As I am even now munching my way through the book series, I found the first episode curiously... meh. They're remarkably faithful to the author's text but, in the inevitable compression of the plot, they seem to have squeezed out most of the intrigue and character-building.
Oh, I know what you mean -- the books are ever so dense. Many characters, many places, many plot threads, all so vivid and so thick.
In truth, I was curious, but not very optimistic about the series.
And yet, I was pleasantly surprised. Of course, a lot of the books' feel of thickness didn't make it. Nevertheless, I felt the series found a voice of its own, with a certain... refined crudeness to it, you know, and that worked pretty well for me. Keeping talons crossed for the next episodes. At least one was written by GRRM himself, as far as I know; the comparison with the book will be interesting.
Yeah, there's a lot going on. Raises way more questions than it answers. I'm fine with that. I like the feeling that SM knows exactly what he's doing and where he's going.
Also I've got a hunch that the question fans have been asking since the beginning of the new series has just been discreetly answered. Time will tell.
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By seven minutes in, you will.
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In the meanwhile, there's always Game of Thrones. Yes.
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In truth, I was curious, but not very optimistic about the series.
And yet, I was pleasantly surprised. Of course, a lot of the books' feel of thickness didn't make it. Nevertheless, I felt the series found a voice of its own, with a certain... refined crudeness to it, you know, and that worked pretty well for me. Keeping talons crossed for the next episodes. At least one was written by GRRM himself, as far as I know; the comparison with the book will be interesting.
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Never thought Silence could ever frighten me so much!
*shudders*
Among other things, of course... Damn! Can't wait to be next week already!
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Also I've got a hunch that the question fans have been asking since the beginning of the new series has just been discreetly answered. Time will tell.