No spoilers, but some warnings:
i have to say that my wife and i watched the first couple of episodes and stopped watching because we thought it was basically cinemax sci-fi/bdsm fantasy with no story line. i have recently watched a few episodes and they have been a little more interesting, but they are still overly sexual in nature, not that i care that much about explicit sexuality, it just seems like they rely too much on that and too little on the (imo, very) interesting storylines.
Just like a lot of HBO shows, it is much more prevalent early on in the show. The gratuitous nudity and sex becomes more sparse as the season's go on. The violence on the other hand remains pretty much the same. That being said, it is an awesome show.
yeah, i could tell it changed later in the series. i find it oddly compelling, but don't go out of my way to watch it. im usually not that fond of the excessive violence in the CGI era of fantasy/sci-fi (i feel that it, like the gratuitous sex, becomes the story) but i did find my self watching the wedding scene and just thinking, "well, how about that"
I agree with you from a "language/sex/nudity/violence" perspective. However, Tolkien kills GRRM when it comes to the complexity and depth of the world created. Nevertheless, A Song of Ice and Fire is a good series...thus far. Will be interesting to see how he ends the series. Personally, I suspect he will never "finish" it.
Heh, my gf is a Harry Potter fanatic, and didn't recognize him in Game of Thrones. However, after Game of Thrones, we started to watch "World Without End" and when she spotted Brother Philip, she said "That's Argus Filch" to which I said "What? That's also Walder Frey who we just saw" and we had to look it up on IMDB for her to believe it. "World Without End" was a disappointment and we didn't even finish watching. "Pillars of the Earth" produced by Starz was much better.I've read the books; my wife has not. But, she's hooked on the show. We got to watch the latest episode last night. As soon as I knew that the wedding scene was going to be covered in this episode I settled in to watch my wife's reaction. She never saw it coming. She was horrified, but at the same time thought the story was awesome. She did respond, "That Argus Filch* is a real jerk!"
*Harry Potter reference
I want to see "Pillars of the Earth" and "World Without End", but I'm waiting to read the books first. Got a few more books to read before I get to their place in the cue.
There's been a lot of speculation that he really doesn't know how to finish it. If he can't bring it together, it reduces the series to a medieval/fantasy version of "As The World Turns."
imho, it (sometimes) takes away from the story. not always, but enough that i notice it. im watching it mostly when i travel as its a decent way to pass the time and most of the episodes are available on delta's in-flight entertainment system
