Television opinions

[winter]

In brief:

Game of Thrones - I didn't read the books, and I think that might be why I'm so repelled; I don't know who those people are, and instead of making me care (with the exception of small humanising moments for Clan Stark), HBO's going through the predictable checklist of "let's shock people!!!" that made me stop watching True Blood, combined with stock political fantasy material. Unless the second episode presents a dramatic departure, that'll be it for me.

The Borgias - This, on the other hand, I like lots. My kind of murderous priests, and the storytelling is aces ♥ Doesn't hurt that Jeremy Irons is having the time of his life, and Cesare-guy is adorable when he goes all threatening. (And the women - Giulia Farnese in particular, possibly the first time in American television I've seen the other woman done as a sympathetic character.)

Castle - Still watching, still enjoying :) This and Mentalist remain my mostly-mindless entertainment shows. (And White Collar, when it's on.)

Doctor Who - WHY ISN'T IT EASTER YET?

Comments

[sukeban.livejournal.com]

I'm 1/3 through A Clash of Kings and TBH the things that bother me the most aren't unsympathetic characters or the GRIMDARK setting but the little details, like dire wolves and aurochs coexisting in the same ecosystem (I mean, GRRM, if you're going to include American flora and fauna like wild turkeys or sweet corn in your Fantasy Medieval England setting, at least have the cojones to call the big wild cows buffaloes), or the daftest heraldry this side of A Knight's Tale — I've just read about some nobleman using a green sea turtle on a green field as a heraldic device. I am not making this up.

So, dunno. I'll probably finish the books, but I'm definitely not taking them more seriously than, say, the Belgariad or the Dragonlance. This is no LOTR.