{"id":90044,"date":"2014-06-15T15:44:42","date_gmt":"2014-06-15T20:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=90044"},"modified":"2014-06-15T15:44:42","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T20:44:42","slug":"variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/06\/15\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\/","title":{"rendered":"Variety asks: The Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/lord-of-the-rings-vs-game-of-thrones-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"lord-of-the-rings-vs-game-of-thrones\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-90045 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/lord-of-the-rings-vs-game-of-thrones-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/lord-of-the-rings-vs-game-of-thrones-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/lord-of-the-rings-vs-game-of-thrones.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> Variety is asking the question (presumably for no reason other than easy clicks), HBO&#8217;s Game of Thrones, or New Line Cinema&#8217;s The Lord of the Rings? Which is better?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u201cGame of Thrones\u201d recently became the most popular show ever on HBO and has already solidified itself as one of the top-rated fantasy projects of all-time, leading us to ask the difficult question\u2014-is \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d better than Peter Jackson\u2019s \u201cThe Lord of the Rings\u201d movies?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a kind neck and neck right now, so here&#8217;s a link to their virtual ballot box for your voting pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2014\/film\/news\/poll-is-game-of-thrones-better-than-lord-of-the-rings-1201218822\/\" target=\"_blank\">GO VOTE!<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Variety is asking the question (presumably for no reason other than easy clicks), HBO&#8217;s Game of Thrones, or&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":90045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lotr-movies","category-lotr"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Variety is asking the question (presumably for no reason other than easy clicks), HBO&#039;s Game of Thrones, or New Line Cinema&#039;s The Lord of the Rings? Which is better? \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d recently became the most popular show ever on HBO and has already solidified itself as one of the top-rated fantasy projects of all-time,\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Demosthenes\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"lotr movies,the lord of the rings\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/06\/15\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO Pro (AIOSEO) 4.9.8\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lord of the Rings &amp; Tolkien News - TheOneRing.net Fan Community, since 1999 | Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Variety asks: The Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones?\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Variety is asking the question (presumably for no reason other than easy clicks), HBO&#039;s Game of Thrones, or New Line Cinema&#039;s The Lord of the Rings? Which is better? \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d recently became the most popular show ever on HBO and has already solidified itself as one of the top-rated fantasy projects of all-time,\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/06\/15\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"3474\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"3121\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-06-15T20:44:42+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-06-15T20:44:42+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/theoneringnet\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@theoneringnet\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Variety asks: The Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones?\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Variety is asking the question (presumably for no reason other than easy clicks), HBO&#039;s Game of Thrones, or New Line Cinema&#039;s The Lord of the Rings? Which is better? \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d recently became the most popular show ever on HBO and has already solidified itself as one of the top-rated fantasy projects of all-time,\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@theoneringnet\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2014\\\/06\\\/15\\\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\\\/#article\",\"name\":\"Variety asks: The Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones?\",\"headline\":\"Variety asks: The Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones?\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/author\\\/demosthenes\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/06\\\/lord-of-the-rings-vs-game-of-thrones.jpg\",\"width\":670,\"height\":377},\"datePublished\":\"2014-06-15T15:44:42-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-06-15T15:44:42-05:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2014\\\/06\\\/15\\\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2014\\\/06\\\/15\\\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"LotR Movies, The Lord of the Rings\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2014\\\/06\\\/15\\\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/lotr\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"The Lord of the Rings\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/lotr\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Lord of the Rings\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/lotr\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/lotr\\\/lotr-movies\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"LotR Movies\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/lotr\\\/lotr-movies\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"LotR Movies\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/lotr\\\/lotr-movies\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2014\\\/06\\\/15\\\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Variety asks: The Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones?\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/lotr\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"The Lord of the Rings\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2014\\\/06\\\/15\\\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Variety asks: The Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones?\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/lotr\\\/lotr-movies\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"LotR Movies\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The One Ring.net\",\"description\":\"Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/TORN-25-logo.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2014\\\/06\\\/15\\\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\\\/#organizationLogo\",\"width\":3474,\"height\":3121},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2014\\\/06\\\/15\\\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\\\/#organizationLogo\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/theoneringnet\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/theoneringnet\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/theoneringnet\",\"https:\\\/\\\/youtube.com\\\/theoneringnet\",\"https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Tolkien_fandom#TheOneRing.net_(or_TORn)\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/author\\\/demosthenes\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/author\\\/demosthenes\\\/\",\"name\":\"Demosthenes\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2014\\\/06\\\/15\\\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6625471b2a0455c1ad17220b5a35dd76003bf6827f340834119b173ad18fdaef?s=96&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Demosthenes\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2014\\\/06\\\/15\\\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2014\\\/06\\\/15\\\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\\\/\",\"name\":\"Variety asks: The Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones?