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>... if you liked House of Cards, check out Game of Thrones. Is there anyone on hn who hasn't checked out Game of thrones?

by tnuc 13y ago

sneak 13y ago
I don't like the genre (fantasy), and I don't like soaps. "OMG, $x is fucking $y!" isn't my idea of entertainment unless $x and $y are people I know personally.
- cwp 13y ago
  Ok... But have you checked it out?
  - david927 13y ago
    I watched the first episode and honestly didn't find it interesting.
    - ericclemmons 13y ago
      I'm with you. The language didn't seem fitting, and if I remember correctly, it was a bit incestuous.
      - lostlogin 13y ago
        A bit. Repetitively. The teenage-boy-director style of boob/arse shots a a touch over the top at times too.
    - mtgx 13y ago
      I didn't like the first episode much either. But it gets much better.
  - fakeer 13y ago
    >>"OMG, $x is fucking $y!" IMHO, looks like didn't.
- __david__ 13y ago
  Well, I wouldn't call it either a fantasy or a soap. It's more about politics than almost anything else. The fantasy parts are much more restrained than I expected when I first started watching (seriously, pretty much nothing fantastical happens from after the first scene of the first episode until the last episode of the first season).
mpyne 13y ago
/me raises hand. I also haven't read the books.
jfoutz 13y ago
Me. I don't have HBO, and I'm not willing to pirate it.
- recursive 13y ago
  I don't have HBO, but I found a legit version on xbox.
- fakeer 13y ago
  I pay for Netflix from India and for that I've to pay for a broadband service which is INR 2.5K (~$50) which is very costly for India, especially for a single person usage + VPN cost. Somehow I am not able to make HBOGo work on my Mac with all the tweaking and hence I pirate it(Sad :'( ) I wish they had an app that would just make it work magically - something like PnP!
- chrischen 13y ago
  It's for sale on iTunes, and I believe on physical media as well.
anigbrowl 13y ago
I read one of the books, but I hate the idea of getting sucked into the plot and then waiting years for the final installments. I manged to postpone reading all the Harry Potter books until last year so I think can hold out on GoT too. I don't have HBO so I'll just pick it up on DVD sometime...after I've gotten around to watching The Wire.
- koralatov 13y ago
  The rate at which he's writing the books, expect to be finally cracking the binding on them in 2025 or so...

>... if you liked House of Cards, check out Game of Thrones. Is there anyone on hn who hasn't checked out Game of thrones?

by tnuc 13y ago

>... if you liked House of Cards, check out Game of Thrones. Is there anyone on hn who hasn't checked out Game of thrones?

sneak 13y ago

I don't like the genre (fantasy), and I don't like soaps. "OMG, $x is fucking $y!" isn't my idea of entertainment unless $x and $y are people I know personally.

cwp 13y ago
Ok... But have you checked it out?
- david927 13y ago
  I watched the first episode and honestly didn't find it interesting.
  - ericclemmons 13y ago
    I'm with you. The language didn't seem fitting, and if I remember correctly, it was a bit incestuous.
    - lostlogin 13y ago
      A bit. Repetitively. The teenage-boy-director style of boob/arse shots a a touch over the top at times too.
  - mtgx 13y ago
    I didn't like the first episode much either. But it gets much better.
- fakeer 13y ago
  >>"OMG, $x is fucking $y!" IMHO, looks like didn't.
__david__ 13y ago
Well, I wouldn't call it either a fantasy or a soap. It's more about politics than almost anything else. The fantasy parts are much more restrained than I expected when I first started watching (seriously, pretty much nothing fantastical happens from after the first scene of the first episode until the last episode of the first season).

mpyne 13y ago

/me raises hand. I also haven't read the books.

jfoutz 13y ago

Me. I don't have HBO, and I'm not willing to pirate it.

recursive 13y ago
I don't have HBO, but I found a legit version on xbox.
fakeer 13y ago
I pay for Netflix from India and for that I've to pay for a broadband service which is INR 2.5K (~$50) which is very costly for India, especially for a single person usage + VPN cost. Somehow I am not able to make HBOGo work on my Mac with all the tweaking and hence I pirate it(Sad :'( ) I wish they had an app that would just make it work magically - something like PnP!
chrischen 13y ago
It's for sale on iTunes, and I believe on physical media as well.

anigbrowl 13y ago

I read one of the books, but I hate the idea of getting sucked into the plot and then waiting years for the final installments. I manged to postpone reading all the Harry Potter books until last year so I think can hold out on GoT too. I don't have HBO so I'll just pick it up on DVD sometime...after I've gotten around to watching The Wire.

koralatov 13y ago
The rate at which he's writing the books, expect to be finally cracking the binding on them in 2025 or so...