Well, watched S1E01 of Game of Thrones last night. I'm not going to judge the show by the first episode, especially one where they clearly had to do a lot of exposition. I'm sure it'll get better because this one didn't really grab me. Sure, they were able to cram in gratuitous nudity, incest, beheadings (plural), multiple F-bombs, infidelity, rape (at a wedding, no less), child murder (or attempted murder), etc. Not really sure why they felt the need to do all of that in the first episode because much of it didn't really add to the story. Also I ended up having to go online and read a synopsis of the first couple of episodes to clear up some things. For example, I had no idea who the "wildlings" were -- I thought they were the ones with the glowing blue eyes, but apparently those are the White Walkers? This is the part where "the book is better" I suppose. Funny, despite what I said about exposition earlier, they could have done more, and leave some of the naughty bits until later episodes.
The one line that stood out to me was when "Angry Elf" said "All dwarfs are bastards in their father's eyes."
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