\",\"description\":\"Variety is asking the question (presumably for no reason other than easy clicks), HBO's Game of Thrones, or New Line Cinema's The Lord of the Rings? Which is better? \\u201cGame of Thrones\\u201d recently became the most popular show ever on HBO and has already solidified itself as one of the top-rated fantasy projects of all-time,\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2014\\\/06\\\/15\\\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/author\\\/demosthenes\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/author\\\/demosthenes\\\/#author\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/06\\\/lord-of-the-rings-vs-game-of-thrones.jpg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2014\\\/06\\\/15\\\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\\\/#mainImage\",\"width\":670,\"height\":377},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2014\\\/06\\\/15\\\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\\\/#mainImage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-06-15T15:44:42-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-06-15T15:44:42-05:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lord of the Rings Rings of Power on Amazon Prime News, JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit and more | TheOneRing.net\",\"description\":\"Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro -->\r\n\t\t<title>Variety asks: The Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones?<\/title>\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Variety asks: The Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones?","description":"Variety is asking the question (presumably for no reason other than easy clicks), HBO's Game of Thrones, or New Line Cinema's The Lord of the Rings? Which is better? \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d recently became the most popular show ever on HBO and has already solidified itself as one of the top-rated fantasy projects of all-time,","canonical_url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/06\/15\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"lotr movies,the lord of the rings","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/06\/15\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\/#article","name":"Variety asks: The Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones?","headline":"Variety asks: The Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones?","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/author\/demosthenes\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/#organization"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/lord-of-the-rings-vs-game-of-thrones.jpg","width":670,"height":377},"datePublished":"2014-06-15T15:44:42-05:00","dateModified":"2014-06-15T15:44:42-05:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/06\/15\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/06\/15\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"LotR Movies, The Lord of the Rings"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/06\/15\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/lotr\/#listItem","name":"The Lord of the Rings"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/lotr\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"The Lord of the Rings","item":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/lotr\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/lotr\/lotr-movies\/#listItem","name":"LotR Movies"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/lotr\/lotr-movies\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"LotR Movies","item":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/lotr\/lotr-movies\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/06\/15\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\/#listItem","name":"Variety asks: The Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones?"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/lotr\/#listItem","name":"The Lord of the Rings"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/06\/15\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\/#listItem","position":4,"name":"Variety asks: The Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones?","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/lotr\/lotr-movies\/#listItem","name":"LotR Movies"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/#organization","name":"The One Ring.net","description":"Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/06\/15\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\/#organizationLogo","width":3474,"height":3121},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/06\/15\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\/#organizationLogo"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/theoneringnet","https:\/\/x.com\/theoneringnet","https:\/\/instagram.com\/theoneringnet","https:\/\/youtube.com\/theoneringnet","https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tolkien_fandom#TheOneRing.net_(or_TORn)"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/author\/demosthenes\/#author","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/author\/demosthenes\/","name":"Demosthenes","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/06\/15\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6625471b2a0455c1ad17220b5a35dd76003bf6827f340834119b173ad18fdaef?s=96&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Demosthenes"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/06\/15\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/06\/15\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\/","name":"Variety asks: The Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones?","description":"Variety is asking the question (presumably for no reason other than easy clicks), HBO's Game of Thrones, or New Line Cinema's The Lord of the Rings? Which is better? \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d recently became the most popular show ever on HBO and has already solidified itself as one of the top-rated fantasy projects of all-time,","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/06\/15\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/author\/demosthenes\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/author\/demosthenes\/#author"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/lord-of-the-rings-vs-game-of-thrones.jpg","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/06\/15\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\/#mainImage","width":670,"height":377},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/06\/15\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\/#mainImage"},"datePublished":"2014-06-15T15:44:42-05:00","dateModified":"2014-06-15T15:44:42-05:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/","name":"Lord of the Rings Rings of Power on Amazon Prime News, JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit and more | TheOneRing.net","description":"Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Lord of the Rings &amp; Tolkien News - TheOneRing.net Fan Community, since 1999 | Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien","og:type":"article","og:title":"Variety asks: The Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones?","og:description":"Variety is asking the question (presumably for no reason other than easy clicks), HBO's Game of Thrones, or New Line Cinema's The Lord of the Rings? Which is better? \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d recently became the most popular show ever on HBO and has already solidified itself as one of the top-rated fantasy projects of all-time,","og:url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/06\/15\/90044-variety-asks-the-lord-of-the-rings-or-game-of-thrones\/","og:image":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png","og:image:width":3474,"og:image:height":3121,"article:published_time":"2014-06-15T20:44:42+00:00","article:modified_time":"2014-06-15T20:44:42+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/theoneringnet","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:site":"@theoneringnet","twitter:title":"Variety asks: The Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones?","twitter:description":"Variety is asking the question (presumably for no reason other than easy clicks), HBO's Game of Thrones, or New Line Cinema's The Lord of the Rings? Which is better? \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d recently became the most popular show ever on HBO and has already solidified itself as one of the top-rated fantasy projects of all-time,","twitter:creator":"@theoneringnet","twitter:image":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"90044","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":null,"schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":"2026-05-21 22:57:50","breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"open_ai":null,"ai":null,"created":"2020-12-28 15:29:48","updated":"2026-05-21 22:57:50"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/lord-of-the-rings-vs-game-of-thrones.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1tLoH-nqk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90044"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90048,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90044\/revisions\/90048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}