Written by Anna Harrison "In the book, Renly offers Stannis a peach. A harmless gesture, but a mocking one; he invites his older brother to taste the finer things in life, but Stannis refuses, and the two suddenly become much … Continue reading.
Written by Anna Harrison "Finally, at long last—it’s the moment we’ve been waiting for. Not Ned Stark’s (Sean Bean) execution, not the Red Wedding, not even the Purple Wedding. Not the upcoming shadow baby, not dracarys, not the Battle of … Continue reading.
Written by Anna Harrison "There comes a time in every adaptation’s life when it must decide what to chop and what to keep. Season one already cut supporting characters such as Mya Stone (link to s2e1) and Jeyne Poole and … Continue reading.
Written by Anna Harrison "For some godforsaken reason, “The North Remembers” does not—as Martin’s book does—open with the intrigue of Dragonstone. Instead, we are plopped right back in King’s Landing, as orange and yellow as ever..."… Continue reading.
Written by Anna Harrison "Other than the distressing loss of Ned’s fever dream, “A Golden Crown” follows the books faithfully and marks another good episode from early “Thrones,” smoothly bouncing between locations, giving us our first main character death of … Continue reading.
Written by Anna Harrison "Compared to later seasons, the episode is still fairly tame, but episode five—the halfway mark for season one—signals a large (if not quite seismic) shift for “Thrones.” ..."… Continue reading.
Written by Anna Harrison "In this single cut from the condemned direwolf to Bran’s opened eyes, we see the benefits of a filmed adaptation. Within Martin’s limited POV structure in “ASOIAF,” this moment cannot exist; while he positions these chapters … Continue reading.
Written by Anna Harrison "Being one of those annoying people who have complexes about reading the source material before watching the adaptation, I simply had to read Martin’s work before dipping my toe into the show. I devoured them with … Continue reading.
