Game of Thrones has “over-learned” from George R.R. Martin’s mistakes

The New Republic

“Game of Thrones just doesn’t have time for anyone who isn’t Jon, Daenerys, or the Night King anymore,” says Alex Shephard. “The show has shed George R.R. Martin’s most frustrating tics, which ultimately weighed his story down: his insistence on meticulous world-building, on resisting deus ex machina resolutions, and on subverting fantasy tropes. But in racing toward the end—in giving fans the resolution they have demanded — Game of Thrones has over-learned from Martin’s mistakes, taking the story too far in the other direction. PLUS: GoT’s sound designer explains how she got Undead Dragon’s scream, Isaac Hempstead Wright shoots down the Bran-Night King theory, Ranking every Season 7 episode, are ravens actually fast?, are Tormund and Beric still alive?, ranking every GoT season, is there a real-life feud between “Bronn” and “Cersei”?, Kristofer Hivju talks Tormund’s fate, Season 7 was when GoT broke all the rules, and Lena Headey reveals what Cersei really thought of Dany.