I like how the show's been able to get some real emotion out of Tyrion's childlike love of dragons, also thought Dinklage really sold the reaction shot to Drogon last season.

Something I always thought gave Ramsay's character an interesting wrinkle was his total loyalty to his father, but I guess you can only push your mass-murdering sociopath son so far before it blows up in your face.

I'm not sure the internet is necessarily at fault here—if anything, it shines a light on the kind of things men have been saying about women behind their backs for ages. Sadly the only thing I found particularly shocking (and somewhat hopeful?) about the video is that the men seemed surprised and upset at what they…

And much catchier theme music.

For that matter, if the Sand Snakes had access to the boat, why not kill Jaime and Bronn while they had them isolated before they got to King's Landing? Ellaria's unsubtle murder scheme only extends to inconsequential characters.

Yeah, I do not understand it. But then, none of Dorne has made any sense from an acting, production, or basic plotting perspective, so of course you perfectly cast a great actor to do absolutely nothing.

In theory Indira Varma is at Siddig's level, but the only direction they give her must be "More cartoony!" It's a shame, I foolishly had hope they would redeem the Dorne storyline by getting into Doran's patient scheming (I always actually enjoyed his snake/grass speech from the book), but in the show world I guess…

I'm pretty sure it was supposed to be King's Landing, since Trystane was on the boat with Myrcella. The bigger question is how the Sand Snakes watched the boat sail away and were also on the boat. I think the showrunners are going with the "Ellaria Sand and the Sand Snakes can do anything at anytime for any reason"…

Live in the now!

I'm not an expert on this at all, so there might be more concrete information, but every account I've read describes her pre-lobotomy condition as some kind of super vague "metal illness" or "learning disability", which makes the whole thing that much more disturbing for me. In all the accounts, the only consistent…

I actually enjoyed it as well, at least in 1998. Certain sections, like running through a hedgemaze chased by the chainsaw-wielding Frankenstein, were intense for the time. I actually found the story a lot more interesting than Symphony of the Night, and a lot of the middle game had fun boss fights, puzzles, and…

Beast Within is miles ahead of the 3rd game as far as I'm concerned. The puzzles are mostly solid and the acting was pretty good for the genre. Peter Lucas' performance as Von Glower is probably the best ever performance in an FMV game (what an honor that is!) Unfortunately in transitioning to FMV everything…

That Lazarus story is mostly about how being rich condemns someone to eternal suffering no matter how faithful or otherwise good they might be, so I imagine most evangelicals just put a Davy and Goliath sticker over that part.

Thanks! Can't say I'm ever thrilled to learn new entries in their jackass glossary but glad to be aware.

This is a rare non-sarcastic question, but what is the issue with the white knight term? I only know it in the generic old-timey sense, interchangeable with "knight in shining armor". I assume it has MRA connotations, but I'd rather not google it and get sucked down a hideous internet wormhole.

Your post brought back vague memories of elementary school teachers calling us something like the "Second Boom" or the "Little Boom" — as you say, there was definitely some kind of earlier narrative that's been largely forgotten/replaced.

Wish I'd known that earlier. I'm already more than halfway through the 1400 self-flagellations required to atone for my sin, and it this point it's easier to just power through to the end than stop entirely.

I was in high school in the late 90s and we were sometimes called Generation X, sometimes the MTV generation, and sometimes "We haven't come up with a name for you guys yet." I've talked about it with other friends born in the late 70s/early 80s and there's a definite sense that we're not quite either Millenials or…

Yeah, I'm still not totally proud of it but this is the episode where I made the transition from "This is getting better but I still resent them" to "I'm genuinely enjoying this." May God have mercy on my soul.

Great analysis! I had forgotten some details of the plot but the more I remember the deeper and more engaging it gets. It's a shame the series only got three games, it had the characters and lore to continue indefinitely with a different major monster in each game. Von Glower is easily among my top video game…