LucasH

The pilot is being filmed, and I've concerns about it all, but still looking forward to it.

Okay, to explain where I'm coming from... If you've seen Rome, which is sort of an equivalent to this series in terms of production values, and the production group - HBO - but I have to say that many of the actors are of a much better calibre than Rome, anyway, back to my point. If you've seen Rome, you'll know what I mean when I say there are moments of complete cringing. It could be a line in the dialogue here, or a gesture there, but sometimes you are ripped so forcibly from your tentatively shallow level of immersion that all of a sudden you realise you're watching a bunch of guys prancing about in little dresses, taking themselves very seriously...

It's not like that all the time, and I think Deadwood didn't quite have this going so much as Rome - again, made by same group, HBO - but I'm still very highly aware of the fact that that just because these are great books, doesn't mean they'll make a great TV series... Can you imagine watching some of the stuff that happens in that book in the form of a TV show? I'm concerned I'm going to feel like I'm watching a school play the whole time. The seriousness of whether or not Jon will be allowed to go and join the Night's Watch or not... yeah, goodness me I hope all the actors really do this well, and that the sets work and everything.

So far all the filming has been completed in Scotland, at Doune Castle in Scotland to be precise, which is where they shot all the scenes that took place in the courtyard of Winterfell. Next they move onto Paint Hall Studio in Belfast which is where everything will be shot, except the stuff that's supposed to be happening in Pentos and all that, which is being shot in Morocco. 

So yeah, I respect many of the actors involved in this, but still feel like I'll be wearing a grimace throughout the entirety of the first episode.