On the 17th, Beijing time, fans waited for the return of Game of Thrones for more than a year, and the score of Douban in the first episode reached a new high of 9.8, which was the same as the praise record of American TV series Friends Season 1.
Game of Thrones is adapted from fire and ice written by George Raymond Richard Martin, an American fantasy novel master. Since it was produced and broadcast by HBO in 211, it has quickly conquered the audience with complex and profound storylines, undercurrent power struggles and battles in blood shed, and has become the "king of drama" sweeping the world.
Before the first episode of this season, the two-minute review of the plot can be described as igniting a small spark inside. Each frame is vivid, so let's take a sneak peek.
At the end of the sixth season, the political situation in Westeros ushered in a reshuffle: Daenerys, the "dragon mother", and Tyrion, the "little devil", led the army to cross the sea, Cersei blew up the red fort and ascended the iron throne, and jon snow was in. At the same time, "Er Ya" Arya returned to Hejian, "Red Robe Girl" melisandre was exiled, and Highgarden, who was in constant conflict in history, formed an alliance with Donne. North of the Great Wall, the Night King led the army of aliens and ghouls to the south, but the players of the Seven Powers Game were completely unaware of the danger and waited for opportunities to rise and fall.
In a short review of the plot, the foreshadowing laid in the first six seasons gradually emerged, and all the important story lines were gathered into the main line one by one. How will the forces of all parties change in the first episode? What are the wonderful omens of this episode?
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As the first important person to appear this season, "Er Ya" Arya slaughtered all the Frey boys for revenge of the bloody wedding without a single soldier.
The sentence "Tell them winter came for House Frey" is domineering. With the demise of the Frey family, there are only two people left in the original long death list-Cersei and Magic Mountain.
So, Er Ya went straight to King's Landing, met a group of Lannister soldiers on a stranger, and learned that King's Landing was a hell on earth, Cersei's tyranny caused public anger, and a riot against Cersei was just around the corner, except for single spark can start a prairie fire's little fire ...
In Winterfell, Sansa gradually became a player of power from a puppet who was played at the palm of her hand, and recovered by uniting with Little Finger.
After bran stark became a three-eyed crow, he went south and entered the south of the Great Wall, and the Stark children got together again, and the secret of the battle of Blissful Tower will be revealed.
This detail is worth pondering, so this season's plot will begin: First, after Jon's true identity surfaced, can this descendant of the Targaryen family still win the support of the northern governors and secure the position of "White Wolf King"? Secondly, Ben Yang, a cold hand, once told Bran that the reason why the Great Wall is a barrier against alien ghosts is because there is an ancient protection spell on the foundation, and will this spell fail after Bran, who has the symbol of alien ghosts in his hand, enters the Great Wall?
besides, Cersei's iron throne in King's Landing City is not yet hot, and her end is coming.
Although she wiped out the dissidents led by the big sparrow with the help of wildfire, the diplomatic difficulties in King's Landing eventually made her unable to escape the curse of fate.
The prediction that "all three children will die" has been confirmed one by one, and this season will be the fulfillment of another prediction-"You will be a mother in the world tomorrow ... until another woman comes, younger and more beautiful than you, who will overthrow you and take away everything you cherish."
This "woman" is not Sansa who returned to the north, nor Margarita who died, but only Daenerys, the dragon mother, can really fight Cersei. In the second season, Dany had such an illusion in the immortal temple of Qarth-she dreamed that she was walking through the ashes of the throne room of the Red Fort, and snowflakes fell from the sky.
Perhaps, this also implies the end of the two queens: at the end of winter, Cersei will fall in the destruction of the red fort standing on the high hill of Egon, her rule will end with blood and fire, and Dany's rule will begin in Sri Lanka.
On Xuecheng's side, Sam learned from the information in the restricted area of the library that the Dragon Crystal that subdued the alien was buried under Longshi Island, and Sam immediately wrote to tell Snow this important information. Who will fall into this information has become the key to the whole season: if it falls into the hands of Youlun, who proposed to Cersei (Youlun is going to Longshi Island), Cersei will have a chance to make a comeback; If the information reaches Snow directly, it will directly promote the alliance between Dragon Mother and Snow.
Finally, let's go back to Daenerys, who was born in the storm. She has Hydreigon's biochemical weapons, an unsullied army, many Slak ministries, and ships sent by Wan Li from the Iron Islands not far away. It can be said that the Dragon Mother has all the armed forces. Look at this "DNA" double helix ion ironing, it is so confident!
For the dragon mother, the real challenge is to unify the rule after Westeros. A marriage can make her avoid a lot of unnecessary troubles and quickly win over the princes to face the severe winter, just like the marriage of Queen Namelia, a warrior of Loina, who landed in Dorne and married the Materre family thousands of years ago.
As for the object of marriage, no one is more suitable than Snow White, who is looking for the Dragon Crystal. This is bound to be a combination of "ice and fire". Anyway, Daenerys is ready to face this bloody battle, and the little devil is beside her without saying a word and his eyes are flashing.
"Can we start?"-The first episode came to an abrupt end.
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The first episode basically gives a panoramic picture of the current situation in Westeros, and the foreshadowing of many grass snake gray lines in the previous six seasons is also coming to the fore, and the memories of the audience for seven years are immediately connected.
