The Game of Thrones sequel throws into the scrap heap what annoyed many in the original

Money Game of Thrones –the fan has been waiting for this day like a sword striking. A new series set in the world of Westeros is starting on HBO Max A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, joka takes place a hundred years before Game of Thronesia.

The series is based on By George RR Martin Tales of Dunk and Egg -short stories and takes place in the middle of the Targaryen reign. The story follows the poor knight Dunk (Peter Claffey) and his young gun bearer Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell).

Last the years have seen many companies milking blockbusters. The world of Star Wars has been born Mandaloriania, Andoria and Ahsaka. The Marvel universe has also expanded into an endless number of different series, Harry Potter too without forgetting.

Game of Thronesin your front House of the Dragon was a success, but also heavy, dark and full of power games.

New the creators of the newcomer have decided to do otherwise. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms stays relatively faithful to its material and does not build a huge epic, but focuses on one place, mainly one tournament field and a few days of events.

In this way, it offers a more precisely defined and more human perspective on the familiar world.

And the more obviously the authors succeed in what they do. The reviews of the critics are bundled together Rotten Tomatoes – website, the rating of the series is 88 percent and On Metacritic the number is 75/100. That’s more than most series expansions, though less than say Andorilla.

The critics according to what makes the series exceptional is its rootedness. NPR’s of Glen Weldon by series is “Game of Thrones Game of Thronesin to the haters,” and emphasizes its simple approach.

“The series requires no maps, no family trees, and no Wikipedia. It’s a small, down-to-earth story that can be watched without homework.”

The tone of the series is also clearly more humorous than in the previous ones Thrones-productions, which has delighted the critics. by The Hollywood Reporter Daniel Fienbergin by “the result is something I no longer believed existed: a smaller, smarter, funnier and more charming peek into Martin’s big world.”

of The Guardian Rick Samadder in turn appoint “disgusting” series Game of Thronesin as the best version and praises its humor and the dynamic between the main characters.

“My jaw dropped open at this rich and moving spin-off. Dunk and Egg are a classic comic duo,” he writes.

Naturally, some of the critics would have liked more of an epic going. In rare cases, the series has been criticized for not following the deepest themes of the original work, such as social indignity and class struggle.

Of course, there is minimal sex Game of Thronesiin compared to.

Series the parts published on Mondays are Thrones– episodes more compact. There are six parts in total, and they are each half an hour long. The original Game of Thronesin the episodes were generally about an hour long, like House of the Dragoninkin.

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms on HBO Max on Mondays.

Correction 1/20 at 2:13 p.m.: The series takes place in the middle of the Targaryen reign, not before it, as was claimed earlier in the story.