Winter is Coming

[thirteenthchime]

A 14 Minute Preview of HBO's new fantasy show Game of Thrones is online for your viewing pleasure. I'm super, super excited about this show - I started reading the books a few weeks ago (no spoilers plz, only on book 3) and I am really enjoying it. I adore quite a few of the characters, but I really love all the political intrigue and think HBO is

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[luinorne]

I've read the first maybe 3 chapters of the first book, but then realized how politically thick the story seems to be. Sadly, I can't really swallow that in text, but I'm super super excited about the show. There needs to be more fantasy on TV!

PS: I'm crimson614. I don't think you've friended my new journal, lol! I was wondering why I haven't heard anything from you in a while!

[thirteenthchime]

Ooop! Sorry! Looks like I forgot to add your new account. Don't worry, you haven't missed anything though because my last update was seriously in July and I hardly ever check my friends page anymore >.> I've been using my LJ to chat in comms mostly. Anyway, I'll add you now :D

I enjoyed the first two chapters (pretty much what they showed in the sneak peek), but I think pretty much everyone I know warned that I'd have about 50 pages of super boring stuff about Daenerys and her brother before things got interesting again...and I believe that was chapter 3? But yes, it should be fun to watch in tv form.

[sarmoti]

Hello, you! I'm on a wait list for Game of Thrones at the library, but I think I'll just buy one cause it's cheap anyway and I'll get it a lot faster. Part of me wants to just go ahead and watch the HBO series, but I've heard such great things about the books that I feel swayed to read first, then watch.

[thirteenthchime]

I'm aliiiiiiiiive! ;)

I really like it! I was resistant to it for a long time, but I finally caved when people started freaking out about the show, and I'm glad I did - they're good reads. It still has many trappings of the genre, but overall I think it tends to find a decent balance, especially because the characters are fantastic (I <3 the Starks). I'll just give you the same warning I had - you may have to power through the first few Daenerys chapters because her brother spends most of them running around being a jackass and warning people not to "wake the dragon!" so it's kind of like o.O But honestly, that's the most ridiculous thing that's happened so far.

[sarmoti]

Haha, thanks for the warning! I don't read much genre stuff, so I'm the person who's like "LOL DRAGONS" most of the time, but anything that comes recommended I try to just go with it!