SO MUCH INFORMATION - Game of Thrones - History and Lore Season 1

SO MUCH INFORMATION - Game of Thrones - History and Lore Season 1 - Reaction

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The newest video in my editor reacts to series. This week I'm watching and reacting to Game of Thrones for the first time.
Nine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.
Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first of which is A Game of Thrones. The show premiered on HBO in the United States on April 17, 2011, and concluded on May 19, 2019, with 73 episodes broadcast over eight seasons.
Set on the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos, Game of Thrones has a large ensemble cast and follows several story arcs throughout the course of the show. The first major arc concerns the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros through a web of political conflicts among the noble families either vying to claim the throne or fighting for independence from whoever sits on it. The second focuses on the last descendant of the realm's deposed ruling dynasty, who has been exiled to Essos and is plotting to return and reclaim the throne. The third follows the Night's Watch, a military order defending the realm against threats from beyond Westeros' northern border.
Game of Thrones attracted a record viewership on HBO and has a broad, active, and international fan base. Critics have praised the series for its acting, complex characters, story, scope, and production values, although its frequent use of nudity and violence (including sexual violence) generated controversy. The final season received significant criticism for its reduced length and creative decisions, with many considering it a disappointing conclusion. The series received 59 Primetime Emmy Awards, the most by a drama series, including Outstanding Drama Series in 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019. Its other awards and nominations include three Hugo Awards for Best Dramatic Presentation, a Peabody Award, and five nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series - Drama.
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@HuntingViolets 24 күн бұрын

One thing to keep in mind is that these are basically narrated as if by the characters, so all their their POVs with incorrect assumptions and information and prejudices are intact here.

@LazloHo 23 күн бұрын

This was fascinating! I realized, while watching it, that when people in the show, "swear by the old gods and the new," the 'new' gods they refer to are over 6000 years old!

@bastiancalderon2807 24 күн бұрын

Wildlings descend from the First Men, different than the Children of the Forest. They are people outside of the Wall and thus outside from the society of Westeros, so people from the inside, including the Night's Watch, treat the Wildlings like savages, sometimes rightfully so. There are several different wildling tribes

@FrshChees91 24 күн бұрын

Loras Tyrell, the Knight of Flowers and Renly's lover, is the only Tyrell you've met. I'm pretty sure at least.

@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 24 күн бұрын

I think that’s probably true, though they’ll start popping in fairly soon..

@phousefilms 18 күн бұрын

@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 Only a few, since they cut down the Tyrell family by so goddamn much...

@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 24 күн бұрын

I think they made them repetitive to help it really sink in. If they only told the stories once or twice, it would be easy to forget. After hearing it 5 or 6 times, from differing perspectives, it’s much easier to really understand it.

@titoluizpereira6281 24 күн бұрын

That's also because that's how G. R. R. Martin does his worldbuilding. There is no official history of Westeros, just myths and point of views.

@ms_scribbles 24 күн бұрын

The Andals were a people from Essos in a land called Andalus. They came to Westeros after fleeing the conquering armies of the Empire of Valyria. So, nope, they're not Targaryens. The people the Targaryens belong to were the Valyrians.

@ms_scribbles 24 күн бұрын

Now that I'm back from working/having dinner/resting, let me correct a misconception Robert Baratheon had in the section on the Mad King. (I don't blame the writing, though. GRRM likes to use the unreliable narrator trope a lot.) Cersei, if I remember right, also claims that the Targaryens had a 50/50 chance of being insane. This isn't true. In the three hundred years that the Targaryens ruled Westeros, only three kings were actually insane, and only two out of the three were dangerous to others. The third was only dangerous to himself, starving himself to death through one of his religious fasts. That's three, in three hundred years. Meaning only one every hundred years was insane. There were a couple in the family that weren't kings that were mad, but not *nearly* enough to make the 50/50 claim true. It's a lie.

@HH-hd7nd 24 күн бұрын

11:35 No. The wildings are humans - the children of the forest are non-humans. They were an entirely different species. George Martin said once that inspiration for them came from celtic and norse elven mythology (without making them elves, he just drew some inspiration from these mythologies). The wildings are just humans that live north of the wall. Doesn't make them any less interesting btw. 59:54 Answering that question is simple: They didn't have to. The last of the dragons died about a century before the rebellion. Which means the Targaryans had no dragons left. As a matter of fact Dragons also had vanished from the massive continent of Essos (the eastern continent), even from the Shadowlands east of Asshai. If you want to know more about the world and the history of the world I strongly recomment the book "A World of Ice and Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and a Game of Thrones", written by George R.R. Martin. It is not a novel, its more of a history book and Atlas and is basically spoiler free for people who have not read the novels or watched the show. It is primarily focusing on Westeros, but also gives an overview for Essos and even a short description of the third continent, Sothoryos, the southern continent. It also has some stunning artwork.

@kappa_06 24 күн бұрын

"There is to much lore for this universe" Litteraly, the autor write 1000 years of history. And he write IN DETAILS the 300 years before GOT. With so detail that we make many spin off with today ! Litteraly, GOT is one of the best lore universe I never read.

@douma_forever 24 күн бұрын

The term Lord of the Seven Kingdoms or King of the Seven Kingdoms is merely symbolic, indicating Aegon's dominion over the lands that were once seven kingdoms, and ended up becoming a title of the one who sits on the iron throne, just like the titles of King of the Andals and First Men, indicating his dominance over those peoples.

@rkempo 22 күн бұрын

Viseyras or however you spell his name, the best reader in the game. He kept true composure to character.

@Thisthatandmatt 23 күн бұрын

You did the right thing watching this. I didn’t before I first watched it and it was hard sometimes to keep up with who was who and what had happened. It gives a lot of context. It’s also interesting how different houses view the history so differently. There’s no such thing as truth in history books, just the victors perspective.

@davisiotta489 23 күн бұрын

45:39 yes, they were. At least until Aerys...

@balerion77 21 күн бұрын

59:53 Balerion "the Black dread " was the largest but not bigger than cities or towns. You must've misheard , When He flew over Small towns His SHADOW from the sun would cover the towns . Even this could be an exaggeration by the narrator VISERYS. Remember it's all from their biased views.

@PablitaOrtega77 23 күн бұрын

i love that you are reacting to this. it will really help you understand and appreciate the show better (the first few seasons at least)

@Katerine459 24 күн бұрын

So glad you watched this! It really does give a whole other level of appreciation for the world, doesn't it? And this is still just the tip of the iceberg, compared to what's in the books! :) It is a shame that they couldn't get Sean Bean to give Ned's POV. Or at least I assume that's the reason. But it may be for the best. Speaking as somebody who read the books, there are some things about Ned's POV (his feelings about some of the events covered in this video) that might have... I couldn't figure out a way to end that sentence without spoilers.

@phousefilms 18 күн бұрын

I'm glad that you will react to these after the seasons, as they're important and are often information cut out of the books. But because the show does its own things at times as the series goes on, consider these to be more book accurate.

@GodlessScummer 24 күн бұрын

So glad you're reacting to this.

@mamakat114 23 күн бұрын

I'm glad you are doing History & Lore. I wished I'd known about these years ago.

@svampen7782 15 күн бұрын

These stories are told from the perspetive of the Characters. You can really tell what they think like when Tywin called the white walkers fairy tale. You also see how different Viserys and Robert talk about the war and of Rhaegar and Aerys. One theme of the books and the show is perspective. Robert talks about Rhaegar as the worst person to ever live while others have nothing but good things to say about him. Only Ned and Howland Reed know the truth.

@jimforman3754 17 күн бұрын

so much fun

@VeladRopspir 13 күн бұрын

I don't want to disappoint you, but in Daenerys' book, Targaryen goes crazy and is called the Mad Queen

@Jose-Lozanchez 23 күн бұрын

Buenos Días, I think that this Saga is cyclical, at least the books, what I do know well is that this Saga is not predictable, I will enjoy making our way together ♥❄&🔥´♬

@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 24 күн бұрын

As an experiment, I’d like to see a reactor watch the Histories & Lore before starting season 1. I’m guessing they’d go in with a far better understanding of what’s happening. Of course, they could be completely overwhelmed & tune out. I suppose it would depend on the reactor.

@MrCzerillo 24 күн бұрын

Pretty sure they are made to watch first. They are spoiler free for their season.

@Katerine459 24 күн бұрын

I think most would tune out when they have no context to connect the lore to. What would be really interesting is seeing (or at least hearing) from somebody who watched the season, then watched the lore, then rewatched the season. A bit like the difference between the reactions of the book fans to seeing the show (in my case, a major geekgasm the first time I saw the map during the opening credits), vs. first-time viewers.

@havok6280 18 күн бұрын

@@MrCzerillothey were released in the DVDs. They were not released before the season. So, no, they were meant to be watched after each season.

@JFrancoDrums 23 күн бұрын

Its always really cool to watch these!! The lore in Game of Thrones is awesome!

@BlackValyria 4 күн бұрын

Dont talk during these. Just pause or wait til the next scene break

@peteperkins3859 23 күн бұрын

So much false information.

@kappa_06 24 күн бұрын

One of the difference between The mad king Aerys and Joffrey is : Joffrey have Tywin Lannister with him, not against him. And Tywin is clearly one of the dangerous man of this world, very clever and competent, and without remorses.

@MrCzerillo 24 күн бұрын

No good ever came from dragons.

@cyrilmeynier5688 24 күн бұрын

GRRM's Valyria is a, too my taste, a bit too similar to Tolkien's Numenor. Huge lost empire, that was generations ahead of everyone else technologically. Lost overnight in a cataclysmic event. Surviving families formed kingdoms elsewhere.

@nansyraccoon7095 24 күн бұрын

@cyrilmeynier5688 Many things from GOT are similar to LOTR and GRRM was inspired by JRRT, he sayed it himself...

