“Bruce Willis, who was dead the whole time, should get Oscar consideration for The Sixth Sense.”But then I watched the first episode of Game of Thrones, and it made more sense. That was some kind of twist: attempted murder of a child with a side of incest, a narrative wallop that established the ethos of what would become one of the most successful television series of all time. Martin’s successful fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, which was long thought to be unworkable. The first season flew by — pouring one out here for Ned — and I started reading the books that summer. Martin talked about how Game of Thrones was “serving two masters,” the readers and the viewers.

Source: National Post April 12, 2019 14:03 UTC