Showing posts with label GoT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GoT. Show all posts

Wednesday, 14 May 2014

A mush up video of The Super Mario World/Game of Thrones



GUESS WHAT!!!  "Game of Thrones" fans have created a mush up video for game of throne by mix it up with Super Mario World. He is absolutely a creative GoT fans.



The videa is created by a youtuber name: NicksplosionFX. He formed a shot-by-shot remake of the hottest HBO drama at the moment. He puts the opening sequence of the drama using the map from Super Mario World. He even manages to find an 8-bit cover of the "Game of Thrones" theme and use the content from earlier games when the "Game of Thrones" intro shows designs to refer to the history of the realm.



Or, if you want to see just how accurate it is by comparing it to the original theme song, NicksplosionFX has also posted a video displaying the "Game of Thrones" intro side by side with his mush up video. How amazing is he?


Source: The Washington Post
By Chuin Aun Loh

Monday, 12 May 2014

The real history that inspired Game of Thrones



Hellooo Guys, this post is going to be about real history characters that have some similiar characteristics with the characters in GoT .

ROBB STARK
Robb has been matched to a young Edward IV, who also fought against the throne at an early age by commanding his armed forces of overwhelming victories over the Lancastrians. In 1460, Richard of York (Edward’s father) was killed in the Battle of Wakefield. The Lancastrians relieved Richard of his head and exposed it on a pike, just like in the show that what Joffrey did to Robb’s father, Ned.



EDDARD STARK

Ned has some similar characteristics with England’s last Yorkist king, Richard III.

Firstly, Richard was given tasks of leading the north of England and protecting the Scottish border before he ascended to the throne. And for Ned, he was Warden of the North under King Robert, and he had some connection with the Night’s Watch, which they have to protect wall from the night walker which is the northernmost boundary of the Seven Kingdoms.



ROBERT BARATHEON

At the beginning of the series, Robert is a fat and intolerable king who is fascinated in hunting, drinking and having sex than actually governing the Seven Kingdoms. He barely brings to mind of strapping, fearsome warrior who dethroned Aerys Targaryen.

That falls into similar situation to Edward IV, a successful warrior who became ignoble for spoiling in too much food, wine and sex. He died after a fishing trip, which is kind of similar to Robert, who got pierced by a wild boar while hunting.

For more please visit: News.com.au (Source) 
-Chuin Aun Loh

Friday, 9 May 2014

How to avoid Game of Thrones spoilers



Here are some tips to aviod spoilers


1. Enable Twitter's "mute" function:

 The first method is to stop using the social media such as twitter or Facebook until you have done watching the episode.


2. Avoid the word "purple":

 I have no clue why we should do that. But I know as soon as you see this word try not to look at it to keep away from any unnecessary information.


3. Use a spoiler app:

Guess what? There is an app to prevent spoiler, kind of like Netflix's Spoiler Foiler, that able to stop allows you to block media feeds on Facebook and Twitter from over 50 TV shows and sports. However, it is only been used in Los Angeles.


4. Go on an extended holiday:

There are lots of holiday places that you can avoid the entire spoiler such as Tibetan Plateau because internet access is weak and you can live the life without knowing the spoiler. For other location you can also choose Antarctica, American Samoa, Alaska or the Sahara Desert.

By Chuin Aun Loh 

Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

Wednesday, 7 May 2014


 Spoilers!!

 In the halfway of season 4 of Games of Thrones which would be published in 2015..


The Good



Joffrey’s Death
It’s odd. After episode after episode of hating Joffrey’s stupid face, watching his death wasn’t nearly as enjoyable as I’d expected. Despite his evilness, seeing him lying on the floor, looking desperately for his mother to make it all better was rather sad. The show nailed it though – Jack Gleeson’s performance, Jaimie’s panicked dash, the strange colouring of Joffrey’s face. It all worked perfectly, and it’s most definitely one of the best TV deaths in history.


The Bad

Jaimie becoming a rapist
The worst part of this season has to be the moment when Jaimie raped Cersei in front of Joffrey’s corpse. What’s maddening is that it wasn’t actually meant to happen. In the book Cersei consents, and the director claims that the same thing happened in the show.  He mucked it terribly though, very few people took it the way he intended, and Jaimie’s character now has the added sin of incestuous rape to bear. A low point.

 By Weijie Wang
 Source: Games of Thrones Review