I've been promising myself to get Game of Thrones, as I'd never seen it. Watched the first few episodes and I didn't enjoy it. I persevered, last night, and by episode six I was enjoying it.
@fitheach I was the same. I think it was the ‘coronation’ that convinced me. Must have been episode 5 or 6. I was the same with The Wire, episode 4 (where they investigate a crime scene saying nothing but the F word) hooked me.
@fitheach Hah! Oh his coronation is unlikely to convince me to do anything 😜 There's a bit in season 1 of GoT where someone is crowned. If you haven't got to that already then you're not far off.
GoT must be, at least, partly inspired by the Wars of the Roses. The GoT "north" and "south" has parallels with those of England (actors chosen seem to reflect this). The GoT Wall must be Hadrian's Wall, and the Wildings (many with red hair) are the Scots.
Is Daenerys Targaryen meant to be a heroine? I just find the character intensely irritating. The queen comes across as conceited, arrogant and entitled. Not exactly the stuff of hero worship.
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