Beginning Game of Thrones
Jan. 4th, 2022 05:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerThis week I started streaming Game of Thrones on HBO Max. I figure I might as well catch up with last decade! GoT originally aired 2011-2019. The last streaming series I caught up on was The Sopranos, and that began in the late 90s. I finished that one about two months ago. Hey, at least I'm moving quickly through the decades! 😂
As when I started watching The Sopranos I felt a moment of doubt, a should-I-or-shouldn't-I decision, about starting Game of Thrones. The series is over now. It's been over for over 2 years. It's no longer part of pop culture. Two years is long enough that even memes about GoT have gotten old-hat. If I watch it now it's got to be because I enjoy the show itself— and not because I enjoy the show plus being able to discuss it with friends and colleagues who are also eagerly awaiting each new episode. That's a higher bar to clear.
Another concern is the length of the series, 73 hour-long episodes. When I started The Sopranos, which was a bit longer at 86 episodes, I thought it'd take me 3 months or more to get through it. I finished faster, in just 8 weeks. Though that was because it was "us" TV; Hawk and I watched it together. As a shared activity I could devote more time to it than solo TV. GoT will be solo TV as Hawk doesn't want to watch it. So finishing this series could be a months-long engagement. Well, here I go....
Winter is Coming!
As when I started watching The Sopranos I felt a moment of doubt, a should-I-or-shouldn't-I decision, about starting Game of Thrones. The series is over now. It's been over for over 2 years. It's no longer part of pop culture. Two years is long enough that even memes about GoT have gotten old-hat. If I watch it now it's got to be because I enjoy the show itself— and not because I enjoy the show plus being able to discuss it with friends and colleagues who are also eagerly awaiting each new episode. That's a higher bar to clear.
Another concern is the length of the series, 73 hour-long episodes. When I started The Sopranos, which was a bit longer at 86 episodes, I thought it'd take me 3 months or more to get through it. I finished faster, in just 8 weeks. Though that was because it was "us" TV; Hawk and I watched it together. As a shared activity I could devote more time to it than solo TV. GoT will be solo TV as Hawk doesn't want to watch it. So finishing this series could be a months-long engagement. Well, here I go....
Winter is Coming!
