With Easter break one painting class away I have an abundance of free time I haven't seen since before the school year began. Something about spring makes the professors less concerned about piling on the work before a break the way fall semester professors do. In my newfound free time I've taken to watching season one of Game of Thrones. I spent all summer listening to Neil talk about how great the HBO series is and then kept hearing all about the series again from my more nerdy inclined friends at school. I listened to them all go on and on about how great the show is and that the books are worth reading as well. I took their words in and then pushed them aside in my mind for later. It wasn't until I was watching a Simpsons episode and their opening sequence was modeled after the Game of Thrones opening and I was so intrigued by the mechanical map and captivating theme music that I moved watching Game of Thrones higher up on my to-do list.
I saw my first episode at my Hebrew friend's house. It was either after coming home from the bar or eating a filling breakfast, but either way my head was clouded and I wasn't really interested in watching a television show when I could have been taking a nice coma. As soon as the opening credits began to roll I was hooked. There is something extra appealing to a fantasy series that has elements of Lord of the Rings mixed with Arthurian legends as well as Sean Bean. We watched the season one finale and even though I had no idea who any of the characters were or what the role in the series was I was determined to follow the plot and when season two premiered this past Sunday I wanted to watch it as well. However, about two seconds into the episode I decided that it would be better to start from the very beginning and looked up the first episode and started from there. Right now I am a little more than half way through the first season and am completely compelled to do nothing other than sit at home and watch the rest of the episodes. If I didn't have other pressing obligations I probably would.
I saw my first episode at my Hebrew friend's house. It was either after coming home from the bar or eating a filling breakfast, but either way my head was clouded and I wasn't really interested in watching a television show when I could have been taking a nice coma. As soon as the opening credits began to roll I was hooked. There is something extra appealing to a fantasy series that has elements of Lord of the Rings mixed with Arthurian legends as well as Sean Bean. We watched the season one finale and even though I had no idea who any of the characters were or what the role in the series was I was determined to follow the plot and when season two premiered this past Sunday I wanted to watch it as well. However, about two seconds into the episode I decided that it would be better to start from the very beginning and looked up the first episode and started from there. Right now I am a little more than half way through the first season and am completely compelled to do nothing other than sit at home and watch the rest of the episodes. If I didn't have other pressing obligations I probably would.
Great post, love Game of Thrones. Now, watch this trailer and tell me that the female lead doesn't remind you of yourself: http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/fox_searchlight/lolaversus/. I am curious about your thoughts.
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