Game of Thrones is massively overrated

jamin wrote:

I've only watched a couple episodes including the one last night. Show is way overrated. Acting is cheesy. Plot line is cheesy. The nudity and violence is pointless. What is the Millennial obsession with following TV dramas?

Posts like this about things that are massively popular are a zero sum game.

We live in messed up times jamin.

Wanna sell something? Throw some naked people in it, that'll make up for the lack of substance anyway.

Go back to Styx and Journey.

hill rep wit u wrote:

We live in messed up times jamin.

Wanna sell something? Throw some naked people in it, that'll make up for the lack of substance anyway.

+1. That HAWT a$$ granny in last nights episode with the male pattern baldness and super-saggy fun bags was a total GILF! That's why I tune in brah.

It's all Obama's fault.

I followed the show for awhile because I have family members obsessed by it, but it pretty much sucks. I'm amazed at some people.

She be a total GILF!!! wrote:

hill rep wit u wrote:

We live in messed up times jamin.

Wanna sell something? Throw some naked people in it, that'll make up for the lack of substance anyway.

+1. That HAWT a$$ granny in last nights episode with the male pattern baldness and super-saggy fun bags was a total GILF! That's why I tune in brah.

The hot blonde looks great in her love scenes.

That fact you said you've only seen a few episodes, one being Sunday's, leads me to believe you know nothing about the show's plot.

The fact that you're condescendingly judging the acting quality of Game of Thrones, the #1 TV show of all time, when you've only watched 2 episodes out of 41, tells me why no women like you.

jamin wrote:

I've only watched a couple episodes including the one last night. Show is way overrated. Acting is cheesy. Plot line is cheesy. The nudity and violence is pointless. What is the Millennial obsession with following TV dramas?

Its a serial drama, you can't understand it without watching every ep from the beginning. Watch just season 1 and tell me if its overrated...

edward teach wrote:

jamin wrote:

I've only watched a couple episodes including the one last night. Show is way overrated. Acting is cheesy. Plot line is cheesy. The nudity and violence is pointless. What is the Millennial obsession with following TV dramas?

Its a serial drama, you can't understand it without watching every ep from the beginning. Watch just season 1 and tell me if its overrated...

This. You can't really just hop into a random episode and understand what's going on.

TAA wrote:

edward teach wrote:

Its a serial drama, you can't understand it without watching every ep from the beginning. Watch just season 1 and tell me if its overrated...

This. You can't really just hop into a random episode and understand what's going on.

yes, but too be fair, the show isn't that well done. I enjoy it and continue to watch it, but it isn't exactly a work of art. It's done acceptably well, but they struggle a bit with the massive number of plot details they have to include, so it seems to plod along much of the time.

The nudity is also sometimes pointless. The filmography is cheap and glossy.

But overall, the show is entertaining, which is all that I expect from an HBO series.

Taking The Bait wrote:

I followed the show for awhile because I have family members obsessed by it, but it pretty much sucks. I'm amazed at some people.

What are some of the TV gems that you watch?

Benioff and Weiss get way too much credit. The last two seasons, where they have had less of Martin's material to rely on, have been uneven at best. Neither did anything all that great before GOT and they basically rode on Martin's coat tails for the first 4 seasons. Now that they have to tell their own story you're seeing the seasons get progressively worse. Incoherent and bloated storylines.

Agree the acting is weak, but that has always been the case given the scope of the series and need to hire a large volume of actors. Casting is also bad. Few of the characters have the physical presence to play the roles as depicted in the books.

I grew up watching Dallas. Nothing else can compare. Who shot JR? Best cliff hanger in tv history.

sdfsdfsfsdf wrote:

TAA wrote:

This. You can't really just hop into a random episode and understand what's going on.

yes, but too be fair, the show isn't that well done. I enjoy it and continue to watch it, but it isn't exactly a work of art. It's done acceptably well, but they struggle a bit with the massive number of plot details they have to include, so it seems to plod along much of the time.

The nudity is also sometimes pointless. The filmography is cheap and glossy.

But overall, the show is entertaining, which is all that I expect from an HBO series.

Not well done? The cinematography (NOT filmography) is not "cheap and glossy", rather it wins awards:

The only thing I can say that doesn't mesh well is the CGI. You can tell it's fake, but then again, you can tell things are fake in most movies/shows. Watch the new Jurassic Park and tell me that you can't tell the dinosaurs are fake.

Nudity is kinda over the top, I will agree there, but then again, that's what makes it so enjoyable sometimes. It's just so raw and doesn't follow any conventional rules (just like the plot).

Agree they struggle with all the plot-lines, but they have done more than a commendable job at cramming all the myriad plot-lines from the book into a short series (short in comparison to the books).

jamin wrote:

I've only watched a couple episodes including the one last night. Show is way overrated. Acting is cheesy. Plot line is cheesy. The nudity and violence is pointless. What is the Millennial obsession with following TV dramas?

nudity is pointless? for those of us in post-nuptial cutoff, I beg to differ: it is a godsend.

also it is all based on history so you can learn by watching it. It is pretty much the equivalent of a college degree in history if you read all the books.

words to live by wrote:

jamin wrote:

I've only watched a couple episodes including the one last night. Show is way overrated. Acting is cheesy. Plot line is cheesy. The nudity and violence is pointless. What is the Millennial obsession with following TV dramas?

nudity is pointless? for those of us in post-nuptial cutoff, I beg to differ: it is a godsend.

also it is all based on history so you can learn by watching it. It is pretty much the equivalent of a college degree in history if you read all the books.

Ahh what??? How is a fantasy series history....you must be high.....

jamin wrote:

I've only watched a couple episodes including the one last night. Show is way overrated. Acting is cheesy. Plot line is cheesy. The nudity and violence is pointless. What is the Millennial obsession with following TV dramas?

did you get a DUI on your way home to watch the show? that's the million dollar question.