
She also made the strategic move to round out her lineup with some stone-cold killers who are sure to rack up some points in the body count column this season. Like Bryan, Liz has chosen to arm her team with some of the most high-profile female players in the game but rather than fire magic and dragons, she's chosen to rely on good old-fashioned feminine wiles and sass. I'll post my in-depth, highly subjective scoring analysis every Monday throughout the season, but in the meantime, let's check out our lineups! When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die, but when you play the Game of Game of Thrones, you can also get points for style. Think of it as the NFL as scored by an Olympic figure skating judging panel. It means dominating the season being the MVP through a combination of screen time, quotable lines, killer outfits, and yes, bloodshed. But winning means more than sitting in the Iron Throne or icing a bunch of ice zombies. I assembled nine of my fellow Vergers to draft teams of six (five characters and one Special Teams faction) to see who will win this season of Game of Thrones. And this is where the true Game of Game of Thrones begins. But now that the show is beginning to lap the books (and reportedly diverge from them dramatically) GoT the show is officially unpredictable. Martin's novels: an of almanac of sorts literally stolen from 2015. Over the past four seasons it was possible to have a leg up on some of these plays via George R. Game of Thrones isn't fantasy, It's sports It's about who's getting their head lopped off next and who will get the best oh-no-he-didn't one-liner of the week.

Thrones isn't about its themes - family, power, oppression - though it weaves them together deftly in service of entertainment. I'm not looking to it for any deep insight on the human condition. I don't watch Game of Thrones in the same way I watch, say, Mad Men (whose seasons have run concurrently with Thrones for the past few years and which serves as a perfect, if unintentional Sunday night chaser to the over-the-top hijinks going down in Westeros).
#Olympic ice skating game of thrones series
Every episode is an hourlong series of dunks, fouls, hail marys, and other things that happen in sports. I love the Olympics.When people tell me they can't get into Game of Thrones because they're turned off by fantasy, I genuinely pity them. One person described the performance as "a REAL choice." Another Twitter user wrote: "A German guy in fake armor is skating to Game of Thrones. Naturally, the internet soon had a field day. Many assumed that Fentz was paying homage to the eldest Lannister son, as he wears a golden hand after losing his real one in season 3. Nevertheless, the German skater had all of Westeros (and the rest of the non-fictional world) shook when he not only performed to the show's soundtrack, but maybe - just maybe - also cosplayed as Jaime.įans paying closer attention noticed something interesting in is costume: he donned a single gold glove on his right hand. He may have been inspired by the fact that he was competing in the winter games, or could have just been a Game of Thrones stan like the rest of us.
#Olympic ice skating game of thrones free
Olympic figure skater Paul Fentz performed to the Game of Thrones soundtrack music during the men's free skate yesterday, February 16, leaving fans speculating whether his costume choice was an intentional nod to Jaime Lannister.
