The Glade 4.0

I'd like to know why those creepy white-eyed thingies let that guy get away alive. Looked to me like they are sort of like really smart zombies...but didn't seem to make sense that the would let him get away alive.

_________________
"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

Yeah, they didn't in the book (I read that far ), and I think someone else questioned that too. Dunno whyfor the change.

That's been the biggest headscratcher to me in the first episode. If that's the only/biggest elves at Helm's Deep moment (or Faramir, but I stand much more lonely on that front on the Netz), I think I'm okay with that.

_________________
"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

The guy wasn't technically a deserter until, after arriving back at the Wall, he then left and went south. This is probably the likely explanation, since there aren't that many places to get through the wall and he probably didn't have much patience at that point anyway...

Actually, yeah. This does make the most sense.

_________________
"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

Plot development. If he was killed, then we couldn't have the Ned moment with Bran, and they wouldn't be out to find the Direwolves.

_________________

Holy shitsnacks!

Pretty sure I liked that episode even less than the first one. One more before I give up completely.

_________________
Los Angeles Kings 2014 Stanley Cup Champions

"I love this **** team right here."
-Jonathan Quick

Really?? Man, I'm HOOKED! I love it!

_________________
"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

It must be an ovaries thing. Because my mom loves it, but my father and I are pretty meh about it.

_________________
Los Angeles Kings 2014 Stanley Cup Champions

"I love this **** team right here."
-Jonathan Quick

Ok so two sets of ovaries say it rawks and two sets of testes say meh.
We need a tie breaker.

_________________
"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

My British friend was raving about it Thursday night. Said he thought it was pretty good.

_________________
I prefer to think of them as "Fighting evil in another dimension"

Do brits have testes? If so, this could be the tie-breaker I was looking for.

_________________
"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

...

I thought it was awesome.

Eh, was an smorgasbord of DOCTOR WHO tonight (halfway through series 3!). Will catch up on GoT tomorrow or so. Amidst more WHO.

Hee hee. Yes, that was me teasing you.

_________________
"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

I would say give it until episode 5 or 6. The first time I read the book it wasn't until a little over halfway through that I really started getting into it.

I really like this show. Both episodes were very good.

I'm with Ulfynn, here. If the show isn't striking your fancy yet, give it an episode or two in King's Landing before you drop it. So probably 2, maybe 3 more and we should see the core conflicts really unfold and begin to blossom. Right now, we're still in setup when it comes to the intrigue and open conflict.

_________________
"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

FWIW, I watched the first episode of "The Wire" and couldn't get into it at all. It took 3 or 4 episodes to fully get the impact of the characters and the plot details.
Sometimes it's just like that...had I gone with my instincts and not watched The Wire again, I'd have missed out on a really good show but I took the advice of NF and kept watching it and he was right.

_________________
"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

That's all I saw in that post.

_________________
"It is true that democracy undermines freedom when voters believe they can live off of others' productivity, when they modify the commandment: 'Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.' The politics of plunder is no doubt destructive of both morality and the division of labor."

Save it, print it, frame it...you may never hear it again.

_________________
"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

Episode 6 is generally where you want to continue/drop a TV series. It's not at all uncommon to have a series that's still trying to find its footing up to that point.

I'll give you all the benefit of the doubt, then and keep going until episode 6.

_________________
Los Angeles Kings 2014 Stanley Cup Champions

"I love this **** team right here."
-Jonathan Quick

Hooray!!

_________________
"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth