Review by ravivenkitaraman

Whereas GOT was fresh, well plotted, and helped us care about its characters, HOTD is derivative, boring, and over-emoted. It plays out like an amateur drama, with no clever twists or creativity, living on the laurels of its predecessor. I found myself doing other stuff while watching it (the only way I could get through this mess).

What a waste of a big budget. And sadly, I cannot think of a single character who broke the hammy stereotype. Well, a couple of the dragons tried. I'll give them that.

Advice to the producers: when you next create warring factions playing a fantasy game, at least make them interesting.