And for the second point, an olive branch to the GOT fans out there because this was all done with a wink and a smile. A "Twitter outrage" does not translate into actual real numbers (otherwise, Bernie Sanders would be POTUS) more than it's a scare tactic to force some kind of action. It's "The Wild West" where pretty everything still goes. So my point? First, we need to stop seeing social media as some kind of "societal sampling" or "a slice of life" because it's not.
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Is this any kind of way to run a "protest"? Oh, and the premiere? It's inching close to 25M viewers, giving it the top spot when it comes to the largest audience for an HBO original series (and don't get me started on how it's boosted the GOT back catalog). Now, I can understand a big number for the series premiere because there's always that "curiosity factor." But when the viewership increases 2% with the second episode (10.2M viewers domestically across HBO Max & linear broadcasts), a question begs to be asked. The ten-ton hint that maybe folks were barking a lot more than they were willing to bite came with the ratings for the second episode of HBO's GOT prequel series House of the Dragon. And it's not like anyone was going broke off of merchandising sales. While we're supposed to believe that GOT fans swore off their beloved series, clearly, someone was lying because the series is regularly on a ton of countries' Top 10 or 20 charts. Just look at the global streaming number for proof. Because unfortunately, as we've learned time & time again, social media likes to think it reflects the public's view when… well… it just doesn't. But the rest? That was all a social media narrative that mainstream media jumped on & amplified. The part about the series finale? That's pretty subjective, and they're were definitely more than 2-3 people who had issues. But there's just one small but significant problem. And HBO would be left staring at a franchise in flames, wondering what could've been. To be blunt? As far as the fans were concerned, HBO allowed Benioff & Weiss to cluster-f**k a series they loved so much that there was no going back. For months, the cast was asked to "justify" the ending, and Martin even seemed to make it a point of distancing himself from it in the press. Martin) with the series finale, S08E06 "The Iron Throne." And for the next three years, all we heard from GOT fans was how they were done with the series, that they felt betrayed, and how Benioff & Weiss betrayed both the televised & literary franchises in one fell swoop. Weiss had committed some kind of sin against all of mankind (and George R.R. Where were you on May 20, 2019? If you were a Game of Thrones fan, you were probably raging about how writers/directors David Benioff & D. Before we deep-dive into the daily rundown of our television/streaming coverage that we call the BCTV Daily Dispatch, I need to ask you a question in light of the success of HBO's House of the Dragon.
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