@senior_comrade8401 23 күн бұрын

Atlantis blessed by god and Magical Third Reich are really different in my opinion. Lost superior civilization- yeah.. kinda everywhere. But you can not compare this stupid long living Valar worshippers to people who were gods themselves. Hail Valyria! The Republic of 14 thousands flames, skies lit with red light, towers tall, dragons roaring.

@Enkijamenk 19 күн бұрын

To be fair, there’s only so many “kinds” of stories. “The Hero of a Thousand Faces” is a thing for a reason. I don’t think deriving some inspiration from (or even paying respectful homage to) another story is an evil. The devil is in the details, and nothing about ASOIAF _feels_ like Middle-Earth. The vibe and style and characters are so different. And, honestly, Númenor feels like an idealized medieval kingdom, sort of like a magical Camelot, while Valyria, with its dragonriders, organic-looking spires, and volcanic landscape, seems downright alien and exotic in-comparison. Númenor gave us a line of brave, noble (though sometimes flawed) leaders and heroes. Valyria gave us a line of half-mad, inbred, purple-eyed, platinum-haired anime villains. I never really consciously compare the two. 😂

@senior_comrade8401 18 күн бұрын

@@Enkijamenk that’s my thoughts exactly, thank you. And death to anime, I hate anime. But that’s totally mein kampf.

@rossrreyes 23 күн бұрын

It’s good you are watching it all at once; watching it for 8 years to see the below-average ending wasn’t worth it

@Watcherobot 24 күн бұрын

This is why GOT is the best TV show ever written, yes including season 8

@titoluizpereira6281 24 күн бұрын

This is precisely the reason why season 6, 7 and 8 were so terribly written. And if you think season 8 was well written, you need to watch more TV shows, my sweet summerchild.

@Watcherobot 24 күн бұрын

@@titoluizpereira6281 I don't think it was amazingly written season 8 ep 4 is the worst in the show. The long night and you know who killing you know who (not saying in case Lex reads this) was impeccable. The last episode was rushed I admit and should have been season 9 Oh and by the way I also liked the Star Wars sequels and the DCEU, and I've watched plenty of Tv shows, I just finished FALLOUT for example, and I can tell when writing is bad, LOST seasons 4 and 5 are terrible and so are the new seasons of the Walking Dead.

@IzzyandLuna 24 күн бұрын

@@Watcherobot you know who killing you know who was the weakest moment of the whole show. such lame and predictable writing. a toddler would come up with a better story.

@nansyraccoon7095 24 күн бұрын

@@Watcherobot you know who killing you know who was so stupid and annoing...

@Banterbear 24 күн бұрын

This is all history that would eventually get revealed in the show in the form of exposition. Takes some of the interest out of learning it later.🤷.

@Katerine459 24 күн бұрын

I disagree; watching it in this format, all at once, aids a huge amount in putting things together and realizing how big this world is. Because there's quite a lot of history that goes into fleshing this world, and obviously the show is more concerned with the present. It's the same with having the appendices at the end of the books. Kind of dry reading, but when you can see the family trees laid out the way they are, you suddenly appreciate the history behind the events we're watching, and how that history informs. There is a LOT that the typical show-only watcher doesn't know. This video gives a good glimpse of what's directly underneath the tip of the iceberg.

@Banterbear 23 күн бұрын

@@Katerine459 The show really does that itself. I don't mind being a tourist in it, you would rather be a resident? One example is when we find out about the Children of the Woods in the show...we do so at a time when they become relevant to the storyline, and they suddenly make the world a lot stranger. If you have seen this, there's no real revelation there. And with Appendixes in book, you don't tend to read them in a big block at the start, you will refer to them when you have to or at the end?

@senior_comrade8401 23 күн бұрын

Yeah, of course. “Revealed” In two or three sentences? Later on we will see the rhoynish wars and shit. I don’t remember the show telling us of the origins of the grey scale, water wizards of the Rhoyne or how its colonies were destroyed with the force of 300 freaking dragons. Where is this information in the show?!?₽

@Banterbear 23 күн бұрын

@@senior_comrade8401 Greyscale is introduced and we are given as much information as we need at that point. How much do you need to know to about it to see it's effect on so and so, and you can see even discussing this is heading into spoiler territory. I don't know anything about these water wizards you mentioned tbf, so how were they relevant to the storylines being told in the show? We all know there's deep world building. The show touched on the stuff it needed to, and then fans can obviously dig a lot deeper in if they want to, find out about other continents, etc.

@senior_comrade8401 23 күн бұрын

@@Banterbear if a human being watches a show, movie, play etc. for the sake of moving pictures and flashing light than I have some bad news on his/her general value as a person. Watching Emilia Clark’s naked tits, while sitting on the couch, drinking beer and ignoring crying annoying children of yours who crave attention is kinda not okay. Those who dive deep in the lore and those with living interest towards the beauty and a good story are the worthy ones. My most humble opinion.