After several years (during which Game of Thrones was only available on pay-TV) and lots and lots of hype, I was visiting my local hi-fi retailer and saw a stand with Game of Thrones being offered at three seasons for the price of two so I figured, "I've heard all the wonderful comments. It's time I saw this thing!" and bought seasons 1 to 3.
Wow! This is how a story SHOULD be told! In real life, we have Bill Clinton and Monica and Donald Trump and all his women and people throw their arms up in horror at their antics (and then go off to their local strip club or brothel and do the same stuff). Everyone knows that it goes on and has gone on since David seduced Bathsheba (and before that even) but no one has ever told it like it is - until now!
Nothing is hidden in Game. We see it all just as it was and I, for one, welcome that. Some might say that nothing is left to the imagination but I don't want to have to work my imagination when I'm relaxing and being entertained. If I wanted to work my imagination, I'd submit a couple of episodes!
I'm not sure how many seasons Game of Thrones is intended to go on for but history never ends so why not just keep writing it (like Coronation Street)? As long as the viewers want to watch it, it will keep selling and, in the end, that's what movie-making is all about.
The beheadings and battles, the sex scenes and duplicity are all laid out in lurid detail and I LOVE it!
One question though: What's with all the futuristic mechanical gadgetry during the opening sequence? It seems to place the whole story into a totally different time frame and I must say that I find that really offputting (to the point where I fast-forward through it).
Wow! This is how a story SHOULD be told! In real life, we have Bill Clinton and Monica and Donald Trump and all his women and people throw their arms up in horror at their antics (and then go off to their local strip club or brothel and do the same stuff). Everyone knows that it goes on and has gone on since David seduced Bathsheba (and before that even) but no one has ever told it like it is - until now!
Nothing is hidden in Game. We see it all just as it was and I, for one, welcome that. Some might say that nothing is left to the imagination but I don't want to have to work my imagination when I'm relaxing and being entertained. If I wanted to work my imagination, I'd submit a couple of episodes!
I'm not sure how many seasons Game of Thrones is intended to go on for but history never ends so why not just keep writing it (like Coronation Street)? As long as the viewers want to watch it, it will keep selling and, in the end, that's what movie-making is all about.
The beheadings and battles, the sex scenes and duplicity are all laid out in lurid detail and I LOVE it!
One question though: What's with all the futuristic mechanical gadgetry during the opening sequence? It seems to place the whole story into a totally different time frame and I must say that I find that really offputting (to the point where I fast-forward through it).