I find it to be very slow and boring. There aren’t enough good battle scenes and it is very predictable for me, who has yet to read any of it. I do not think Martin is anywhere near Tolkien. I think the homosexual (lesbian) sex in the series, which was surprisingly graphic enough, was to keep people watching. Charles Dance is really the only interesting character left. I have dropped HBO since last Spring.
I read that HBO bought the series only for the “red wedding” scene.
I’ve never watched an entire episode of the show; the only reason I watched what I did is ‘cause Carice van Houten (one of my modern favs) was nekkid.
I dumped HBO after “True Detective” finished; all of the “premium” channels are schlock.
Have any of you watched “Black Sails” on Starz ? I found it to be just as boring and hard to follow all the characters. I only watched it as long as I did for the Jessica Biel lookalike, Jessica Parker Kennedy, who is stunning.