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He should be finishing the last two books, but maybe he knows that the entire franchise is dead after that last season.

I would contribute to a GoFundMe where we would pay the studio and actors to redo season 8 with a better story.

The show didn't kill the book franchise. Him not publishing a new book for 14 goddamn years did that.

Considering how popular the show was at its peak, the fact that there is still more content to come and how IPs are being rehashed all the time, it would a non zero chance that they redo the entire thing someday.

what's funny is that, from what i recall hearing, the creative forces behind the tv show essentially got bored with the show and crammed a ton of stuff into season 8 and kinda just phoned it in. iirc hbo was willing for one or two more seasons after 8

The producers got like a 100 million deal from Disney to start making shows for them, IIRC.

that's an insane amount of money if it's accurate. wonder why they couldn't just negotiate with hbo to let them free and have someone else do their part.

Disney ruining shoes they not even own, thats a first..

The franchise seems to be alive and well. My daughter really likes the prequel series. But season 8 definitely dulled the show's impact on popular culture. (Obligatory: Don't name your kids after a series' characters until it's done. So sorry to all the Danaerys's and Khaleesis out there...)

TBH, _if_ he finished it, he has a golden opportunity to capitalize on people's dissatisfaction and publish an ending to the series that people will like. Then they can reboot the whole TV series and he can buy a few islands...

The prequel is good, but it's hard to be excited about it with knowing how shitty the last season of the main series ended.

I'm boycotting the prequel series on principle because I assume Benioff and Weiss will receive royalties and residuals from it. I don't watch it even when it's in-flight entertainment.

It's reminiscent of Fullmetal Alchemist. The first attempt went completely off the rails when the writers ran out of source material and it had a very unsatisfying ending. However, after the manga was fully out, they re-made it as "Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood" and it was 10x better because the story had a cohesive and satisfying conclusion.

I think he was close to a finished story that was basically what we saw in season 8 (we were told he shared an outline of the ending with D&D early on), but the reception for that story was so dire that he’s been sent back to the drawing board, putting him years behind.

I personally thought it would have been a pretty decent storyline if executed properly. Daenerys' father was the mad king after all, so it was rather fitting.

Yeah. A bit more depth in the episodes up to that point and the plot would have been fine.

>I would contribute to a GoFundMe where we would pay the studio and actors to redo season 8 with a better story.

I cant believe I am not the only one who want this. Happy to pay a few hundred dollar just for this.

Please...it didn't even kill the TV franchise. There's already one spinoff out with a second one in the works.

My wife and I were hardcore fans and we stopped after season 1 of House of Dragons (I stopped halfway but my wife watched the full season). I don’t know anyone in my circle of friends that watched season 2 vs everyone I know watched GOT. The difference in ratings is stark (pun intended). I don’t think it’s going to continue.

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