Seeing the first episode actually made me realize how many issues I have with the series. I know people are going wild about it (and the production does seem to reflect the amount of money poured into it, in terms of costumes and actors and whatnot) but I'm not sure I can keep watching.
I stopped reading after the first book. I may watch the series because I love Sean Bean and seeing his portrayal of Ned is likely something I'd enjoy, but I'm not likely to continue to watch after that, unless the actors in the roles of Tyrion and Jon really impress me.
I agree. Seeing the misogyny and other skeevy issues in all their glory on my screen is not endearing the series to me more, and I was never able to finish book two. :/
*nods* I got about halfway through book four before giving it up as a lost cause. Skeeviness aside (and there's a lot of it, which yeah, at least in book form you can turn the page), my tolerance for the never-ending misery proved limited.
I've only seen the first episode, but judging from that it seems like they're going with the "gratuitous violence and sex (because hey, we're on HBO so we can) > actual characterization" thing, and I find that I pretty much don't care.
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Date: 2011-04-25 05:16 am (UTC)I've only seen the first episode, but judging from that it seems like they're going with the "gratuitous violence and sex (because hey, we're on HBO so we can) > actual characterization" thing, and I find that I pretty much don't care.
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