cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/moviesandtv@lemm.ee/t/1050457

The ending of the second season finale has some fans in a fire-breathing uproar: “Great episode, but it had no business being a ‘HOTD’ finale.”

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I don’t know why show runners think cliffhangers are a good thing still.

    It’s not back in the day cable where a show was off for 6 months. It’s a month or two of a show, then a year or two till it starts again.

    Give fans a satisfying ending every season. And they’ll want to come back. Expect them to still care in 22 months, and you’ll rarely be right.

    • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Plus a lot of shows get canceled so for some of us we Don’t watch a series unless it’s complete. Fucking studios thinking it still network cable with the ratings. Why I refuse to watch a single show on Netflix unless done. Why get involved and enjoy a show that ends on a cliff hanger and gets Fucking canceled. Same for HBO fuck them won’t do it. Now Amazon been pretty good keeping shows going and finishing them so I do watch them when they air.

      • stardust@lemmy.ca
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        3 months ago

        Only show new show I picked up recently since the multi year hiatus trend was Shogun and it was due to it being initially announced as a miniseries.

  • Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.org
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    3 months ago

    It was like they tried to make it climactic at the end, but achieved the exact opposite, rather making it fairly underwhelming.

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    3 months ago

    Literal what I said as the credits rolled. I thought we’d get one more dragon fight.

  • Lighttrails@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    I guess I was expecting the same format as game of thrones where they would have a longer, epic episode as the penultimate for the season and do some falling action/fallout from the previous episode for the season finale. As I finished watching it I thought, “wow that was a great climax for the season, I look forward to the season finale next week”

  • stardust@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    People waited 2 years for this slow season that repetively dragged out the plot due to budget, and now viewers get to wait another 2 years hoping the next season doesn’t feel like filler.