Recent content by Maverick

Not going to argue that book 4 is clearly behind the first three, due to the missing POVs and much slower pacing. But, in retrospect, watching the slow burn of one particularly idiotic character is pretty fun.

I'll agree that visually, Dinklage is more polished than I thought of Tyrion as in the books. But, he captures Tyrion's personality and wit perfectly, and realistically, I doubt there's an enormous pool of versatile dwarf actors to choose from, so minor aesthetic things don't really bother me...

Keep going; the payoff at the end of book 3 makes up for it all.

Wait, someone dislikes Dinklage as Tyrion? How is that possible? I'll agree to an extent that something about Aidan is slightly off from how I viewed Littlefinger, a bit more sneering than irreverent. But, not enough to bother me too much, and it works well in the new scenes with him and...

Completely agree; this is the only casting job I hate so far, when most have been homeruns. Cat's supposed to be around mid-30s and though not on Dany/Cersei level, still one of the more attractive noblewomen around. Even aside from the physical reversal, she bothers me even more in the show...

Not a bad thought; he's one of the more fun characters in the books that a bigger name could bring to life, but wouldn't need to appear for every episode. Hmm, recognizable eccentric but versatile English dude with some musical chops.... how bout Tim Curry? Otherwise, I'm mostly interested in...

Short answer: not yet

Only really a spoiler if you get into specific books or timelines, since just being a POV character is hardly a guarantee of survival in this series and some mentioned have died. Still, point taken, easy to take it for granted if you've read the books; apologies to anyone if I've offended along...

Ok, I'll admit that for all my worrying, I was pleasantly surprised by the dragons; they looked good. Hopefully it stays that way when they start growing, flying, and fire spewing. Now can we please get the direwolves CGI'ed next year and done right? Please? Thought they were a bit...

Just got back; West End up through to the AAC was packed, I'm willing to buy the 250k estimate. Parade was pretty meh, and weren't many great places to view it that I saw. The set-up at the AAC and Victory Park was much better; lot of energy there, and pretty awesome when Dirk led the crowd in...

Yoren; the Night Watch recruiter who Tyrion drank with up north and was traveling back to King's Landing with, and who briefly met with Ned (with Arya at his side) a handful of episodes back to warn of Cat's abduction of Tyrion while asking for his recruits. Since he considers Benjen Stark like...

Just got around to watching this episode, even better things on last night, but I agree with this as it pertains to just the first book. There's really only the final scene left in Game of Thrones that matches what happened in this episode. My anxiety over said scene is growing worse though...

God, what an awesome night, so long as I now remember it in the morning. Much as I already love Cuban, my respect for him increased immeasurably after letting Carter accept the trophy (one of the best sporting sights of my life, even if I wasn't born when he brought the team here). Also god...

Actually, I'm more worried about calls tonight than in a potential game 7. NBA has all the reason in the world to want a game 7 in one of the best and most watched Finals in years, especially to keep attention away from labor discussions for a few more days. They don't really have great...

If they can figure out the inter-league play aspect, I'd actually think the NL to AL move is more likely than not to happen. No reason for the players to oppose it; if nothing else, it psuedo-creates another job with a new DH slot. No established ownership group in Houston to balk at it...