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It has to be.I don't see any reason why it isn't. Nothing comes close , not even the wire , sopranos or breaking bad.This is the GOAT material right here .
Discuss.
 
No Breaking Bad is superiour. GOT has amazing costumes, special effects, great characters but it's a fantasy which means the storyline is bizarre at times. Its a fun show to watch while BB is gripping and realistic.
 
Too early to decide because the series hasn't concluded.

But definitely on course to be GOAT - at least for me.

Sopranos and Breaking Bad were fantastic shows in their own right.
 
Someone made a thread last year pitting GoT against Breaking Bad, and while you could've had a good debate back then on which was superior, have to say a year later and most of season 7 done, Game of Thrones has surpassed BB.

It is definitely on course of being the GOAT. Great storytelling mixed with amazing visuals created a certain ambience which most if not all shows don't create.
 
lol at comparing it to breaking bad

breaking bad is a great show but game of thrones is leagues above
 
Game of Thrones is simply incomparable. All the fantasy elements give this show the kind of creative freedom no other show can have.
 
The answer depends on who you are asking. This is like asking an audience of 12 year olds if Harry Potter was the greatest film ever.

I love GOT by the way, should make that clear.
 
Not since the Harry Potter books has a TV show gripped the world like this one has.

I don't watch it, but am happy to admit that it must be really good looking at everyone around.
 
Don't watch TV shows, but watched BB and GOT because I didn't want to miss out on being part of a global fandom, and didn't want to look ignorant when people discussed these shows.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
The answer depends on who you are asking. This is like asking an audience of 12 year olds if Harry Potter was the greatest film ever.

I love GOT by the way, should make that clear.
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You don't have to be so insensitive all the time.
 
It could be the greatest, BB is probably the better written show. The only other show which I'd say compares to GOT in terms of popularity during its prime is LOST. Need to watch the latest season, have not got to it yet; the filler over the previous few seasons sought of kills the hype for me but I've read the pace is incredibly fast this season, which makes sense because it's the penultimate season and they can focus on quality rather then dragging things to cash out.
 
Varun said:
Not since the Harry Potter books has a TV show gripped the world like this one has.

I don't watch it, but am happy to admit that it must be really good looking at everyone around.
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Don't watch either, but everyone seems to be taking about it. Don't understand the fuss.
 
It also depends what metric people use, if it's purely based on popularity then GOT may just be the greatest. It also benefits from the big boost on social media in this era which also allows widespread exposure like never before, GOT is always trending when they release an episode and then you have fans create these memes, gifs etc it's literally every where
 
Haven't watched it but my Facebook page gets spammed with GOT news whenever a new episode comes out so I would believe it is the most popular show.. GOAT easily in terms of popularity..
 
No. The fantasy element gives writers a lot of freedom to add in shock value. Makes it impossible to make comparisons with other shows.
 
No, but the most overrated.

Shows like Better Call Saul, Fargo & & Breaking Bad are way ahead.
 
Pretty subjective ain't it?

Anyways right up there with sopranos and wire for mine.

Most influential? Certainly. Will inspire cables to invest in high production value franchises for years to come
 
it is by far the greatest and most researched show/movie ever made in the fantasy adventure genre. dwarfs everything and anything that has been done before it.

they even pay attention in making costumes and have people who make them all year along. even the spears are engraved and have tremendous amount of detail on them.

normally and with the exception of lord of the rings, fantasy adventure genre is mistreated with one muscular half-dressed man being the main protagonist and one or two voluptuous damsel in distresses hovering in and out of the story line as and when needed.

i've had debates on this forum with people who prefer breaking bad, fargo, wire, sopranos etc. to this show for various valid reasons but boy o boy this show is a game changer for its genre. if anything better in this genre exists, i'd like someone to link me up.

i'm glad that days of shows like shanara chronicles are well and truly over. god that show was waste of resources and good actors.
 
No it isn't.

Game of thrones was lucky to have George R. R. Martin's work to copy straight off of, the first 4 brilliant seasons are a testament to this. Then it went all downhill because they don't have the last 2 books to copy off of.

