Other mistake: As the surviving characters discuss the fate of Westeros, 2 plastic water bottles can be seen tucked behind the chairs they're sitting on.
Game of Thrones (2011)
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Starring: Lena Headey, Peter Dinklage, Emilia Clarke, Maisie Williams, Michelle Fairley
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I watched this show on Amazon Prime.
Starting out, I wasn't sure I was ever going to actually watch this show. It seemed kinda interesting to me, but I had put it on my backlog with other things taking priority. However, my dad is writing his own books and series of space opera called Eden Galaxy Chronicles. People kept giving him feedback that the way he had different factions, governments and planets interacting with each other and his characters was a lot like Game of Thrones, but in space.
He heard that enough times he wanted to watch Game of Thrones, so I moved the show up on my list and we watched it together.
I'm very glad we did as I loved the first few seasons. Gripping, good writing, good acting, and a lot of authenticity to the medieval aesthetic. Lots of characters on their own paths with stories that branch out and wind together, intermingling and affecting each other while still having their own life to live.
Granted the last couple of seasons did decline. However I don't think they're as bad as people online make it out to be. The ending was a disappointment, sure, but it was still good enough.
Then again, if you go from amazing seasons to just OK or good for the ending, that can be a shocking change of direction and throw you for a loop. Whiplash I guess.
I'd rate the first 5 or 6 seasons 5 stars, with the last two seasons 4 or 3 stars. But nothing bad I'd say.
Mistake Status: I have no plans at all to do this series.
Tyrion Lannister: The Eyrie. They say it's impregnable.
Bronn: Give me 10 good men and some climbing spikes... I'll impregnate the bitch.
Trivia: The horse heart that Daenerys eats was actually made of gelatin, and genuinely tasted dreadful - her physical revulsion at eating it is real. It had dyed pasta to simulate veins, and was injected with fake sugary blood, which attracted flies. The blood was so sticky and ended up covering Emilia Clarke to such an extent that after filming it glued her to the toilet seat.
Question: Why is Khal Drogo willing to give Viserys an army in exchange for Daenerys? Until she is almost poisoned, he seems to have no real interest in The Iron Throne or the Targaryen dynasty, considering how she has to beg him to cross the Narrow Sea. Why didn't he just marry a native Dothraki woman?
Answer: This is explained more in the book. Khal Drogo and his bloodriders do intend to help Viserys take the throne, however they do things in their own time. This is what causes Viserys's frustration. In the book, Illyrio Mopatis tells Viserys that he has already waited his entire life to claim The Iron Throne and that waiting a few more years isn't that big of a deal. The Dothraki are a nomadic tribe, which is largely why they have no interest in invading and sacking King's Landing. However, since Khal Drogo eventually grows to love Dany, her assassination attempt by the Westerosi compels him to seek revenge.
Phaneron ★