I agree with you. But the vast majority of the movie going public has no idea that these cool indie movies even exist. The marketing machinery behind a Transformers is so massive and ubiquitous that it can flood the airwaves, making it seem to much of the public that it is the only game in town. It's not true of…

There is a book called April 1865 that came out a few years ago about the final month of the Civil War. The author writes a bit about how several Southern leaders considered waging a guerrilla war without ever formally surrendering to the North. He illustrates what that conflict would have looked like by citing…

There is a book called April 1865 that came out a few years ago about the final month of the Civil War. The author writes a bit about how several Southern leaders considered waging a guerrilla war without ever formally surrendering. He illustrates what that conflict would have looked like by citing several actual…

I have so much respect for the type of person who can preserve their childlike sense of wonder and enthusiasm, while also focusing it toward making amazing things.

The solution to all of this is to stop watching such a horrible show.

I hate to get all Deadspin-y, but +1 for the Half Life reference.

Yes, yes, and the daytime TV schlock that Dr. Oz is selling people is totally cool and not filling my grandmother's head with various daily miracle cures.

Don't people who have supported Susan G. Komen in the past have the same right to be angry about the organization's lack of support for Planned Parenthood?

There should be a GIF of King Theoden shouting "Victory! We have victory!"

I just posted something similar. It's awesome to see progressives turning the tables on Congressional reactionaries and Tea Partiers. Very exciting, and just in time for election season.

As exhausting as it feels to be fighting our parent's and grandparent's wars, it is great to see progressives coalescing around a few key topics in advance of the upcoming round of elections. It sucks that things like this need to happen, and a tragedy that the political pendulum puts people's lives in the balance,…

There is a Theon chapter up on his website from Winds of Winter here: [georgerrmartin.com] The last I heard, he has about 100 pages finished, though he has been known to edit heavily and even start from scratch.

He wouldn't be the first though. Beric Dondarrion was killed many times and brought back by his red priest, Thoros of Myr. Each time, he became a little less human and a little more dead. Cat was dead for days, and was brought back to life by the same Thoros only to become a shambling, barely human shell.

I also meant to write that his "death" along with the collapse of the Wall will release him from his vows. Editing doesn't seem to be working.

This has been my thought as well. I think the Wall is going to come down (either physically, or the magical barrier preventing Others from crossing will dissolve), and the Night's Watch will cease to be a functioning entity, releasing Jon from his vows and freeing him to do other things of a kingly nature. This seems…

The optimist in me says that Dance and Feast were the big stumbling blocks. As George explained it, he needed certain characters in certain places at certain times. Dance and Feast definitely read like this, as they were generally full of people going places, and only in the end actually getting there. Now that this…

I ruined my original copies of ASOIAF while trying to hide the covers from public view. That was romance novel quality stuff, and probably stopped a healthy dose of people from picking them up before they hit the big time.

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Bernard Cornwell's Saxon Tales and Warlord Chronicles. It's not fantasy, but it tends to read in much the same way. Both are full of outstanding characterization, and both are set in the brutal and often hopeless Dark Age Britain. George RR Martin is a big fan, and recently posted a long conversation between himself…

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