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The Toast : I Dedicate This Novel to the Man Who Convinced Me to Stop Writing Silly Genre Fiction and Crank out

Wed, 25 Feb 2015 15:51:43 +0000

What was the general theme of thesis, if I may ask? sounds interesting!

The Toast : How To Tell If You Are In A High Fantasy Novel

Sun, 1 Feb 2015 00:58:06 +0000

A group of Italian guys basically did this very thing. They trimmed the LOTR movies down to about 1/1.5 hour each and overdubbed them with their parody script. It became a story where the ring actually holds the power that allows people to get high, and that power needs to be released over the world (Gandalf is of course Ganjalf, Aragorn is Arabong and so on). It's a hoot but of course most of it would be lost in translation! I also have to admit I've seen it so many times that when I watch the actual movies I tend to overlay the parodied lines over the real ones...

Winter Is Coming : Breaking down the new cast members

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:26:24 +0000

I am Italian and I vaguely remember Ronson & Jerome jokes on Mtv Europe (which was actually very UK-centric) from the early 90s, though honestly I would have never made the connection just by reading "Jerome Flynn". Even without that baggage... he kind of has the right look (hopefully they are going to dye his hair - I'm not happy with blonde!Theon either), but he's still too old for Bronn. Though truth be told, Eddard and Catelyn have been aged up too, so I guess this isn't totally unexpected...?

Winter Is Coming : Lena Headey talks Thrones

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:32:45 +0000

Yep, that's why I thought her remark about being typecast as "the good one" sounded suspicious :)

Winter Is Coming : Lena Headey talks Thrones

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:29:33 +0000

FWIW, I know Christopher Nolan advised his actors *against* reading the novel for "The Prestige" and stick to the screenplay (but Bale read the book anyway), and it's not the first time I hear about this kind of direction. Of course in the case of The Prestige the adaptation was more of an elaboration of the source material, while I expect GoT to follow the books in more of a literal way - just wanted to point out that it's often just a matter of working method.

Winter Is Coming : Lena Headey talks Thrones

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:21:58 +0000

Honestly? She would have made a *perfect* Catelyn - I wonder if her comment about always being cast as the "good, moral person" implies that she had been contacted for the Cat role first. But I think she can pull off Cersei just fine :)

Winter Is Coming : Lena Headey talks Thrones

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:17:42 +0000

yeah, when it is implied that she develops a drinking problem, iirc there are some lines about some of her clothes not fitting so well anymore. Though honestly I think it's the kind of weight gain that can easily be achieved with make up, it's not like she suddenly turns obese.

Winter Is Coming : Lena Headey talks Thrones

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:15:00 +0000

I agree with this comment! I'd also add that the limitations Cersei had to face have also always been clashing with the fact that she's always been told that, being a Lannister, she was entitled to be - and have - the best of everything. Like, dad promised her Rhaegar... and al she got was Robert. Many characters in ASoIaF have this "great expectations vs. harsh reality" theme going on - she's an example of how this disconnect between what you want and what you get can affect your personality.

Winter Is Coming : A mystery in TIA

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:32:51 +0000

Sounds about right! Raunchy sex scene from Rome: check. "cast in a major film with an awesome cast and a great director": check (Cronenberg's Eastern promises). Was on Eastenders: check. I think we have a winner.

Winter Is Coming : Auditions for Dany ongoing

Mon, 5 Apr 2010 18:51:03 +0000

Agreed on all accounts. Personally, I don't want a pedantic illustration of each single line in the books, I want a tv show with a good pacing and that keeps me waiting for the next episode even if I'm supposed to know the story already.

Winter Is Coming : Ehle out, Fairley in

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:19:27 +0000

Except that imo, in a medieval setting (and setting book canon aside which places Cat in her mid 30's), it's actually more likely for a woman to start having babies early on rather than the opposite.

Winter Is Coming : Ehle out, Fairley in

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:15:45 +0000

Eh, as much as I like the HP movies, I think we're comparing apples and oranges here. Each project has its internal consistency.

Winter Is Coming : Ehle out, Fairley in

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:05:57 +0000

Yeah, but part of the impact of UnCat is that she has to be almost a complete 180° turn from the Cat we had known before. She can't look older than her years and world weary the whole time. Even when she falls into depression after Bran's fall, she eventually collects herself and is back in action traveling around Westeros, she's not broken yet.

Winter Is Coming : Ehle out, Fairley in

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:01:13 +0000

Seconded. Even if Martin doesn't sexualize her to the extent he does with Cersei and Dany, there are still plenty of indicators that point to her being an attractive woman. Although Ehle didn't look like my mental image of Cat, I thought she was the right "type". Fairley... doesn't fit in that mold imo.