"Game of Thrones" was a hit out of the gate for HBO, but it's taken until the second season for its beautifully-rendered, iconic opening credits sequence to resonate with the Zeitgeist. And it's safe to say that once "The Simpsons" and some random guys playing with Lego blocks have re-made your opening credits, you're getting some serious sword-and-sorcery attention out there in the mundane world.
Whether you're into the mix of dragons, dismemberment, direwolves, full-frontal nudity and wicked politics or not, the "Game of Thrones" introduction -- a title sequence created by a company called Elastic, beautifully mixes steampunk gears with rising wooden structures, all while transporting the viewer through the fiefdoms of Westeros and beyond.
So be sure to check out the original:
And as "The Simpsons" did it:
And, of course, rendered in Lego:
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