Lol :laugh:They were dead the moment they said "I do", anyway
Lol :laugh:They were dead the moment they said "I do", anyway
Definitely. While I reiterate my contempt for all the geek porn injected into the series just for shock value, the underlying story of a royal power struggle set against an oncoming apocalypse is definitely worth the ride. PS: The first season is the weakest because of all the backstory that needed to be established, and the fact that HBO didn't really open the monetary taps until they were sure they had a hit on their hands. Things take a noticeable improvement by the second season.I've only seen the very first episode. I keep meaning to get back to it, but I haven't had a chance yet. It is worth the time investment?
Have you read any of the books?Definitely. While I reiterate my contempt for all the geek porn injected into the series just for shock value, the underlying story of a royal power struggle set against an oncoming apocalypse is definitely worth the ride. PS: The first season is the weakest because of all the backstory that needed to be established, and the fact that HBO didn't really open the monetary taps until they were sure they had a hit on their hands. Things take a noticeable improvement by the second season.
Wise words well said my friend. (Especially the comparison to Peter Jackson's diarrhea type crap he took all over Tolkiens books when he made the LotR and especially the Hobbit movies) Perhaps folks would like the Game of Thrones HBO series better if it stuck to the actual book's plot a tad closer and didn't add a bunch of side plots and scenes which pretty much were invented by the series producers to show more T and A than were actually in the book.I agree 100%. Some might find the death rate a bit too much; but on the other extreme, we have Peter Jackson's method of storytelling that utilizes a childish, cartoony world of physics in which characters can fall hundreds of feet and not be scratched.
As far as the original Willis rant goes, I lost interest after his first few points. He has either not actually seen much of the show, or else he has no concept of what fantasy and character development are. Either way, the good points he made are somewhat lost in the evidence that he really doesn't know what he is talking about.
Agree. Not too many shows, actually zero, that I have on my Must See TV list. However, I was really looking forward to this season of GoT. Clearly not a show that you can watch and multi-task. Recorded Episode two last night and messed around on the internet while it was going. I was so lost by 30 minutes in that I had to rewind it, sit in the big chair and actually watch it.Season 6 is off and running - and I am enjoying the hell out of it, now that Beniof and Weiss have surpassed Martin and I have little idea where the story si going. First two episodes have been very good and the show looks like it might be in the running for a back-to-back Best Drama Emmy.
DInklage is awesome, by the way. "please don't eat the help". I was never a huge Tyrion fan in the books, but I am loving Dinklage's interpretation of the role.
Glad to see that little sh*t finally fed to his dogs. I heard the next two seasons are going to be short seasons with the show ending in 2018. The final season with the war against the white walkers should be fun to watch.Good call on that Dave. Ramsay really lost face at the end. Finale should be amazing.
I love the running theme - both with Cersei and Tyrion about the advisability of using religious fanatics for partisan political ends.
Lots of bad people (and a few good ones) finally reaping what they sowed.Glad to see that little sh*t finally fed to his dogs. I heard the next two seasons are going to be short seasons with the show ending in 2018. The final season with the war against the white walkers should be fun to watch.
My out of the box guess on next season is that Kingslayer ends up killing his sister and eventually the entire show moves to the North with the battle of the Whitewalkers. If you consider why he killed the previous king was that he wanted to use the fire to destroy the city which his sister did. The look of disgust during the last episode spoke volumes to me about what potentially happens next.Lots of bad people (and a few good ones) finally reaping what they sowed.
I'm glad the Hound is back. I always liked him for some strange reason.
At this point, I'm not sure how anyone can possibly stop Khaleesi. She's now got two armies, 2,000 mercenaries, her own navy, and three dragons. She's also go spymaster Vary's working on getting her some new and powerful allies, and they're hinting at a conceivable alliance with Jon Snow.
Defense always has an advantage in this type of warfare, but I'm not sure what advantage the Lannister's could possibly mount against Khaleesi and her dragons.