HBO's Game of Thrones

[Tohosaurus]

Finished season one on Friday. Absolutely excellent and already one of my favorite shows. Hopefully the future seasons continue this level of quality. The aesthetics of this series are simply beautiful to behold, from amazing landscapes to the well detailed costumes and architecture/interior designs. The score is excellent. Even the opening "scene" or whatever it would be called looks great. The first season does a wonderful job of mixing politics, romance, and social issues seamlessly. Really too bad about you-know-who being gone. A likable character.

And on another note, the home media release is superbly designed with rich designs and nice textures and surfacing. My one complaint is that each of the five discs (I'm speaking about the BRDs) has the same special features (or 99% of them) and anywhere from one to three episodes per disc. Wouldn't it have been better to have like three-ish episodes per disc and then a final disc or two with the special content? Nitpicking I know, just odd to watch one episode on a disc (hour long) and then pull it out and deal with the length load time to put in another disc with three hours of the show.

At any rate, psyched for season two!

[tymon]

There are just so many likeable characters you get to follow in this show. My personal favorites are Jon Snow, Arya Stark, and Tyrion Lannister.

How about the hate-able like-ables? Like Theon, Jamie, Cersi?

Or just plain hate-ables? Like Joffrey. skreeonk Joffrey.

[wataru]

I forsee Joffrey getting his face eaten off by a wolf or dragon.

[tymon]

^My coworker already revealed Joffrey's fate to me, and it's a satisfying one.

Just got back from the book signing. Only got a few seconds to speak with George but I told him that "I just finished the first season last week. Incredible." and he said thanks.

[wataru]

^My coworker already revealed Joffrey's fate to me, and it's a satisfying one.

Midget rape!

[RedZillaKing]

Now THAT was a battle. Just caight episode 9 and the Finale. Awesome.

Spoilers:

*Daenerys is awesome. When those dragons are grown she'll be unstoppable. Mr. Warlock didn't stand a chance.

*Holy shit... the White Walkers. Was that their king??

*The Hound cuts people the skreeonk in half. Bronn is still the MAN.

*Sersei got bailed out by her daddy. Awwwww.. Bitch.

*Tyrion is the hero of the Battle of King's Landing. Too bad no one will ever know it. "On the other side of that gate are brave men. Let's go kill them!"

*That marriage is gonna have some negative consequences...

[wataru]

Well...Westoros is screwed.

Anyone wanna get a fast boat to Qarth? There's an opening for a new king.

This show gets better EVERY time I see it. I mean, it's epic. The magic is slow mellow, it matches well with the historical feel. I cannot wait for Season 3!

[tymon]

Finished Season Two a couple weeks ago. What a let-down! The final two episodes were good but the rest was poorly paced, dull, and almost felt like a medieval soap opera in the way its shot with 90% of the scenes consisting of two people in a room talking (and the fact that there are way too many plotlines that go on for too long and aren't resolved soon enough, or resolved at all, ala soap opera). The characters that enthralled me in the first season are starting to bore me. The cinemeatography has become bland, the dialogue and music cliched, and the sense of wonder is lacking. Moments that were supposed to be epic (and probably were epic in the book A Clash of Kings) just felt..off. First season was easily 10/10 for me, this is a generous 6/10..let's hope S3 turns things around.

[Jomei]

Blasted through this recently. I just get hooked easily, I guess.

Anyway, I dig it. I think Jon Snow is my favorite character right now, but I also like Arya a lot, and Tyrion is always interesting, of course.

[tymon]

^Did you finish Season 2 yet? I hope you enjoyed it more than I did.

[Jomei]

Yeah, I got through season 2. I was pretty much marathon-ing it, so I wasn't watching as carefully and critically as you, but I did start to get that same nagging sense of soap opera-ness from the 1 on 1 conversations all the time.

Mostly I enjoyed it, though.

[Eunectes]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4XSeW4B5Rg

New trailer is up.

[wataru]

So what did everyone think of the premiere?

I cant wait to see Dany and her dragons get down on Astrapor. I was glad Devos Seaworth didnt die but sad at how Tyrion keeps getting boned.

The show lacked Greyjoy action. I wanted more Yara action. I think she's cute. Also, lack of The Hound and Sanza...

