Official Game of Thrones Squee Post
I think I'm going to need some sort of Game of Thrones-themed icon. But what? Maybe swords. Or that dead deer.
Initial reaction: I liked it. It was so close to the books that I have a hard time reviewing it on its own (and I can imagine it was mega-confusing for people who haven't read them before), but damn was it pretty.
More about the pretty behind the cut:
*First off: ARYA JON SNOW NED NED NED I FORGOT HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU TYRION I FORGOT HOW MUCH I LOVE BUT KIND OF HATE YOU SOMETIMES BRAN! BRAN! BRAN! HIIII GUYS HI!
Okay, let's move on.
* It's been years since I read the books (I think it was 2006? 2007? I've kind of forgotten what happens to pretty much everyone that's not a Stark. But I'm remembering, bit by bit, as I'm watching the show. It should be interesting the further it gets into the plot-exactly how much I do remember.
Or maybe I could just borrow them from a friend and reread them.
*This means I totally forgot all about Tyrion's discussions with Jon Snow, but OMG I'm totally looking forward to them again. It should be interesting.
* The main difference so far seems to be that most of the younger characters are aged up a few years-which, well, probably works better anyway. I'm a lot more comfortable with Daenerys being older, for one thing.
It also means that Sansa looks SO MUCH OLDER than Joffery, because she's already hit puberty. I realize that they're probably the same age, but their courtship is probably going to look even more ridiculous.
* I think I'm going to have more trouble dealing with the creepiness on screen than in the books-the Drogo/Daenerys scenes in general seem more problematic on screen. I already wince at gore in Fringe, guys. How the hell am I going to get through this entire season (answer: by fast forwarding). And the Dothraki in general-on the page, I figured everything I saw was filtered through Daenerys' point of view, but on TV what we're shown seems more like an unbiased narrator.
* Dear Jesus, there's a lot of pretty in this. Not just that everyone's seriously good looking (though there is that), but it's all just well shot. And the title sequence:
Pretty AND informative! I think I might come out with a better sense of geography from the series than I ever had from the book.
But the camera is also willing to linger from time to time-on the dead deer, on the meat, on Ned, with the Maester and Catelyn arguing in the background. They're really lovely scenes, and probably set the tone as much as the dialog. I really hope they can keep this up.
This entry was originally posted at http://www.dreamwidth.org/12345.html because I'm fancy like that.
Initial reaction: I liked it. It was so close to the books that I have a hard time reviewing it on its own (and I can imagine it was mega-confusing for people who haven't read them before), but damn was it pretty.
More about the pretty behind the cut:
*First off: ARYA JON SNOW NED NED NED I FORGOT HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU TYRION I FORGOT HOW MUCH I LOVE BUT KIND OF HATE YOU SOMETIMES BRAN! BRAN! BRAN! HIIII GUYS HI!
Okay, let's move on.
* It's been years since I read the books (I think it was 2006? 2007? I've kind of forgotten what happens to pretty much everyone that's not a Stark. But I'm remembering, bit by bit, as I'm watching the show. It should be interesting the further it gets into the plot-exactly how much I do remember.
Or maybe I could just borrow them from a friend and reread them.
*This means I totally forgot all about Tyrion's discussions with Jon Snow, but OMG I'm totally looking forward to them again. It should be interesting.
* The main difference so far seems to be that most of the younger characters are aged up a few years-which, well, probably works better anyway. I'm a lot more comfortable with Daenerys being older, for one thing.
It also means that Sansa looks SO MUCH OLDER than Joffery, because she's already hit puberty. I realize that they're probably the same age, but their courtship is probably going to look even more ridiculous.
* I think I'm going to have more trouble dealing with the creepiness on screen than in the books-the Drogo/Daenerys scenes in general seem more problematic on screen. I already wince at gore in Fringe, guys. How the hell am I going to get through this entire season (answer: by fast forwarding). And the Dothraki in general-on the page, I figured everything I saw was filtered through Daenerys' point of view, but on TV what we're shown seems more like an unbiased narrator.
* Dear Jesus, there's a lot of pretty in this. Not just that everyone's seriously good looking (though there is that), but it's all just well shot. And the title sequence:
Click to viewPretty AND informative! I think I might come out with a better sense of geography from the series than I ever had from the book.
But the camera is also willing to linger from time to time-on the dead deer, on the meat, on Ned, with the Maester and Catelyn arguing in the background. They're really lovely scenes, and probably set the tone as much as the dialog. I really hope they can keep this up.
This entry was originally posted at http://www.dreamwidth.org/12345.html because I'm fancy like that.