{"id":447,"date":"2015-02-17T17:52:41","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T22:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/culturated.com\/?p=447"},"modified":"2015-02-17T17:56:15","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T22:56:15","slug":"game-of-thrones-season-4-dvd-blu-ray-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culturated.com\/game-of-thrones-season-4-dvd-blu-ray-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Game of Thrones Season 4- DVD\/Blu Ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is the deal with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hbo.com\/game-of-thrones\"><strong><em>Game of Thrones<\/em><\/strong><\/a> and weddings?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As the critically-lauded and fan-obsessed show rolled into its fourth year, the show&#8217;s writers once again proved (in true <em>Game of Throne<\/em>s fashion) that no character\u2013 no matter how beloved or reviled it may be\u2013 was safe from the Grim Reaper.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While the resulting body count may not have been as heavy as it was\u00a0in\u00a0Season Three&#8217;s morgue-filling &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZnxvUuSzbMI\">Red Wedding<\/a>&#8221; episode, where just about everyone in attendance was sliced into little pieces, <em><strong><a title=\"Game of Thrones: Season 4 \" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00KHWSD1O\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00KHWSD1O&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=greglotra0a-20&amp;linkId=2LN2JWLBA5ZLL3LJ\" target=\"_blank\">Game of Thrones: Season Four<\/a><\/strong><\/em> had its own jaw-on-the-floor wedding death.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xZY43QSx3Fk\" width=\"650\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p>This latest season of the HBO drama combines the second half of <a title=\"George R.R. Martin\" href=\"http:\/\/www.georgerrmartin.com\/\">George R.R. Martin\u2019<\/a>s <em><a title=\"A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/055357342X\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=055357342X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=greglotra0a-20&amp;linkId=OEZOYDMEMWYUL62J\" target=\"_blank\">A Storm of Swords<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>with\u00a0parts of two sequels,\u00a0<a title=\"A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/055358202X\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=055358202X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=greglotra0a-20&amp;linkId=VVVEFFTQRNQW5KIN\" target=\"_blank\"><em>A Feast for Crows<\/em> <\/a>and <a title=\"A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0553582011\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0553582011&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=greglotra0a-20&amp;linkId=UV3QRNOVHSSLLGGS\" target=\"_blank\"><em>A Dance with Dragons<\/em><\/a>. The\u00a0bulk of the season&#8217;s most talked-about episodes center on the wedding of King Joffrey (a young psychopath in love, played brilliantly by <a title=\"Jack Gleeson\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0322416\/\">Jack Gleeson<\/a>) to the gorgeous Margaery Tyrell\u00a0and the subsequent imprisonment of his Uncle Tyrion (<a title=\"Peter Dinklage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0227759\/\">Peter Dinklage<\/a>,\u00a0continuing to deliver the thespian goods in\u00a0his career-defining role).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The wickedly\u00a0dysfunctional\u00a0Lannisters still sit atop the Iron Throne. But new threats are a constant, and the clan is forced to play nice with frenemies like the \u201cRed Viper of Dorne,\u201d Prince\u00a0Oberyn Nymeros Martell. Meanwhile, the Night Watch (in a subplot that is, for the bulk of this season, not as interesting as the Jerry Springer-like Lannister drama) finally gets more exciting in the last few episodes with the appearance of the zombiefied White Walkers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_455\" style=\"width: 658px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00KHWSD1O\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00KHWSD1O&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=greglotra0a-20&amp;linkId=2LN2JWLBA5ZLL3LJ\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-455\" class=\"wp-image-455 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/culturated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/The-Mountain-and-The-Viper.jpg\" alt=\"The-Mountain-and-The-Viper Game of Thrones Season Four, out now on DVD.\" width=\"648\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/culturated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/The-Mountain-and-The-Viper.jpg 648w, https:\/\/culturated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/The-Mountain-and-The-Viper-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/culturated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/The-Mountain-and-The-Viper-330x165.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Mountain and The Viper. <a title=\"Game of Thrones: Season 4\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00KHWSD1O\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00KHWSD1O&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=greglotra0a-20&amp;linkId=2LN2JWLBA5ZLL3LJ\" target=\"_blank\">Game of Thrones Season Four<\/a>, out now on DVD.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As with\u00a0the three <em>Game of Thrones<\/em> DVD\/Blu Ray releases that came before it, the real allure\u00a0of this collection\u00a0is the hours of extras that HBO crams onto the set. Season 4&#8217;s goodies\u00a0include an insightful 30-minute discussion between writer Bryan Cogman and cast members who have been killed off; the show runners and the author of the <a title=\"George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0345535529\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0345535529&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=greglotra0a-20&amp;linkId=EMYXONSOA6I6YQLH\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Game of Thrones<\/em> books<\/a>\u00a0talking about the charm and necessity of the bastards that populate the story; and a look at the cast and crew creating the show&#8217;s\u00a0most ambitious battle scene to date. Also included is plenty of audio commentary and several deleted scenes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Through compelling characters and fantastic writing, <em>Game of Thrones Season 4<\/em> finds the writers, producers and GoT kingpin Martin continuing to broaden the appeal of a series that could&#8217;ve easily been just another niche TV\u00a0show. \u00a0<strong><em>\u2013John B. Moore<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the deal with Game of Thrones and weddings? &nbsp; As the critically-lauded and fan-obsessed show rolled into its fourth year, the show&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[47,20],"tags":[45,43,46,44],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/culturated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2d274905600442-140410-ent-purplewedding-tease-2-what-to-expect-from-the-purple-wedding-aftermath-on-tonight-s-game-of-thrones.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5slei-7d","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/culturated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/culturated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/culturated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culturated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culturated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/culturated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culturated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/culturated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culturated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culturated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}