Game of Thrones

[norrahe]

Well apart from the brooding northern men, scheming queens (no pun intended), gratuitous incestuous sex and general nudity, what did people think of it?

[OwlHoot]

I'd never heard of it until you mentioned it.

Sounds quite interesting, although I'd prefer a "real" dark ages scenario than fantasy swords and sorcery.

[Moscow Mule]

It's on Sky Atlantic, which is not on Virgin so I haven't seen it. The adverts look good though, so I might have a go at getting it from the states/iTunes.

[alreadypacked]

It's on Sky Atlantic, which is not on Virgin so I haven't seen it. The adverts look good though, so I might have a go at getting it from the states/iTunes.

Downloaded last night from Kickass, have not watched it yet.

[VectraMan]

I enjoyed the first one; haven't watched the second yet. It's all extremely well made as you'd expect from HBO.

How come "Pentos across the narrow sea" with the weird blonde siblings looked like it was somewhere on the Mediterranean, but the map at the start shows it to be roughly Antwerp. I've never been to Antwerp, but I don't think it has a mediterranean climate.

[Wodewick]

How come "Pentos across the narrow sea" with the weird blonde siblings looked like it was somewhere on the Mediterranean, but the map at the start shows it to be roughly Antwerp. I've never been to Antwerp, but I don't think it has a mediterranean climate.

You do understand the concepts of fiction and imagination - don't you?

[norrahe]

I enjoyed the first one; haven't watched the second yet. It's all extremely well made as you'd expect from HBO.

How come "Pentos across the narrow sea" with the weird blonde siblings looked like it was somewhere on the Mediterranean, but the map at the start shows it to be roughly Antwerp. I've never been to Antwerp, but I don't think it has a mediterranean climate.

Second episode is much better and the character build up shows promise.

[VectraMan]

You do understand the concepts of fiction and imagination - don't you?

Yes. It's fact and reality that scares me.

[EternalOptimist]

I read the books a few years back, then got the boardgame.

It is one of those stories that sticks in your mind and gives you the odd flashback. It wasnt particularly well written, and it uses the same technique that tolkein used of multiple seperate story lines that are all connected at the beginning and end, but way too many strands.
The telly program is quite true to the books

[norrahe]

I read the books a few years back, then got the boardgame.

It is one of those stories that sticks in your mind and gives you the odd flashback. It wasnt particularly well written, and it uses the same technique that tolkein used of multiple seperate story lines that are all connected at the beginning and end, but way too many strands.
The telly program is quite true to the books

I got that impression on the first episode, but hopefully they'll tie things in a tad better.

Might get the books