Not signed in (Sign In)   1.  (9805.1)     @ Labyrinthine; You
cannot omit that it's on HBO. If you look closely at how they
gain an audience, there's always an over-sexed nature to their
first seasons. Even Oz had too much sex in the beginning
seasons. If you look at the most current model True Blood, you
will find an obvious slope in sex as the seasons go on. Sadly,
the sex is needed to gain whatever target audience it is that
HBO hooks. Now, that isn't so in regards to the better shows
(The Wire, Treme, etc) but that isn't the audience that also
sits down to see swords. When it comes to HBO, you're just going
to get too much sex too soon. I have always felt that in regards
to any off-beat series they throw up.      Inspired by this
conversation's direction:     Fan Art, yeah.   2.  (9805.2)
I haven't read the books, and after years of promising myself,
at some point to try and watch an adaptation of a work BEFORE
reading it; I feel like I can enjoy the show without any
comparisons, and when I decide to