[RedZillaKing]

Sansa was in a brief scene with Littlefinger, IIRC. The Hound (one of my favorites!) was sadly absent. I'm wondering if he'll be gone for a while.

Was a bit underwhelmed by Season 3's opener, but that was most likely due to my high expectations. A few things

*The f****** Lannisters piss me off. I can't stand Sersei and her father. Tyrion is BY FAR my favorite of that lot (and one of my favorite characters!). The fact that he got no recognition for essentially saving the city irks me.

*Ned Stark's bastard rules. He's gotten himself in quite the situation.

*The CGI is film quality. The short sequence with the dragons was astoundingly well done. I loved that they cook their fish before they eat them, lol.

That's it for now. Actually gonna rewatch it now, Methinks.

[wataru]

Sansa was in a brief scene with Littlefinger, IIRC. The Hound (one of my favorites!) was sadly absent. I'm wondering if he'll be gone for a while.

Was a bit underwhelmed by Season 3's opener, but that was most likely due to my high expectations. A few things

*The f****** Lannisters piss me off. I can't stand Sersei and her father. Tyrion is BY FAR my favorite of that lot (and one of my favorite characters!). The fact that he got no recognition for essentially saving the city irks me.

*Ned Stark's bastard rules. He's gotten himself in quite the situation.

*The CGI is film quality. The short sequence with the dragons was astoundingly well done. I loved that they cook their fish before they eat them, lol.

That's it for now. Actually gonna rewatch it now, Methinks.

Me too. I wish the Game of Thrones banner generated had the Onion Knight/Seaworth sigil

[kpa]

I've read all of the books (to date) and have been enjoying the HBO series. Book three (A Storm of Swords) is my favorite -- it has a ton of "Holy Sh*t!" moments -- so I've been looking forward to Season 3 (and 4, since the novel will be split over two seasons). The season premiere was good, but there's some huge events on the horizon.

[gvamp]

Season 3 premier was decent, the season will probably be amazing overall.

[Manda2012]

Watched Season 1 last night & today. Probly watch Season 2 tonite.

[RedZillaKing]

This show just keeps getting better and better! I am shocked that this topic is as inactive as it is. Anyways, I just rewatched Season 3, Episode 1 and tore through 2 and 3. Holy shit!! A few things:

SPOILERS FOLLOW:

*I am really pulling for the khaleesi. I find her the most likable of the protagonists (save Tyrion, who rocks), and I think I totally see where this "slave army" angle is going. Prediction: Daenerys will buy the army and turn them on their former masters. Evidence: She wishes to buy them all; She is appalled at the ruthlessness of the masters of Astapor; And his repeated insults are most likely being understood by Daenerys's advisors.... or will be revealed by the slave girl.

*Absolutely shocked that Jaime Lannister lost his hand. There goes what swordsmanship he had left. I'm not sure I buy the hype, though, as the Kingslayer seemed afraid to fight Ned Stark in season 1.

*Tyrion seems to genuinely care about Shae and vice versa. I feel like Sersei is going to figure out who she is and do something to her as her brother's punishment for.... uhhhh... whatever. HILARIOUS when the squire returned with the gold. Even better when Bronn and Tyrion wanted details.

*How was the Hound captured? Did I miss something?

*The giant was handled well, as were the increasingly gigantic Dire Wolves. Te special effects on this show are movie level awesome.

*Joffrey is a little bastard. Surely his mother and grandfather must know this. Still, I love to watch him cower, and don't want to see him dead just yet.

*Stannis Baratheon and the Red Woman are an odd pair. She's obviously bad news in general, but I'm wondering... Does she have her eye on the Iron Throne, or does she aim to manipulate Stannis from behind the scenes? And w here is the demon child?

[Draglord]

HILARIOUS when the squire returned with the gold. Even better when Bronn and Tyrion wanted details.

That scene was priceless. XD

*How was the Hound captured? Did I miss something?

He was drunk and got ambushed, IIRC.


I'm enjoying season 3 so far, I'm pretty stoked that they got the guy who played Julius Caesar in Rome to play Mance Rayder. Kinda sucks that they're splitting book 3 into two seasons, I was kinda hoping to see my favorite part of the book sooner than later. Ah well...