Game of Thrones (2011)
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.
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We don’t want some drawn-out Lord of the Rings battle finale, unless it involves extensive cutaways to doggie-style sex.
…the oft-quoted plot hole that appears to lie at the centre of Lord of the Rings about just flying to Mount Doom on a giant eagle and dropping the Ring into the volcano…
Ramsay Bolton, who looks increasingly like Frodo Baggins’ sociopathic cousin…
If last episode was The Walking Dead’s Red Wedding, Season 9’s finale continues the Game of Thrones trend with frostbitten walkers, as winter arrives for the first time in this series.
…his dynamic with Judith has a certain Game of Thrones Arya-and-The-Hound vibe that has potential for some fun and violence if Negan is ever let out of his cell again.
This is an arc that is still being written in the comics, meaning the TV show may end up going Game of Thrones and overtaking the source material.
The Walking Dead’s official Twitter account tweeted an image of Walder Frey from Game of Thrones. Speculation ran rampant over the potential for The Walking Dead to air an episode as shocking and unforgettable as Game of Thones’ Red Wedding.
After a stunning, pulse-pounding build-up that was part Bourne and part Terminator…
You’d need Doc Brown riding in on the back of a T-800 to explain away the end of the latest episode of Game of Thrones.
…its brilliance lay in the way it was stretched out with wicked Hitchcockian glee (and The Godfather and Shakespeare tossed in too)…
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…looking for all the world like Alec Guinness as the blind butler in Murder By Death…
It opened like something out of Witness, a bucolic scene as a bunch of Northern Irish extras built a barn and all was harmony and peace.
…an episode of 90s rubber-mallet show Gladiators…
…with a tone that matches its Game of Thrones-esque wording…
…not just Liam Cunningham (Game of Thrones)…
Game of Thrones’ Jacob Anderson pops up as Vinder…
…some enjoyably camp villainy on offer from Ian Gelder (Game of Thrones’ Kevan Lannister) as Zellin…
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The flashback stuff with Bran and the Three-Eyed Raven provided our lot in terms of fights, and it went all Phantom Menace, as young Ned and his pals took on a double-sworded Ser Arthur Dayne in a very skilfully executed skirmish.
…we were given an on-screen melee to make Gladiator look like an episode of 90s rubber-mallet show Gladiators…