The meaning of words matters when talking about objective things. Why are you getting so triggered over your changing in how you rated the show? Ready to sling insults and show how it is pure projection at the slightest pushback on something you've said.
You can't because of those MASSIVE (your emphasis) changes. If the core elements and metaphysics of the world are changed then you can't use the source material as reference to explain anything. As you don't know what is changed and if that explanation actually fits the world built by the show. You aren't filling in the blanks of what the show doesn't explain but just pointing out differences between the source and the show as your own explanation indicates.Except that it can, because you know where they started from, so when you catch something they didn't manage to effectively explain, you at least have the original as a frame of reference.
I didn't miss your point at all. We can say that people find a show good if a lot of people like it. Most people consume entertainment if they like it. They don't hate watch things like a lot of the people on this site apparently do. They simply no longer consume the stuff they don't like and move on to something else that will entertain them.Completely unsurprising that you missed my point completely.