Game of Thrones. I can forgive the characters they left out of the show (I guess). I can't forgive the stupid death of Ser Barristan Selmy, but I will for this comment. I can even pretend to forgive the rushed ending and anticlimactic fight with the others. What I cannot forgive is what makes the first four nearly perfect seasons pretty much impossible to rewatch: every single symbol, clue, and question (other than Jon Snow's parentage) is pointless, meaningless, and completely unanswered. Like Chekhov's gun was not only unused, but never shown or mentioned again. I don't believe in capital punishment, but I do think D&D deserve the death penalty for that one.

[–] LadyButterfly@lazysoci.al 4 points 9 hours ago

Yes exactly. There were all these clues and questions that were just fucking pointless. All D and D needed to do was trawl fan forums looking for theories and just rip them off. It's not hard and that would have made the show better, and earlier seasons rewatchable.

Instead they filled time with Tyrion moving chairs.

[–] illi@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's not that the later (and especially the last) seasons were lesser quality, it's that it made rewatching the whole show pointless. Before every new season I rewatched the whole thing. Loved it.

Now, even when I think that I'd like to rewatch it sometime I realize there is no point in doing that. It sucked the enjoyment out of everything that came before.

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Yes, thank you for articulating what I was trying to say! I also used to do an annual rewatch, now I will still forget and try to watch the first season again, but after a few minutes of watching things that have no impact on the story whatsoever I realize there's no point. It's a shame because the books are genuinely really great, but it's a lot easier these days to watch a show then to crack open a book.