The casting of this show is real odd. Some were great (Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Rhys Ifans, Olivia Cooke in particular), but others are really weird and just don't look or feel right.. and as the characters age, they're replaced with actors that don't flow well, it's quite odd, confusing and a shame.

GOT was a big boot to attempt to fill and working from mainly the books would have helped it enormously, so the writers of this have done a reasonable job.

Shame that there weren't more connections to the story arch of the main original books, as that could have been really interesting and given it more depth.

Overall this is more than watchable and I enjoyed big chunks, it's just poorly shaped and corners have been cut.