are you still not a fan of Matt Smith? TBH I like his acting, I think he's a good lead character. I also like Milly Alcock. It sucks that she will be replaced with an 'older' and less attractive actress in later episodes. King V is very well acted as is Lord C.
I am caught up with the show after a terribly stressful week, the worst week for me in some time.
I rate Ep 1-3 a 4.5 out of 5 stars, with Game of Thrones S1 being 6 out 5 (unicorn status). The show as I mentioned before is much more narrow, few iconic characters, serious instead of funny/serious and much less ambitious than GOT. Outside of the leads so far the rest of the cast have disappeared into the background. But is very well written, directed, and has great visuals. Really quite elegant. Seems to be a blend of a lot of real props and CGI. The original GOT S1 had more real props.
Without knowing the book, I think King V will get killed somehow. He is the archetypical compassionate but weak king. And he is extremely depressed and moody, which does not bold well while he faces his ambitious court.
Looking forward to Episode 4 tonight. the Alt Shift X episodes 1-3 are very good and give additional info,and show how Fire and Blood repeats archetypes established in the original. Same Same but different.
@Matt! what do you think of the Show ep 1-3 so far?