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nolalady said:
I finally got around to watching HotD and I am liking it so far. I am interested in where it goes. I did read all of the Martin Song of Ice and Fire books, but I didn't read HotD because I heard that it was more of a history text and quite a slog.
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I had the HotD book on my phone for several months. Since it is written like a history book I would just read it in small chunks and it went down easier.
 
It’s gonna be hard avoiding HotD spoilers lol. I’ve been so used to steaming that I can’t do the week to week thing anymore so I usually wait for all (or most) episodes to come out and then binge.

I’ve been doing a rewatch of GoT in the meantime, and can’t believe how good it is. I’m on Season 4 now and it’s so sad how disappointed I was by the end of the series compared to this. I’m curious to see how I feel about the last couple seasons this second time around.
 
debar22 said:
It’s gonna be hard avoiding HotD spoilers lol. I’ve been so used to steaming that I can’t do the week to week thing anymore so I usually wait for all (or most) episodes to come out and then binge.

I’ve been doing a rewatch of GoT in the meantime, and can’t believe how good it is. I’m on Season 4 now and it’s so sad how disappointed I was by the end of the series compared to this. I’m curious to see how I feel about the last couple seasons this second time around.
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Oh man, I'm the opposite. I LOVE the weekly drop so I have a week to talk to friends about it, listen to podcasts, etc. I actually have skipped some Netflix series since they drop all at once and it seems like I need to watch them all rightnow or risk things being spoiled.
 
debar22 said:
It’s gonna be hard avoiding HotD spoilers lol. I’ve been so used to steaming that I can’t do the week to week thing anymore so I usually wait for all (or most) episodes to come out and then binge.

I’ve been doing a rewatch of GoT in the meantime, and can’t believe how good it is. I’m on Season 4 now and it’s so sad how disappointed I was by the end of the series compared to this. I’m curious to see how I feel about the last couple seasons this second time around.
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I enjoyed the whole series, even the ending much more the second time through. Maybe it was that I knew how it was going to end that I could instead focus on everything else that was going on. Really, the second time through, the only thing that I was disappointed with at the end of the series was that the show was over and I couldn’t spend time in Westeros anymore.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
I enjoyed the whole series, even the ending much more the second time through. Maybe it was that I knew how it was going to end that I could instead focus on everything else that was going on. Really, the second time through, the only thing that I was disappointed with at the end of the series was that the show was over and I couldn’t spend time in Westeros anymore.
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I think the only issue with the ending was it was predictable..the first time GoT ever did that ...and the fans reaction was almost anger at being disappointed that the beloved character let them down as much as the writers ....but as a whole ....GoT is one of the best ever tv series ..along with the wire , sopranos etc ....compare it to its once rival Walking Dead which is limping along and even it’s final season is a chore and going on way too long ..now that is a crap ending
 
jamieanderson1968 said:
I have enjoyed the first 2 eps, but the husband is to terrible and abusive that it is difficult to episodes in close succession. Glad they only released the first couple of episodes and now are down to once a week.
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At least we know what happens to the prick!

tvham said:
yes, it's a much easier week by week watch. and episode 3, whoa boy.
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It is very good but then pretty much everything Sharon Horgan touches turns to gold. Also nice to see here represented on a big streaming tv show!
 
avecigrec said:
I don't think that's anything to feel remotely guilty or bad about. It's a very valid reason not to, otherwise great or not.
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I was just talking to a friend about this today -- when the series started, I picked up the whole set of books (that was out at the time) at a thrift store for like $5. Dragons and magic fantasy is not my usual fare -- notable exceptions are Pratchett and Gaiman and Rothfuss and a few here and there, but by and large all that Gorean fantasy stuff does not catch my attention.

Anyway, so I picked up the books on the theory that however bad and softcore-porn-y the show was going to be, GRRM has cachet as a good writer. And I got about 200 pages into the first book. Entirely too much child death for my taste. I get the feeling that the fans of the TV series are fans of the sexy fantasy aspects where it's Gorean sexy rape, where everyone is hot and not so much horrific sexual assault where there is crying in the bath and shattered emotional states etc, and all the Bad Things get Avenged in a sexy revenge porn way. From the very few YouTube clips I've seen -- a bit of the red wedding, the annoying kid king choking or whatever, the short dude being a dick (presumably justafiably) to other people who were also dicks -- I haven't seen anything to suggest that this is an incorrect assessment.

Not My Jam. I think inability to enjoy some aspects of a piece of art is enough of a reason. No need to feel bad or guilty or whatever.
 
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