Television

The battle at Winterfell is a perfect microcosm of the issues. Even apart from the shit artistic work (everything was so dark you could barely see what was happening), almost every scene made no sense:

• they start by sending a bunch of people into the army of the undead only for them to die & turn into more undead
• the catapults etc. are in front of the castle gates where they're easily destroyed
• they put their most vulnerable into the crypts, where dozens of dead bodies lie, while fully aware their enemies can reanimate them
• characters keep getting into situations and scenes where it looks like they'll surely die, only for them to be fine in the next scene
• almost everyone survives what is basically an unwinnable battle
• Bran doesn't do shit
• they shit all over the Azor Ahai prophecy by having Aria "end" the long night via killing the Night King, while Jon Snow has basically no relevancy

I can't think of a single good choice in that episode. It took one of the greatest series of all time, and made what is essentially the climax look worse than a B-movie from the 2000s

And Daenerys had been unhinged for seasons by the time she tried to burn King’s Landing.

Not quite like that. I remember feeling that she was very out of character when first watching S8. And she wasn't the only one. And a lot of storylines were just ended super abruptly, which just ruin years of built up.

But it's been quite a while since I've watched it. This drunk scottish bloke explains it quite well.

There were too many illogical moments that made the viewer scream, "Oh for crying out loud!"

I've never been one to look for those sorts of things, rarely notice on a first viewing, but here's one that grabbed me:

Daenerys is the heroine for flying her dragon around the corner to see the incoming invasion fleet. Posting a dude with a signal fire on the cliff overlooking the only invasion route would have done the trick.

You're not crazy. It wasn't as bad as everyone says, it just wasn't as good as earlier seasons. The people freaking out about it were either far too wrapped up in a tv show, or just get off on hating things.