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Game of Thrones Season 1 (Part 1)

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Overview Game of Thrones (Season 1) tells three concurrent storylines. The first tells of the political struggles and intrigue that arises in King's Landing after the death of the Hand of the King. Ned Stark (the man on the poster), named the new Hand, has to figure out the truth behind his predecessor's death all while the other powerful houses are scheming to attain power for themselves. The second details Ned's bastard son Jon Snow's struggles on The Wall amidst the Night's Watch and the last story tells of the exiled Targaryens and their own attempts to return to King's Landing and regain their former glories. Well, where to start with what's right about Game of Thrones? It's quite simply the most epic show ever put to television. The lavish sets, exquisite production design, extremely well-written characters,  that   iconic score  (can't sing enough praises for Ramin Djawaldi), excellent casting, these are just some of the reason

Stranger Things Season 2

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Overview Sincere apologies for the long wait between my first post and this post as I got really caught up with some of my other commitments. But anyways, I have finally finished watching Season 2 of Stranger Things. So how does it measure up to the fantastic first season? Well, I think it more than lived up to the hype, and the Duffer Brothers managed to create a sophomore season that more than measures up to the heights reached by the first season. The characters are once again the highlights of the show. The Duffer Brothers managed to allow for numerous returning characters to grow and mature naturally, while most of the new addition to the cast were also very well-written. It was just great fun to hang out with all these fan-favourite characters and watch them band together to fight off yet another supernatural threat. The production design was on point once again and really allowed the viewers to feel as if they were teleported back to the 80s again. I also thought