Culture news “We knew it” 5 years later, the creators of Game of Thrones return to the controversial ending of the HBO series
The creators of the series The 3-Body Problem have radically changed genre when they arrived on Netflix. Those behind “Game of Thrones” are now battling an alien invasion. However, before tackling the theme of first contact, they had to end the hit HBO program for better, but also for worse. In 2024, they finally return to the controversial end of GoT.
A controversial ending for Game of Thrones
Throughout its 8 seasons for a total of 73 episodes, the Game of Thrones series produced by HBO kept fans around the world in suspense eager to discover the tragic destinies of Daenerys Targaryen, Jon Snow and the great families that are tearing each other apart. for control of the Kingdom of the Seven Kingdoms. The particularity of the last seasons lies in a “fact” which is important. George RR Martin has still not published the sixth novel in the literary saga “Game of Thrones”. While the first five seasons of the HBO series are adaptations, the last three are “original creations” in some way.
The Game of Thrones series enchanted the press until the seventh and penultimate season included. Accustomed to a score above 90% on RottenTomatoes, this HBO original production collapses in the final stretch. Season 8 posted a scathing 55% on RT, and spectators were even more upset with an unexpected, but understandable 30%. Game of Thrones suffers from a familiar phenomenon of successful television series… a disappointing ending after years of waiting. He says that the decisions made by showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss were not without risks. The conclusion of the saga disappointed fans, and the creators were aware of it.
In the new edition of the podcast “Happy Sad Confused”, David Benioff and DB Weiss speak to actor and Hollywood insider Josh Horowitz on this thorny subject of popular culture:
We knew the finale would be controversial. We were hoping the reactions would be a little more 50/50. We were hoping for a better ratio. (…) We certainly didn’t want there to be so much hatred, but we were prepared for some people to hate. -David Benioff
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A season 2 for The 3-Body Problem?
Netflix is slow to confirm the start of production on the second season of the series The 3-Body Problem. Against all expectations, this major exclusivity which cost 160 million US dollars for the first season alone is not the success the firm had hoped for. This Netflix Original would have accumulated “only” 11 million views over its first 4 days of operation, far behind the 21.2 million for Avatar: The Last Airbender, for example. It is therefore not surprising to see Netflix gauge the interest of spectators before launching the construction of the next seasons which will inevitably explode the budget. The 3-Body Problem is about a war on a galactic scale. This is the kind of project that costs an arm and a leg.
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