Have GoT's showrunners reacted to the poor reception of the final season?
The final season of Game of Thrones is coming to an end but many fans are disappointed by the rushed conclusion of the final episodes. Ratings for season 8 have taken a "critical nosedive" and some fans have demanded that season 8 be rewritten. Many people are also concerned for the next Star Wars saga, which should be written and produced by D. Benioff and D.B Weiss, and fear that the storyline will suffer from issues similar to those of GoT's latest season.
My question is: where are D. Benioff and D.B Weiss in all of this? Have they reacted to the poor reception of the show? Have they tried to justify and explain some of the divisive choices they made in the last season (besides in the "Inside the episode" featurettes where they act as if everyone would love the conclusion of the show)?
Before the season premiere they announced they would get drunk in a remote location without their cellphones and far from the Internet during the show's finale. But I doubt they spent the whole season in this remote location, so I guess they are aware that the ratings have gotten lower and lower in the past weeks. Are they waiting for the dust to settle before they respond to the criticism of the show?
Best Answer
No, they have not responded.
After scanning several search platforms for several minutes I have concluded that no such interview exists, although they must be aware of the dislike. Some of the cast have responded and put out their opinion about the last season one of whom was Euron Greyjoy (Pilou Asbæk)
"The diversity of the fans and the passion they bring to the table is admirable, and you want to have all of it.
"You want to have the ones that go, 'This is the greatest show ever made,' and you wanna have the people that go, 'I hate this show. I've always hated it. I want the books now.'
"You cannot satisfy one billion people, it's not possible. But you want to have them commit to the show, even if they don't like it. There was a guy called PT Barnum who said, 'There's no such thing as bad press, there's only press'."
"And I welcome everyone – people I agree with or people I disagree with," he continued. "And I have on social media been discussing Game of Thrones with fans and I will continue to do that, because you owe the fans information and they need a place where they can ask questions about what they like or dislike and it's totally cool, it's passionate. And you've gotta love that.
"Besides that, for me, the twists and turns were logical, because this is Game of Thrones, and people have to die. And I would be very, very surprised if we end up with a happy ending next week. I know how it's gonna end, so I'm not gonna say a word.
"But Dan (Weiss) and David (Benioff) have delivered for seven seasons admirable content and I would say they have delivered extremely well again this season. But again, you can't please everyone."
Seeing as the actors are now defending D.B. Weiss and David Benioff it is evident they are aware of the dislike but don't care to comment.
Other than this (thanks to @KRyan) it seems like some other cast members are shying away from commenting of what they think about the eighth season as shown in this little compilation.
I'm having trouble with transcribing some of the content seeing as there is so much background chatter, but it mostly consists of cast and crew members uncomfortably laughing off the question, "Are you happy with how things ended?"
Some more quotes are available about the Cast's thoughts about season 8 over here.
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