tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post3054942447036709837..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: Last Week in TV #28Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-7137734009704394632012-04-23T13:17:03.583-05:002012-04-23T13:17:03.583-05:00Teebore: I do the same thing with the Presidents a...<br>Teebore: <i>I do the same thing with the Presidents and Best Picture winners sometimes.</i><br /><br />I'd never thought of Best Picture winners as an active exercise, which is funny since I often try to do that out of simple curiosity or to place a date. I started doing the Presidents a while back, though, less as a memory exercise than realizing that since I knew people born during Woodrow Wilson's Presidency (my grandparents) I should damn well be able to count the Presidents back to then. I did have to come up with a slight mnemonic to go before FDR, which is where my obvious/immediate recall runs out, but I can now go back to McKinley at the turn of the previous century.<br /><br />Teebore: <i>I had totally forgot about Structure until that line. I remember when shopping there was a big deal when I was in school.</i><br /><br />I'd forgot about it too, so the line was even funnier; even though it was a little too easy to make fun of, I got a really nice casual jacket there. <br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-48365117913006170722012-04-20T15:11:47.394-05:002012-04-20T15:11:47.394-05:00Blam: My grandfather used to keep himself on his t...Blam: <i>My grandfather used to keep himself on his toes by periodically naming the nine contemporary Supreme Court justices or counting back Presidents.</i><br /><br />I do the same thing with the Presidents and Best Picture winners sometimes. I memorized both to keep awake during class in college. I started on the rulers of England and World Series winners, but had to graduate...<br /><br /><i>although they were talking loudly enough in the crowd that I wouldn't be surprised if the revelation comes to bite them in the butt</i><br /><br />I was thinking the same thing. Lord knows they're in the middle of a group of people who would have no hesitation in exploiting knowledge like that. Keep your voices down!<br /><br /><i>so are Barney, Marshall, and Lily, and we didn't start with when he met them.</i><br /><br />Huh. That's a really good point I'd never considered before. I wonder if that's a further suggestion that Barney will be marrying Robin: we know Ted meets the mother there, so maybe that's why he starts with Robin: the story of how she meets the group, dates Ted, falls in love with Barney is all necessary lead up to Ted meeting the mother. <br /><br /><i>"Dude. I manage a Structure."</i><br /><br />I had totally forgot about Structure until that line. I remember when shopping there was a big deal when I was in school. <br /><br /><i>The family sings at home constantly, and Rachel's dads support her so lovingly, but they only show up now? Glee confounds utterly.</i><br /><br />Indeed. And look, I get it, they wanted the introduction of Rachel's dads to be a big deal, but they didn't have to SHOW the kids parents at the performances; just mention they're there, and play the whole "no one supports us" routine more realistically and less like, well, <i>Glee</i>, which has to take everything to extremes. It wouldn't change the underdog feeling of the team if no one BUT THEIR FAMILIES came to their performances; leaving out the families entirely is just unrealistic and causes problems like this down the road. <br /><br /><i>Tracy: "I used to. Then I tried to eat all this Benihana. Now I don't know anymore."</i><br /><br />I <i>loved</i> the Leap Day episode. Just the ability to craft this entirely fictional holiday and then have the characters behave as though it was a holiday as well known to the audience as Christmas or St. Patrick's Day impressed the hell out of me.<br /><br /><i>Sometimes I think we're twins... separated by ten years, three states and two great lakes, and, um, different parentage.</i><br /><br />Ha! Brothers from another...lots of things. :) <br /><br /><i>Piece of sushi, birthday cake, stop sign, snowman, umbrella. Annie Edison.