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Watched a 15 minute prequal show for season 4 tonight - its looking good, and apparently has more action than season 3.

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Yeah they seemed to emphasize it being more action packed this time round. I hope they didn't go overboard as i was fine with the pace before.

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Can't wait, pant wettingly excited.

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When is the series 2 or 3 going to be shown on Pick TV over here. Do not have Sky Atlantic.

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l don't think there is a hope in hell of series 2 or 3 being shown on Pick TV now Richard.

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Game of Thrones gets off to stuttering start for HBO Go viewers.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/med...s-hbo-go-crash

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I watched Season 4 Episode 1 at 2am this morning on Sky Atlantic, its repeated tonight at 9pm. Looking good, very very good. I won't say anything else....

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Awesome.

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Last episode was awesome :omg:

Shame there is only 2 more episodes in this season. Next episode will be action packed :)

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The final moments of last nights episode was simply wow!

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Watched the finale last night.
Shot on the toilet, how embarrassing (if you survived).

I definitely think S4 was better than S3, looking forward to 5 & 6.

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:D:D
Most definately!!

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1st trailer released for Game Of Thrones season 6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZT_0cA5_0o

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That's not a trailer.

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We've still to watch S4. No SA on VM so it's torrents.:(

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We tend to get the GOT series with some of our Christmas or Birthday money and when they are on offer as we hate paying the full price for things.

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You could subscribe to NOW TV just for the duration.

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Just had a look at my tv calendar and season 6 doesn't start till 25th April this year! :wtf:

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Rather enjoyed this bit though from season 4:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbMFLDb3CbI

:D

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me too, I was ecstatic. I haven't read the books so I didn't know what was coming and given that they seem to love killing off the good guys and let the bad guys triumph I wasn't expecting anything good to happen. As he was being sick I was expecting somebody to whisk him off to see a doctor or something but then as I saw him deteriorate and in absolute agony a smile came to my face. When he finally died I honestly said to myself "the ****ing little **** has finally got what was coming to him". We always like to see bad guys die in our films and tv series but I have never been so emotionally engrossed as I have with this one and it is a testament as to how amazing the series is.

After that they got my hopes up and I was devastated when Oberyn died in 4x08. I really thought he was going to kick The Mountain's ass. He was doing so well and could have won but he let his emotions get the better of him and made a mistake.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWxRAxeamIA

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I think everyone loved that scene (except perhaps Joffrey ...).

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Surprised no one is talking about the latest eps of GoT.

Slow, but steady this season except this latest episode. One of the best endings ever.

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Hold the door!

On a serious note though (and this is bugging me), if the pixie people made the White Walkers surely they have the power to unmake them/make something magical which can wipe them out. The dragon glass isn't a good enough excuse because of how rare it is and the fact that you have to kill each individual walker.

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... I suppose its like the machines rising up against people in the Terminator films, the white walkers just became more powerful than their "masters."

I also wondered why the white walkers haven't invaded yet. Yes, there's a big wall to keep them out, but they could simply just go round it into the sea. It's not as if they could drown or freeze to death...

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Yep, the little jumped up spoilt, warped and twisted brat deserved it.

I came late to this series, only started about 6 weeks ago and binge watched up to present.

Now I'm hooked!

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Valerian steel can kill White Walkers as well as dragonglass.

I think the reason the White Walkers don't just take over is that they can't take temperate climates, which is why they only attack beyond the Wall when it is the Long Winter.

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....ahhh, but as they're dead you wouldn't think something like temperature would make a difference to them. Although in the last episode most of them weren't keen on fire, so you maybe right there.

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now here's an idea, as there are so many dodgy dudes in Westeros that like to kidnap people and torture/experiment (Cercei's meister) how about somebody kidnapping/ambushing a white walker, sticking him in a crate and carting him off to Kings Landing and then we see him unveiled in some sort of arena similar to the slave fights Ser Jorah was in. It could be the grand finale which the winner has to compete in in order to win their freedom. I would definitely like to see one captured just so we get a bit more information about them. For starters I would like to know the answer to the above for fire/heat. At least the humans would be able to establish some geographical borders/boundaries where they know they would be safe if they knew White Walkers were heat sensitive.

