Game of Thrones S02 E07: “A Man Without Honor”
Oh, make it stop: I’m feeling sorry for Lannisters! Also too: Sex!
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Doctor Who thing of the day: kid-written minisode “Good as Gold”
I’d like to think that that opening line about having an adventure once a week is a swipe at the long waits between series we’ve had to endure…
question of the day: Do you hate-watch television?
What would you hate-watch if you did? Is this a harmless extension of the guilty-pleasure, or is something else going on? Was hate-watching inevitable with the amount of godawful crap that fills the cablewaves?
Game of Thrones S02 E06: “The Old Gods and the New”
Treachery! Murder! Dragon*spoiler*! Joffreyslapping!
Game of Thrones S02 E05: “The Ghost of Harrenhal”
Fire fire fire! So much we learn! There are “pyromancers.” In King’s Landing there is an “Alchemists Guild” where they make “wildfire”…
question of the day: What is the modern appeal of Sherlock Holmes?
Does his emotional coldness and daunting intellect have something to say to us that strikes a particular chord right now? Or is Holmes a perennial favorite that storytellers will be returning to and updating far into the future?
question of the day: If Web sites can be sitcoms now — the upcoming Friend Me is about Groupon — what sites should be TV shows next?
Maybe I Can Has Cheezeburger, featuring cats who break the fourth wall to comment on their own lives? Perhaps Google: Miami, about real-life investigators who hunt down the answers to mundane questions?
Game of Thrones S02 E04: “Garden of Bones”
Man, this show just gets crazier and crazier. I love it.
Game of Thrones S02 E03: “What Is Dead May Never Die”
I’m really not sure if the men in the audience who are used to their dreams of glory being catered to in fantasy can appreciate how special and thrilling it is for a woman to see this all these kickass women…
Doctor Who thing of the day: Steven Moffat weirdly limits who can be a companion
Moffat’s restrictions make sense only from a narrow, white, male, middle-class, Western, heteronormative perspective. Yeah, I know: What a shock.
