Is “Game of Thrones” important TV? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 05-31-2014, 01:29 AM

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/c...s_greater.html

"The answer is yes,” says Jack Hamilton, "and precisely for its unreality, its joyful hostility toward anything like allegory, commentary, or social relevance. Much like 'Star Wars' and Hogwarts and other great Neverlands, 'Game of Thrones' doesn’t hold a mirror to anything. It is aggressively false, a work of far-fetched imagination so intricate and finely realized it becomes compelling on its own terms, disorienting and dazzling us in the ways that only the best storytelling can.”
Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle#aRWVgh95oRJxjuSU.99

James28 · 05-31-2014, 02:00 AM

Really, there are so many viewers (over 7 million) who would subscribe to a premium cable channel just to see one of their original programs on its first airing. Just sayin'.

05-31-2014, 01:29 AM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 127,558	Is “Game of Thrones” important TV? http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/c...s_greater.html "The answer is yes,” says Jack Hamilton, "and precisely for its unreality, its joyful hostility toward anything like allegory, commentary, or social relevance. Much like 'Star Wars' and Hogwarts and other great Neverlands, 'Game of Thrones' doesn’t hold a mirror to anything. It is aggressively false, a work of far-fetched imagination so intricate and finely realized it becomes compelling on its own terms, disorienting and dazzling us in the ways that only the best storytelling can.” Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle#aRWVgh95oRJxjuSU.99

05-31-2014, 02:00 AM	#2
James28 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 14, 2007 Posts: 3,998	Really, there are so many viewers (over 7 million) who would subscribe to a premium cable channel just to see *one* of their original programs on its first airing. Just sayin'.
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