I probably won't watch the next season either.
First, the spoilers. I was fully prepared to see things this season that would be TWOW material, like the battle for Winterfell. However, killing off ser Barristan early and excluding lade Stoneheart and the Young Griff are big spoilers for me. Especially the last one, he's a contender for the iron throne! He has the support of the Golden Colpany, Dorne (most likely since Dany rejected Quentyn and he can marry Arianne), Varys and Illyrio (probably). Yet the show simply excluded him so we know he won't win.
Second, there are some things that I feel drag the show down. 2 examples:
- The battle of the wall in the previous season. Major characters like Jon kill minor characters with a single struck, yet they have a hard fight against the other leaders in the battle.
- Jon and the wildlings leaves Hardhome by boat, but instead of going sounth and docking at Eastwatch by sea south of the wall, they decide to get off the boats somewhere north of the wall so they can enter castle black on foot. The writers simply did this to create a 'dramatic' scene between Jon and ser Alliser. Quite amateuristic for such a big show imo
