First thing - all review sites should remove any reviews with ratings of 10 or zero. These are die-hard fans, with no critical faculties, and haters, entirely hostile to anything good. Neither are capable of giving a balanced opinion.
As a long time fan of GoT I am obliged to watch and I do get considerable enjoyment from the series. I want to see the story unfold and conclude.
But my enthusiasm is being tested. Inevitably the plots and character arcs, spun out in the early episodes, must be resolved or abandoned. For instance, the one eyed servant of the Lord of Light suddenly reappeared after many seasons absent.
Drawing these threads together is making things a bit crowded and a bit hurried. The various plots are jostling for attention. It's a symptom of episodic stories, perhaps an unavoidable one; the enthusiasm for complexity early on, bites the writers in the ass.
And that's happening with GoT. So much to do. So little time.
I will still be watching until the bitter end and still loving it but objectively, so far it lacks the quality and promise of earlier seasons.
But I might be proved wrong. I hope so.
As a long time fan of GoT I am obliged to watch and I do get considerable enjoyment from the series. I want to see the story unfold and conclude.
But my enthusiasm is being tested. Inevitably the plots and character arcs, spun out in the early episodes, must be resolved or abandoned. For instance, the one eyed servant of the Lord of Light suddenly reappeared after many seasons absent.
Drawing these threads together is making things a bit crowded and a bit hurried. The various plots are jostling for attention. It's a symptom of episodic stories, perhaps an unavoidable one; the enthusiasm for complexity early on, bites the writers in the ass.
And that's happening with GoT. So much to do. So little time.
I will still be watching until the bitter end and still loving it but objectively, so far it lacks the quality and promise of earlier seasons.
But I might be proved wrong. I hope so.