Game of Thrones: The Iron Throne

"They say every time a Targaryen is born, the gods flip a coin.
And the world holds its breath."

Hello everyone!

It's a sort of bitter-sweet feeling to go about typing this kind of blog post for the very last time, because, as we all know - there will be no more Game of Thrones to look forward to. 

At least, not in the shape we've been used to since 2011.

In some ways, as a lot of the fans would say, it might even be for the best given the response to the last season, but at the same time, this show has been such a staple in our lives for so long that it's hard to understand it isn't coming back.

I can't even begin to imagine what fans of Supernatural are going through!

But anyway, regardless which camp you're in (happy fan or outraged fan, that is), this Sunday's series finale brought ... some kind of closure, I suppose.

Mostly on a lot of illogical storylines.

Let's sit back and take a look at The Iron Throne - and listen to the iconic theme song. One last time.

Game of Thrones: The Bells

"A Targaryen alone in the world is a terrible thing ..."

Hello everyone!

Still with me here? 

Hearing church bells ringing and thinking you need to take cover from a massive, pissed off dragon?

Or are you looking at the viral vitriol and dubious commentary wars and thinking "this season has gone down the gutter because the fans are now batshit"?

I hear you on both counts.

Actually, I hear you on ALL counts, because: my sentiments exactly.

After the third and fourth episode, I wasn't really holding my breath that the fifth was going to make things any better, execution-wise. The rushed season feels, well, rushed. So really, I went in with a lot of warnings from all around (looking at you, friends!) and emotionally detached.

I was pretty sure there would be great moments (Game of Thrones DOES have those), not-so-great ones (also Game of Thrones territory), illogical ones, and completely nutty ones.

The Bells was all of the above, so might as well put on your helmets and take cover.

Game of Thrones: The Last of the Starks

"We have won the Great War. Now we will win the Last War."

Hello everyone!

We are now officially in the very last leg of this Game of Thrones season, and I have to say that fans are beginning to see just what a shortened season has caused in the overall plot and development. 

Not that this wasn't obvious on occasions prior to this week's episode, but it's usually when everything really comes to a head that you see whether a show can sink or swim.

It seems like Game of Thrones is beginning to slowly sink, which is sad news for something that's been so epic since the beginning.

Was it all bad? Of course not. It IS still Game of Thrones, after all.

But unfortunately it also wasn't all good, either, and that seems to be the standard by which people in general look at these episodes. I have to admit I'm one of them, too. There's a lot of things to sink your teeth into on television these days, but truly remarkable ones remain scattered and divided.

With now only two episodes to go, and five promising to be a smackdown of epic proportions, let's take our leave of the North, shall we? The Last of the Starks is basically a relocation.

Game of Thrones: The Dragon and the Wolf

"The Great War is here."

Hello everyone!

Well, we made it. Yet another season over and we all still seem to be standing. Okay, sadly, Thoros isn't with us anymore, and lamentably we said bye-bye to a lot of nameless extras who happened to tag along in just the right places to be conveniently killed, but you know what I mean. 

We're almost at the hail Mary for this show!

Game of Thrones has consistently delivered, despite perhaps not having the exact political bangs going on as it did while Martin was still actively participating and the episodes were based off his actual books. Which, to be perfectly honest, is not the show's fault. The producers can't be expected to wait FOREVER until the guy finally decides how he's going to untangle the mess he created for himself.

Also, he's still around, you know, giving commentary. It's not like it's not approved.

But in any event, The Dragon and the Wolf was an episode EVERYONE looked forward to - and pretty much everyone was stoked about by the time it ended.

Game of Thrones: Beyond the Wall

"The Great War is here."

Hello everyone!

Even at the seaside, I can't resist the lure that is Game of Thrones. I mean, come on, who could?

Definitely not me. 

Besides, there's something incredibly poetic about watching a big-ass dragon torch anything and everything in front of him while I'm sitting on the large terrace listening to the sea on the beach not too far away.

But I digress.

The penultimate episode of the season left us with one big-ass WHAT just as the episode ended (and you can see I love the term big-ass; I'll be using it a lot when it comes to the dragons, sorry-not-sorry!), but also with a sense of ... hey, guy ain't fooling around no more.

Beyond the Wall promised a lot - and delivered.

Game of Thrones: Eastwatch

"The Great War is here."

Hello everyone!

Can I just say one thing?

Oh.

My.

GOD.

SERIOUSLY.

Once again, some of my friends have complained nothing much happened in this week's Game of Thrones episode. I'm not entirely sure we're watching the same show anymore ... EVERYTHING HAPPENED THIS WEEK.

