Hey I've recently completed GOT series, I seriously loved it except the last season but it's ok. Can you suggest me more series like GOT available on netflix or amazon prime.
Thanks & Regards
Rohit Sharma
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Game of Thrones successfully made the ugly step-child of science fiction, fantasy, popular with the general public. Before GoT the most popular of the genre would be, Xena: Warrior Princess. There aren't really too many major TV productions of this genre, and none of them with the depth of story telling and production of GoT. Another popular show, which I don't watch is, Outlander. You might want to try that.
So I'm going to recommend the greatest mini-series of all time--I, Claudius. It has much of what made GoT great: palace intrigue, sex, incest, backstabbing, murders etc. However the production values are extremely low. It's the writing and the great acting--from the likes of Derek Jacobi, John Hurt, Siam Phillips and even Patrick Stewart--that make it special. In a medieval vein, but without the fantasy element, is The Pillars of the Earth, which is quite good.
There are lots of great shows on Netflix and Amazon Prime right now, but I can't categorize them as being like GoT. See the Recommended Television Shows thread for ideas.
Just on a tangent but Derek Jocobi is fantastic and one of my top 5-6 actors.
Not fantasy but I enjoyed these shows for the same reasons as GOT, Rome (HBO), Borgias (Showtime) and The Tudors (Showtime). The Tudors is available on Netflix.
Great call on The Tudors and on the unfortunately cut short Rome and The Borgias.
+1 on Rome
I couldn't get into The Pillars of the Earth. Something about the directing just felt off to me.
Funny, when I read this thread the first series I thought of was I, Claudius but I didn't post because I figured the OP wouldn't enjoy it because of the dated production values. Can't beat the storytelling and the cast, though.
robsutherland posted:Just on a tangent but Derek Jocobi is fantastic and one of my top 5-6 actors.
If you never caught this performance, you should: Frasier, where he played a hammy, over-acting Shakespearean that the brothers idolized in their youth.
+2 on Rome
I really enjoyed both seasons, but especially the first.
The problem with Rome is they expected more than two seasons and had to wrap it up sooner than expected. The Borgias was unfortunately also cut short.
Did anyone watch Vikings? I'm a huge fan of GOT, and I also enjoy Vikings. Good historical drama.
Thanks for the recommendation . Never heard of it. Do you think i will be able to stream it with the cinema apk on my firestick https://www.firesticktricks.co...a-apk-firestick.html? Or can you recommend another place where i can find it?
@Francis123 posted:Did anyone watch Vikings? I'm a huge fan of GOT, and I also enjoy Vikings. Good historical drama.
What station / channel / streaming service is this on?
@Rothko posted:What station / channel / streaming service is this on?
I think it is on Prime, Peacock and Hulu.
The Last Kingdom on Netflix
Wheel of Time - only one season so far and easier to follow if you have read the books
Outlander and Witcher. I liked them. I had a problem with streaming them before I found this article and started to use VPN. I use ExpressVPN because this app is easy to use and the connection is really faster.
@jcocktosten posted:Wheel of Time - only one season so far and easier to follow if you have read the books
They made this into some weird WB 11 teenage angst drama
@g-man posted:They made this into some weird WB 11 teenage angst drama
It was angst to begin with but accurate
Early chatter is not good.
@wineismylife posted:Early chatter is not good.
The extent of advertising for this series made me worry that it might not be good (Howard the Duck is my touchpoint for this since I was working in a movie theater back in the day). Haven't watched the first episode yet myself.
@jcocktosten posted:It was angst to begin with but accurate
My main knock is that the worlds dont feel as grand. GOT / Lotr/ even the new Sandman series have that "grandness" about the world that WoT 's "artistic expression" is lacking.
Shadar Logoth though i felt was one of the cities that was really well done.
The new amazon rings of power though looks so slick.
Anybody watching House of the Dragon? Thoughts?
Episode 1 was pretty good. I like Matt Smith. Fun Dr. Who and is embracing his role
@Rothko posted:Anybody watching House of the Dragon? Thoughts?
The first episode was brutal. Too brutal if it would be like that all season. But it also did a great job setting up each character and his (or her) personality and motivations. The second episode was a blast with all the palace intrigue I loved from GOT. What the show is missing — if anything — is Peter Dinklage or, in his absence, a purely interesting, clever, likable character. One may emerge, and such a character may prove unnecessary, but I do feel the absence of a Tyrion-like character.
The first couple of episodes of the new Lord of the Rings series just dropped on Amazon Prime. I haven't seen them yet, but I am certain that I will have to watch them.
Just PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE be better than The Hobbit Trilogy...
@Rothko posted:The first couple of episodes of the new Lord of the Rings series just dropped on Amazon Prime. I haven't seen them yet, but I am certain that I will have to watch them.
Just PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE be better than The Hobbit Trilogy...
Plan to watch after our trip
Watched Ep 1 of Rings of Power. I’ve seen snails move faster. Sleeping snails. I’ll stick with it for a little while — it’s beautiful and I like Galadriel. But it’s going to need to improve to have me as a devoted watcher.
