So far, definitely a case of style over substance.

Episode two begins, suprisingly, with the an updated mix of the same theme tune. So.. This is just another episode of GOT? Seems odd as the visuals are as good as any but it's supposed to be a prequel but everything seems cleaner and more up to date. There are good actors here, it's nice to see Paddy Considine with a lead roll but the script is over-used cliche after cliche. The strangest thing for me is that this world seems hollow and well within its boundaries which is to say there is nothing outside of this world as opposed to GOT which had a large geographic scale and a large bunch of characters. This makes HOTD feel more like a soap opera (with gore and nudity)... Will give the third episode a try but I am already losing interest. Eppisode was also painfully slow...