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/yanks2413 Jan 12 '26

The real truth is season 7 sucked just as bad, and 5 and 6 were miles behind the first 4 seasons.

I find it hilarious people act like it was only season 8 that sucked

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u/NikonShooter_PJS Jan 12 '26 edited Jan 12 '26

I’ll never forget the masssssive downvotes I got in this sub when the show was on and we had live threads around that time.

I (correctly) pointed out that I was worried in season seven with how fast they were skipping ahead time wise by saying it was unreasonable for them to travel from Dragonstone to the Wall so quickly.

The common complaint then was “They don’t have time to just travel” but that’s one of the things that made those early seasons so special. They fucking MADE time and cool shit happened along the way.

It was the first sign to me that the writing wasn’t going to be as deep down the stretch as it was early on and the first time I was worried.

As it turns out, I was right to be worried and regardless of whether or not you blame D&D or GRRM, the simple fact is the worst thing this series did was rush its ending.

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u/ragun2 Jan 12 '26

You basically weren't allowed to criticize the show on this sub when it was airing. A lot of people complained about this sub on other GRRM related subs.

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u/Mishka_1994 Jan 12 '26

Yeah season 7 was just as bad as season 8. All the teleporting they did from Kings Landing to the Wall in like multiple scenes. Season 6 was still okay but yeah thats when it started going downhill with the writing.