It’s time to deal with some unpleasant truths, Song of Ice and Fire fans. The Shows are going to Lap the Books. This is going to happen. We are going to get spoiled by a show in which there is no Lady Stoneheart, no Brave Companions, in which the Greyjoys except Theon hardly exist and have… Read More Leave George R.R. Martin Alone
Watching Star Wars – the original trilogy, I mean – as it was before George Lucas screwed with it is what we’ve all been hoping for since the Disney buyout. Rumors of this were floated about last spring, but Disney did not confirm that they even wanted to do this. A debate was prompted about… Read More Disney is Going to Re-Release UnAltered Star Wars, Says the Same Stupid Rumor That Said So Last Year
It’s not that I disagree with the suggestions Variety offers: 1) Hire Jimmy Fallon to host, with a multi-year contract, 2) Get people who actually share the general public’s taste to vote, 3) FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, MAKE IT SHORTER, 4) Throw in some Audience Participation, and 5) Give the Celebs their booze back.… Read More Earth to Variety: No One Wants to Fix the Oscars
Did you actually say “Who gave this SOB a Green Card?” when announcing the best director winner? Were you drunk? Did you think no one would be bothered by you saying that? Were you not thinking? Do you know Alejandro Inarritu personally? He says you do, and that you have that kind of friendship. So… Read More Sean Penn, You Magnificent Bastard…
Here’s a snarky series of YouTube videos that doesn’t really answer that question: It’s no Mr. Plinkett, but it’ll do. Sort of.
Yesterday, Martin’s official Twitter account posted this: On the first day…House Tully came bearing gifts…#12DaysofWesteros pic.twitter.com/I2rll6fR70 — George RR Martin (@GRRMspeaking) December 10, 2014 Which prompted the Internet (and especially Reddit) to lose its damn mind. Because, 12 days from yesterday is December 21st, the first day of Winter. The next book in the series… Read More Confirmed: George R.R. Martin is Screwing With Us.
It was pretty cool. First off: the slow intro, empty desert, sense of dread, reminiscent of There Will Be Blood. Dug it. The darkness sitting dormant. Stormtroopers: Same but different. Questions abound: Are these Republic Stormtroopers? Some Imperial rump state? Is the guy who pops up in the desert a good guy pulling a Luke, or… Read More Nerds are Never Happy: The Force Awakens Trailer
Kevin Williamson opines on how monsters make the ladies swoon. The phenomenon of young women falling in love with death-row inmates, particularly with serial killers, is not new: Women flocked to Ted Bundy’s trial — his trial for raping, torturing, and murdering young women as a prelude to acts of necrophilia — and he received… Read More Charles Manson, Star Wars, and the Joy of Hate
He switches from praise to insult without skipping a beat or changing tone. Of course, this could only happen at the Clios because advertising execs are entirely comfortable with having the scorn of the chattering class with their dinner. They make illusions for others, and so have none. Whereas the earnest dorks at the Oscars,… Read More Is Seinfeld’s Clio Speech the Greatest Award Acceptance Speech of All Time?
Still waiting on Decider to give us another “Disasterpiece Theater“, so instead I’ll link this cruel fellow beating the dead horse that is Highlander II, a film I haven’t even seen (because I never saw the big deal about the first one, but whatever. Geek does not require explanation). This is what sometimes happens when… Read More Let Us Perform Cruel Postmortems On Legendarily Bad Films: Highlander II
Content Blues 