Game of Thrones, with its solid and ups and downs story, complex and vivid three-dimensional characters, luxurious soundtrack and powerful actors, has created an overhead picture comparable to Greek mythology and the historical change of medieval European kingship. It is no exaggeration to say that Douban scored 9.8 points.
American violence from the perspective of equal narrative family history
American film and television works in the traditional sense pay attention to showing American individualism, and their violent content is often presented in the cloak of heroism, constructing a world view that justice overcomes evil. For example, Marvel Comics's film The Avengers conveys a black-and-white view of justice in the form of American heroism.
once such narrative logic forms a mindset, the audience will inevitably get tired of logic, even be anesthetized by the heroic triumph and lose the ability to face the truth. It is not surprising that the popularity of American heroic film and television works is deteriorating.
Game of Thrones adopts the perspective of family history, and constructs the connection between the protagonists through elements such as affection and friendship. Family collectivism transcends individual heroism, and everyone is a hero, but it is also insignificant for their respective families in the torrent of history. The theme of the play is not to describe the fate of a certain family, but to highlight the survival law of "in the game of power, live or die".
Under the discipline of this theme, all the characters who seem to be the protagonists and justice is supreme may become "supporting roles" and take advantage of the lunch anytime and anywhere. For example, in the first season, the narrative is started from the Stark family, giving the audience a "preconceived" protagonist preset, and constructing the main narrative path of "eddard stark will win the Iron Throne". However, when Stark was beheaded, the narrative mode of the protagonist, which the audience had long recognized, collapsed instantly.
In addition, the two scenes of "bloody wedding" and "vigil mutiny" once again declared the subversion of the traditional narrative mode of the protagonist. Through the "equal" group play mode, the individual function of each character image is diluted, the American violence of individual heroism is dispelled, and it is integrated into the power game full of uncertain factors through the writing of the ups and downs of fate, which truly presents the truth of each individual from a historical perspective, with more pen and ink on complex human nature.
The plot reversal in the suspense game of thrones
Martin, the screenwriter of Game of Thrones, once said, "I don't want my readers to relax for a moment ... I need my story to be different. You never know what will happen to this character next moment." In order to create a unique viewing effect, suspense is set through a series of subtle abnormal scenes, thus adding dramatic elements.
tywin lannister, the commander-in-chief who once led the army across the world, did not die on the battlefield, but let Tyrion, his dwarfism child, shoot an arrow to death in the toilet. Such a plot reversal is ironic, which not only makes the audience lament the contingency and perishable nature of power, but also makes people have to reflect on the weakness of family ties under power desire.
Cersei was already a high-ranking figure, but in the fifth season, she was imprisoned and humiliated by a big sparrow, and her painting style changed too quickly, which made people unprepared. Through this reversal of the plot, the audience has to look forward to-how will Cersei get revenge after her release? How will the family tradition of "Lannister, you must pay your debts" be fulfilled? Sure enough, in the last episode of the sixth season, Cersei blew up the whole Red Castle and restored her status as the queen of power.
Similarly, there is Snow, who dared to confront the alien ghost directly, but died at the hands of an innocent and kind vigil boy Ollie. The appearance of this abnormal plot brought Snow's "heroic narrative mode" to an abrupt end. When the audience saw this plot, the expression was like this-
The most attractive thing about Game of Thrones is the constant change of suspense. In the seemingly calm power struggle, in fact, it was rough and a huge wave suddenly appeared, which made the plot change immediately. It is in this repetition of "construction" and "breaking" that the audience completes the mood change of watching movies, highlights abnormal scenes and delays revealing the reasons, which makes the audience always full of expectations.
The rise of women in the fantasy theme of women's independent historical facts
Unlike the previous epic fantasy works, which marginalized, idealized and typed women, Game of Thrones created a large number of female images full of independent personality charm. Faced with the control of male power and the lack of their own rights and interests, many women actively participated in the complicated power struggle.
In addition to the pursuit of political power, more women in the play are fighting for their independence. From the "usurpation war" to the "battle of the five kings", the disputes caused women to lose the shelter of men and get rid of the shackles of patriarchal society. With the destruction of their families, Daenerys and Arya gradually embarked on the road of independent growth, realizing spiritual freedom and personality independence.
At the beginning of the seventh season, Arya avenged her family immediately after becoming a "faceless person", and Daenerys began to return to Longyan City to prepare for the next ruling strategy. Both of them became female characters with independent will and control their own destiny.
Game of Thrones breaks the rule that epic fantasy works focus on men and marginalize women, and creates a large number of refreshing and vibrant female images. Through the enlargement of female images, the director highlights the blindness and stubbornness of men in their pursuit of power, and the male myth disappears instantly in the play, which is undoubtedly the deconstruction of modern male chauvinism and the promotion of feminism.
Game of Thrones is almost impeccable, whether it is the suspense of the plot setting or the value transmission of unconventional training. I still remember eddard stark's warning-
"When the snow falls and the cold wind blows, the lone wolf dies and the wolves live in groups. We can quarrel in summer, but in winter, we must defend each other, keep each other warm and enjoy strength. "
The army of aliens is about to arrive at the Great Wall. In the face of life and death, the struggle for power and lust is so small. All the undercurrents seem to point to one result: at the end of winter, a confrontation between ice and fire is about to trigger.
Winter is coming