""Is Game of Thrones that good?
The new series! It appears to have an excellent rating on IMDb, and it's currently the most popular series on many charts. But I never thought a medieval kind of series could be that popular. So, is it good? :)
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I'm gonna sum Game of Thrones (and its subsequent seasons based on the book series) up for you:
Imagine the Lord of the Rings. Now imagine Frodo and Sam FAILED on their quest. Sauron captured Frodo and Sam. The Dark Lord regained the One Ring. He slaughtered Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli and Gandalf, defeated the heroes and the host of Men and Elves, and conquered all of Middle Earth.
Now imagine the entire agonizing process is being slowly unfolded over the course of many books/seasons. You keep hoping and praying, oh puhlease, don't let the good guys die, let them succeed for once, because they are trying so hard... but then they keep dying on you.
The few remaining surviving heroes were scattered, struggling for survival. And in their struggle for survival, they had to adapt... and in the process, they became less and less noble, less and less good. They had to lie, steal, cheat and kill to survive. And the only thing that kept them going was the hope of vengeance. (Those who refused to comprise would die -- in this series, death is the ultimate price of doing the right thing.)
Oh, and the bad guys did die in the end. But not because they were defeated by the good guys. The bad guys died because after they won, they turned on each other. And you get to see that over the course of several books/seasons (while seeing the long fall of the "good guys".)
So, is that good?""
Imagine the Lord of the Rings. Now imagine Frodo and Sam FAILED on their quest. Sauron captured Frodo and Sam. The Dark Lord regained the One Ring. He slaughtered Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli and Gandalf, defeated the heroes and the host of Men and Elves, and conquered all of Middle Earth.
Now imagine the entire agonizing process is being slowly unfolded over the course of many books/seasons. You keep hoping and praying, oh puhlease, don't let the good guys die, let them succeed for once, because they are trying so hard... but then they keep dying on you.
The few remaining surviving heroes were scattered, struggling for survival. And in their struggle for survival, they had to adapt... and in the process, they became less and less noble, less and less good. They had to lie, steal, cheat and kill to survive. And the only thing that kept them going was the hope of vengeance. (Those who refused to comprise would die -- in this series, death is the ultimate price of doing the right thing.)
Oh, and the bad guys did die in the end. But not because they were defeated by the good guys. The bad guys died because after they won, they turned on each other. And you get to see that over the course of several books/seasons (while seeing the long fall of the "good guys".)
So, is that good?""
