David Sedaris reading his own books, my god. I tried reading him first and could not understand the narrative voice but his audiobooks made everything crystal clear.

All my stars for Gappers of Frip!!!

I’m left wondering if Martin’s books have gotten more of a free pass because it’s easier to deal with horrendous actions when you read about them on paper, versus seeing them acted out on screen.

For me, it was Weapon X. I’m not going to pretend I didn’t love Wolverine, but Weapon X was a crash course on how crazy back stories could be, how supplemental material can sometimes eclipse the current storytelling in quality. The Hobbit was probably my first read where I got a distinct sense of before and after…

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I just can’t imagine a scene that happens after Gilly has been attacked and re-traumatized will have the same beauty.

Dorne is a mixed blessing like everything else. You’ve got your stupid- boner poison- and your excellent- Mycella putting an out-of-touch Jaime in his place- and I guess I wouldn’t give up one if it meant giving up the other.

[Edited to add: Lots of commenters are saying that it’s actually tricky editing, and Theon never goes to the Broken Tower or intends to help Sansa. It’s just a series of trick cuts to make you think he’s going to the Broken Tower, when he’s actually going to Ramsay’s room. If so, it may have backfired somewhat, since…

This actually got brought up in the discussions of both the book-related thread on the O-Deck and the io9 mainpage thread. I don’t know if “us” is the most accurate pronoun.

One of the Sand Snakes makes off with Myrcella, but the others are captured, along with Jaime and Bronn. Also captured? Oberyn’s lover Ellaria Sand, who put the Sand Snakes up to this.

DID SOMEONE SAY “SINGS??”

Roy Batty. Deckard is the villain in Blade Runner. Batty gets the best lines, gives the best performance, he is the hero of the movie and yet when people talk about the movie it’s always Harrison Ford. BS

Brian Azzarello and Richard Corben really nail it on Banner! Bruce is used as a living bomb by the man and Doc Samson wants to catch and euthanize him. Drop BB from an airplane with no parachute and he Hulks out during the fall and levels whatever city he’s dropped on.

This is like Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains but instead of inspiring me and being awesome it makes me want to rip my fucking eyeballs out.

Movie in the park, summer between eighth and ninth grade. The girl I’d met earlier that year (at the last Bar Mitzvah I ever attended) actually asked me out. She leaned against a tree. She had braces. It was magical. Still is.

This week is Action Hero Week at io9 and Gizmodo, and we’re celebrating our favorite heroes, and the gear that makes them extraordinary.

There was a venue for experimental art and music called Fort Thunder that was home to a lot of those dudes before PFFR and ADHD. Check out the Pick A Winner DVD or some of the Paperrad mix tapes for the roots of the good stuff.

My first exposure to throat singing was on the classic Sun Ra track Space is the Place.

Trained for this since youth. Too tough to beat. Hand me my shades, I am ready.

I see what you did there.