Hmmm, I think the whole thing is iffy, but we are talking about a guy who bragged that his wife never has a bowel movement, which points to a weird obsession/squeamishness about bodily functions. Remember, too, Trump’s a bona fide racist, so more weird stuff.

Anyway, the glove thing, in this case, doesn’t strike me as…

I thought there was an old “experiment” during the French Revolution where it was agreed that one guy after being guillotined would blink if he was still conscious afterwards. He did, indeed, blink, thus indicating momentary consciousness.

Okay—here’s a Snopes thread debating it, if and when.

Yep. Brilliantly shot episode, but full of stupid, obvious choices. Compare it to the Hodor twist, which had that Martin’s twist to this. I had some of the same problems with the last episode where Arya wasn’t being smart.

Nope. It’s not a bastard as long as it’s born in wedlock, even if the husband’s not the father.

If anything, a baby would strengthen her claim to Winterfell, but since Book Sansa was nowhere near Ramsey, I doubt there’s a baby.

Some of the kids’ powers look a bit different, but, honestly, it doesn’t look that far off either. The book also has Nazi bombs.

It might be okay—zero guarantees—but the trailer, in and of itself, doesn’t spell disaster.

Hmmm, well, not Victorian—from what I’ve seen of the trailer, it’s not *that* far from the book. The X-men weren’t what sprang to mind when I read it, but it’s not totally off either.

Chilled with mayonnaise, but yes, my apex predator is having a moment.

Well, I think Lu was on a serious husband hunt. I kind of love her because she’s a damn good gold-digger. She came from nowheresville, doesn’t have any big-money skills, and managed to stay married to the creepy count for 19 years as his fourth wife. Now she’s got another guy who will probably cheat, but she’ll look…

It was such a dud—ages of build-up and then just kind of a dumb girl-on-girl fight, where both were reckless in a way that seems pretty lame for trained assassins.

Well, one more reason for me to hope Martin actually finishes Winds of Winter. The book Arya storyline is already a more subtle one, though I’m sure she…

Sorry guys, Peter Thiel sucks. Gawker was playing with fire on that sex tape (and really should have known better—don’t ignore judge’s orders over petty stuff), but I’m sorry that so many people who had nothing to do with those decisions are getting slammed.

One of my old neighbors was a dedicated Burning Man sort. It was really the central event of his year/life. He pretty much arranged his life around it (and the wild contraptions he made.) So, while I don’t think he was thrilled with the ever-rising entrance fees, it wasn’t going to keep him from going.

We don’t know yet. The books haven’t gotten to that point and we just learned about the origin of the walkers this season.

Yeah, I’ve gotta say it’s a bit of a gripe of mine—you go to London and there are tons of South Asians—turn on Doctor Who and I can count speaking parts with South-Asian actors on one hand.

Not nearly as many episodes per season though and a shorter overall stint. DS9 was seven years.

Ooh, I like that. He can be goofy, too. Plus, he’s now been murdered on GoT, so he should be available.

If they’re this far in the casting and such, it’s happening. TV series is about right if well done. Book is too complicated for a two-hour film.

I’m actually not wild about the book—I like Gaiman best when someone else is working some visuals—so I’m really looking forward to this. It could be bad, but it could be…

In the book, it’s much clearer that Arya will never be faceless. For whatever reasons, the TV series skips the bits that show Jon and Arya, as well as Bran, have warging abilities. (Which really screws up the whole direwolf thing—it’s through their direwolves that Jon and Arya start to warg. Sansa, denied her wolf,…

Yes, but it was the Republican primaries—we all know they’re nuts. Trump isn’t showing much appeal beyond his base. Women hate him and so do Latinos.

Basically, all he’s got is that weird populism thing with angry white guys and the demonisation of Hillary. If the demonisation starts to taper off, he’ll get even…

I’m inclined to think that there are omens and they are truly omens, but people are limited in their interpretations of them because humans are limited. Her vision also has her seeing a girl on a fleeing horse that she misinterprets as being Sansa, but we know is Jeyne Pool—so true visions and a lot of guesswork.