</i><br /><br />This one especially cracked me up because I have a few friends who text exactly that kind of stuff occasionally (well, when they've been drinking). <br /><br /><i>I promise that I planned no double entendre with that when I started to type it.</i><br /><br />Ha! Regarding One Direction, I was especially taken by how everyone except Bruno Mars Jr. looked to be wearing a whig, but I'm pretty sure that's just how kids these days style their hair...<br /><br /><i>What history does Community have with The Cape?</i><br /><br />Just occassional references to the fact that Abed loved the show, bemoans its cancellation and yearns for "six seasons and a movie" for <i>The Cape</i>. "Six Seasons and a movie" having then become something of a rallying cry for fans of the show online during its hiatus and its continually questionable future on NBC. <br /><br /><i>Second of all, I have it from reliable sources that Elroy is actually George's son by Judy, but they couldn't actually say it onscreen because there was no HBO back then.</i><br /><br />Well played.Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-7179531754313957172012-04-18T19:55:19.598-05:002012-04-18T19:55:19.598-05:00Anne: Stannis was screwing what's her name on ...<br>Anne: <i>Stannis was screwing what's her name on the chart table</i><br /><br />Best. Clue answer. Ever.<br /><br />Either that or the germ of a hilarious parody mash-up of <i>GOT</i> and <i>TNG</i>'s "Darmok".<br /><br />"Stannis taking Melisandre in the war room."<br />"Littlefinger, resembling young Gary Oldman, wiping spilt seed from a whore's mouth."<br />"Jaime and Cersei Lannister high up, in the cave."<br />"Bran Stark, peering into the cave."<br />"Mmm. Bran Stark, falling from the cave."<br /><br />... Where was I?<br /><br />Anne: <i>we kept saying how it was going to take someone weeks to put all those important pieces back where they belonged</i><br /><br />Yeah, I know. I'm always watching that kind of scene and screaming inside, "Why are you just knocking all that stuff over?!?" I can be a passionate guy, but I'm also glad to see those scenes deflated with, like, the woman stopping because the paper-clip magnet's digging into her tush.<br /><br />Anne: <i>i was irritated with Theon's family all giving him shit about the clothes he was wearing</i><br /><br />Really. He was living with the <i>Stark</i> family. He should be naked.<br /><br />Teebore: <i>Way to act, dude. :)</i><br /><br />My one huge problem with <i>The 'Glee' Project</i> was that it had every conceivable kind of workshop or challenge appropriate for <i>Glee</i> except for teaching the kids and/or judging the kids on their acting — outside of the music videos they were making, to be fair, but giving sass and smoldering looks in those obviously doesn't necessarily translate to the 60-70% of the show that's spoken dialogue and interaction.<br /><br />By the way, I'm now picturing Balon Greyjoy totally out of the <i>GOT</i> element in a late-night TV ad sitting by his fireplace as he hawks his surefire self-help tapes to get what you want in life <i>The Iron Way!</i><br /><br />What history does <i>Community</i> have with <i>The Cape</i>?<br /><br />Dr. Bitz: <i>George Jetson is 40 years old, Jane Jetson is 33 years old and Judy Jetson is 16 years old.</i><br /><br />First of all, <i>The Jetsons</i> was the future according to the 1960s. Now the future is very different. Second of all, I have it from reliable sources that Elroy is actually George's son by <i>Judy</i>, but they couldn't actually say it onscreen because there was no HBO back then.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-47288194340511650982012-04-18T19:38:06.733-05:002012-04-18T19:38:06.733-05:00Saturday Night Live: Sofia Vergara & One Direc...<br><b><i>Saturday Night Live</i>: Sofia Vergara & One Direction</b><br /><br />I thought that it was the best Mitt Romney cold open in memory, which granted isn't saying much — and, yes, it was predictable and somewhat generic to politicians, although when Romney panders it's even more painfully awkward than usual.<br /><br />My favorites were yours, too, outside of the <i>Watch What Happens</i> parody ('cause I've mercifully never seen the show or Andy Cohen at all) — namely <i>Bein' Quirky</i> and the bizarre Almost Pizza spot. Also, "Li'l Poundcake" is <i>still</i> funny to me and <i>The Manuel Ortiz Show</i> is pretty much <i>never</i> funny.