I will concede production values are good. But the characters are all too serious. What made GOT interesting for me was the mix of characters - good and bad, serious and funny and ridiculous. This show needs a Tyrion, Varys, Little Finger, Bronn or the marvellous Diana Rigg as Olenna Tyrell, among others, to bring out the sarcastic side of the plot. Hopefully that will come. PS: this edit comes after the second episode. I've lowered the rating from 6 to 4 because it was more stolid and even less witty than the first, if that was even possible. A definite bummer.