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Originally Posted by bronco67
I'm a big fan of The Wire, but Treme wasn't doing it for me. I'll probably watch it once its run is done, and its on DVD.
I realize that Game of Thrones isn't David Simon material, but its still a good show, and it delivers in different ways. You should give it a chance. How many episodes (or minutes) did you actually watch?
If you only watched the pilot, then bail from the discussion of whether or not its a quality show.
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I watched the first 15 minute premier and thought the show was going to rock. Then I saw the first episode and it really bored the shit out of me. Then I saw the second and third episodes and they turned me off even more.
It seems very trite and stereotypical. LOTRs came out almost a decade ago and it managed to look a lot more real than this. I mean the effects and scenery aren't even that good. All the actors look like they just stepped out of the beauty salon, and they are supposed to be living in a time that resembles the Middle Ages. Remember how the actors in Deadwood looked? Fucking filthy, because that's how people looked like in those days. Yeah it's a fantasy, I get it, but still, doesn't feel real at all.
Some characters are totally mis-casted IMO... like the blonde girl who gets fucked by the 8 foot giant in one of the first episodes... she looks like a cheap hooker not the kind of character you would find in a fantasy medieval story.
The dialogues seem forced and dumb. Those things ruin a show or movie for me. And to top it off you have the nudity and softcore porn type sex that seems to be thrown in randomly just to prove this is a truly "grown-up show" and of course so you won't change the channel. I hate that shit. Maybe I'll pick up one of the books, but I doubt it.