Like most I loved the original GOT series (season 8 not included) and had high hopes when this was announced that it could live up to the original at least to a degree however that has not come to pass.

Firstly the cast is just all wrong, out of all the main cast I can barely think of one who is appropriately cast, the writing and character development feels rushed and at no point was I invested in any of the characters like I was with the original series.

What the original did so well was get you invested, whether you loved or hated the characters there was investment in seeing how their story played out but here I just don't care either way and feel completely indifferent towards them all. On top of this there is the shoehorned diversity, interracial couplings and homosexuality which all feels very forced and essentially just feels like a tick box exercise for political correctness like a lot of other shows these days.

I am really struggling to find anything positive to say about this, even the CGI was a let down and feels cheap and makes me wonder where the budget went on this one, the only good thing was that it made me want to rewatch the original again just to get the sour taste this left in my mouth.

3/10 and that's being generous.