(August 29, 2017 at 9:33 am)Homeless Nutter Wrote:(August 29, 2017 at 6:51 am)Iroscato Wrote: I get the vague impression you didn't take too kindly to s7, for some reason.
I've not been particularly impressed ever since the show got ahead of the books. Too many stupid, half-baked plots of no particular consequence, convenient and/or predictable twists, people acting out of character, or just completely moronically. Everybody wearing "plot armor", except for people the writers don't know what to do with anymore, who get brought back and killed off ASAP, in order to tie up loose ends, without having to come up with ideas, stories, or explanations. Generally - lazy writing. If there's a plot-hole, or an inconsistency, the writers seem to think that having some character openly point it out, or make a joke about it - means it's no longer a problem.
This show used to be unpredictable, at least in the sense, that you could expect any of the main characters to die, pretty much at any time. When was the last time an important person and a fan-favorite died? And with this stupid Hollywood ending, that's obviously coming up, aimed at suburban housewives - the stakes seem the lowest they've ever been.
I think most of your criticism is justified but I don't agree with what I've bolded. It was different when they had the books to build from. Now they have to do the foundational writing themselves, not just translate a book to movie form. The writing is bad but I don't think it is lazy. It is a tough job being cranked out in record time in order to satisfy our yearly expectations. I'm too grateful to the writers for making the effort to think the faults are all on them.