<br /><br />I remember being late to the game not only on realizing that <i>Glee</i>'s New Direction sounded like "nude erection" when you said it but on hearing that it was apparently intentional. Naturally I had to wonder if the name of this actual British boy band One Direction was supposed to sound like "want erection". If so it's not as clever and I don't really know whether that makes any sense but that's... one to grow on. <br /><br />I <i>promise</i> that I planned no double entendre with that when I started to type it.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-53178525027606057742012-04-18T19:28:52.388-05:002012-04-18T19:28:52.388-05:00Community: Pillows and Blankets
The bit that got ...<br><b><i>Community</i>: Pillows and Blankets</b><br /><br /><i>The bit that got the biggest laugh from me</i><br /><br />I loved that, especially because of the diagram. Sometimes I think we're twins... separated by ten years, three states and two great lakes, and, um, different parentage.<br /><br />Narrator: "Unfortunately for Britta, and millions of photographers like her, just because something is in black-&-white doesn't mean it's good."<br /><br />Annie: "Jeff. You're disgusting. Troy and Abed's friendship is at stake! You can buy special icons in packages at the app store. Piece of sushi, birthday cake, stop sign, snowman, umbrella. Annie Edison."<br /><br />Dean Pelton: "I just heard from the Guinness rep. He's not coming. He's been fired — in what <i>he</i> described as the World's Biggest Mistake. I doubt that will make the next edition."<br /><br />Jeff: "Hey... Were you in <i>The Cape</i>?"<br />Narrator: "No."<br /><br />But he was. It was the unmistakably mellifluously voiced Keith David.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-88992745189602444392012-04-18T19:27:30.654-05:002012-04-18T19:27:30.654-05:00And since you've skipped ahead to this episode...<br>And since you've skipped ahead to this episode, I'll share the dialogue and at least one plot-related thought from the ones since "The Tuxedo Begins".<br /><br /><b><i>30 Rock</i>: Leap Day</b><br /><br />Grizz: "You really believe in Leap Day William?"<br />Tracy: "I used to. Then I tried to eat all this Benihana. Now I don't know anymore."<br /><br />I didn't attribute the dialogue when jotting it down, so actually that might have been Dot-Com, not Grizz, or frankly anybody else in the scene. <br /><br /><b><i>30 Rock</i>: Alexis Goodlooking and the Case of the Missing Whisky</b><br /><br />Kenneth: "I have some real problems with this <i>Law and Order: SVU</i> script. We can't say 'Dick Wolf' on TV."<br /><br />That was funnier out loud.<br /><br />Jack: "Kenneth? A word?"<br />Kenneth: "Balloon!"<br /><br /><b><i>30 Rock</i>: Standards and Practices</b><br /><br />Tracy: "I feel like Oscar the Grouch today — and not just 'cause I woke up in a garbage can this morning, startling someone named Gordon."<br /><br />Liz: "Kenneth — You can do this job, and I <i>do</i> respect you."<br />Kenneth: "Then wash my feet with your hair."<br /><br />Tracy: "My brain is working overtime. I finally understand the ending of <i>The Sixth Sense</i>: Those names are the people who worked on the movie."<br /><br />I really thought that Jenna's brown-haired daughter was going to turn out to be Liz's through some wacky egg mix-up.<br /><br />Now I'm behind on the show myself, so hopefully I'll catch up to where you are and everything will be rainbows.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-5076175052302379112012-04-18T19:25:58.924-05:002012-04-18T19:25:58.924-05:0030 Rock: St. Patrick's Day