Breaking bad is amazingly written for a show that hasn't been inspired by any text.

And of coarse, fans are going to say how amazing Game of thrones is now because of the battle scenes that are to come in the last 2 seasons and i admit that they are a treat to watch with the brilliant CGI, but the details that were once there in the earlier seasons are missing because the last 2 books werent published.
 
TM Riddle said:
It has to be.I don't see any reason why it isn't. Nothing comes close , not even the wire , sopranos or breaking bad.This is the GOAT material right here .
Discuss.
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I think Sherlock, The Blacklist and Person of Interest (@hawkeye) were better!
 
shaz619 said:
It could be the greatest, BB is probably the better written show. The only other show which I'd say compares to GOT in terms of popularity during its prime is LOST. Need to watch the latest season, have not got to it yet; the filler over the previous few seasons sought of kills the hype for me but I've read the pace is incredibly fast this season, which makes sense because it's the penultimate season and they can focus on quality rather then dragging things to cash out.
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How on earth have you avoided all the spoilers up till now... They are literally everywhere. That takes some skill.

Even YouTube is ruthless because some idiots upload the leaked episode clips and spoil it for those waiting for Sunday night.
 
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No it isn't.

Game of thrones was lucky to have George R. R. Martin's work to copy straight off of, the first 4 brilliant seasons are a testament to this. Then it went all downhill because they don't have the last 2 books to copy off of.

Breaking bad is amazingly written for a show that hasn't been inspired by any text.

And of coarse, fans are going to say how amazing Game of thrones is now because of the battle scenes that are to come in the last 2 seasons and i admit that they are a treat to watch with the brilliant CGI, but the details that were once there in the earlier seasons are missing because the last 2 books werent published.
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Very well said. GOT has done pretty well in it's attempts to forge on without Martin's books to work from but the brilliance of the script was all down to the author and the difference is noticeable without it. I understand why so many people are bewitched by it, but shows like Breaking Bad, Sopranos and The Wire are on a different level, GOT is a bit like a superhero movie in comparison.
 
I haven't seen GOT. I don't think I ever will. I don't like fantasy shows, never got into LOTR series as well. GOT fans in general have not seen other great shows or are at an immature mental developmental level to compare shows in a truly objective and unsentimental fashion.

Breaking bad is great but really if one of is talking about the greatest show of all times than The Sopranos, The Wire, Twin Peaks and Lost should be brought in the equation as well. Without watching all those shows its useless to be calling one particular show the greatest of all.
 
The most popular but not the greatest. I won't say that it is the fantasy genre which makes it lesser than some of the other shows but there is one glaring flaw in writing and dialogues since the source material from Martin's books was no longer available.
During initial seasons my favorite scenes used to be involving characters like Tyrion , Lord Varys and Little finger but now all these characters have been reduced to mere pawns.
 
They certainly do the best set pieces I ever saw. I feel actual awe.

There are shows that are smarter written though, such as The Wire and BB.
 
Suleiman said:
How on earth have you avoided all the spoilers up till now... They are literally everywhere. That takes some skill.

Even YouTube is ruthless because some idiots upload the leaked episode clips and spoil it for those waiting for Sunday night.
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I've been preoccupied have a couple of exams soon :)) While the previous season was decent it didn't overly hype me for the latest season and I do prefer to binge watch all the episodes once they've been released, tend to enjoy them more that way. I've been watching Gotham and Preacher instead, will watch GOT after exams
 
After Breaking Bad and The Sopranos. It is definitely the easiest to enjoy however if someone looks at it from a neutral perspective it has flaws. The pacing and movement of characters in the newest season is just terrible but it is something we overlook just because of how amazing the show is. It's my third favourite show of all time
 
Also season 5 of GOT was mediocre and season 6 was just good. Season 7 has been amazing despite the unrealistic speed with which characters and messages are travelling. Season 4, for me was as good as tv can get.
 
