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Best part of the battle was the way the arrows were a literal ominous dark cloud over everything.

I'm not sure. Brienne and Pod are basically Grim n' Gritty Dunk and Egg (going so far as to name Brienne a descendant of Dunk's), and given GRRM's fondness for those characters, they could play the part of the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern/R2 and 3PO/Tahei and Matashichi of the movie.

Northros Americos.

One of those horses "fell off a van." No witnesses, and the horse wasn't talking. Everyone knew that horse had a gambling problem and was in deep with the wrong people. Which is ironic, because that horse coulda just bet against himself and taken it easy down the stretch, but no. He had to play the hero and take

They'd also like you to know about all those aforementioned horse recipes.

They are the invisible ninja assassin TSA of Essos.

Not to be pedantic, but that was a morningstar the anonymous Faith Militant used, not an axe.

Get hype!

There are also no women on Mars. That's why it needs them.

Is there a prop bet on whether or not Rickon will get a line this season?

Adipose morghullis.

What’s he really bringing to the table?

Dan and The Captain are standing RIGHT THERE, and now they look sad.

Forget OJ. I want to know where I can get those Rolling Stone articles on Mono Nostalgia and Betamax.

You mean TV's Hunter!?

Twice as fearsome when they all sprung their cuckoo clocks before a charge.

But what if we're hype?

I mean, he's basically Mary Shelley-Chekov's Frankenstein.

Goddammit. Now I have to go and be all depressed again about Luck getting canceled. The greatest crime in modern TV is that one not getting more time. It could've been one more glorious year of Dennis Farina on television.

Alas, Channing will do his show at the Hard Rock and Ian will be at a Caesars-owned property. Intercorporate cooperation in Las Vegas is only slightly more likely than an actual Sharknado.