I loved that "...<br><b><i>30 Rock</i>: St. Patrick's Day</b><br /><br />I <i>loved</i> that "the lez movie on Showtime" is <i>The Kids Are All Right</i>.<br /><br />I'm willing to admit that I thought that the priest who showed up in St. Patrick's cathedral might've been played by Frank McCourt as an in-joke, but I <i>also</i> thought that he'd passed away, so I looked it up and sure enough McCourt's dead and — as if I really have to say this — that guy's not him. Another Moby-style near miss...<br /><br />30 Rock<i> fires enough jokes a minute that I laughed plenty throughout</i><br /><br />You can say that again. I'm pretty sure that this is the episode where I realized that I'd <i>rather</i> watch the show on Hulu because I pause it so much to play something back to hear again even if I'm not writing it down.<br /><br />Liz: "Criss and I are gonna ride out Hurricane Shamrock in my apartment laughing at excerpts from <i>Angela's Ashes</i>."<br /><br />Dennis: "I tried to steal beer from a Duane Reade and some black guy cold-cocked me."<br />Criss: "Ooh. Like a security guard?"<br />Dennis: "I don't know, pal; I don't see people that way."<br /><br />I had to look up Duane Reade, by the way. Never heard of 'em... It's funny how geography works.<br /><br />Jenna: "Hey! Before we go on, do you want to pray together?"<br /><i>(simultaneously)</i><br />Tracy: "Oh, Michael Jackson's ghost..."<br />Jenna: "Oh, Great Kabbalah Monster..."<br /><br />Tracy: <i>(to phone)</i> "Siri, <i>Kill Jenna!</i>"<br /><i>(later...)</i> Siri: "I killed Jenna Elfman. Is that correct?"<br /><br />Hazel: "I'm not about to screw this up, Kenneth. 'Cause then I'd get kicked out of show business. And <i>then</i> how would I be famous — by starting a fire, and then rescuing everyone from it, and then I'm a hero, and then I'm in <i>Playboy</i>?"<br /><br />Sue: "I am a virgin... with white guys."<br /><br />Guy in Street: "Wait... Is now the time on St. Patrick's Day when we talk about our feelings? <i>(turns to friend)</i> I don't understand your <i>art</i>, Kevin!"<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-36933677090733440402012-04-18T19:05:43.044-05:002012-04-18T19:05:43.044-05:00Glee: Hearts
this was probably the closest the sh...<br><b><i>Glee</i>: Hearts</b><br /><br /><i>this was probably the closest the show'll ever come to dealing with that plotline realistically </i><br /><br />Ha! So true.<br /><br />I'd have had a problem if the show just slipped in the dads like they'd been to prior performances and we just hadn't seen them — because such a big deal is constantly made about the glee club literally having no support at its concerts from family or friends — yet since that fact is itself totally unbelievable it was also crazy, if at least in continuity, to see the dads reacting in the crowd. The family sings at home constantly, and Rachel's dads support her so lovingly, but they only show up now? <i>Glee</i> confounds utterly.<br /><br /><i>NOW the club is worried about money for costumes? Where has the money been coming from previously?</i><br /><br />They actually said during the winter-holiday episode that they'd blown their entire budget on decorations for the choir room but that it was worth it (which, of course, it couldn't possibly be, no matter how the decorations warm your heart). So like with the dads attending their first concert, this is actually a rare case of the show being consistent but in that consistency exposing how dumb it can be.<br /><br /><i>They did all of that before 7:15?</i><br /><br />I had the same WTF reaction.<br /><br />Mercedes: "They say one out of every ten people is gay. And if that's true, that means one of the twelve apostles might have been gay. My guess is Simon, because that name's the gayest."<br /><br />Rachel's Gay Dad #2: "Honesty. Respect. Dance. Those are the foundations of the Berry family." <br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-34434332448976724532012-04-18T18:59:27.606-05:002012-04-18T18:59:27.606-05:00How I Met Your Mother: Trilogy Time
While nothing...<br><b><i>How I Met Your Mother</i>: Trilogy Time</b><br /><br /><i>While nothing here was particularly groundbreaking, this episode was classic </i>HIMYM<i> in the way the narrative moved through time and spoke to one of the series' overarching questions</i><br /><br />Agreed.<br /><br /><i>revealing Ted's daughter will be born late 2014/early 2015 could be a good sign that Bays and Thomas are nearing their endgame</i><br /><br />I was surprised for a moment that they'd block themselves in like this, but then I realized that we know Future Ted's narrating from 2030 and his kids are roughly 15.