HBO's Game of Thrones

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Holy CRAP; this show is GREAT!!!

I've never been a big fan of fantasy; I've always been more into sci-fi. But this stuff is incredible!

The world, history, and mythology are so rich and interesting...  The characters are well fleshed-out, with all of the strengths, flaws, (some of which are VERY ugly flaws) and quirks of real people.

And I just realized something while watching the opening credits:  Each of the leading Houses/Powers has a totem animal:  Stag for the ruling family at King's Landing, Wolf for the Starks at Winterfell, and so on.    In episode one, [spoiler] Lord Stark and his party come across the corpses of a stag and a dire-wolf, which have killed each other.  At first, I thought it was just a plot-device to introduce the wolf-cubs, but now, I realize that it was expertly carried out foreshadowing. [/spoiler]

I think this show has me hooked.  :)

Check out the big brain on brad! Good catch there man! You'll see alot more in the future and even some that have slipped by in the recent stuff. This is multi layered television watching.

[wraith1701]

LOL thanks man! JULES WINFIELD FOR THE WIN LOL!

Yeah; it looks like a lot of thought went into the creation of this show.  I'm pretty excited.  My only issue now is that I'm itching to check out the book series, but I don't want to spoil the show.   :)

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LOL thanks man! JULES WINFIELD FOR THE WIN LOL!

Yeah; it looks like a lot of thought went into the creation of this show.  I'm pretty excited.  My only issue now is that I'm itching to check out the book series, but I don't want to spoil the show.   :)

The first book is the first season, but the book has more meat. You are safe to start it now.

[wraith1701]

Cool, thanks!  I'm going to check Half-Priced books this evening.  And if it's sold out there, I'll make a run for the Borders. :)

[Feathers]

Wow!

I've just watched episode 1 (while working...). Quite a lot to digest in this. Sean Bean is excellent in anything with a sword and I hadn't realised we had a few other recognisible British actors in there too. I'm not wholly happy with all of the 'HBO content', it seems a little unnecessary to me, but overall I'm pretty on-board with the series - enough to watch the next one tonight, anyway.

(This played a few weeks ago, I just hadn't got round to it yet)

[Duffster]

Wow another great episode this week. We finally see The Mount... and what an entrance! Sam makes his entrance, again portrayed fantastically.

I gotta say it again, what a great job they did casting this show! Each introduced character is making me clap.

I have loved the Lord of the Rings books since I was a kid and the movies when they came out. It has been my favorite fantasy movie/show since it came out.

I think that this is surpassing it. I have pretty much lost all the fears I had about the portrayal of the book and have completely embraced it.

Now the fun is gonna really start!!! Whoot!

[billybob476]

Wrong thread there Sheppard? ;)

[ElfManDan]

Wrong thread there Sheppard? ;)

I honestly don't know what just happened there. I thought I clicked on the Fringe link. Oh well I fixed it.

[billybob476]

No problem!

I'm two episodes behind in GoT right now, gotta get caught up!

[ElfManDan]

I still haven't watch it yet so I'm even farther behind.

[Jobydrone]

Wrong thread there Sheppard? ;)

I honestly don't know what just happened there. I thought I clicked on the Fringe link. Oh well I fixed it.

I've noticed some weird things going on with messages on these boards.  Like threads are linked somehow behind the scenes when they shouldn't be.  The only reason I've noticed this is because I always use the "show new replies to your threads" and "show unread posts since last visit" links, and there are times when I look at one thread and it comes up that I've viewed others that I never did.  For example, when I read this thread, the Fringe thread now comes up as having been looked at even though there are new posts there I haven't viewed yet.  Strange.

[ElfManDan]

Wrong thread there Sheppard? ;)

I honestly don't know what just happened there. I thought I clicked on the Fringe link. Oh well I fixed it.

I've noticed some weird things going on with messages on these boards.  Like threads are linked somehow behind the scenes when they shouldn't be.  The only reason I've noticed this is because I always use the "show new replies to your threads" and "show unread posts since last visit" links, and there are times when I look at one thread and it comes up that I've viewed others that I never did.  For example, when I read this thread, the Fringe thread now comes up as having been looked at even though there are new posts there I haven't viewed yet.  Strange.

Well I could have sworn I clicked the Fringe one, but I know I could have made a mistake just the same. But it's all good now so no biggie.

[Duffster]

Another thing I was wondering at the start of the series was how they were going to protray "the Eyrie". Wow I think they did a great job!!! The entire trip to "The Vale" was pretty much how I imagined it.

Oh and if you've watched it to this point you probably have already guessed... it's about to get nuts!!!

[billybob476]

They definitely shortened the trip to the Eyrie (or Aerie or however it's spelled) but of course that is an understandable change based on the medium.

[Jobydrone]

Loved the end of this weeks episode.  I'm looking forward to this picking up speed, it's been a bit ponderous but I understand there's tons of background and exposition to cover.