I remember zoning out in that chapter because it seemed like another interminable set of descriptions of feasts by Martin and then it was like “Wait, what, everyone’s getting killed?”

I meant the Simpsons showrunner who made the original Steamed Hams.

I’ll never forget where I was... in the breakroom at work eating my lunch.  I’m pretty sure I just sat there gaping for a good few minutes, before I scanned the rest of the book for Robb and/or Cat chapters.

I walked around my living room for like 30 minutes absolutely stunned after I read it. I think it’s really well written, Cat’s feeling of dread and something being off comes across so clearly thoughout the entire chapter.

LOL I did the exact same thing when I read it, too! I had to re-read the first paragraph when I started to make sure I read it right, I did the same thing when Jon got stabbed too. I probably would have done that with Ned getting beheaded had I read it before seeing the show.

Michelle Fairley owns that scene.  It puzzled me how she wasn’t nominated for any of the major acting awards for it.

It’s interesting that musicians can’t even get away with saying the wrong thing on Twitter now when we just accepted this kind of crazy in the past.

meanwhile, in a city near you:

Marie: Hank, I’m glad your plans for your beer have finally crystallized.

Prior to Thor: Ragnarok I had been to see every Thor movie by myself. I wasn’t unhappy about it I wanted to see the movies so I went to see them by myself. When my sister saw Hulk in Thor: Ragnarok she was in so was my brother. They loved it. There needs to be more adventures with Hulk and Thor please and thank you…

My theater did a comic-book-style GASP!, which is a pretty good reaction to get from a crowd seeing their third Spider-Man “origin” movie.

And leans into Keaton’s best ability as an actor; when he’s saying one thing but you can see the wheels are turning inside his head.

When he opens the front door was a genuine “Oh, shit!” moment for me.

The car ride with him slowly figuring out Peter is Spider-Man—and Peter realizing he’s realizing—all with Liz not knowing what she’s giving away, is the best scene in the movie.

“Keaton is fantastic and the twist genuinely surprised me.”

Yeah, it was the best kind of twist were it was genuinely surprising, but also you immediately thought “of course!  Why the fuck didn’t I realize this would happen!” 

Being inspiring is very much DC Comics superheroes’ bread and butter. Stan Lee’s heroes were always more flawed and human but DC’s superheroes were meant to be symbols of hope.

IMHO, Black Panther makes the most sense to close out this column, as it shows how far the superhero film genre has come that one could actually snag a Best Picture nomination.

Man, 2017 was stellar for comic book movies.

I was hoping for Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse.

Thor: Ragnorak is my favorite superhero movie of the year personally. It’s so damn impressive that in one movie, Taiki took the blandest, least interesting hero in the MCU and made him the best part of it. Of all of the original Avengers, Thor is the one I most want to see stick around for more movies in Phase 4. I…