Joe Streckert

I was a little worried about Blackwater, last night’s episode of Game of Thrones. The Siege of King’s Landing is no small thing, and I was wondering if HBO was going to be up to the task portraying a gigantic battle filled to the brim with boats and fire and dudes with swords. As much […]

Last night’s Game of Thrones episode was another hour of setup. There wasn’t much in the way big, important events—it was a lot of anticipation for next week. Stannis’ fleet is on the way to King’s Landing, and this was the calm before the storm. Things are going to go boom, but first all the […]

Change is necessary in adaptations. What works well in print isn’t going to necessarily work well on screen, and any successful adaptation has to make the source material its own. Last night’s episode of Game of Thrones was probably the biggest departure from the books so far, and probably caused not a few fans of […]

HOLY SEVERED LIMBS, BATMAN! Things happened! Lots and lots of things! The most recent episode of Game of Thrones made up for last week’s snoozer. This week- things happened, events transpired, and shit went down. It was easily the best installment so far of season two. After the jump, I use way too many exclamation […]

Last night’s episode of Game of Thrones was very front-loaded. The most exciting thing to happen in the whole hour transpired in the first ten minutes. Not too much else in the way of action or excitement ended up transpiring. We didn’t even get any nudity. I’m so disappointed in you, Game of Thrones. You’re […]

Monarchies are stupid. Say what you will about democracies, at least they never invest power with juvenile little micro-sadists who command people to torture each other. Joffrey’s monstrosity was on full display in last night’s Game of Thrones episode, and it was kind of awkward to watch, to say the least. Spoilers upon spoilers, after […]

Well, how about that. You know? THAT. I was kind of surprised by that thing near the end of Game of Thrones last night. As much as I love the book (LOTS), I’ve so far approved of the additions and re-jiggers that HBO has made. Last night, a certain non-character from the dead-tree version got […]

Ned Stark was a good ruler, a good military leader, and a good man. He was not, however, good at politics. In Westeros, it’s abundantly clear that if you want to be good at the game of thrones, it helps to be kind of a prick. Season one was all about Ned losing the game […]