<br /><br />What followed was me hoping that, since Robin doesn't turn out to be the mother, there's a specific reason why Ted began his story with when he met <i>her</i>. I realize that she's an essential part of the tale — at least the way he's telling it — but so are Barney, Marshall, and Lily, and we didn't start with when he met <i>them</i>. Now I'm also wondering, since they basically keep reusing the same early footage when they even bother showing the kids (which they're wise to do sparingly), how long in real time Ted's spiel in 2030 is taking.<br /><br /><i>if that wedding is supposed to occur for the characters within in the next few weeks</i><br /><br />I don't think that we necessarily knew (or know now), but at this point I'm betting on it being a flashforward — within the one-long-flashback of the series, that is — like they did with Lily and Marshall's wedding, catching up with it in the overall linear part of Future Ted's narrative later. But I'm with you that if it is a rush job both options are disappointing at the very <i>least</i> for it being a rush job.<br /><br />And I'm with you on the Stormtrooper thing. Robin in the Stormtrooper suit was awesome, something totally "sitcom" that I probably wouldn't buy from a lesser show, but, no, I neither have any kind of fetish there nor want to think about how uncomfortable it would be.<br /><br />2003 Ted: "Your life's not that bad."<br />2003 Marshall: "Dude. I manage a Structure."<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-84306498861252744612012-04-18T18:56:19.399-05:002012-04-18T18:56:19.399-05:00Holy crap! I'm supposed to be writing a book, ...<br>Holy crap! I'm supposed to be writing a book, but this isn't it.<br /><br /><b><i>Game of Thrones</i>: The Night Lands</b><br /><br /><i>if you're going to stick your hand down a random woman's pants, make damned sure she's not your sister first.</i><br /><br />You said it... um... brother. <br /><br />Just how long was Theon gone, anyway? I see from a Web search, always tricky what with spoilers, that it was almost a decade from the age of 10 — so <i>maybe</i> he wouldn't recognize his sister, but that still seems weird to me.<br /><br /><i>I'm going to steal a page from David Sims' book over at the AV Club and discuss things location by location.</i><br /><br />I like that idea not only because it organizes the discussion but keeps track of what's happeneing where. My grandfather used to keep himself on his toes by periodically naming the nine contemporary Supreme Court justices or counting back Presidents. I'm thinking of doing the same thing with <i>GOT</i> locales.<br /><br /><i>Watching [Theon] struggle between the life he's known, the life he wants, and the reality that falls between both should be interesting.</i><br /><br />Nicely put.<br /><br /><i>his father, Balon, did make an immediate impression</i><br /><br />I kept saying to myself, "Filch took over Hogwarts and it's really gone to pot." That aside, I absolutely <i>loved</i> the "iron price vs. gold price" bit. I will say that I started to get confused when they began referring to the seat in power in King's Landing as the Iron Throne and even (I think) the Iron Crown, for a while associating it with Balon's desire to make the Iron Islands an independently ruled realm.<br /><br /><i>I was a bit surprised that she revealed herself to Gendry so soon</i><br /><br />Since I'm sympathetic to her, I hope that it mostly results in (further) mutual protection and banter, although they were talking loudly enough in the crowd that I wouldn't be surprised if the revelation comes to bite them in the butt.<br /><br /><i>thus fulfilling the episode's baby-killing quotient.</i><br /><br />Well, if you're having that much sex, you're gonna need population control. Although be it Jon Snow at Craster's Keep or the man on the street in King's Landing, I suppose a twisted version of Martin Niemöller's famous words would come to mind: "First they came for the boys born of incest, but I did not speak up... Then they came for the king's bastard sons..."<br /><br /><i>and even then, it could be read as subtle commentary on the sexposition itself, as we cut from Theon and the salt wife to a guy watching a guy watching a sex scene.</i><br /><br />I appreciated the nested peeping-on-the-peepers cuts, but I didn't actually take away this meta wink from the scene while watching it, although lke I said over at Nikki's I want you to be right. 