Has anyone started watching this now that the DVD set has been released (or have previously watched it when it first aired on HBO).
It's based on the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series of books. I have never read the books, but I must say I didn't expect much when I started watching the series since regardless of the quality of the books such adaptations usually end up being pretty hamfisted.
I've almost made it through the first season and I must say HBO did a fantastic job with it. While it is in the "fantasy" genre, it seems to be more concerned with political intrigue, back stabbing, and maneuvering for positions of power.
I hope they continue with the quality of the work in the future. The only off-putting aspect of it for some may be the full frontal nudity and soft core sex scenes that show up in many of the episodes. I lost count of how many breasts they've splashed on the screen and there's been at least two instances of guys showing off the goods by episode 6.
That being said, it doesn't come across as gratuitous. Some of the nudity and sex was centered around one of the main characters a daughter of a now dead king, chronicling her rise from the status of no better than a peasant to that of an emerging ruler in the barbarian horde ruled by her new husband. A husband she was sold to by her older brother. The other nudity is confined to the scenes within the brothels and mostly when the story's focus is on the lecherous dwarf, sister of the queen.
It's based on the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series of books. I have never read the books, but I must say I didn't expect much when I started watching the series since regardless of the quality of the books such adaptations usually end up being pretty hamfisted.
I've almost made it through the first season and I must say HBO did a fantastic job with it. While it is in the "fantasy" genre, it seems to be more concerned with political intrigue, back stabbing, and maneuvering for positions of power.
I hope they continue with the quality of the work in the future. The only off-putting aspect of it for some may be the full frontal nudity and soft core sex scenes that show up in many of the episodes. I lost count of how many breasts they've splashed on the screen and there's been at least two instances of guys showing off the goods by episode 6.
That being said, it doesn't come across as gratuitous. Some of the nudity and sex was centered around one of the main characters a daughter of a now dead king, chronicling her rise from the status of no better than a peasant to that of an emerging ruler in the barbarian horde ruled by her new husband. A husband she was sold to by her older brother. The other nudity is confined to the scenes within the brothels and mostly when the story's focus is on the lecherous dwarf, sister of the queen.
