I wish I had the time to read the Game of Thrones books. There’s a lot of back story that explains why the characters do what they do on the show.
For me, the next best thing was Comicbookgirl19’s Game of Thrones’ Epic History Vidoes on YouTube.
She goes through all the pre-show history for the various houses. Here’s one for House Lannister, for example:
Check it out. I’d say you want to be caught up at least on the first couple of season on the show in the case of spoilers, but she really goes into the nitty gritty of how everyone got to be where they are. Helped me to understand the show a lot better.
Lethal Weapon, the series of action movies I loved as a kid (though Aunt Gertie probably should not have let met watch them) is being rebooted as a TV series starring Damon Wayans as Roger Murtaugh and Clayne Crawford as Martin Riggs.
Ehh. I just don’t know how well the concept will translate to today.
Lethal Weapon 1 and 2 were the best films of the series because they were so 1980’s.
Los Angeles. Cocaine related crime.
Martin Riggs i.e. the mentally unstable Vietnam veteran turned cop whose story resonated with a lot of people at the time, as Vietnam vets had been asked to win an impossible war, then came home and were spit on for fighting an unpopular war then expected to just fade back into society without any problems or support offered to come to terms with what they experienced.
Even if you haven’t been to Vietnam, if you’ve experienced depression or know someone who has, Riggs’ willingness to throw himself headfirst into insanely dangerous situations (because of his inability to care whether or not he lives or dies) made him a “Lethal Weapon” and a nightmare for criminals used to being able to bribe or threaten cops into submission.
And that made him the perfect foil for Roger “I’m Getting Too Old For This Shit” Murtaugh, the old timer family man who just wanted to get home to his wife and kids safe and sound everyday.
Two partners, one doesn’t care if he dies, the other cares very much and wants to live, it made for a couple of great movies.
Lethal Weapon 3 and 4 were good movies but not as strong. By then, they hooked Riggs up with Rene Russo and went to work on giving him a happy, respectable life by the end of the series, which ok, good for Riggs, but the happier he gets the less crazy he is.
Joe Pesci, who was introduced in two as the loud mouthed con artist who routinely comes to the duo’s aid was hilariously, and kept the films going in 3 and 4. I don’t see a Leo Goetz character in the series.
And Gary Busey as the villain in the first film. That was back when Gary hadn’t completely lost his mind.
The sad part is I’ll definitely check the show out and I’ll probably give it a chance.
Does it take away from the films? Not for me. They had action. Sadness. Comedy (I still laugh when I think about Murtaugh being stuck for hours sitting on a toilet due to a bomb (an actual bomb) and when his legs go numb, Murtaugh has to help him off.)
The corporate suits know that people my age will tune in for nostalgia purposes, while young people probably haven’t seen the films yet but have heard the name so will check it out due to name recognition.
But with it being on network TV, they won’t be able to engage in half of the activities that got the duo in trouble back in the old days.
Can Murtaugh even say, “I’m getting too old for this shit” on network TV?
I don’t know. I don’t want to root against it until I have seen it but I continue to wonder why an industry filled with the most creative people in the world feels it is necessary to keep rehashing old ideas.
I wonder and/or worry there might come a day when people don’t read novels like they do today.
I don’t have the stats but I don’t think they even read as much as used to.
So many shows. So many movies. So many streaming services. There’s probably never been a better time to be an actor or a TV writer (I assume competition is still difficult but there are at least more jobs to compete for maybe?)
I’m talking distant future. People will still need to read to get through daily life but I wonder if a time will come, like a hundred years now when people are like why the hell would I read a novel?
Lots of stuff going on. Jon Snow’s back and to me, he basically did the ultimate shitty job walk out.
A brother of the Knight’s Watch’s watch ends when he dies, and Jon Snow did die, so…yup. It’s all legal. And why should he stay when those douches tried to kill him?
Assumedly, he’ll go take back Winterfell, having the best claimed to it as the eldest Stark child (even though as he is often reminded, he’s a bastard.)
Or is he? A flashback gave us the beginning of a glimpse as to Jon Snow’s true past.
But if you read this post, you will know SPOILERS!
So you know, if you don’t want to know what’s happening on Game of Thrones then stop reading. Go play Parcheesi or eat a cheese sandwich or take a walk or some shit.
I don’t know. It’s not my job to know what to tell you what you should do when you don’t want to read Game of Thrones SPOILERS.
OK so now that all of the people with suspect nerd credentials are out of the way, let’s talk last week’s episode.
So in Season 6, Episode 2 of Game of Thrones – “Home” we find out Jon Snow is alive.
Melisandre, the Red Woman with the Evil Magic Vagina performs some hocus pocus. But nothing happens. So she and the other warrior dudes give up.
And if you ask me, they all give up too quickly. I mean, if Jon Snow were my friend, I might have tried the spell at least two more times.
Hell, if you were just some dopey stranger off the street I might try a life saving spell at least one more time.
But whatever. So then everyone leaves. And Jon Snow’s body is alone with his dire wolf.
And the wolf starts to sir. And then Jon Snow gasps for air and he’s alive.
Is there anything going on with that wolf?
Theories:
It’s a Freaky Friday situation. Jon Snow didn’t talk. He just gasped for air. Ergo, Melisandre did the spell wrong and now the wolf’s soul is in Jon and Jon’s snow is in the wolf. Kit Harrington will just walk around barking at everyone.
Melisandre’s spell had nothing to do with it. Jon Snow has been a worg all along, like his little brother, Bran. Jon worged his ass into his dire wolf just before he died. And then uh, I don’t know. Melisandre’s spell did have something to do with it because whatever she did pulled Jon’s soul out of the wolf and into Jon Snow’s body.
Nothing happened with the wolf other than the show runners wanted to show you that after everyone had given up, the wolf, with its heightened wolf senses, sensed Jon Snow was back.
All I know is that no shadow assassins popped out of Melisandre’s magic vagina and her clothes and magic age defying necklace stayed on the entire time, thank God.
What theories do you 3.5 readers have going into this coming Sunday’s episode?
FULL DISCLOSURE: I didn’t make that Jon Snow meme it’s just one of many Jon Snow memes going about in the Game of Thrones nerdosphere and I thought it was funny.
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