Series P(Review): Game of Thrones

I do not care about Game of Thrones, but since my Twitter feed is full of people counting down, I decided, let's see what it's all about. The ad has been running on my Facebook profile for an entire week now, titled, Winter is Coming (in which world). But the most interesting thing I saw was a 3-D starting video of the show; I could tilt my phone side to side, and the scene was 3-D.

A series full of weird people, talking weird languages; one even talks to a dragon. It's interesting how much effort goes to create these shows that keep us entertained.

But why is it so important? Why do people love the show so much? Perhaps it is because of the amount of death. The screen writers kill everyone, some characters viewers have come to love are taken off air suddenly. Instead of revolting us, we are invigorated by the danger.

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What is even more interesting is the f act that we know the movie is basically a bunch of lies; a writer's imagination brought to li(f)e using computers and green screens. And yet we still watch it. We are a funny bunch we humans, are we not?

Well, let's see how the "Winter is Coming" will play out. Whoever you are rooting for, I hope they survive the season... Mhahahaha (evil 2-ndururu worth of laughter)

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