For several years now I've been hearing a lot about the HBO series 'Game of Thrones.' Uh, okay. Is this another overhyped series?
My default position on much hyped flavors of the day is to not jump on the bandwagon. Thus I haven't watch this very popular series produced by HBO.
I had the same position when 'Breaking Bad' was all the rage. I held out for a long time until Pat introduced me to one of the episodes. Of course I was hooked after viewing the episode after ten minutes.
Pat introduced me to 'Breaking Bad' when we were staying at the Latham Hotel in Philadelphia during one of our quarterly get togethers. When I got home, I lost no time ordering the series from my Netflix account. I binged watched that series, sometimes until 2:30 am in the morning.
Lately I've been hearing and reading even more about 'Game of Thrones.' So I gave in and put the first disc, in my Netflix queue. Last week I watched the first episode. Folks, I am hooked.
HOOKED!
Wow. Those that know me know that I don't like violence in my viewing of popular entertainment. I don't care for excessive violence or sex. Hmmm. I cannot deny that 'Game of Thrones' has a LOT of violence and sex. And I mean a LOT. But having said that, 'Game of Thrones' is also very well written, cast, and acted. This is a damn good show.
So I endure the violence. Last night a pissed off knight chopped his horse's head off with one swipe of his massive sword.
I endure the sex. Oh man, the sex. I can't even begin to tell you how many time I've seen flopping breasts, that I've almost become numb. There's even gay sex. Nothing overt but still. But I guess that's the way life was in the 600's. Yes, there was a time in our history from the year 100 to 1000 that people lives. There were good folks and bad folks. Power plays. Life.
To me 'Game of Thrones' has a lot in common with 'Downton Abbey' or 'Looking for Lady Mary's Teapot' as pat refers to that very popular series. Just a little more violent.
