HBO is the destroyer of social lives. Seriously, upon hearing Ramin Djawadi's Game of Thrones opening, you knew instantly that you would get hooked and you don't even know what the whole thing is about!
First of all, when you've read nothing about the new series and you've seen no screen shot, all you're rewarded with is a bunch of CGI eye candy of maps, seas, growing trees and possibly a montage of Harry Potter-ish sigils flashing about in your screen and the only name you recognize is Sean Bean aka that guy who died in LOTR. So you're greeted with horses and scruffy looking guys in armor and blonde monarchy and well...GREAT HAIR, what else is there?
Well alot. Besides the overwhelming eyepopping moments for guys who like melons in the front and girls who like insanely pretty boys with accents, Game of Thrones is actually very riveting and breathtaking.
I loved it so much, I vowed to read the books in sequence according to the season that comes out per year. So yes, 1 book every year before the season shows. Or you could do the reverse if you don't want spoilers...
There are other reasons too you know and thus I heed to warn those who have not watched or read anything to stop reading. I don't hold back anything MUCH.
Game of Thrones doesn't center on MAGIC and hell yeah for that! It was weird at first but season 1 proved to be very intellectually captivating concentrating on monarchy, politics and family drama. Well...there is THAT thing about the White Walkers but hey, Medieval zombies are pretty cool!
Usually, I get annoyed by shifting of character view points but it was very well distributed in both screen and books. You just can't get attached though...GRRM is the grim reaper of all good/favorite characters. He likes killing his characters in ink because it adds more drama and makes you want to hate the Lannisters, well, Joffrey more (that rat bastard! everyone hates him. he makes Voldemort look like he was giving Harry a break! P.P.S. don't mistake this reference, I am a hardcore Potterhead). It's like very addition of a character leads to a death of one and the Starks, though, quite many, aren't enough. BOOM. SPOILER.
Ahhhh the discovery that is Emilia Clarke and her hair-pulling effect whenever she has scenes with Jason Momoa. KhaleesixDrogo forever.... Because of GoT, I have hated Miri maz Dur (yes, I know here effing name by memory), and all her juju loconess. So happy she got the Salem treatment :D hahahaha
It's amazing how George makes his fans fight over which House they support and who to root for the Iron Throne but I believe his greatest achievement was of the embodiment of Peter Dinklage of Tyrion Lannister. I believe he will be the most loved and most favorite characters in the whole series for all time. He is THAT brilliant.
And again, their HAIR. Sansa, Sansa, Sansa...you put the mane of your well-bred horses to shame! She has extremely great hair that makes you wanna put it on as a wig and sing Tangled-style! And have you seen the hair of the Stark kids? I mean hello, you just wanna run your hand through Richard Madden's locks like you were shooting for a Loreal commercial and Kit Harrington, you make bed-head look bad...
Redheads are awesome!
Don't you just wanna ruffle this thing????
So you think Gossip Girl and Grey's Anatomy was filled with issues? Issues only start with Cersei Lannister. She has practically scratched off much of what's in the bad girls' bucket list. I mean, she did spawn the evil that is Joffrey. Ooohhhh Batman, why did you let Katie Holmes protect that kid? You gave him the idea! Heehoohoohaaahaa.
you gotta love the langauge as well, I mean, if you get someone to create a whole new lingo for a race you invented, then you must be someone or something really important and where can you ever find people who can cuss and scream at you but listen to them anyway because you're hypnotized by their accents?
And then there were dragons and bastards who are heroes (who apparently do not wish to kill their own kin), incestual races and the dreaded mix to all the crazy beautiful...magic.
There is too much awesomeness that I cannot write due to overwhelming feelings of oashXKJhf1234, go watch it and learn why GRRM likes to make people cry but still get paid to do it anyway.
The brilliant thing is, this show is almost impossible to cancel since GRRM has narrated everything he had wanted in lieu of writing and production of the whole series should he reach an untimely death :)
So who takes the throne? Who knows. Go watch/read now! Or else let this be done unto you
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