Contrary to popular opinion, I found Breaking Bad extremely boring.

As mentioned above, GOT is leagues above Breaking Bad.
 
Sarfarazian92 said:
Contrary to popular opinion, I found Breaking Bad extremely boring.

As mentioned above, GOT is leagues above Breaking Bad.
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More people who have watched both shows have said that Breaking Bad is superior. Even on this thread and even on the Breaking Bad vs GOT thread. GOT is obviously more popular so people who haven't watched both or have only seen the beginning of Breaking Bad have voted for GOT. Breaking Bad is the epitome of quality entertainment.
 
lol breaking bad doesn't even enter the discussion
 
Suleiman said:
How on earth have you avoided all the spoilers up till now... They are literally everywhere. That takes some skill.

Even YouTube is ruthless because some idiots upload the leaked episode clips and spoil it for those waiting for Sunday night.
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I would stay off Youtube for good or log out from my account, because videos with leaked images and titles can be seen in the recommendated section as well. Just the other day I saw a video on my recommendated feed that leaked a major event of season 8 ep 1.

Good luck brothers
 
No doubt for mine and it's only just getting started. Wish that they didn't have to rush through things this season and the next tho but it is what it is.
 
The amount of work that goes into it off the scale. Amazing really.


 
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aliasad1998 said:
More people who have watched both shows have said that Breaking Bad is superior. Even on this thread and even on the Breaking Bad vs GOT thread. GOT is obviously more popular so people who haven't watched both or have only seen the beginning of Breaking Bad have voted for GOT. Breaking Bad is the epitome of quality entertainment.
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Yeah, the tautness of the script is the great thing about BB. Not a scene or a line wasted in six seasons. The steadily and constantly shifting relationships, everything having meaning.

GoT is great, but we had to wade through the aimless exposition of seasons four and five before the narrative started flowing again.
 
no, first series is really good but show goes downhill as it goes on. become unwatchable for me about halfway series 4
 
I haven't watched the Wire, Sopranos or Lost but I can confidently say that GOT craps on BB. BB is like the series version of Godfather in that it is very slow altho extremely well written. For an average fan, it would be hard to get hooked onto. Season 4 and 5 of BB are definitely up among greatest TV bits ever but the first 3 are lacking in the interest department because it's rather slow and could get boring.

Game Of Thrones however is truly a masterpiece. I started watching in Feb and caught up in a mere few weeks because it was so interesting. A problem however is the amount of popularity has also caused a lot of leaks, many theories and etc. It's hard to stay away from theories, so I can't expect the unexpected anymore since somewhere I might have read a spoiler comment or something. Hardhomme is without a doubt the best TV episode I have ever seen, back when I had no idea that GOT was so prevalent on social media since I was binge watching rather than waiting weekly for episodes (like I am in S7).

Daredevil, Dexter, Narcos, Prison Break, Sons of Anarchy, Breaking Bad...none of these compare to GOT for me and those are shows up there, that I have enjoyed a lot too.
 
No offense to anyone but if you think GOT is the greatest TV series of all time you have a lot of shows to watch. It is one of the best but Breaking Bad and The Wire (easily) are just some of the shows that have much deeper and complex character development and storylines than game of thrones.

GOT is very good for the casual/average viewer as it doesn't require much attention. Lots of drama, action and independent scenes but the past 2 season have been very poor and this season has been all over the place so far.

Take last episode for example when Usain Gendry ran a weeks distance in an hour, sent a RavenExpress to Daenerys who mounted DragonForce1 to save John. All in a few hours.
 
Haz95 said:
I haven't watched the Wire, Sopranos or Lost but I can confidently say that GOT craps on BB. BB is like the series version of Godfather in that it is very slow altho extremely well written. For an average fan, it would be hard to get hooked onto. Season 4 and 5 of BB are definitely up among greatest TV bits ever but the first 3 are lacking in the interest department because it's rather slow and could get boring.

