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Originally Posted by Locke
So while it may not treat your source material (which at this juncture doesnt exist) with the reverence you expect, it is still, objectively, better than literally everything and anything else.
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It's got nothing to do with reverence to the source material (which frankly suffers/will suffer from the same problem as the TV shows).
I can independently judge the quality of the TV show just fine. The reason the show worked and built up the following it did was the story telling. That's what's suffering, and that's why it's being compared to fan fiction, because fan fiction rushes from one set piece to the next without building the necessary things to hold it all together. The show did that quite well, there was plenty of time to get to hate or get attached to characters, watch them change as they struggled with things, etc.
The only reason it somewhat still works is because the foundation they've built is good, but the further they go the less the events fit into the foundation, the harder it is to feel engaged and invested.
Just like when I watch a movie that I liked but thought it could have been 10 times better with better writing, I just imagine how good the last 2 seasons could have been if they'd started this whole endgame 3 seasons ago. It's grief of loss for what could have been.
It's like watching 2 grandmasters spend hours moving their pieces to setup their endgame strategy, and then settling it with best 2 out of 3 in rock-paper-scissors.