I am reading a thread on Metafiter about the apparently-disastrous last couple of episodes of "Game of Thrones" and I kinda feel like my decision to never bother investing time in a TV series based on a book series that was unfinished when the show began, and has remained unfinished over the decade the show ran, was a wise one. As was my decision to not read the books either.
@anthracite It's also a story of the perils of TV writing. Few ambitious TV shows can beat the continual honing of a manuscript.
My friends have said the quality of the writing beyond the source material just has not been up to scratch.
@anthracite Also, Arthur C. Clarke said that adaptations tend to colour one's writing, as you consider the film/TV work instead of your own writing. I suppose it poisons it a little as you see the show's characters and events as well as your own.