I didn't notice, but I'm guessing that bulky leather armour would pad out that area considerably.

I don't think Arya and The Mountain ever came into enough contact that he would recognise her.

I think Yoren was given a much better end in the show, but I think I like the dicking around in the woods and falling into the Mountain's hands a bit more than being taken alive by after killing half a dozen Lannisters.

Also they deliberately kept off of the Kings Road in order to avoid Lannister patrols so they wouldn't have encountered that many castles.

Big hello to big John Wayne, Xylophone.

Observers may be unfeeling bastards, but they like their creature comforts.

It reminded me more of the opening of Star Wars (which was fitting as it followed Walter's quoting of that film)

I know, I don't really agree with what I wrote either.

I think it was said in the first series that Renly is a nice guy and good with the people and Stannis was an efficient ruler and lawmaker. Together they'd make one great king.

I think the reason is primarily that with TLOTR Tolkien was trying to create his own version of the Saxon legends and Nordic sagas so there wasn't much call for characterisation beyond 'good' and 'evil'. With the Hobbit he was making a contemporary adventure novel, thus the more apparent characterisation.

It's not so much that that makes Stabler, as it is the fact that he is really unfit for his position. I know that rapists and the like aren't deserved of pity, but having someone on a sex-crimes unit who you know will punch out the suspect at the first opportunity is just dumb.

Don't be a Tit.

Ron was Keyser Soze all along.

I thought of that song as soon as I saw the headline…

Surely he'd hate Trolls, them being from Scandinavia and thus presumably Liberal.

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LIVIN' ON A PRAYER!

Lucille comin', yo

Gavin Rossdale doesn't seem that bad.

He definitely slipped into (what I imagine is) his natural Irish accent for a good deal of the Tyrion scene.