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Blu-ray Review: “Game of Thrones: The Complete Seventh Season” Brings Us The Beginning Of The End

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In Season 7, Daenerys Targaryen has finally set sail for Westeros with her armies, dragons and new Hand of the Queen, Tyrion Lannister. Jon Snow has been named King in the North after defeating Ramsay Bolton in the Battle of the Bastards and returning Winterfell to House Stark. but as old alliances fracture and new ones emerge, an army of dead men marches on the Wall, threatening to end the game of thrones forever.

It was a longer than usual wait for Season 7 to come around. A bitter long wait. I think everyone was near enough praying for winter to hurry up and come, and then finally, it did. And it was glorious. Season 7, the penultimate season, is the best season to date. By Season 7, everyone is a bit weathered but wiser, with hearts both full of vengeance and fear. And for those not fearful, all they need do is wait for winter to be at their doorstep. It is a time for those who have been left scattered to come together and a time for destinies to be realized. An inordinate amount of story has been packed into seven episodes, enough action to make one dizzy. But it can be boiled down to a few important leads.

Firstly, Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) is now void of all scruples. All of her children are dead (as foretold), and she now sits on the Iron Throne with Gregor Clegane “the Mountain” (Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson) at her side. She is dead set on destroying her enemies via scorched earth if necessary. All who have betrayed the Lannister name must die, even if that means it is only her and her brother Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) left in the world. But who knows if Jaime is safe from the wrath of Cersei? While Jaime has been by her side and done as she’s commanded, even when it has meant going against his better judgement, he is now battle-worn and there is an obvious change brewing within, an apathy perhaps, or maybe he isn’t as blinded by rage and vengeance as his sister, and still has a few scruples intact.

Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) in the season’s first episode “Dragonstone,” has arrived home. The time has come to prove that she is competent enough to take back the Iron Throne, to rule Westeros. She must determine what kind of leader she must be. “Justice” is at the forefront of her story with the help of Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) as her Hand. While it seems that everyone is concerned with ruling, Tyrion’s goals are slightly more modest and full of idealism: shaping a “just” ruler. It’s interesting to watch the relationship between Daenerys and Tyrion become a type of tug-o-war, as he tries to guide her towards a leadership full of mercy and others, such as Olenna Tyrell (Diana Rigg) give quite the opposite advice.

But all of this is somewhat put on the backburner as Jon Snow (Kit Harington) comes to alert Daenerys of the imminent danger that threatens existence at large. It takes a minute or rather a devastating battle to fully get Daenerys on board, but on board she is and now the goal is to put ruling aside and attempt to help Cersei see reason, which is a task just as formidable as facing the Night King and his army of dead.

Meanwhile, the remaining Stark children, Sansa (Sophie Turner), Arya (Maisie Williams), and Bran (Isaac Hempstead Wright), are together again in Winterfell. All of them very different from the last time they were together. They may as well be three strangers forced together by a bond of blood. Sansa is in charge while Jon is away. And like before, there is tension between the sisters. They are feeling each other out, and Petyr Baelish attempts to play this out to his advantage. And the outcome is one of the most gratifying moments of the season.

Season 7 knits together several loose ends while setting the stage for the ultimate battle. And the final episode of the season, “The Dragon and the Wolf,” the Night King and his army of dead show what they are capable of on a massive scale and it is awesome in the truest and more Biblical sense of the word. All we can do now is wait with bated breath to see what the end brings. But in the meantime, to salve the wounds that waiting brings, the “Game of Thrones: Season 7” Blu-Ray comes with some excellent bonus features and a 45-minute animated history of the Seven Kingdoms, aptly titled “Game of Thrones: Conquest & Rebellion.” While it won’t satisfy your desire for what you really want, it’ll at least whet your appetite.

Now available on Digital HD and on Blu-ray & DVD December 12th

 

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