Game Of Thrones Season 8 Never Killed The Show
Although widely criticised upon release and still a point of division (at best) among viewers, it’s also apparent Game of Thrones season 8 never killed the show. Game of Thrones dominated the TV landscape in the 2010s, conquering audiences and critics alike on its way to an unprecedented level of success. The last of television’s monoliths in a changing landscape that was already shifting towards streaming releases and binge-watching well before its end, Game of Thrones season 8 should’ve been a fond final farewell to one of the greats, but instead of one last crowning achievement it seemingly massacred its own reputation in a manner that made the Red Wedding look tame.
The backlash to Game of Thrones season 8 massively snowballed across the final three episodes of the truncated run. Following on from the Night King being dispatched, the issues started to come thick and fast as the show itself sped towards the ultimate endgame. Game of Thrones season 8’s coffee cup came in for a roasting, but it was character arcs like those of Daenerys Targaryen and Jaime Lannister that left a bitter taste in some fans’ mouths. Thus it was largely proclaimed that Game of Thrones’ ending was a disaster, a TV finale nightmare down there with the worst of them. With that came the idea that the show as a whole had been killed, suddenly vanishing into the air like it’d been stabbed by Arya Stark; Game of Thrones season 8, and in particular the finale, had killed the show, its rewatch value, its popularity, and its legacy. No one talks about Game of Thrones anymore, apparently.
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