A Tale of First Series: Heroism and Binaries in Record of Lodoss War
Heroism is something I find myself coming back to a lot in these especially trying times. After all, we hear about heroes from time to time, and yet so few of the stories we see are about heroic people. The hopelessness of that reality is hard to fathom even as I sit here contemplating a […]
A Game of Throne: Season Two, Episode One (“The North Remembers”)
Unlike last year, I have been eagerly anticipating the second season of HBO’s Game of Thrones. Now that it’s here, I have some of those same mixed feelings that made season one slightly uneven. Yet, it doesn’t seem to matter much anymore. I will watch this show until the end, even if the characters turn […]
A Game of Thrones: Episode Seven (“You Win or You Die”)
It’s a sad thing that I have to post a review for Episode Seven so late in the week. More pressing concerns prevented me from getting to it, I’m afraid, such as yesterday’s USPS insanity. I refuse to review anything with anger on the mind, or to do anything remotely productive, such as writing fiction, […]
A Game of Thrones: Episode Six (“A Golden Crown”)
HBO’s A Game of Thrones is back on high form again with the sixth episode. Dropping a number of the extra narratives lobbed at us in “The Wolf,” “A Golden Crown” is much more measured, suspenseful, and emotional. Here we finally see Daenerys extricate herself from her horrible past, rising to her rightful place among […]
A Game of Thrones: Episode Five (“The Wolf and the Lion”)
As I mentioned in my review of Episode Four, the narrative of HBO’s A Game of Thrones has been slowly threatening to come unhinged. Scenes have been added that I feel detract from the most important characters, leaving a small void in their stories. “The Wolf and the Lion,” unfortunately, does more of the same, but […]
A Game of Thrones: Episode Four (“Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things”)
Something about three-eyed crows creeps me out. But I suppose that’s the point of the opening of episode four: creepiness. In a way, “Cripples” mirrors “Winter is Coming” with its opening scene, presenting something which feels and appears like a strange nightmare, but which doesn’t have a direct tie to the episode at hand (at […]