Euuugh. Allow me to review this as nicely as I can: Ok, the start was good. Funeral, mourning, all that. Makes total sense. Enough recognizable faces that the remaining recognizable faces got to have a sad moment. The drinking scenes were all-right, but we just had these intimate drinking scenes. They did a good job …
Well, we’ve got about four hours left of the show and a ton of ground to cover. Here’s where we stand (so, spoilers, duh): The Night King is gone, and so is his army. Beric’s theory from last season was correct. Some folks died I didn’t expect (Edd, Lyanna Mormont, Beric), but for Edd it …
Unless next week they show us Cersei and the southern half of the continent for the entire show, we should finally get the Battle of Winterfell next week. The battle hinted at since the first trailer. I’m more convinced than ever that a lot of people we like are going to die, and as many …
Nothing really happened but setting up the pieces for the Battle of Winterfell. Waiting… waiting… still stand by my earlier ideas.
Here we go, so we’re having the final season finally. As usual I’ll make some predictions: – A lot of circular stuff. Martin is a big fan of this, as evidenced by what we know so far. For example, the things I expect: None of the main Lannisters are going to make it. Circles back …
One thing that makes everything better is to appreciate stuff for what it is, and what it is trying to be. There’s no clearer and easier example of this than pop-entertainment, going all the way back to pulp novels and dime magazines, but including B-movies and disaster flicks. It can be applied in other areas …
Remember the Chandra Levy story? If you’re in your mid thirties or older, and you followed the news at all between the 2000 election and 9/11 you’ll remember the story. I’ll come back to it. There was a time in our history that my generation and all the previous generations will still remember: not a …
I’m going to start reviewing stuff. Mostly, likely, movies and books. The wife and I watch a ton of movies, and I tend to like the B-movie, over the top, silly stuff. I’ve got a vast databank of movies in my head to talk about, and I actually enjoy it, so that should help me …
Sigh. I’ve been avoiding all this nonsense culture war stuff because other people are more interested in it, and are better at discussing it because they care, but this one was wrong enough to make me want to say something. Mindy Kaling blames white men for criticizing her movie. Which is a lot of bunk, …
