Not promising. There are two executions in the first 15 minutes of the show, there's no economies of scale in the violence, and it reeks of desperation to create this grim dark atmosphere for the show.
The screen writers for this show are terrible. For one, the physical direction is awful. Twice, the prologue Nightwatch characters have come across a suspicious circumstance in the woods and they draw their swords, but these are very short weapons and i would imagine they'd be useful only in very close combat. So why would you even bother, if you could see all around you?
Is having a sword drawn meaningful preparation? Or is this just a trope? Like the police office drawing his gun as he investigates the suspect's house?
Ugh, part of me want to skip the TV series and just reread to the books. But I'll be on watch for two scenes: 1) Ned's fevered dream about the Tower of Joy and 2) Maester Aemon's Reveal.
