inliner311
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I've come to realize that most tv shows are like rock stars- if they die young, they stay immortal and become legendary because they don't stick around long enough for their inspiration and creativity to wane and start mailing in their performances/going through the motions.
It's too bad that once they realized that Martin would never deliver the book on-time that they should have just ended it there. Seems like the fans were given a rather shortened stick the last 2 years.
Most writers know how to start a show or a movie. Alot of them even know how to fill in the middle but it comes very apparent when watch movies that are 5 or 6's on IMDb. There is a big gap between someone who can at least give a decent 3rd act/ending and ones that just have no clue how to end something. Every incremental rise in IMDb rating of movies really shows this.
With tv shows though, most aren't asked to pitch more than the general pilot and how they can keep it going. This is why a pilot alot of times ends up one of the best episodes of a show. Not until recently have writers and producers really pitched shows as a whole storyline. It's because networks and cable TV really didn't want a show that would end. Netflix and the push for prestige tv have allowed shows that would have a limited span.
I think HBO probably wanted 10 year and 100+ episodes out of Game of Thrones. It just doesn't seem like the showrunners/writers or actors wanted that after their initial contract was up.