I got way into Game of Thrones this summer. Even read the books, which are excellent, after I finished watching.
The pilot was, very introductory yes, nothing much happened in it. This review of the pilot sums it up
http://sfdebris.com/videos/tv/gots1e1.php
There are fantastic elements in the series, dragons, ice demons with an army of zombies, a guy brought back to life, face-changing assassins, people taking over the bodies of animals, ect. but it’s more like a medieval political period piece, the “magic” stuff is more complementary to the world which has a real world feel with realistic elements like government debt and banking. Very engrossing to me.
“The Danish Girl”
Disgusting, enough said. I looked up the real guy, his wife left him and he died after his unnecessary genital surgery. Will mainstream audiences ever embrace that kind of thing? I hope not.
I was never into the X-Files, only seen a few eps, but I watched that after the football (yes there was too much boring post-game gabbing, unforgivable in the dvr era for it to run over like that) and part 2 tonight. Interesting, some infuriating lib nonsense in it though, which oddly enough Agent Scully replied to with the excellent line “It’s fear-mongering clap-trap isolationist techno-paranoia so bogus and dangerous and stupid, it borders on treason.”
Honest trailer for Game of Thrones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVaD8rouJn0
I love honest trailers, the latest is for the David Bowie movie “Labyrinth” with jailbait Jennifer Connelly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjobWguWIRk
Here’s the one for Termintator “Gynenhowevertheyspellit”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXjz_G6FUrg
IIRC you told me it is indeed as putrid as they make it sound there