AIBU?
..to think Game of Thrones is Coronation Street with tits and pelts?
Jewcy · 28/04/2013 11:30
I am only on episode six of series 1 but I have to say I am finding it interminably dull. Am I missing something here? The acting is shit; there's the ubiquitous (and puffy-faced) Sean Bean spouting forth in his Sheffield timbre; the fat bloke from The Syndicate sweating and bellowing all over the place; and I'm sure I've spotted Eric pollard in there somewhere, too. There are lots of whores, bathing and doggy-style sex (not to mention some rather unnecessary schlurping during the fellatio scenes) but very little else to capture the imagination.
What the actual fuck is going on? Where is it going? How come no-one's heard of the missionary position? What's beyond The Wall? Why is there a woman breastfeeding a twelve year-old? I'm so frigging bored of it all I'm only continuing to watch in the hope that Tyrone and Fiz turn up and get down to some bumming in Ye Olde Rovers Return.
Someone help me to see the light?
CajaDeLaMemoria · 28/04/2013 11:37
Hmm..
Series one was good! Series two is more violent, so if you prefer that, it might be worth hanging on?
You've only got four episodes left of series one, so it's only four hours, but it may not be worth it if you don't like it. It seems to be something people either love or hate. Never heard it get compared to corrie, though!
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Jewcy · 28/04/2013 11:45
I can't believe I've hung on this long, euphemia. I've read so much praise for it on mumsnet and there were little frissons of excitement in anticipation of series 3 so, naturally, I was thrilled when we got SKY last week. I'm gutted that it's turned out to be a pile of steaming horse shit 
Caja, my Corrie reference is down to all t'Northern accents. Seriously, if I close my eyes it's like being at my sewing machine at Underworld 
when they comment about how good it is, DD bought her boyfriend the leather bound book for his christmas he clapped like a demented seal when he opened it WrenNatsworthy · 28/04/2013 12:42
Coronation Street is a story about people.
Game of Thrones is also a story about people.
The way the people fuck one another over in Game of Thrones is a bit more bloody.
I much prefer Game of Thrones. :o
I don't get why it's being called pretentious though? Most odd.
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