UNCUT REACTION - Game of Thrones S1E1 - Winter is Coming
Josh is watching Game of Thrones Season 1 for the first time! Alex loves the series so Josh wanted him to join and explain what the hell is going on!
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Game of Thrones hits a sweet spot for me because it's debut was after I started playing Skyrim & was already a big fan of the Lord of the Rings at the time.
Wow so much in the first episode it has been a while since I saw it
YAY! My username is Game of Thrones related. ❤️ I read the books right before the show came out and I loved every single season of the show, including the ending. I have a lot of reasons why that I can't really talk about yet, but I hope I get to with you guys one day!
Well, I also liked the "Lost" finale, so maybe it's just me. At least that's what my therapist says.
Years ago I tried reading the first book and couldn't stick with it. Then I started the series and enjoyed it for about the first two seasons, but got a bit tired of bearded men yelling and torturing and killing, so I gave up. I then returned for the last two seasons and, unlike everyone else on the planet, LOVED the final season and the ending. So now I'm eager to watch along with Josh and see how it holds up. This time I feel more focused on the direction, art direction, costuming, and score, because they're all exceptional.
That’s awesome! First I’ve heard someone not hating the end hahaha I’m excited
Good on you for watching this. I'm sure you'll enjoy it for the most part. Not my cup of tea but that's only because for me, the books are so much better with the finer details. I watched all of the show, but just didn't jive for me.
OK. I have tried to watch this several times, I have not finished it, due to a lack of audio description. Recently I noticed that MAX had included A,.D. and I have wanted to watch it but it felt like it’s time had passed . Today however, I am looking forward to getting engaged with this I intentionally avoided learning about this show because I was interested in it. This time I think I am the target of the is audience.
So annoying - UK streaming of GOT is faster so I can't sync up properly
The show is so good early on. Makes it that much more depressing when it falls off a cliff in the later seasons. I think this is the only show i've seen where the last few seasons are so bad that they actually made the good ones less enjoyable to rewatch.
Have you watched Lost?
The gratuity of the sex in the first episode almost turned me off completely. I'm glad I stuck with it but fuck HBO, why you gotta be like this?
It was probably written that way to hook and lure an audience in, because sex and nudity sell, but that aspect of it declines as the show goes on. FYI.
I love both BSG and Game of Thrones. Now I have to watch two full reactions a week by you guys. Dammit. 😂
It's good until they ran out of Martin's material, then you get a lot more plain lazy and dumb network type writing
Yup. I just really, really, really, really, really, really, hope that GRR Martin doesn't alter what he intended to write in the books (that he'll probably never finish) because of the reaction to the end of the TV series. Despite the final season or two of GoT being, err, *disappointing* ... the show before that is still excellent, and one of the best-made television shows ever done. It's a tribute to its excellent source material (which is, of course, still far better!!).
Just finished watching it. It's been a long time since I last watched, and I'm glad you liked it so far. I didn't feel like locating my Blu-rays so I streamed it on Max, and there were no problems with the sync. This series might be even more difficult to keep from accidental spoilers than Trek is.
If you do YT edits I may watch those, but I'm not paying another $22 a month to get access to GoT.
There will be YouTube edits
I heard, I think on the DVD? 📀 that it wasn’t clear to the audience that Jamie was her brother so they had to shoot new scenes probably the one where he walks up and says “I’m your brother.” And the scene with Tyrion in the whore house.
Very cool! Been a fan of A Song Of Ice and Fire since I picked up the books A Game of Thrones (in soft cover) and A Clash of Kings (just out in hard cover) back in 1998. Read them both and thought this series was really something special but never, ever, could have imagined the phenomenon it became!
Amazing pilot episode. Respects its audience. Treats us as if we might possibly be intelligent 🤷🏼♂️
It's hard to hear you guys. In later GoT reactions, do you think you can increase your volume a bit? Thanks! I'm really enjoying this reaction so far. Nice to return to GoT.
Yes
Josh, I am so happy for you to start this. But at the same time, this show will bring ALL the feelings and can be traumatic af at least once a season.
I hope so!
1:05:45 But the CONSEQUENCES of the queen and her brother porking! ....??? (Edit: Think about those...)
1:01:55 LOL! The look on Josh's face.
This brings back some memories... My first introduction to Song of Fire and Ice was in a bookshop. This was way before the TV series, and a new part of the saga was just released. I've overheard two nerdy guys talking about it: "Is it any good?" "Dude, this is the best book series right now, the only problem is the author is lazy and it will never get finished." "I guess money from the previous one must have ran out, he he he". Despite being kind of a fantasy fan, I crossed it out from my reading list. Fast forward to 2011, the first episode aired and I was immediately hooked. I've decided to read it before watching, devoured the first book and was blown away by how insanely good it was. The TV series was heavily advertised, but a lot of people dismissed it because it was fantasy, so I started recommending it to everyone. Only couple of first episodes aired when I was at some party and ended up talking to a guy I've never met before. Me: "Have you seen GoT yet? It's really good." He laughed hard: "Man, I've interviewed George RR Martin." I didn't believe him at first, but he turned out to be working for a fantasy magazine and he actually did get to meet GRRM and do a short interview with him before he got really famous. Me: "Is it true that he's lazy?" Him: "Yeah, he's a fantastic guy, but he takes really long breaks between books. If the book series ever gets finished, this is going to be the best TV show in history." Me: "I've only read the first book, is the rest as good? I really don't know how you can top the plot twists." Him: "Oh, sweet summer child, you have no idea what's coming..."
