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Today we are going to talk about one of the all-time record blockbuster of TV Show: Game of throne. This is going to be a hell of a review today, as there are plenty and plenty and plenty of things to say about this huge serie.
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That is even the first time I don’t even know where and what to begin with. The casting is impressively big, the story brings you everywhere, the death of heroes, the fantastic story of other, crimes, passions, cheating, sex, drugs, alcohol, whores, wine, swords, knights, monsters from the north, living dead, giants, the wall, the south, the dragons…. AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH that is going to be a hell of a review. Maybe I’ll do it in several part considering the fact that I do not want to miss anything!
Oh my god… Synopsis: hmmm. It is the story of knights, kingdom, dragons and evil forces. That is about it.
Just kidding, Game of Thrones or as you can see on the web GoT, its acronym, is based on the medieval-fantasy novel written by George R.R. Martin called « A song of Ice and Fire ». From this novel a Tv Show, with capital letters has been made: Game of Thrones. This show was created in the evil minds of David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.
This whole story is a fiction but based on several big historical event such as the war of the two roses, Hadrian’s wall, Henri Tudor, etc…
The story takes place in imaginary continents of Westeros and Essos at the end of a summer that last about 10 years. During that time many intrigues and plot can be followed all throughout the continents. The first intrigue talking about the story of many noble families in a civil war to conquer the Iron Throne of the seven kingdom crown, or the fight to be left alone in peace. The second intrigue talks about the story of Jon Snow and the future threat of the winter incoming, where creatures mythical and legendaries are coming from the north of the wall of Westeros.
The third intrigue talks about the beautiful and magnificent Daenerys Targaryen at the south of Essos, the last descendant of the deposed dynasty in exile in the south part of the continent, dreaming about getting back what her family lost the Iron Throne. Oh by the way, don’t mess too much with her, she’s got 3 dragons, after all that is why we call her the mother of dragons ;)
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Throughout these morally ambiguous characters, the TV Show explores subjects like political power, social hierarchy, religion, civil war, sexuality, and well, violence in general.
After all of that I still did not made a proper synopsis… This is going to be tough, but I will try to make a general one without spoiling many things.
Let’s go, I think I did it quite well without spoiling too much :) Well you’ll me, otherwise don’t read the following lines:
On the Westeros continent , king Robert Baratheon govern the realm of the seven crown from more than 17 years. This reign followed the rebellion against the « mad king » aka Aerys II Targaryen. Jon Arryn, the husband of lady Catelyn Strak’s sister, Lady Arryn, her guide and major counselor, just died. That is why he decided to go north to see his old friend Ned Stark, in order to ask him to become hand of the king. Ned, is the king of the north, ruling with parsimony on Castle Winterfell and the Stark house. He does not want to leave his lands at first, but still accepts the offer and leaves Winterfell with his two daughters Sansa and Arya. Just before they left for the south, her younger brother Bran, fell off a tower of Winterfell after being witness of the incestuous relation between the queen Cersei Baratheon and her twin brother Jaime lannister. Their brother Tyrion is accused by lady Catelyn Stark of this outrageous act.
At the north west of Westeros, the young Ned Stark’s bastard, Jon Snow, is preparing to integrate the Night’s watch guarding the wall separating Westeros from the unknown North. From more than 8000 years, this group of people or can we say brotherhood, protect and defend their kingdom from what is living at the other side of the wall. This wall is a gigantic ice, stone and magic wall, forming a septentrional border between the frozen lands of the North and the rest of the continent of the seven kingdom.
If the wildlings are not a direct threat to the kingdom, the return of an ancient race of creatures called « the white walkers » is much much more worrying.
On the Essos continent, on the south east of the straits of the river, the « legitimate » heir of the Iron Throne is preparing his comeback. Ready for everything to achieve his goal, he married her younger sister, the princess Daenerys Targaryen, to Khal Drogo, lord of the dothrakis, in order to gain the help and power of the dreadful horde of the nomad horsemen. But the lunatic Viserys, will inherit the same fate than his dead parents, leaving Daenerys with his project of reconquering the Iron Throne.
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Here you are for your basis, I think I explained them quite good enough to make you understand what is going on and getting you a fresh start on this incredible TV Show. There are an endless of situation to follow, this is not the average show you can just miss one episode… Oh no, no, you will be lost if you miss 5 minutes.
To make it quick and simple… This is a 100 hours movie, where action and plots are everywhere, you will love some, you will hate some of them. This is a huge review to make, a milestone in TV Show, in terms of story, budget, show in general.
I will detail the female casting in the next review, and the male and conclusion in a third review.
Stay tuned for part 2 and 3!
Cheers,
Mangou