Spoilery: In one of the last Sansa sections there was a scene where Sansa learns about "Harry the Heir" and Littlefinger's intention to marry her to him (although, like many things Littlefinger does, this may just be a ploy). This, combined with his expectation that Robert Arryn will die soon, suggests he intends to…

It does seem like the creators and actors are just as clueless as the fans when it comes to the "right" way to say Tyrell. Hearing them bounce between TAI-rell, tai-RELL, tee-RELL, and TEE-ruhl all in the same episode is hilarious. I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be a long I (like in "Tywin) rather than a softer "ee"…

A couple months ago, I posted a list of writers that kept me reading this site. Only Sean O'Neal is left.

I always really liked Meereen. Did it grow beyond Martin's control? Yeah, maybe, but stories do that.. I know people had thought Dani would be in Westeros by now and everyone was pissed (me included) that Martin still hasn't gotten to the battle of Slaver's Bay, but there's so much great stuff leading up to it. Strong…

Yeah the show has always struggled to do justice to the slower and more atmospheric sections of the books. Dani didn't really do that much in Qarth for most of the book besides explore the city and get insulted by the Qartheen, but it was cool to see what things were like on the other side of the world, and the…

Mace Tyrell isn't "dopey" exactly. He's fairly competent and reasonable, and seems to do a fine job ruling Highgarden, he's just not cunning enough for the court intrigue and not a good enough warrior to be the conquering hero. He's a survivor though, and he's certainly done right by his family. I think this is the…

Circe is used to being a beautiful women in a man's world. She's learned a very particular kind of guile and it's completely worthless against someone like the Queen of Thorns. She's also not as smart as she thinks she is (although having Tywin say that outright was way too on the nose).

I know Sam and Martin are both fat, but come on guys. None of you have ever met GRRM and you have no qualifications to make these judgments about who is or isn't an author surrogate, so watch the assumptions you make. It's like what a writer friend told me about writing in first person — even when your main character…

but that movie's really, really bad. like the pacing is just pathetic. "Oh no! Hulk is hurtling through the air… time for a 10 minute flashback."

NY vs homer is not "infamously bad" — you're the first person I've ever heard trash on it. It's not an amazing episode or anything, but it has a lot of great stuff in it. The fact the Barnie parked the car in between the two towers, the whole notion of "crab juice," and the bit at the end where Homer gives up trying…

This story occupies the incredibly awkward spot between too much information and not nearly enough.

Count me in the combative side. This week I'm annoyed at your for calling this the "first celebrity murder case" and thereby trivializing our country's rich history of homicidal heartthrobs. Do the names Billy the Kid, Jesse James, and John Dillinger mean nothing to you? Not to mention the obvious comparisons to Bonny…

I was wondering about that too. It's always pretty funny when he "quotes" something and then the clip is completely different.

Yeah it was definitely not a good episode.

Ah dew declaeah!

*alcoholism joke*

I wanted to see the episode he was in, but someone most of given me the wrong number. Do you know the name of the blonde chick who played Charlene Larue though? she was smoking.

Only two lids? I'm such a hip dopefiend it takes at least a key of "kush" to get me toasted.

I've been noticing that about a fair number of movie posters lately. Just throw together some random black and white drawings, a silly title font, shots of actors in "quirky" poses and you've got yourself a movie poster, apparently. It used to be "indies" were especially prone to this crap, but in the last few years…

I liked Rubber well enough, but I would agree that if you're judging it based on storytelling merit it's hard to give it much better than a D. The characters are all one note sketches that are impossible to care about, the plot bounces from one bit of dream imagery to the next while ultimately going nowhere, and so…