Game Of Thrones however is truly a masterpiece. I started watching in Feb and caught up in a mere few weeks because it was so interesting. A problem however is the amount of popularity has also caused a lot of leaks, many theories and etc. It's hard to stay away from theories, so I can't expect the unexpected anymore since somewhere I might have read a spoiler comment or something. Hardhomme is without a doubt the best TV episode I have ever seen, back when I had no idea that GOT was so prevalent on social media since I was binge watching rather than waiting weekly for episodes (like I am in S7).

Daredevil, Dexter, Narcos, Prison Break, Sons of Anarchy, Breaking Bad...none of these compare to GOT for me and those are shows up there, that I have enjoyed a lot too.
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See for you it might be slow but in those slow and boring episodes is where the bulk of character development is happening. A top class show is all about that. If you watched Sopranos (I think the greatest show of all time) you would find it boring too as there are scenes that aren't essential to the main storyline but contribute in some form or another.

I don't think any regular watcher of TV shows would put GOT close to being the best. That's like saying harry potter is the greatest film series of all time.
 
saadibaba said:
I haven't seen GOT. I don't think I ever will. I don't like fantasy shows, never got into LOTR series as well. GOT fans in general have not seen other great shows or are at an immature mental developmental level to compare shows in a truly objective and unsentimental fashion.

Breaking bad is great but really if one of is talking about the greatest show of all times than The Sopranos, The Wire, Twin Peaks and Lost should be brought in the equation as well. Without watching all those shows its useless to be calling one particular show the greatest of all.
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Not that I think GOT is the best show ever but for a grown adult you certainly have a very judgemental personality. Get it checked buddy.
 
Badsha said:
See for you it might be slow but in those slow and boring episodes is where the bulk of character development is happening. A top class show is all about that. If you watched Sopranos (I think the greatest show of all time) you would find it boring too as there are scenes that aren't essential to the main storyline but contribute in some form or another.

I don't think any regular watcher of TV shows would put GOT close to being the best. That's like saying harry potter is the greatest film series of all time.
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Instead of choosing and enjoying the shows which suit them, fans now want their shows to be declared the undisputed kings of the telly universe, and their tastes validated as superior than the rest.
 
Seen neither from what I have watched I would say Big Bang theory, two and a half men, prison break season 1, entourage are the best..

In Indian shows I had say remix, Sarabhai vs Sarabhai and now I like bhabhi ji Ghar par hai..
 
This is all subjective as others have mentioned, for me GOT is the greatest.

However one thing that i dont think anyone can deny is the impact GOT will have on tv and populture. It is to tv what LOTR was to cinema.

Just as LOTR made GOT possible, GOT will make other things possible
 
Badsha said:
See for you it might be slow but in those slow and boring episodes is where the bulk of character development is happening. A top class show is all about that. If you watched Sopranos (I think the greatest show of all time) you would find it boring too as there are scenes that aren't essential to the main storyline but contribute in some form or another.

I don't think any regular watcher of TV shows would put GOT close to being the best. That's like saying harry potter is the greatest film series of all time.
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Game of Thrones all the way up to season 6 was character development, they did it how BB should've done so. I do understand the importance of such episodes but that doesn't mean to bore the viewer only for few badas$ moments. But when there's constant useless speech, it tends to get boring. GOT I rate highly mainly due to the WTH n Badas$ moments. Hardhomme, Ned Starks..(This is when I realised this show isn't any normal cliched show),Red Wedding, Tyrions Trial, Mountain/Viper. There are simply so many memorable moments. On top of such it has Action, Dialogue (Varys, Littlefinger..), brilliant CGI. There isn't much to dislike with the show, altho s7 has been a bit questionable in its dialogue.

I am going to give sopranos a go. Will watch it alongside defenders, cheers for indirectly recommending it.
 
Haz95 said:
I haven't watched the Wire, Sopranos or Lost but I can confidently say that GOT craps on BB. BB is like the series version of Godfather in that it is very slow altho extremely well written. For an average fan, it would be hard to get hooked onto. Season 4 and 5 of BB are definitely up among greatest TV bits ever but the first 3 are lacking in the interest department because it's rather slow and could get boring.

