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I support this abbreviation. I am starting a petition for it now.
Maybe they're hinting that in s2 they'll make up for all the discrimination and have more nude males to even out all the T&A in s1...
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TAKEIIIII......
Dave
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A spoiler-free review of "A Dance with Dragons".
One line in this review pisses me off. Any guesses?
One line in this review pisses me off. Any guesses?
Dave
Staff member
Yeah, but the last two books have totally made up for that. I was about to give up on it but now I'll be sad when it ends.
GasBandit
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I've read them all, but I'm not happy with how he decided to separate the these two most recent books by characters instead of by chronology.
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Then they told him he was dying, and all of a sudden things started happening in the books again.
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Books 6-9 or so were mostly just descriptions of the silver chasing thread up the hem of the left side of the aes sedai's dress with silver buttons and ruffles and laces and an embroidered icon of a book that spends paragraphs upon paragraphs obsessing on minutiae and doesn't advance the plot to any believable degree within 3 volumes.
Then they told him he was dying, and all of a sudden things started happening in the books again.
Well thats great but I just can't find myself slogging through 800,000 pages of the stuff gas posted to get there. Maybe I'll wiki it someday so I know how it ends. Probably with some very lengthy coffin descriptions I'm going to guess
GasBandit
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Don't worry, somebody else wrote the final few books from Jordan's notes. And even Jordan got way better around book 10.Well thats great but I just can't find myself slogging through 800,000 pages of the stuff gas posted to get there. Maybe I'll wiki it someday so I know how it ends. Probably with some very lengthy coffin descriptions I'm going to guess
See Gas, competition isn't the only way to force people to be better... impending doom also works...
GasBandit
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AKA "The War-time Economy."
The comet isn't even mentioned in the book until the last few chapters, where its not dwelled upon at all, just mentioned in passing. Its not until the beginning of Clash of Kings that its really given any significance.
I just finished Game of Thrones and began Clash of Kings last night, and honestly if I hadn't read the spoilers here in this thread (unwise, I know), I wouldn't have even given that a second thought.
Reading A Game of Thrones before I watch the show.
Lannisters. It should be a four-letter word.
Lannisters. It should be a four-letter word.
Dave
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Peter Dinklage is nominated for an Emmy for Tyrion!!
All in all, GoT is nominated is 13 categories. Well done!
All in all, GoT is nominated is 13 categories. Well done!
Make-up can fix that. Brienne is also tall, and the actress is apparently 6'3'', which is much harder to fake
That's easy to fix with some glasses, a paint covered over-all and a pony tail...
Eat hot TVTropes: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HollywoodHomely
Now i'm gonna waste the next 3 hours just because you reminded me of the trope... you bastard.
Yeah, I saw that bit of casting a while ago too, and thought she is way too attractive to play that part from the descriptions Martin gives in the book
My brother told me that Gerard Butler was set to play Stannis, but I've yet to actually find anything anywhere that confirmed it.
(Finished Clash of Kings a few nights ago. Taking a break from the series for a bit before I start Storm of Swords)
My brother told me that Gerard Butler was set to play Stannis, but I've yet to actually find anything anywhere that confirmed it.
(Finished Clash of Kings a few nights ago. Taking a break from the series for a bit before I start Storm of Swords)
Tyrion is described as being a hunchback with misshapen facial features and one black eye and one green eye. Do you think they should have passed on Peter Dinklage because he didn't match the description in the book?
I think the casting on this series has been excellent and I trust their judgment.
GasBandit
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There better be a shitload of red hair dye involved with this or I'm gonna cry foul. I will cry fouler than any foulness has ever fouled before.
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Philosopher B.
I don't know who the hell most of these characters are (haven't laid my spindly man-mitts on book #2 yet), but Liam Cunningham is tres coo'.
Also, fun fact: Gwendolyn C. is the same height as me.
Also, fun fact: Gwendolyn C. is the same height as me.
I think you misunderstand me, and take what I say far too seriously, sir.
I am not crying foul over a pretty girl being cast in the roll, I'm merely agreeing with others (who you didn't seem to take issue with, for some reason. Did I do something wrong here?) that she doesn't look the part as described in the books. Nothing more.
I've yet to read Storm of Swords and onwards (As I said, I'm taking a break from the series to read some other things) , but so far, her reported unattractiveness doesn't seem to really serve any plot purpose, so, like Tyrion's eyes and deformations, I don't see not including them as necessarily a bad thing. It is nice when characters look the part, but being able to play the part is much more important (And even still, as far as looking the part, I think her being so tall is a more important physical trait to hone in on.
semi-related story: My ex-girlfriend was pretty furious about Daniel Radcliffe playing Harry Potter, cause I guess his eyes are the wrong colour. She was an insane person.
