TV: How a mighty epic became Game for a laugh

The makers of Game of Thrones had one of the biggest budgets in the history of television to play with, yet chose to cobble together an amateurish rush job instead of taking their time

Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) gazes out over her army of the Unsullied in Game of Thrones (Sky Atlantic)

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Game of Thrones: Sky Atlantic

WARNING: this review contains numerous spoilers from the finale of Game of Thrones

As you may already know, there’s an online petition floating around which aims to somehow force HBO to re-shoot the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones (Sky Atlantic) “with competent writers”. The 1.5 million signatories – some of whom will be the same people who keep sending George RR Martin ...