TV Review: GAME OF THRONES - The Night Lands 2.2

Oh, so that's a girl. I'm pleased I found out this quick she had me completely fooled last week thinking she, or he was in fact in line to take Joffrey's throne as king. I did think on watching last week that Ari (actually Arya) was slightly effeminate, as you know I didn't watch the first season so this is all new to me. I have to say I enjoyed "The Night Lands" better than last weeks "The North Remembers", more things started to fall into place for me this week and I think that maybe I'm starting to grasp what is actually going on.

One thing I forgot to mention last week was the killing of the "bastards", I know it's not real but I did find that very uncomfortable to watch, or listen to as the case may be. You think that maybe they would leave it there, but no. Game of Thrones was just as daring and outrageous this week as it was last. Firstly we were treated to the scene in the brothel with the lady who had clearly just finished servicing some guy, I'm presuming that wasn't milk he was wiping from her chin, then we got some very wrong brother sister action which quite frankly was just creepy.

I wouldn't let any of that put you off though, yes the nakedness was there for all to be seen, but again, I didn't see the first season so I don't know if that's how it was, nor have I read the books, so maybe it was taken from those. Game of Thrones is still a brilliant show and and the brilliant acting, clever story and hint of the big battle which is going to commence at some point in this season all ramps up to keep you coming back week on week.

I actually laughed this week too, that's twice, remember Awake? Yeah, well Game of Thrones was actually pretty funny this week with the best laugh coming from that guy (I don't know his name) who told the Gold Cloak that his sword had just been sharpened that morning, and it was so sharp he could shave a spiders arse, what can I say it doesn't take much to make me laugh, maybe it's the way "that guy" delivered his line. My other moment of laughter came just before Ari turned out to be Arya with the kids washing pots, again, I don't know who the kid was but it was a funny little chat about how he knew someone was a Knight because they wore body armour.

Although I'm getting there with the characters I still have plenty to learn, this week Joffrey didn't make an appearance but I was introduced to so many other people, supposed kings and their teams (is that the right word?) that I kind of feel back to square one, I think I get a little more on what they all want, and now I know that Tyroin is attempting to keep all of these people from passing his, well Joffrey's walls and getting into their kingdom, please correct me in the comments if I have that wrong. I thought that I pretty much met everyone in the opening episode but it turns out not, I was introduced to the house Greyjoy, you know the creepy brother sister bit? I take it he was in the first season and sent away his son who he now despises to fight with the Stark's. I still need to know who the lady in the red land's is, someone was obviously sending her little crew a message this week sending one of her Bloodrider's back minus his head.

Before I sum up, where were they taking that baby at the end of this episode? And what was that thing which picked it up? The shadow on screen and heavy breathing leads me to think it's some kind of man wolf

I still have plenty to learn about Game of Thrones but I really did enjoy this episode, as with last week the person I was most impressed with was Peter Dinklage, when this guy is on screen he completely owns it and from what I have heard he will be taking more of a leading role in this season. Another brilliant episode and I can't wait for next week's.

TV Review: GAME OF THRONES - The North Remembers 2.1

If you caught my post yesterday, telling you I’d be back today then you’ll know that I took in the season 2 premiere of Game of Thrones the other night.  I didn’t watch the first season of the show but have heard some pretty impressive things regarding it, firstly I could see straight away that those things I heard were very correct, this does seem to be a very good show. I suppose I gave Game of Thrones a miss as I’m not normally into medieval fantasy type things, but this definitely got my interest enough to start watching weekly. Please feel free to fill me in on the gaps, as I said I didn’t see the first one so I may have picked some stuff up wrong.

I’ll start with this boy-King Joffrey (Jack Gleeson), a young man who’s face I’m sure I wouldn’t tire of punching, the phrase arrogant little "bastard" comes to mind. I suppose they done a great job in casting, as he isn’t supposed to be a likable character, you could say he pulls that off rather well. I take it from the roundup of the first season that I watched Sean Bean’s character Eddard Stark was the actual King of the Throne until they chopped off his head, his family have been overthrown by this boy-King and now Eddard Stark's son Robb (Richard Madden), the King of the North is going to fight in order to retain his rightful Throne.

I’m still figuring out who this girl Daenery (Emilia Clarke) is wandering across the red wasteland with the dragon on her shoulder, has she been banished there for some reason or another?

As with everyone else I way mightily impressed with the performance of Peter Dinklage as Tyroin Lannister, before this I didn’t really know to much about him but from the moment he appeared on screen it was obvious that he owned it. Could someone explain to me who he is and how he gets away with speaking to King Joffrey like he does? After all the little prick almost ordered someone to their death for showing up to a fight drunk. Is he like the Spartacus of Medieval times, and no one would dare question his judgement? Not only does Dinklage put in a powerful performance, he is also very funny, the scene with his sister Cersei Lannister (Oh, I just watched the episode again and figured that Tyroin is actually the Kings uncle, well sort of.) in particular got my attention and although I wasn’t up with everything they were talking about I still found myself raising a smile.

Also starring in the hit HBO drama is Richard Madden who I knew I recognised, but it took me a little time to figure it out, probably due to the fact that his role is so different here than it was when I reviewed British cult hit comedy Sirens last year, this guy really can hold his own on the screen and his variation in roles shows that. I was also impressed by the fact that the HBO show has and almost entirely British, Irish and Scottish cast, normally with American shows they go for their own stars, which really does say a lot for British acting considering that Game of Thrones has been such a big hit on both sides of the Atlantic.

I was really impressed with this season 2 premiere and I can’t wait to see some more, things which right now don’t make that much sense will pan out I’m sure and I’ll get to grips with things pretty quick. I’ll add the show to the weekly previews and I can’t wait for the next episode.