> The start is only valuable if there is an end I don't think Game of Thrones lost money. I would guess HBO paid George Martin well. Moreover, I think that in

> The start is only valuable if there is an end I don't think Game of Thrones lost money. I would guess HBO paid George Martin well. Moreover, I think that in the eyes of most, GoT would have been better without going beyond Martin's published works. In other words: finishing that story significantly reduced its value. In case you think this is an exception: Matrix, Terminator, Coupling, How I Met Your Mother, Battlestar Galactica reimagined: all stories whose value was diminished greatly by their ending.