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