It isn't about the battles. It's not about who dies. It's about the people still living and breathing who're moving around the chessboard, and the declarations and revelations that keep hitting one after another and make me feel like I'm in one of those amusement parks trying to hold on for all it's worth. The episode titled 'Eastwatch' was EVERYTHING. And here's what happened.

Game of Thrones: The Spoils of War

"The Great War is here."

Hello everyone!

Thankfully, our initial heatwave seems to be over at the moment, although looking at these stormclouds that seem to be gathering I'm apprehensive for quite a different reason this time around.

But anyway. 

Making sure I don't miss my weekly Game of Thrones blog, I come bearing gifts, which is the review for the fourth episode of the season, The Spoils of War! And dang, we're already past the halfway point now, only three more to go.

How fast does time fly, right?

And man, if you just look at these episodes, it's like we can never get enough, which is probably the point.

After all, there is only one Iron Throne.

Game of Thrones: The Queen's Justice

"The Great War is here."

Hello everyone!

Let me first tell you that I feel for the poor chicken which usually ends up in the cooking pot. I'm about the same right now and it's not even that late yet, but just sitting still I feel like I'm about to melt into a puddle on the floor. 

Summer has DEFINITELY got us in its grip, and will still for the next two weeks or so they say, so I desperately need some winter to cool off.

That pun was totally intended.

Anyway, after watching this latest episode of Un Passo Dal Cielo yesterday, I sat down to go through Game of Thrones as well, because ... well, because I couldn't resist, especially with that epic meeting in the works.

Let's move into The Queen's Justice, shall we?

Game of Thrones: Dragonstone

"The Great War is here."

Hello everyone!

Welcome, yet again, to another summer filled with Game of Thrones reviews and recaps. 

As I've done last year, I'm eschewing movies in favour of this television show because, SERIOUSLY, is there anyone (beside my sister) who hasn't seen this yet?

This Sunday marked the drop of the show's sevent season, a much-anticipated and highly speculated episode as well as the penultimate season of the show in general, since season eight is to be the last, during which we will finally, FINALLY, see the conclusion and who gets to sit on the bloody Iron Throne.

No pun intended.

So without further ado and without adding more to this introduction than is needed, let's jump right into the premiere, aptly named Dragonstone!

Game of Thrones: The Door + Blood of my Blood

"Hold the door!"

Hello everyone!

So after last week's internet disaster, I'm back, and as I promised, tonight's blog post is going to combine the recaps of both the fifth and the sixth episodes of Game of Thrones (season 6, of course, let's not get ahead of ourselves here). 

The reason for this being because I've promised to recap the entirety of the season as it rolled along, which means that I can't stop now, can I? I need to see this through.

Not that it's a hardship.

Every Monday night, regardless of the fact that there used to be a number of shows which aired Sunday and I could only watch them a day after (less now as most of them are on a summer break), I'd first watch the hour in Westeros just to ensure myself that all was right in the world.

I mean, honestly?

If you think you have it bad, all you have to do is watch one of those episodes; you'll be darn sure by the end of it that your life is a walk in the park compared to these guys.

Game of Thrones: Book of the Stranger

"You will not serve - you will die."

Hello everyone!

It's back to Game of Thrones for the week, and BOY was it a whooper of an episode this Sunday! 

Naturally, most of the episodes in this series are the likes of, you know, oh my God who's going to die and who lives?! kind of thing, but really, some of them stand out even further along the already amazing stuff we see on screen.

What I'm most thrilled about is the fact that we are now seriously past the action of the books, because they've come to a stalemate and I think I even remember Martin saying he probably won't finish Winds of Winter this calendar year either. Which is just bleh in my opinion since honestly, drawing it out so much? That isn't stringing fans along anymore, that's losing them.

Anyway.

As the show moves into its own territory, I agree with some that certain aspects are probably slightly more erratic than in the books, but for the most part? Yes, PLEASE, don't follow anything written down anymore!

Game of Thrones: Oathbreaker

"My watch is ended."

Hello everyone!

Back to Game of Thrones, of course, as it's Tuesday and therefore time for another episode recap! With so much stuff going on it's a wonder that I manage to keep my head on straight through the lot of it. 

What keeps on astounding me is how the producers are now finally moving forward with the plot and all the unanswered questions that the author still hasn't gotten to as he hasn't yet finished writing his books. It will, however, admittedly be weird when he does end up publishing the last two as the show will be over by then and they might pick a different kind of resolution even though they know the ending, or so it has been said.

Until then though, we're going to have to make do with HBO's version, and I can't say I'm arguing against it!

Some of the stuff I've been anxious to see ever since the show started, so this season is DEFINITELY bringing me up to speed with that - and not just me, but everyone else around who's an ardent Game of Thrones fan!