A Dance with Dragons was published in 2011. That means it’ll be at least 3 years later in2014 before we see Winds of Winter. Or so he claims. It’s not like he’s getting any younger either…or thinner. I usually don’t judge people for their lifestyle choices or general appearances, but when this series is at stake, it’s another thing entirely. We’ve featured a fan made music video, one about Baratheons sung to the tune of Black and Yellow, but this one isn’t so much a parody, but a fully original song [I’m horribly at music, it could be a parody of something]. The message is simple: George R.R. Martin needs to write quicker for the sake of his fans. The video itself is humorous, and decently choreographed at some parts with some good ‘ol slapstick.
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Write George R.R. Martin, Write
Posted in Books, Television, tagged daenerys, dance with dragons, feast for crows, Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, jon snow, storm of swords, theories, tyrion lannister, winds of winter on August 7, 2012| Leave a Comment »
7 Game of Thrones Theories Worth Talking About
Posted in Books, Lists, tagged daenerys, dance with dragons, feast for crows, Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, jon snow, storm of swords, theories, tyrion lannister, winds of winter on August 7, 2012| 18 Comments »
As soon as I finished A Dance with Dragons, I didn’t fear entering the once Bane of My Existence, A Wiki of Ice and Fire. Being a sinkhole of summaries and spoilers, I couldn’t stand the idea of venturing into such dangerous territory. So as I was clicking through the various pages, I stumbled upon a theories page which came up with interesting articles that included evidence for and against popular theories in the Song of Ice and Fire community. Some of them were more obvious than others, but a couple certainly took me by surprise and I find myself having hard time NOT believing these are actually true based on the evidence. MAJOR BOOK SPOILERS below, so enter at own risk.
Seven Save Us All: A Dance with Dragons Review
Posted in Books, Reviews, tagged dance with dragons, dany targaryen, feast for crows, Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, storm of swords, winds of winter, Winter Is Coming on August 3, 2012| 11 Comments »
Seven save us all, I’ve finished A Dance with Dragons. In the most recent installment of George R.R. Martin’s series, A Song of Ice and Fire, A Dance with Dragons intimidates us all with it’s 900+ pages and tiny text. But if you’ve made it as far as the fifth book, you know as well as I do, a larger book means more things happening. My first impression was that this book was just as large as my favorite book of the series, A Storm of Swords, so that means that this edition could possibly live up to the exciting and jaw dropping nature of it’s predecessor. Following up the relatively short [in terms of ASoIaF] Feast of Crows, A Dance with Dragons brings us back to some more central characters [and more exciting in my humble opinion] as a follow up from the third book.
Even Martin said himself in a forward to the book that A Dance with Dragons first takes us back to the aftermath of A Storm of Swords to follow up some characters left out of Feast for Crows. And at about ¾ of the way in, we would come back to characters that were left in a cliffhanger from Feast for Crows and the story would be in a unison real time. So below is my review of the book as a whole. It was difficult to organize in my head given the complexity of the nature, so hang on for a bumping ride. Enough of the spoiler-free talk. Dare to click ‘more’ for a full blown, spoiler filled, gush fest review of the most recent Song of Ice and Fire book.
Overview
In George R.R. Martin’s words, “This one was a bitch”. Writing a review for this complex book is not easy. So many things to consider and so many things to talk about. I’ve essentially broken up this section into parts describing the main characters based on their point of views. Some titles I took directly from Martin himself while others, I witfully fashioned myself. In each section, you’ll find a brief summary of what happened to each character as well as my thoughts on what happened. Feel more than free to discuss with me on some or all points! I look forward to our geek-out.
I apologize for this article is likely full of spelling errors and the like. 4500 words is easy to lose track.
Morning Link: Ron Perlman is the Best and Hellboy 3 Ideas
Posted in Books, Movies, tagged child, guillerm del toro, hellboy, make a wish, Ron Perlman on July 27, 2012| Leave a Comment »
First off, Ron Perlman is one hell of a guy. When Perlman caught wind of a terminal child wanting to be dressed like Hellboy for the Make a Wish Foundation, he took it upon himself to dress up with him, donning the infamous horns and fist to hang out with this little boy. He’s all around awesome for doing this, and this story makes me feel all fuzzy inside. I absolutely loved Hellboy and I like Ron Perlman even more now because of him doing this.
