The North remembers.
Apr. 3rd, 2012 10:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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That's right, adelagia. You want my userpic.
I have made two purchases recently that some might find difficult to understand. Heck, I myself waffle between giddy/excited and WTF was I thinking?
First, I got this diamond sharpening steel for my knives, the Global G-38. I've been coveting this ever since my knife class. I figure, I have really expensive knives, so why wouldn't I take care of them by using the best knife sharpener for them?
Second is related to my icon. I keep talking about my new favorite board game, Pandemic. Well, Pandemic was made by Matt Leacock, who has designed several other board games. Two of these board games, Borderlands and Lunatix Loop, are out of print. They had a limited run to begin with (only 100-200 sets of each were printed). I also have his games Roll Through the Ages and Forbidden Island, which are fun but not as good as Pandemic. Anyway, I couldn't find either of the out-of-print games on eBay, but I did find a couple of private sellers on BoardGameGeek (where game designers actually hang out and will answer questions/clarify game rules) selling the games. They are QUITE pricey, being such rare prints, but I figure I'll get hours of enjoyment from playing the games, so it's worth it. The guy who has Borderlands got back to me to say that his games are all in storage because he's going to Afghanistan for a year (!!!), but to contact him next June if I'm still looking. I did, however, buy Lunatix Loop from a guy in the UK. He has a good feedback score and has provided a tracking number, so I'm feeling pretty good about the transaction. VERY excited to play the game.
Watched Game of Thrones S2E1!
- I really, really wish they would develop the relationship between Sansa and the Hound more. Do the TV viewers even GET that they have a special relationship? That the Hound isn't what he seems, that he has a soft spot for her, that she knows him better than most people do? I can't imagine it's apparent if you haven't read the books.
- Wow, the baby killing at the end was pretty intense. I mean, the books are totally harsh but that particular part was told after the fact/glossed over. We didn't actually witness any infanticide.
- OK, the exchange between Tyrion and Sansa was the best of the episode. When Sansa says that she's loyal to Joffrey, and Tyrion says, "Of course you are," in such a KIND way, so you know that he understands and sympathizes with her predicament, it's like... that's why Peter Dinklage got to take Sean Bean's dubious place of honor in the opening credits. And also why Tyrion is so awesome.
- I liked Melisandre. I wonder what I would have thought of her had I not changed how I felt about the character after reading ADWD. Anyway, the scene between her and the maester was kind of clunky; not sure they really needed it.
- OK, Dany *totally* had a MOMENT with one of her bloodriders. It was hot. I've always secretly wanted that to happen, but there's absolutely no canon basis -- not really even a hint of it, which would have been easy to see if it existed. But suddenly in this ep, there was this electric exchange! I wonder if they're planning to have him (can't remember which bloodrider he is) take the place of that one dude she eventually has an affair with in ADWD...
-akscully said she thought Jaime was really hot all chained up. I was like, "You mean the part where he nearly wet his pants when Grey Wind was near?" And she rightly said, "The part where he didn't wet his pants because he's Jaime fucking Lannister." :)))))
- It was nice to see Cersei finally show some fire. Lena Headey has been playing her as fairly cool and calm, but the Cersei in the books is kind of a hothead. I really hate that they've sanitized her so much. She's way more morally corrupt in the books than they're allowing her to be on the show. They keep giving her outs -- first the baby she supposedly lost that was Robert's (NEVER happened in the books), and now Robert's bastards being killed on Joffrey's orders when in the book it was Cersei's idea. Cersei is supposed to be a fairly vain, ambitious, and short-sighted woman. She lives in a man's world and is limited by that, yes, but she's also limited by her own paranoia and machinations. On the show she's almost just a victim of circumstance, which I don't like at all.
- For some reason, Jon being totally separate from the rest of the cast is much more tedious when watching it on TV than reading about it in the books.
I've been reading about the insane ratings jump between season 1 and season 2. Hope they keep it up. Also, from what I've read, the producers and/or GRRM seem to be under the delusion that he's going to be able to finish the book series in time to keep up with the TV show schedule. Ummmmmm NOT BLOODY LIKELY. They're already on S2. Even if they split A Storm of Swords into two seasons, that's still just 2-3 years from now. I'm guessing they'll want to combine the events of books 4 and 5, since they kind of run parallel anyway (I can't see them doing a full season without half the characters), so let's say that's another 2-4 years. That's 7 years max. It took GRRM 6 years to come out with book 5. And they think he's going to be able to put out books 6 *and* 7 in that same timeframe, considering he also has to write an episode every season and has his fingers in like a dozen other projects? Assuming 7 books actually is the final number? (GRRM has said that he's firm about 7 books unless he decides not to be firm. LOL. He's also said he won't let the story be limited by an arbitrary number of volumes.) Also, I've read that he's told the producers two big secret things from the series in case he should *knock on wood* pass away. But guess what? He's also said that he won't let anyone continue the series for him! So what's the good of them knowing what happens, if he's not going to let them tell the story? I guess he specifically means that he doesn't want anyone writing any books in the series, but the TV show is OK. In which case, it's possible that the TV show will actually eventually tell us MORE than the books, and be the definitive continuation (at least to whatever point of the plot elements they're aware of) of the series... which is just crazy.
adelagia. You want my userpic.I have made two purchases recently that some might find difficult to understand. Heck, I myself waffle between giddy/excited and WTF was I thinking?
