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Not only is the talky talk to muchy much, but some of my favorite scenes from the book, that should be easy to incorporate are missing. Couldn't we have seen the Rangers running from the Lord O' Bones, instead of being captured?
Instead we get.......
"Hey where are StoneSkin and Boffo?"
"Oh, they died."
"That sucks!"
"Don't make it for nothing."
Then Halfhand white washes Snow.
Then, one of my favorite scenes is at Harenhal when Arya convinces Jauquin, Biter and Bob (forgot his name) to bust up the Lannisters in order to free Rob's men. Ayra and her soup? Come on HBO! Is Vargo going to capture Jaime at least? Or will they have Brienne just cut off his hand? For one of the most expensive series of all time, I enjoyed watching The Legend of the Seeker on WGN better than this crap.
Bring back Kahlan and Cara!!!!!!!
Regarding that silly show that of course I have to watch, my comments will be presented to you in an easy-to-process, bulleted list format:
- I still like Arya, and the Tywin/Arya scenes have been pretty sweet.
- Where the hell are Strong Belwas, Barristan Selmy, and the rest of the actually interesting characters in Daenerys's plotline? All of that shit just depresses me.
- Theon looks like a toucher.
Finally, shockingly enough, the reviews for the GOT licensed RPG are not looking good. (On a side note, the word "abysmal" needs to appear more often in reviews. You know, like when someone has an abysmal attitude toward their fans.)
That's all I have for today. Y'all keep it real.
What is up you bastards? Things have been a little crazy for old Pesci lately. If you’re looking for some action at the window I have the inside track on a 7 year old softball team. Bet the Maroon Dolphins and Uncle Joe will take care of you.
Right now I am gearing up for the big NATO summit in the Chicago. All the stinkies are in town ready to throw their feces at Chicago’s finest. I hope to see some serious beatings.
Everyone enjoying this season of GOT on HBO? I find it a little blah so far. I do enjoy how the directors try to distract us from the monotony by throwing in background sex scenes while the characters give dialogue. I mean, the show is fine, but I need a little more action. I think it is a bit of copout when you have a guy like Theon bust into Bran’s room and have to explain everything he did step by step. Just show us a little bit; Ironmen throwing grappling hooks, slitting the throats of a few guards etc. I don’t ask for much. If I need intense action, I can always flip on an episode of Spartacus. I do feel that they are trying to shove too much into each episode. For such a high budget show they do slack a bit in the action scene department. Right now I think my favorite part of the show is the opening theme music. But enough about that.
How’s our boy doing? What’s he doing? Any progress on book six? We are past the one year anniversary of Dance (April 28th 2011).
So let’s see: Chubbles is directing fans to Ebay to find limited copies of something he signed….not interesting……..plugging figures and a GOT video game, which actually does look pretty good…… song of ice and fire update – not updated……..football stuff…..Jets will be dysfunctional again……no news there………whining about how many emails he has to catch up on…..if you are typing Lord Tater, put you efforts into your craft and not a heaping bowl of Kraft mac n’ cheese……….lot’s of travel bullshit, he is pretty much gone all summer….great no work to be done ……
So what do we do? Not much we can do. I’ve grown so bored, I found myself reading old Drizzt Do’urden novels. Love the double scimitars.
Uh-oh – I just read that an old short story of His Vastness is also being considered for an HBO series – The Skin Trade, so werewolf novel. This means more distractions.
Lately I have been musing over the idea that I started reading GOT in college and I might be paying for college for my oldest when this series is finally finished. Weird and a bit pathetic.
Peace
Am I wrong, or does it look like they've actually been keeping him in one of the black cells for a year or two?
(Incidentally, the photo comes from this article, in which you can learn more stupid bullshit about the HBO series.)
On a side note, this one's a few weeks old, but if you've been wondering about The Winds of Winter, here's another useless article with a tidbit of information.
"--New George R.R. Martin: There's good news and bad news for Game of Thrones fans. Watch Martin, the mastermind behind the fantasy series-turned-popular HBO show, read from his upcoming sixth book in the A Song of Ice and Fire series, The Winds of Winter. But fans will to have to wait for the real thing. Martin tells CTV News he has written about 200 pages so far and plans to finish in about two years."
A three-year separation between ADWD and TWOW? Got my fingers crossed for you on that one, George.
But while I'm in the land of coke and retirement communities, I thought I might pass this bit along to you. Kelly DeVries, Professor of History at Loyola U. in Maryland, just published this article about A Game of Thrones as history, and the relative realism (or lack thereof) that the series possesses. It's not too long and gives some interesting backstory, some o which you probably knew, but a few items that you might not have been privy to.
