I, too, rapidly skimmed every story to see if one of them was me, or me with enough minor details changed for plausible deniability.

I can’t be the only one relieved not to find myself in there.

Yeah the hatred for Catelyn is baffling considering she’s one of the most badass characters in the book. Oh wait, it’s not baffling: sexism!

Here’s where I talk about the first way the show messed up Stannis’ character: They didn’t off Balon Greyjoy this season.

This is kindasorta off-topic, but a few years ago I read most of the Doc Savage pulps. They start in 1933, and the Doc character is sort of this idealized avatar of 20th century America. Smart, powerful, incorruptable, fascinated (and great at) technology of every sort, not super-powered, but just so much better than…

You’re right, coach. When I think “accountability,” I think Michigan State.

Even on the Nazis-as-supernatural-villains thing, I remember reading that during the filming of Schindler’s List Steven Spielberg said he regretted using them like that in the Indiana Jones films. There’s definitely an argument to be had about how WW2 is used and abused in pop culture, especially as it passes out of…

Entirely stripped from the horrible context, “Kaiser Kong” does sound like a guy that Gorilla Grodd would run into from time to time.

It’s funny the different reactions that over-the-top scene in Wonder Woman can provoke. For me, the appropriation of that First World War trope for a superhero Crowning Moment of Awesome just made my brain start screaming ‘WRONG WRONG WRONG’.

The impression you get from interviews is they weren’t going to do Dorne outside of Oberyn, but they (Beinoff and Weiss) were huge fans of the actress they got for Ellaria and basically shoehorned Dorne in while changing everything about it to get her in more episodes.

“The battle of Blackwater is also notable for setting the bar that all future Game Of Thrones battles have to top ... It’s a big, big, big fight that is defined by the small stuff the characters do while not fighting.”

“That suggests something of a reversal: Game Of Thrones isn’t just telling the rest of Martin’s story before he can finish it himself; the show is doing it better than he could.”

Florida—yes, that state that often feels as if it’s been included in America just for the jokes, which also might slide into the ocean, aka my home state—does get some things right. Historically, it has one of strongest public record laws in the country.

I normally despise mysticism in fiction; it bothers me when bizarre shit happens and characters just kind of go “okay” without asking obvious questions like “WHAT THE FUCK,” but for some reason I had no problem with it at all in BSG. Sometimes we never get an explanation for why something happened in real life, and I…

Also, Robb was like 16 in the books, so acting somewhat impulsively and without regard for consequences is a lot more understandable. 

Stephen Dillane was great, no question there.

Maybe, but his actor was top notch.

That kid looks like he’s about 10 years old. They should probably have him cut more weight so he can compete in a lower weight class and #DOMINATE. A partial college scholarship is worth more than a healthy endocrine system -- unless you’re just weak.

That’s very strongly implied in the books at a few points (both by the layout of the scene and a subsequent statement by Varys to Tyrion), but has yet to actually be confirmed there.  You can see Littlefinger cheerily standing around during Ned’s execution in the show in the same manner, but this was never made…