Not sure how many of you are aware of this new series or may had been put off by the idea of it being fantasy orientated.
However after watching most of the current series so far, I have to say this is definitely worth watching as the fantasy aspect is structured well within a medieval background, so it does not swamp the story.
What makes this interesting is the characters that are more like real world people (the script-path a character takes is not cliche and all have good-bad points with repercussions that one would expect in the real world and not a fiction story), on top of this is the background of the politics that are integral to the story.
Adding to this is a healthy budget (around $1to5mill an episode) and some really good actors; Charles Dance, Sean Bean, Mark Addy, Peter Dinklage, amongst others.
IMDB rating for the show is 9.5 and this is high.
Also the series is incredibly close to the books created by George R Martin, again can recommend the book even for those who are not fantasy interested due to it being well balanced.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/
And list of books on right side inside box (7 books):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire
Hope some take the time to check this series or books out, well recommended.
Oh however one aspect that some may find shocking is the Dothraki and relating to the sex-pillaging-culture, however in the context of what happened in the middle ages and taking barbarian cultures it fits, and while looks like it is added to give some spice to the series actually follows the book closely.
It does not try to gloss over that some aspects in a culture can be dark, and even in people.
Cheers
Orb
However after watching most of the current series so far, I have to say this is definitely worth watching as the fantasy aspect is structured well within a medieval background, so it does not swamp the story.
What makes this interesting is the characters that are more like real world people (the script-path a character takes is not cliche and all have good-bad points with repercussions that one would expect in the real world and not a fiction story), on top of this is the background of the politics that are integral to the story.
Adding to this is a healthy budget (around $1to5mill an episode) and some really good actors; Charles Dance, Sean Bean, Mark Addy, Peter Dinklage, amongst others.
IMDB rating for the show is 9.5 and this is high.
Also the series is incredibly close to the books created by George R Martin, again can recommend the book even for those who are not fantasy interested due to it being well balanced.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/
And list of books on right side inside box (7 books):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire
Hope some take the time to check this series or books out, well recommended.
Oh however one aspect that some may find shocking is the Dothraki and relating to the sex-pillaging-culture, however in the context of what happened in the middle ages and taking barbarian cultures it fits, and while looks like it is added to give some spice to the series actually follows the book closely.
It does not try to gloss over that some aspects in a culture can be dark, and even in people.
Cheers
Orb
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