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GarlVinland4Astrea t1_itl5f6y wrote

Game of Thrones was very slow to start and because the first season storyline was a mystery, it was kind of hard to see where everything tied into it. For instance Dany’s storyline almost feels like a different show. Even Jon once he leaves for the wall

This was very focused and got to the point. It was a family civil war

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simplefilmreviews t1_itl8ghx wrote

> For instance Dany’s storyline almost feels like a different show. Even Jon once he leaves for the wall

To me that helped. That was world building and showed how vast the continents were. Obviously some story lines dragged vs other more interesting ones. But still it had a good impact

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GarlVinland4Astrea t1_itl9nem wrote

I agree, but it definitely meant a lot of time was devoted to not the main plot

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simplefilmreviews t1_itlbe4z wrote

Correct, but the Wall and the North had the mystic of White Walkers and that was amazing IMO. Just a constant tease and reminder of global threat. Dany in Essos was decent once things got rolling; where she had power and dragons!

But yeah, some story lines dragged certainly Arya and faceless man over there.....yeah

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GarlVinland4Astrea t1_itlc6lo wrote

True but in the first season the White Walkers really didn’t come into play for Jon until that one scene at the very end

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mickeyflinn t1_itlruu6 wrote

> Game of Thrones was very slow to start

No it wasn't. The first episode of GOT was intense!

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GarlVinland4Astrea t1_itlsgwz wrote

The first episode had a prologue scene that had nothing to do with most of the episodes plot besides killing the deserter, then that prologue didn’t matter until like 7 or 8 episodes in where one more plot point was brought up.

Then 90% of the episode was just introducing various characters and table setting. Then at the very end it showed Bran being knocked off the tower and kicked off the incest plot

The first episode of HOTD had a prologue with a succession crisis to set the scene for a similar central conflict the entire show, then had Daemon slaughtering people and set up conflict in court, then we got a violent tourney, the seeds for Alicent and Viserys, a miscarriage that threw the succession back into question, and the finally Daemon being disinherited and Rhaenyra being made heir.

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