I kind of feel like the minute I post this, I'm going to get swarmed by nerds, screaming about how I "just don't understand the vision of Game of Thrones," and you know what? You're right. I don't. I want to like that show. I watch it every week, sometimes twice even. For the life of me, though, I just don't "get" it. Am I alone here? This makes me a little mad, because I don't like feeling this way, and I don't want to have to do homework to watch a tv show.
In case you think I'm going to talk about the show and ruin it for you, don't even worry about that. I feel like even if I said what was going on, I don't understand the mythology of it well enough to really spoil it for you, so it wouldn't be a true spoiler. Like I said, I really want to like that show, but let's be honest here– if you didn't read the book series, do you really remember all the stuff that happened last year, and can you keep track of all the characters and their respective back-stories? I think not. This is why the intro with all of those Goddamned maps takes up the first 8 minutes of the show. Winterfell….the dark guard…..Qarth…the Dorthraki Sea…..oh my GOD I feel like I'm back in grad school, and even though I totally did the reading, I still have no idea what everyone is talking about, and speaking intelligently is part of my grade, and I'm going to flunk out unless I say something, so….here are some observations about Game of Thrones, which are mostly aesthetic, since I honestly feel like I need flashcards to even get through a whole episode.
So–Gwen from Downton Abbey who went off to be a "secretry" is still being held captive, and it's still snowing, and Good Lord, everyone on this show looks so dirty. Like, how are we even still a human race, when it had to have been so super stinky to even be around someone then. Kissing? Double gross. Even more gross because there is at least one super-naked naked person in every episode, and I can only just imagine how badly they must smell. <gag>
Another thing I think every time I watch this show– what was the casting process like for young King Joffrey? "Bring me a kid with eyes so close together, his parents could only be brother and sister." Same for Little Finger. "Super creepy guy needed, must be willing to never work again…"
I'm going to keep watching it to see if I have a "Tipping Point" moment when I totally get it (I did have this with the Walking Dead), but I feel I must point out one other thing about this show, which is one of the other reasons I find it SO CONFUSING: It. Is. So. Dark. I took the screenshot (above) at a random place in the premiere, but honestly, I feel like that's what it looks all the time. I seriously cannot tell what it is about half the time because it is so dark and everyone who is not a naked (and dirty) woman has a beard. Peter Dinklage is awesome, don't get me wrong, but is it possible that he is the breakout star of this show simply because you can tell him from the others? I'm just saying.
Does everyone else totally love this show, and do I just need to concentrate more and stop writing code while I'm watching? This is how I consume all of my television shows, so that one might be tough for me.
