While HBO’s latest Game of Thrones spinoff was already likely to prove a hit with audiences, the show still deserves credit for completely disregarding the safe formula established by earlier successes in the franchise. When the series debuted in 2011, season 1 of HBO’s adaptation of author George RR. Martin’s A Song of Ice & Fire was the single most expensive TV series of all time. Since then, Game of Thrones has long been outstripped by later Stranger Things seasons, not to mention Prime Video’s Lord of the Rings prequel The Rings of Power.
HBO’s R-Rated Fantasy Spinoff Deserves Credit For Not Taking Itself Too Seriously