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Just watched the final season 6 episode - wow, so much packed into it.

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yup, I was very pleased with it. I don't know whether it is a coincidence now that they haven't got a book to go off but this season they covered a lot more ground and jumped around a lot more. In previous seasons you would have an ep about Joffrey & Kings Landing and wouldn't see Kahleesi and the following ep would be vice cersa. I loved how the finale jumped around so much to cover everyone and I am ecstatic that Kahleesi is finally on her way. I am very much looking forward to seeing Winterfell restored to its former glory in the next season and I am hoping there is a bit of a time jump to reflect this (e.g. 1 year ahead) so we can see everything rebuilt. That would also bode well for Sam and Cersei too. Sam can be well underway with his studies and Cersei can be settled in as queen. I am looking forward to seeing Cersei rule with an iron fist and be an absolute bitch :). Hopefully they'll go back and show us what The Mountain has done to that sceptre.

I love happy endings and it is great to see that after all these years karma is coming back with a vegence. Sansa is back home and Arya is kicking some ass; I can't wait to see who she moves on to next. I think she said she had ~50 people on her list.

I imagine next season will primarily focus with Kahleesi's invasion of Westeros and taking power. I am of two minds about it; I want her to take Kings Landing and paste the Lannisters but I don't want her to fight the Starks, they are all good guys :( If she takes control next season then that will leave season 8 (the final season) to for the White Walker invasion. Although I am sure it is going to be colossal and feature some major defeats and devastation surely it should be easy enough to win? The White Walkers and susceptible to fire and all you need is Kahleesi's dragons to fry everyone and if that fails line your massive army up (and those of all the united houses in Westeros) with archers and flaming arrows :confused:

Anyways, can somebody invent time travel so we can jump forward to this time next year and watch it!

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Yes, its a good sign that everyone I know who watches it is now really looking forward to next season, which is not something you could have said this time last year.

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Winter is here!
That could throw a Valarian spanner into the works.

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In the wake of the Game of Thrones season six finale, creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are talking about the upcoming seventh season and how close they are to mapping out the series’ end. As they have previously done, the duo cited a total episode count of 73 episodes, telling Deadline, “Call it 73 for now.” That is, it sounds like HBO will give them the wiggle room they need to properly wrap up the hit fantasy drama.

The pair also addressed the upcoming seventh season, specifically mentioning Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey); what Benjen (Joseph Mawle) told Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead-Wright), before he took his leave; as well as Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) and Jon Snow (Kit Harington).


A Q&A with David Benioff and Dan Weiss if you are interested. It is very interesting.

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"It’s summertime, but winter is almost here. HBO has announced production on the seventh season of its Game of Thrones TV show will begin later this summer. The seven episodes of Game of Thrones, season seven, will be filmed in Northern Ireland, Spain, and Iceland. The show is slated to premiere later than usual in 2017. While GoT typically premieres in April, expect the seventh season to debut in summer."

Boo

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Only 7 episodes?

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Yep, and probably only 6 for the final season.

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how stupid. For the last 6 years they have been saying that they would love to be able to make more episodes but they physically didn't have the time but now they are making a conscious effort to cut the season down. Everyone at work was moaning a couple of weeks ago that you just feel like you are getting in to it (with 10 eps) and then it finishes and now it is going to be even worse. There must be so much material they can expand on and I am sure George R R Martin can give them a few points for another 3 eps. I can't believe HBO is letting them get away because of the $$$ in lost revenue.

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My understanding is that you'll be getting 2 seasons of 7 episodes, versus 1 season of 10 episodes, so overall you'll be 4 episodes better off.

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:rolleyes: not really, i want two seasons of ten episodes. Presumably the next season is going to be about kahleesi coming back and taking over and the last season is going to be about the White Walkers. I am sure they can find ten episodes of stuff for each of those stories.

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poo your pants time:

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Looking good :D

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Its actually 7 for this year (Season 7) and 6 next year (Season 8) so 13 in total.

However, I would not be surprised if the final episode were a bit longer than usual.

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Can't wait.:hyper::hyper::hyper:

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Looking good.

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The question is how many more series will we get.?

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seasons or series? There are two seasons left including this one of GoT but I read somewhere last week that there are currently scripts in active development for 5 spinoff series.

