The much-awaited finale of the fantasy series ‘Game of Thrones’ airs early Monday morning but season 8 has disappointed a lot of fans. A petition on Change.org has also been created that demands a remake with “better writers”. It has amassed over 500,000 signatures.
Here is what the author of ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’, George RR Martin has to say about the show.
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According to Express UK, in an interview with Fast Company, the author revealed what working in a big team feels like. It can be great with inputs and ideas from everyone involved but,
“It can also be… traumatic. Because sometimes their creative vision and your creative vision don’t match, and you get the famous creative differences thing — that leads to a lot of conflict.”
He further stated,
“You get totally extraneous things like the studio or the network weighing in, and they have some particular thing that has nothing to do with story, but relates to ‘Well this character has a very high Q Rating so let’s give him a lot more stuff to do.'”
Check out the complete interview here.
When Rolling Stone asked Martin what he thought about the controversial final season, he remarked,
“You know, it’s complex. I’m a little sad, actually. I wish we had a few more seasons. But I understand… I’m not angry or anything like that, but there’s a little wistfulness in me.”
Just like the fandom, Martin also admitted to 60 Minutes that for the show to stay true to the books, it would need at least 5 more seasons.
“The series has– has– been extremely faithful, compared to 97 per cent of all television and movie adaptations of literary properties. But it’s not completely faithful. And– and it can’t be. Otherwise, it would have to run another five seasons.”
We hope that he finishes the last two books, namely, ‘The Winds of Winter’ and ‘A Dream of Spring’ as soon as possible so that we can read his version of the ending.