Game of Thrones: S06E03 Oathbreaker
He’s alive, he’s awake, and he’s… kinda mopey? Jon Snow is with us again, and to be honest it was all a little anticlimactic. It seemed the appropriate tone for the usually somber Snow, but you couldn’t help but want…
Game of Thrones: S06E02 Home
This week was a first. We got a shocking, cataclysmic reveal that only the television series has revealed to long time fans of the story that is The Song of Ice and Fire… Ramsey kills Roose Bolton! What?! Yeah yeah.…
Game of Thrones: S06E01 The Red Woman
Let me sum up what we got from the first episode of the new and highly anticipated Game of Thrones season: Jon Snow is dead… or is he? The truth is we still really don’t know. Surprisingly, very little happened…
Game of Thrones: The State of Thrones (…Preparing for Season Six)
Johnny Cash once said he liked songs about love, God, and murder. Surely we can assume he would have been a Game of Thrones fan. Broaden love to include sex, murder to include all manner of horrific deaths, and add…
Streaming Weekly March 2016 1.0
Happy Friday, everyone! The start of March has come in like a lion where Josh calls home, but for you, it may be gentle as a lamb and super nice outside. No matter the weather, our contributors brave the elements…
Top 10 TV Shows of 2015
End of the year lists spend so much time on film. Nothing wrong with that, but I spent a lot more time on my couch this year than in a theatre. So, I humbly present my take on the best…
#021 – Game of Thrones and Moral Ambiguity
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast:
We try to tackle the enormity of A Song of Ice and Fire, or, Game of Thrones to those of you who haven’t had a chance to read the books. IMDB puts it simply by saying that this is about “Seven noble families fighting for control of the mythical land of Westeros.” As fans, we have known it to be so much more. Love, betrayal, violence, power, lust, hatred, revenge… and dragons; it seems to have everything you could want in a story— including an ever-growing and impressive cast. The TV show is heading into it’s 4th season in just a few weeks and it is more popular than ever. We are here to take a look back at the previous 3 seasons and ask some fundamental questions about the show (and the books) popularity, its criticisms from the more conservative side of the isle, and, finally, it’s exploration of the human condition.
We do give everyone the disclaimer that even though we have all read further in the books than the 3rd season leaves us, we DO NOT spoil anything coming down the pipes. So, viewers, listen away!