i'm waiting out for the cranny editions
― cave duel (latebloomer), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
slocki is that you
― g++ (gbx), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
i learned from the master
― cave duel (latebloomer), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
Well, I had Books 2 & 3 in paperback, but I'm afeared my copy of Book 4 is HC.
― it's not that print journalists don't have a sense of humour, it's just (Laurel), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
if a film ever gets made of The Wasp Factory the kid that plays Joffrey needs to be cast as Frank.
― owenf, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
your davos seaworth:
http://www.liamcunningham.net/interviews/images/Liam_Herald_2009.jpg
― max, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 01:27 (twelve years ago) link
(liam cunningham is the guys name)
― max, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 01:28 (twelve years ago) link
these new castings are cool. stannis guy is great. melisandre would ideally have been a little older maybe.
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 02:01 (twelve years ago) link
i am obv talking purely about physical appearance. i have no idea if these folx can act worth shit.
carice van houten can act her ass off. she was great in the mega underrated Black Book
― DEHUMANIZE YOURSELF AND FACE TO BLOODSHED (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 03:05 (twelve years ago) link
Just want to reiterate what I said earlier about Dillane in John Adams. Totally awesome.
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 03:17 (twelve years ago) link
good day sir!
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 03:38 (twelve years ago) link
just go read the books you lames
― Number None, Tuesday, July 19, 2011 3:51 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
totally the people not reading these books are the lame people
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 03:39 (twelve years ago) link
anyone who needs proof of van Houten's awesomeness, rent Verhoeven's Black Book.
― THIS IS SATIRE BTW (Simon H.), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 04:32 (twelve years ago) link
even if u dont need proof, rent it anyway because its fwiggin gweat!!!!!
― DEHUMANIZE YOURSELF AND FACE TO BLOODSHED (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 04:47 (twelve years ago) link
*went
*pwoof
― max, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 04:49 (twelve years ago) link
Is Stannis like really rilly interested in talking about swivel chairs?
They're making my WRISTS HURT right now, because I'm re-reading this damn series on the subway.
― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 04:54 (twelve years ago) link
Well, yeah
― Number None, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 09:35 (twelve years ago) link
What happened to Alan Rickman? I thought he was all super-rumored to be cast as Stannis. Or maybe that was another character?
― She Got the Shakes, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 10:57 (twelve years ago) link
alan rickman was never in the conversation - you're probably just thinking of some fan speculation. he's got other shit to do, and besides that he's like 20 years older than mark addy (stannis' older brother on the show)
― DEHUMANIZE YOURSELF AND FACE TO BLOODSHED (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:10 (twelve years ago) link
i don't really understand what it is with alan rickman and americans of a certain persuasion
― thomp, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:15 (twelve years ago) link
he's so dark + moody!
― Mordy, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:22 (twelve years ago) link
ha i was gonna say alan rick is too goth for game of thrones
― max, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:24 (twelve years ago) link
maybe he could play a braavosi banker or something
― max, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:25 (twelve years ago) link
has he ever been in anything actually good
― thomp, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:28 (twelve years ago) link
yes.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:29 (twelve years ago) link
die hard
― DEHUMANIZE YOURSELF AND FACE TO BLOODSHED (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:29 (twelve years ago) link
you feeb!
