Why? Because in the pre-internet era, Americans were even more xenophobic and ignorant of the rest of the world than they are today.

I had the opposite reaction where I just could not look away or stop laughing. When Sailor Moon makes her appearance, I just started guffawing and could not stop.

In 1999 I watched the blurry shakey-cam Saban Moon trailer video for the first time. When it was finished, my PC abruptly blue screened, and I was forced to reinstall Windows. I remain convinced that my PC was trying to commit technological suicide after being forced to process that video, and I have never attempted…

Viserys must essentially choose between saving Aemma’s life or the male baby’s, he predictably chooses his son.

“The grand maester tells Viserys it’s a breach birth, meaning the king must decide whether to save either the life of his child or his wife, but not both”

He was the Doctor! And he was great (and could also play very terrifying).

Neil’s also realistic and doesn’t expect it to be exactly like the book.
I remember he got early drafts of Coraline and asked the screenwriters to make it less like his original story.
Even American Gods made several updates I felt made sense for the era it was made in.

Set 200 years earlier means we don’t meaningfully know how this turns out for any of these people (none of whose names are familiar). All we know is that Ned Stark and Robert Baratheon ended the dynasty almost 2 centuries after this.

I think it’s less (at least for me) that I’m bothered by her going full mad queen then the fact that it was done so abruptly. I agree she always had the makings of the next mad queen but at the time in the show she wasn’t even close to there yet. It needed AT LEAST another 2 seasons of her rule to let the slow descent…

I think it’s less (at least for me) that I’m bothered by her going full mad queen then the fact that it was done so abruptly. I agree she always had the makings of the next mad queen but at the time in the show she wasn’t even close to there yet. It needed AT LEAST another 2 seasons of her rule to let the slow descent…

“Humor” and “jokes” are not the same thing.

I mean, they are Targaryan. Kinda comes with the territory.

“I just hope they don’t make it creepy between them.”

The show did fine and he’s negotiating a higher budget. Gaiman is one of the few comic book writers who managed to adapt to the realities of the TV/movie industry. (Unlike... say... Alan Moore.)

I think there’s a lot to like here. The original series burned a lot of its goodwill with the final season, but this felt like a return to form of the earlier dialogue-driven years. George Martin’s involvement makes an obvious difference.

I suspect they will. The show did incredibly well. All that Gaiman said was that it’s not a guarantee, which is always true, and a good way to make sure people keep watching.

Literally one of the top three non-cinema adaptations of any DC/Vertigo property ever made. If they aren’t picking this one up — why bother making any more at all...?

I enjoyed the author in the first pub who I think was supposed to be Chaucer defending the Canterbury tales.  

Because it would have fucked up the narrative flow of the season. Releasing it this way actually draws more attention to it anyway. Instead of one episode buried amongst 10 others, it gets to be a special event. 

God, that animation was beautiful. I don’t think I’ve ever seen cats move so realistically. That one part at the end where the kitten jumps off the thing, lands awkwardly and shakes her head; just perfect. I’ve read that comic so many times and never expected to see an adaption of it, much less one this successful. And…