Game of Thrones
 

I don't have HBO so I never saw this show last year, even though everyone I knew that saw it raved about it.

Well, now it's out on DVD. Just spent the day watching it, and yeah, it's as good as everyone says it is. A lot of things in the show *really* reminded me of Skyrim. Can't wait for season 2, which is supposed to premiere in April.

Highly recommended if you haven't seen it yet!

It's fucking amazing. Same thing happened to me and my wife. Finally caught it and it blew our minds. Ordering HBO just fort the next season.

WTF when did you get married rufus? Was my invite lost in the mail?

Yeah this show is amazing to say the least. Can't wait for S2 coming up in 2 weeks.

Last year onion. Must have gotten lost.

The books are amazing too. Goes into way more detail.

After reading the books, I can't imagine watching this show without knowing some of the stuff you get from the narration in the books. Honestly, I found understanding the relationships and NAMES of everyone in the show/books simply not possible with only watching the show.

Highly, highly recommend everyone read the books. And if you're into reading into the theories behind the series here is a really great site http://towerofthehand.com/ .

Yeah, I had a pretty hard time remembering everyone's name from watching the show. Early on, I could only remember Robert was the king, and Ned Stark -- only because they say their names a lot. But even still, Ned will always be known as Boromir (LotR) by me. I remembered Arya's name, because it's a cool name and I like her character. Of course, the "dwarf/imp" is one of my favorites too, and I don't know his name. Same with the Khaleesi. Awesome character, but I'll be damned if I remember her name.

Fortunately, I didn't find it terribly important to remember everyone's name. I can imagine there's TONS of good backstory you'd get from the books, though.

P.S. The dire wolves are awesome. I hope Arya and her wolf are reunited at some point.

Just imagine the wolves as 3 times bigger. That is they tip I got from my friend who read the books. Makes them even cooler.

Yeah there is definitely a "learning curve" to the show at first. Tons of characters, with difficult names, with complicated plot. But it makes after a few episodes and is just so awesome.