Any room on that bandwagon? A Game of Thrones review...

Apr 19, 2011 14:03


And so it begins. Game of Thrones, one of the most hyped and anticipated television shows in a very long time (online at least, I’m sure my mum and most of the people I know in RL couldn’t give a stuff!), finally hits the small screen, or the small computer screen in my own case (and probably that of several million others)...

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missnyah April 19 2011, 14:05:51 UTC
Generally agreed on all fronts really. I was completely amused by Dinklage. If the series is an utter flop, I feel like that guy will just grin and look back at how much fun he had. In terms of Lannisters, I'm very curious about what angle the directors are going with Jaime. I haven't read the books in a few years but I don't really remember him ever speaking for himself for the first ... few thousand pages? I liked Lena's take on Cersei. Her face said, "I don't particularly need your sympathy but I'm certainly not going out of my way to pretend I'm glad to be here."

As far as accents go, I'm sure a lot of it went over my head. But I did find it kind of telling that Jon Snow and Ned sounded more "Northern" than anybody else.

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cj2017 April 20 2011, 13:38:01 UTC
I was completely amused by Dinklage.

Oh he has fantastic potential. He was fan fave for the role before he had even been cast and it's pretty obvious why. Just perfect for Tyrion. IIRC he has more scenes with Cersei in the second book, which we should now get to see with the show already being renewed.

I haven't read the books in a few years but I don't really remember him ever speaking for himself for the first ... few thousand pages?

No, I don't think he had much to do at all. I wonder if the expansion of his role has something to do with giving Lena more screen time (Cersei is also a very minor role in GoT). She's one of the bigger names in the project so that might have a part in it. I found him a little insipid (and his accent slightly bizarre!) and now I can't look at him the same way after reading someone on TWOP likening him to the Prince in Shrek! There is a remarkable LOL-worthy resemblance ( ... )

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badforthefish April 19 2011, 19:04:35 UTC
Ayup Duckie,

I haven't watched GoT yet, but I'm about to right now, got my mits on the 720 HD version *beams*. I'm quite excited by your review. I hope this becomes a regular thing. Have you checked out the com?

http://game-thrones.livejournal.com/

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cj2017 April 20 2011, 13:44:42 UTC
I haven't watched GoT yet, but I'm about to right now, got my mits on the 720 HD version *beams*.

My lovely missus found me a mint copy to um... obtain. Not had the chance to watch it on the telly yet but once tonight's shift is done with, I will be settling down to do just that. It looked lovely enough in streaming so I have high hopes for the copy sitting on my disc.

I'm quite excited by your review. I hope this becomes a regular thing.Who knows?! I was just in a writerly mood and not quite coherent enough to write fic ( ... )

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gothamite66 April 19 2011, 20:00:24 UTC

I’m not really one for Fantasy as a genre.

I'm not either and I was quite surprised when I found myself all caught up in the the GoT snare. I loved the book and I'm currently working through the second one now. I really enjoyed the first episode. I gave it two watches which rare for me. I absolutely love the photography. Very beautifully photographed.

I'm eagerly awaiting next week.

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cj2017 April 20 2011, 13:59:40 UTC
I'm not either and I was quite surprised when I found myself all caught up in the the GoT snare.

I think the closest I come to in terms of liking fantasy is Jacqueline Carey who writes a huge cast and has a map at the front of her novels but I wouldn't really stick her in the fantasy genre somehow (although I'm sure she is categorised that way).

I really enjoyed the first episode. I gave it two watches which rare for me. I absolutely love the photography. Very beautifully photographed.

Oh it looked gorgeous, strikingly so. I think visually they've done an amazing job (and an amazing job for Malta's tourism industry!) I'm looking forward to a rewatch on a bigger screen.

I know ASOIAF has its issues and the first episode shared some of those same issues with race portrayal and male gaze being somewhat problematic. I hope they tone down the rampant female nudity (or at least balance it with some nekkid blokes - not for my benefit but just to level the field a little!) and that the Dothraki become something more than savages being ( ... )

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lamaudite June 16 2011, 02:11:24 UTC
I'm up to EP 7 or 8... never read the novels so for me it's a total discovery and it's so full and complicated that more than once I found myself online checking out the wiki to know who's who and from which house and who screwed whom, etc ( ... )

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cj2017 June 17 2011, 09:12:12 UTC
Oh this damn show! Episode 7 made me want to throw in the towel with its gratuitous, ludicrous girl-on-girl Littlefinger sexposition scene and then two weeks later and episode 9 is just so fucking brilliant it makes you want to stand on a rooftop and cheer. It's so bloody frustrating ( ... )

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roxybisquaint July 13 2011, 06:51:24 UTC
I wonder if not reading the book ahead of time made for a better viewing experience. the series started a bit slow, but it still pulled me in right away and I thought it got even better as it went along. I absolutely loved the first season and am looking very forward to the next one.

Tyrion and Arya are probably my faves which gels with the novels, theirs were always the chapters I looked forward to

Those are my faves too :)

Cersei has had some nice scenes but she's not been in it all that much so it's hard to get a handle on her.

Lena Headey was the whole reason I even gave this show a watch, but I really don't have much opinion about Cersei yet either. With all the talk I heard about the role aead of time, I kept waiting for her to do more. Then I remembered you telling me she's not a major player in the first book. I guess I'll have an opinion about her next season.

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cj2017 July 13 2011, 13:55:31 UTC
I wonder if not reading the book ahead of time made for a better viewing experience.I wondered that myself. But then I pretty much preferred the novels to the show so I was torn really. It's been interesting to see what they've changed, edited out etc. I think one of the very best things was their handling of Ned's death which was a remarkable bit of television. I knew what was going to happen and I still ended up with sweating palms and butterflies ( ... )

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