9 Things You Learn Rewatching Game Of Thrones Season 8
1. They played it too safe
In the grand scheme of things, the final season of Game of Thrones is very good, and gave the audience a satisfying ending in terms of what is expected of the genre.
However, therein lay the problem: this is Game of Thrones. And Game of Thrones practically rewrote the fantasy genre. Giving the fans what they expect is not what made the show one of the greatest in television history. It broke every rule, pushed the boundaries of what is acceptable to show, killed off several main characters without remorse.
While good, season 8 almost seemed like a betrayal to everything that Game of Thrones was and still is to many people. The majorly shocking moments were few and far between, the violence was significantly cut back, and the only subversion of expectation was them not subverting our expectation.
Maybe if they'd doubled down on the fantasy aspects and taken away a few more major players from the game, it would have been held in better regard. But instead it was too safe a finale. We're not angry about it, just bitterly disappointed.