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Yeah, HBO is ridiculous good. They have so many quality shows.
And they accomplish alot with this show, with all of the costumes, locations, props. It all feels pretty legit, nothing ever feels like a sound stage or green screen.
Well that's with one exception. When Tyrion was Catelyn's prisoner and they were going to the Eyrie (where her sister, with the breastfeeding kid stayed) you see that shot of the Eyrie, the tower standing on the formation with all of the sky beneath it. You can tell right away that's fake, not just because of the scale of the thing, but the way it looks. But for some reason, I really dug it. Not sure what they did, cgi or something else. But it reminded me of those badass matte shots they did in the 30's-70's for stuff like that. You knew it wasn't real, but it was so cool looking you didn't mind.
I especially love the little verbal sparring matches between Baelish (who will always be Carcetti to me from the Wire) and Varys. I love all of those 'I expect I've seen you more recently than you've seen me' lines.
I'm into anything with a high amount of political intrigue, backstabbing, scheming, chess playing, and this show has that in spades. Everyone is playing around with eachother, moving the pieces to serve their own ends, it's great.
Joffrey is amazing. I tell my mom every episode 'that guy is an AMAZING actor'. He sells that arrogant, puny, pure evil demeanor so well.
And Arya is a jam, one of my favs, this is the only thing she's ever done. How crazy is that? Tyrion is another favorite.
The wolves haven't done a ton, but I loved that one bit in the second episode, when Bran was still in a coma and that assassin tried to kill him but his wolf saved him by tearing his throat out, that was slick.
The Wall has definitely been a highlight of the show. So much anticipation there with the White Walkers and the undead. It's going to be insane when the White Walkers invade. I had a feeling during the finale when Jon first left the Wall to join Rob that the Walkers were going to invade right then, and that his desertion would save his life. But ah well, they'll show up sooner or later. I thought his fat friend was going to be real hammy (no pun intended) but he's turned out pretty well.
Well concerning the dragons, apparently they were the damn show stoppers back in the day when the Targaryens ruled. That one guy mentions in the last episode that the dragons were the only thing that kept the Seven Kingdoms under one ruler. I guess they were just too mighty. Though how they died out I dunno.
Yeah, I was no fan of the Dothraki when the show first started, they just seemed like Klingons to me, or any other typical overly savage/brute race. But I think they've come into their own, I like their horse philosophy.
I'm not sure which speech you're talking about though. The one after they had raided those villages and taken slaves and left him with a wound that killed him? Actually I bet that is the one you're talking about, where he rips his tongue out through the cut in his throat. Yeah, that was nuts.
I also really liked his speech when he talked about all the destruction he'd bring to the kingdoms cause they tried to kill Daenerys.
Haha I hate all of the Lannisters, except Tyrion. But that's good, I like that I hate them so much. Tywin is such a bad father haha.
Yeah, my Mom was real disappointed when she saw that shot. She was lying to herself all week before that Ned had somehow survived haha.
As for the books, they aren't finished. They're about halfway through actually I believe. It's a series of seven, four of them are out. The fifth is due mid-July. And from what I've been told, the first season covered the whole of the first book. So I guess every season is a book.
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