Peter Dinklage plays Tyrion in Game of thrones.
The credit is given to the cable channel, HBO.
Peter Dinklage must be in denial. He is a great actor. I liked his portrayal of Tyrion in Game of Throne. He was the right choice.
Dinklage has a blind spot when it comes to why fans were upset with how the show ended. That is understandable. You don't want to hear bad things about something that you created, that is an important part of your life and work.
Being attached to something can make it hard to see the flaws and flaws. Game of thrones season 8 was filled with unforced errors, a massive rushed conclusion to an intricate story of politics, intrigue, warring Houses and prophecies gone terribly awry. The final season of Game of thrones shouldn't have been the problem. We needed two more. Conflicts should have been played out over the course of the season.
The war against the White Walkers and a deeper examination of who the Night King was and how he related to Bran Stark and the Three-Eyed Raven were the first things that came to mind.
The war against Targaryen's forces was more powerful than the rest of the Seven Kingdoms. The entire season devoted to these two conflicts would have been enough time to resolve them. The final season would need at least an extra-long episode for denouement and resolution, which was rushed in the version we got.
We could have avoided conflicts like the one where the Night King was killed by a dragon, and the one where Jamie loved-and-leaving Brienne of Tarth.
Peter Dinklage is wrong. Again.
Dany.
The credit is given to the cable channel, HBO.
Dinklage has written off the legitimate concerns of fans and critics at least twice. I wrote about his comments back in 2019.
He said that everyone is always going to have an opinion. It's like breaking up with someone. They are upset. I can't speak for everyone, but I think a lot of people got angry because they didn't want it to end. I feel like what the showrunners did was extraordinary.
People didn't want it to end. But not in a way that is vague or abstract.
They didn't want it to go on forever. Most fans wanted it to end in a satisfying way that didn't feel rushed and filled with inexplicable character changes.
I think a lot of people would have been okay with Dany breaking bad, but it was so vague that a lot of people missed the clues. Her final shift to evil caused a lot of whiplash. It should have been left out over the course of the next two seasons, coming to a close in the Season 9 finale.
Dinklage is back at it with some theories that don't make sense. Dinklage told the New York Times that he was doing promotional work for his new movie.
The show was good at breaking preconceived notions, and we had to end it when we did. tyrants don't start off as tyrants if you know your history. I am talking about what happened at the end of the show. I loved how power corrupted these people. When you get a taste of power, what happens to your moral compass? Human beings are complicated characters.
The show had to end when it did. The break would have been much more earth- shattering if those preconceived notions had been broken over the course of two more seasons.
Dinklage is suggesting that Dany's change to villain was gradual. It was gradual for almost every season and then rushed in the end. That is not interesting.
The earlier seasons were lost by Season 8. Tyrion felt like a shadow of his former self, an advisor to Dany, and not even a very good one at that.
The people are beautiful.
Jon Snow.
The credit is given to the cable channel, HBO.
It gets worse. Quoth Dinklage.
They wanted the pretty white people to ride off together. The show subverts what you think, and that is what I love about it. When people approach me on the street, they would ask, "Who is going to be on the throne?" The show really was more than that, so I don't know why that was their conclusion.
This is ridiculous. To suggest that fans only wanted a happy ending and that it has anything to do with "pretty white people" is offensive. Fans wanted a satisfying resolution. It did not need to be happy. It should not have been rushed.
The way Jon took her down was even more shocking. A fascinating struggle of arms and will was cut into a single episode.
The victors were mostly white anyways. Bran Stark became king. A bunch of lords kept their lands. A lot of bad guys were defeated. This was a happy ending, despite the bad things about Dany and Jon. Fans don't like the lack of white people riding off into the sunset.
Perhaps Dinklage should listen to fans instead of writing them off as stereotypes. It's just a thought.
Everyone have a Merry Christmas! What do you think about Dinklage's comments?
Imagine how great this show would have been if it had been handed off to new showrunners who wanted to do it justice. We would still have a season to look forward to thanks to the Pandemic, and House of the Dragon could swoop in on all the hype. Alas! Shame, shame!
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