Game of Thrones

[kent_allard_jr]

Kimberly and I have been watching Game of Thrones, and we both like it, although she likes it more than me. (That has more to do with personality than different tastes. Kimberly, bless her, just has more enthusiasm for life than I do

Comments

[edgehopper]

"I'd guess that Joffrey Baratheon is the stand-in for Richard III. The thing is, Richard was only on the throne for two years, as he got a reputation as a sociopathic back-stabbing bastard and it earned him a lot of bad press. Call me an idealist, but even in the Middle Ages there was a limit to how much torture and beheading you could get away with."

Having read the books, I'd suggest you keep watching :) I wouldn't say every decent person is murdered and every rotten scumbag triumphs, though it certainly seems that way through most of seasons 1-3. But things go as well for Daenerys as they do for anyone, a few good guys come out OK, many of the worst villains end up getting their just desserts--it's not quite as unsatisfying a narrative as it seems at the end of any of the first 3 seasons.

[negativeq]

*Hums*

Just keep watchin. Or readin ...