THE TV THREAD AKA MY MIND IS BLOWN RIGHT NOW

[Aaron]

I'm on book three of them. And the show was very close to the first book, realllllllly close. Other then a few very minor things being different (Like the king being a beast at like 6 foot 6 and fat instead of being a shortish guy and fat) Other wise the show was very true to the book. 

[r00]

I have read the first book and am halfway through the second.  I'll probably wait until the new season is close to being done before I watch it (depending on when I finish the book).  I agree with Aaron though...  the series was pretty damn close to the book as far as the plot goes.  It really is an amazing job that HBO has done bringing it to the small screen.  It even appeals to people that aren't that into fantasy.  (Ask turtle.  8-p)

[TPD]

catching up on Community. midway thru season 2. holy fuckballs. awesome.

other good shows:
-Being Human (North America) has gone from "quaint little sometimes funny horror show filmed in my backyard" to "really awesome supernatural drama that pulls no punches that just happens to feature cameos by people i know and work with". Really good. Worth checking out. Haven't seen the UK version, but Sam Witwer is in this one and he's awesome.
-ARCHER continues to own.
-South Park still being awesome (esp that qvc slam last week)
-And I still haven't seen Walking Dead season 2 because i'm a bad comicbook/zombie nerd.
-And Mad Men made a much needed return complete with quebecois cussing. Câlisse!
Mad Men Spoiler (that features quebecois):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOEdZHRzU0Q

[individualzero]

The US version of Being Human surprised me. It started off a little weak, IMO, but so far it's only getting stronger and more interesting without stealing concepts and ideas from its UK counterpart (which wasn't/isn't bad at all in itself, but I feel it shares the curse of taking a while to pick up momentum).

nerd bonus: seeing Starkiller's voice actor playing a vampire as a TV actor kind of made me laugh -- in a good way, as he plays the character pretty damn well, if you ask me.

ARCHER is fucking hilarious AND it makes the boob-lover in me shine! I don't always get to watch it, but when I do, LOLs commence.

Haven't seen much South Park lately--I never really watched the show except in clips on YouTube. I blame this on my brother refusing to let me watch the show until I was 18. lolz

TWD kind of struck me as odd this season. It's definitely going in a different direction than the comic book went, which I think you will understand when you watch season two. I don't know if this is good or bad yet.

[TPD]

starkiller (haven't played those games yet, gulp!) was also kick ass in TWD's former showrunner's The Mist. In fact, he was supposed to be in the season premiere of TWD season 2 but that got axed when frank was axed. awesome story on what could have been:
http://www.craveonline.com/tv/articles/180899-frank-darabont-reveals-original-plans-for-the-walking-dead-season-2-opener

he's also played crashdown on BSG and was in Dexter too. I dig his stuff.

[luna]

finally caught up on dexter, finished season 6 last night. i think we need to just suck it up and pay extra to get showtime since i am now addicted to dexter, californication and weeds...

trying to decide what to watch (on netflix) next, mad men or community are contenders right now

[doom]

On Episode 7 of Game of Thrones!

[Static]

I need to get back on the case with Game of Thrones, I've seen 4 episodes and thought it was Excellent, I need to sign up to Netflix or something!

[r00]

HBO doesn't publish any of its shows on Netflix, so your only choice is either streaming from HBO, buying the discs, or torrents.  Just be careful if you grab a recently premiered HBO episode.  They are well known for bugging public torrents or sending nasty-grams to people who share them within the first week or two of their premiere dates.

Speaking of HBO shows, I just started watching The Wire.  I am only 5 episodes into the first season, but so far it isn't living up to the hype.  I always have heard it praised as "the best television series of all-time" and such.  Has anyone here watched it?  Am I just not far enough into it yet to get really hooked?

[Aaron]

My roommate watched it. And he said he hated it for most of season one. About the half way point he started to care thought.  I haven't watched it, so I can't really say... I'd say if you don't like it by the end of season 1 I'd stop watching...

[luna]

finished breaking bad season 3 last night. really need to see if we can get ahold of season 4 since it's not on netflix and i must know what happens!

started watching mad men, i'm on episode 4 and so far i'm pretty meh about it...

[r00]

finished breaking bad season 3 last night. really need to see if we can get ahold of season 4 since it's not on netflix and i must know what happens!

Do you need a demonoid invite?  I have an invite code if you need one.  Just shoot me a PM.

[doom]

if you have two, hook a brotha up!

[Static]

HBO doesn't publish any of its shows on Netflix, so your only choice is either streaming from HBO, buying the discs, or torrents.  Just be careful if you grab a recently premiered HBO episode.  They are well known for bugging public torrents or sending nasty-grams to people who share them within the first week or two of their premiere dates.

That I did not know   Unfortunately, region blocking stops me watching HBO, I'll have to find them elsewhere, but thanks for the heads up.

Has anyone seen Castle?  I really like Jeremy Renner, but I know little about the show.

[Goose]

The Oatmeal put this gem together about a month before the Game of Thrones season 1 DVDs were finally released a few weeks ago.  Couldn't possibly be more apt.