The North Remembers: Series premiere
Yes, the title of the post says it all. April 17th marks exactly three years since the first ever episode of Game of Thrones aired on HBO. What a ride it has been! And it’s nowhere near the end yet.
- In April we started getting the very first reviews, including ones from major publications, and they were positive.
- Phil travelled to NYC for his GoT experience that included the first Winter is Coming moot, with Finn Jones attending as well.
- Our founding father provided us with the first impression of the first episode.
- Soon, we were able to form our own impressions, as two weeks before the premiere HBO shared the opening 14 minutes of the show with us. I remember getting up in the middle of the night to see it, and then returning to bed all excited. They did it, they actually pulled it off!
- Since we like viewership numbers, here is a bit of trivia: the 14-minute preview actually made the charts, with 0.72 million people watching it. Crazy for a preview.
- This mother of all behind-the-scenes videos aired: the half an hour of Making Game of Thrones.
- One more trailer, called Poison, aired a week before the premiere.
- Gemma Jackson introduced the iconic throne room set to us.
- HBO was confident in the second season. And we got one as well. (Now, we have six, in case you have forgotten!)
- The infamous New York Times review by Ginia Bellafante saw the light of day, and triggered quite an epic response among writers and bloggers around the internet, including one from GRRM.
- The coundown clock finally reached zero.
- Do you want to see the very first edition of FaB’s twitter posts? Here it is.
- Our game of ratings started right here. The first episode was seen by 2.22 million viewers.
- The GoT opening credits sequence received its share of well-deserved attention and praise.
- Not only had we seen the first two episodes by the end of April, but A Dance with Dragons was completed as well. What a month for the fans that was!
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