Ten Thoughts on Game of Thrones, Season 4 Episode 4: Oathkeeper
After missing a week from being on the road in the United Kingdom, and I have come back to catch up on what’s happening in Westeros.
Ten Thoughts on Game of Thrones, Season 4 Episode 2: The Lion and the Rose
This week’s episode of Game of Thrones gives many viewers what they have been hoping to see for a very long time…
Ten Thoughts on Game of Thrones, Season 4 Episode 1: Two Swords
I take a look at the season premiere of Game of Thrones
Which Game of Thrones House Do You Belong in?
I think the House Baratheon suits me! ~ PK
Quality TV, Constructed Authorship and the Case of ‘Game of Thrones’
Quality TV, Constructed Authorship and the Case of ‘Game of Thrones’ By Tobias Steiner Published Online (2012) Introduction: Castles, swords and chain mail, machinations…
Vikings – Review of Season 2 Episode 6: Unforgiven
For an episode that took place mostly in feasting halls, Vikings was making sure they had a lot of action and dramatic moments
‘Vikings’ Renewed for Third Season
The television show Vikings has been renewed for a third season by the American channel History. Production on ten more episodes for season three will begin this summer and be broadcast in 2015.
Vikings – Review of Season 2 Episode 4: Eye For an Eye
This week’s episode of Vikings contains one of the most strange and disturbing scenes of the entire series
Vikings – Review of Season 2 Episode 3: Treachery
This week’s episode focuses on two main storylines – Ragnar continuing his raiding into Wessex, and Jarl Borg launching his own attack on Kattegat.
Vikings – Review of Season 2 Episode 2: Invasion
‘Now we are ready and this summer we shall go to England.’
Vikings – Review of Season 2 Episode 1: Brother’s War
While the first part of this episode shows that Ragnar is a leader of men, the second half reveals how terrible he is with women!
Vikings set to conquer TV in Season 2
Fans of the TV show Vikings don’t have to wait much longer to see what happened to Ragnar, Rollo and Lagertha as the second season begins airing on February 27th.
Doctor Who in the Middle Ages
As the television show Doctor Who celebrates its 50th anniversary, we take a look at the adventures of the Doctor during medieval times.
If Game of Thrones were a show about a Medieval Theme Park!
The people from Bad Lip Reading have created a very funny (if at times incomprehensible) video from Game of Thrones.
Medieval Dead – 6 part TV documentary series to air in UK
If the Medieval Dead could speak, what would they tell us?
NEW TV SERIES: ISABEL
The series is a fascinating look at the difficult journey Isabella of Castile endured on her way to the throne.
Top Ten ‘Medieval’ Commercials
Using the Middle Ages is always a good way to sell stuff! Here are our top ten commercials that have something medieval in them.
The Borgias get axed – show cancelled after three seasons
After three seasons, the TV series focusing on the nefarious Pope Alexander VI and his wild family is being cancelled. The final episode, The Prince, will air this Sunday on Showtime in the US and Bravo in Canada.
Game of Thrones – Review of Season 3 Episode 10: Mhysa
After last week’s The Rains of Castamere – which left many viewer saddened and despondent – this episode brings some hope back.
Constructed Authorship in Television and the Case of ‘Game of Thrones’
I turn to a selection of paratexts – critical reviews, producers’ commentaries and special features of the show’s DVD box set – to show how the team of Benioff, Weiss and Martin help manufacture and promote the presence of a showrunner-auteur collective in order to help foster a perception of this text as a quality television narrative.
Game of Thrones – Review of Season 3 Episode 9: The Rains of Castamere
Game of Thrones is a show that does not shy away from shocking the viewer and thus episode was perhaps the most shocking yet.
The Borgias – Review of Season 3 Episode 6: Relics
Michelotto reunites Giovanni with Lucrezia, Plague ridden rags are sealed in a box and sent to Rome, Rodrigo negotiates with the Jews, and Cesare builds a bastard army all on this week’s episode of The Borgias.
Game of Thrones – Review of Season 3 Episode 8: Second Sons
In this review of the latest episode of Game of Thrones, we look at the wedding of Tyrion and Sansa, which brings all of King’s Landing out; the Hound with Arya, Daenerys confronting the mercenary company known as the Second Sons; Melisandre getting close to Gendry; and Sam and Gilly being attacked by a White Walker.
Black in Camelot: Race & Ethnicity in Arthurian Legend
Examining depictions of Africans in medieval and contemporary Arthurian literature, television and film.
Androgynes, Crossdressers, and Rebel Queens: Modern Representations of Medieval Women Warriors from Tolkien to Martin
This was another stellar paper given at the Tales after Tolkien session. It was an intriguing look at the women of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones and how each author portrays the mother and warrior characters of Galadriel/Cersi/Daenerys and Eowyn/Arya/Brienne. The paper examined the differences and problems posed by the portrayal of women in theses fantasy novels.