Point of Diminishing Returns: Yet Another ‘Game of Thrones’ Spinoff Reportedly in the Works

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Few shows engulfed the zeitgeist quite like HBO’s “Game of Thrones.”

Based on the fantasy novel “A Song of Ice and Fire” by George R.R. Martin (more on him shortly), the original show debuted in 2011 and swiftly became an iconic television show in the same veins as “Band of Brothers,” “Lost” and “The Office.”

In other words, it was one of those shows that was appointment viewing, if only so you wouldn’t be completely lost in the midst of water cooler talk.

While “Game of Thrones” became a cultural force during its eight-year, 73-episode run, most fans would also likely agree that the quality of the show took a stark drop once it outpaced the source material it was based on.

For the unaware: Martin’s books are not finished.

In fact, it’s almost become a running meme of a joke about how long it’s taken for him to produce the sixth novel of the franchise, “The Winds of Winter.” The last book, “A Dance with Dragons” came out in 2011, for a frame of reference.

And once “Game of Thrones” outpaced the written source material, the show steadily declined in quality, right up until the generally poorly received final season of the show.

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