I bought this DVD because I have been reading George R.R. Martin's books. Obviously a television series could not incorporate all of the details of the books (most are over 600 pages long, one 900 pages), but I was really pleased to see how closely the series followed the books, albeit somewhat condensed. Still, non-readers of the books will probably find it confusing understanding the relations of characters. So, I have to recommend, highly, another book, Bryan Cogman's "Inside HBO's Game of Thrones." A really great book for the pictures and stories of the making of the first two seasons of the series, but best of all for you non-readers of Martin, are the maps of Westeros and the family trees of all the characters. But back to the DVD, the series, judging from this first season, is really great even for non-readers of Martin's books. I was a bit surprised, however, at the gratuitous sexual situation scenes - of course, considering the story line, there is a bit of sex in the books, but nothing like what you get in the DVD. The books just don't contain all of that, and it really adds nothing to the story. But, I was told that this is what HBO is known for. The typical comment I got from people I spoke to about the series was, "Well, what did you expect, it's HBO." I was hoping to watch the series with my teenage grandsons who were intrigued by the story lines I told them about the books. But this won't happen - it's really too much sex even for teenagers. Finally, I note from reading other reviews that a number of purchasers of this DVD are complaining about the quality of the DVD's, the packaging, etc. Looks like some E-Bay sellers are ripping the customers off by selling bootleg editions and passing them off as the real thing. I would think E-Bay would do something about that. What I was received was a first-class, unopened, excellent original HBO product. Couldn't be better.Read full review
This is the first season of Game of Thrones on Blu-ray ONLY! The series is played on Sunday evening at 10EST on HBO, and is now in it's third season. The book, audiobooks, kindle version, and the series on DVD and digital are also available. Not sure about on the nook. If you hate waiting to see what happens episode to episode or want to catch up on the series so you can watch it in real time now on HBO, then this is the one for you! NOTE: This is the Blu-ray version ONLY!!!!
Lots of different characters with lots of issues.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
What you see is what you get. I would like for there to be up close pictures of the minor imperfections (if any), like the corner of my box. Just so you are not surprised when getting your package.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
It's a Blu Ray so do you really need to KNOW about the quality? It's obviously amazing. The packaging for the product is also awesome, unlike the second season where the bloody disks insert don't even take up the whole hard cover and fall out.
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