You know what they say in Westeros: when you play the game of love, you either get married or you die by decapitation. The execution of this GoT-as-a-Rom-Com trailer isn’t the best, but the use of “Call Me Maybe” is so ridiculously spot on it more than makes up for the shortcomings. Actually, wouldn’t we [...]
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Above, Bran and Robb Stark recount the family history of House Stark. There are also brief histories for: House Lannister, House Targaryen, House Arryn, House Baratheon. These videos are perfect for anybody who is fascinating by the Game of Thrones universe, loves the HBO show, or is just too lazy to read a 1,000 page book. Yes, that would be me on all [...]
Frank Jacobs, over at Big Think, takes a gander at what Tolkein’s Middle Earth looks like from a Slavic point of view. This map, however, adds something to the Russian translation of The Hobbit. The map is the work of Mikhail Belomlinsky, who illustrated a translation of The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by N. Rahmanova. The [...]
When it comes to fantasy or science fiction literature, the hardest thing to do in adaptations is world building — to give the property a sense of real geography. It’s why most fantasy novels come equipped with maps and histories, etc. HBO managed to accomplish a similar feat with the opening credits of their new [...]
Salon has an exhaustive primer on HBO’s Game of Thrones. It should be considered essential reading for anyone that hasn’t read the books yet (wouldn’t hold it against you they are, after all, 800 pages each) but wants to jump right into the new show. “A Song of Ice And Fire” is to normal fantasy [...]
The excitement for next Sunday’s premiere episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones just went up a notch. The New York Times delves into the journey George R.R. Martin’s fantasy series took to get to HBO and it’s hard to believe it’s been in development for nearly four years now. Mr. Lombardo would not confirm reports [...]
With Game of Thrones only two weeks away from airing, HBO have released the first 15 minutes of the premiere episode to titillate us. It looks great. Nothing I really wasn’t expecting. It’s still hard to believe that HBO is doing a full on fantasy show, even if that show is more about the political [...]
This is perhaps the best look at HBO’s adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series that will be rechristened Game of Thrones. This is also not the best G.R.R. Martin news of the week, as it was finally announced that July 12 would be the publication date for the [...]
In this short film(4.5 minutes) by Ciaran Foy, Melissa and her family are out on a picnic when she encounters faeries. Melissa chases them into the woods, only to find out that she’s not dealing with the benevolent kind. This short is both enchanting and creepy, spectacularly well done on all fronts and is the [...]
