It seems that the world is divided between hard-core fans and those who stubbornly refuse to watch “Game of Thrones”. There’s no middle ground, I have never met anyone who actually watched one episode and gave up because it was boring or uninteresting. I do know some people who prefer to read the books and several strange individuals still refuse checking it out because they think its not cool to follow the herd (usually my first impulse, however second impulse is at least curiosity) but its their loss - its the biggest TV phenomenon in recent years and deservedly so because every usual fantasy cliché is presented realistically in full colour (or gloom) of cinematic sweep almost unprecedented on small TV screens until now (budget is $10 million per episode). The script is fantastic - although very brutal - and it plays with all sorts of audience’s fascination with behind-the-throne cruelty. If HBO’s “Rome” was excellent, historical sword-and-sandal saga, well this actually went one step forward and lifted the bar. Curiously enough for what is basically a fantasy genre, magic is not overwhelmingly used but only hinted as something dangerous and possible.
“Game of Thrones” is also the only TV series in my life where I am still curious and thrilled to watch it way beyond usual first few seasons - usually I enjoy everything up to the point and than get tired of it, but not this time. When season 5 ended with all those cliffhangers, I just could’t imagine that we have to wait another year to find out what happened later. Somehow the year had passed by and season 6 is here - it seems the whole world held its breath to find out is Jon Snow alive but so far he is still a corpse, unfortunately. Author George R.R.Martin had actually not even written sequel nr.6 yet so I have no idea how producers came with all this new twists and turns, its quite ridiculous situation where TV series continued without its author on the rudder.
I watched the first episode of season 6 yesterday with glass of wine and several cigarettes, it was orgasmic as usual - everything was dark, gloomy, dangerous and fabulous. Sansa and Theon Greyjoy have escaped and now they are protected by fierce Brienne of Tarth who is rare character with pure heart in the whole story. Cersei mourns the death of her daughter, poisoned by dangerous Ellaria Sand who is already wrecking a havoc down in distant Dorne. Young queen Margaery is still in prison but something in her steely attitude suggest she might be very dangerous in the future. My least favorite character Daenerys Targaryen is taken a prisoner but this time has no dragons to protect her, as usual she only boasts about her royal bloodline and I really wish somebody would just cut her head off and show her that she is no better than anybody else. On the Wall, Ser Davos protects the corpse of Jon Snow behind locked doors and priestess Melisandre (who we all expect to somehow do some magic tricks and bring Jon Snow back to life) in privacy of her bedroom takes the magic necklace off, revealing incredibly old woman she actually is, probably centuries old. Now for the first time I am faced with problem that I can’t continue immediately with another episode but actually have to wait regular showing.
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