Noone compared it with game of thrones, they compared a style of death done in thrones, which does, you know, need done one way or another. No need to go up in arms because they may adapt the story a different way. Fanboy behavior is getting real extra with hotd starting again. Have yall never seen an adaptation? Because that's what this is, Tolkiens books are a guideline, not a script. And it would do well to be made with the shock deaths of main characters like got did because that's one of the reasons it became the most watched show of all time, as pointed out in the article.