Game of Thrones - Bemused by the Furore

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Bombadier Botty

Complete Twaddle

Jun 2, 2008

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• Jun 8, 2015

• #1

What is the appeal of this show? Is it the wooden acting? The poor script writing? The sex?

 

BadFish

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Oct 19, 2003

17,110

• Jun 8, 2015

• #2

Bombadier Botty said:

What is the appeal of this show? Is it the wooden acting? The poor script writing? The sex?

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Have you considered not watching it?

 

Grizz

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Jul 5, 2003

1,251

• Jun 8, 2015

• #3

The books are frigging fantastic. So much so I struggle to watch the tv adaptation.

 

Marshy

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Jul 6, 2003

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FRUIT OF THE BLOOM

• Jun 8, 2015

• #4

I think it's bloody epic

 

Kosmonaut

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Feb 10, 2013

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Hove

• Jun 8, 2015

• #5

Bombadier Botty said:

What is the appeal of this show? Is it the wooden acting? The poor script writing? The sex?

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You have should feel bad about your terrible opinions.

 

Gazwag

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Mar 4, 2004

30,145

Bexhill-on-Sea

• Jun 9, 2015

• #6

Grizz said:

The books are frigging fantastic. So much so I struggle to watch the tv adaptation.

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Shame he can't be bothered to finish it, you get to the end of his last book and its like somebody has ripped out the last 20 pages.

 

Grizz

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Jul 5, 2003

1,251

• Jun 9, 2015

• #7

Aye that was tough, but the next installment isn't far off being released from what I hear.

 

Hiney

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Jul 5, 2003

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• Jun 9, 2015

• #8

BadFish said:

Have you considered not watching it?

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100% this.

GoT is bloody BRILLIANT

 

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narly101

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Feb 16, 2009

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London

• Jun 9, 2015

• #9

Last nights episode was epic!!!!!!!!!!

 

Puppet Master

non sequitur

Aug 14, 2012

4,055

• Jun 9, 2015

• #10

Wizards and dragons and incestuous rape, hmmm yeah think I'll pass too.

 

Wilko

LUZZING chairs about

Sep 19, 2003

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BN1

• Jun 9, 2015

• #11

I too reallllly struggle to get into it, I have tried several times! I am not saying it is crap by any means but anything to do with fantasy, dragons and the like just does not appeal to me at all. Same with BORED of the rings, I could barely keep my eyes open watching it.

 

Meade's Ball

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Jul 7, 2003

13,612

Hither (sometimes Thither)

• Jun 9, 2015

• #12

I am finding it more and more stupid as it goes along. I watch it mostly at the girlfriend's behest, waiting for any stand-out moments of fiendish violence, whilst being tickled here and there by the hamminess of the man with many faces man and Jorah Mormont and Lord Baelish. It has some good bits, but now some real dross too. As long as my relationship lasts, though, i'll have to keep watching, I suppose.

 

Badger

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May 8, 2007

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Toronto

• Jun 9, 2015

• #13

Wilko said:

I too reallllly struggle to get into it, I have tried several times! I am not saying it is crap by any means but anything to do with fantasy, dragons and the like just does not appeal to me at all. Same with BORED of the rings, I could barely keep my eyes open watching it.

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I'm normally the same, I really couldn't get excited by Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Harry Potter etc. For some reason I can't stop watching Game of Thrones though, I must just have a thing for mindless, graphic violence.

 

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seagully

Cock-knobs!

Jun 30, 2006

2,955

Battle

• Jun 9, 2015

• #14

I read 3 or 4 of the books and got really fed up with the introduction of so many new characters, reading pages of their back stories/family histories etc only for most of them to die in the next chapter.

 

Albumen

Don't wait for me!

Jan 19, 2010

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Brighton - In your face

• Jun 9, 2015

• #15

It has breasts and dragons.

 

Nibble

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Jan 3, 2007

19,238

• Jun 9, 2015

• #16

I saw the first series and some of the second and just got bored. Too much of the same thing repeated. I can see the appeal but it got dull for me.

 

Del Fenner

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Sep 5, 2011

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An Away Terrace

• Jun 9, 2015

• #17

Kosmonaut said:

You have should feel bad about your terrible opinions.

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You have should feel great about your eclectic English.

 

Lethargic

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Oct 11, 2006

3,463

Horsham

• Jun 9, 2015

• #18

seagully said:

I read 3 or 4 of the books and got really fed up with the introduction of so many new characters, reading pages of their back stories/family histories etc only for most of them to die in the next chapter.

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Don't ever read Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time then he introduces some many characters and sub plots you have no idea what the hell is going on. It does seem to be a trait of American Fantasy where they have this obsession with creating a promising universe and then completely getting lost up their own butt .
Having said that I do enjoy GoT for the hours escape from the du drum of normal life but I also understand the criticism.

 

8ace

Banned

Jul 21, 2003

23,811

Brighton

• Jun 9, 2015

• #19

I'm a big fan but the actors who portray two of the main characters are poor IMHO.

 

SweatyMexican

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Mar 31, 2013

4,101

• Jun 9, 2015

• #20

Puppet Master said:

Wizards and dragons and incestuous rape, hmmm yeah think I'll pass too.

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There are no wizards, and magic is thought to be a myth. dragons don't really count since for most of GOT they are the size of a football. And I can think one one instance of incestual rape.

You should probably watch the show before simply dismissing it. There is a reason it's a more popular show than the sopranos and Breaking Bad.