Okay - so Ray has thrown in his two cents about the HBO production of GOT.  I'll throw in my buck seventy-five.  First, I kind of liked it overall, but I still had issues.  Not my normal issues, like bad impulse control, a tendency toward violence, general sociopathic behavior, etc.  But issues, you know….

First off, I watch the first episode ( Read more... )

So I just finished watching the pilot of AGOT.  Overall, I'm in agreement with a lot of the comments I have heard, both positive and negative.  I'd give it a B, maybe a B+ overall.  I am neither convinced this will turn out well, nor am I convinced it's a total train wreck yet.

So first, here are my general thoughts:

- The Wall itself looked pretty ( Read more... )

it seems that some of the GRRMlins have taken issue with Ms. Bellafonte's review of HBO's new production.

Ginia Bellafonte, we here at FTBG salute you.  Stick to your guns and speak your truth, that's what we support 'round these parts.

Now I should hopefully be watching the first episode tonight, and I will post my thoughts ASAP.  So I can't speak ( Read more... )

In case you haven't seen the New Yorker article (on George, GRRMLins, FTBG and Is Winter Coming?) already, it seems as if the full article is now online. (I'm guessing once the next week's issue came out, they stopped caring so much.)  I have to say, I'm a big fan of the FTBG-inspired cartoon.  Anyway, read it at your leisure.

Also, I am officially ( Read more... )

 What is up Bitches?  I would first like to start out by giving a shout out to that little cute honey, Sara Bareilles.  I had to take my wife out for our anniversary even though my girlfriend had plans for us, but you gotta do what ya gotta do. Bareilles is one of my old ladies favorites, so I caved.  You know it was fine, she has some good pipes, ( Read more... )

Looks like our list is already behind, eh?  Sorry about that people, it looks like Pesci is asleep at the switch, so I'm posting this while my new wife yells at me to get ready for our fancy dinner.  *sigh*  It's hard to find good help these days.

But I digress, and now I return to the subject of this post.  Number 9 in our countdown is a more ( Read more... )

And the short one says, "Hey Liotta, is it a good sign when they have to re-shoot most of a pilot episode?"

And the tall one says, "Fuck you, pay me."

Then, a few minutes later, he adds,"No.  No it isn't."

That's your bit of Laffy Taffy for the day, my friends.

All right, all right.  Enough already.  I’ve got Ray’s whiny ass all over me about not posting in a while and Chris the Aussie calling me out as well.  Listen you fucks, I’m a busy fucking guy.  If Ray would get off of the coke train for a minute and stop banging under-aged girls two at a time maybe we could lock down those concrete contracts ( Read more... )

Okay.  So a poster has talked me out of my short lived but spirited Bruce Spence for Walder Frey crusade.  I had no idea Bruce was so tall.  So this brings me to my second choice...........Julian Beck.  Now Julian died in 1985, but he was the creepiest old man I had ever seen on film.  I believe that he is so evil, that we will have no problem ( Read more... )

First off, I would like to thank all of you for your book suggestions.  I have been stuck in a non-fantasy reading rut lately.  Too much non-fiction and football and not enough fairies and fighters.  So thank you everyone for putting me back on track.  Perhaps one day, and that day may never come, I can return the favor.

So some of you may be ( Read more... )