8^)<br /><br />Tyrion: "<i>'Dwarf'</i>? You should have stopped at 'imp'."<br /><br />Gendry: "You shouldn't insult people that are bigger than you."<br />Arya: "Then I wouldn't get to insult <i>anyone</i>."<br /><br />Cersei: "You haven't taken it seriously. You haven't; Jaime hasn't. It's all fallen on me."<br />Tyrion: "As has Jaime, repeatedly, according to Stannis Baratheon."<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-6791572531972663372012-04-16T16:27:22.084-05:002012-04-16T16:27:22.084-05:00@Matt: Wouldn't this make Theon 17 years old a...@Matt: <i>Wouldn't this make Theon 17 years old at most?? That wasn't computing for me.</i><br /><br />I'm pretty sure your math checks out. My understanding, from those who have read the books, is that the show has significantly "aged up" the depiction of certain characters through the actors cast to play them, for a variety of reasons (the likelihood of getting better performances from older actors, the inability/lack of desire to depict certain things happening to characters who look their age, etc.). <br /><br />For example, from what I've heard, in the books Dany is roughly 14 while Robb is 19, whereas on the show, both characters are clearly depicted as being older. <br /><br />So Theon is probably supposed to be 17, even if he clearly looks older on the show. <br /><br /><i>I loved at the end of Community, when Jeff's voiceover asked Keith David's voiceover "Were you in The Cape?" and Keith David denied it. </i><br /><br />That was excellent, especially given the <i>Community</i>'s history with that show. <br /><br />@Dr. Bitz: <i>A 24 years old knocking up a 17 year old? Pretty racy.... </i><br /><br />George Jetson, you scoundrel...Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-23984228712343606312012-04-16T14:09:06.871-05:002012-04-16T14:09:06.871-05:00George Jetson is 40 years old, Jane Jetson is 33 y...George Jetson is 40 years old, Jane Jetson is 33 years old and Judy Jetson is 16 years old. A 24 years old knocking up a 17 year old? Pretty racy....Dr. Bitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13568570859981368717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-5149226010739151372012-04-13T12:11:24.004-05:002012-04-13T12:11:24.004-05:00So speaking of TV age math that makes no sense... ...So speaking of TV age math that makes no sense... Theon's dad said something like it had been nine years since he'd seen his son, then said that the Starks had Theon longer than he did. Wouldn't this make Theon 17 years old at most?? That wasn't computing for me.<br /><br />Also, I loved at the end of <i>Community</i>, when Jeff's voiceover asked Keith David's voiceover "Were you in <i>The Cape</i>?" and Keith David denied it.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-82420759048155401632012-04-13T11:08:09.834-05:002012-04-13T11:08:09.834-05:00@Sarah: Though Rory has definitely been on for lon...@Sarah: <i>Though Rory has definitely been on for longer than 7 episodes so who knows. </i><br /><br />Well, he's <i>appeared</i> in more than 7 episodes. He has yet to acquire even an episode's worth of characterization. <br /><br /><i>Anyway, dreadlocks...is pretty much exactly like that in real life.</i><br /><br />Way to act, dude. :) <br /><br />@Soapfish: <i>Funny you should mention the Baelish scene as out of place: it doesn't happen in the book.</i><br /><br />Interesting. On the one hand, it isn't like I don't want some original scenes, or scenes that only move the plot forward; on the other hand, it just felt randomly placed in the episode, in a way that maybe it wouldn't have in a different episode. Or if it had started with, I dunno, Tyrion visiting Baelish and then segued into his scene with Roz, it would have felt less random in the context of the episode? <br /><br /><i>Also, Melisandre's and Stannis' relationship is more or less implied, but I suppose subtlety, specifically sexually, isn't going to happen dealing with HBO over a book.