OT Should I Give Up on Game of Thrones

[Wbbfan1]

I never got into the show when it started 7 years ago. Have now started watching and I've gotten through Season 1 and into Season 2 Episode 3. Still don't see all of the Hullabaloo about the show. There's a lot of nudity in the show that seems gratuitous and doesn't add to the story line. Don't mind the nudity, just wondering if that's part of the reason the show is so popular. Admit I still don't understand why they killed off Stark in the first season.

Should I give up or does it get better the more seasons you watch.

 

[pinotbear]

If you gone through the first 2 seasons, and it hasn't grabbed you, then it probably won't. I've read (and re-read and re-read) the books, and that helps a great deal, getting an affinity for the characters and a sense for the plot lines.

If after 2 seasons, you haven't attached yourself to the story, then, I'd be surprised if more episodes do it for you. I was that way with House of Cards - well-acted, well-constructed, but I didn't find a single character that I could "root for", and, as such, it did not hold my interest.

 

[huskyd]

I never got into the show when it started 7 years ago. Have now started watching and I've gotten through Season 1 and into Season 2 Episode 3. Still don't see all of the Hullabaloo about the show. There's a lot of nudity in the show that seems gratuitous and doesn't add to the story line. Don't mind the nudity, just wondering if that's part of the reason the show is so popular. Admit I still don't understand why they killed off Stark in the first season.

Should I give up or does it get better the more seasons you watch.

Funny you should ask, Wbbfan. "Game" is like meal time; you eat when you eat and then forget about it. I don't know anyone who can explain what's happening in a few sentences while standing on one foot. Everyone is out to get someone else; whoever's left, wins. That's the current guessing game: who will prevail. Once we know, we will forget about the show and lose no sleep. I should add that what's good about it is that some of the characters are interesting: extremely evil and then shades of pretty evil. Anyway, my advice is not to force yourself to watch OR just cut to the current season and wonder, as we all do, what the hell's going on.

 

[Roger G]

I love Game of Thrones for several reasons. The cinematography is amazing. It's like watching a Lord of the Rings movie each week. The story line is really good and keeps me wanting to find out what happens next and surprises me often. There are characters you can really like (Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryan, and others) and there are characters you can really hate (Cercei Lannister, Joffrey Baratheon, and others). There are also characters in the middle, who you might at first hate and then learn more about and have some sympathy for (Jaime and Tyrion Lannister come to mind). While there is too much sex and nudity for good taste, it seems it has toned down a lot. The first season's brothel scenes were truly pornographic. In the current season so far, there has been one sex scene and the guy was a eunuch. But there is a fast forward button if you record the show. Hopefully this explicit sex in everything era passes by as people tire of it and we can get on with good storytelling. Still, the show is for me probably the most enjoyable program on TV.

 

[JordyG]

The beauty of GOT is that it can be enjoyed on many levels. Yes, if you merely enjoy nudity you can enjoy it purely as a voyeur.

GOT however can also be enjoyed as pseudo history. You must realize that there were a slew of events, events relating to familial, societal, political and yes mystical histories, that happened before the first episode. All of which pertains to and underlies the acts and motivations of each and every major and minor character in the story. These histories are slowly and organically revealed during the shows seasons. Or of course you can cheat and go online and have it laid out for you. Be warned the past lore is deep and just as involved; there are a vast number of names and family trees.

GOT can be enjoyed as a drawing room political show with all the double dealings, secrets and long/world views the great political dice throwers enjoy and employ. It can be seen as political commentary or as social commentary. For instance in one example, one sees how women, brutalized and treated as second class chattel overcome this stigmata becoming hardened, realistic survivors, and the only ones fit to rule.

It can be seen purely as fantasy with its dragons, undead, near dead, magic and other unlikely or unimaginable events. It can be seen as a show of bombast and sensationalism where viewers are warned not to become attached to characters or perceived story lines. Or you can simply marvel at the mind of G.RR Martin who envisioned this web, this "Strum and Drang" and somehow with this stew of near anachronisms found a world wide nerve.

And yes, if after two seasons of viewing it hasn't struck your nerve it perhaps never will.

 

[JordyG]

I love Game of Thrones for several reasons. The cinematography is amazing. It's like watching a Lord of the Rings movie each week. The story line is really good and keeps me wanting to find out what happens next and surprises me often. There are characters you can really like (Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryan, and others) and there are characters you can really hate (Cercei Lannister, Joffrey Baratheon, and others). There are also characters in the middle, who you might at first hate and then learn more about and have some sympathy for (Jaime and Tyrion Lannister come to mind). While there is too much sex and nudity for good taste, it seems it has toned down a lot. The first season's brothel scenes were truly pornographic. In the current season so far, there has been one sex scene and the guy was a eunuch. But there is a fast forward button if you record the show. Hopefully this explicit sex in everything era passes by as people tire of it and we can get on with good storytelling. Still, the show is for me probably the most enjoyable program on TV.

Yes indeed. However, if Westworld with its exploration of game theory, the essence of being, Bicameralism, the inner and outer mind and how it relates to both action and inertia continues its excellence.... Well this could become a contender. Just like GOT things are revealed slowly and organically over the course of the season. I think it's safe to say there has been nothing quite like either of these shows on TV previous.

 

[meyers7]

I gave up on it. I tried watching the first season, but just didn't do anything for me. There are other shows I love, that some people don't care for. So whatever rocks your boat. If it doesn't rock your boat, don't waste your time.

 

[Roger G]

Yes indeed. However, if Westworld with its exploration of game theory, the essence of being, Bicameralism, the inner and outer mind and how it relates to both action and inertia continues its excellence.... Well this could become a contender. Just like GOT things are revealed slowly and organically over the course of the season. I think it's safe to say there has been nothing quite like either of these shows on TV previous.

I've watched all of Westworld and, though I like it, I just can't get sympathetic towards robots. It just doesn't draw me in the same way. Don't get me wrong. I'll keep watching.