There are two sure signs a TV show is either doing something very right, or very wrong. First, with each passing week, it tops the trending hashtags on Twitter. And second, petitions are drafted demanding everyone be fired and the series remade. Game of Thrones, it seems, has all of those problems and then some this season.
The penultimate episode, “The Bells” aired this past Sunday and some viewers just couldn’t take it anymore. At the time of this writing, over 665,000 to be exact. Over on Change.org, a petition has been created with one sole purpose. I quote: “Remake Game of Thrones Season 8 with competent writers.” Now, restoring some of my hope in humanity, Twitterers have started throwing their two cents in on the controversy, and these fans aren’t having any of the petition.
I get it. Writers have rushed GoT‘s final season. Seven runs of brilliant character development squashed. And of course, let’s not forget how Jon treated his direwolf, Ghost. We aren’t getting over that any time soon. But to think a petition could actually get multiple (extremely expensive) episodes remade? Episodes, by the way, that’ve been bringing in record-breaking viewer numbers for HBO – it’s simply crazy.
Not surprisingly, Rotten Tomatoes has given Sunday’s airing the worst rating in the show’s history. However, if you’re like me, that sentence would have lost your interest at “Tomatoes.” That site’s opinion is about as useful as nipples on a breastplate (RIP Cersei).
Anyways, here are some of the best reactions to this petition, which I truly hope never reaches its goal of 1,000,000 signatures.
Signing a petition to demand HBO remake Season 8 of “Game of Thrones” is not only juvenile and embarrassing, it will be about as effective as signing a petition to add five more days to June “cuz then summer will be longer!”
— Richard Roeper (@RichardERoeper) May 15, 2019
https://twitter.com/nikalxandr/status/1128844491140534274
https://twitter.com/cleep03/status/1128729544947449856
The petition urging HBO to redo the final season of #GameOfThrones facing backlash of its own: https://t.co/QcwlxyOpaW pic.twitter.com/wAMLk9WuZA
— ComicBook.com (@ComicBook) May 16, 2019
17.5 millions watch this TV show, and you think HBO will give a shit about a dam petition 🤣 ..#GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/stwVjljpBO
— 🇩🇴Ben (@mr_evertz) May 16, 2019
People!! That's not how this works. You can't petition creators to do a do-over of something you don't like.
Not The Last Jedi.
Not Captain Marvel.
Not Game of Thrones.
Either like it or don't and move on with your life. It's all just pretend for cripes sake!! pic.twitter.com/eWD14gZYHK
— Calvin "Marty" Klein (@EightyEight_MPH) May 16, 2019
It’s as if my point wasn’t more clearer. #GameOfThrones fans have gathered to almost HALF a million in 2 days…and for a bullshit cause. You think if that bullshit petition gets to a million they’re going to write a new season? Probably not, but supply and demand is key. pic.twitter.com/Lt1kmMQA96
— J. A. Garza (@Ser_Jon_Arryn) May 16, 2019
Petition for Game of Thrones to be reshot so that everything is the same except that whenever a character gets angry a train whistle sounds and steam shoots out of their ears
— pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) May 16, 2019
Can’t believe theres actually a petition from “fans” asking for a remake of s08 of Game of Thrones!!! pic.twitter.com/C5ixkQTxAh
— Daniel Henriques (@DHenriquesInks) May 16, 2019
"remaking season 8 of Game of Thrones with different writers" is actually very easy & you don't even need a petition to do it. it's called fanfic.
— Gavia Baker-Whitelaw (@Hello_Tailor) May 16, 2019
Hi, can you half a million "Redo #GameofThrones season 8" petition signers maybe help the women in your life by DOING SOMETHING about these new abortion laws?
thanks.
— Mab'Dib (@MabIsTink) May 16, 2019
“F*** your petition!”#GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/4tk8cM9n6B
— Hashnutts (@Hashnutts) May 16, 2019
Please sign my petition to remake everyone, who signed this #GameofThrones petition. https://t.co/7SGkZ36szn
— Nathan Hamill (@NathanHamill) May 16, 2019
Signing a petition to demand HBO remake Season 8 of “Game of Thrones” is not only juvenile and embarrassing, it will be about as effective as signing a petition to add five more days to June “cuz then summer will be longer!”
— Richard Roeper (@RichardERoeper) May 15, 2019
please sign my petition to make them remake #GameofThrones exactly the same as the first time but now the dragons all have massive dongs
— Chis Khatami (@ChrisKhatami) May 17, 2019
Like it or love it, Game of Thrones is over after this Sunday. The only question that remains is, will you be tuning in to see how it all ends?
