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Poll #6672 Judi Dench, Helen Mirren and Maggie Smith walk into your combat ring of choice. Only one walks out.

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Which one is it?

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Judi Dench
15 (42.9%)

Helen Mirren
12 (34.3%)

Maggie Smith
8 (22.9%)

If women are only watching for the naked people, why aren't there more naked men?

Watched the pilot for Game of Thrones.  I have thoughts (and observations like "gosh, all the Starks are older, and we seem to be missing one..." and "wow, those opening credits were odd and made me think of a slow steampunk," and "man, Danaerys is gorgeous but...has limited expressions so far.") but want to see more to think about them before talking about them much.

But I have to say, I...was uncomfortable with the portrayal ofthe Dothraki (I think I'm misspelling that) culture as portrayed in the books, but I...don't remember it being nearly as bad as this seemed to be.  Though, I think that's my only really huge issue, in terms of adaptation.   (Well, that and the fact that I fear they're going to seriously defang Catelyn.)  Though extra troubling for me as, while Danaerys isn't actually my favorite character (that's Catelyn) her plotline is possibly the one that interests me the most.

Also, I found much of the facial hair to be deeply tragic.  Jason Momoa's prettiness is completely obscured, and Jon...well, that facial hair makes me think it's like if the kid playing Arthur over in Camelot were to grow a beard?  Decent face ruined by a deeply unfortunate fashion choice.  (I feel i should apologize to Jon for comparing him to that Arthur, but then, Jon is basically the aRthur character of the series.