Game of Thrones begins....

[The Larch]

Early ratings.

A bit disappointing in the US, far above expectations in Britain.
http://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2011/04/initial-game-of-thrones-ratings-info.html

4.2 million people doesn't seem like a bad number.

[jimmy olsen]

That update wasn't there when I posted.

[Gups]

HBO have renewed for a second season according to Georgie Porgie.

[The Larch]

HBO have renewed for a second season according to Georgie Porgie.

Funny name. 

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/04/19/game-of-thrones-renewed/

They did the same with Boardwalk Empire, one episode and renewed. According to critics who have been allowed to watch several episodes this one is the dullest of them all, so it seems that things can only get better.

http://tvrecaps.ew.com/recap/game-of-thrones-season-1-episode-1/

First, the semi-bad news: Sunday's heavily re-shot super-sized 65-minute pilot -- despite its big revelation and shocking ending -- is one of the more sluggish-feeling of the first six episodes of Thrones I've seen. So if you watched Thrones and didn't see what all the fuss was about, you must stick with the series through next week. And if you loved Sunday's debut, you're going to lose your head in the weeks to come.

It's a funny review, plenty of nuggets to chuckle with in the link. 

[Ed Anger]

I wa hoping for a ratings flop, a cancellation and nerd rage. 

[Martinus]

HBO have renewed for a second season according to Georgie Porgie.

Already confirmed by HBO/GoT on Facebook.

[Slargos]

Speaking of which, anyone disagrees that Lannisters get the best lines in the show?

Tyrion and Jaime have the best one-liners.

If you are the kind of person who sees virtue in spite and malignance.

I think that sometimes we forget that there's a world outside the cauldron of hate, vitriol and malignance that is the Internet in general but Languish in particular, and begin to admire the perverse and degenerative.

"The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword" qualifies as the best one liner in my book. 

I loved Ned's delivery of "I don't fight in tournaments because when I fight a man for real, I don't want him to know what I can do."

Yeah, that was a good one as well. The air was pretty thick with subtext there. 

[Valmy]

HBO have renewed for a second season according to Georgie Porgie.

Good.  I was hoping to at least see the Battle of the Blackwater.

[Valmy]

I wa hoping for a ratings flop, a cancellation and nerd rage. 

[Ed Anger]

I wa hoping for a ratings flop, a cancellation and nerd rage. 

My universe exploded.

[Kleves]

If you are looking for wisdom and not just being witty, then still Tyrion wins with: "Never forget who you are, for surely the world won't. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you."

You didn't even include the best part: "In their father's eyes, every dwarf is a bastard."

[grumbler]

4.2 million people doesn't seem like a bad number.

I am kinda wondering if people haven't been trained to expect more from TV these days, and it takes this kind of expenditure to get this kind of audience (outside of reality TV).  Gritty seems to be the only kind of drama that sells any more.  I enjoy gritty, so i like this shift, but I am kinda surprised it has become so mainstream.

[Martinus]

Next on the Game of Thrones:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_30wzerP0M&feature=feedu

Underage lesbian group sex, child slaughter, midget abuse and more!

[Eddie Teach]

I am kinda wondering if people haven't been trained to expect more from TV these days, and it takes this kind of expenditure to get this kind of audience (outside of reality TV).

I dunno, network productions don't seem to have better values, but they get canceled if they can't get double that audience. Course HBO's getting paid twice. Make that three times(ads, subscribers and dvd sales).

[Grey Fox]

Who are all these people? Man, to some one who didn't read the books the first show is thick.