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Viking Bastard
I don't think it's a super great show or anything, there just isn't shit to watch.
They've done an absolutely fantastic job with Game of Thrones. My only complaint is well...I think they did a great job with casting but when I read the next book I'll be picturing these actors instead of how I pictured the characters in my head. Mostly a good thing but not always. Cersei, I always pictured as Attilla from Rome, for example. Come to think of it, I pictured Stannis as Vorenus. The rest of the cast looks just about exactly how I'd imagine them. Well, not Jon Snow. But he won me over.
(I pictured Jon as Akihiko from Persona 3 and the girls as the ones from Persona 4, fuck knows why)
That guy who plays Jaime is just fucking perfect for the role, though. Sean Bean is perfect for Eddard, and whoever that is playing Robert is perfect. Tyrion, also perfect. But the Dothraki? What the hell? They were supposed to be copper skinned, not white guys with dirt on them to make them appear brown. They couldn't get any Western actors? And what's with the Celtic like warpaint? I thought these were basically native Americans?
But when it comes to poor budget, awkward acting, and a show that takes itself too seriously, I've got to give it to the new Showtime (or is it Stars?) series "Camelot". It's watchable, but barely. And they had the actor who played Mark Antony, who was of course the best part of the show, and he got killed off in about two episodes. The budget seems low because I keep seeing the same damn setting every episode. And honestly, what a little pushover they got to play King Arthur. Anyone could knock that guys lights out and if he wore make up he'd probably make a convincing cross dresser. Merlin is really the only likable member of the cast.
They've done an absolutely fantastic job with Game of Thrones. My only complaint is well...I think they did a great job with casting but when I read the next book I'll be picturing these actors instead of how I pictured the characters in my head. Mostly a good thing but not always. Cersei, I always pictured as Attilla from Rome, for example. Come to think of it, I pictured Stannis as Vorenus. The rest of the cast looks just about exactly how I'd imagine them. Well, not Jon Snow. But he won me over.
(I pictured Jon as Akihiko from Persona 3 and the girls as the ones from Persona 4, fuck knows why)
That guy who plays Jaime is just fucking perfect for the role, though. Sean Bean is perfect for Eddard, and whoever that is playing Robert is perfect. Tyrion, also perfect. But the Dothraki? What the hell? They were supposed to be copper skinned, not white guys with dirt on them to make them appear brown. They couldn't get any Western actors? And what's with the Celtic like warpaint? I thought these were basically native Americans?
But when it comes to poor budget, awkward acting, and a show that takes itself too seriously, I've got to give it to the new Showtime (or is it Stars?) series "Camelot". It's watchable, but barely. And they had the actor who played Mark Antony, who was of course the best part of the show, and he got killed off in about two episodes. The budget seems low because I keep seeing the same damn setting every episode. And honestly, what a little pushover they got to play King Arthur. Anyone could knock that guys lights out and if he wore make up he'd probably make a convincing cross dresser. Merlin is really the only likable member of the cast.
