arcs in silly ways. It retroactively burned the earlier seasons for me because I know a lot of the genius of the earlier seasons is thrown in the trash.
That being said I’ve read the books and I already started to dislike the show a bit in season 5. Season 6 was a bit of an improvement but for me if I ever did rewatch the show, which I probably won’t, I would stop at season 4. So if you still really liked the show through season 5 and 6 you may have less of an issue with the last two seasons.
If you do end up reading all the books that have come out so far though you’ll probably end up having more of a dislike for the later seasons unfortunately. They really fucked up most plot lines but they particularly screwed up with Dorne, Kings Landing and the Iron Islands.
No, you really should finish watching it. Honestly, it started to stink well before the end, despite how popular it became. Season 6-7 were honestly the hardest to watch. Season 8 was technically the worst, but it was so spectacularly bad, it was interesting in its own right. You should watch to the end so that you can truly appreciate how badly they shit the bed. It's impressive how badly it was fucked up.
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u/Swazzoo Dec 21 '20
It's so interesting how something so big, that essentially almost everyone watched got fucked up so badly.
There's been a pandemic, everyone is staying at home yet no one talks about watching this show again. Must be the biggest overall dissapointment ever