Brienne is amazing… Another example of showing the complexity of how women negotiate in patriarchal socieites and how hard it is to do so. The tensions between her and Jaime is right on the money. And Sam is great, too. I really love Arya, too. Martin just does fantastic character development…
Samwise Tarly! Samwell Gamgee…
I really like Sam. I like the way his character develops.
Nope nope nope. Samwise Gamgee is the hero of those books. And Sam from GoT is a badass.
I really like him in the books.
This annoying whiny git, though…
You mean this comic genius?
I wonder if the actor who plays Sam in GoT decided to use that as a template for how to sound annoying and used that as a spring board for developing the character into one you could identify with as he changes?
Karate Kid.
I’ve never seen any of them.
I’m Okay with that.
Oh, thanks for the reminder! I’d much rather watch that again then pretty much anything currently on tv.
I am really fucking freaking out right now. What have you done to me!?
Seriously! I was feeling a bit dizzy from strong tea on an empty stomach, and then I watch this madness…
Sorry! (ha – not sorry)
But yeah, I know that feels – there’s something about tea on an empty stomach that taught me not to do it, ever again.
Yes indeed! I had eaten earlier, but wasn’t aware that I was empty again until the tea reminded me.
Dag nabbit, Howie!
I’m struggling to find a quote, but I almost remember William Gibson saying roughly the same thing about The Matrix and cyberpunk.
Amen. I don’t get along well with the “Real Fans” who throw such a fit. Without getting into specifics, there are a lot of people out there willing to tell us what Star Trek is and isn’t about, and all to often, they don’t seem to understand what Star Trek is about. The Kelvin timeline movies are flawed, but they do manage to capture the flavor of TOS for a blockbuster movie audience imho.
I have never seen Jurassic Park, except for the one with Star Lord in it. I never saw The Wire, meant to binge watch Breaking Bad, but never got around to it. I refuse to bother with Titanic. Never seen the Graduate. Never watched Magnificent Seven because western remake can not hold a candle to the masterwork of Seven Samurai. Never saw the TV show Buffy, but greatly enjoyed the movie. I’ve never been into comics or graphic novels, I’d rather not be told how to create the narrative world when I’m reading stuff. I will always have a backlog of classics to read, but Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, never again. 1000 page tomes with the climax 200 pages from the end. Nope, not doing that again.
All those John Hughes movies? Saw all of them, first run or as they hit VHS. They’re for teenagers, watching them as adults just doesn’t work. The Godfather movies bored me to tears. It was more like being subjected to, rather than watching, though. All the Scorsese films I’ve seen have been worth the time. I tried to watch Big Bang Theory, and it sucks. I wish I hadn’t watched Lost. Ayn Rand’s books are far more useful as kindling than anything else. Never has a thoroughly selfish person spent so much effort attempting to rationalize and defend their anti-social worldview.
I’m half seriously considering starting a new thread called Wish I Hadn’t Seen It. 
Don’t make that wish!
Then you’ll think, “Hey, Dostoevsky. I’ve been meaning to read that.”
You did the hard work to learn that lesson, don’t throw it away!
This should probably be in the Unpopular Opinions thread, not here, but for me Colour of Magic is the best Pratchett by a loooooong chalk. The section-by-section parodies of specific fantasy giants (Howard, LeGuin, Lieber) were what made it great imho. Starting immediately after, with The Light Fantastic, I found 'em dull and samey.
The first one is quite fun. A classic cheesy sci-fi b-movie plot with good effects and actors. It is a popcorn film that does not pretend to be more than it is.
I have never seen any James Bond films of any year. Not by active choice or avoidance, it’s just never really worked out. I’m sure they’re very entertaining and if I have the time and run across one on TV, I may give it a shot!
Many years ago I admitted I’d never seen any ‘classic’ John Hughes movies. My female best friend at the time squealed and she and her sister and all their friends set up a John Hughes marathon of Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, and Pretty in Pink. After the first movie, all the girls in the room said “Wow. That was a lot better when I was thirteen,” and we called off the marathon.
I have a lot of love for Planes Trains and Automobiles, however. John Candy and Steve Martin are magic together.
Here’s my recommendation: watch the first movie or two of each of the actors, with the exception of George Lazenby, and you can possibly leave out Timothy Dalton. If it’s still not your cup of tea, you’re not going to be a fan, because you’ve just seen all the best Bond movies. If blatant misogyny bothers you, you’re really not going to like any of it. If you can get past that, they’re exciting action movies that aren’t terribly deep.
My personal favorite Bond actors would be Sean Connery, Daniel Craig, and Pierce Brosnan, in that order.
OHMSS is the best one!
