{"id":7086,"date":"2012-04-06T22:31:08","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T12:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=7086"},"modified":"2012-04-06T22:34:07","modified_gmt":"2012-04-06T12:34:07","slug":"tv-show-round-up-game-of-thrones-season-two-survivor-one-world-the-walking-dead-season-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=7086","title":{"rendered":"TV Show Round Up: Game of Thrones Season Two, Survivor: One World, The Walking Dead Season Two"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Khaleesi - hasn't showered since Season One<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0Game of Thrones Season Two<\/strong> – Episode One – “The North Remembers”<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It was with great anticipation that I sat down to watch the return of Game of Thrones<\/em>, one of my favourite new shows of 2011.\u00a0 Its a minor miracle but I’ve managed to avoid reading any spoilers on Twitter or via a messageboard which made me very happy.\u00a0 I also steered clear of the preview trailers so I could enjoy the whole season without even the slightest idea of what to expect, such is my eagerness to absorb this show unspoiled.\u00a0 The nature of the first season set the tone – no character is considered safe and everyone is expendable.<\/p>\n

The North Remembers<\/em> was a slow burn episode.\u00a0 As one might expect, it simply sets the tone for the season ahead.\u00a0 Joffrey is still trying to consolidate his newfound power and is eager to push the envelope with his power as King.\u00a0 He pushes it a little too far with his mum Cersei who slapped the taste out of his mouth when he mocked the sexual disfunction in her marriage.\u00a0 It’s probably not really an area he should be discussing anyways.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Starks continued to consolidate their armies in the North in preperation for a showdown with Joffrey.\u00a0 War is not a foregone conclusion but diplomacy looks rather futile at the moment.\u00a0 It’s been building since the first season and a question I think a lot of people considered (well, those that haven’t read the books) is that if war breaks, does HBO have the budget to do it justice?\u00a0 So far, they’ve done a nice job covering for mass conflict so far but surely there will come a time when the script either calls for an invasion of ice zombies or a Return of the King<\/em> style battle between the army at King’s Landing and the Northern alliance?\u00a0 For what its worth, this episode did still have some lavish production values.\u00a0 There were plenty of different locations and even Daenerys’ pet dragon has pretty good CGI.\u00a0 Hopefully when the time comes for a major military conflict, the producers can deliver the goods.<\/p>\n

This episode delivered political subterfuge, armies amassing and a bit of boobage.\u00a0 It certainly delivered the quintissential Game of Thrones<\/em> experience!\u00a0 For now, it looks like the hunt is on to find Arya Stark, one of the most valuable political pawns in Westeros.<\/p>\n

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Tarzan confronts Chelsea on her plastic surgeon prejudice<\/p><\/div>\n

Survivor One World – Episode 8 – “Just Annihilate Them”<\/strong><\/h2>\n

“Some people hate their plastic surgeon,” explained Tarzan to Chelsea, “Is that why you have a problem with me?\u00a0 Because of your breast implants?”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Survivor<\/em> certainly has a knack for finding some strange, strange contestants.<\/p>\n

This season had a red hot start with controversial contestant Colton influencing his team of men to purposefully vote out one of their own tribemates despite winning the immunity challenge.\u00a0 Part of the reason was because he was poor and a slightly less clear second reason may have been because the guy was black.\u00a0 It wasn’t pretty.<\/p>\n

Since then, Colton himself exited the game in a rather ignoble fashion, getting appendicitis and leaving on medical grounds.\u00a0 The game underwent a disastrous tribe reshuffle where all the athletic people ended up on the same team and who subsequently won every challenge.\u00a0 After it became clear that a whitewash was on the cards, the game hastily jumped to the merge which is where we find ourselves now.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, no one has really grabbed this game by the scruff of the neck.\u00a0 There are plenty of pawns who are willing to form an alliance (Tarzan, Lief, Christina, Alicia are all free agents) and the king makers are yet to lock in their decisions.\u00a0 For the past few weeks Troyzan appeared to be getting a favourable edit as a keen Survivor <\/em>strategist but his goal of forming a strong male alliance was easily ripped to shreds by Kim who simply made up a lie that Mike was looking to vote him out.\u00a0 Troyzan took the bait and the focus on getting a male alliance together crumbled.\u00a0 Male model Jay appears to see the writing on the wall for the men but he doesn’t appear to have the influential personality to bring the men together or win over any of the women.\u00a0 His only hope seems to lie with success as immunity challenges.<\/p>\n

It’s going to be an unpredictable finish to this season but right now, Kim appears to be in the driver’s seat.\u00a0 She has a hidden immunity idol and seems to have solid alliances and a good read of the game.\u00a0 Can she execute the gameplan and choose the right people to take with her to the finish?<\/p>\n

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The Walking Dead Season 2 - started unevenly but finished strong with the introduction of Michonne<\/p><\/div>\n

The Walking Dead Season Two – Episode 13 – Beside The Dying Fire<\/strong><\/h2>\n

With the Easter break, I finally had a chance to catch up on the rest of The Walking Dead<\/em> Season Two.\u00a0 I’ve blogged before about my frustrations with the show in general and the rather lacadaisical pacing to the start of Season Two.\u00a0 Happily, I feel like this show has finally begun to hit its stride and it finished strongly with the last three episodes aproviding compelling, high intensity viewing.<\/p>\n

After what felt like an eternity searching for Sophia on the farm, the second half of the season focused on the group wrestling with the ethical dilemma of what to do with a captured teenager from another group of survivors.\u00a0 If they let him go, they risk the chance that he will bring others back with him to take over the farm.\u00a0 But Shane’s suggestion that they execute him threatens the humanity that the group are desperately trying to cling to.<\/p>\n

The last three episodes all killed off major characters but did so in a fashion that didn’t feel cheap or unnecessary.\u00a0 They were all appropriate to move the story forward and felt like a natural progression for the show.\u00a0 Which is great because in the first season, I felt the show lacked a sense of long term direction and proper character development.\u00a0 In this season, we are given much more reason to care about the wider cast of characters and as a result, one of the deaths in particular will likely draw quite an emotional response from the viewers.<\/p>\n

As a big fan of the comic book series, I was thrilled with the introduction of the katana wielding Michonne at the end of the final episode.\u00a0 Have they announced who will be acting her part?<\/p>\n

The good news is that not only did the show find its form at the end of this season, there were plenty of people around to see it happen.\u00a0 The final episode garnered a record audience for AMC.\u00a0 This promises a bright future for the show which I couldn’t be happier about.\u00a0 If Season Three goes anywhere near what happens in Books 7-9 of the comics, we’re in for one hell of a ride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Game of Thrones Season Two – Episode One – “The North Remembers” It was with great anticipation that I sat down to watch the return of Game of Thrones, one of my favourite new shows of 2011.\u00a0 Its a minor miracle but I’ve managed to avoid reading any spoilers on Twitter or via a messageboard …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,4],"tags":[887,158,1199,587],"class_list":["post-7086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-tv","tag-game-of-thrones","tag-survivor","tag-survivor-one-world","tag-the-walking-dead"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7086"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7095,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7086\/revisions\/7095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}