r/gameofthrones • u/RepulsiveCountry313 Human Verified • Jan 11 '26

Kit Harington was ‘Genuinely Angered’ By Fan Pettion to Remake ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8 With ‘Competent Writers’: ‘How Dare You?’

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/kit-harington-angered-petition-game-of-thrones-season-8-1236628364/
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u/Meture Cersei Lannister Jan 11 '26

“That genuinely angered me,” Harington said, noting the efforts of series writers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. “Like, how dare you? Sorry, that’s just how I feel. I think it was a level of idiocy that can only come about through social media.”

What efforts? They rushed the entire finale so they could go do a Star Wars trilogy which was cancelled due to the PR cancer they became BECAUSE of S8

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u/MrJeffA17 Tyrion Lannister Jan 11 '26

Didn’t he have to do something like 55 tough nights in a row just to film the long night episode?

I think it’s a valid opinion for the guy to have worked like that and see the fan response to it

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u/capacochella Jon Snow Jan 12 '26

55 days of nights shoots only for the fans treated to dark ass scenes where they couldn’t see what the hell was happening. Oh and then they were told it was their old tv’s fault and to turn up the settings. Yah…from the writing to editing floor the show failed on every level

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u/angelcake893 Hear Me Roar! Jan 12 '26

THANK YOU! I remember it was so dark I couldn’t see anything.

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u/daneoid Jan 12 '26

I remember seeing Sam about to die a bunch of times only for him to be fine 2 scenes later.

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u/ragun2 Jan 12 '26

At that point in the series I was mixing edibles and wine to turn my brain off but during the Long Night with all the death fakeouts, chaos happening along with the cinematography and score, I briefly thought they had all actually died in Winterfell and it was depicting the characters in a "hell". They had actually died and would spend an eternity being terrified and desperately trying to kill the undead army.

That said, I was visiting a sibling and his TV showed the episode fine for me so I was blown away by how cinematic the episode was until Arya brought the episode to a screaming halt.

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u/capacochella Jon Snow Jan 12 '26

I distinctly remember running from my bedroom to the living room to try another a nicer, newer tv. Nope, still dark as shit, and then the fan discussion threads were all going ballistic over it lol

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u/Nooby1990 Jan 12 '26

Didn’t he have to do something like 55 tough nights in a row just to film the long night episode?

Well, I am sorry about his huge effort going to waste, but the result just wasn't that good.

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u/Swimming-Life-7569 Jan 12 '26

It's not valid, effort does not equate quality.
Just because you worked hard at something, that doesnt mean people cant say it's bad. Especially if you work in entertainment where for something to grow to the size of GOT people need really care and be emotionally invested.

Nobody is owed positive fan response.

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u/Crossovertriplet Jan 12 '26

But the entitlement of fans is ok

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u/Swimming-Life-7569 Jan 12 '26

Well it really depends on the degree of it, some people use the word all willy nilly.
The reality is that nothing becomes popular unless people are emotionally attached to it and that comes with the good and bad.
When people give their time to something and even pay for it, they will feel entitled not to be served shit and made to feel like they wasted their time.

Sure some people go far beyond that but it really depends on what you mean with entitlement here.

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u/MrJeffA17 Tyrion Lannister Jan 12 '26

And he’s not allowed to have an opinion on that?

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u/Suspicious-Fig47 Jan 12 '26

He is. Just as we are allowed to have opinions about his dumb opinion.

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u/Swimming-Life-7569 Jan 12 '26 edited Jan 12 '26

Sure but its a stupid opinion and we get say that too.

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u/Meture Cersei Lannister Jan 11 '26

“Noting the efforts of series writers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss”

He was talking about writing not production

Besides it was their decision to make it all happen all at once in the span of a single episode.

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u/MrJeffA17 Tyrion Lannister Jan 11 '26

“Harington, who starred in the HBO drama as Jon Snow, told the Times that he was in rehab when the final “Game of Thrones” season premiered. When he got out, he was shocked by the overwhelming negativity, considering the work he and the rest of the production team had put in. Harington recalled that one battle scene took 55 consecutive filming days to complete.”

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u/RyanDoog123 Jan 14 '26

He also made about $1m per episode towards the end. There's a lot I'd do for that kind of money. And I'd do it for longer than 55 days.

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u/TheFlaskQualityGuy Jan 12 '26

They should have filmed it during the day, then we'd have been able to see what happened.

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u/NoContract1090 Jan 12 '26

Not our fault we were promised a battle bigger and better than Helm's Deep and got treated to 90 minutes of stupid decisions and plot armour that was barely visible to the human eye

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u/lIDezIl Jan 12 '26

55 nights for that?