I don't know how many people (if any) here caught the yesterday's premiere of this show on HBO, but given the fact that most of us here like fantasy, this is one show you should keep your eye on. It's based on George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire which are by far the best fantasy books I read. Now, if you haven't read the books, the first episode might be a bit difficult to get into, but for those who read them this is like a wet dream come true. I feel that for some characters they could've done better casting, but for the most part they did a great job. The setting is also very well done, but you don't really see that many various settings in the first episodes, so I'm still waiting to see some others before passing a real judgment on it. But all in all, for the first time in a while my expectations were actually exceeded and I'm loving it so far.
So yeah, if you haven't read the books, go get them. And if you had, check out the show because it's awesomeness of the purest kind! Anybody else pumped up about this?