GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

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This is from the last week but yeah sales # are amazing. Director is praising piracy since its the most downloaded show but at the same time puts out the best sales for HBO
http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=27605

I pirated all the episodes as they aired and then bought the box sets when they were released.

Flank_sl said:

I pirated all the episodes as they aired and then bought the box sets when they were released.

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I did the same.

Flank_sl said:

I pirated all the episodes as they aired and then bought the box sets when they were released.

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Likewise.

chaos_sl said:

It will last as long as it is making them money. It seems to be cleaning up for HBO so it is possible. The Sopranos was 9 years. Even Oz was 6 years.

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I agree. Had to look it up, but fucking Entourage lasted 7 years too and that show was shit after the first 2 seasons /duck

Tuco_sl said:

GoT doesn't even seem like it needs that big of a budget for most of the scenes. It seems like they dumped 50% of their budget into making a big green fiery explosion and a few battles but that's really not why we watch the show.

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yet people still bitched about the show "skimping" even when the battles happened off page in the books

Tuco_sl said:

GoT doesn't even seem like it needs that big of a budget for most of the scenes. It seems like they dumped 50% of their budget into making a big green fiery explosion and a few battles but that's really not why we watch the show.

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I think the show loses a lot in failing to portray the epic scale of the books or even other shows of this kind. The Borgias for instance, on what I assume is nowhere near GOT's budget has no difficulty portraying an authentic looking army. I think much of the GOT budget must be about the cost of filming on (multiple) location.

on location filming is a money hog. probably as big as CGI costs.

If DVD sales are healthy, that's an extremely promising sign; to remind you, strong DVD sales are the reason HBO considered True Blood their pride and joy.

But don't kid yourself, this show isexpensive. The massive cast, the location shots, the effects, the animals, the costumes (there aren't exactly other shows they can borrow breastplates in bulk from), etc. - every one of them adds to the cost.

I expect HBO to give it two more seasons. At that point, when storyline wise we're stuck in the muck of midpoint AFFC/ADWD, cast salaries are increasing, and any buzz has left (who knows what genre property people will have moved on to), HBO will have a hard decision on their hands to give it the 2-3 more seasons they need to finish it off.

They could, and probably will, just skip a year if the show catches up to the books or they run out of material. Didn't the sopranos skip a year and then come back? Same with Curb I thought and maybe another show I can't remember right now...

Tuco_sl said:

GoT doesn't even seem like it needs that big of a budget for most of the scenes. It seems like they dumped 50% of their budget into making a big green fiery explosion and a few battles but that's really not why we watch the show.

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I thought this too, but watch the clip where they explain how they constructed the funeral pyre. Some of these locations, given the special effects and control they need, must be crazy, crazy expensive. I

Eyashusa_sl said:

They could, and probably will, just skip a year if the show catches up to the books or they run out of material. Didn't the sopranos skip a year and then come back? Same with Curb I thought and maybe another show I can't remember right now...

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The problem with doing that is guaranteeing the availability of the actors when production resumes. This is especially true for a show like GoT that has such a massive cast. Spartacus suffered from this during the break they took while waiting for Andy's cancer treatments.

Boardwalk Empire will be on the chopping block before this. It's an equally expensive show (actually more expensive, discounting the Blackwater increase for S2), and while it has become a critical darling Boardwalk isn't the water cooler show that Game of Thrones is. It's home media sales aren't even close. I love them both, but if one is going to get cut, it's going to be Boardwalk.

Note that this wasn't always the case. When they both premiered in the same year, there was a lot of sweating from Game of Thrones fans because Boardwalk had such an amazing cast and crew behind it, and HBO was pushing it as their marquee show. It just so happens that Game of Thrones took off faster, and felt fresher than another HBO gangster story.

edit: Holy crap Bran is growing up fast. The new interviews up with that actor make him look like he's going to out-age the role much faster than he should.

Eyashusa_sl said:

They could, and probably will, just skip a year if the show catches up to the books or they run out of material. Didn't the sopranos skip a year and then come back? Same with Curb I thought and maybe another show I can't remember right now...

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Mad men took a year and a half off while negotiations were going on with AMC.