Kit Harington talks ‘Game of Thrones’ final season

[queenursula]

Kit Harington Agrees 'Game of Thrones' Ending Made 'Mistakes' and Felt Rushed, but 'We Were All So F---ing Tired. We Couldn't Have Gone on Longer' https://t.co/AAt9cqLoK8
- Variety (@Variety) August 12, 2024
“I think if there was any fault with the end of ‘Thrones,’ is that we were all so fucking tired, we couldn’t have gone on longer,” Harington

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[angriest_girl]

It finished 5 years ago, people need to get over it.

[bsfan]

HIMYM ended 10 years ago and still gets panned. If you're ending sucks then you should be roasted for life.

[slaughtermatic]

people should be too embarassed to have loved himym in the first place to be angry lbr

[nemophilist]

[The 100 has entered the chat*]

*yes, I'm still miffed.

[vibeology_e]

I don’t doubt that everyone was exhausted. It explains things like everyone being zoned out and missing a coffee cup in the middle of the set.

But the writing is a different matter. That wasn’t tired; that was checked out. D&D knew the ending to the story years in advance before the exhaustion set it and failed in those years to set up a satisfying ending. By the end they cared more about shocking the audience than telling a gratifying and logical story.

Plus, they always hated the magical side of the story and downplayed it in a way that, I believe, robbed the ending of some sense. Bran’s plot was always so thin (didn’t he just disappear for a season?) but obviously it mattered if he ended up on the throne.

[thereinventions]

And if they were so ready to move on to Star Wars, they should have passed the show on to someone else.

Now people are hesitant to watch anything by them, and they lost Star Wars. Granted, they've always had shitty ideas (the Civil War show - WTF?!), but they screwed themselves over.

[screamingintune]

yeah, I absolutely REFUSE to give 3 Body Problem a try because it's by them

[zibbydoo324]

Awww this is a great, professional answer from him.
He knows no one was criticizing performances but the source material. He dodged this like jon snow dodging his enemy’s blows.

[daredevilwolf]

is it true the big fight against the ice walkers is hard to see because there is little to no light

if that's true they should have copied lotrs two towers fight and just put lights

[zibbydoo324]

idr me and season 8 got

[tigermilk]

The entire episode is so dark people were trying to change the settings on their TV. There was a lot of finger pointing from the show when people complained about not being able to see anything. I kid you not, in the middle of the episode I literally pulled out my phone and started scrolling. I couldn’t see a damn thing. A major character died and I barely reacted because I was so bored.

Then they followed up with an episode featuring a Starbucks cup.

The last season was phoned in. I am sure the actors were tired but the people in charge had senioritis and just didn’t care anymore.

[ebenetwo]

Yeah so were we Kit

[magicpebble]

This was a good answer. I feel bad for the actors who still get these questions when the failing was all in the writing, but Kit in particular is never escaping his association with this series.

[daredevilwolf]

maybe but the role i remember him the most for is where he plays that clueless tennis player in that hbo comedy movie or series i forget

i forgot the name of the show or movie it was

but him saying oh no so unpassionatly lives rent free in my head

[magicpebble]

7 Days in Hell! He was great in that; I remember the gifs were hilarious.

[tinurix]

7 Days in Hell. He was honestly hilarious in that and it's the reason I say he should aim to do comedy. He's been locked into more Jon Snow-type dramas though and it's a shame, because I genuinely think he's got great delivery with a certain type of humor.