RE-VERSE: GAME OF THRONES

An angry White Walker. Perhaps he's been forced to sit through a full season of GAME OF THRONES. CLICK to visit the official site.

IN TWEET: A RE-VERSE IS A REVIEW WRITTEN IN VERSE. FOR THE FIRST OUTING OF THIS NEW RONTHINK FEATURE, WE CHOSE “GAME OF THRONES” FROM HBO.

Sometimes when you want to write a negative review, turning it into a poem can make the bitter pill go down a little easier. I know many of my fellow geeks love the HBO series GAME OF THRONES. Alas, I’m not one of them.

GAME OF THRONES has everything I dislike in one hugely overblown snoozer of a package: dragons, dirty looking characters wearing pelts, storylines that are deliberately confusing for no valid reason, a deep well of smug self-importance, ugly people having kinky sex, fantasy novel roots, excessive violence and Peter Dinklage.

So, without further pontification, here is the inaugural RONTHINK RE-VERSE!

Angry bastard Joffrey. I'd behead people too if I looked like an androgynous in-bred albino. CLICK to visit the official GAME OF THRONES site.

GAME OF THRONES

A DARK SONNET OF RHYMING COUPLETS

Tonight White Walkers march once more.

Hark! Here comes that crashing bore!

As GIRLS lays waste to comedy

This is death by fantasy.

The cast be large, the critics mused.

Whilst I sat there dazed and confused.

Geekdom is moist with so much love

But I suggest death from above.

For on this turgid GAME OF THRONES

I would launch Obama’s drones.

Season 3 of GAME OF THRONES debuts tonight (Sunday, March 31) on HBO at 9pm E/P.

CLICK to buy GAME OF THRONES on DVD and Blu-ray from Amazon. CLICK to rent S2 episodes of GAME OF THRONES from Amazon Instant Video.

Comments

  1. Beth MillmanMarch 31, 2013 at 12:28 PM

    That last line is so RONTHINK! I never have seen the show, but my friends are CRAZY about it. Not my genre or cup of tea either, but on the positive side, happy so many actors are getting work! From what I can see, they have a HUGE cast...

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  2. Ron HebshieMarch 31, 2013 at 12:33 PM

    Oh, it has a HUGE cast, a HUGE budget, a HUGE amount of story and a HUGE ego. It's one of those shows I've tried so hard to like but end up just sitting there kind of stunning trying to figure out what the hell gets people so excited. I guess I'm just not smart enough to grasp a show that is so deep. Look! A dragon!

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  3. Beth MillmanMarch 31, 2013 at 12:37 PM

    You are way TOO smart is the problem, LOL!

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  4. Ron HebshieApril 1, 2013 at 8:08 AM

    Nah, I'm not. I just have an aversion to TV writers and show creators who think their words are pearls of divine wisdom and that everything they create is SO IMPORTANT. You know, the Lena Dunhams and Ryan Murphys of the world. I've actually seen the GoT interviewed and they're not cut from the same egomanic cloth BUT they are incapable of self-editing and pack way too much plot in "just because." Plus, with the exception of the LOTR Triloigy, I hate the fantasy genre. Show me a wizard or a dragon and I'll show you my back as I flee the room.

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  5. Ron HebshieApril 1, 2013 at 11:18 AM

    I guess if I paid $15 a month for HBO I'd tune in too. http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/04/01/game-of-thrones-premiere-ratings-3/

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  6. Ron HebshieApril 2, 2013 at 11:08 AM

    Just as HBO announced the renewal of season 4 of GAME OF THRONES the show set another record the network will NOT be writing a press release about: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57577462-93/game-of-thrones-sets-piracy-record-on-bittorrent-report/

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  7. Ron HebshieApril 5, 2013 at 11:31 PM

    This is a hoot. Guess they don't pay much in the Seven Kingdoms these days! http://todayentertainment.today.com/_news/2013/04/04/17606832-game-of-thrones-star-i-have-less-than-5-in-my-bank?lite

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