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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsBinge watching Game of Thrones, now up to Season 4 Episode 5
Holy moley, I think the producers (and George RR Martin too?) decided to hit every boundary in TV: sex, violence, decapitation, more sex, almost everyone is a freaking sociopath with maybe one redeeming virtue (love of children in Cersei's case, off the top of my head), torture porn, and the list goes on and on.
Yet it's ADDICTIVE. You can't look away. I'm still trying to memorize the major cast of players and all the convoluted intrigue and backstabbing that goes on.
The middle ages in England really really sucked, because GRRM says that he based GOT partially on the War of the Roses:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones
What do you think of GOT ?
lunatica
(53,410 posts)I haven't seen it listed so I'm curious where else you can binge watch shows.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)steve2470
(37,457 posts)It sucks but whatcha gonna do. $38.99 with no tax for entire season of 10 episodes. You can buy it on Blu-Ray and DVD too if you can wait for delivery. You'd save more money that way.
DVD and Blu-Ray Seasons 1-4: http://www.amazon.com/Game-Thrones-Season-Blu-ray-Blu-Ray/dp/B00DY64CR4/ref=sr_1_7?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1461880732&sr=1-7&keywords=Game+of+Thrones&refinements=p_n_format_browse-bin%3A2650305011
$81.92 is the cheapest option.
and....
Game of Thrones - Season 1-5 [Blu-ray] [Region Free] [UK Import]
http://www.amazon.com/Game-Thrones-Season-Blu-ray-Region/dp/B0158ZXB66/ref=sr_1_6?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1461880823&sr=1-6&keywords=Game+of+Thrones&refinements=p_n_format_browse-bin%3A2650305011
$124.99 cheapest option.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)I think you get unlimited streaming for that price ? I could be wrong.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DBYBNEE?_encoding=UTF8&ref=nav_menu_dvm_us_aw_cs_ho_pin_d
on edit: http://www.amazon.com/Valar-Morghulis/dp/B01737VGB4/ref=sr_1_6?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1461881258&sr=1-6&keywords=game+of+thrones
for Game of Thrones: Seasons 1-4, $99.99
lunatica
(53,410 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)It's great, but I do wish there were less bloodshed.
It is addictive.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)Sorry, I'm no prude but I don't need to watch porn. I get the hint, producers lol
Baitball Blogger
(46,757 posts)The young woman you were pining over in the last episode could turn out to be a 1000 year old crone in the next. So, control yourself!
steve2470
(37,457 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,376 posts)steve2470
(37,457 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,757 posts)trof
(54,256 posts)Just too complicated for me.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)you can triple the number of characters, and then triple that number again for characters referenced via flashbacks or in historical references.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,214 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)cemaphonic
(4,138 posts)I started reading the books a couple of years before the show began, and the show has done a remarkably good job staying true to the source material, while also fleshing out and humanizing a bunch of characters.
But yeah, it's savage. My wife likes the twists and turns in the plot, but can't stomach actually watching it, so she gets it in summary form from me (plus, she has read most of the books - she actually read the first one when it came out in the mid '90s)
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)but, I like the books more because TV can't really give you the depth of the history you get in the books.
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)Though, the scale in Game of Thrones was bigger...
The Black Dinner and the Glencoe Massacre.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_Glencoe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Douglas
http://www.robertsewell.ca/living4.html
steve2470
(37,457 posts)steve2470
(37,457 posts)Mind.Blown.
People I hate the most: Joffrey Baratheon, Melisandre, Stannis Baratheon, Cersei Lannister, Ramsay Bolton, and Petyr Baelish
People I like and admire the most: Ned Stark, Brienne of Tarth, Jon Snow, Arya Stark, Daenerys Targaryen, Samwell Tarly, and Ygritte
TorchTheWitch
(11,065 posts)But maybe more addicted to the books. I'd never heard of either the show or the books until the 3rd season had already ended (never have had cable tv). I watched the first 3 seasons of the show online then borrowed the first few books from one of my old neighbors... after reading them I HAD to have all of the books and found all the ones published thus far at a second hand bookshop where I used to live. I've read them all many times over... reading them again, and I'm almost done the last book in the series thus far. Somehow I still find little things that I missed every time I re-read the series.
Since I'm a medieval history buff I noticed almost all of the comparisons you listed to history though I'm not sure about references to the Hundred Years War or the Italian Renaissance.
I don't normally get hooked on tv shows (other than this one, the only one I really got hooked on was Spooks, though it fell rather flat for me for the last two seasons, and I nearly gave up on it close to the end of the second season).
Game of Thrones had me hooked from the first scene beyond the Wall where these strange Others are (sort of) introduced. I think the actors have been spectacular, even the ones with smaller parts. Of course, the scenery and effects are really fabulous. At the end of the first season when the dragons hatched I was sooo glad that the next two seasons had already happened... I wouldn't have been able to stand it to have to wait a whole year after that.
And just like the books, I watch the show over and over again as well. Even though I know what happens in every scene and probably have most of the dialogue memorized by now, it's still a thrill.
hibbing
(10,109 posts)It is entertaining that's for sure. I don't even try to keep track of the relationships.
Peace
valerief
(53,235 posts)marcopolo63
(64 posts)TWC ran the entire series from Season 1 - Season 5 over the past few months. At the moment all that is available at HBO On Demand is the entire Season 5, along with Season 6's new episodes as they premier. And they may still have a deal where the first month of HBO is free (a $14.95-ish savings).
I have been a book and show fan since the beginning and have watched every episode at least 2 times, and seem to learn new things each time. The complexity of the story lines goes far beyond the debauchery, pain and misery caused by the lead characters. It is a tale of power, mysticism, ruthlessness and activism that can be seen in similar story-lines today.
Trump is very much a Joffrey-like character...
Hillary may be somewhat Cersei-like...
Bernie - could he be the High Sparrow (introduced in Season 5), or is that Ted Cruz? Maybe its a hybrid of the 2...
It really sparks your imagination and let's one escape to another world. I think that's the real magic of GOT!!