Game Of Thrones however is truly a masterpiece. I started watching in Feb and caught up in a mere few weeks because it was so interesting. A problem however is the amount of popularity has also caused a lot of leaks, many theories and etc. It's hard to stay away from theories, so I can't expect the unexpected anymore since somewhere I might have read a spoiler comment or something. Hardhomme is without a doubt the best TV episode I have ever seen, back when I had no idea that GOT was so prevalent on social media since I was binge watching rather than waiting weekly for episodes (like I am in S7).

Daredevil, Dexter, Narcos, Prison Break, Sons of Anarchy, Breaking Bad...none of these compare to GOT for me and those are shows up there, that I have enjoyed a lot too.
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So BB is the series version of The Godfather and GOT is the series version of LOTR and GOT is better than BB? Therefore LOTR is better than the Godfather?
 
aliasad1998 said:
So BB is the series version of The Godfather and GOT is the series version of LOTR and GOT is better than BB? Therefore LOTR is better than the Godfather?
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a little flaw in that...I've never watched LOTR. Was never a fan of fantasy, I'm more a fan of narcotics and real life shiz... until I watched GOT.
 
No,way too many flaws,you cannot pace the show and travel as you want.

It's a very good show irrespective of it.
Not a fan of BB either,The Wire was great though,had similar issues with Sopranos as BB too slow but great acting by central characters.

I can never tell a top show,it's all on mood, but personally I like South Park,Arrested Development,Deathnote as TV shows.
 
Badsha said:
No offense to anyone but if you think GOT is the greatest TV series of all time you have a lot of shows to watch. It is one of the best but Breaking Bad and The Wire (easily) are just some of the shows that have much deeper and complex character development and storylines than game of thrones.

GOT is very good for the casual/average viewer as it doesn't require much attention. Lots of drama, action and independent scenes but the past 2 season have been very poor and this season has been all over the place so far.

Take last episode for example when Usain Gendry ran a weeks distance in an hour, sent a RavenExpress to Daenerys who mounted DragonForce1 to save John. All in a few hours.
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I have seen all the above mentioned and pretty much every best thing America and England has to offer.
 
The thing with GoT is that it takes bigger risks than a lot of other shows, compared to few of the ones mentioned in this thread. Doing so it creates a vast universe with many important storylines tying into 1 bigger picture (ultimate war against the dead) compared to something like a Breaking Bad which plays it a lot safer and has just a linear series of events all based around Walt. In aiming to create such a universe GoT is more prone to plot holes, because obviously if you have more subplots, that means more loose ends to tie, and I think despite that it has done a marvelous job.

Ofc at times things look rushed like Daenarys going to and from pretty fast but you see things that don't make sense in other shows as well. BB for example, Mr. Walter Hartwell White is cooking up meth on his merry way for several years and his brother-in-law who is supposed to be best in the business can't connect the dots despite so many hints along the series until it looks at him dead in the eyes (gambling story as a cover up for the money? Really? No suspicion raised?)

Having said that I loved both shows but like GoT more.
 
Breaking Bad and Dexter were easily my two fav shows until GOT came along. GOT is as good as it gets, the plot line, characters, tragedy, redemption, sacrifice i just enjoy it all. However, the teleporting and extreme fast pace this season is a bit of a turn off.

This could be subjective though, im an absolute sucker for Fantasy and LOTR were my all time fav movies ever.
 
If you follow GoT properly/closely it’s actually quite complex. Shows like The Wire, BB and Sopranos etc are brilliant but hardly requires any thinking. With GoT a lot of the time you need to re-watch and watch the after-shows as well to soak it all in.

Also there’s a lot more to GoT than meets the eye - A Song of Ice and Fire. We'll probably hear more about that once GoT finishes up.

