Game of Thrones: Richard Madden on Robb Stark, Adolescent Crush, and Theon’s Betrayal

There had been many of the interesting changes to the characters which were introduced a year ago in Game of Thrones, yet easily one of the most pleasant to just watch the show consume its second season, especially because the hero’s journey taken by the young wolf Robb Stark. Robb Stark is played by Scottish actor Richard Madden, and season 2 began kicking in for the claimed King of the North winning battles and maybe even showing off so far – some shrewd logic, while stashing king’s ransom among his forces, Jaime Lannister. There's more to Game of Thrones Season 2 Episode 9: Blackwater online this coming May 27, 2012. 

But exterminating the feisty Lannisters can be an impossible feat for a young man, and viewers recently even saw Robb strike into a couple of conversations with the raven-haired beauty Talisa, the latest of which certainly revealed Robb in the first blush of a crush.

  “Hmmm…,” he paused, after AccessHollywood.com asked if there were parallels among the young men. “I think it’s different. With Romeo, he’s kind of, very quickly head over heels and Robb’s got much more kind of reserve there, where he’s never been in a situation with a woman before, where he’s been taken by someone. Whereas I think Romeo [has] kind ofbeen there, he’s fallen in love how many times already…

“Robb’s never been there and he doesn’t know what it is yet. And also, rather than kind of knowing how much he likes this woman at this point, he’s just kind of surprised and intrigued by her, and wants to kind of get to know her, this woman that challenges him, and is a kind of light in the darkness for him,” Richard added. “He’s not taking it all too seriously yet

But as it turns out, the crush may have to wait.

In the previous episode, Robb found out Theon betrayed him, by using a small force to take Winterfell, killing Ser Rodrick and even proclaiming himself Prince Theon. The news, Richard said, is particularly hard for Stark family mom Catelyn, who is now unsure about the whereabouts of two more of her kids Bran and Rickon.  

“I think that’s part of him being so alone and then finding this woman, [Talisa], that’s a light in this darkness where she’s real with him and she challenges and pushes him, but she’s also changeable. If you can convince her, then she’ll run with that as well,” he added, hinting at things to come.

Out of the Book and into the Script: Game of Thrones Abridged

See that stunning platinum-blond queen across the war? That’s the dragon queen Daenerys Targaryen. Stay away from her. And everyone she loves dies, or just gets taken away. But honestly, not all fans are happy with where the plot is taking Daenerys. The show is superb, but the liberties taken with Dany in Qarth, this week in particular, feel more needless than ever and damaging to who the character really is. She's a beauty, but she's got more, so don't forget to watch Game of Thrones Season 2 Episode 9: Blackwater online this coming May 27, 2012. 

As for the northerners, those guys are having a hard time hanging onto their own heads, don’t they? Ser Rodrick is the latest to die on the chopping block, at the hand of the traitorous Theon Greyjoy, now fancying himself Lord Winterfell and self-proclaimed Prince of the Iron Islands.

Now Jon Snow here has finally met his real match when he gets face to face with a redhead wilding, gorgeous with freckles, Ygritte, who is also a warrior who is more than just prepared to meet her maker should the worst come to pass. And of course, she also values her life greatly ad isn’t at all afraid to make some moves on Jon in order to keep herself safe and warm. Well, for Jon, that’s bad news, because as a member of the Night’s Watch, he isn’t allowed to take a woman into his bed.  

And all the way east in rich Qarth, Dany is still unsuccessful in recruiting the city’s leaders to her cause in order to sail to Westeros and claim the Iron throne. To put things bluntly, when the khaleesi returns to her quarters after she failed to secure a fleet, she stumbles upon the members of her khalasar, and her handmaiden, all dead, and her dragons, missing. Nothing of all this happens in the books, and many would have guessed that this one’s a dramatic new way to get Dany to the House of the Undying, where she’ll have a fair share of some really life-altering events. It’s still an unneeded departure, kills more of the characters in Danny’s story even if they survived in the books. 

What say you, readers of "Ice and Fire": Are you as bothered by the new changes to Dany's story as I am, or are you not sweating it? Hit us up in the comments below and let us know! Keep yourselves posted and watch Game of Thrones Season 2 Episode 9 online!