@winetarelli posted:Watched Ep 1 of Rings of Power. I’ve seen snails move faster. Sleeping snails. I’ll stick with it for a little while — it’s beautiful and I like Galadriel. But it’s going to need to improve to have me as a devoted watcher.
yea I get the world building via dialogue but geez, you're a tv show, just pan out, no need to actually talk about the world, that's what the books are for.
Also alot of the dialogue is needlessly wordy or repetitious in english. We were already alerted of an event 5 sentences ago, no need to repeat it again.
I hope alot more of the actual plot picks up but the production / costumes and sets look incredibly beautiful
@g-man posted:yea I get the world building via dialogue but geez, you're a tv show, just pan out, no need to actually talk about the world, that's what the books are for.
Also alot of the dialogue is needlessly wordy or repetitious in english. We were already alerted of an event 5 sentences ago, no need to repeat it again.
I hope alot more of the actual plot picks up but the production / costumes and sets look incredibly beautiful
Agreed entirely. The dialogue was onerous throughout and genuinely painful at times. But there’s so much potential in the overall production design that I’ll watch a bit more in the hopes that it picks up and improves.
@winetarelli posted:Agreed entirely. The dialogue was onerous throughout and genuinely painful at times. But there’s so much potential in the overall production design that I’ll watch a bit more in the hopes that it picks up and improves.
3rd episode did not save.
this is now more like .. how do we blow 1 billion dollars on sets and productions, everyone knows the story, we dont need to tell it or you know have a plot.
@winetarelli posted:The first episode was brutal. Too brutal if it would be like that all season. But it also did a great job setting up each character and his (or her) personality and motivations. The second episode was a blast with all the palace intrigue I loved from GOT. What the show is missing — if anything — is Peter Dinklage or, in his absence, a purely interesting, clever, likable character. One may emerge, and such a character may prove unnecessary, but I do feel the absence of a Tyrion-like character.
I take back my original view after episode 1 that it was pretty good with promise. I have read the material and find the show simply boring. I do not really care about any of the characters and other than Matt Smith's Daemon- the whole show is dull and does not have me invested. As someone who has read the books multiple times, has the coffee table encyclopedia which was the first source of this material, this indicates to me they have fudged this up. I am trying to decide whether to waste any more time trying to watch it
I'm still more invested in it than I am The Rings of Power. I'm still waiting for a character or story to root for in that.
@Rothko posted:I'm still more invested in it than I am The Rings of Power. I'm still waiting for a character or story to root for in that.
Ditto.
So after 5 episodes of Rings of Power I am still trying to care about any of the plot lines. I hate the Harfoots (do they really have to wear weeds, twigs, and grasses in their hair like that???) and Amnesia Gandalf; I am rolling my eyes at Warrior Galadriel; I don't care about the Elf and the Healer love story. I am pretty much only interested in the Dwarves and Khazad-dum at this point - although the Balrog isn't supposed to be awakened until the Third Age but I suspect we are going to see him in this series instead.
House of the Dragon has been better, but I am reaching for a character that isn't despicable at this point. And believe it or not, the answer I have is Daemon, who was the total bad guy in the first episode. It's turning out he's better than the rest of them.
@Rothko posted:So after 5 episodes of Rings of Power I am still trying to care about any of the plot lines. I hate the Harfoots (do they really have to wear weeds, twigs, and grasses in their hair like that???) and Amnesia Gandalf; I am rolling my eyes at Warrior Galadriel; I don't care about the Elf and the Healer love story. I am pretty much only interested in the Dwarves and Khazad-dum at this point - although the Balrog isn't supposed to be awakened until the Third Age but I suspect we are going to see him in this series instead.
House of the Dragon has been better, but I am reaching for a character that isn't despicable at this point. And believe it or not, the answer I have is Daemon, who was the total bad guy in the first episode. It's turning out he's better than the rest of them.
yea i fell asleep watchign the 5 th episode and still haven't rewatched it to see what's going on.
i get multiple arcs in the story as the writings were a bunch of collection of thoughts and ideas, but 5 episodes in, why arent we seeing more about the building of the forge.
man i gotta still say
got a buddy with a huge media room and wathcing ring of power on it, forgives quite alot nonsense
I can't help asking about House of the Dragon here. Did you watch the first season? Did you like it? I personally enjoyed it even more than expected. Of course, it suffers from all the classic prequel problems - the mystery and wonder are eliminated, so there is no need to hide spoilers or check that trailer. We already know how the “Song of Ice and Fire” prophecy is going to end, so it does not seem as mysterious to us. But still, I'm looking forward to the second season to watch the revenge 
I've been watching "Vikings". Will watch this, and then probably "The Last Kingdom"
I've just started watching a new series on Amazon Prime called The Peripheral. It's got a sci-fi theme, but more tech related and not at all focused on outer space or aliens. After four episodes I'm pretty keen on it.