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So plenty still to come yet General.

Seasons l meant.

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There are only two more seasons, 7 (coming soon) and 8 (next year) - after that its finished.

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quite sadly no :bigcry: Every year I moan to my friends that it is over before you know it and this year it is going to be even worse. Instead of the usual 10 episodes we are only getting 7 and next year I think it is 6 episodes. They have made a big point of saying that they are telling the story that they want to tell and aren't gong to pad the seasons unnecessarily so I hope that works in our favour and we get some longer episodes as well.

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I am going to be mardy if they delay it by a whole year. There is no reason for it at all as they are used to banging out 10 episodes a year and this will be no different apart from the fact they are making less. The whole world will go nuts if we don't get any GoT next year, especially as it is the final season and season 7 will no doubt end on a cliff hanger.

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l just pooed my pants seeing the white walkers again.:Yikes:

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I love the blue eyes

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At last the warped hideous king has had his day.:tu:

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have you just watched 4x02?

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:Yes:

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I just wish I could get into this.... I watched the first two and gave up on it. Working my way through the first book now in the hopes it'll get me going for it :)

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episodes or seasons?

you have no idea how satisfying that was, especially as I had no idea that it was going to happen. I am so glad it was a slow and agonising death, it was truly deserved.

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Episodes.

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ah, well to be honest it took me about 4 episodes before I understood what was going on. I had never heard of the books before the series had come out and didn't know anything about it. It took me 4 eps to understand who was who, where they were and what all the story lines were. If you ever want to give it a go again let me know and I can sum up the start of the series in a couple of nice and easy paragraphs for you. It is the first series I have ever seen where they throw you in at the deep end and you don't have a clue what is going on but you get the gist of it eventually.

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My wish has half come true

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l want trial by combat.:)

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yeah, fight for the right to be able to watch more episodes.

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A new trailer for season 7. It is killing me that it is only 7 episodes. I want a full season of 26 episodes like the good old days.

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:hyper::hyper::hyper:

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GOT Seasons have only ever been 10 (until now).

Seasons have not been 26 for almost as long as I can remember, even the X-Files back in the early 1990's were only 24.

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GoT in a procedural format wouldn't work half as good as it has with a continual story format.

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Star Trek was 26eps, many series like Buffy, Dark Angel, Andromeda, Alias Stargate etc were all 22 or 24 eps.
It is so sad that nearly all the series I watch these days are what I call half seasons. The only two that I can think of off the top of my head that are proper seasons are Agents of Shield and Greys Anatomy and the reason why I remember them is because they stand out like sore thumb; they are excellent series and still run with a full season.

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Good grief letting your daughter be burned by a witch.:(

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My hounds are loyal to me.:nono::)

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yeah, that was a fitting ending for him just like Joffrey's death; well and truly deserved and it was even sweeter seeing Sansa give the order.

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Joffrey's death was richly deserved and so much more delicious that we had to wait for it.

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Funny how we soon develop a hatred of certain characters.

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yup, but tbh that is a testament to the quality of story and the acting. The same can be said for Ramsey Bolton, Cersei, Walder Frey and Ser Bla Bla in the Kingsguard who Arya killed in that brothel. All excellent characters in their own way who got what is coming to them apart from one. Presumably this season is about Kahleesi taking over the iron throne so you wonder if Cersei is going to get her dues.

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Well l suppose we can all guess what is going to happen in season 7 but sometimes it never works out the way one would imagine General.

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Exactly, if things had worked out how I had wanted them to Ned Stark would be on the throne right now

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Indeed but his spirit lives on and his eldest daughter is becoming more like her mother as time goes on.

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Never seen this programme, is it a bit like Crossroads? ;)

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Well a man of your greater higher intellect would know its very much the opposite of that old chestnut.;)

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20 minutes of your life would be well spent watching these. You will not appreciate the references they make in the trailers to the story line but you should be in jaw dropping awe at what is happening and the sheer quality of what you are looking at.

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A friendly suggestion before you watch 7x01. When you sit down to watch it make sure you have no distractions, you are not finishing up a conversation with somebody or checking out facebook while you think the opening credits are going to roll. Make sure you have silence before you press play, you are concentrating and it has your undivided attention.

