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Did it say in the book that Daenyrys' bodyguard is the son of the guy in charge of the Nightwatch, or was I just supposed to be observant enough to notice the last name? Because, in my defense, there are like a billion names. What in particular made him change his mind in book and/or movie...

You're right, Hawaii. In my defense, Hawaiian athletes do those war dances. In fact, I'm pretty sure the University of Hawaii football team is who made it popular across the U.S. So much so that it was done by the fictional Dillon, Texas Panthers in Friday Night Lights. And before...

I don't remember Joffrey's reaction to Robert's death in the book (jeez, and I just read the dern thing like 3 weeks ago.... I'm losing my memory in my old age) but if it is a change, I like it, for two reasons: 1) As part of the whole "everyone is a flawed human, even the villains" approach of...

I'm not just saying this 'cause the dude died, but I LOVE LOVE LOVE the character and really though Conway was one of the most under-appreciated actors on the show. Actually, Conway as an actor on B5 the show kind of parallels Allen as crew member on B5 the station: a flawed character...

Most recent one: The good: - Less characters makes for a better flowing, more engaging narrative. - That conversation between the king and queen. "What's holding it all together" "Our marriage" Don't think it was even in the book (it looks like they're adding more and more original non-book...

Funny- I would describe it as "Most recent one was pretty heavy on exposition -- and the worst one yet." Because, spoken exposition is rough to sit through. Blah blah, there was this war, blah blah, there was another war, blah blah. I know it has to happen but this episode felt like eating...

Next weekend is my Little's (from the Big Brother Big Sister mentorship program) birthday, so he got to pick what we're doing and it's dinner + bowling, and as of now his film of choice is Thor. So I will actually be going to a comic book movie in the theater for the first time since I think...

<-- jealous. Congrats. And cool name.

Best actor on the show: Arya's. Holy moly this girl is a find. Ok so we also got Littlefinger (Governor Carcetti!) and Arya's fencing teacher. I know I bitch about the fast pace and the need to condense everything but there were three instances where that really stuck out: 1. Starks' arrival...

The reason deserters get killed is because they make a vow. These kinds of vows is a major theme in this saga: - Members of the Watch make a vow to serve for life, remain celibate, etc. They're supposed to only have allegiance for the Watch because anything else would be a distraction. If...

Fascinating incite into the modern popular film-making process. Highly recommended for cinema enthusiasts: http://www.theonion.com/video/today-now-interviews-the-5yearold-screenwriter-of,20188/

I think the Ghost thing is way too nitpicky. There are a lot of wolves, each that need some screen time to reflect their personality in relation to their owners, and two of them have to get gone by end of the 2nd episode. Ghost will almost definitely get screen time during Jon's time at the...

Before I saw one second of this show I just assumed Tyrion would be the favorite character amongst viewers, especially those who haven't read the book, because he's an amazing actor and he's the underdog. If I wasn't reading the book (almost done!) I would probably have found some of this...

My understanding of the wedding night scene in the book was that even though she was forced into the marriage, her "barbarian" husband was at least trying to be sensitive to her feelings. His asking of "no" was to make sure she was ok with it (that part didn't even make sense in the show)...

Or as I call it, "the weekend."

There's no reason to bring up my ex-girlfriends here.

Writing, performing or producing "low" comedy like slapstick is harder than it looks, and is a skill like any other. I was just trying to think of what other genre shows have really good humor and all I could come up with was Firefly and maybe a handful of moments from the early season of Buffy...

I enjoyed it well enough too and yes mostly because there were landscapes, swords and boobs in HD, but if I wasn't already reading the book concurrently I wouldn't have been able to keep track of who is who. For example when the Starks were brought the news that her sister ran away, I bet...

As of right now I'm already into the 300s. A stormy Saturday and spending most of a a windy Sunday minding a 10-yr old boy addicted to Assassin's Creed provides ample reading opportunity. Favorite characters? I guess the potential future super-ninja team of John Snow and that tomboy-ish Stark...

Critical update: I'm about 100 pages into the book and I rescinded my order to cancel HBO (because I forgot that this also the channel that has boxing), so yay I can participate in pop culture!