The end of ‘Game of Thrones’ divided the fans of the series, to the point that every so often it is spoken of again, since it has not been that long since a filmmaker as popular as Roland Emmerich revealed that he hated him with all his might. Now from HBO she has come out in his defense again.
“There weren’t that many people who were downcast or upset“
Has been Casey Bloyshead of content at HBO Max, who in his talk with The Hollywood Reporter has referred to the controversy that the end of the series generated in social networks. In his opinion, the closure of the story subverted the expectations of the public and he made the following reflection:
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I think in many parts of our society we are reminded that Twitter is not real life. We knew it was going to be divisive, and of course you want all the fans to be happy, but that’s never going to happen. There weren’t that many people who were downcast or upset. It’s a version that reads well, but probably doesn’t quite reflect the viewers’ feelings.
For me, I think some reactions to the series finale were too visceral refusing to accept that what a certain character did totally fit what we had been told about it. Then there are details better or worse resolved and maybe the last season was a bit rushed, but I was quite satisfied with the result.
Now we will have to see what happens with ‘The house of the dragon’, where the controversy over the presence of racialized characters has already arisen beforehand, having also made it quite clear that the presence of sex is going to be smaller than in ‘Game of Thrones’. Regarding those changes, Bloys also noted this:
Shows are a product of their time, and there’s a lot more awareness now about what we’re portraying and why, and who’s having the conversations about it.
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