Perhaps this is because Dune and Wheel of Time are more dear to me than other series, my feelings of how perfect the latest adaptations have been. Just a disclaimer for bias, you know.
I can now explain at least WoT's perfection as a fantasy series; it's Tolkien-esque, yet also apocalyptic and gritty and progressive (what I was hoping from Game of Thrones...), in design, music, and world-building.
Who knows if they'll pull a Battlestar Galactica and connect it to our world? They very well could, and I might really dig that.

















