'Game of Thrones' satirizes 'history of making family trees for princes and generals'

George 2022-04-20 09:02:44

The series poignantly satirizes "the historical work of genealogy for princes and generals":

In the drama, the king is a lunatic, an alcoholic, a lecher, a sadist, and a puppet. When he has power, he can do whatever he wants, and his life will not be guaranteed if he is arrogated by a powerful minister. Bastards and soldiers, they have lost their conscience, intrigue, and fight with each other; queens and so-called princesses are more lewd, base, shameless, and despicable than prostitutes, and even if they have feelings, they can't control their feelings at all. The ruling class used various means to fool the mob, and the ignorant and treacherous officials kept the monarch alive, maintaining a "perfect" balance. For thousands of years, the social development of the Seven Kingdoms was completely stagnant, and technology did not progress but degenerated.

The goods that live in the temples are the gentlemen of morality? The princess and queen must be an elegant lady? Rough people like the little devils are the best, most of them are much worse, they are shameless, they are all beasts full of male thieves and female prostitutes. How can any good people be rewarded? Some are loyal and righteous people who died and their clans perished, some were orphans and widows after being loyal and good, and some were loyal people who were not guaranteed in the evening.

Where can there be a famous general? Some of them are once successful, and they use other people's corpses as stepping stones.

Where is there any history left? Some unscrupulous victors tampered with history, reversed black and white and made foolish leaders, and the Spring and Autumn brushstrokes are inflexible and hilarious, which is full of absurdities.

Where is the sincere belief? Some are foolishly creating idols to take advantage of, but then being devoured by idols.

What kind of people turn their backs? Some are the fly camp dog Gou of the ant people, the fly camp ant worker of the common people, and the short-sighted mouse of the ant colony. All living beings eat together and wait to die, and everyone is drunk and confused. The winter has come, and the thirst is digging a well to survive, and summer is short of time as a pastime for bored spectators. Several big families have changed and grown, and you will sing and I will appear, but those who are above will always be on the top, those who are below will always be on the bottom, and the way of heaven does not change.

Where are the monarchs, ministers, ministers, fathers, sons, and sons? In some cases, the ruler was not upright and his subjects went abroad, the father was not upright and went to another country, and the country was not upright and the people attacked. This film goes to extremes: the king is not right, the little finger kills the king with poison; the father is wrong, the little devil kills the father;

Of course, there is still hope. I like the only open star the most - Mother Dragon, her old man... She may not die in the book, but she can still lead everyone to liberation!

The only person who always remains rational and considers the country is actually a Dongchang eunuch, Varys, who has realized the way of Mencius that "the people are the most valuable, the society is the second, and the ruler is the light". And things. But he is not supposed to be as idealistic and reckless as in the play. This is the problem of the screenwriter.

Ugh! The dog's tail continues the mink, and the head is anticlimactic. It really has no beginning and no end.

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The Wars to Come quotes

  • Melisandre: We all must choose, man or woman, young or old, lord or peasant, our choices are the same. We choose light or we choose darkness. We choose good or we choose evil. We choose the true god or the false.

  • Tyrion Lannister: I still don't see why I had to stay in this fucking crate once we set sail.

    Lord Varys: I saved your life. If they catch you, they catch me. I cannot say I feel overly guilty about leaving you in that fucking crate.