Game of Thrones - Série 8

Too rushed and with a bungled screenplay. It goes to show how just important the amount of time that Martin devotes to it is. The parts where the creators have to catch up with parts that have already appeared in the books are so painfully obvious that I regret not reading the books instead. The final threats of freedom are crossed with the ridiculing of democracy and the news of the eventual imposition of the status quo is the only realistic conclusion. A satisfying end of a road still under construction. (20/05/2019)

Season 8 may have been one of the weaker, but it definitely doesn't deserve 65%. Technically, it remains the best television show ever and episode 3 along with the battle in episode 5 were among the best ever shown on TV. The last episode was a bit too tedious for my taste, but all in all I'm happy with how it turned out. 80%. (23/05/2019)

Anticlimax². The more lavish in design, production, scale and epicness unprecedented on the screen, the more moronic and tastelessly flinging and smearing the legacy of the opening four series, not to mention the source material. Martin must be spinning in his grave… no, bed. There is no denying that the final series has many moments, scenes and passages that are perfectly filmed and breathtaking. It's a shame that logic is not so much absent throughout it as it is committing ritual harakiri every second of the running time. If the eighth series were the culmination of the forgettable consumerist bland dark fantasy that library shelves are full of, it would be hard to have even one single complaint and I would be jubilant. But by being the climax of a series built on characters, sharp dialogue, twists and turns, uncompromising political pragmatism, the unspoken between the lines… It’s not worth talking about. There's not a single decent dialogue, everything is said at the top of its voice, deus ex macina is followed by deus ex machina, there’s no justified twist, no surprising moment, no logical progression, it's pure fanservice (ironically, not giving a crap about fans) of the coarsest grain, just nothing you wouldn't find in any generic "Chosen Child versus Big Very Bad Evil and the love of it" fantasy saga for teenagers. While the previous series still passed off as guilty pleasure, this time around there is a phenomenal display that is worth seeing as long as you can get past the fact that you want to smash your head on the coffee table. (20/05/2019)

Screenwriting dithering of the worst calibre. The internet has already taken care of most of the more constructive criticism for me, and is now grilling the showrunners mercilessly, and rightly so. Season 7 may not have made much sense, but it was still at least a ride that was cool enough to forgive its numerous holes in logic. But Season 8, no. After 8 years, the drop in quality is as if instead of The Return of the King, The Two Towers had been followed by Owen’s King Arthur. But what's far worse in Westeros than at head of the Round Table and his buddies is the fact that characters you've really cared about for years are drowning in the same mud. (20/05/2019)

The plot of Season 8 was extremely weak. It didn't surprise me after the previous shortcomings, but I still thought that the writers were taking a one-year break for a reason. This makes it seem like they just needed more time to totally twist logic to suit their needs. Disappointing, but at least it's over. (15/08/2019)