And this act of kindness got director Guillermo del Toro thinking of another Hellboy movie, which would be AWESOME, considering I loved those movies. Check out the link below to see what del Toro had to say.
Garfield Minus Garfield: A Look into Jon’s Sanity
Posted in Books, tagged Art, dan walsh, Entertainment, garfield, humor, jim davis, jon arnbuckle, nermal, odie on July 26, 2012| 5 Comments »
Jon Arnbuckle. We know him as the goofy, loveless, and unfortunate owner of Garfield and Odie. Most of the time, Jon has witiful banter with his cat Garfield that has so famously been immortalized by Jim Davis. But artist Dan Walsh has done something incredible by removing his usual partner in crime of the comics, Garfield, from the panels. What we have left is a look into who Jon really is. By removing Garfield, it appears that Jon Arnbuckle is a lonely man in critical need of attention. His speech bubbles left untouched, most of the time Jon looks as though he’s talking to himself or validating himself. It surprisingly works incredibly well and produces some hilarious situations. I’ve compiled some of my favorites below, but definitely visit GarfieldMinusGarfield.net for the full website.
Morning Link: Comic Cliches
Posted in Books, Lists, tagged Batman, comics, deadpool, frank miller, superman on July 24, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Cracked has come up with another list of awesome points. This time around, it’s common comic cliches that occur on all comic covers. It has something to do with how the artists like portraying heroes. And apparently there’s a rule book for thing like, holding someone dead in your arms and screaming at the sky, or trying to fit in as many guns as possible. Or it’s pure coincidence that most comic books do this. It’s very much like the 3 Point Landing I posted about earlier.
Morning Banana Oatmeal: Batman Comics Worth Looking Into
Posted in Books, Lists, Movies, tagged batgirl, Batman, catwoman, Joker, killing joke on July 20, 2012| Leave a Comment »
As I stated before, I’ve been thinking of getting into comic books. Some of them include cult favorites like Watchmen and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. But one I’ve been told over and over again to read by everyone who’s been blessed with reading it, is”The Killing Joke”. From what I hear, it’s what Heath Ledger took to when he was trying to get into the mind of the Joker. Besides from that one, UGO has compiled a list of some of best Batman comics out there.
Banana Scoop Now Covers…Books!
Posted in Books, Maintenance, tagged Books, catching fire, hunger games, Kick-Ass, novels, reading, walking dead, Watchmen, Zombies on July 2, 2012| 3 Comments »
This is a long time coming. I’ve recently been getting more and more into books. This truly started around my birthday in February when I bought all 5 existing Song of Ice and Fire novels and crushed 4/5 of them in about 4 months. Now-a-days, I’ve been trying to finish the 5th book and I can’t stop but already get excited to start writing about it. Then I realized that I don’t actually have a books section to put it in and putting it under ‘television’ where Game of Thrones technically exists wouldn’t seem right. So instead, I’m creating a new category for the occasion. Below, I’ve posted some other novels, comic books, and graphic novels that I’m also heavily interested in once I wrap up Game of Thrones. I’ll be more than happy to take all of your recommendations!
Prepping for David Fincher’s ‘Dragon Tattoo’
Posted in Articles, Books, Movies, tagged David Fincher, Lisbeth Salander, Mikael Blomkvist, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, The Girl Who Played With Fire, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Social Network, Vanger on October 5, 2011| Leave a Comment »
David Fincher remains today to be one of the most consistently good directors and has been recognized by his peers and critiques as a excellently stylish filmmaker with excellent taste. So when I heard his next project after The Social Network was based on some book, I was curious. By the time the first trailer came out, I didn’t really understand what was going on, but recognized the stylish editing he had done and realized that maybe I should jump on this bandwagon. So hit the jump to get the rest of the story of how Stieg Larsson encaputred me in his universe and how I fell in love with Lisbeth Salander. (more…)
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