Still waiting for this to come out on BluRay. Was hoping it would be out for Christmas.
March 6, 2012
Still waiting for this to come out on BluRay. Was hoping it would be out for Christmas.
Just starting episode 9. I cannot believe this thread only has 75 posts in it and much of it has nothing to do with the actual show itself. What an incredible show. Could be the best HBO has ever done IMO. Good good stuff.
Just starting episode 9. I cannot believe this thread only has 75 posts in it and much of it has nothing to do with the actual show itself. What an incredible show. Could be the best HBO has ever done IMO. Good good stuff.
I have to go with season 1 of Rome. Can't beat it.
I agree. These are some of my favorite fantasy books, and the show is an incredible enlivening of the books. Rome is still better. Rome is probably the best show I will ever see in my entire life, IMO. Just absolutely incredible, and on an everyday Roman life level, so accurate as to be pretty much the same.
I have to go with season 1 of Rome. Can't beat it.
Haven't watched that.
Ok I know that stark probably dies in the books. But damn if that didn't piss me off. Far and away one of the characters on the show and now just gone. Wow wow wow.
To top it off I'm not so sure about baby dragons? Totally dull. Not impressed with that at all.
You definitely need to check it out. Season 1 is awesome. Season 2 is great as well, but it felt rushed (they ended up canceling the series after two series because it simply cost too much). Amazing TV in those two seasons. Check out the Youtube clip I posted. How can you not like that?
Ok I know that stark probably dies in the books. But damn if that didn't piss me off. Far and away one of the characters on the show and now just gone. Wow wow wow.
To top it off I'm not so sure about baby dragons? Totally dull. Not impressed with that at all.
The Wire > Rome
btw, anyone who didn't stick it out through the first four episodes of Thrones (and i don't blame if you didn't) is gonna want to watch this when it hits DVD. The show has become flat out awesome.
Really? F yeah! I just started watching and I'm exactly 4 eps in--and I already love it. If it stayed at this same pace I'd still be really enjoying it...I'm psyched to hear it gets even better.
They're doing a good job of not making these characters into caricatures--which would be easy to do with such a large cast, I would think.
Really? F yeah! I just started watching and I'm exactly 4 eps in--and I already love it. If it stayed at this same pace I'd still be really enjoying it...I'm psyched to hear it gets even better.
They're doing a good job of not making these characters into caricatures--which would be easy to do with such a large cast, I would think.
dude... just wait. I thought I knew were things were headed and would have been happy if they did but they flipped every expectation I had on it's head (except one) and it made the show so much stronger.
I can't think of another first season show which took as many risks as this one did (and yes, I know credit goes to the author of the books!). seriously balls out choices that make perfect sense but I had no idea they were coming.
Whoa baby, you are in for a wild ride! A person I knew who had watched one episode said, 'yeah, it stinks...you can tell exactly who the good guys and bad guys are, and they're all stock characters.' As you have seen, and as my friend was shocked to discover, that is certainly not the case. The books can be frustrating, but they're always good.
Have you read all of them, Cheese, or are you taking it a season at a time?
one season at a time. as a writer, I know i'm probably missing a TON of **** by not reading the books, but I love the visual medium to death and would rather see it unfold visually at this point.
It blew me away.....
It shook me for weeks......
I will never forget how I felt or where I was when I watched those last 4 episodes.
Amazing.
I really loved the first season. I do have a slight gripe in the amount of magic that reared its head in the last couple of episodes. I know it's a fantasy series, but I liked that for the most part it was rooted in "reality," that is, that there WEREN'T dragons or wizards. Then, in the last couple of episodes, there are both.
I was hoping the white walkers beyond The Wall were natural rather than supernatural threats, and that the talk of dragons were either mythical beliefs or metaphorical.
Anyways, a minor beef. I still really, really like the show. Anyone know when it's supposed to air again?