I like the way you think but no. Ned would never have been poring over the books to find all the black-haired Baratheon children if he was — he'd already know about Gendry.

Littlefinger is there for the sudden yet inevitable betrayal.

And I can't imagine he's forgotten that.

I'd never call Cersei sane but I couldn't wait for the High Sparrow to get his. Quite satisfying how they went out of their way to CGI him getting all explody!

Didja notice how one of the orreries in the Great Library establishing shot is the one used in the title sequence?

Man, me too. I was hoping it was more like "Sorry bub, you're not going to get what you want." What I can't figure out is what Sansa actually wants?

This was no Battle of Agincourt, and screaming "Argh!" is not the St Crispin's Day speech. If Sansa and the writers hadn't been all sneaky Jon Snow would be Ramsey's prisoner, and well, that just would not go well…

Of course Ramsey was right though: he is with her now always. Did you see that little smile on her face as she was walking away?

Jon Snow is a terrible commander.

If the movie had taken place in New York all the look-at-it-now pictures would show glass-sided luxury condos.

Sansa thinks she's all smart and such now but there are no guarantees that Littlefinger was telling the truth about Riverrun and plenty of reasons to believe he is not.

After the S2 trailer dropped, I re-watched the first two episodes last night. Things are MUCH creepier when you know already how the season ends. I am hoping for more of that same feeling by the time S2 is over. And am very much hoping it stays good enough that S3 will be a thing and Esmail can finish this story.

I just rewatched this ep, and I have to disagree that you need to have been a BB fan to dig it — you just have to be a Mike Ehrmantraut fan. Maybe in the 5th episode of the show you aren't yet, but going back to this after finishing season 2, you bet I am.

I love this movie, just watched it again for maybe the 6th time. The 40's setting gives it a retro-future vibe that none of the other MCU movies can touch. It's got heart, and Cap has a moral center that makes me root for him all through the sequels and sort-of-sequels.

Between Snyder and Nolan DC chose to suck all the fun out of their most iconic characters.

Definite bonus points for that!

Ah jeez, the review never even touched on that. Oh the power chords!

In Dune's palace intrigues I don't see Game of Thrones; I see Dangerous Liasons (e.g.). YMMV.

Sounds 17th-19th Century European or any number of Asian dynasties to me. "Medieval" connotes a primitivism that has nothing to do with the cultures in the book.

You would however need a lot more boobs than appear in the source material, given the HBO-ization of our pop epics…