Behind the scenes
The second season is not entirely based on the second book of the original book "A Clash of Kings", the producer said that you can think of the second season as the second overall adaptation of "A Song of Ice and Fire". part.
The official protagonist of the second season is Little Devil Lannister (Ned Stark in the first season).
The second season mainly describes the battle of the five kings. The five kings are Joffrey Baratheon, who came to power through a coup, and two brothers of King Robert, Stannis Baratheon and Renly Baratheon. , Robb Stark, the local princes in the north, and the ambitious Balon Greyjoy, the great King Balon.
In the original book, there are more stories about the three kings of the Baratheon family, and less about the other two kings, but this drama will balance the stories of the five kings.
Although the stories of Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen are also very important, they have not yet had the strength to compete in the Central Plains, and they are still developing wretchedly in the jungle.
Jaime Lannister was locked in a dungeon for almost the entire season without much opportunity to perform.
Season 2 spends a good portion of the second season elaborating on statecraft, especially when the little devil Tyrion Lannister triumphs over Cersei with his wit, punishes corruption and crime, curbs Joffrey's tyranny, and tries to consolidate state power.
Varys once gave Tyrion a puzzle: If a king, a priest, and a rich man all hired him to kill the other two, who would he obey? This essentially hints at a question that season 2's plot is meant to explain :
Money, religion or political power, which one has more authority in ruling a country.
Lots of bloody scenes, but Joffrey's brutality, Theon Greyjoy's brutality, and Roose Bolton's brutality are all different, and so are the others. One of the details of the second season that the audience needs to observe carefully is that everyone uses power in different ways and achieves different effects.
The ending for each character in the first season was clear, but the second season was different. Of course, some of these characters will still have relatively clear endings, such as: Jon Snow makes an important decision, Daenerys leaves Qarth with three ships, Tyrion's fate changes, Arya Decided to escape Harrenhal, etc.
An open architecture means lots of characters, lots of locations, lots of storylines, but you don't get overwhelmed by it. The story is layered and has many key connecting points.
Magic plays a bigger role in the show -- even though there are times when they're not overt. In addition to Daenerys' three dragons hatching and growing, Arya encounters the Disguise Assassin Jaquen Hegar;
The red sorceress Melisandre killed Renly Baratheon with her shadow, and succeeded in taking Storm's End; Tyrion relied on Pyromancer's wildfire weapons to guard King's Landing; Daenerys in The home of the blue-lipped wizard is trapped by visions of the past, present and future; the Stark children are able to see the world through the eyes of a direwolf; Bran begins to have strange prophetic dreams, and more.
Like the first season, the second season will completely shatter your hopes in many of the moments when you felt hopeful for a character -- as Ned Stark was about to find out about the deaths of the king and former prime minister. Beheaded in conspiracy.
In this season, perhaps Robb Stark, who has been victorious in battle, can really dominate the country without guarding against the wolves behind him; perhaps Arya Stark can really be reunited with her mother and brother, and Don't think about who to trust and who can't; maybe Arya can be a swordswoman as good as her swordsman teacher, or even a female knight, without having someone else kill for her; maybe Jon Snow can live from Returning north of the Wall and becoming a great leader without giving up his dignity and honor; perhaps Tyrion can really "outwit" his sister Cersei and save King's Landing at the least cost... Perhaps there are many more, and this is one of the show's most attractive selling points.
However, you need a strong heart to watch this kind of dark drama, and the first season has taught you a lesson: tragedy, tragedy and all kinds of desperate things will happen again and again, the death of Ned Stark Just the beginning. After all, this is an American drama about guessing who will get the lunch.
There are a few more important things to watch in season two: Peter Dinklage's Tyrion is always an eye-catching character, and his role in this season is self-evident (he almost holds up half the sky by himself); Stark is a weakened character in the books, but has been strengthened in the show, and his love affair with Janie is already shown in the trailer - a big, far-reaching event; very good supporting role (supporting role) so many that you might not be able to name them);
The Battle of the Blackwater River in 2x09 was written by the original author George R.R. Martin himself, and he was also written by him after the battle of 2x10; any small incident, side plot may evolve into the main plot in the end.
In a word, burn! The world of ice and fire in Westeros that Game of Thrones has built for us is so fascinating, I've been caught up in it and can't extricate myself, how about you?
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