'Game of Thrones' for the haters : NPR
NPR • • general
Key Points:
- "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms," premiering on HBO, is a six-episode, 30-minute-per-episode series set in George R.R. Martin's Westeros but distinct from "Game of Thrones" and "House of the Dragon" in tone and scope.
- Unlike its predecessors, the show features no magic, dragons, epic battles, or complex family politics, focusing instead on a small, grounded story about a knight and his squire during a jousting tournament.
- The series is a comedy with a lighter, breezier tone, centering on the underdog character Ser Duncan the Tall and his young squire Egg, offering a hopeful contrast to the usual grimness of Martin's world.
- While it avoids
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