I am close. The show started out as Stephen King made-for-TV-movie level bad. Writing got better for a few seasons after the Governor was gone. The show took a nose dive over the last two seasons. So many W(why)TF moments. Guess I am tired of seeing a build up to supposedly really. bad. guys. who turn out be not scary people at all (Governor, Negan). The Negan character is not intimidating. I can not take him seriously. I kept asking myself why anyone would follow the guy. He is a joke of a man.
Game of Thrones got better after Season 3. The Walking Dead got worse after it. Just recycled stuff where they go from place to place and something happens with another group. LOST was slightly a better show but it was the biggest tease in television. Game of Thrones was a frickin' bore to me until the Red Wedding. By "The Mountain and the Viper" episode, I started to get hooked. I can name 10 great episodes from GoT ranging from...
Battle of the Bastards
Hardhome
The Watchers on the Wall
The Winds of Winter
The Rains of Castamere
The Dance of Dragons
The Mountain and the Viper
The Door
Blackwater
Mother's Mercy
TWD's best episode is Too Far Gone (4x8). They might be maybe 5 memorable episodes from TWD at best. I can't stand most of the characters now. Daryl was the best character and I don't seem to care for him anymore. Merle was the most honest, realistic character but he gets killed by S3. Rick is nuts. Don't care for Carol. Morgan bores me like Bob did. Tyrese replaced T-Dog. Hated Lori. Can't stand Rosita, Sasha, and Eugene. So we are left with Negan, Ezekiel, and maybe Jesus. And it is too late to have sympathy for any of them.
While GoT has Tyrion, Jaime, Jorah (Ser Friend Zone), Jon, Varys, Baelish, Bronn, Dany, Cersei, Drogan, Benjen, Theon, Yara, Brienne, Wun Wun, and so on and so on. They killed off more characters and still has the better lineup. Even Tywin is better than most of TWD's cast. Even the casts from GoT all seem very down-to-earth as Lena Headey is nothing like Cersei. The actors in GoT seem far superior.
I can diss BOTH popular shows easily because melodrama can be parodied and mostly predictable. GoT isn't as good as the novels and only gets good by episode 8-9 for each season. And with 15 episodes left, it looks kinda predicable with white washed characters like Dany and Jon. Alot of people don't like the male frontal nudity and gay scenes.
But to me, TWD jumped the shark by Season 6. They took damn long and used an entire season to mostly resolve what happens in Alexandria. GoT has gotten better and has the deeper cast of misfits. I am not a huge Jon Snow and Sansa Stark fan early on but they got me interested in them again. I also liked Jorah Mormont and believe in his love and devotion to Khaleesi.
I will continue to watch them both though to just finish the story. It is like reading a book where you just want to see the ending. I started with TWD earlier. But I wouldn't rank either shows in my Top 10 favorites. My Top 10 is mostly comedies. Rather binge on silly comedies like I Love Lucy, Gilligan's Island, Married With Children, Family Guy (Season 1-3), Futurama, Silicon Valley, Man Seeking Woman, Angie Tribeca, 30 Rock, Chuck, Martin, and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air than watch a 40-50+ minutes episode from LOST, 24, GoT, TWD, The Wire, Breaking Bad, and The Sopranos. Even watching Westworld bored me to tears. I find Seinfeld and Friends as overrated as HBO dramas.
Comedies rule my TV. Serialized dramas lose their suspense after 1-2 viewings. The Walking Dead has great death scenes BUT their writing at best was hardly better than Season 1 of Heroes which was a ripoff of Lost and X-Men.
GoT - Before S3 = 8. After = 9
TWD - Before S4 = 8.5. After = 8
My feelings for both shows is similar to iOS vs Android. It flip flopped. Now I feel iOS is for simpletons (TWD) while Android is deeper like GoT's mythology. The cosplay and merchandising is also more appealing with GoT like Star Wars and Star Trek.