 
Haz95 said:
Game of Thrones all the way up to season 6 was character development, they did it how BB should've done so. I do understand the importance of such episodes but that doesn't mean to bore the viewer only for few badas$ moments. But when there's constant useless speech, it tends to get boring. GOT I rate highly mainly due to the WTH n Badas$ moments. Hardhomme, Ned Starks..(This is when I realised this show isn't any normal cliched show),Red Wedding, Tyrions Trial, Mountain/Viper. There are simply so many memorable moments. On top of such it has Action, Dialogue (Varys, Littlefinger..), brilliant CGI. There isn't much to dislike with the show, altho s7 has been a bit questionable in its dialogue.

I am going to give sopranos a go. Will watch it alongside defenders, cheers for indirectly recommending it.
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It is all about opinions so none of us here are right and wrong but personally I feel till around season 5 GOT was amazing. The last two season, it has lost the plot. There's not more character development. Just killing of characters and epic fight scenes with impressive battles but the character development and depth is gone
 
GoT is incredible due its depth and willingness to be bold.

BUT Breaking Bad remains #1 for me. That series was brilliant start to finish.

The Office (US), Friends, and House (I might be the only one) have their own spot among my favorites too.
 
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The medium of television has been going through a seismic shift during the last few years. The number of great shows available to watch have exploded. While before there used to be only one or maybe two great shows in a year, now there are at least ten new great shows available each year, ready to be consumed by the public.

I am more into cinema and am very picky about the TV serials I watch, but even for me, there are at least 5 serials right now which I want to watch but don't have the time to. With Netflix and Hulu jumping in the market as well, there is going to be ridiculous competition for a wide but limited number of eyeballs. This is going to soon reach a saturation point and start driving people away.

Cinema is still the genuine visual art form and will always remain the gold standard. TV serials being a storywriter or creators medium will still have good stories to tell but the visceral impact and romance that a great movie can generate will be hard to find. If going by this criteria, only a few TV shows have been able to break that boundary where the whole season starts mirroring a 10 hour movie.

I would put True Detective Season I and The Night Of as being the most brilliant break throughs. Lets see if more will come by. I have not seen the Fargo series but have heard great things about it. (As mentioned above, one the serials I really want to get into but don't have the time)
 
My interest was really high in Season 1 and 2. Went down a bit in Season 3. Went back up in 4,5, 6. 7 is simply amazing, the pace of the show has gone up a lot. Things which would take 3-4 episodes to happen now happen in 1 episode which is what I like. I think my only criticism of GOT is that it is at times too detailed especially in seasons 3,4 and 5. Some things which are a bit of a drag. But that is how the books were written.

Getting back to the question is it the best show ever. In the top 10 definitely but not the best. Friends is always gonna be the best show. You can watch it over and over again and its a genre which everyone will enjoy.
 
Badsha said:
It is all about opinions so none of us here are right and wrong but personally I feel till around season 5 GOT was amazing. The last two season, it has lost the plot. There's not more character development. Just killing of characters and epic fight scenes with impressive battles but the character development and depth is gone
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5 seasons is more than enough for character development, politicking, brilliant dialogue. Now, they're simply wrapping the story up...it makes sense. The first few seasons lacked action but was brilliantly written, now it's the converse. I do think it's something they could fix up but it's what was bound to happen. The problem with season 7 is everything is happening so damn fast, a pace as GOT watchers some aren't used to.
 
Indisputably in the Top 10 now, and for me it may even now be the GOAT.
 
I'd give Games of Thrones a B+ overall.

The set pieces are magnificent, without parallel, but there was an awful lot of guff in seasons 4 and 5. Fortunately it is now picking up again.
 
Breaking bad is so overrated, GOT is most probably the best tv show, I enjoyed sherlock even more but the last 2 seasons weren't that great so GOT has overtaken it.
 
Ofcourse it's all subjective but Breaking Bad does not even come close to GOT. I maybe in the minority but I didn't the hype about BB.
 
The way it's going,the writers and directors better calm down a bit,because it may not be top 3 by the time it finishes.

There cannot be any character development beyond this,we should understand that but inspite of that what they have done with cercei is amazing,also liking the way Sanzas character is going,the problem is ice and fire are messing things up.
 
