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I’m Cheap…but, Not Really
3273 days
by kilian
in Random Normality
I had previously wondered whether or not I could concievabley spend $15 a month for HBO in order to watch Game of Thrones. It turns out that, for reasons wholly unrelated to HBO (more on that later), I can’t. There are, of course, other ways to “watch” a show, and so I have indeed seen all four episodes that have aired. I have no moral qualms about seeing episodes of a series on a “pay channel” without paying for said channel. This is due to the already admitted (on my part) fact that I will purchase the season one blu-ray the day it comes out. As I write this, I have a House Stark stein ($20 US) sitting on my desk that I will likely be purchasing tonight.
Should I Spend $15 a Month to Watch One Show?
0300 days
by kilian
in Television
Directv is offering a “preview weekend” of HBO starting today. I don’t think I’m being over dramatic by claiming it is a plot solely dedicated to extract an extra 14 dollars and 99 cents from me every time I pay my bill. You are, no doubt, already aware that this Sunday is the premiere of the Game of Thrones series starring my long time man crush Sean Bean as Eddard Stark, defacto main character of the first book in George RR Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series of epic fantasy novels…I was trying to think of a way to extend that sentence even further, but that was the best I could do.
Oh Interwebz, I Thank You for This Bounty
21176 days
by kilian
in General Nerdom
So remember when I put that post up about A Song of Ice and Fire being turned into an HBO program…OK, that they are shooting the pilot and it may get picked up?
Well, not too long afterward, the gods of the “collection of tubes” we lovingly call the interwebz did grace me with a most bountious bounty in the form of the script from said pilot. I won’t talk about specifics of what I’ve read, but I will say that even the added scenes, that is, the stuff in the script that was not in the books seems to be very sensible additions. It opens up the story so that it is not totally focused on Ned Stark (as is the case early in the the first book) and so gives a good sense of the larger scope of the whole work. The other thing I will say, is that whoever put it together chose and absolutely perfect spot to end the episode. I mean, talk about a mother f’ing cliffhanger! For those that aren’t familiar with the story and happen to see this first episode, I cannot but see how they would want to know what happens next.
Very well done gods of the interwebz, I praise you most heartily on this day!
Hot Hot Heat — My Best Friend
I may have to start paying for HBO again
81183 days
by kilian
in General Nerdom
Anyone else see this article from The Hollywood Reporter? No, well I’ll sum up. HBO has ordered a pilot be shot based on the George RR Martin novel, A Game of Thrones, the first in the Song of Ice and Fire series.
I previously touted said series, though I’ve stalled into book three because of, what else, school.