Favourite TV Shows

[Merddin Emrys]

It's gripping stuff, but I have some real problems with the scripting, which at times has bizarre and unnecessary events chucked in which have no relevance to the plot.

Real life does that quite often! 

[DaveR]

Just finished the second series of True Detective. It didn't get a great critical reception but I thought it was fantastic anyway, well worth watching.

We've now just started on Game of Thrones and are halfway through Season 1. It's gripping stuff!

[Fester]

Game of Thrones is rubbish,  but still available on catch up TV is 'The People vs OJ Simpson'

Absolutely captivating, and you we all know the outcome (or we think we do), but the lengths the legal people and politicians went to during the saga beggars belief.

One of the best drama documentaries I've ever seen, and superbly scripted and acted.

[SDQ]

Game of Thrones is rubbish

You know nothing Fester!

[Fester]

Game of Thrones is rubbish

You know nothing Fester!

As is borne out by my less-than impressive win-loss percentage against you at Scrabble!!

[hollins]

We've now just started on Game of Thrones and are halfway through Season 1. It's gripping stuff!

We have never watched Game of Thrones but when we were in Ireland we kept being asked if we were fans of the series because much of it is filmed in the areas we were visiting.
They do Games of Thrones tours.

http://blog.visitbelfast.com/game-of-thrones

[DaveR]

Just finished Season 2 of Game of Thrones and it's just getting better and better. 

[Fester]

Just finished Season 2 of Game of Thrones and it's just getting better and better. 

Look, we've been through this already, I've already told you, it's rubbish!

[born2run]

Just finished Season 2 of Game of Thrones and it's just getting better and better. 

Look, we've been through this already, I've already told you, it's rubbish!

For once I agree with Fester 

[SDQ]

Just finished Season 2 of Game of Thrones and it's just getting better and better. 

Look, we've been through this already, I've already told you, it's rubbish!

I'm sorry, but you're just WRONG!
How much of it have you actually watched before making this decision?
I genuinely think it is the best television series ever produced and the scale of it is just EPIC.
I'm half way through Season 6 at the moment and can promise DaveR he hasn't seen anything yet, scenes like the Red Wedding leave you absolutely speechless and are so pivotal you wonder where the story can go next but it always finds a way and just gets better and better!
As I said previously, "You know nothing Fester!"  (DaveR will get this reference in Season 3!)

[Fester]

I watched quite a bit of it actually, because I liked the spectacle of it, the CGI effects and most certainly the excellent theme tune.
But then I got turned off by some of childish notions of these inter-connecting lands, the gratuitous violence seemingly just for the shock value, and the extent of the fantasy, (pet dragons etc)
It was like an X rated Harry Potter almost.
Then, 2 weeks ago I started watching again, the latest series.  I even Sky-plussed the series.
Again I was mesmerised by the effects,  but then my same old objections came to the fore again, so I cancelled it off.

[Ian]

It certainly divides opinions. One thing I disliked was the tendency for the writers to make a character very appealing and then bump 'em off. But it whiles away 40 minutes or so when I'm bored. Our eldest is a huge fan of the show, however, while the younger can take it or leave it. FWIW I think Grimm is the best show - although even that's starting to show cracks, so convoluted has the story now become.

[DaveR]

I was a bit sceptical about it before I started watching, as 'swords & sorcery' has never been my cup of tea. But I have to say that it is gripping stuff and I am really enjoying it. 

[DaveR]

I'm sorry, but you're just WRONG!
How much of it have you actually watched before making this decision?
I genuinely think it is the best television series ever produced and the scale of it is just EPIC.
I'm half way through Season 6 at the moment and can promise DaveR he hasn't seen anything yet, scenes like the Red Wedding leave you absolutely speechless and are so pivotal you wonder where the story can go next but it always finds a way and just gets better and better!
As I said previously, "You know nothing Fester!"  (DaveR will get this reference in Season 3!)

Saw the Red Wedding last night, certainly didn't see THAT coming!! Excellent stuff!

[SDQ]

I'm sorry, but you're just WRONG!
How much of it have you actually watched before making this decision?
I genuinely think it is the best television series ever produced and the scale of it is just EPIC.
I'm half way through Season 6 at the moment and can promise DaveR he hasn't seen anything yet, scenes like the Red Wedding leave you absolutely speechless and are so pivotal you wonder where the story can go next but it always finds a way and just gets better and better!
As I said previously, "You know nothing Fester!"  (DaveR will get this reference in Season 3!)

Saw the Red Wedding last night, certainly didn't see THAT coming!! Excellent stuff!

There are some good YouTube clips of viewer's reactions to the Red Wedding, quite funny.
After it became obvious there were going to be many twists and turns people started filming themselves for viewer reaction videos and some are quite good. Last week's episode The Door was another biggie so make sure if you watch any that you've actually seen the episode first as they're full of spoilers!