I didn't get that. Seemed like he believed in Melisandre's magic, not her religion, as in the books. Makes it worse, because he's climbing in bed with religious nuts as a means to an end rather than out of conviction.

I didn't read the full French interview, but the translated excerpts just made it sound like he thought GoT was silly and he was doing it for the money, not that he objected to how his character specifically was written. He delivered a fine performance, though.

"Fast track—- Dany? lol." That made me laugh out loud.
Show Dany is pretty good because Emilia Clarke is very, very attractive, but I dread her book chapters. Audiobook is the worst, because I can't skim, and Roy Dotrice voices her as an elderly fishmonger.

"Nipple ridden filler." Phrase nicely turned.

Was this book, show, or both? I had forgotten that. The Baratheons seemed to improve slightly from older to younger. Robert = monster, Stannis = horrible guy, Renly = charming but feckless. And the glimpses that we get of Robert's various bastards (mostly in the books) are at least somewhat positive. Basically, the…

Was Stannis a fan favorite? Some fans, I'm sure, but overall, top ten, twenty? I'm skeptical.
Book Stannis is pretty much a one-note jerk: a stubborn, self-righteous tool, who doesn't really have the facts on his side and is okay with murdering his brother via black (red?) magic. Worse, I didn't find him interesting.…

I see her as more of a crazy FBI agent. Acker's work on Person of Interest makes me think she could pull this off in fine style. One sign that the Banshee actors and writers are working well together is that I almost never find myself mentally re-casting.

One of Banshee's beautiful over-the-top excesses is that Proctor is a muscular, kung-fu badass killing machine, so of course he has another muscular, kung-fu badass killing machine working for him, just for those times when he's too busy on the can, or watching Game of Thrones.

Man, I hope this is true. The scene where Kai tries to throttle that random down-on-her-luck girl, could be taken as hinting at this.

This is a good role for Dushku. But think how much better it would be with Amy Acker. …Except it would be much harder to imagine Amy Acker going for the obligatory introductory one-night stand with Hood.

I think the only question is whether Zuri is with Black Claw voluntarily, or because they're holding her brother hostage (hence the line about how he's in college now, because the writers know you forgot him).

I kind of agree that the serial killer being an actual serial killer was lame. The whole array of helpless-woman-being-brutalized tropes is not my cup of tea. I was hoping that there would be a more direct connection to the existing cast, like Burton being the murderer and just killing the other victims as a…

"For the record, I also knew your husband story was bullshit."

I don't really remember whether she was portrayed as being good at magic in her hedge days, before being… infused with godliness. Definitely smart and persistent, but I'm not so sure about the aptitude part.

My memory of the books is that Niffens are naked. I could really get behind that, if Alice remained in the cast but Niffenized.

She really comes into her own as the books progress. Arguably the second most important figure after Quentin overall.

I should re-read all the books. I feel like they're strong enough to merit a second time around. Mostly what I remember about Free Trader from the books is that they were really dumb smart people, who totally should have known better, and Julia fit right in on that count. One of the somewhat off-putting lessons of the…

I think people might want to wait on the Sansa thing. Short term, yes, it caused Theon to man up (verrrrry slightly), but I'm very much expecting it to lead to some major character development for Sansa, who I would say is a more important character in both the books and the show. The actress' comments about the…

There are no chosen ones in the Magician-verse. Quentin is definitely the protagonist of the books, though various fans and reviewers had some fun making a case for Julia. Hard to say for sure where the show is heading.

It's a matter of taste, but to me the books were far, far better than either Potter or Narnia. More character development, much more wit, higher emotional stakes and much more sense of imminent danger. Reasonable, since Grossman was writing for an adult audience.