A Game of Thrones - first impressions

German TV showed the first 3 episodes yesterday - which is about as far into S1 as I've gotten in the book. Note that I found the book flatly written, in places boring and generally confusing, so you can imagine how low my expecations were towards the series. But it had Sean Bean, and I'd watch Sean Bean stand in an empty room, reading out loud the phone book, so...
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Other than that, so far it's a pretty well-made series, close enough to the original. I'm looking forward to the rest of S1, which will come tonight and tomorrow, in two huge blocks of 4 and 3 more episodes, respectively. On the one hand, it's good to get to see the whole season in three sittings, at least I won't accidentally miss an episode. OTOH, it's a bit exhausting to watch it for 3 or 4 hours. But I'm recording it, so I can get back later and re-watch it in smaller doses.

Now if I could only get my hands on Camelot...