Game of Thrones | |
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Based on | A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin |
Starring | see List of Game of Thrones characters |
Theme music composer | Ramin Djawadi |
Opening theme | 'Main Title' |
Composer(s) | Ramin Djawadi |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 8 |
No. of episodes | 73 (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 50–82 minutes |
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Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
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Original network | HBO |
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Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
Original release | April 17, 2011 – May 19, 2019 |
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Related shows | Thronecast After the Thrones |
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Season | Ordered | Filming | First aired | Last aired | Novel(s) adapted | Refs |
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Season 1 | March 2, 2010 | Second half of 2010 | April 17, 2011 | June 19, 2011 | A Game of Thrones | [69] |
Season 2 | April 19, 2011 | Second half of 2011 | April 1, 2012 | June 3, 2012 | A Clash of Kings and some early chapters from A Storm of Swords | [70][71] |
Season 3 | April 10, 2012 | July – November 2012 | March 31, 2013 | June 9, 2013 | About the first two-thirds of A Storm of Swords | [72][73][74] |
Season 4 | April 2, 2013 | July – November 2013 | April 6, 2014 | June 15, 2014 | The remaining one-third of A Storm of Swords and some elements from A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons | [75][76] |
Season 5 | April 8, 2014 | July – December 2014 | April 12, 2015 | June 14, 2015 | A Feast for Crows, A Dance with Dragons and original content, with some late chapters from A Storm of Swords and elements from The Winds of Winter | [77][78] [79][80][81] |
Season 6 | April 8, 2014 | July – December 2015 | April 24, 2016 | June 26, 2016 | Original content and outline from The Winds of Winter, with some late elements from A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons | [77][82] [83][84] |
Season 7 | April 21, 2016 | August 2016 – February 2017 | July 16, 2017 | August 27, 2017 | Original content and outline from The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring | [65][66] [67][83][85] |
Season 8 | July 30, 2016 | October 2017 – July 2018 | April 14, 2019 | May 19, 2019 | Original content and outline from The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring | [83][86] [87][88][89][90] |
Season | Critical response | ||
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Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | ||
1 | 91% (38 reviews)[213] | 80 (28 reviews)[214] | |
2 | 96% (37 reviews)[215] | 90 (26 reviews)[216] | |
3 | 96% (44 reviews)[217] | 91 (25 reviews)[218] | |
4 | 97% (44 reviews)[219] | 94 (29 reviews)[220] | |
5 | 93% (50 reviews)[221] | 91 (29 reviews)[222] | |
6 | 94% (34 reviews)[223] | 73 (9 reviews)[224] | |
7 | 93% (51 reviews)[225] | 77 (12 reviews)[226] | |
8 | 58% (10 reviews)[227] | 74 (12 reviews)[228] |
Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||
1 | 2.22 | 2.20 | 2.44 | 2.45 | 2.58 | 2.44 | 2.40 | 2.72 | 2.66 | 3.04 | 2.52 | |
2 | 3.86 | 3.76 | 3.77 | 3.65 | 3.90 | 3.88 | 3.69 | 3.86 | 3.38 | 4.20 | 3.80 | |
3 | 4.37 | 4.27 | 4.72 | 4.87 | 5.35 | 5.50 | 4.84 | 5.13 | 5.22 | 5.39 | 4.97 | |
4 | 6.64 | 6.31 | 6.59 | 6.95 | 7.16 | 6.40 | 7.20 | 7.17 | 6.95 | 7.09 | 6.84 | |
5 | 8.00 | 6.81 | 6.71 | 6.82 | 6.56 | 6.24 | 5.40 | 7.01 | 7.14 | 8.11 | 6.88 | |
6 | 7.94 | 7.29 | 7.28 | 7.82 | 7.89 | 6.71 | 7.80 | 7.60 | 7.66 | 8.89 | 7.69 | |
7 | 10.11 | 9.27 | 9.25 | 10.17 | 10.72 | 10.24 | 12.07 | N/A | 10.26 | |||
8 | 11.76 | 10.29 | 12.02 | 11.80 | 12.48 | 13.61 | N/A | 11.99 |
Martin's books are essentially the War of the Roses with magic
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(help)Every week, social media is filled with complaints about how dark the scenes looks and more importantly how it affects their ability to see the action.
To many fans, Game of Thrones is too dark. Not figuratively – they literally can't perceive what's happening on screen.
Fear's jokey comment encapsulated one of the biggest fan criticisms about the 'Game of Thrones' premiere: The show is so visually dark that viewers can't even see what's happening on screen. Many fans took to social media during the episode to complain about the color palette, with some wondering if it was their TV brightness setting that was the issue.
Yep, many complained that parts of the episode were too dark – and we don't mean just twisted dark after seeing the Night King's artistic flair.
Game of Thrones needs to turn on the lights, or else I am sending them my ophthalmologist bill. For real, GoT powers that be, it's super hard to squint for a straight hour every week because your episodes are so freakin' dark.
Watching Game of Thrones this season, you may have asked yourself: Is something wrong with my television? Surely there is some other setting that would brighten up the inside of Bran Stark's cave, or heighten the contrast between Cersei Lannister's robes and the shadowy chambers of her prison cell. But no, that's just the way the show is supposed to look. And Game of Thrones is not alone: HBO has made a cottage industry of dimly-lit hourlong dramas
A lot of these shows are also made by people who have experience working primarily on films, and film aesthetic has always been visually darker than TV. Because films are meant to be watched on very large screens in very dark rooms, while most TV is watched on smaller screens in brightly lit rooms. It seems the people making these shows aren't evaluating the lighting for the proper venue.
I think we're all very much on the same page where we're trying to be as naturalistic as possible. We want to make these sets and locations feel as if they're absolutely not lit by us, but only by mother nature or some candles..
It's not the first time Game of Thrones has come under fire for its shots being too dark, however. According to one of the show's cinematographers, it's a very deliberate choice.
On Sunday night, Twitter was full of viewers complaining about the show's cinematography, which has often been dark, but never quite so consistently stygian.
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