Quote Originally Posted by jackvance View Post
Seriously, I may be a bit biased because I'm such a fantasy buff, but I find this the best series (including movies and any sort of other media) that I have seen.
I was saying that after the second season started. I remember having an argument with a book reader friend of mine, along with anotehr guy who'd only seen the show. The hypothetical was: if you had to permanently erase from your memory (and, implicitly, you could never watch / read the show/movie/book ever again) which would you choose, Game of Thrones, or the Lord of the Rings trilogy?

I told them I would choose to 'delete' LoTR; it wasn't even close. Game of Thrones wins big time. Just the simple fact that there really isn't any sort of "black and white"; every house, every character is some shade of grey, imperfect. Some worse than others, granted. In LoTR, you have a clear-cut good-vs-evil dynamic. You know who's going to win. There is never really any doubt. You can enjoy the fight scenes, sure. But there's no real intrigue.

The other two pricks said they would choose to get rid of Game of Thrones. Yes, that includes the book reader. I told them they should get over the fond memories they have of LoTR from their teens or childhood or whatever. It's really not that great of a story. If you're reading this and you don't agree with me, give it another watch.

At any rate; I got what I expected out of this last episode. With the plot advancing so quickly in Ep. 9, you had to think they were going to take one episode to "wrap up loose ends" and set up the next season.

One thing I dislike, and continue to dislike, is how the show runners like to skip important scenes where Tyrion breaks news to Sansa.