Great Origin Stories from Movies & TV12 of 12
Initially a love-it-or-hate-it proposition for viewers -- which camp you stood in largely depended on your stomach for gore and tolerance for unapologetic, often unromantic nudity and sex -- the first season of "Game of Thrones" blossomed into an illustration of the brutal truth that might often conquers right. Yet, it ended its first TV chapter with the tantalizing idea that the meekest of us all, those that war and circumstance banish to the wilds to survive or die with nothing but the threads on her head, can find a dragon's roar destined to move and shake all the other pieces on the chess board.
George R.R. Martin has spun five very long books delineating the grueling, bloody struggle for power among the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. On television, though, this "Game" has only just begun, and fans are eagerly awaiting the next installment of the legend, due to return in the spring of 2012.
George R.R. Martin has spun five very long books delineating the grueling, bloody struggle for power among the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. On television, though, this "Game" has only just begun, and fans are eagerly awaiting the next installment of the legend, due to return in the spring of 2012.