Walter White presumably. That throne is notoriously uncomfortable
― Number None, Sunday, 30 December 2012 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
the reputation of anyone who wears it
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Monday, 31 December 2012 16:17 (eleven years ago) link
just finished S1 (DVD set was a Xmas gift)
it's okay, I guess. a mishmash of a lot of different fantasy conventions/tropes plus extra boobs/gore, I suppose that's the big appeal...?
― If I was a carpenter, and you were a douchebag (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 17:39 (eleven years ago) link
yeah "realistic" fantasy
― Mordy, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
dunno how realistic boobs are, not like you see boobs irl
― autistic boy is surprisingly good at basketball (silby), Thursday, 3 January 2013 05:00 (eleven years ago) link
you probably see more of them if you hang out at brothels
― Mordy, Thursday, 3 January 2013 05:02 (eleven years ago) link
Well this eats.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jan/09/wilko-johnson-terminal-cancer
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 16:30 (eleven years ago) link
:(
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 21:27 (eleven years ago) link
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Thursday, 10 January 2013 20:38 (eleven years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v387/Dinkins/HODOR.gif
― am0n, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 03:12 (eleven years ago) link
Promo photos is out:
http://www.aceshowbiz.com/images/news/game-of-thrones-season-3-first-look-mance-rayder-blackfish-more.jpg
http://images.tvrage.com/news/game-of-thrones-new-season-3-photos-reveal-looks-at-new-and-old-characters4.jpg
http://www.makinggameofthrones.com/production-diary/2013/1/25/season-3-characters-revealed.html?cmpid=ABC587
― The New Jack Mormons! (kingfish), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:05 (eleven years ago) link
I like Ciaran Hinds, but he's a little bit of an odd choice for Mance. I pictured the character having a more youthful and mischievous look.
― Moodles, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
I'm psyched for the Reeds, Thoros, and Beric Dondarion
― Moodles, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:00 (eleven years ago) link
They better include the mammoths & giants or there's gonna be a riot in the street (a riot consisting of me in running in my underwear and yelling at the sky, but a riot nonetheless)
― bleh (latebloomer), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:14 (eleven years ago) link
UH SPOILERS FUCK OFF!
― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:37 (eleven years ago) link
No spoilers
― bleh (latebloomer), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 22:51 (eleven years ago) link
To be safe I guess one of the mods should probably change that sentence to "they better include Big Bird and Snuffleufagus"
― bleh (latebloomer), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 22:56 (eleven years ago) link
If you can't be bothered to read the books, fuck your "uh spoiler" crybaby bullshit.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 31 January 2013 10:28 (eleven years ago) link
There's a whole other thread for spoilerful internet hardmen, iirc.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 31 January 2013 12:35 (eleven years ago) link
― Nate Carson, Thursday, January 31, 2013 5:28 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
don't be such a loser, it says NO SPOILERS in the title, what's wrong with you
― zero dark (s1ocki), Thursday, 31 January 2013 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
that was just a test to see if you could TAKE IT LIKE A MAN
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 31 January 2013 16:08 (eleven years ago) link
Verdict: FAIL.
― SOPA Middleton (Leee), Thursday, 31 January 2013 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
inset R Lee Ermey rant here
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 31 January 2013 16:54 (eleven years ago) link
*insert
Slowly getting through S2, feel like they made Joffrey too evil, it's boring to watch any scene w/ him. Loving Lil' Stark & Grandpa Lannister
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 31 January 2013 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
I don't think it's possible to make Joffrey too evil
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Thursday, 31 January 2013 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
Sorry. I just get riled up by the general public's illiteracy and lack of attention span. These are some of the best written popular books on the market, and people have to wait to see what happens on TV?
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 31 January 2013 22:17 (eleven years ago) link
Loving Lil' Stark & Grandpa Lannister
This was my least favorite aspect of S2. Tywin Lannister is not a cuddly grandpa!
