Game of Thrones

Excellent dark medieval fantasy story about Seven Kingdoms and their noble houses trying to control the land of Westeros. I was instantly immensely impressed with the first episode. So many interesting occurrences happening at once, and the plot only got thicker and darker the more I saw. 

With Sean Bean as the main leading character, and a very strong cast to support him with old and new faces, there is lots of political events happening, twisted and tied to traditions and insanity. Adapted from what happen to be excellent books as well, Game of Thrones has absolute beautiful sceneries, costumes, writings and performances. 

Violence, vulgarity and sex are displayed in a strong mature form, and the main theme is an instant classic. Tons of secrets wait inside this epic struggle of a story, where cultures, opinions and ethics clash. And best of all, you never know for certain whom to root for in this, meaning that the morality values are often thrown into a grey zone, allowing for complex situations to arise.

My favorite character turns out to be the most popular one, which is Tyrion Lannister. He has such a way of manipulating people that it's almost inevitable not to get affected by his actions. But he isn't alone, no. There are others who are considerably admirable when it comes to tales of promises, letting people die for causes and hiding behind barriers of deceitfulness.

I would like to read the books, but it turns out that I have a giant backlog for those as well, so they will have to wait in line. In the mean time, I am enthusiastically anticipating the end of march, as Game of Thrones shall continue the many cliffhangers it left behind on the television.

As a rare and shiny TV-series where EVERYONE has interesting stuff to say (even Hodor!), Game of Thrones is my current favorite one for all of the many quality based series available in present time, like it is for many others as well.

However, it shares the number one spot of mine with a series from the early 90's of which I shall speak soon enough at Flok Factory. So that actually means, depending on when GoT will end, I will be able to decide between the two eventually.

Rating: 9.0