Game of Thrones’ Irri Discusses The Old Gods and the New

If you have missed the best of the latest episode of Game of Thrones, don’t worry, we’ll keep you posted. In the mean time, wait and watchGame of Thrones Season 2 Episode 9: Blackwater online when the next episode of the show hits your small screens on May 27, 2012. This one’s going to be a spoiler and a review of the past and next episode so tune in. Dany’s handmaiden Irri, which was played by Amrita Acharia just went through so much. The demise of her one true love, and her undying devotion to her khaleesi, their walk through in the Red Wastes only to die in the dangerous yet beautiful city of Qarth while protecting Dany’s dragons. We got the rare chance to chat with Acharia about how she learned the language of the whole khalasar, and what we’re going to miss from the rest of the books, since originally, she’s alive and kicking.   

Everybody’s been dying to know about learning Dothraki. And she says, “Well, I’m multilingual. I learned Norwegian from scratch when I was younger. So for me, it wasn’t as daunting, maybe, as it might be. I found it really exciting. I love a bit of challenge like that. I thought it was fun. It’s an interesting language and it sounds kind of coarse and quite sort of deep. I think they did an amazing job of creating it.” 

"In episode six, Irri gets killed off. It's not expected because it doesn't happen in the books. I think some fans might be a bit disappointed because of all the kinky scenes." In the books, Irri becomes Daenerys' lover to keep her from being lonely. "Those aren't going to happen," she laughs. "But I'm sure HBO will make up for it in some other way."

We asked her how she felt when she read the script. "It was a surprise," she says. "It's also a good death scene, so if I'm going to go, it's a good way to go." You don’t have to wait for long so watch Game of Thrones Season 2 online when it graces your small screens.

Scarface Woman: GOT’s Lena Headey Tries Bad Girl Appeal in Dredd

She may play the role of a greedy, lusty, somewhat tyrannical woman in the world ofWesteros, but Lena Headey will be reprising her iron woman aura of an artist when she plays the role of Madeleine ‘Ma-Ma’ Madrigal in Dredd, which has been uncovered in a first look image release by Lionsgate Films. And after being introduced via LA Times Hero Complex, the poster debut shows Headey skipping her Game of Thrones long blond locks and sporting scars all over her face. Don’t worry, she won’t be out of the epic television series and halt her evil deeds so continue to watch Game of Thrones Season 2 online, we still have more to come so just get on with the show.

As she discusses her character Ma-Ma, the British actress said, “She’s a prostitute who then kills her pimp and takes over his drug-running business. And Ma-Ma is a bit of a man-hater.”

Discussing who she got her hands on the character, the 38-year old hottie just simply stated, “I think of her like an old great white shark who is just waiting got someone bigger and stronger to show up and just kill her. She’s ready for it. In fact, she can’t even wait for it to happen. And yet no one can get the job done.”

And for the benefit of everybody, the movie is dark-toned and R-rated, inspired by the comic book Dredd, Headey also added, “The world in the film feels really British. And I don’t know if that’s because it’s so ditsy and dark.” 

 And if you’ve been missing more on comic book epics, Dredd follows the titular character who is somewhat the most feared judge among other elite Street Judges in Mega City One. He has the authority to enforce the law, sentence offenders and even execute them on the spot if needed.  But anyways, see more of Lena Headey as the vindictive Cersei Lannister when you watch Game of Thrones Season2 Episode 8 online this coming May 20, 2012. 

Ladies Love Game of Thrones… Why?

At a glance, the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros are a male-dominated society. Mothers’ daughters are wedded off for political alliance and advantage, and wives who happen to disobey husbands are slapped simply on the face. Terribly heartbreaking and tragic, don’t you think? But we’ve got more than tragedy covered in the television series so go and watch Game of Thrones Season 2 Episode 8 online when it happens on your small screens this coming May 20, 2012.

And despite what actually appears to be some misogynistic message, HBO’s critically acclaimed series, “ Game of Thrones” has also managed to appeal to a large base of women fans. “I could see how men would be more attracted to it. It’s a lot of sex and violence – and there’s a lot of cleavage as well,” Rosanne Stern, a 26-year old English student says. “But a lot of the girls who have seen it – after they got over that, there was a lot of sex and violence – were drawn in as well.”  Stern has faithfully watched the HBO series with her boyfriend. And despite the fact that she believes that it is one of the most well-written series, she’d seen in a long time, Stern still rarely found other female fans who shared her passion for the series before the TV show came out.