― Moodles, Thursday, 31 January 2013 22:22 (eleven years ago) link
― Nate Carson, Thursday, January 31, 2013 5:17 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
we're not exactly talking faulkner here dude, set your snob-sights a little higher
― zero dark (s1ocki), Thursday, 31 January 2013 22:35 (eleven years ago) link
yeah seriously, i can't wait to read all of these in 6 days sometime and prove my literary mettle.
― Ballboy to Afghanistan (LocalGarda), Thursday, 31 January 2013 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
REVERSE SNOBBED
― Number None, Thursday, 31 January 2013 22:38 (eleven years ago) link
i'm appalled that the general public refuses to take its medicine and read a bunch of sleazy airport paperbacks
― zero dark (s1ocki), Thursday, 31 January 2013 22:38 (eleven years ago) link
it is kind of bullshit if you love the show and consider the books beneath you. They're just better. I'm not going to get het up about it though
― Number None, Thursday, 31 January 2013 22:40 (eleven years ago) link
don't even consider them beneath me, just know they are something you read at the pace of a sports biography rather than joyce or whatever.
― Ballboy to Afghanistan (LocalGarda), Thursday, 31 January 2013 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
plus tv is a more generally easy medium than literature.
― Ballboy to Afghanistan (LocalGarda), Thursday, 31 January 2013 22:43 (eleven years ago) link
not to even open that can of worms... just basically am surprised someone would lambast people from above for not reading this series of books.
I like the show but I'm not into fantasy enough to set aside the time to read 4000 pages on Westeros instead of 4000 pages of stuff that's already in my lineup and more my thing.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 31 January 2013 22:44 (eleven years ago) link
the books aren't fine lit, but they are absolutely better than the tv show. Most of the places where the tv show deviates from the novels are missteps.
― Moodles, Thursday, 31 January 2013 22:45 (eleven years ago) link
guess you haven't gotten to the 4th one yet
― zero dark (s1ocki), Thursday, 31 January 2013 22:45 (eleven years ago) link
since the tv show hasn't done the 4th book yet, it remains to be seen whether they can improve upon it or not. I'm not super optimistic. I guess they could find a way to make both the 4th and 5th books shorter, that would be an improvment...
― Moodles, Thursday, 31 January 2013 22:48 (eleven years ago) link
they should take the 4th and 5th books and condense them into the first 10 minutes of the 4th season opener
― zero dark (s1ocki), Thursday, 31 January 2013 22:49 (eleven years ago) link
BTW, I got copies of the first 4 books for Christmas and am eagerly looking forward to re-reading them
― Moodles, Thursday, 31 January 2013 22:50 (eleven years ago) link
the showrunners seem pretty savvy, i have some faith in them to cut the bullshit when they get to the parts where the books slow down
― ciderpress, Thursday, 31 January 2013 22:50 (eleven years ago) link
hopefully so, but they've found ways to add in their own bullshit, so it will be tricky.
― Moodles, Thursday, 31 January 2013 22:51 (eleven years ago) link
so the fact that I haven't finished book 3 even though I'm halfway through it basically makes me a war-criminal y/n
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 31 January 2013 22:55 (eleven years ago) link
it is kind of bullshit if you love the show and consider the books beneath you.
no way show significantly better than these terrible books
― Mordy, Thursday, 31 January 2013 22:56 (eleven years ago) link
I have physical and digital copies if the first book, and still haven't started it
― The New Jack Mormons! (kingfish), Thursday, 31 January 2013 22:57 (eleven years ago) link
mildly entertained by this show, could not give less of a fuck about the books tbh
― Welcome to my world of proses (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 31 January 2013 22:57 (eleven years ago) link
More or less everything good in show is straight from the books, and they've added a lot of questionable shit. You're kidding yourself if you think otherwise
― Number None, Thursday, 31 January 2013 22:59 (eleven years ago) link
ppl who like the books must be liberally skipping sentences, paragraphs and entire chapters of tedious, boring, repetitive prose
― Mordy, Thursday, 31 January 2013 23:00 (eleven years ago) link