</i><br /><br />I'd read that elsewhere online, though someone else pointed out part of the reason it's implied is because neither Stannis nor Melisandre are ever POV characters, so the only way it could have been established definitively is for either of them to tell one of the POV characters about it, or for one of the POV characters to have heard/seen them together. <br /><br /><i>I apologize for being "that guy" the "well in the books..." person. </i><br /><br />Nah, no worries. It doesn't come across like that at all. As someone who has yet to read the books, I appreciate those kinds of observations as long as they're not too spoiler-y (as I'm endlessly fascinated by the subject of cross-media adaptations). <br /><br />@Anne: <i>HOPE IT'S WORTH IT STANNIS!</i><br /><br />It probably was. She seems like a firecracker, if you know what I mean. ;) <br /><br /><i>pretty sure a child wouldn't have the funds to maintain a fashion wardrobe from his homeland</i><br /><br />THEN HE SHOULD HAVE FOUND A WAY TO GET THOSE CLOTHES THE IRON WAY!!!<br /><br />Seriously though, yeah, Balon and Yara were pretty much unfairly dickish to Theon, which was probably the point. It certainly did create a fair amount of sympathy for a character who was pretty douchey up until that point. <br /><br /><i>As Sarah said we are struggling with Glee </i><br /><br />Clearly, I am too, as it took me this long to even start catching up, but this last episode did remind me, for all its inherent flaws, that I do genuinely enjoy parts of the show, so I'll be sticking with it, even if the days of me actively looking forward to a new episode are long gone.Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-11018655595338686762012-04-13T10:55:35.472-05:002012-04-13T10:55:35.472-05:00when Stannis was screwing what's her name on t...when Stannis was screwing what's her name on the chart table, we kept saying how it was going to take someone weeks to put all those important pieces back where they belonged. HOPE IT'S WORTH IT STANNIS!. also- i'm glad blacksmith bastard figured out that Arya was a girl on his own (and already)<br />i continue to hate Joffrey and love Tyrion<br />i was irritated with Theon's family all giving him shit about the clothes he was wearing (like the 'dress'). Umm- were you sending him clothes when he was a child living with the Starks? no? then he's probably wearing the clothes the Starks are giving him, which would be in the fashion of the north. pretty sure a child wouldn't have the funds to maintain a fashion wardrobe from his homeland, and when he was old enough to do so he probably wouldn't want to since he'd gotten used to the northern fashion *rant over*<br />As Sarah said we are struggling with Glee (although looking forward to season 2 of the Glee project this summer).Anne Ahiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695186823472404436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-36482454722539417272012-04-13T10:54:45.990-05:002012-04-13T10:54:45.990-05:00Funny you should mention the Baelish scene as out ...Funny you should mention the Baelish scene as out of place: it doesn't happen in the book. Also, Melisandre's and Stannis' relationship is more or less implied, but I suppose subtlety, specifically sexually, isn't going to happen dealing with HBO over a book.<br /><br />Also, I apologize for being "that guy" the "well in the books..." person. I realize it can come off as pretentious. It isn't necessarily a critism on the episode either, merely observations.Soapfishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-58210575651835679272012-04-13T10:39:18.965-05:002012-04-13T10:39:18.965-05:00I actually don't have much to say. As a long t...I actually don't have much to say. As a long time HBO viewer, i'd say the amount of sex in GoT is even above HBO's norm. It certainly seems like there's more sex than True Blood, which is saying something. I'm not sure what, but definitely something.<br />We just watched the most recent Glee episode, and i can't wait for you to get to that because i have some <i>biiiiitching</i> to do. I see our relationship with Glee coming to an end soon.<br />And yes, dreadlocks is also another Glee Project winner, which means he gets a 7 episode deal. Though Rory has definitely been on for longer than 7 episodes so who knows. Anyway, dreadlocks (sam in real life. I don't know what his character name is) is pretty much exactly like that in real life.Sarah Ahiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02795455714801965956noreply@blogger.com