Comparing movies, GOT is porn. LOR is biblical.
The books have their moments, but most of the “porn” is HBO’s additions to the festivities. Especially the homosexual crap. It’s hinted at here and there in the books, but if I hadn’t had the show slamming it in my face, I probably would’ve missed it in the books.
“Comparing movies, GOT is porn. LOR is biblical.”
I agree (but my word choices might have been different).
LOR grows better with age and repeat viewings. It is rich and noble and ageless. I doubt GOT will age well.
My impression of GOT was, “If you want to watch porn, just go ahead and watch some porn, but don’t cover it over it with some noble disguise.” If it didn’t need the gratuitous porn to get viewers, it wouldn’t include it - without it, my guess is that most would find it rather ho-hum, if not altogether lacking in interest and “merit”.
One is a Lord, the other a Game.