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There’s a bit in last night’s season finale that doesn’t appear in the novel A Game of Thrones, and it’s worth pointing out because on the surface, it seems like a throwaway scene: Grand Maester Pycelle, droning on to the ubiquitous prostitute Roz about various kings – Aerys Targaryen, Robert Baratheon, and Joffrey. Pycelle may [...]
Ok, so it’s going to be impossible to talk about the penultimate episode of the first season of Game of Thrones without first addressing the elephant in the room. Raise your hand, GoT noobs, if the last minute of the show caught you completely by surprise. If there’s a defining moment to the series, both [...]
War. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing – except for awesome television. With Ned in a dungeon and the Lannisters moving to consolidate power, it appears that the shit is about to hit the fan. In southern Westeros, a war of succession is about to break out. Across the sea, the Dothraki are getting [...]
Oddly, this episode of Game of Thrones reminded me a lot of The Sopranos. Not because of the gratuitous female nudity (to be fair, there was a little something for the ladies in tonight’s episode as well, amirite, naked-would-be-assassin-being dragged-being-a-horse?), but because “You Win Or You Die” touched on two of the major themes of [...]
Tonight’s episode brings up a question: can a movie or TV show adapted from a novel ever be as good as the book? Purists will argue no, because a gifted writer can fire up the reader’s imagination, allowing him or her to create images of characters and scenes that no film director can possibly match. [...]
We’ve gone through four episodes of Game of Thrones, and before tonight’s, things have been unfolding at a somewhat maddening pace – even for me, who’s read the books upon which the series is based. Part of my job as your Humble Recapper is to provide clarity whenever possible, and when appropriate, I’ve explained people [...]
By now, Westeros Noobs are probably realizing that this is not your run-of-the-mill sword and sorcery epic. Game of Thrones is a fantasy series…but is it? There’s no Wise Talking Jesus-Lion, no Pretty Elves (male or female), no Orcs or Trolls or Nasssssty Hobbitses. Apart from the zombies in Episode One, there isn’t any magic [...]
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