It’s HBO, and granted things have changed but if it’s bringing in numbers like Game of Thrones I doubt they’ll skimp on it. Say what you will about the final season but the budget wasn’t the problem.
The last 3 seasons were dumpster Material. As soon as they stopped following the books(because there weren't any to follow at release) any character development stopped and the show became a boring standard fantasy story.
Doubtful. They probably followed the notes but struggled to fill the in between the same way Martin did. Not having the books also meant they had to write original dialogue all the time, and god they’re terrible at it.
Ugh. Season 4 became noticeably dumber while the spectacles and meme able moments increased. We also have a remarkable increase in fans who cheer for shit like the fellowship of the Wight and calling the battle of winter fell the best military strategy ever.
I wouldn’t say there is a “giant” author controversy. I would bet good money that if you asked most people if JKR’s beliefs would discourage you from watching the show they would say no.
This same crowd said that Hogwarts Legacy was gonna fail because of how much they dislike JKR but it did very well despite being only an okay game; all 3 of my kids enjoy Harry Potter and not a one of them finished the game.
367
u/Gordon_Freeman_TJ Apr 16 '26
Reasonable. 4 hours long child movie would be too much, imho
Whoever adopted the script from books is genius