So for two hundred year’s there has been multiple generations of Stark’s banging on about Winter coming…
“A man knows Hopper is alive…”
This is a brilliant X-Files episode except it isn't the X-Files.
This was the best 50 minutes ever spent in the Star Wars universe. Flawless.in every respect.
I’m a big fan of Olivia Colman as an actress but she feels totally miscast as the Queen. Claire Foy was phenomenal but Colman is just wrong.
Me: “Wow that guy looks just like John Waters….”
A few seconds later…
Me: “Wait… that IS John Waters!”
I love the “I like this kid!” moment! I’m not sure if it is intentional or not but it reminds me of the scene in the Goonies when Chunk is held hostage by the Fratellis.
Not for the first time we see Roose Bolton getting knifed by a monster.
That battle scene was AWESOME. The effects were amazing - rivalled any movie. See how it was made here: http://www.slashfilm.com/hardhome-effects/
This was the first episode without the twin towers in the title sequence being the first Sopranos episode that aired after 9/11.
Seeing Uncle Fester must be the first time we have seen Wednesday smile.
Everything is way too clean. The village. The clothes. Nothing looks lived in. It ends up looking like Xena from the 90s. It needs to be more gritty. This episode also felt way too rushed. I heard that they originally had wanted to make 10 episodes for Season 1 rather than the 8 they have been allowed, and it shows in the pacing. An episode spent in the village and the al' thor farm, fleshing out the characters and doing some world building, culminating the trolloc attack would have better. Also, it may just be me, but it bothers me that they made the two rivers area mountainous. In my mind the two rivers area was flat and forested. Too early to say much about the cast, but Moraine and Lan seem good. Not sure about Rand is his fluffy sweater...
The first episode was a really solid start, but this one has stepped things up to another level. It was amazing - really exciting and tense, and the world and characters are continuing to be fleshed out. Having recently re-read Northern Lights for the first time in twenty-odd years, I was reminded that the first book is the weakest of the three and the plot is rather too linear to make for interesting television, told almost solely from Lyra's perspective. I like the way in the show they have created different threads, so we now have the Gyptian's and Roger's stories running in parallel. I also like the way the series seems to be deviating from the book slightly to explore the Magisterium which should make the first series more dynamic. So far this show is proving to be everything I hoped an adaption of HDM could be. I can't wait for episode 3.
I felt the premiere was a strong, confident start. I love that its world and character building is being done gradually but assuredly. Like the best shows I suspect it’ll need a couple of episodes to fully draw you in, but it’s in the quiet character moments that it’ll hook you.
"You know nothing Jon Snow!"