^This!
Really glad to see reactions to this show! Josh, you're in for a treat (mostly)!
I'd say 85-90% of the show is incredible overall, so it's totally worth it. :)
I'm going to defend D&D for a moment. Yes, the quality of the show took a nosedive when it moved past the books but that's George RR Martin's fault. D&D's job was not to write original material, it was to adapt novels and while they had novels to adapt they did a pretty great job, people focus so much and the not so great ending of the show that they seem to forget that D&D were also responsible for the awesome first half of the show that everybody loved. GRRM continuously assured them and HBO that he would deliver the final books in time, he didn't. That's on him and no one else and I will keep calling him it out for that. The show ended in 2019 and he still hasn't released a new book. The last one was released on July 2011, a month after the first season of the show finished airing, that was 13 years ago! I'm not going to blame D&D for not writing a great ending when GRRM himself has been struggling doing exactly that for over a decade.
It took me way too long to realize you weren’t talking about Dungeons & Dragons
Oooooo interesting.... TBH I didn't make it past Season 2, due to life, and lack of HBO. And then by the time I could afford it again, I could see from the opinions on social media that wasn't quite the same. My only critique at that point I stopped was there were too many storylines and character arcs to track throughout the series. However, the battle scenes and dragons were just amazing, and some of the filmmaking choices were incredible.
Best written premiere ever, and Jamie is the MVP because that last moment makes you want to watch the next episode. Without that scene I don't know if the show would have shocked people. At one time I would have called this the best show of all time, but they ruined it at the end. I'm tempted to do the rewatch but not sure I want the eventual punishment that comes.
I did not expect a Ken R endorsement!
14:35 Awwwwwwww, pussycat!
0:36 Alex has a girlfriend now? 🤦
Bilnd Josh is a happy Josh. 😀
Can't wait to see Josh's face when it's over....
Only committed to season 1 for now; we’ll see how it goes
I'll try to get to it later today. I do have the complete Blu-ray set, plus I have Max. Just don't let all the people who like to rip the series for...certain things get to you too much. Some people can't stand for anyone else to have an opinion different than their own and don't want to let other people form their own opinions because THEIR opinions are the only correct ones. You've certainly had that experience with some Trek episodes. But if you think some Trek and Star Wars fans get rather toxic, that's nothing compared to how some GoT watchers get.
Kat, you know we enjoy bothering those people!
WHAT??! Alright ya basteds.. I'm in
I've been meaning to watch this since its release, with someone even buying me the DVD Boxsets, but haven't found the will/ gotten round to it. I know there's at least one Trek actor in it, credited in 1993 as Siddig Al Fadir which he later changed to Alexander Siddig.
Guys I'm really hyped for this reaction series BUT it's gonna be 100 times harder to watch along if you do not put any of the original footage in there. I can watch along star trek through netflix np but game of thrones is another matter. All the other reactioners I watch have the original footage in the reaction video or they find a way to include it somehow. Some put a mirror right next to them that reflects the TV screen to the camera which is ingenious because it bypasses youtube rules I think. But this isn't even youtube this is patreon uncut so I don' tknow if you'd ever get in trouble for including the series in the reactions. Even while watching star trek; if I can perfectly synchronize your reactions to the second, somehow one of the sides get unsynchronized by a few seconds in 10 minutes so I have to constantly readjust it.
We watched a physical copy to record and used the streaming version for the blurred image here and they synced perfectly so I’m not sure what would cause issues. As far as having to resync, there’s a timecode, occasional snippets, and a blurred image the entire time.
What a nice surprise! I was SOOO hoping neither of you had seen it... NO SPOILERS! (well obvi...) And don't let our opinions sway you even a LITTLE!
Star Trek, BSG, and now GOT? You guys are killing it!
Wow! Didn't see this coming!
Neat!
OHHHHH MYYYYYY !!!!!!
Damn, gonna have to wait till payday to grab the physicals of this😅
Ask for an advance
Excellent show, highly engaging
Yikes, for whatever I'm worth, please no. GoT makes the word "bleak" look like a funtime carousel. I really don't like this show.
Luckily, you can continue enjoying the other stuff and not watch this one
Nice! It's a good series! Can't wait to dive in
Ok, I’ll watch GOT again!
Holy shit I've been looking for an excuse to finally watch past first couple eps. Gonna see tonight :D
It's sooooo good, so well done. 😀
Great idea guys