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HBO Boss On Reaction To Finale "You are never going to keep everybody happy"

posted 6 years ago by darkpast (9030)
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DEADLINE: Were you surprised by the reaction to the finale?

BLOYS: No. To tell you the truth, for a show this big and this sprawling and for a show that has this passionate a fan base, I don’t think there is any way that all fans would’ve been happy. I think based on online reaction, which you do have to take with a grain of salt, it does seem split and I think that’s about right — some people are going to love it, some people are going to hate it. But the point is, everybody is feeling really passionate about it.

I think everybody had hopes for where the characters might go or should go. But Dan and David have had a plan for how they wanted the show to go for a long time, and they did it the way they thought fit as creators. I think they did a spectacular job. They landed a big plane, which was not easy. You are never going to keep everybody happy, but I don’t think that’s what they were trying to do.

https://deadline.com/2019/05/game-of-thrones-hbo-boss-finale-reaction-backlash-spinoff-sequel-plans-1202620302/

[–] dmac8 (5050) 6 years ago

That's boilerplate and HBO had already won with an average of 12mil viewers for these final eps.

What else could Casey Bloys say?

[–] Otter (24464) 6 years ago

Yeah, its boilerplate bull, and much less positive than the average publicist's statement.

It boils down to "We know there's a problem, but we're going to pretend it doesnt exist and count on this all blowing over before the show goes into syndication".

[–] kuku (3510) 6 years ago

Yeap. I completely support him. It's the same that happens to the guys in The Asylum. There's so much negativity and hate towards their movies. People criticize the Transmorphers franchise, or the Avengers Grimm one, or movies like Tomb Invaders, Atlantic Rim, Alien Convergence, Triassic World, The Fast and the Fierce... but they have had a plan for how they wanted the movies to go for a long time, and they did it the way they thought fit as creators. You are never going to keep everybody happy. :(

[–] NorthernLad (472) 6 years ago

Big surprise that he supports the show's ending.

[–] Orcsquisher (11) 6 years ago

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[–] Atarimaster (442) 6 years ago

Drogon not being hit by a harbor full of ships, nor King's Landing walls, both of whom were armed to the teeth with scorpions, after the previous episode showed those same scorpions being used effectively from moving ships, shooting at a moving target, from miles away, was fucking inexcusable.

I see it the other way round: The mistake wasn’t that Dany riding Drogon was able to destroy all the scorpions without being harmed. The mistake was that Rhaegal was killed too easily.

> why in the name of all that is good didn't Grey Worm, or the Dothraki kill Jon on the spot?

Grey Worm, yes, that was strange.
The Dothraki however – they traditionally thought that anybody who loses a fight isn’t a worthy leader. I don’t see them avenging someone who was (in their eyes) weak enough to get killed.

[–] ducksoup (3933) 6 years ago

How Lincolnian of him.

But what was it Lincoln said? Was it about keeping some people happy? No, it was about not being able to fool all of them all of the time.

(Well, maybe being fooled is being happy. Is that what the Matrix taught us?)

[–] LoveCatsHateDogs (2001) 6 years ago

Doesn't seem like they pleased anyone.

[–] alienzen (1931) 6 years ago

I'm not surprised at this weak attempt at damage control.