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I don't think House of Cards comes close really, especially now that Spacey is out. Game of Thrones is a movement: cosplay, crazy fan forums, ultra wide appeal,

I don't think House of Cards comes close really, especially now that Spacey is out. Game of Thrones is a movement: cosplay, crazy fan forums, ultra wide appeal, the filming location of King's Landing in Croatia is constantly flooded by tourists because of GoT. House of Cards is a solid show, especially season 1, but I'd say GoT is the biggest show in the world culturally right now. Good point regarding HBO's brand and their "good" shows; and I think it helps to illustrate my point: Netflix has a lot of good shows, maybe even some great ones, what I think they need, and what I think the other streaming providers will need is really big generational hits that come out every five years or so.

jbigelow76 8y ago
I don't think House of Cards comes close really, especially now that Spacey is out. Game of Thrones is a movement: cosplay, crazy fan forums, ultra wide appeal, the filming location of King's Landing in Croatia is constantly flooded by tourists because of GoT. House of Cards is a solid show, especially season 1, but I'd say GoT is the biggest show in the world culturally right now. Both good points, too bad that HoC looks to be Spacey's swan song (and deservedly so).
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sien 8y ago
Isn't King's Landing filmed partly in Dubrovnik? Dubrovnik has been filled with tourists for decades. But there seem to be some other locations as well? However, if they are as gorgeous as Dubrovnik presumably they were also tourist attractions prior to GoT as well.
- xzel 8y ago
  They do have many more GoT souvenir shops now. It does get more visitors than before but I wouldn't say it is as crowded as he's implying.
megaremote 8y ago
> Game of Thrones is a movement: cosplay, crazy fan forums, ultra wide appeal Sure, but that is just the difference between fantasy/scifi and everything else. You don't get cosplays of Tony Soprano.
- dylan604 8y ago
  or do you? At least there would then be an excuse for Jersey ;-)
dylan604 8y ago
The upcoming Amazon production of the Tolkien series is an obvious attempt to ride the GoT coattails. I'm putting the coattail credit to GoT rather than the Jackson trilogy.
jandrese 8y ago
Game of Thrones was already popular before HBO touched it however. Not to the degree that it is now, but it was one of the most talked about books since Harry Potter. The worst thing is I have not found the next Game of Thrones/Harry Potter/Lord of the Rings. Lots of good books have come out in the past few years, but nothing has had the same impact yet.
- fomojola 8y ago
  Checkout Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson.
  - nickik 8y ago
    As somebody that reads a lot of Fantasy, and very much enjoyed Sanderson run on Wheel of Time. The Way of Kings stuff is not very impressive to me.
nickik 8y ago
HoC was absolute crap long before Spacey left.

jbigelow76 8y ago

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sien 8y ago

Isn't King's Landing filmed partly in Dubrovnik? Dubrovnik has been filled with tourists for decades. But there seem to be some other locations as well? However, if they are as gorgeous as Dubrovnik presumably they were also tourist attractions prior to GoT as well.

xzel 8y ago
They do have many more GoT souvenir shops now. It does get more visitors than before but I wouldn't say it is as crowded as he's implying.

megaremote 8y ago

> Game of Thrones is a movement: cosplay, crazy fan forums, ultra wide appeal Sure, but that is just the difference between fantasy/scifi and everything else. You don't get cosplays of Tony Soprano.

dylan604 8y ago
or do you? At least there would then be an excuse for Jersey ;-)

dylan604 8y ago

The upcoming Amazon production of the Tolkien series is an obvious attempt to ride the GoT coattails. I'm putting the coattail credit to GoT rather than the Jackson trilogy.

jandrese 8y ago

Game of Thrones was already popular before HBO touched it however. Not to the degree that it is now, but it was one of the most talked about books since Harry Potter. The worst thing is I have not found the next Game of Thrones/Harry Potter/Lord of the Rings. Lots of good books have come out in the past few years, but nothing has had the same impact yet.

fomojola 8y ago
Checkout Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson.
- nickik 8y ago
  As somebody that reads a lot of Fantasy, and very much enjoyed Sanderson run on Wheel of Time. The Way of Kings stuff is not very impressive to me.

nickik 8y ago

HoC was absolute crap long before Spacey left.