We have a separate thread for House of the Dragon now, just in case people were going to watch
Spot-on, man!I predict Orgz will be slightly dissapointed with Thrones, but comes back for ep 2 anyways.
Thankee orgySpot-on, man!
I always give series 2-3 episodes before I decide whether to drop them or not, as it's obvious the pilot can never get the plot going 100% or give all the characters enough development to actually base opinions on.
I'm really not sure whether I'll keep watching Game of Thrones, mostly because I honestly never was a fan of the whole fantasy genre. It was visually astounding (sometimes a bit too nice, if you know what I mean...) and the writing and overall directing effort was good as well.
Acting performances were varied, going from great to so-so... With some characters it was too apparent they were acting. I mean, of course they are, but it's not a great performance if you only see someone acting, and not a character (then again, I felt this way about Steve Buscemi in the pilot of Boardwalk Empire as well, and he changed my mind BIG time later on).
Nonetheless, the reason I'm not really feeling that this is my kind of series (yet..?) isn't because the pilot gave off a bad impression, but because fantasy is the genre I have the hardest time getting into in general. I'll be watching the next couple of episodes as well, but the pilot certainly didn't completely swoop me in. Still, here's hoping this is the first fantasy series I can actually proudly say I really like!
(Xena is guilty pleasure...)
I will type at full review of episode 2 later but here is something you will enjoy as much as i haveEpisode two was also pretty good. Though it suffered a bit from what I predicted, Joffrey and Sansa don't have so strong actors. But the last 10 minutes or so were still amazing, gave me goosebumps. Legendary line by the Hound. "He ran, but not very fast" Interesting how they cutting made it almost feel like that
Brans revival was thanks to sacrificing Lady. I wonder if it was intentional. We know there is something magical between those wolfs and the Stark children. Not something I thinked about when reading in the books, but seems plausible.
Though I think it was just to make Brans awakening more dramatic.
Despite the tension in the end, as whole the episode still wasn't amazingly impressive. But I do think it is building up to be epic.
I wondered that too. Damn the new viewers will be like "WTF he had a wolf too???" when it finally had an appearance. They couldn't have just completly cut it off the show. Or could they?also where the hell is Ghost