Honsetly I thought that series was shit. All they did was talk about how they'd done things in the past. They seriously fucked up when they made their decision to not have anything happen for 5 episodes. They should've shifted events around more to better suite the TV-format. Books and film/TV don't have the same dramaturgy and it's a big mistake to think they do.
I read the first book (and started the second book) and found it to be okayish. Biggest problem was the ridiculous characters. They were either super noble, super assholes, super witty, super "intregy" and so on. Only character that I liked (me and everyone else) was Tyrion the Imp. He's in the same league as Gollum in Lord of the Rings. He isn't black or white, but actually making decisions that ain't based on stereotypes. The rest of 'em were rather bland.
I got so sick and tired of the whole "fuck, eat, shit, kill" being the core of the books and series. But I guess that fits HBO like a hand in a glove. Since they're on cable they can show whatever they want. I love cable! The best shows are on cable! But it feels like HBO has OCD, if it can show boobs and vaginas they will squeeze every tit they can find in there. It gets a bit tiresome and repetitive.
The most interesting part of it was the White Walkers and they were hardly explored at all. Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoilers content.
Me and my brother used to buy a plate of kebab and eat while watching the show. A month or two after it ended we were in the same restaurant getting kebab again and we both realised that we hadn't seen Game of Thrones for a while. That was the extent of the impression that show made on us. That we ate kebab to it..
To end this rant.. I'd love to see a mini-series adaptation of Wheel of Time with Kate Beckinsale in the role of Moiraine. But at the same time I'd rather not see it cause it would be extremely hard to do those books justice. There are so so many layers that would be very difficult to convey on a screen. I love how most of the characters in it are all grey. Heck even the main good guy is bordeline insane and evil! The Aes Sedai (who're supposed to be good according to Tolkien traditions) are constantly working an angle to get ahead, no matter who they fuck over.
Now I'm going back to bed. Had accidentally left my lock on the laundry room door and my neighbour woke me up to get it removed. Some Pink Floyd in the speakers and I'll sleep like a baby :)