Critics on the Throne episode 3: Myles McNutt
Welcome to the third episode of “Critics on the Throne”! This time I interview Game of Thrones expert Myles McNutt of the Cultural Learnings blog, and one of my comrades at The A.V. Club.
In this episode we’re mostly focused on the recent marketing for Season 5–both the recent poster reveal and the trailer. What do these things mean for the show, and what messages are they sending to readers and Unsullied about Season 5?
Check out the show after the jump….
0:00 – Focus on the marketing
30:0 – On magic
43:00 – We start on spoilers from the books and the Season 5 filming news
57:00 – On climaxes
1:06:00 – George R.R. Martin and what’s adaptable for television and what’s not
Get your direct download here.
And don’t forget to check out our previous episodes featuring Todd VanDerWerff and Laura Hudson. We’ll be adding those to Podbean and then iTunes soon.
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