yes, but has he ever been in anything .. actually good
― thomp, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:29 (twelve years ago) link
Quigley Down Under
Galaxy Quest
― Number None, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:30 (twelve years ago) link
die hard is legit a really good movie. have you seen it man
― DEHUMANIZE YOURSELF AND FACE TO BLOODSHED (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:30 (twelve years ago) link
he was the only good thing about the last HP movie. he has one line-reading in it that's so juicy you basically have to laugh
He was also in Smiley's People.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:31 (twelve years ago) link
i've seen die hard but i was fourteen and it's all bound up with the sequels and the psone game for me, so maybe it is better than i am giving it credit for
i am entirely willing to believe that he is A Good Thing in the middle of harry potter eight or galaxy quest or whatever! that wasn't my question tho really
― thomp, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:32 (twelve years ago) link
he was in rasputin: dark servant of destiny
― max, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:32 (twelve years ago) link
galaxy quest 2nded
― remy bean, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:33 (twelve years ago) link
lolol rasputin:
http://content7.flixster.com/photo/85/71/66/8571665_gal.jpg
― remy bean, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:34 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i admit outside of die hard i dont have much to say about his filmography. i havent seen ang lee's sense & sensibility, he's in that and it has a veneer of respectability
― DEHUMANIZE YOURSELF AND FACE TO BLOODSHED (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:34 (twelve years ago) link
He would be a terrible Stannis tho. Quite apart from his age
― Number None, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:35 (twelve years ago) link
he's more of a lannister senior type
― thomp, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:37 (twelve years ago) link
i mean, he'd be okay as pretty much anyone in the books in the right age bracket except stannis tbh
yall pretending u dont luv harry potter is p cute
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:42 (twelve years ago) link
walked past some americans in oxford the other day, in gryffindor scarves, complaining about how they didn't show some character repairing his wand, because it was An Important Moment. we need some kind of south africa style cultural embargo imo
― thomp, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:50 (twelve years ago) link
Alan Rickman was also one of the few things that doesn't make me want to shoot myself when my wife wants to watch Love Actually for the 2.4 billionth time.
Also, I loved him as Metatron in Dogma.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:51 (twelve years ago) link
bill nighy vs. allan rickman
― remy bean, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:52 (twelve years ago) link
Fair enough, as Bill Nighy helps save Love Actually a little too.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 12:59 (twelve years ago) link
Tea-leaf reading on a practical level:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2011/07/29/138807511/hbo-grapples-with-the-future-of-game-of-thrones
Asked why many HBO shows get 13 episodes a season and GOT has been getting 10, Lombardo said it simply wasn't possible to physically execute more than 10 episodes a year of the quality they want to produce. He and Plepler also tried to clarify that it wasn't a strict requirement from the network that the producers cover an entire book in each 10-episode season. Would that answer the question?Of course not. Later in the session, we once again returned to the possibility that the entire story of GOT will somehow not wind up being told. "This is a story that sort of has to finish at some point," said the next questioner. "And it can't finish in the middle." (Of course, TV stories finish in the middle all the time, but the assumption buried in the question was clear: You do not want to deal with what will happen if you stop telling this story to this particular audience before the end of whatever winds up being written by Martin.)What the critic wanted, though — a guarantee that HBO would finish exhaustively covering the story as it's told in the books, was not forthcoming. Already running short on time, largely as a result of answering this very question in a number of different incarnations, Lombardo said, "I don't know where the show for us ends as opposed to the books. It maybe would be fantastic to be able to say, this show will go on for ten years and do every aspect of the books. I don't know that that will be the case."
Of course not. Later in the session, we once again returned to the possibility that the entire story of GOT will somehow not wind up being told. "This is a story that sort of has to finish at some point," said the next questioner. "And it can't finish in the middle." (Of course, TV stories finish in the middle all the time, but the assumption buried in the question was clear: You do not want to deal with what will happen if you stop telling this story to this particular audience before the end of whatever winds up being written by Martin.)
What the critic wanted, though — a guarantee that HBO would finish exhaustively covering the story as it's told in the books, was not forthcoming. Already running short on time, largely as a result of answering this very question in a number of different incarnations, Lombardo said, "I don't know where the show for us ends as opposed to the books. It maybe would be fantastic to be able to say, this show will go on for ten years and do every aspect of the books. I don't know that that will be the case."
And so on, etc.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 29 July 2011 22:26 (twelve years ago) link
they could totally collapse the next three books into two seasons imo
― g++ (gbx), Friday, 29 July 2011 23:40 (twelve years ago) link