<em>Game of Thrones</em> Premiere: “Winter Is Coming”
The new HBO series is almost perversely inaccessible—but it’s worth the effort to let the story unfold
by Scott Meslow
Apr 18, 2011
4 minutes
“Winter is coming.”
–Ned Stark
Game of Thrones, HBO’s latest original series, is something of a torchbearer for fantasy television as a whole. It's also a show that couldn't have existed even a decade ago, before the advent of both long-form, serialized television and much higher production budgets for television. HBO has spared no expense in bringing George R. R. Martin’s vast, sprawling A Song of Ice and series to life; The show's immense cast is almost universally strong, and the fantasy land of Westeros feels lived-in, and looks terrific. is undeniably impressive in its ambition and scope.
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