Game of Thrones TV SHOW ONLY

[Natural Citizen]

I've never once watched this show. Where does the intrigue come from, if I may ask? The storyline? The set? Fans of the actors? A particular concept? Combination of all?

 

[Suzanimal]

I've never once watched this show. Where does the intrigue come from, if I may ask? The storyline? The set? Fans of the actors? A particular concept? Combination of all?

Mr Animal watches it for the boobies.

 

[jllundqu]

Danke watches it for the incest

 

[Carlybee]

Viserys was also Danys brother wasn't he? And he was killed with molten gold by Khal Drogo. That dispelled any theory that he was immune to fire I would think. As for Dany, she has survived the flames twice now.

He could have smothered from it..didnt it run down his face?

 

[CPUd]

He could have smothered from it..didnt it run down his face?

No, it definitely burned the shit out of him. He was no real dragon.

 

[MelissaWV]

I've never once watched this show. Where does the intrigue come from, if I may ask? The storyline? The set? Fans of the actors? A particular concept? Combination of all?

The books started out very interesting, and set a number of fantasy tropes on their head. The point of view characters and the idea that no one was safe --- not even people that seem like the most important characters --- made for good television as well, and the casting is generally pretty good. Add in a liberal dose of nudity and a whole lot of political soap opera, a giant or two, some dragons, and it's attractive.

Then of course there is the craft of it, which can help us all forget how obnoxious this season was just by throwing in one episode where all our deepest darkest wishes for most of the characters are finally coming true.

 

[CPUd]

I've never once watched this show. Where does the intrigue come from, if I may ask? The storyline? The set? Fans of the actors? A particular concept? Combination of all?

It's a combination of things coming together, a rich story that is stylized on screen. A scene may appear to be sorta relevant in its current context, but could also be laying groundwork for something 2 or 4 seasons down the road. Or it may not. I think that's what causes people to take interest and speculate. Also you never know when someone is going to get a body part chopped off, or die in a spectacular way.

I looked for a "what it's about" video that describes the show without giving too much away:

 

[navy-vet]

It's well done and interesting.

 

[CPUd]

When they talk about the long night, does that just happen in The North, or will places like Dorne stay dark as well? It could mean most of season 8 and parts of season 7 are all nighttime episodes.

 

[Carlybee]

I've never once watched this show. Where does the intrigue come from, if I may ask? The storyline? The set? Fans of the actors? A particular concept? Combination of all?

Some of it was influenced by actual historical events like the War of the Roses and several others. The intrigue is in the different factions all trying to rule the seven kingdoms. The main area are Westeros and Essos and there's a giant wall that separates the icy Northland that has these scary creatures called White Walkers who could kill everyone if they escaped into the rest of the lands. I see Westeros as more like Western Europe and Essos as more like Asia. But...it's really the characters that are compelling.

 

[Natural Citizen]

Hey, thanks for the feedback to those who answered my question. I was just generally curious. I've never seen the show and this thread pops up an the activity feed so much. So, it caught my attenion.

Anyway. I share a cool video while I'm here. There is a Youtube channel I check out sometimes and the author makes Game of Thrones videos once in a while. There's a few of them on there.



I suppose it might be said that the blonde chick might be kind of an attractive lil vixen as far as her character goes. I do tend to appreciate a sort of hard ass attitude. Sigh. Likely a weakness.

 

[MelissaWV]

Hey, thanks for the feedback to those who answered my question. I was just generally curious. I've never seen the show and this thread pops up an the activity feed so much. So, it caught my attenion.

Anyway. I share a cool video while I'm here. There is a Youtube channel I check out sometimes and the author makes Game of Thrones videos once in a while. There's a few of them on there.



I suppose it might be said that the blonde chick might be kind of an attractive lil vixen as far as her character goes. I do tend to appreciate a sort of hard ass attitude. Sigh. Likely a weakness.

Yes, well, as a small bonus/spoiler, if you give the first episode a chance you will see a lot of her

 

[Carlybee]

I should add I think the Lannisters are based on the Habsburgs. Google...they intermarried ..brother and sister etc....themselves into extinction.

 

[Suzanimal]

 

[navy-vet]

Hey, thanks for the feedback to those who answered my question. I was just generally curious. I've never seen the show and this thread pops up an the activity feed so much. So, it caught my attenion.

Anyway. I share a cool video while I'm here. There is a Youtube channel I check out sometimes and the author makes Game of Thrones videos once in a while. There's a few of them on there.



I suppose it might be said that the blonde chick might be kind of an attractive lil vixen as far as her character goes. I do tend to appreciate a sort of hard ass attitude. Sigh. Likely a weakness.

She plays a good person who detests murder and slavery and all the vile acts in that World she has found herself in.
I see the series is a story of the war between good and evil. She is known as the "Mother of Dragons" and the "Breaker of Chains". She has freed the slaves as she has come across them, and given them a choice to serve her or not, in which case she allows them to go free. She told a group of former harsh rulers who were seeking an allegiance recently, that under her kingdom, she planned to leave things better than she found them unlike her predecessors who tended to make things worse than they found them, before beginning their reigns. They said that their ways, had always been and were, to rule with severity and ruthlessness, and she said, that was over, and wouldn't be tolerated in her kingdom. They agreed to comply and change. This is why I am a fan of her character.

 

[Carlybee]

Hey, thanks for the feedback to those who answered my question. I was just generally curious. I've never seen the show and this thread pops up an the activity feed so much. So, it caught my attenion.

Anyway. I share a cool video while I'm here. There is a Youtube channel I check out sometimes and the author makes Game of Thrones videos once in a while. There's a few of them on there.



I suppose it might be said that the blonde chick might be kind of an attractive lil vixen as far as her character goes. I do tend to appreciate a sort of hard ass attitude. Sigh. Likely a weakness.

Well..her brother basically sold her to a barbarian...she has good reason to be a hardass.

 

[jllundqu]

Alas we have to wait for next season to see if she is as badass as she thinks.

 

[MelissaWV]

Alas we have to wait for next season to see if she is as badass as she thinks.

I do think we're to a point where they can't pull too many surprises. The characters that have survived all the way from the first episode are too iconic to be dispatched easily. Sure, we won't mind if Cersei or Jaime off one another, but let's say the script calls for the ships to land at King's Landing amid quiet fog... a small team of Dothraki carrying a litter... then Dany, corpse-thin, opening her eyes to look at Westeros shortly before dying from complications of sea sickness See? They can't do that. The number of true surprises they can pull are very few at this point.

 

[CPUd]

Instead they introduce new characters like asshole Uncle Euron, who Dany could still agree to marry. Then on their wedding night, she kills him, cuts off his great cock and gives it to Theon as a tribute.

 

[CPUd]

I made every Beautiful Death into a phone wallpaper, S1-6, (1440x2560)