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Message: <blockquote data-quote="horacethegrey" data-source="post: 5533403" data-attributes="member: 40123">Ah. Sorry for popping in like this. But just wanted to give my thoughts on this here pilot. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Episode One: Winter is ComingLIKES:- The Prologue. I said it before when I watched the preview, the prologue is perfect. It captures the creepy atmosphere of the lands beyond the Wall and the otherworldly horror of the Others (or White Walkers as we know them). Extra points to the guy playing Ser Waymar Royce, he got the smug aristocratic air right.- Opening Titles. Whoa. That's a great opening! Also a nice aid for audiences in knowing the places of interest in Westeros. And the score is fitting, this is ain't no lyrical fantasy like LOTR. It's a thundering orgy of intrigue and violence.- The Stark kids.  IMO all of them were perfect. Robb's a good older brother and has a commanding air about him, foreshadowing his kingly role later on. Bran's rambunctious and energetic, shame though what happens to him. Sansa as always is a spoiled tart, and Sophie Turner brought that out quite well. Arya is spunky and rebellious, just as she was in the books. And some praise ought to be given to Kit Harrington, who I thought captured Jon Snow's tortured yet dignified character perfectly. - Ned and Robert. Sean Bean was always perfect casting, no surpise his take on Eddard Stark is good. But I'm quite surprised how Mark Addy got Robert Baratheon. The two of them have great chemistry, you really believe they're old buddies just getting reacquainted after being years apart.- Jaime Lannister. Another surprise, as I'd never seen Nikolai Coster Waldau in anything, but I'm already a fan after his excellent turn as the Kingslayer. He's got the smug arrogance down pat, while still making him likable at the same time. - Viserys Targaryen. Being a Doctor Who fan, I'd watched Harry Lloyd in the Human Nature two parter, so I know he would do well playing ax crazy inbred prince like Viserys. What surprised me though, was how subtly he played on Viserys' madness, unlike the book where in his first appearance Viserys was already screaming his head off at Dany. Here, he only hints at the menace and hell he would rain upon her if things don't go his way. Excellent performance by Lloyd. DISLIKES:- Tyrion's introduction. Don't get me wrong, I think Peter Dinklage is perfect for the role, but I really wished they'd introduced him via his conversation with Jon, like in the books, rather than frolicking with a bunch of whores. Yeah I know, Tyrion is a lech. But one of the things I liked about Martin's intro to the character was the act of compassion he'd done for Jon just moments after his first appearrance. That helped cement the character in my eyes, in that for all his villanous reputation (largely undeserved), there was a good guy underneath.- The boobs. Yeah I know, this seems like a useless complaint, but I'm still surprised by the amount of flesh they displayed in this first episode. It's like the producers are going out of their way  to proclaim "this ain't no Lord of the Rings". Really hope they tone it down a bit in the subsequent episodes.- Joffrey. I just literally wanted reach through the screen and punch his snot nosed face in.... Oh wait. Maybe that's a good thing? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

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