You just wanna climb up her leg like the one dragon did.
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YES PLEASE :-)
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I'm so depressed it's over.
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It won't be over for long, spring of 2012 is a much shorter lead time than Sopranos when it was off the air for 13 months or so.
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:-):-):-):-):-) `The Wire` sucked hard. McNutty was the worst actor EVER!
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Watching through all the episodes a second time with my brother who is just starting the show. After only 2 episodes I've picked up on so much that I missed or forgot about. On another note I wasn't crazy about the season finale but I guess that's just because I'm too impatient to wait until spring 2012. Maybe it's time to start reading so I can find out sooner.
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Yea, I wasn't overly impressed with the Season Finale either. I understand we have a lot of things to look forward too next season and that this episode was filled with cliff-hangers.

After most episodes I was left really excited and overwhelmed by what was going on. The season ender just didn't do it for me. I actually got a little bored.
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I really really wanted more with the white walkers. I realize that the show reflects the book, so I guess these creatures will develop more next season/book.
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I loved the finale. I hated that they killed of Ned, but as said it's part of the story. I actually love King Joffrey and think he's perfectly cast. So great how they can have someone that elicits so much hatred. :-) Really gonna suck waiting for the rest of the series.
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just watched the last episode and thought they did a good job getting most of the main plot devices into the tv version

overall I thought they did a great job adapting to the screen and enjoyed watching
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You say that like there's something wrong with that, Al. :-)
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I just finally watched the 10 episodes of the first season. I just must not get it. Am I supposed to care about any of the families? I was really kind of hoping the horse people would come across the sea and wipe them all out.
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If that were to happen, there would be no point in even having a book or show. The books are about the struggle for power, without the families/houses/kingdoms there would be no story-line.

Are you looking for a show that is solely about the Dothraki?
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No. I am just saying in a struggle for power situation, shouldn't there be a house that you want to win? If there isn't, what is the point?
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Maybe I'm tainted because I read the books, but it seemed overly apparent to me that the protagonist house of the series that you're supposed to cheer for is the Starks. They're the good guys in the book, and I felt they were portrayed well in the series, with the Lannisters (minus Tyrion) being the "Evil" house. Having talked to my friends (who haven't read the books) about this series, they were rooting for the Starks and were very surprised and pissed at Ned's storyline, so I'm not sure why you didn't feel like there was a house you should cheer for :-)
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Having just started reading the books and watching the whole season, I definitely found myself rooting for the Starks. I was definitely pissed about Ned. I couldn't believe that happened.
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I understand that they want you "cheer" for the Starks. It is hard though when they are naive and gullible. They also are not fit to lead, get pushed around and make foolish decisions. Granted I haven't read the books and I am only going off the show. But I would think they would have tried to make them more likeable if they wanted you to get emotionally attached to them.
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I think as a reader of the series, Martin doesn't really pick a family for you to side with. Sure the Starks seem like the good guys, but this whole series isn't about good guys or bad guys. Its about a kingdom in peril and the chaos that a vacuum of power creates.
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The thing that Martin did well with the books (in my opinion), was made you care about whatever main character you were reading about.

The Starks, while not cunning and loyal/honorable to a fault, have many main characters that you begin to care about and root for.

The Lannisters are cunning, manipulative individuals, but I found myself rooting for Tyrion, even when he was pitted against Catelyn. Believe it or not, as much of a ***** Jamie is (pompous, a real dick for pushing Bran out the window, and a creep for sleeping with his sister), in the later books you really start to care about him and root for him as well.

Daenerys wants to bring war to the Kingdom. I'm still rooting for her, even though she's out looking for revenge for the Targaryens even though the Targaryen that was overthrown was a terrible and insane king.

So yes, while many characters can't be labeled "good" or "evil" the fact remains that I hate Cersei, hated her from book 1 to book 4, loathe Joffery, and dislike Tywin...all being Lannisters just kind of puts me at odds with the Lannisters as a whole and I find myself rooting for anybody BUT them.
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I don't really care for the Frey's either Brutus, they are kind of a backwater storyline that just really didn't pique my interest at all.

I agree that there are many characters in the different families that you want to root for and others you don't. Cersei, like you I hate. Same as Joffery and Catelyn's insane sister and her equally insane boy from House Tully. And yes I find a soft spot in my reading heart for Daenerys as she was essentially sold into the position she was in by her conniving brother. It was a war that had nothing to do to her just her insane king relative.

This isn't really a story about X House, it's the story about his country in this period of time and what happened to each house.
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