These were the two pop cultures that the millennials were following over the last few years – decades in reality. Shared pop cultures keep us running and surviving. A lot of movie sequels and show sequels have kept people on their toes for years altogether.
Mass culture obsessions and shared pop obsessions have increased over the past few decades. It was true for Game of Thrones, that grew to became the first show with such widespread fame. There were at least 44.2 million total viewers!
Marvel’s Avengers Endgame isn’t less popular either – the first day opening show earned somewhere around $357 million. Till date, the cumulative income is somewhere around $800 million domestically, ever since the first IronMan came out in 2008.
Over a period of 10 years, both these shows grew dramatically, and came to where it stands here today. People have been lauding Avengers with the way it was concluded, and they even earned an A+ from CinemaScore. It was also certified 94% fresh by Rotten Tomatoes.
Game of Thrones however couldn’t end it well. It became sexist, and there were online petitions to rewrite the entire episodes in the last seasons. The entire storyline which was built up for 10 years, came to a terrible fall. The selling point of Game of Thrones was the abrupt twists and turns, and the wonderful climaxes. All of those were left out in the final seasons.
All those secrets of Jon being the Aeon Targaryan, and Arya’s capability of face changing, was built on for a long period of time – only to be not shown or disregarded in the end.
In the end, there was a major fallback from Game of Thrones, and people who loved it, were left disappointed and clueless.
