I've been rewatching some of this series lately, watched the episode Hardhome S05E08, a brutal episode with the White Walkers and the Dead attacking the Night Watch and the Wildlings...The giant is awesome putting up a good fight before they abandon that area, the dead overrun them all... ...
Peter Dinklage says 'Game of Thrones' fans were upset about the finale because 'they wanted the pretty white people to ride off into the sunset' Peter Dinklage didn't hold back in a recent interview with The New York Times when it was brought up that "Game of Thrones" fans were let down by the show's finale. "They wanted the pretty white people to ride off into the sunset together," Dinklage, who played Tyrion Lannister on the show, told the newspaper. "By the way, it's fiction," he added with a laugh. "There's dragons in it. Move on." The HBO series based on the novels by George R.R. Martin had its final season in 2019. Some fans were so upset by its final season that they launched a Change.org petition pleading for HBO to redo the entire season. (More on the link)
Call me crazy but, I am re-watching it right now. I'm up to S5 E9. I'll probably skip the latter part of season 8 because it will just break my heart all over again.
I am probably in the minority. I watched Season 1 and then gave up. Perhaps the theme of dragons and ice monsters weren’t my thing.