But it airs on a sunday night/monday for the rest of the world. You have all week to be sociable, one hour a week to get your nerd on ain't so much to ask?
Violence to tell a story works for me. Violence primarily for shock value rarely does. I think I'd need to be more of a LOTR fanboy. That whole fantasy genre blows up on my suspension of disbelief launch pad and it's hard to draw me in.