I know GoT gets quite a bit of hate and has earned a reputation of being a soyface show, but the first few seasons were legitimately great.
Still, I've seen this screengrab before. Sad how people base their whole existence on panem et circenses entertainment and deviant sexuality.
What exactly made the first few seasons "great" ? Was it just the deviant sexual (which were abundant) scenes ? Because the story of the Starks is very millennial soy induced. (i.e.. "girl = boy", raising others children, and kidnapping) The Lannister's are war mongering , incestual, and miscreants. Then you have the promotion of eunuchs, pimps, and "girl power" everywhere...blech.
The dragons themselves were well done CGI. That's no where near enough for me to say "great show". The insults and put downs of other cultures, ones own family were (again) nothing more than social sabotage for those who watch it. (normalization of what one does in those scenarios, and to those people).
I watched the show because of the hoopla it got. I was hoping it'd get better, it always got more sadist and terrible.
None of the above. I liked it more or less for the power dynamics and corruption, which I felt were portrayed realistically in shades of gray, rather than pure black and white morality of most high fantasy.
Succession (https://www.hbo.com/succession) is a more realistic approach/setting for what you're seeking. Its also superior in its dialogue and doesn't rely on generic vague philosophies to drive home a point.
"wizards and dragons" are very 13 year old-esque thinking.
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