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Game of Thrones
by Malbert » Mon Aug 15, 2011 12:58 pm
Someone posted awhile back how this is a fab show, but after watching the first episode (and not even all of it) I just don't see what the fuss is about. Several friends of mine have also talked about how great it is. Is it a show that takes a few episodes to get into? If so I could maybe sit through 3 before I give up totally.
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Re: Game of Thrones
by JackT » Mon Aug 15, 2011 2:22 pm
Malbert wrote:Someone posted awhile back how this is a fab show, but after watching the first episode (and not even all of it) I just don't see what the fuss is about. Several friends of mine have also talked about how great it is. Is it a show that takes a few episodes to get into? If so I could maybe sit through 3 before I give up totally.
First episode is not that great. It gets good, though.
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by Malbert » Thu Dec 22, 2011 8:40 am
I'm sure because of the Golden Globe nominations, this series has been added back into the HBO line up. I watched a few episodes last night, and while I'm not in love with it, I continue to watch because I love Peter Dinklage. He's adorable, and I want to make him cookies.
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by Voodoo Billy » Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:28 pm
bunnygod1 wrote:its not wall to wall excitement. but the characters and development through the series is superb.great acting,good story line,their are some proper bastards develop as it goes along
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by JackT » Thu Dec 22, 2011 2:29 pm
bunnygod1 wrote:never read it,isnt it a graphic novel?
The Song of Ice and Fire series, of which A Game of Thrones is the first book, is highly regarded among enthusiast of the Fantasy genre. These are fairly long novels, and are somewhat unique for a number of reasons. First, although fantasy, the fantasy elements are rather muted in that they are mostly implicit. Second, George R. R. Martin employs a device wherein each chapter is told from the point of view of a different character, and each chapter bears the name of that character. Therefore, there are many "Tyrion" chapters, "Sansa" chapters, etc. (This fact alone accounts for some of the difference between the HBO series and the books, as this simply cannot be duplicated in a television show.)
The most recent book (the fourth in the series), entitled A Dance with Dragons, is rather slow going in the beginning, and I myself lost patience with it. (I have read a LOT of slow fiction, but I have to be convinced it is worth it.) Martin fans became somewhat angry with the author due to the very long hiatus between books 3 and 4, and because book 3 was something of a cop-out in terms of development.
As an aside, there is an extremely complicated card game based upon these books, and I am a competitive player of it. I played at the GenCon world tournament this past summer. I did not do well but it was pretty interesting.
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