First, I got this diamond sharpening steel for my knives, the Global G-38. I've been coveting this ever since my knife class. I figure, I have really expensive knives, so why wouldn't I take care of them by using the best knife sharpener for them?
Second is related to my icon. I keep talking about my new favorite board game, Pandemic. Well, Pandemic was made by Matt Leacock, who has designed several other board games. Two of these board games, Borderlands and Lunatix Loop, are out of print. They had a limited run to begin with (only 100-200 sets of each were printed). I also have his games Roll Through the Ages and Forbidden Island, which are fun but not as good as Pandemic. Anyway, I couldn't find either of the out-of-print games on eBay, but I did find a couple of private sellers on BoardGameGeek (where game designers actually hang out and will answer questions/clarify game rules) selling the games. They are QUITE pricey, being such rare prints, but I figure I'll get hours of enjoyment from playing the games, so it's worth it. The guy who has Borderlands got back to me to say that his games are all in storage because he's going to Afghanistan for a year (!!!), but to contact him next June if I'm still looking. I did, however, buy Lunatix Loop from a guy in the UK. He has a good feedback score and has provided a tracking number, so I'm feeling pretty good about the transaction. VERY excited to play the game.
Watched Game of Thrones S2E1!
- I really, really wish they would develop the relationship between Sansa and the Hound more. Do the TV viewers even GET that they have a special relationship? That the Hound isn't what he seems, that he has a soft spot for her, that she knows him better than most people do? I can't imagine it's apparent if you haven't read the books.
- Wow, the baby killing at the end was pretty intense. I mean, the books are totally harsh but that particular part was told after the fact/glossed over. We didn't actually witness any infanticide.
- OK, the exchange between Tyrion and Sansa was the best of the episode. When Sansa says that she's loyal to Joffrey, and Tyrion says, "Of course you are," in such a KIND way, so you know that he understands and sympathizes with her predicament, it's like... that's why Peter Dinklage got to take Sean Bean's dubious place of honor in the opening credits. And also why Tyrion is so awesome.
- I liked Melisandre. I wonder what I would have thought of her had I not changed how I felt about the character after reading ADWD. Anyway, the scene between her and the maester was kind of clunky; not sure they really needed it.
- OK, Dany *totally* had a MOMENT with one of her bloodriders. It was hot. I've always secretly wanted that to happen, but there's absolutely no canon basis -- not really even a hint of it, which would have been easy to see if it existed. But suddenly in this ep, there was this electric exchange! I wonder if they're planning to have him (can't remember which bloodrider he is) take the place of that one dude she eventually has an affair with in ADWD...
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akscully said she thought Jaime was really hot all chained up. I was like, "You mean the part where he nearly wet his pants when Grey Wind was near?" And she rightly said, "The part where he didn't wet his pants because he's Jaime fucking Lannister." :)))))- It was nice to see Cersei finally show some fire. Lena Headey has been playing her as fairly cool and calm, but the Cersei in the books is kind of a hothead. I really hate that they've sanitized her so much. She's way more morally corrupt in the books than they're allowing her to be on the show. They keep giving her outs -- first the baby she supposedly lost that was Robert's (NEVER happened in the books), and now Robert's bastards being killed on Joffrey's orders when in the book it was Cersei's idea. Cersei is supposed to be a fairly vain, ambitious, and short-sighted woman. She lives in a man's world and is limited by that, yes, but she's also limited by her own paranoia and machinations. On the show she's almost just a victim of circumstance, which I don't like at all.
- For some reason, Jon being totally separate from the rest of the cast is much more tedious when watching it on TV than reading about it in the books.
I've been reading about the insane ratings jump between season 1 and season 2. Hope they keep it up. Also, from what I've read, the producers and/or GRRM seem to be under the delusion that he's going to be able to finish the book series in time to keep up with the TV show schedule. Ummmmmm NOT BLOODY LIKELY. They're already on S2. Even if they split A Storm of Swords into two seasons, that's still just 2-3 years from now. I'm guessing they'll want to combine the events of books 4 and 5, since they kind of run parallel anyway (I can't see them doing a full season without half the characters), so let's say that's another 2-4 years. That's 7 years max. It took GRRM 6 years to come out with book 5. And they think he's going to be able to put out books 6 *and* 7 in that same timeframe, considering he also has to write an episode every season and has his fingers in like a dozen other projects? Assuming 7 books actually is the final number? (GRRM has said that he's firm about 7 books unless he decides not to be firm. LOL. He's also said he won't let the story be limited by an arbitrary number of volumes.) Also, I've read that he's told the producers two big secret things from the series in case he should *knock on wood* pass away. But guess what? He's also said that he won't let anyone continue the series for him! So what's the good of them knowing what happens, if he's not going to let them tell the story? I guess he specifically means that he doesn't want anyone writing any books in the series, but the TV show is OK. In which case, it's possible that the TV show will actually eventually tell us MORE than the books, and be the definitive continuation (at least to whatever point of the plot elements they're aware of) of the series... which is just crazy.
