Reflecting On The End Of Game Of Thrones, One Year Later
It’s been a year since the Game of Thrones finale. Twelve months of simmering after that blockbuster final episode which was instantly savaged by fans and critics alike.
Just a Cheeky Heads Up That ‘I Think You Should Leave’ Is The Funniest Show Of 2019
Are you aware of the demon child Bart Harley Jarvis? Have you stumbled upon the meme of that old fella dabbing in a boardroom? Has anyone tried to sell you fifty Stanzo branded fedoras lately?
The Ending of Game of Thrones and the Troubles of Adapting A Book That Hasn’t Been Written Yet
Realistically there was never gonna be an ending that satisfied everyone, the show was simply too big and too popular for that. And the same online bandwagon effect that rose this show to international phenomenon status kinda turned on it at the end there.
Game of Thrones: Season 8, Episode 5 – The Bells
Everybody has a choice to make, Varys left us with that wisdom last week and he died for it this week. Varys made his choice. He made his choice definitively and he stuck with that choice, accepting the risks that it took. And in the end he was proved right but he didn’t live long enough to see it thanks to a pair of his closest allies who each refused to make their choices.
Game of Thrones: Season 8, Episode 4 - The Last of the Starks
Game of Thrones has always been about the politics and the avoidable drama. That machinery of power, where snappy decisions have huge ramifications and any mistakes are fatal.
Game of Thrones: Season 8, Episode 3 – The Long Night
Arya’s hide and seek game in the library, Melisandre lighting the trench torches, the Dothraki charge witnessed from above, and the utter silent tension in the crypts... until it wasn’t silent no more. Drama that was loud and drama that was quiet, contributing to an almost overwhelming experience across 80 minutes.
Game of Thrones: Season 8, Episode 2 - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
The big moments are the ones that get people talking about this show. Ned Stark’s execution. The Red Wedding. The Battle of Hardhome. But it’s the little moments that make it so special, those moments when it’s just a couple characters in a room talking with subtext deluxe and every line means a hundred different things.
Game of Thrones: Season 8, Episode 1 – Winterfell
Ah Dany, I’ve missed that impossibly arranged blonde hair and those slightly snotty looks down the nose. Ah Jonny Boy, I’ve missed that big black coat and the permanent sulk. Ah Arya, I’ve missed that sly badass nature and the tricky knife moves. Tyrion and his clever quips. Sansa and her steely poise. You get the picture. Eighteen months was a long time between drinks.
Anyone Watched Black Mirror’s Bandersnatch Thing Yet?
Of course Black Mirror would end up on Netflix, aye. Because who else could come up with anything as high concept as Bandersnatch other than Charlie Booker and the folks from Black Mirror and who the absolute hell else would possibly endorse broadcasting such a thing as Netflix?
The Wildcard’s Holiday Telly Suggestions
Look, I get it. The holidays are coming up. Lots of time off work/study and heaps of time spent hanging out with the people you love. That’s great… it’s also overwhelming. You need some time to yourself, chilling and unwinding, absorbing something other than real life for an hour or so.
Flight of the Conchords, Now and In Perpetuity
It’s now the distant future, the year 2018, and the Conchords are back. They’ve got an hour-and-a-half-long live special airing on HBO, which premiered on the weekend so you’ll be able to find it one way or another by now, recorded in London in July and featuring several new songs.
There’s A Lot To Like About Disenchantment, Matt Groening’s New Effort
Matt Groening is back, did you realise? Old mate from The Simpsons and Futurama has a new show on Netflix called Disenchantment and it’s pretty decent. Some of the early reviews weren’t fantastic but that’s what you get when you try judge an entire show on the basis of a handful of episodes.
Hey Look Everybody, Sacha Baron Cohen’s Back!
Back in the day Da Ali G show was chilling at the peak of comedy. Like the best of humour it was about more than the jokes, it was about exposing idiocy and privilege and hypocrisy and bigotry.
Guess What? Atlanta Is Still As Good As Anything Else On Telly
There’s this one episode on the new season of Atlanta called Teddy Perkins. If you’ve seen it then you already know that it’s about the freakiest, strangest, most discomforting and completely compelling 41 minutes of telly that you’re likely to see all year.
The Quest For The Next Game Of Thrones
Thrones Ocho will be just six episodes long. Chances are they’ll be touching upon movie lengths in runtime – Thrones can do whatever it wants at this stage – but once those precious offerings are done… then winter will have come and gone for good.
Twin Peaks: The Return – Parts 17 & 18
The thing you get from the Fire Walk With Me film is that, amongst the Cooperisms, the small town insidiousness, the parables of good and evil, the coffee and the cherry pie, this was always the story of Laura Palmer.
Twin Peaks: The Return – Part 16
I don’t wanna go too deep in on what just happened though, not with the finale so close at hand. Instead here are a bunch of thoughts and questions ahead of the final couple hours of Twin Peaks – The Return.
Game of Thrones: Season Seven, Episode Seven – The Dragon And The Wolf
From hefty yarns and scary surprises in the Dragon Pit to some sibling bonding and even a little impending doom. Must've been that Season Seven finale.
Twin Peaks: The Return – Parts 14 & 15
EvilCoop strolls up to the convenience store – as in: the convenience store, the one from the atomic flashbacks – and demands to see Phillip Jeffries. A Woodsman takes him in, another takes him to Jeffries...