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Originally Posted by nik-
This opinion would make sense if the best seasons weren't the ones that has the books to use as guardrails. Once they didn't have them it got significantly worse.
This is simple, they wanted out, they wanted to get to the next big paycheck so they rushed it. We don't really need to delve deeper into their psyche than that.
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Fair point in the first paragraph but you are assuming a lot in the second, and I can't necessarily agree with that.
I still say though, the books being used as guardrails for the writing in the first few seasons is an overstatement. At best, the books served as pylons, and they constantly strayed from the narrative of the books to create a far more compelling story. The books were the basis for main characters, some major plot points, and some structure of the universe. But really the show barely resembles the books, and that's a good thing because it would be nearly unwatchable if it was faithful to the books.
I'm not going to pretend that I loved the last two seasons, and yes, not having source material may have hurt the writing, but I still give them lots of credit for some of the best TV writing and world building ever.