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To be completely honest, I've never seen more than a couple of episodes. Episode 1 was promising but it did seem like a LOTR rip off, but that may be unfair?

I can't commit to watching the trailers unless you tell me for sure that that Daenerys Targaryen bird strips in them. I hear she has a no nudity contract now which sort of makes it very unlikely I will stay awake to pick up plot lines :p:

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You sure about that?

http://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/enter...dity-contract/

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I can be a nice boyfriend :romance:

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Nope, someone said it in a pub. I may get around to watching now if she's still getting her kit off :p:

I can be a bugger of a boyfriend. It's what she really wants; they all do :getscoat:

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It's just like most soaps - lots of people being nasty to each other for their own gain - just has more sex and violence.

I've seen a few episodes of series one and just find there is too much sex (not needed at all) and the violence too graphic. Spoils the story.

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and it doesn't let down as the series progresses. Yes it is graphic but tbh I think it is very well done and always compliments the mood and context of the scene. For example, you have got the little **** of a psycho Joffrey and you know how he thinks and what he is capable of so when somebody walks in on him and you see him doing a certain thing, although you know what to expect, actually seeing it has such an emotional impact and makes you hate him even more.
I think it is all cleverly done and serves to only deepen your emotional investment in the series. Like with the MCU, everything in GoT is done with a delicate and perfect balance.

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The best TV series ever in my opinion, i watched the first 6 seasons all in 1 go.

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Funny you should say that because i was thinking about that last night. When it is all done and dusted i think i might take a week off work and have a GoT marathon and watch one season a day.

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Im not sure i could watch 10 hours a day, i think i did it mostly over the christmas break and a few late evenings after work using Kodi.

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I think 10 hours would be pushing it, I could probably do 3 or 4 in one go, then I'd need a break.

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yeah, I like the idea of doing it to completely immerse myself in the GoT universe but I think I would have to go shopping in advance and prepare some meals and maybe plan in a takeaway or two and go for something like 9am-11pm everyday. I think planning is going to be key.

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But it just seems like a LOTR ripoff? Or, more precisely, Eastenders in period costume.
I mean, George R R Martin/J R R Tolkien; Ned Stark/Boromir; Midget/Hobbit; Dragons/Nazgul; Armed struggle; fortresses; War of the 5 Kings/Battle of the 5 Armies.

It does have Daenerys and Lena Headey but the LOTR girls were yummy too.

I dunno, I'm undecided. Will I just be shouting ripoff at the screen for hours or is this more than a soap opera on horseback? :)

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LOTR was just complete rubbish, while GOT is excellent.

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yup, it goes back to what I have said many a time before about realism. If somebody is supposed to be super evil and do really bad things then you need to see it to make it realistic. Similarly, if you know a massive army is coming to attack your castle then you want to see an epic battle. Normally you wouldn't expect such grandiose scenes in a tv series but GoT delivers every time. For anybody who has yet to see it, I can assure you it is a jaw dropping experience.

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They're different I think. You can get away with unrealistic depictions of anything in a fantasy universe. In LoTR the evil is allegorical, it's evil as a force itself. Everything seems to symbolise a wider point, the orcs, the ring, the elves, the hobbits and so on. It's less about them than it is what they represent. GoTR is more human and the relationships between them, their more realistic in they lack pure evil or pure good characters. Although I don't think Kursk meant it in the same way, it is closer to a soap opera in the dynamics of the characters.

Anyway I like GoTR. I think it could have stood to lose a season, it does meander about a bit half-way though the entire show but picked up last season. You're right about the production values, it is by far it's strongest suit - might be the best ever on television for sheer scale and set-pieces.

I would recommend it to most people but depends what they like.

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Both are good IMO but each to their own l say.

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Thanks. An informative and useful post. If it's soap opera, I will fall asleep no matter how it is dressed up. :)

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I wouldn't say it's a soap opera. Just that it does take some of it's structure from soap operas. It's not fantasy Eastenders.

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Its not a soap opera in the sense most people would mean it.

Its a Fantasy/Drama, set in a fictional land.

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Perhaps then I will give it a go. I'll do it for Daenerys :D