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Originally Posted by Aurora_Amore
eh i've watch both season just to see what all the fuss was about. I like some characters on an individual basis but as a whole the show NO. its soo full of feudalistic political drama. hardly an escape from reality like i like my fantasy stories to be.
I wish they would just make the Whole show about that Dragon Queen girl i Love her.
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It's good to see a continuing trickle of interest in the best show on television. I recently watched Season 2 when HBO finally released it on DVD and have season 3 on pre-order. Obviously not an HBO subscriber nor likely to be until that blessed day when it is possible to order channels ala carte. In Season 2 the Battle of Blackwater ate the season budget to the detriment of the rest of the episodes except for the last one that seemed to be back to Season 1 standards, that is, with enough lighting to see what was going on.
Disliking "feudalistic political drama" is something that would not have occurred to me as an objection. The books are based loosely on the English War of the Roses that ended when Henry the VIII's grandfather picked a crown up off the battlefield after the warring Lancasters and Yorks had exhausted each other. George R.R. Martin (known as RailRoad to some) substituted Lannisters for Lancasters and Starks for Yorks and added a bit of mystery and magic for interest but yes, it remains a struggle between ruthless and ambitious people for more power and money and the joy of dominance. Just like real life. I suppose some prefer Unreal Life but it is hard to live there.
After the seeing the first season I read all the books and would highly recommend them. They are, in my humble opinion, very well written and draw upon a great deal of knowledge about the late middle ages and the arts of warfare and states craft in that period. I think the introduction of magic is done in a highly disciplined way that makes magic a kind of technology that operates within rules and requires knowledge and skill to use.
The books are a vast wealth of detail and color that makes them well worth reading. Unfortunately, the HBO "show runners" will have to take some of that out to stay even within an HBO budget despite the high degree of ingenuity they have shown in getting a good look for relatively little money.
My favorite characters are Arya, who is the smartest and most ruthless of the Starks, and Tyrion, the smartest and most ingenious of the Lannisters, and of course the beautiful Daenerys, the Mother of Dragons and possibly the saviour of the world by the time Mr. Martin gets around to finishing the story.
That is supposed to be possible two more books out although there is talk of the next book being in two parts and the last in three which would mean a total of another five books for a grand total of ten. The Seven only know how many season that would be. Since G.R.R.Martin looks like a middle earth dwarf himself - short, round, white haired and with a noticeably red nose some fans worry about wether he will last long enough for them to find out What Happens in the End. I certainly hope he does.
At the end of the fifth book Daenerys is beseiged in the East of the continent (Westeros is an big island) by at least two armies, two more fleets are on the way to the location unknown to each other, an archmaester who knows more about Magic than anyone else in Westeros is also on his way to the besieged city, the Dragons have grown large and very dangerous, Danny is riding one but is just tolerated by it, not in control AND Ser Jorah and Tryion Lannister have just joined a company of mercenaries among the besiegers. Book Six, when it arrives, will be very interesting. That is three or four HBO seasons out still. I feverently hope the TV production guys do not blow this.
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