'Game of Thrones' cinematographer says the show being too dark is your own damn fault

Game of Thrones' "The Longest Night" is still buzzing days after its premiere — not only due to its questionable battle strategies and one shocking death, but because many fans were barely able to see the episode.

Season 8, episode 3 was one of the show's literal darkest episodes, one which had us squinting into the darkness, much like the soldiers at Winterfell and with a similar success rate (R.I.P. Dothraki screamers). Cinematographer Fabian Wagner has a simple, non-technical explanation.

“A lot of the problem is that a lot of people don’t know how to tune their TVs properly,” he told Wired. “A lot of people also unfortunately watch it on small iPads, which in no way can do justice to a show like that anyway.” Read more...