Game of Thrones could be getting a prequel series, HBO has announced, one of five potential spinoffs of the series.

Book author George RR Martin created the new series alongside British screenwriter Jane Goldman.

HBO has ordered a pilot episode for the show, set thousands of years before the battles over the Iron Throne.

Executives say any spinoff will not be broadcast until after Game of Thrones' final season in 2019.

If picked up, the prequel will chronicle "the world's descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour", HBO said in a statement.

"From the horrifying secrets of Westeros' history to the true origin of the White Walkers, the mysteries of the East, to the Starks of legend… it's not the story we think we know."

Read the full article at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertai...ial&ocid=socialflow_twitter&ns_source=twitter (Warning : potential spoilers)
 
Wow.They are doing a show about the Age of Heroes.It goes back to the very beginnings of the GOT universe.

Other ASOIAF/GOT spinoff shows I would like include Aegon’s Conquest,Dance of the Dragons,First Blackfyre rebellion and War of the Ninepenny Kings.

All of these stories are quite intriguing and pretty cool.

As for the OP.GOT is a top,top show.If you take it as a show only it is top 5 material.However if you take it as an adaptation of the books,it isn’t that great.The books are amazing.I just hope GRRM completes the series instead of wasting more time..
 
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Wow.They are doing a show about the Age of Heroes.It goes back to the very beginnings of the GOT universe.

Other ASOIAF/GOT spinoff shows I would like include Aegon’s Conquest,Dance of the Dragons,First Blackfyre rebellion and War of the Ninepenny Kings.

All of these stories are quite intriguing and pretty cool.

As for the OP.GOT is a top,top show.If you take it as a show only it is top 5 material.However if you take it as an adaptation of the books,it isn’t that great.The books are amazing.I just hope GRRM completes the series instead of wasting more time..
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It was GOAT till the 4th season. After that barring a couple of good moments, it has been on a continuous decline.
 
TM Riddle said:
It was GOAT till the 4th season. After that barring a couple of good moments, it has been on a continuous decline.
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Yeah.That’s because they did not have detailed material from GRRM anymore.Season 7 was awful though at first viewing it’s quite good.Awful plot points and plot holes e.g going out beyond the Wall to capture the wight,Gendry running faster than Bolt,Dany and Jon’s almost forced romance.
Some good moments were the meeting with Cersei,Olenna’s burns and the fight scenes.
 
Arham_PakFan said:
Yeah.That’s because they did not have detailed material from GRRM anymore.Season 7 was awful though at first viewing it’s quite good.Awful plot points and plot holes e.g going out beyond the Wall to capture the wight,Gendry running faster than Bolt,Dany and Jon’s almost forced romance.
Some good moments were the meeting with Cersei,Olenna’s burns and the fight scenes.
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Seeing now that GRRM would get busy in this another latest project of HBO, my hopes for WoW to finally get released have taken another hit.

Moving away from the novels is the only sensible option remaining I see.
 
TM Riddle said:
Seeing now that GRRM would get busy in this another latest project of HBO, my hopes for WoW to finally get released have taken another hit.

Moving away from the novels is the only sensible option remaining I see.
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Even if we do see Winds,I doubt we’ll see ADoS.
 
Yes it is.

While the reward for the most over-hyped, disappointing and frustrating show goes to breaking bad.

One of the reason why GOT is way ahead of breaking bad are the female characters. GOT has not one, not two but multiple female characters which apart from being an integral and important part of the show also had me being emotionally invested in their storylines. The characters felt real and natural.

The main and only real female character in breaking bad on the other hand was just straight out annoying and at times felt redundant. Their were many episodes where it just felt like the female character and her story is only to fill up time.

It is very rare for a show to have a worthy female character which doesn't feel out of the place or forced upon you. That's one of the many reasons which makes GOT stand out in the crowd.
 
The most overrated show ever.

If anyone thinks GOT is better than BB, they really need to question there own intelligence.
 
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The most overrated show ever.

