This thread needs a wet blanket and I'm all too happy to waterboard the lot of you.
1. Matt Smith is perfect. I want to see him kill, rape, scheme, and betray his way through Westworld or Westeros or whatever. That dude is lights out in the role.
2. So predictable. Painfully predictable. Oh, the king needs an heir? Yeah, that kid and the queen are donzies. Sure enough...x'ed out.
3. Could they ride Daenerys' dick any harder? Yeah, I like tying the new series into the old mess, but it feels forced. Speaking of...
4. Maybe the books mentioned it, but I thought the Targaryens were all about male rulers and that's what made Dany so special. Sure, Lil Miss Overbite isn't the queen yet, but dad's sore from the iron throne? Dead man walking.
5. Speaking of, the books mentioned how the Targetaryans were inbred, so I thought it was pretty cool to find an actress who looks like she is a Hapsburg. There's no way that overbite/ chin combination is CGI.
6. Good job bringing in the various families during the tournament. That was a nice touch and when they didn't have a family there, we heard it mentioned. That's a better way to tie in with the old series than Great Value Daenerys.
7. You think Otto the Hand knows his shit is already dead?
8. How did the original series have such an amazing Small Council and this series has...a high school debate club? I hope that improves.
9. The tournament was pimp. Mixing it with the Oh Shit vs. Wade birth was some solid work and nicely done.
3 out of 5 poppy fields. It was a solid setup for the season, so I hope they don't go full GoT. Right now it is the Matt Smith show with albino Marge Simpson in a supporting role. I'm looking forward to next week, but I hope they stop referencing the other series. I really hope they give us those jaw dropping surprises the first series was famous for providing.