The problem with the books predate the show. The bigger issue is that George R.R. Martin is a worthless goon, and the second he had the ability to procrastinate and turn in half-assed work (Fire and Blood, "consulting" on the new shows, etc.), he took it and never looked back.
Sending Jon to the wall is a face saving compromise allowing Daenerys' army to get on a boat and fuck off. Jons family know that all he ever wanted was to be a ranger in the Nights Watch. It's not a punishment.
I'm not sure if Melisandre was supposed to be a really powerful witch but if she could bring back Jon Snow then I'm sure that it's not impossible for other red priestesses to bring back Daenarys. I definitely do not think that Emilia Clarke would want to reprise her role as female fantasy dragon hitler though and if they did bring her back it's not as if you can give her character redemption.
In the books it is implied that she has no power beyond blood magic or blood sacrifice. And that she is a fraud. In the fifth book she is using hidden powders literally up her sleeve like a magician. And in second (third?) book it is heavily implied that when she has Stannis throw the leeches in the fire, that she has had a vision of the usurper kings dying, and so she makes it seem to Stannis like her leech magic was the cause of their deaths. But Balon, Robb, and Joffrey all die for other reasons. She also wears a glamor on her necklace that makes her look younger when she is really very old.
Neither. Game of thrones is garbage. Both the book series and the show.
Basically the books are fine as long as you never think too much about them besides a few plot points. But once the book series died and the show became popular with crowds of faggots constantly talking about it, all the cracks start appearing and that slowly drain the series from likeability.
In a decade or two this will be the prevailing feeling towards the entire series.
This is where I fall. I used to be a huge GoT fan, but once they killed off Littlefinger in that fashion I lost all interest. Used to watch old episodes, but now I have no interest in anything GoT. Think it’s going to bomb tbh people have moved on.
If anybody at HBO has any brains they have to know that the final season effectively killed one of the single most profitable I.P.s in current production. That's a massive loss, at that point, do you stand to gain more from doing a hasty sequel that 'fixes' the finale -- damn the budget -- or not? I'd say, it'd probably be worth it in the long run for them, especially with twenty other spinoffs in the can and George twiddling his thumbs and making a fat ass of himself on social media.
Bran gets visions of a real long night and sends an order to release Jon of his vows and come to King's Landing to prepare for THE REAL LONG NIGHT. Pretty much fanfiction tier but it can't be worse than anything else they make at this point so fuck it I guess. If they wanted, they could basically make it Game of Thrones : Apocalypse and tap into a little of that Walking Dead action.
Yeah but think of the expense and spectacle. Maybe that would work if they were willing to sink half a billion dollars in it, but are they really going to throw those sorts of resources into this? Big battles, cinematics, etc...
