Big Dreams, Little People

Aug 03, 2009 10:23

Hey all,

Sorry for my brief absence, I was pulled away from the blog due to work responsibilities. (I know, weird, right?)  But there were a few issues I have been wanting to tackle here on FTBG for a little while, and I finally have a few minutes to sit down at my top-quality, $550 HP desktop and rant about comparatively meaningless things for a ( Read more... )

peter dinklage, george r.r. martin, hbo, adwd

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anonymous August 3 2009, 16:54:00 UTC
The only other little person actors [yeah...I don't know if I used 'little person' in the correct adjectival form there...damn political correctness and accompanying neologisms, I'm going to go with a portmanteau.]

The only other literson actors I know by name are Vern Troyer (of Mini-Me fame) and Matt Roloff. The latter is probably only because I've seen him around Beaverton a few times. I think Dinklage will be able to play a too-smart-for-his-own-good dwarf lordling really well, though. As for the age issue, I'm sure lighting and makeup will be able to make it believable. I think Tyrion is in his late 20s when AGoT starts.

And The Mountain that Flies has been complaining about airport security and TSA regularly, or whenever he has to fly. But put yourself in his shoes. If you were sitting in a standard airline seat for hours with your massive girth pinched and spilling over, you'd be cranky, too. But I fly through O'Hare several times a year, both international and domestic, and the folks there are reasonably polite, don't seem to be on a power trip to me. Just another prima donna complaint from The Entitled One, I guess.

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