Rickwood is pretty great! Also, who's pumped about the new Barons' stadium next to Good People? (I am)

Longer is better please! Also, I feel like so much of the magic in that book can be accomplished with set pieces or regular cinematography techniques, with a few notable exceptions.

Actually, many, many people thought it was the best (or one of the best) season. Go reread the reviews here, and the end of the season article. It certainly had one of the longest A/A- streaks I've ever seen.

Stop using the phrase "PC police" as if it's meaningful. This isn't about political correctness. You're the one trying to pretend like we're reacting to your "subversive" opinion on female comedians, when really we're reacting to the fact that you're making an extension that we  find both illogical and annoying. The…

I'm a little bit of the opinion that you used that "poor turn of phrase" on purpose, just like your falling on heels bit above, which is equally unfunny.

@avclub-5b7e0a1ad5d9ac9ef3063b05f55b6d31:disqus Go read it again. I'll wait.

@avclub-5b7e0a1ad5d9ac9ef3063b05f55b6d31:disqus You read the first four books poorly then. Every character who supported an aristocratic ideal is flat out depicted, in the most obvious way, as evil, or at least bigoted. Look at Hermione for fuck's sake. Look at Draco. Look at the whole presentation of Slytherin. Look…

@avclub-b4238f7793ec8c1a632f14f2a1766c68:disqus Wait, seriously? You missed her subtext, and she's the bad writer? Also, the whole series is about choice—it was Harry's choice to be in Gryffindor, Lily's choice to die for her son, Voldemort's choice to attempt to kill Harry rather than Neville. The whole thematic…

I actually think she subverts it a great deal, but the payoff really happens in the last book. Also, the prophecy in Harry Potter is notably ambiguous, which is pointed out by Dumbledore, and the fact that Voldemort chooses to kill Harry instead of Neville is more of a statement about Voldemort himself than anything.…

Maybe it's the mashing that makes it gross?

@avclub-31e4522c2bb4200e51611365b774c637:disqus  Austen was tangentially a part of Romanticism, in that she very obviously thought that the emotional reality of being a person was essential, but I'd argue that her works suggest that intellectual engagement with emotions is preferable, both morally and aesthetically,…

Please be good please be good please be good.

Some dudes have softer stubble than others, which can (and does for me) feel awesome. Also, I just find stubble attractive. People have different tastes, as well as different proclivities.

I just can't imagine what kind of climax they'll have in King's Landing this season (with Tyrion, Cersei, Joffrey, Sansa, Shae, Margery, the Queen of Thorns, Tywin, etc etc etc) without doing the PW. Also, I'm guessing they'll spend the season showing Margery and the Tyrells seeing the sociopathic side of Joffrey, and…

@avclub-e57dbebc740250d2c4a370cf6ccb35f0:disqus Well, that's in ADWD, and assuming they combine the fourth and fifth books into two seasons, it's hard to imagine what other conflict they can show that reflects Dany's difficulty in ruling.

@avclub-ca6cb47da12090ffd2470daf51f71be1:disqus Yes, but they have all the fallout from the Purple Wedding: Tyrion imprisoned, Tyrion's trial and the fight, and Tyrion's escape (not to mention all the Sansa stuff in the Vale). It seems like the natural break would be the PW at the end of this season.

Continuing SPOILERS

Is that going to be the Red Wedding, or the Purple? Both make sense—the Red as the Lannister victory over their enemies, and the Purple since the Rains of Castamere is sung over and over and over at the feast.

The longer it went on, the giddier I became.

No, it wasn't for kids, and yes, you made the right choice. It's a fantastic movie, but not for people sensitive to violence.