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“ The Sopranos in Middle-earth” was the tagline scriptwriter David Benioff used when pitching Game Of Thrones to HBO. But not even the lauded cable channel – when it said yes to this ambitious (and expensive) swords and tits series – could have predicted that it would as similarly lovebombed as their benchmark gangster drama.
Adapted from George RR Martin’s A Song Of Ice And Fire book series, first published in 1991, HBO’s Game Of Thrones was thrillingly brilliant and brought a fringe genre to mass audiences. An epically-sprawling tale of feuding families, swords, sex, carnage, intrigue, deception and the pursuit of power, it won ratings and plaudits for its mother channel and made a star out of Peter Dinklage as the whoring and drinking Tyrion Lannister.
What should it do next? Just carry on adapting the books with the same quality. And let’s hope HBO don’t run scared of the sex and begin to de-nipple the series. It’s helping a lot of young boys out there…
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