Not really. The hype levels has been through the roof since pretty much the whole last year and went into overdrive as soon as the first teaser for S8 hit. I mean - my wife's friends are trying to organize a trip to Ireland to go see one of the filming locations. This is extremely nutty behavior. Oh and let's not forget GoT sigil cookies, custom GoT mugs, etc.
I'm not saying that people aren't hyped for Game of Thrones Season 8 or that it isn't even disproportionately large amounts of hype, I'm just saying that you have to keep in mind that a large part of that is that
right now it is the Next Big Thing. Two weeks from now, it will no longer be the Next Big Thing, and a vast quantity of that hype will transfer onto the
next Next Big Thing, which is almost certainly going to be Endgame. That's how the media cycle works.
Like, my roommates had a Harry Potter themed party with House banners and costumes and all kinds of drek when Magical Beasts came out, then a week later no one even cared about that movie anymore. To the general public the status of something being the next major media event eclipses everything else, but also fades incredibly quickly. There will always be the hardcore fans who want to go to New Zealand to visit Hobbiton, but that doesn't mean Lord of the Rings is still attracting the same amount of public hype as it was a week before it came out, yeah?
