Game of Thrones!

laurajcrampton
laurajcrampton Posts: 71
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NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

Who's looking forward to watching the new season!? It starts on the 31st!! I CAN'T WAIT!!

Jon Snow... *drools*

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  • ericmessier
    ericmessier Posts: 235 Member
    My friends tell me I should watch this show. Should I?
  • Keeta83
    Keeta83 Posts: 423 Member
    I'm totally looking forward also...and ditto on the Jon Snow comment!
  • laurajcrampton
    laurajcrampton Posts: 71
    You should most definitely watch it!! Start from season 1 episode 1 - no peaking! They run very close to the books, so if you want to read the books, I recommend reading them first... But it is absolutely FANTASTIC! Highly recommended :)
  • ericmessier
    ericmessier Posts: 235 Member
    You should most definitely watch it!! Start from season 1 episode 1 - no peaking! They run very close to the books, so if you want to read the books, I recommend reading them first... But it is absolutely FANTASTIC! Highly recommended :)
    Wtf? You think I would start on Season 1 Episode 4? :huh:
  • trojanbb
    trojanbb Posts: 1,297 Member
    YES!!! Can't wait. lots of people should be dying in this season. Kind of like every other season..but this one is especially death-filled. Nothing makes me happier than watching people's favorite characters take an axe to the neck or arrow to the gut.
  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
    I just got HBO and watched the first two seasons. I started fast forwarding over the Dragon Mommy scenes (boring subplot).

    I like it better than LOTR, but what's the deal with all the gratuitous sex, always from the male point of view? I could set my watch by it: Every 15 minutes a gorgeous 20-something woman enters the scene and strips.
  • trojanbb
    trojanbb Posts: 1,297 Member
    I just got HBO and watched the first two seasons. I started fast forwarding over the Dragon Mommy scenes (boring subplot).

    I like it better than LOTR, but what's the deal with all the gratuitous sex, always from the male point of view? I could set my watch by it: Every 15 minutes a gorgeous 20-something woman enters the scene and strips.

    The author is a huge pervert. And that is what makes the books and show so good.
  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
    You should most definitely watch it!! Start from season 1 episode 1 - no peaking! They run very close to the books, so if you want to read the books, I recommend reading them first... But it is absolutely FANTASTIC! Highly recommended :)

    Is there that much sex in the books? It's practically soft porn. The formula is similar to that of The Tudors and The Borgias: violence, sex, buttered with a little history. At least GoT doesn’t pretend to be history of any kind.

    My favorite character is Arya.
  • Lone_Wolf70
    Lone_Wolf70 Posts: 2,820 Member
    Me and my direwolf are all amped up.
  • iulia_maddie
    iulia_maddie Posts: 2,780 Member
    Me me me!! Can't wait!
    I like Arya too, but my favorite character is Tyrion.
  • Lone_Wolf70
    Lone_Wolf70 Posts: 2,820 Member
    You should most definitely watch it!! Start from season 1 episode 1 - no peaking! They run very close to the books, so if you want to read the books, I recommend reading them first... But it is absolutely FANTASTIC! Highly recommended :)

    Is there that much sex in the books? It's practically soft porn. The formula is similar to that of The Tudors and The Borgias: violence, sex, buttered with a little history. At least GoT doesn’t pretend to be history of any kind.

    My favorite character is Arya.

    The books are more graphic
  • kdiamond
    kdiamond Posts: 3,329 Member
    Terrific show. I'm reading the books as I prepare for the season, so I just finished book 3. The books are brilliantly written, and they stayed very close to them in the show...the actors in this show are great, don't you think? Really looking forward to it starting.
  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
    My friends tell me I should watch this show. Should I?

    Sure. Consider it dessert, after Mad Men and Breaking Bad and Dexter.
  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    I love this show! They have been very true to the books minus a couple name changes. I heard the 6th book is due to come out this year. There is an excerpt on George RR Martin's website.

    Dani is totally my favorite.. esp in the later books.
  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
    Me me me!! Can't wait!
    I like Arya too, but my favorite character is Tyrion.

    He's my next favorite. Peter Dinklage is quite good in the role.

    I wish it weren't so heavy handed in places. I don't need to hear characters state the theme of the episode twice in 10 minutes.
  • SophieA9083
    SophieA9083 Posts: 63
    I can watch 4 episodes then I'm back to uni with only free view television T.T
  • Fit_NYC_
    Fit_NYC_ Posts: 1,389 Member
    Can't wait for the show to start... and for the next book to drop...

    I'll be watching the first two seasons again just to freshen up on the material!
  • angelams1019
    angelams1019 Posts: 1,102 Member
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    Edit: I CAN'T F*CKING WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Jaxper
    Jaxper Posts: 23 Member
    Can't wait for it, just like the rest of you.
    I just got HBO and watched the first two seasons. I started fast forwarding over the Dragon Mommy scenes (boring subplot).

    I HIGHLY recommend not fast forwarding through her scenes, especially if you haven't read the books. She becomes a huge character later on.
  • EvilDollee
    EvilDollee Posts: 386 Member
    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    Who's looking forward to watching the new season!? It starts on the 31st!! I CAN'T WAIT!!

    Jon Snow... *drools*

    OMG ME!! I've been counting the days for so long. I've even used to show as a motivator for me to lose weight, drop 5lbs in March or no watching. Season three will be epic! My heart rate is rising just thinking about it, how many calories am I burning now? Ahhhhhhh thirteen more days!
  • CharRicho
    CharRicho Posts: 389 Member
    SO EXCITED!!!!!

    If y'all like the TV show you should read the books (if you haven't). Book 2 is quite different (and MUCH better) than season 2 of the show. I'm really hoping they bring it back in line with the books in season 3.
  • CharRicho
    CharRicho Posts: 389 Member
    I just got HBO and watched the first two seasons. I started fast forwarding over the Dragon Mommy scenes (boring subplot).

    I like it better than LOTR, but what's the deal with all the gratuitous sex, always from the male point of view? I could set my watch by it: Every 15 minutes a gorgeous 20-something woman enters the scene and strips.

    REALLY REALLY not a subplot. She's kind of a main character. You might want to go back and watch those.

    The sex is all in the book, so... yeah HBO is known for it, but in this case they're just following what's in the books.
  • Amcolecchi
    Amcolecchi Posts: 260 Member
    When my husband first told me to watch the show, I was so disgusted with the first episode, I had no idea what to expect. Now, I LOVE them!!! I can't wait for it to start!!!!!!! :-)
  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
    I just got HBO and watched the first two seasons. I started fast forwarding over the Dragon Mommy scenes (boring subplot).

    I like it better than LOTR, but what's the deal with all the gratuitous sex, always from the male point of view? I could set my watch by it: Every 15 minutes a gorgeous 20-something woman enters the scene and strips.

    REALLY REALLY not a subplot. She's kind of a main character. You might want to go back and watch those.

    The sex is all in the book, so... yeah HBO is known for it, but in this case they're just following what's in the books.

    SPOILERS FOLLOW









    I think it's partly her dialogue. It's particularly ponderously stupid. The brother was a rip-off of Caligula and the crazy emperor played in Gladiator.

    Oh, and the hair...
  • laurajcrampton
    laurajcrampton Posts: 71
    Tyrian is my favourite character by far! But I love Charles Dance as Tywin... Arya is fantastic for her age... Just fantastic acting, fantastic story... Just bloody brilliant!
  • rladd6421
    rladd6421 Posts: 455
    sooo excited for it to start. half way through book 5 now, eventually i'll finish it. my favorite characters are arya, jon snow, and tyrion and starting to like jaime lannister from the reading not the show yet.

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