I didn't like season 8 at all. It just LOOKED good. Season 5-8 had great episodes, but I'd be lying to myself if I said I enjoyed those seasons as a whole, as opposed to seasons 1-4 which i liked for the most part. That's just how I feel.
That's almost the only thing people remember about that season lol.
I, genuinely, hate season five far more than I hate season eight. Season eight for all that it is an absolute mess has some ideas and even episodes I consider underrated simply because everyone who isn't D&D were in top form throughout.
Oh was that not in the books? Not a very pleasant thing to do if not.
In the books Sansa's best friend Jeyne Poole is married off to Ramsay and the show put Sansa there in her place since if Jeyne was even in the show at all she would have been just a background character in season 1.
I concur. I know people love to dunk on Seasons 7/8, but I dislike most of 5. Sure it has Hardhome, but all the character arcs go in circles, every character is continuously being hurt without furthering the plot, and Dorne was well Dorne. Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken was rightfully the lowest-rated episode of the show for ages. Season 6 was a return to form IMO, and Season 7/8 never fell to the lows of Season 5.
Oh - that sounds familiar now. I think I knew that even though I still haven't read that far in the books (kind of stopped reading after season 8
). It's quite a big thing to transfer on to another character like that. Would have preferred if they just left it out entirely.
I'm assuming D&D thought that Sansa's storyline in the books either wasn't exciting enough or she was sidelined for too long so they gave her that plotline. I wouldn't be surprised if GRRM's plan in the books is to have Sansa remain in the Vale until the time comes to summon their army to assist Jon Snow in taking back Winterfell.Oh - that sounds familiar now. I think I knew that even though I still haven't read that far in the books (kind of stopped reading after season 8
Yeah, that was NOT the way to spice it up.
I’ve probably got more tolerance for ****e than most, and was still fully on board when season 8 rolled around. It was only the ridiculously sudden resolution of the White Walker plot line and the finale which pulled the rug out from the whole show for me. D&D rushed the whole thing to a seriously dumb extent and the show would have been much better off getting someone else to finish it with due time and care. We can see from HotD that Game of Thrones content can be quality without D&D.
Yeah, given what we know of them, they definitely thought that her navigating politics in the Vale and learning how to play the game would be "boring" so they had her get raped instead. For sure the most disgusting creative choice in GOT.
The silver lining was her story only got better from there, from her revenge on Ramsay later in season 6 to her becoming Queen in the North. In terms of where a lot of characters ended their storylines in the show, Sansa's was one of the better ones. I'd also wager that she ends up in the same place at the end of the books as well.
I might do a GOT rewatch in the near future after I'm done reading Fire and Blood. As for how Varys ended up, I don't think anyone was more pissed than the actor who played him since his reaction to it in the script read-through was documented for all to see.