Now she’s noticing that men and women alike are reading the books and catching up with the “A Song of Fire and Ice” saga. Part of what Stern feels draws women to the series is the strong female characters such as Daenerys, the khaleesi from the House Targaryen. Another female fan of the show, Diya Chaco also agrees to that. “The women have a lot of control over their actions, more than typical women in fantasy stories,“ she says. And at the very end, what really touches many women’s interest is the universal appeal of the series and a nail-biting plot where no person is safe, and the stronger characters are regardless of gender.

“The characters are very, very well done, and I think that’s what draws women and men anyways.” Stern says. “I haven’t met anyone who watched the show and didn’t like it. Love girl power and watch Game of ThronesSeason 2 online this coming May 20, 2012. 

Prime Players of The Iron Throne: An Introduction

Greed, cruelty, name it whatever you want, but they just love the Iron Throne more than ever. and for the Iron Throne, which is the seat to the present king of the Seven Kingdoms and is forged by Aegeon Targaryen from all the swords of his enemies is now in peril. Well, it is also said that the swords are so sharp that the throne have already killed someone who attempted to sit in it. for the record, the throne of forged swords is the ultimate symbol of authority in the whole Seven Kingdoms. And after nearly 300 years of rule by the Targaryens, King Aerys II, the Mad King, is defeated and overthrown in the war of the Usurper and the House Baratheon takes the throne. It’s one shaky regime, however, and King Robert Baratheon is then challenged six years after he ascended to the throne by Lord Balon Greyjoy from the Iron Islands. Greyjoy gets defeated as well, his two sons dead in combat and one made a hostage to Ned Stark, the late Lord of Winterfell. King Robert has been suspiciously killed in a hunting accident and the Iron throne is then ripped for everybody to take. Who really has the right to the Iron Throne? Well, here are your main players.more ambitious wannabes to come so don't forget to watch Game of Thrones Season 2 online.

Joffrey Baratheon – he may carry the name of the king but not in his blod. Because he is the lovechild borne of the incestuous union of the twins Cersei and Jaime Lannister. Joffrey is currently sitting on the hot seat, but does he really deserve it?

Stannis Baratheon - the middle Barathein brother who confidently believes himself the rightful heir to the Iron Throne. He also knows the real truth of Joffrey’s parentage and is willing to sell his soul to the red priestess for ruler ship

Renly Baratheon – he’s the youngest of the Baratheon brothers, and the Lord of Storm’s end. Charismatic and popular with all of the people, he is also encouraged by his advisors to throw his hat into the ring but does he really stand a good chance?

Daenerys Targaryen – also known as The Storm Born, daughter to King Aerys II, she also considers herself as the rightful heir. Living in exile, she then struggled to find her own country and just take the throne that she thinks is likely hers. 

There will still be more throne players to come so watch out for more!

Walking Dead Media Shambles To Life

Any idea what’s next for The Walking Dead? Game adaptation! The newest rendition of Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead just saw a burst of new media and popularity today, almost all of it featuring bloodthirsty, necrotic corpses.  But don’t worry, that doesn’t mean we put an end to your favorite zombie apocalypse TV show, so continue to watch The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 10: 18 Miles Out online as soon as it airs on February 26, 2012. Mark your calendars ladies and gentlemen, but for now, let’s have a sneak peek of what this new ruckus is all about.

In case you haven’t noticed, The Walking Dead is one big heck of a package. Before, it was just some sort of 2D, dark, gory, monochrome comic book series, the zombie-themed property had the eye of executives at AMC who has felt that the shambling corpses would make an excellent contrast to Jon Hamm. Introducing a video game inspired by the television series. 

As per usual, you can find the full lineup in the gallery below, but I want to draw special attention to the second screenshot (which can also be seen in relatively tiny form at top-right). Wanna know why? Because the more I look at that image, the more I'm impressed by how well Telltale's artists were able to stylize the world's aesthetics, while still making it easily recognizable as a descendant of the comic's Tony Moore/Charlie Adlard artwork.

Of course, there's also a part of me that remembers Telltale's disappointing Jurassic Park videogame. Honestly I enjoyed that title, but to do so I had to consider it a "vaguely interactive long-form cutscene" instead of an actual game. I have no idea what Telltale plans to do with The Walking Dead, gameplay-wise, but if it has any hope of avoiding a critical savaging, the firm is going to have to drastically depart from its efforts on Jurassic Park.

Which, now that I mention it, serves as a nice segue into the other piece of Walking Dead media to emerge this morning: The first episode of "Playing Dead," a Telltale-produced web series that takes viewers behind the scenes of the game's development. Presumably this is an effort to offer as transparent a development cycle as fans could possibly hope for, and that's admirable.