Perhaps my favorite quote is in the beginnings of the article, when DeVries notes that "the real Middle Ages were very boring -- and if Martin's epic were truly historically accurate, it would be very boring too." So perhaps I've been looking at AFFC and ADWD all wrong--maybe in these last two books he's just been sacrificing excitement for realism, like a true scholar of the age. If that is the case, then bravo, dear sir.
Regardless of my snarky remarks on old George, the article itself is pretty interesting. Since Pesci has always had a better mind for history than I have, I need the occasional backstories and reminders about the roots of some of GRRM's inspirations. (Oddly enough--or perhaps not at all--is that the items DeVries details in his article are pretty much the most interesting parts of the series. DeVries wisely avoids listing off the historical precursors to scenes such as "Catelyn cries underneath a tree" and "Everyone in Dorne sits around and talks about bullshit for a hundred pages.")
Anyway, enjoy the reading. I'll see you all in a few!
Maybe I'm a bit cynical, but years of waking up in obscure motel showers with hooker blood and mysteriously fragrant semen all over you will do that to a person. But watching this video, I'm sort of stunned at the cold, antiseptic-like space they decided to do such a thing in. Looking around the room, you'd think they were displaying priceless treasures of kings long forgotten, rather than a few outfits that a bunch of TV folk wear.
However, while reading the article, I had to take a moment and reread this particular ditty:
“When the first novel came out, no one was waiting for it,” Martin allows. “I wasn’t getting any emails as I now get every day about ‘Where is the next novel?’ and ‘Could you please hurry up?’ and ‘Why are you going to Los Angeles when you should be home working on the novel?’
“So yes, the situation has changed somewhat. Then again, that’s every novelist’s dream. I mean, the vast majority of novelists in this country, be they science-fiction novelists or mystery novelists or mainstream novelists, labour on their books for years, and no one cares whether they turn it in or not, and then they’re published to total obscurity.
“My problems are very nice problems to have, and I appreciate them and the fans, the readers.”
Soooo...just to clarify: is George saying that all of the arguments we've had over this issue over the years are a good thing? Is he possibly noting that it's okay for people to expect him to get his shit done? Or that maybe respecting your fans by not treating them like cash cows is a step in the right direction?
Probably not. But a boy can dare to dream. Of hookers.
I apologize for my lack of participation early on in 2012. Sometimes the fight just get's taken out of and you need to sit back and reevaluate, or just beat the crap out of some junkie that owes you $5000 from the Super Bowl, that sometimes helps. "Just take it out of my winnings man" Hey, Fuck You pay me. Am i right?
But anyway - I'm back and I see The Salami That Hides isn't, what a surprise. Chumley is just more interested in anything but finishing his novels, as usual. So fuck him. We can have fun right?
The new guy playing Spartacus? Eh.........Maybe Andy spoiled me, but this guy smiles to much for me and needs to bulk up a bit.
As my nine year old would say - he looks kinda gay. Yes son he does. Maybe it's just my general negativity lately, i still dig all the slaughter and sex. Actually that was the name of my first band out of high school Slaughter and Sex. We used to kill it at the roller rink on Saturday nights.
So you are asking - Pesci, what do you need to do or what can we do to help pull you out of your funk? Good question. This movie trailer for The Raid, is a good start.....
Oh i love it.
I need something to read - so if you got somethin' let me know. I've worked through most of Ambercrombie's stuff. I had to screen the Hunger Games for my nine year old, so I busted through those. I finished the works of my savior Steve Erikson. I might look at that Baker guy , but I am open. I think Brent Weeks has some stuff for me to look at.
Hey, is it just me, or does watching The Walking Dead feel like homework? Booooring.
Anyway - you all stay classy
Pesci
Yep. There you go.
Also, Why John Hodgman Loves Nipple Tweaking.
Should I know who he is? Probably. I live in a cave these days.
Finally, here's a guy masturbating over a tabletop RPG.
After this sequence of depressing GRRM-related incidents that have been sent to me by Alert Readers, I am happy to report that I was pulled out of my malaise by the following:
Happy Friday, everyone.
(1) Does anyone who reads the books think Tyrion is actually like what he's portrayed as in the HBO series? Maybe I'm still in the minority here, and I'm a fan of Peter Dinklage, but I feel like they wrecked that character when he went to the screen.
(2) Since when do novelists/authors refer to themselves as "book writers"? That's seriously weird.
Not much else to report from the trenches. Oh, except that I have completed grading final exams, and the future looks bright.
