Well, I have both, so…yay?

None of these movies are great, or something I'd get too heavily into defending, but I do think the first two stand above 5. At the time the premise was actually really fresh and inventive, they were creepy and interesting and balanced melodrama with goofy kills pretty well. Then 3 and 4 were crap, and as far I…

I agree, but I think some of the people Todd is complaining about are those who would stumble into an online discussion or review for The Empire Strikes Back — in 2014 — and then complain that the movie had been "spoiled" for them.

Another suspicion I hold, as far as "who lives/who dies": No way Martin lets BOTH Tyrion and Arya survive the story. They're just too popular. Tyrion will die, I think, toward the very end. He'll get some closure on Tysha first though, even if it's just that she's dead.

I've always remained quite convinced that Dany will *not* be ruling anything at the end of the series. I think she's a big red herring in that regard, though she will play some uniquely important role. I could see Dany and all her dragons being the key to saving Westeros from the White Walkers, for instance, but all…

I would actually say this is *the* best pilot of all time, maybe, probably. Though the entire show would go through many ups and downs of course.