GoT

[williamjm]

I finished watching the first episode of the Game of Thrones TV series a couple of hours ago. Despite all the advance footage and trailers looking very promising, I was still a bit nervous before watching it, wondering if they'd do the book justice. There's always a bit of nervousness about adaptations of books I really like, and this is

Comments

[peadarog]

9/10 would be my score too. Excellent, overall. My one gripe is that I would loved to have seen it on the big screen!

[iainjclark]

I've never read the books (though my wife is a huge fan of them) and really enjoyed the first episode. Lots of intersating plotlines and characters. Despite having a massive cast it was easy enough to follow, I thought. Although there was a bit of "dearest sister" dialogue to set up the relationships, it wasn't too intrusive. However, although I'm no prude, the sheer number of naked breasts in the pilot was a tiny bit gratuitous!

[williamjm]

"Although there was a bit of "dearest sister" dialogue to set up the relationships, it wasn't too intrusive."

Yes, although there was a lot of exposition in it, they did handle it fairly well.

"However, although I'm no prude, the sheer number of naked breasts in the pilot was a tiny bit gratuitous!"

It's actually fairly faithful to the book in that regard (only the scene of Tyrion in the brothel was made up), but it is more noticeable in the show.