Reply to: Game of Thrones

[Clippy]

When I've caught up with House (although I may yet give up on House, this season hasn't been very good).

Would have to agree although am sticking with it.

TBH, I thought it had run its course last season.

Boardwalk empire is veeeerrrrry slow to get off the mark, but persevere.

I'm finding that I tend to enjoy the slower paced dramas, where they are focusing on characterisation and story more nowadays - another sign of turning into an old fart, no doubt.

[ThomasSoerensen]

Global warming.

Get with the project.

[Pogle]

Boardwalk empire is veeeerrrrry slow to get off the mark, but persevere.

I bloody loved it and why on 12 episodes??? It was just getting good

[VectraMan]

If you want "gratuitous incestuous sex and general nudity" I would recommend the Spartacus series, Xena finally getting her lez on!

I really got into that too, and next week Sky are showing the first series (the first series that comes after the second series, because the first series is a sequel and the second series is a prequel to the first series).

Most my knowledge of history comes from watching Xena, so it's good to have these new shows for reference. Thanks to Spartacus I now know that Romans spoke English with either Glasweigan or Kiwi accents.

[norrahe]

If you want "gratuitous incestuous sex and general nudity" I would recommend the Spartacus series, Xena finally getting her lez on!

Ah, no, Ted!

[SimonMac]

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

If you want "gratuitous incestuous sex and general nudity" I would recommend the Spartacus series, Xena finally getting her lez on!

[norrahe]

I'm on a mission to finish the West Wing season 7 this week.

I'll get to Boardwalk Empire and Game of Thrones after that.

When I've caught up with House (although I may yet give up on House, this season hasn't been very good).

Boardwalk empire is veeeerrrrry slow to get off the mark, but persevere.

[Platypus]

I'm on a mission to finish the West Wing season 7 this week.

I'll get to Boardwalk Empire and Game of Thrones after that.

When I've caught up with House (although I may yet give up on House, this season hasn't been very good).

[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

[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

[VectraMan]

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

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

[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.

[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?

[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.

[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.