Any one excited for the new hbo series based on the books by George RR Martin?

guess not, cool

A summary of wtf it is might halp.

Oh yeah. I'm interested. Shit looks BOSS.

The plot is complicated and convoluted and I don't want to give any spoilers, so I won't attempt a real summary. Inhuman but humanoid "Others" from the north are moving towards the ice Wall that protects the kingdom of Westeros, but the kingdom has fragmented as different claimants to the throne compete and no one has time to listen to warnings about threats known only from old stories... Meanwhile, the last heir to the fallen dynasty that had ruled Westeros for three hundred years — and once knew how to breed dragons — is wandering the continent.

The fantastic elements have, in the series so far, been relatively limited. Where many fantasy novels present an idealised "Middle Ages", unrecognisable to the historian, Martin has clearly done some serious reading. He also understands the limitations of history as a source for fiction. His world is gritty, with rough edges, shades of grey, and real world complexities. Also it has sex, gore, blood, incest, dwarf sex, regicide, fratricide, dwarf sex, and 7 year old boys being tossed from windows.

on second thought ill just post a link in the proper section

of course! who would've thought that the evil was coming from the north! thats always the plotline! even in the F*CKING grinch. although it does look pretty cool.

I have read the first three books. I wonder how they will turn it into a series.

Old Ode...

sweet!

My wife has read all of the books so far, and she really liked them. Dunno how that translates into a television series, but I'll ask her opinion on that.

I posted two of the trailers in the links/videos section if you want to know what its gonna look like

My thoughts exactly! That made me interested.