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The Witcher (2019)
Cringefest
Poorly written dialogue, with no effort to try and fit the age the story is set in. Modern colloquialisms, characters, and behaviourisms that feel so out of place in a Medieval-esque fantasy. The bard character is horribly crafted and executed, and everything he says is a pathetic attempt at a joke. He is basically a very unfunny YouTuber superimposed in a medieval fantasy. To be fair, I'm not sure a character so hopelessly written could ever be portrayed well.
The magic is pulled off in a very cringeworthy form, the battles are terrible, and there are constant attempts at making a moment emotional, but with the extremely poor dialogue, the lack of character development, poor acting, and shoddy effects, all attempts fall flat on their face again and again.
Hala (2019)
Racist Orientalism yet again
A terrible, Islamophobic, racist overused orientalist narrative of a hijabi Muslim girl who is oppressed and severely depressed until she finds liberation through a non-Muslim white guy. Very original, and very accurate.
Game of Thrones (2011)
Dan and Dave threw it all down the drain.
Seasons 1 to 4 were masterpieces. No doubt they let Game of Thrones be deserving of its title as possibly the greatest tv series of all time. However, this was because the plot and story was not really written by the show's writers. These seasons largely followed George RR Martin's masterpieces (the books). The intrigue, the unpredictability, the deep-woven politics and calculated moves made by characters, the depth of the story, and atmosphere created was immense, and all helped create what it was; amazing.
The quality of the series took a dip once the showrunners over-took the book. Many questionable events occured from season 5 onwards, however overall, the show was still relatively decent until season 7 started. I have intentionally left out any spoilers, hence im not going to list any of the numerous plotholes and stupid things which occured in any season after season 4.
The Dorne plot was atrocious, and the complete out-of-character behaviour of many protagonists (especially Stannis) really made no sense.
Season 7 was clearly rushed, and the writing of D&D had clearly reached its lowest. Or so we thought.
Season 8 was by far the greatest disappointment in the history of television. Character arcs were completely disregarded, the main plot (the 'Winter is Coming' theme that had been drilled into our heads for 7 seasons) was pointless, main characters stories suddenly became irrelevant, all the history and lore of the GoT universe was thrown out the window and forgotten, terrible battle plans and tactics, the main characters protected by ridiculous plot armour, terrible disney-level dialogue, no depth to the story and the most ridiculous ending all add up to make this the biggest fall from grace in the history of TV & film.
Dan and Dave (writers) could not be bothered to write a half-decent story to tie up George RR Martin's life work being converted to tv, and for that they should never be allowed on another set again. GRRM put his life into the books, and for the tv adaptation to be thrown down the drain is disgusting and a crime. Hang your heads in shame, D&D.
Seasons 1-4: 10/10
Seasons 5-7: 5/10
Season 8: 1/10