"Remember, Regina ripped out her own father's house to enact her revenge on Snow White"

Yeah, don't think it was Joffrey - in the moment before Cersei slapped him, he was asking how many bastards there were out there, I don't think he knew all of them. Cersei would certainly have been in the position to actually know where they all were, she'd been keeping tabs on that for years, I'm sure.

The only thing I didn't like about that scene (and I have to read it again to make sure I'm remembering it properly) was that they had the Maester drink first . . . even had blood coming out of his mouth before she even drank. If I remember the scene correctly, she drank first and then gave the cup to him to drink -…

Agreed, he's doing a great job in fleshing out the full character of Joffrey. That, and I love the little whimper he always gives when he gets slapped, the little bastard. But, yeah, after that slap, damn . . . he was intense.

Touche, missed that. I was focusing on the spoiler a little further down on the same topic.

Well, to be fair, it's right there in third paragraph:

Jack Gleeson kind of reminds me of Tom Felton, in that outside of character they are cool and nice people (and Felton is quite the musician as well). In their character, though, you just want to smack the shit out of them. Testament to their acting abilities I guess that they can really make you hate them. On a…

Wow, Ygritte is awesome . . . certainly kissed by fire. Can't wait to look in those eyes as she says, "You know nothing, Jon Snow"

Hi, Ernest, and thanks for an incredible book - child of the 80's here, so every reference had heartfelt meaning to me as well. My question, as an avid gamer to this day, is have any gaming companies approached you for development of some of the gaming ideas you have in the book? Most notably, the interactive movie…

That scene really tore me up, both in the book when I first read it and on the screen. The swordfight might not be as long and epic as Princess Bride (which deserves the top spot), but the bravery he showed in protecting Arya, no fear, and just obliterating those guards with the practice sword put that fight into a…

I have to add the last stand of Syrio Forel to this list.

I've been happy with our setup here, a Mac mini as the "media hub" where I rip DVD's in my library, record live TV with an Elgato 250, and keep it organized in iTunes with purchased media (use MetaX for tagging). Then, in the main room, I have an Apple TV that hooks into that media hub to play whatever movies or TV…

That's actually one thing that's annoyed me to no end with SNL over the last 10 years, no one can memorize the lines to the sketches. Without fail, people are looking off camera to the cue cards/telepromters and not interacting with the other cast. I HATE seeing conversations in a sketch where the people aren't…

Seven hells . . .

Oh. My. Gods. How did I miss that . . . I even get their catalog in the mail and go through it with the kids. I can't believe I missed that, I'll be ordering these today for my daughter :)

Well, my kids are dead-set on seeing this movie, maybe I can put in headphones, close my eyes, and finish listening to "Catching Fire" while they watch. What's worse is I most likely have to see it twice, as my youngest son HAS to see everything in 3D, while my daughter hates 3D. Too bad they haven't worked out where…

"secret cameos — including Lady Gaga, who I'm guessing is going to be revealed as some manner of extraterrestrial because, really, what the hell else would Lady Gaga be?"

You're Mr. Palpatinowsi. I'm the Vader. So that's what you call me. You know, that or, uh, His Vaderness, or uh, Vaderer, or El Vaderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing.

I think that can be said of most of King's work, real grit and a vicious physiological (and psychological) bite . . . loved The Long Walk, but yeah, disturbed the hell outta me.

Oh, The Long Walk, forgot about that one. Kids don't kill each other, granted, but still a lot of similarities with the kids, the promotion and national spectacle. Great book, really, and like most of Stephen King's stuff, disturbed the crap outta me :)