Rome season one was fucking awesome - at the time, it was by far the best thing on television. Season two had oodles of potential but failed to deliver in every way; the story of Octavian was just dying to be told, instead we got a bunch of bullshit.
All in all, season one of Game of Thrones is turning out to be better than Rome in my humble opinion, but who knows where it will go. In any case, it is the best fantasy-genre media ever produced so far, and I have a feeling it will just get better.
HBO Series style is the evolution of the motion picture. They have so much more freedom, and since digital tech is making things cheaper, telling a longer story is more economical now. I am happy.
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