Indeed. I am actually thinking of watching the shorter things first (comedies, HBO and British Series etc) before diving into anything long. Also I am going to start getting confused with my sci-fi show replacement words for fuck (frag, frak, frell...) Of course Spaced depends on finding time to hang out with sophia_helix and actoplasm since it's region 2 only.
As far as Lannisters, for me it's actually a tie between Tywin and Jaime, but I figure Jaime is going to get his share of votes without me, so I'm going with the patriarch :)
I think what we see of the Old Gods religion in present-day Westeros seems less crazy that the others, but I suspect that in their heyday that religion contained plenty of crazy, too. (I'm actually a bit surprised that there doesn't seem to be a 'radical' Old Gods person the way there is for R'hllor and the High Sparrow. Or perhaps there is one, and Bran will meet him/her/them at some point.
I have no TV things to recommend... the only thing I watch these days is House MD, and I figure if you had any interest in watching that you would have been doing so already, since Bones is the lead-in, so, no suggestions...
I was trying to decide between Jaime and Tyrion and had similar logic. I find Tywin fascinating but not exactly a favorite.
Indeed. What we've seen of the Old Gods religion seems mostly just to be general spirituality with a sort of nature loving bent. Which is a lot less crazy that the other things we've seen but yes I am sure there were/are crazies there too.
Yeah, with House I find my dislike for the title character is sort of turn off for the show to me.
But I also stopped watching Rome S2 after like four episodes because I hated every single person. So HBO dramas really fell flat for me this year (though I did watch BL all the way through).
Well, I was never in love with Rome. And obviously the only reason I fell out with love with Veronica Mars and Grey's Anatomy and BSG is because of ME and not because they dropped in quality. I'm such an iconoclast!
Dexter is 100% awesome and my favourite show of all time. Season 1 is an A+ and season 2 is an A.
Oh, man, Lannisters! Awesome. I said Cersei because I am contrary and like watching people fall apart, but oh! Um, more needs to be said.
1) Cersei. Because no one else will, and because the portrait of her losing it in AFFC is AWESOME. Love the crazy. 2) Jaime! Oh, the torment and the agony. 3) Kevan. Because he's the one who gets things done without the glory or honor or golden shits. There always seemed something fundamentally decent and capable about him. 4) Tyrion. Not to say he is not awesome. But everyone knows he is. Though I fear he'll be somewhat depressingly resigned for awhile. 5) Tywin. I actually like him a lot, not as a person, but because I think he is an exceptionally well-written character. And in some ways, he reminds me of the strength I'd like to have. I love the way the world falls apart without him. There's one shattering when Robert goes, and without Tywin, what's left of calm and peace is gone. Effective and scary. 812) Lancel. He's, like, more pathetic than the Lannister cousin who ends up a bowl of stew.
And honestly, I always thought the Old Gods were pretty un-nuts as religions went. There wasn't the expectation that they'd necessarily grant prayers. There wasn't the glitz and corruption of the Seven or the brutality of the Dorthraki (though there is something poetic about their religion and the image of the rider across the stars). There certainly aren't the rotten promises of the Lord of Light. There's not much at all, which makes it kind of sane.
Kevan is my third-favorite Lannister. He seems like a really nice guy, and to really love his family, while still seeing them for the people they really are, one gets the feeling, and to, yeah, basically be sane, without the scary varied issues the rest of them have... I wonder how he managed it? (I actually like Genna too, and she seems like a fairly decent person also. I wonder if having Tywin for a brother freed up the other Lannister siblings to be generally good people, since there was clearly no point in trying to compete with Tywin in the "ruthless bastard" event...)
Well I am likely to watch both in the next few months. I've already seem half of Black Books, which is rather short and I'm definitely interested in finding out what Torchwood is all about. Plus neither is a huge time commitment *hearts british shows*
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Also, my latest rec is Slings and Arrows.
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Also, you know how much I adore Addison and was looking forward to PrP, but IMHO, it is complete shit.
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Also . . . Entourage?
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I really liked season 1 of Big Love too, since I don't get HBO I tend to wait for dvds though.
I actually have seasons 1 & 2 of Entourage sitting in my living room (they are the boyfriends).
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I think what we see of the Old Gods religion in present-day Westeros seems less crazy that the others, but I suspect that in their heyday that religion contained plenty of crazy, too. (I'm actually a bit surprised that there doesn't seem to be a 'radical' Old Gods person the way there is for R'hllor and the High Sparrow. Or perhaps there is one, and Bran will meet him/her/them at some point.
I have no TV things to recommend... the only thing I watch these days is House MD, and I figure if you had any interest in watching that you would have been doing so already, since Bones is the lead-in, so, no suggestions...
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Indeed. What we've seen of the Old Gods religion seems mostly just to be general spirituality with a sort of nature loving bent. Which is a lot less crazy that the other things we've seen but yes I am sure there were/are crazies there too.
Yeah, with House I find my dislike for the title character is sort of turn off for the show to me.
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Also we need to make New Year's plans.
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I have also heard Dexter is awesome. Sort of fear though. Also the rumblings from this season seem less positive?
In conclusion, I will consider both.
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(Of course guy, you do have a history of falling out of love with like every show ever)
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Dexter is 100% awesome and my favourite show of all time. Season 1 is an A+ and season 2 is an A.
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Oh, man, Lannisters! Awesome. I said Cersei because I am contrary and like watching people fall apart, but oh! Um, more needs to be said.
1) Cersei. Because no one else will, and because the portrait of her losing it in AFFC is AWESOME. Love the crazy.
2) Jaime! Oh, the torment and the agony.
3) Kevan. Because he's the one who gets things done without the glory or honor or golden shits. There always seemed something fundamentally decent and capable about him.
4) Tyrion. Not to say he is not awesome. But everyone knows he is. Though I fear he'll be somewhat depressingly resigned for awhile.
5) Tywin. I actually like him a lot, not as a person, but because I think he is an exceptionally well-written character. And in some ways, he reminds me of the strength I'd like to have. I love the way the world falls apart without him. There's one shattering when Robert goes, and without Tywin, what's left of calm and peace is gone. Effective and scary.
812) Lancel. He's, like, more pathetic than the Lannister cousin who ends up a bowl of stew.
And honestly, I always thought the Old Gods were pretty un-nuts as religions went. There wasn't the expectation that they'd necessarily grant prayers. There wasn't the glitz and corruption of the Seven or the brutality of the Dorthraki (though there is something poetic about their religion and the image of the rider across the stars). There certainly aren't the rotten promises of the Lord of Light. There's not much at all, which makes it kind of sane.
If really really cold.
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Also agreed on the Old Gods. It basically just seems like general spirituality.
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