And so, after another ten weeks of fictional sadism and very real suffering, we reach the end of Game of Thrones season four. Unlike all the other years of this show, this time the final episode of the run is the climactic point, bringing a kitchen of pots to a cloud of boils. And we’ve reached … [Read more...]
Will the tall Wall fall? Game of Thrones S4E9 – Dork Review
In previous seasons, the penultimate Game of Thrones episode of the year has been The One. The big week where something huge happens, leaving the “finale” as an epilogue for characters to react. Here we are in the second-to-last Westeros visit of season four, then, and pre-conditioned to … [Read more...]
How To Get Ahead In Westeros – Game of Thrones S4E8 – Dork Review
After a short interlude for Americans to remember something, back to Game of Thrones. Following the last couple of weeks, not to mention the title of this episode (The Mountain and the Viper), we’re clearly all here for Tyrion’s trial by combat fight between Oberyn Martell and The … [Read more...]
Game of Thrones – A day in the deaths. S4E7 – Dork Review
Game of Thrones is known for a few things: sex, violence, pointless nudity, witty banter, sudden character death, intrigue and advancing plots along in tiny increments, keeping a whisper ahead of audience boredom. And this particular episode, if nothing else, hit all these sweet spots. It didn’t … [Read more...]
The People vs Tyrion Lannister vs The People – Game of Thrones S4E6 – Dork Review
Although the last couple of Game of Thrones episodes kept all the stones rolling downhill, they perhaps lacked huge sequences. Big climactic end pieces which send us away satisfied that we've witnessed some major plot twist or huge action moment. Last week had the showdown at Craster's between … [Read more...]
The ghost of season one is stirring… Game of Thrones S4E5 – Dork Review
This is one of those episodes of Game of Thrones where, to be honest, it’s hard to identify a main plot. Is it the crowning of the new King, considering it’s in the title? Or Sansa’s arrival at the Eyrie, which probably gets the most scenes? Or the most eventful sequence, where the Night’s Watch … [Read more...]
Game of Thrones “Fewer W*nkers Than Usual” Special! S4E4 – Dork Review
Often in Game of Thrones, the show delights in reminding us that most people are dicks. There isn’t much of the chivalry, heroism and self-sacrifice evident in other adventure stories – instead, our “heroes” are those acting least selfishly. Ned Stark in season one was arguably the closest we had to … [Read more...]
Sad Lannisters even worse than regular Lannisters… Game of Thrones S4E3 – Dork Review
Last week on Game of Thrones, they killed off the King. As you’d expect in a medieval fantasy show, this move rather dominates the following episode. Whodunnit? The obvious suspects are already making moves to distance themselves, and we get a pretty wide cross-section of the universe as most (but … [Read more...]
Royal Wedding Hard With A Vengeance: Game of Thrones S4E2 – Dork Review
After the last two weddings in recent Game of Thrones times, surely any couple wanting to tie the knot in Westeros would take the bloody hint and elope? Between the miserable union of Tyrion/Sansa and the bloody massacre at the Red Wedding, you'd need to be a massive arrogant twonk to think it would … [Read more...]
Reintroduction To Politico-Fantasy 101 in Game of Thrones S4E1 – Dork Review
After three years of successfully changing the feel of each new run, the start of Game of Thrones year four felt... a lot like the third season, actually. But I loved that, so it's hard to really complain. More bright-yet-bitchy King's Landing action, Daenerys still in the desertand the inexorable … [Read more...]
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