Enraged ‘Game Of Thrones’ Fans Turn A Single Word Into An Anti-HBO Rallying Cry
“Game of Thrones” is over and many fans are ticked off.
Given that the show has dominated social media all season long, fans naturally expressed that outrage on Twitter. And one word kept coming up again and again: #Unsubscribe.
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave the final episode of the series a score of 56% ― “rotten” ― based on critic reviews. While it doesn’t have an audience score for the episode, the audience score for the season was just 38%, based on more than 8,500 ratings.
Indeed, even before the finale, more than 1 million fans had signed a petition demanding that HBO redo the entire season. That doesn’t seem likely so fans are quitting the network and announcing it online.
Some subscribed to the network and/or its online service just for “Game of Thrones” and have no interest in HBO’s other offerings. But many others were simply ticked off at the show’s ending and they want HBO to know it:
Let me unsubscribe from y’all stupid ass channel right now @HBO
— Eliza Bennet (@smASHing_hearts) May 20, 2019
(HBO unsubscribe button) pic.twitter.com/4NKpUe3vC4
— Brandon Havard (@BrandonJHavard) May 20, 2019
HBO dropping that Westworld trailer out of nowhere basically begging people not to unsubscribe after that abysmal Game of Thrones finale 😂
— Margaret (@lady_sati) May 20, 2019
Unsubscribe to HBO people. You got robbed. Years worth of your money ie investment - was stolen.
— Magnificent (@Ironyisfunny8) May 20, 2019
Hey @HBO you know what to do...#GameOfThrones
*unsubscribe* pic.twitter.com/2YQbkcggAY— Andy Pevlin (@AndyPevlin) May 20, 2019
unsubscribe from @HBO for a horrible 8th season ending of #GameOfTrones
— alan joseph (@alanjoseph) May 20, 2019
#GameOfThrones
Rate here IMDB 1/10
Link: https://t.co/K1puhv5gGl
Don't forget to unsubscribe @HBO— Rahil (@rahilofficial) May 20, 2019
@HBO seeing everyone clicking that Unsubscribe button after the #GameOfThones series finale #Same #got pic.twitter.com/X06BPamoeL
— Jake Morales (@Jakedrummer1993) May 20, 2019
Aaaand unsubscribe from #HBO @HBO and pledge to never watch anything that Dumb and Dumber have directed/written/involved with in any way. This includes the upcoming star wars.
You had a good thing and you screwed it up.— Hrishi (@hrishikesh_s_) May 20, 2019
Won't be needing this anymore... #GameOfThrones #finalepisode #cancelhbo pic.twitter.com/lBbnpuD5pH
— James Earle (@ItsJamesIRL) May 20, 2019
After that finale... everyone should unsubscribe
— Kait Chura (@hkchura) May 20, 2019
😭😭😫😫 how do I unsubscribe from HBO? Asking for a friend. #GoT
— ♡ Эмили ♡ (@Emileed13) May 20, 2019
The whole world needs to rise up and #CancelHBO #GameofThrones
— jay (@fillan3jay) May 20, 2019
What do we say to HBO? #Unsubscribe pic.twitter.com/OA2urh228C
— Plantain Mami (@TheNewDsm) May 20, 2019
HBO: Unsubscribe.
— tu papa (@DaddyAly) May 20, 2019
The world canceling their HBO subscription after #GameOfThrones finale. pic.twitter.com/QMlCyefrje
— MercilessRaider (@MercilessRaider) May 20, 2019
Worst finale ever #GameOfThronesFinale wonder how many people #cancelhbo
— Michael Bryant 🧔🏻🤨 (@michaeljbryant3) May 20, 2019
Time to mash that HBO unsubscribe button. #GamefThrones
— robert ivan (@metaprinter) May 20, 2019
Wildlings representing HBO users who unsubscribed after the finale#GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/AzTQSBvdNH
— Fardeen (@Fardeen_02) May 20, 2019
Talk about disappointment... at least I can unsubscribe from @HBO now.
— Falcon Kick 🔥 (@__mootez) May 20, 2019
Coming soon: the heroic story of how four on-call #DevOps staff managed to keep the @HBO unsubscribe microservice from crashing under crushing loads. #GameOfThones
— Sebastian Good (@sebastiangood) May 20, 2019
welp time to unsubscribe to @HBO #GameOfThronesFinale pic.twitter.com/uitKX7jESE
— Emmy Winner Emilia Clarke (@daenerysDY) May 20, 2019
If only Drogon had torched @hbo HQ before that shite #GameofThronesFinale aired #cancelhbo
— JGlaserJr (@TripArtiste) May 20, 2019
Now that game of thrones is over watch everyone unsubscribe to HBO overnight and the company headquarters spontaneously explodes https://t.co/NlbV7Wwgeo
— Mr. Pharoah (@SariqToliman) May 20, 2019
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