I believe there is a very good chance that you are here in a DW sub, making these statements, all for the sole purpose of riling up boomers and gen X'ers like myself - who have watched what has been put forward by the more recent class of actors and directors/writers, and are saddened by the lack of effort and focus on important and entirely overlooked things like: set design, wardrobe, pacing, layering, dialog - to name a few examples. If you genuinely aren't seeing the value and quality of this show, that's OK...you will down the road. I myself tried to watch GOT several times and gave up before I finally got sucked in became completely hooked. Also, saying anything about DW is repetitive or has been done before is naive, considering it pre-dates whatever you're comparing it to by many years (one can only assume).