William Goldman has a great essay on the making of The Ghost and the Darkness in his second memoir Which Like Did I Tell?. A lot of it's about how much the movie changed when producer Michael Douglas decided to become costar Michael Douglas.

Maybe everyone just forgot to label it "sponsored content".

I saw it on the Guardian, Esquire, Huffpo, the Ringer, and here. All with the basic sentiment, "The new It trailer will terrify you!" Truly, a triumph of marketing.

He dropped out of directing but he's got a writing credit. It's (heh) directed by the guy who did Mama.

I think it's a shining example of a pun thread.

Here there be Paper Tygers. (Deep cut!)

I occasionally send Al Swearengen quotes to my favorite coworker when she's bummed out by work. That's one of my favorites, but the champion is still his speech to Merrick, "Stand it like a man, and give some back."

I always thought Wu was a well-drawn character. Even when he's being played for laughs (as above) you're getting the laughs from the language barrier, not at Wu's expense. He's not a Chinese stereotype, he's a competent leader of his people and a valuable ally. Other characters (Al included) occasionally refer to…

As the series goes on you could make that case for Jaime as well.

He could sew on a zombie hand that starts murdering people of its own volition. Like the 1999 Devon Sawa vehicle Idle Hands.

Is there anything Qyburn can't do?

Cersei may have alienated or killed all her potential allies and have no military, political, or economic caché but goddamn, does she look terrific.

The last couple of seasons haven't exactly set a high bar.

I tried, but pieces of my sandwich kept falling into my foot bath.

I usually stick with a lukewarm bath.

Paul Walker?

Ironically, it's less hammy than the real Vin Diesel. BOOM!

In my defense, I can eat "like the pig slob [I am]" in rooms other than the dining room.

Definitely Paulie Walnuts.

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