High-Def Digest: The Bonus ViewGeorge R. R. Martin Archives - High-Def Digest: The Bonus View https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tag/george-r-r-martin/ A High-Def Digest Blog Wed, 13 May 2020 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Nightflyers Pilot & 1.02 Recap: “Do Not Board This Ship” https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/nightflyers-syfy-premiere-recap/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/nightflyers-syfy-premiere-recap/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2018 13:00:31 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=94992 The Syfy network abruptly canceled its excellent The Expanse earlier this year to make room for Nightflyers, an expensive sci-fi/horror concoction based on a 1981 novella by author George R.R. Martin. Whether that pedigree will rope in Game of Thrones viewers remains to be seen. Those simply looking for a quality space drama can take...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/nightflyers-syfy-premiere-recap/feed/ 3 On the Table: ‘A Game of Thrones: Hand of the King’ Card Game Preview https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/game-of-thrones-hand-of-the-king-card-game-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/game-of-thrones-hand-of-the-king-card-game-review/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2016 19:00:01 +0000 Tom Landy http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=80629 Winter is coming… and so is Fantasy Flight Games’ new fast-paced card game themed around George R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy series ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’. Do you have what it takes to become the Hand of the King? From the product description: The king has called for a tourney and a feast to...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/game-of-thrones-hand-of-the-king-card-game-review/feed/ 1 ‘Game of Thrones’ 4.03 Recap: “What Makes a Good King?” https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/gameofthrones-403-recap/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/gameofthrones-403-recap/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2014 16:00:46 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=62022 In an episode focused on dealing with the fallout from last week’s bombshell, ‘Game of Thrones’ does not deliver any huge, shocking plot twists this week. However, one deviation from the source material has stirred up a controversy among fans. First, we’ll deal with the plot stuff. Joffrey is dead. Tyrion has been arrested and...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/gameofthrones-403-recap/feed/ 8 ‘Game of Thrones’ 4.02 Recap: “Not So Pretty Now” https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/gameofthrones-402-recap/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/gameofthrones-402-recap/#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2014 19:00:15 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=61811 So much for starting the season off at a slow boil. In an episode written by George R.R. Martin himself, ‘Game of Thrones’ just delivered a major bombshell. And it is oh so delicious. I’m going to jump right to the end of episode ‘The Lion and the Rose’ here. It’s my feeling that the...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/gameofthrones-402-recap/feed/ 22 ‘Game of Thrones’ 3.07 Recap: “If Blood Is Your Desire, Blood Shall Flow” https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/gameofthrones-307-recap/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/gameofthrones-307-recap/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 19:00:37 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=51248 Once a season, author George R.R. Martin writes the screenplay for an episode of ‘Game of Thrones’ himself. You might think that he’d do this to cover some monumental, game-changing event in the story that he felt needed his personal supervision, but that isn’t necessarily the case. It certainly isn’t with this week’s episode, a...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/gameofthrones-307-recap/feed/ 1 ‘Game of Thrones’ 3.01 Recap: “Everyone You’ve Ever Known Will Be Dead” https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/gameofthrones-301-recap/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/gameofthrones-301-recap/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:00:17 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=49435 The funny thing about HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’, which returned for its third season on Sunday, is that this is one of the few shows on television where an episode can go by in which basically nothing at all happens, and yet fans will still regard it as “epic” and “awe inspiring.” Make no mistake,...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/gameofthrones-301-recap/feed/ 9 Weekend Roundtable: Books Recently Read https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-recent-books-read/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-recent-books-read/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:00:43 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=39160 While this blog may be primarily focused on movies, TV and videogames, we don’t want to leave the impression that we’re totally uncultured in literary matters here. We read books too, you know. (Well, some of us, anyway.) For this week’s Roundtable, let’s discuss what we’ve been reading lately. Mike Attebery I just finished Nora...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-recent-books-read/feed/ 15 Mid-Week Poll: Read the Book Before Watching the Movie? https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/book-before-adaptation-poll/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/book-before-adaptation-poll/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:00:10 +0000 Brian Hoss http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=39227 Hollywood loves to adapt books into movies and TV shows. When this happens, do you try to read the book first, or do you avoid the book to judge the adaptation on its own? [Note: The following post is spoiler-free.] I’m a fan of ‘Game of Thrones’. After some friends forced me to watch a...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/book-before-adaptation-poll/feed/ 26 Binge-Watching ‘Game of Thrones’ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/binge-watching-game-of-thrones/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/binge-watching-game-of-thrones/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2012 19:00:51 +0000 Aaron Peck http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=38440 Two weeks ago, I hadn’t watched a single episode of ‘Game of Thrones’. Then I had cable installed in my new place and got three months of free HBO. So, my wife and I checked On-Demand and didn’t look back until we had binge-watched the entire first and second seasons of the show. I’ve been...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/binge-watching-game-of-thrones/feed/ 7 ‘Game’ Over, Man! Game Over! https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/game-of-thrones-ned-stark-controversy/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/game-of-thrones-ned-stark-controversy/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:00:25 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=17311 The first season finale for HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ aired last night. I’ll have a recap for that up later in the week. (I’m writing this post before the episode aired.) In the meantime, I’ve been enjoying the viewer freak-out that followed in the wake of the previous episode’s shocking plot twist. Some people really...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/game-of-thrones-ned-stark-controversy/feed/ 5 ‘Game of Thrones’ 1.04 Recap: “Now You’ve Woken the Dragon” https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/thrones-recap-cripples-bastards/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/thrones-recap-cripples-bastards/#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 19:00:10 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=15432 Even just four episodes in, ‘Game of Thrones’ has done a pretty remarkable job of building an entirely convincing fantasy world. I have no doubt that most of that can be credited to author George R.R. Martin, whose books in the ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ series are all massive tomes loaded with reams...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/thrones-recap-cripples-bastards/feed/ 1 ‘Game of Thrones’ Pilot Recap: “Our Way Is the Old Way” https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/game-thrones-recap-pilot/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/game-thrones-recap-pilot/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:00:36 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=14542 The arrival of any new HBO series is always cause to take notice, especially when the network has so obviously poured all of its resources into making an event. This past Sunday saw the premiere of ‘Game of Thrones’, HBO’s latest prestige production. This is clearly an expensive show to make, and the network brass...

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