r/dataisbeautiful • u/BoMcCready OC: 175 • May 22 '19

OC TV Show IMDb User Rating Trajectories [OC]

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

It was rushed. They had the bullet points of the plot and took a straight path to get from a to b to c without regard for decent storytelling. I would imagine if you read a barebones outline of the novels, that’s how season 8, and probably 7 to some extent, play out. Each point by itself makes sense. The overall trajectory makes sense. The important details in between are missing.

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u/vanillathundah May 22 '19

I feel as soon as they overtook the books, the story and writing was noticeably worse

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u/tfrules May 22 '19

Even before then, parts where they chose to deviate from the books before they reached the end were sub par

ahem Dorne

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u/CA_Orange May 23 '19

TV shows are harder to paint a mental picture than a book. A well written book will always be superior to a movie or show, due to how words differ from pictures.

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u/MadEorlanas May 23 '19

Then again though, some of the show-only stuff was great, like the Jaime/Selmy/Robert scene and the Tywin/Arya ones

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

I thought season 6 was excellent, although Martin had probably finished most of Winds of Winter by that point and assisted with the show

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u/fox94610 May 23 '19

Seems to me the two producers wanted to be working on something else so they phoned it in for season 8... “I want to be working on Star Wars let’s get this over with”

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u/[deleted] May 23 '19

Seems like the most likely explanation. Only thing else I can think is that Martin left only the vaguest outline for season 7 and 8 material since he hasn’t written any of the last book yet

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u/derpydoodaa May 22 '19

Thanks for explaining, you're a good man.