Funny how Game of Thrones is credited for paving the way, yet no mention of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies, nor the first three Narnia films.
Fantasy aside, I wish some streaming services would follow this pattern and work out a deal for the various Clive Cussler novel series.
Best stories nowadays are made outside of Hollywood. Squid Game's great. And it's Korean.
Different mediums.
Game of Thrones absolutely set the bar for the quality of entertainment, both in world building, story development, and effects, that you can expect on your giant 4k home theater. Peter Jackson's films were theatrical releases.
On this subject, I was extremely disappointed with Amazon's "Wheel of Time" which is supposed to be a 7-8 season flagship program for their streaming network. Crappy sets, crappy costumes, ugly actors.
As far as wolrdbuilding goes, I really enjoyed HBO's "Raised by Wolves" and am looking forward to Season 2 of the Ridley Scott produced sci-fi show.