first the cast, now the screenplay I remember when they created that 10 mins promo for Game of Thrones and how excited everybody (books' funs) were once they saw it... Mind you, it was quite a gamble on HBO's part at that time: fantasy series, pretty anonymous cast that was leaving the ambitious project even before it started, with only a small number of quality actors on supporting roles. (Emilia Clark was not even the original cast for mother of dragons).
I don't know, maybe, living and breathing Martin did not let them to mess it up or stars on the sky aligned in the right way...
Anyway, this time, it's not the case. It took me only 4 mins in the show to understand where the show is going. What a peice of Misandry crap it's going to be! The only consolation, Mrs. Jordan is that Robert never lived to see it.