Even had S8 ended how most of us seem to have wanted it to, tying up most subplots and leaving us all warm n fuzzy at the finale, I would still have had the following critique-
That defensive battles against an overwhelming- nay unstoppable- army, would NOT be best served standing in the open, in front of the barricades??
The show was going downhill for years. I remember around season 5 or 6 finding the show a bit meh, focusing too much on spectacle, shock and winks to the fandom. Everyone was still loving it though and I felt like I was in the Twilight Zone. To be fair the show still had high peaks at the time, which is what carried it. The overall quality was dipping but one or two big moments made it worthwhile and seemingly kept everyone hooked and happy.
It's surreal how the tide turned so quickly. As soon as season 8 started the hate was simmering and as it moved along it became a lynching. It was like the click of a finger and boom. Everyone woke up and realized the show was poorly written. It was so strange watching it all unfold.
It's literally when the book material ran out, then it quickly showed that D&D are inept and not up to the task.
And then they ruined it...
I think you should spell their names out in full, Kendricks: Dumb and Dumber.
I think there's a reason GRRM didn't finish the books, whether of logistics or character, and the writers of the show had the same problems and just short-cutted around them, and the audience could tell.
shareYeah, true, but it was still holding it's head up high until S8.
Then, it's like someone who'd never heard of the show took over - laughable story arc endings, missed opportunities and weird sub-plots - or lack thereof.
It went to shit around Season 5. There were still decent things going on in that season (e.g Hardhome) but the Sansa/Ramsay wedding was really where it began to go downhill.
share "focusing too much on spectacle"
"high peaks at the time, which is what carried it"
"That defensive battles against an overwhelming- nay unstoppable- army, would NOT be best served standing in the open, in front of the barricades??"
Especially since Snow had seen the Others assault a stockaded fort before, and kill everyone outside the walls in a second! He knows they can send waves of deadly cold that kill everyone standing in the open, or would if he wasn't a complete dope!
Face it, that battler was like most finale battles, where the writers stack the odds against the humans too high, and have to use the old "kill the head vampire and they'll all die" dodge. Feh.