GOT 1.0 was great for creating and telling a multi-cultural tale with elements rarely on the screen. You could change the dialog to say mandarin and it still would be relatable and entertaining to 800 million people. With story lines you rarely see. The very first episode of 1.0 involved incest. Who does that? 2.0 looks like GOT but never quite reaches the same production value. It's definitely a plastic imitation and something created by committee. Definitely an english slanted production with dialog and story someone could write, and probably did, while intoxicated. A mashup of about 99 out of 100 BBC productions but covered up with leftover props from 1.0.