Swordsman_Of_The_Tower wrote:Didn't watch it last night. Read mixed reviews. Apparently it's heavy on the sex scenes?
I think I was probably better off doing my re-watch of Battlestar Galactica
The_Angel wrote:They seemed rather reluctant to let her put them back on, also.
Telemachos wrote:The_Angel wrote:They seemed rather reluctant to let her put them back on, also.
And what's wrong with that?
I'm probably close to the perfect audience for this, since I've read the books but don't remember many specific details (and also felt that the series became increasingly rambling and unfocused). So IMHO a TV adaptation is exactly what the story needed: focusing and streamlining.
I enjoyed the pilot. It felt a little by-the-numbers in a couple of spots, but overall I found it entertaining and a good setup for what's to come.
The_Angel wrote:The word from the critics, who've seen six episodes, is that it starts decently enough, then takes a dip, then gets very good.
The_Angel wrote:5/6 weeks?
The_Angel wrote:Really?
Running the risk of sidejacking the thread here, but we're loving The Borgias. Best new show of the year so far.
The_Angel wrote:I've no complaints as to the cladding or lack thereof of Emilia Clarke, but she does look very young, and there was a large amount "squickiness" during the wedding night scene.
And really GM, "subpar"? That's extremely weak assed trolling, by your excellent standards.
The episode did suffer a little from introductory blues -- V/O: That's Jaime Lannister, the Queens brother! -- but having begun a reread recently, it's very difficult to spot areas where there were obvious missed opportunities. While it wasn't as enjoyable as I feel it ought to have been, I'm at a loss to explain why. Unlike other very faithful adaptations, such as the weaker Harry Potter films, where you can easily spot dozens of scenes that could have been left out, compressed or combined, ASOIAF is so big and so dense that a large amount of groundwork simply has to be done, come what may, or the later parts of the story won't make any sense at all.
I agree though that it's not up there with HBO's greats, like Rome or Generation Kill yet, but I've not seen anything to suggest that it won't be, once its bedded down.
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