Game of Thrones debut HBO Sunday 17th April 2011

gfong
gfong Posts: 1,079
edited July 2011 in The Clubhouse
Game of Thrones on HBO.

This looks like it will be a good mini-series. I saw the trailer for it and I was impressed.

Two episodes are on tonight starting at 9pm.

Anyone else watching it?
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  • toucanet
    toucanet Posts: 580
    edited April 2011
    "Winter is Coming" is the only one that is coming on tonight in Atlanta, GA. What two are showing tonight in Canada?
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  • gfong
    gfong Posts: 1,079
    edited April 2011
    toucanet wrote: »
    "Winter is Coming" is the only one that is coming on tonight in Atlanta, GA. What two are showing tonight in Canada?

    You are correct, I thought I read that they were airing two episodes tonight, but it looks like it is a repeat of the opener. sorry for the misleading info.

    Not a bad start to the series so far!
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,047
    edited April 2011
    I saw a preview of the first episode on DirecTV channel 101...it looks awesome, along the lines of a LOTR miniseries done very well by HBO.
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  • SRTer
    SRTer Posts: 372
    edited April 2011
    kevhed72 wrote: »
    I saw a preview of the first episode on DirecTV channel 101...it looks awesome, along the lines of a LOTR miniseries done very well by HBO.

    Yeah, I will be looking at this and "The Borgias" on Showtime and Camelot on Starz. Everyone of these series are worth a look.
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited April 2011
    excellent first episode! skin and more skin!
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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited April 2011
    I just watched the debut and it is very well done. The only problem is that I caught it because there is a free HBO showing which is ending tonight. So in order to see the remainder of the series I'd have to sign up for HBO :( No thanks.
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  • Poee7R
    Poee7R Posts: 904
    edited April 2011
    Ive been waiting for this to debut. It was good all in all, but if they want to keep my watching they need to speed it up a bit. My only real complaint was that it was a very slow moving episode. Which I can understand being new, I just hope it speeds up as it gets going.

    Solid B+ for me beyond that.


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  • fatchowmein
    fatchowmein Posts: 2,637
    edited April 2011
    Promising. Moves a bit slow. Tudors was more interesting but I will continue to watch.
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  • gfong
    gfong Posts: 1,079
    edited April 2011
    Episode 2 aired last night. Story is crawling along! Hopefuly it set the stage for an action packed 3rd episode!
    Lots of character and family developments in this one! The shrewed ones are coming to light!

    Could write more, but do not want any spoilers if anyone has not seen it yet!
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  • SRTer
    SRTer Posts: 372
    edited April 2011
    gfong wrote: »
    Episode 2 aired last night. Story is crawling along! Hopefuly it set the stage for an action packed 3rd episode!
    Lots of character and family developments in this one! The shrewed ones are coming to light!

    Could write more, but do not want any spoilers if anyone has not seen it yet!

    It's moving slow but you can see the stage is being set for plenty fighting and drama.
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  • DMara
    DMara Posts: 1,434
    edited May 2011
    Watched the first 3 episodes last night. Great storyline, should be a very good series icon14.gif
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  • dorourke07
    dorourke07 Posts: 298
    edited May 2011
    good so far. Time to bring in some action now that we know the characters.
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  • punk-roc
    punk-roc Posts: 1,150
    edited May 2011
    I actually like the pacing.. keeping it paced similar to the novels.. I'm curious how much everyone will dislike the series if it continues at this slower-than-normal pace. I haven't watched episode 3 yet.. but really enjoyed the first 2

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  • gfong
    gfong Posts: 1,079
    edited May 2011
    punk-roc wrote: »
    I actually like the pacing.. keeping it paced similar to the novels.. I'm curious how much everyone will dislike the series if it continues at this slower-than-normal pace. I haven't watched episode 3 yet.. but really enjoyed the first 2

    Jason

    I am okay with the pace but with only 10 episodes I hope they do not jam everything into the last episode!

    I did not read the books so I do not know what they would or would not have missed!

    Another episode tonight, hopefully a stellar one!
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  • cokewithvanilla
    cokewithvanilla Posts: 1,777
    edited May 2011
    This is an adaption from George R. R. Martins books, right? IDK why, but those books are considered the best fantasy books ever written. Because of this, I tried to read them. Everyone says they are so realistic and what not so they are the best... but really, all the books do differently from other books is they keep killing off main characters. Basically, they introduce a main character, you follow him a while, then they kill him... then another character is introduced and they kill him too... I thought the books were redundant at best. I found it annoying to have to continuously learn new characters.
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited May 2011
    Watched last night episode 6, followed by episode 7 early view on HBO GO. Excellent build up, rather sad that it will be 3 more episodes before it ends. I can't wait to see the rest and to be disappointed that my fav character Eddard would be killed off (according to the storyline).
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  • punk-roc
    punk-roc Posts: 1,150
    edited May 2011
    I think the plan is to do a book per season.. at least that is what the pace seems to imply to me..
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,745
    edited May 2011
    I've watched through episode 5 so far and I've really enjoyed it. Typical high quality from HBO.
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  • Gadabout
    Gadabout Posts: 1,072
    edited May 2011
    Tried to watch the the streamed episode 7 and it kept stopping on me. Have to give it a try again tonight and see if it will come through better.

    As a side note, Game of Thrones was renewed for next season right after episode 1. I guess the numbers were that good.

    Scott
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited May 2011
    I missed the incest part of the story until episode 7 (am I the only one? won't be the last time, I guess).
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,516
    edited July 2011
    This is seriously good sheet. I just finished episode 9 tonight. It's going to be a very long wait for season 2.

    This is easily my favorite of anything HBO has ever done, period.
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,745
    edited July 2011
    I hope you don't forget to watch Episode 10! (unless that is what you meant?) Great series, no doubt. I enjoyed every minute of it and will be watching out for it next year.
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  • codyc1ark
    codyc1ark Posts: 2,532
    edited July 2011
    DRAGONS! We watched Camelot and this, I'd have to say once again, HBO > ALL when it comes to their series, I'm a wreck because it's the last season of Entourage, ugh...
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited July 2011
    I agree, excellent series.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,516
    edited July 2011
    billbillw wrote: »
    I hope you don't forget to watch Episode 10! (unless that is what you meant?) Great series, no doubt. I enjoyed every minute of it and will be watching out for it next year.

    Oh I won't forget just haven't gotten it yet. But, what I did just get, the first four books. Going to try and get through the first two before season 2 kicks off.
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  • ballen823
    ballen823 Posts: 110
    edited July 2011
    I bought the books right after the season ended. It's amazing how true to the books the series is - well, at least from what I've read of the first book. Great read so far and it's really nice to pick up on the little things.
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