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It seems a little like magical handwaving to say "just do what GOT did" when it was, for most of its tenure, collectively believed to be one of the most ambitious and innovative shows in the history of television

That just depends on if the underlying story of a GOT is the best the genre has to offer or if the two underlying literary works are comparable in quality, i don't see a good argument for assuming a tv show with a similar budget can't recreate that magic - especially given that they even have more of a roadmap by taking lessons from GoT itself.

As far as the casting concerns, I'd contend that it was much more bad writing in GoT after they lost the books to fall back on. We still had characters like Jamie, Tyrion, Jon Snow and many others that were favorites in the series - its just that many of them were terribly written in the latter part of the series. Ned was gone after season 1 and the show was still quite good for several seasons after that.

I'm definitely assuming that the younger main character actors they have gotten will be decent if not good, but that is based on the quality of the other hires like post production companies, etc. I've recognized some of the minor characters in roles before and it seems they have a good eye for talent. So it is an unknown but I am optimistic on that front.

I think in this world, both females AND males in this world are very sexist. You would look at two scenes and cut to a group of men saying "oh those women and their gossip" then you'd cut to women's circle and they would say "you just can't trust men and their gossip". With Nyn and Lan, Nyn bosses him around in public while we are told that off the screen in private / he is the boss. With the wide range of powerful female characters, i feel like there is plenty within the story to highlight both sexes while staying true to the story

What really gives me some confidence is that Brandon Sanderson has been a consultant on some scripts thus far and has come out saying there are certainly some necessary changes but thus far it has stayed very true to the intent of the story. Plus, the showrunner is a huge childhood fan - and when he came out and said that they were keeping in the rand and his three wives story in there, I feel like that means they aren't out to try and change the heart of the story too much. That I thought would have been the most likely thing they would change up if they planned on going in that direction.

And i'm not sitting here thinking that everything is going to be perfect, there will be changes I don't like and things i would have done differently. But it seems like they are making efforts and spending the money to do it the right way, I just hope it catches on enough to justify the budget so we see the whole story - even so, as long as we get to see the story through Duamai's Wells, I'll be happy enough.

Hopefully we still get a 2021 release date, i can't wait to start seeing promo clips and stuff.

This post was edited on 6/28/20 at 1:13 pm