Thoughts on the pilot, with some comparisons to the book.
• I really need a GoT icon, lol. /note-to-self
• The title-intro-sequence thingy is WONDERFUL and really clever! The books have a map at the beginning of the book, and now the TV show have a map at the beginning as well. Genius! :D
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Here be spoilers for episode one )
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From what I understand having seen a lot of trailers for further episodes and watched cast interviews, I think that the intention was to make the Dothraki originally seem to be really THAT savage in order to bring stark (no pun intended) contrast to the later portrayal of them in further episodes when we see the more humane side of them through Daenerys.
idk. There's quite a good article on it here.
This episode must have been pretty confusing for first time viewers. I'll be honest, i've never read the books or actually even heard of A Song of Ice and Fire until Game of Thrones... but I didn't find it even slightly confusing at all ( ... )
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OOoooooh. That makes sense! Well, I feel better about it knowing that's what they're going for. :D
I'll be honest, i've never read the books or actually even heard of A Song of Ice and Fire until Game of Thrones... but I didn't find it even slightly confusing at all.
Really?? Hmm. I thought it would be confusing. Because, like, they didn't even explain who some of the characters are. Although I guess that means they explained everything that was necessary to get what was going on? Cool. :D
YES I AM LOVING HER. SHE'S AWESOME. :D
And Arya is such a fantastic character too, so this is bound to great!
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And I liked it, but man. So much rape. So much incest. So much murder, including of little children. It gave me fucked up dreams.
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I liked it too, and I agree those scenes were very uncomfortable. And I even knew they were coming! They were still kinda sickening.
*English doesn't have a word for this? DISAPPOINTING.
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Otoh, I, too, spotted more than a few problematic and potentially viewer-alienating issues (the ones you mentioned), so there is still room for improvement. But I'm excited. And glad a season two has been ordered already; please begin casting/writing/filming soon!
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And Danyyyyy ♥
I'm excited to find out who they cast as Brienne! And all the other characters too, of course, but casting Brienne will probably be the most difficult so I'm wondering who they'll cast.
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