Game of Thrones: The Complete Fifth Season (Blu-ray)

I highly recommend it. Storyline, acting, all!except some "Adult sex scenes" that appeared suddenly in the middle of 3-4 episodes ( kids can be in the room, hello..!)the season is great: amazing storyline on multiples layers, great acting, you will not get bored.

I've become a big fan of Game of Thrones. The early seasons tended to be a bit on the "risque" side... partially because HBO wanted that (to sell a new series people might not ready for) and partly (and appropriately) to point out the DECADENCE of the "Seven Kingdoms" and many of the main characters (in all cases, so far, to illustrate how they change over time... see, for example, Tyrion Lannister)This may have been the best season of the series so far... and that's saying a lot. We're finally seeing things coming together... all the prior seasons have been setup, and rising-action, and how we're into the meat of the story. Which, ultimately, is going to be "how do the seven kingdoms unite, and thus are able to defeat the White Walkers?"Well, we see now. We have had the "setup" characters removed, for the most part. We now see which sides people will fall onto, and we know who is going to sit on the iron throne when it's all said and done. We know that the "fire" in this "song" is Dani and her dragons (and while she's going to ride one of them into battle, there are two other dragons who still lack riders... my guess is that the other riders will be Tyrion and Jon, but time will tell)At the end of this season, Dani seems to be lost... but we see that she's going back to her original storyline (which opens up things for some very interesting developments in Season 6). Jon seems to be "lost" as well, but we've seen people come back from the dead in this series before... both in good ways and in bad ones... and never forget, those on the wall never get to leave until they die... so this is the only way that Jon can leave the wall without being an oathbreaker!Aria Stark is clearly on a very dark road... with the questions posed in this season, and how the season ends for her, all about "who she is" and more importantly "who she wants to be." I think we can all tell that she won't remain part of the "faceless men" sect forever, but she's learning things that will make her a formidable force in the future (whether for good or for evil, though, we can't be certain, can we?)Sansa Stark's story is very, VERY dark... and has been from the middle of the first season, if you were paying attention. She's lost all of her innocence now, and while she SEEMS to be on the side of "good," I have strong misgivings about her as well... I can imagine her eventually becoming a major villain, taking the role currently filled by "Littlefinger" (who I'm convinced is the real "big bad" behind everything we've seen go wrong in this series!)What remains unclear is... where does Jaimie Lannister fall into the grand scheme of things? We're being given hints that he may well become one of the major heroes, though I personally suspect he'll simply redeem himself by ridding us of a major threat, sacrificing himself in the bargain.We see the end of the "War of the Kings" this season... Stannis Baratheon, Renly Baratheon, Rob Stark, Mance Rayder... all gone. There is, once again, only one throne. And that throne, at this point, is held by a weak, easily manipulated (albeit nice) boy. We can all see where this is going... a full-on "cold war" between the "High Sparrow" and Circe Lannister. The boy king will not end up in charge in any case, and will undoubtedly be a casualty, regardless of which of the two wins in the end.Which will set us up for the inevitable "rising action" of the Seven Kingdoms, under either the Sparrow or Circe, being invaded by Dani and her newly re-acquired Dothraki hoard, along with all her other forces (including her three dragons). And then, to the final climactic conflict where the White Walkers will be defeated (and, I presume, they'll start getting annual summers and winters!)

Watch the series until season 8!

Winter is Coming...Season Five has Winter a lot closer now and several well loved main characters are irretrievably dead by the Season's ending episode.Season Four ended with both, Tyrion Lanister & Arya Stark, leaving Westerous aboard ships bound for a port across the narrow sea. Tyrion finally arrives in Valaria and is freed from his crate. He speaks about tolerating conditions lacking even the most basic comforts while aboard ship and immediately demands wine. Some days later he's kidnapped from a tavern/brothel by the Knight that Daenarius banished last Season for being secretly in the employ of the dead King Robert Barrathian & spying on her.Jaime and Cerce are in mourning for their Father, Tyrell Lanister. The second Son, now King, marries Marjorie, who was to be dead King Joffry's Queen. The marriage is extremely happy and this why the Dowager Queen Mother, Cerce, encourages the popularity of a new narrow minded religion in Westerous. She emotionally backhands Jaime in regards to their daughter, Myrcella, and Jaime leaves to retrieve Myrcella from Dorn and return her to her Mother.Cerce also uses the new religion to be-rid herself of her fiancé, Queen Marjorie's brother, a marriage she never wanted and arranged by her dead Father. Her diabolical plans backfire as details of a sexual dalliance between her cousin, Lancel Lanister and herself, are uncovered and condemn her to prison. She is escorted through the city streets to the Castle naked as her penance.Revealed in this Season is information about a disease; the one that caused the daughter of King Stanis to become permanently facially disfigured in infancy. King Stanis who arrived to save Castle Black from the Wildling army in the last episode of Season Four; continues his advance and hurries to his next military objective-Winter-Fell. The Lord of Fire lady attempts to seduce John Snow while at Castle Black.Little Finger, the greedy self-serving rat he has always been, persuades Stanza that she must participate in the reclaiming of her family home & honor by any means; including marriage to Ramsey (Snow) Bolton, a recently legitimized son of Lord Bolton, the new Lord of the North. She escapes her new hellish predicament with Theon or Reek, as he is now known, at the end of this Season.Meridian, the seat of Daenarius's kingdom, is over-run by a secret society; a re-organized faction of the Masters who were all supposedly killed when Dany freed the slaves. She takes a lover, becomes engaged to a descendant of the old families of the city as a political tool and she accepts Tyrion as one of her advisors on a trial basis. Tyrion, Grey Worm and others are left in Meridian as Dany escapes imminent danger on the back of her largest dragon, Draygon. A short time later she is forced to remember she is a widowed Calisea as she finds herself surrounded by a horde of mounted riders.Arya, manages to find the man who gave her the special coin and gains entrance to the House of White & Black. She swears fealty to the Order of the God of Many Faces and throws away all of her possessions in order to become 'nobody'. She cannot however bear to throw away 'Needle' and hides the sword amongst some rocks. Arya, a basically happy little person, sees nothing wrong with borrowing from the hall of faces in order to erase another name off of her long list and is subjected to an extreme punishment as a consequence.Good Season I especially liked it when Cerce, (however you spell it), gets a taste of her own medicine.

