@hazardwarning It was quite good when it first started. It was a new style of T.V. being cinematic and being very adult instead of targeting the lowest common denominator (kids), but it's a bit samey now. I also think dragons are a bit hackneyed – at least they spared us elves. It's worth seeing the first two or three series for the experience and so you get the references.
I still watch it anyway, despite criticising it.