I belatedly discovered HBO's Game of Thrones and promptly got sucked in.  It was stellar!*  Arya Stark is my favorite by a mile, followed by Tyreon Lannister and Jon Snow (with his sad puppy eyes).  Now I want to read the books, so I suppose that's mission accomplished for this adaptation.   Season 2 in spring 2012 has now been added to the list of ( Read more... )

Significantly after most of the Internet, I have finally seen the first episode of BBC's Sherlock.  Yep, I see why everybody has been squeeing about it.  What a fun adaptation!  Some points about it:

-I thought the casting on the leads was stellar, and I don't say that only because Benedict Cumberbatch is ridiculously gorgeous.  Martin Freeman is so ( Read more... )