If anyone thinks GOT is better than BB, they really need to question there own intelligence.
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Go ahead and show me how Breaking bad has a case over games of thrones.

Let me start.

Breaking bad: oh geez this dude suffers from an incurable disase and started to live a double life to leave back some money however he needs to hide it from his nagging wife and kid. I hate how he is constantly panicked, frustrated and in passive aggressive mode while rarely shows a backbone to stand on his own ground. A whole episode on trying to get rid of a fly? Are you freaking kidding me? Not everyone is a neurotic nerd.

Games of thrones: so many different emotional, inspiring and thoughtful stories to follow and ponder upon. To just name a few: the question about God and power of religious manipulation. A son's inability to please his father not due to a lack of talent but due to physical limitations. A sister sold out by her own brother for power. The question of what makes you a "wilding" and what makes you civilized. An illegal son looking to find some meaning in life. The greed for power amongst men. The double games, manipulation and treason.

If you like to be entertained by watching a wimpy guy getting panic atracks all the time and getting nagged by his wife. He is busting his balls day and night but still can't command respect from his family than perhaps breaking bad is for you. The good parts of the show get heavily overshadowed by the bads one.

If however you like to have your believes about life questioned. Like to think about different dynamics at play. Like to think about the father-son relationship, and like to see what greed, manipulation, self-entitlement and power hunger can do to people. Like to observe and ponder how being just, righteous, selfless or even just an ordinary good person could ever be possible in such a setting. Then GOT is your thing.
 
Sirris said:
Go ahead and show me how Breaking bad has a case over games of thrones.

Let me start.

Breaking bad: oh geez this dude suffers from an incurable disase and started to live a double life to leave back some money however he needs to hide it from his nagging wife and kid. I hate how he is constantly panicked, frustrated and in passive aggressive mode while rarely shows a backbone to stand on his own ground. A whole episode on trying to get rid of a fly? Are you freaking kidding me? Not everyone is a neurotic nerd.

Games of thrones: so many different emotional, inspiring and thoughtful stories to follow and ponder upon. To just name a few: the question about God and power of religious manipulation. A son's inability to please his father not due to a lack of talent but due to physical limitations. A sister sold out by her own brother for power. The question of what makes you a "wilding" and what makes you civilized. An illegal son looking to find some meaning in life. The greed for power amongst men. The double games, manipulation and treason.

If you like to be entertained by watching a wimpy guy getting panic atracks all the time and getting nagged by his wife. He is busting his balls day and night but still can't command respect from his family than perhaps breaking bad is for you. The good parts of the show get heavily overshadowed by the bads one.

If however you like to have your believes about life questioned. Like to think about different dynamics at play. Like to think about the father-son relationship, and like to see what greed, manipulation, self-entitlement and power hunger can do to people. Like to observe and ponder how being just, righteous, selfless or even just an ordinary good person could ever be possible in such a setting. Then GOT is your thing.
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Both GOT and BB are massively overrated. They had their moments but couldn't sustain the consistency in the long run. You have to keep in mind that both were created with entertainment as sole purpose in mind and thus had to sacrifice quality later on.

GOT was good till the producers had Martin's books to base their content on. Soon as they ran out of the fresh material from novels, the show took a nosedive in terms of quality. For instance check out the last season, so many plotholes and cheeky moments that I cringed a lot while watching it. The story was all over the place and in hurry to wrap things up quickly, they super fast tracked everything resulting in total mess which made for an awful watch.

Both these shows wouldn't even feature in my top 5.
 
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Hbo needs to pick different fantasy book than grr martin. I am getting bored of weastros
 
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Season 5 was pretty bad. Season 6 was average apart from a few great episodes. Season 7’s writing was an absolute joke. If you would’ve asked me after season 4 ended then I would’ve said that it could be considered the best show ever (was my 2nd or 3rd favourite at the time) but now it’s not even close. Don’t get me wrong I’ll still watch it because of how invested I am but I really hope the next season isn’t as badly written as the previous one.
 
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