Liked. My blu-ray season 5 episode 1,2 were cracked so I just needed those episodes.

The much awaited release of the Fifth Season on Blu-ray / DVDThe release on the Blu-ray format comes with a 'bonus' disc - Exclusive to AmazonSurely one of the most followed TV series of all time telling the tale of the intrigue and betrayalas struggle continues to claim 'The Iron Throne'The series does contain strong violence, scenes of an adult nature and indeed much in the wayof colourful language.So looking forward to the up and coming new-series - Compelling Viewing Indeed.Features -Exclusive Blu-ray Features -The Dance of The Dragons -Hear the Story of the Greens and Blacks, the Targaryen civil-war that led to the downfall of the Dragons -featuring surprising narration from notable characters from past seasons.In-Episode Guide -In-feature resource that provides background information about on-screen characters, locations, and releventhistories.Histories & LoreLearn about the mythology of Westeros and Essos as told from the varying perspectives of the characters themselves.Also Includes -Anatomy of an Episode - Mother's Mercy -Hear the story of the writer's room to the final visual-effects, see what went into creating 'Mother's Mercy' an episodefans will be talking about for years to comeThe Real History Behind 'Game of Thrones -Watch Historians, along with George R.R.Martin explore interweaving inspirations of the actual players in the era knownas 'The Wars of The Roses' and other historical events in this two-part series.A Day In The Life -Three Countries, hundreds of cast and crew, one epic day, Get an inside look at the production process of season 5.New Characters / New Locations -Explore the new societies, cultures and locations of season 5Audio Commentaries -12 Audio Commentaries with cast and crew including David Benioff, D.B.Weiss, Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Kit Harrington,Maisie Williams, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Natalie Dormer, Gwendoline Christie and more -4 Deleted Scenes.* Bonus Disc -The Final Step -Follow Producer Greg Spence as he unravels the show's massive process of post-productionThe Visual Effects of Season 5 -From green screens to dragons, uncover the many layers of effects behind the biggest season everThe Massacre at HardhomeSee what it took to make The Massacre at Hardhome in this in-depth, behind-the-scenes exclusive featuring cast and crew.

Dan Weiss and David Benioff never disappoint. The stakes are much higher this season as the remaining chess players continuously scheme and try to outmaneuver each other in the Game of Thrones. The cast made another solid performance in bringing out the characters while the production crew delivered and surpassed their previous seasons' work. No wonder it won 12 Emmy awards in 2015 including 'Outstanding Drama series'. Just like the past seasons' releases, the technical merits of the show are very evident in the BD set's video and audio quality. I have chosen to get the Amazon UK set for its exclusive bonus disc on special features this time and have no regrets doing so; it has ample contents to quench my thirst for behind the scenes extras and top off those already included in disc 4.Can't wait to purchase the 6th season's set from Amazon UK next year!

Not the best series of Thrones but still better than most other things on TV.Was a bit disappointed with the packaging quality (hence the 4 stars). In that; the "Blu-Ray tab" along the top edge of the box has come unstuck and is starting to fall apart a little. If you can get a steel book equivalent for the same price, go with that as the cardboard packaging won't last.Still an epic show though.

I love G.O.T, amazing series.There's really no need for a content review, many people have covered that already... so I'll just add my reason for deducting one star - the packaging, although great quality is yet another new design that doesn't match any of the previous seasons.Yes, it's being pedantic, but would look so much better on my shelf if seasons 1-5 (and any future ones) matched.

I really feel this show doesn't warrant a review it's Game of Thrones if you don't know what it's about by now surely you've been living under a rock I don't even need to say it get a 10 out of 10 because again it's Game of Thrones they could stand on the wall and sing Always Look on the Bright Side of Life and it's still would be TV at its best