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Martin says "F.uck you" to those who think he'll die and never finish the series :lol: http://popwatch.ew.com/2014/07/09/george-rr-martin-f-you/

Oh, I was thinking the same thing about that pink sweater/legs photo. Just, woof! And, although I don't generally like stuff like that, you don't easily see a man wearing a pink suit so well. Agreed about the height! One of the very few exceptions. lol And I shall watch them!

SPLOOSH! And I refuse to believe he's only 5'3. I refuse!

Hot damn! Brilliant.

Thanks! I can see both of what you said, especially the lack of stability. Even from week to week, the show seems to go from terribly exciting to snoozeville (although the acting remains good throughout). But it does have some great stuff in it and certainly blows most of current soap out of the water. Whether that's a compliment or not, I'm not sure. Glad to see this is other people's impression as well. I was trying to figure out if AW was great but a product of its time or if it genuinely looked bad. Which it did.

That's a great take on the character. But going from that to saying she's nuts and twisted is a stretch. I didn't even realize Margaery was gone that long, and I love her. I don't think there was any kind of issue with that absence. Ought she not to learn how to play the game first? It would be a bit too much if you threw her in with Cersei, Tywin, etc., at her age and with her experience and she automatically started 'winning' without any sort of effort. She's in over her head? Perfect! I'm looking forward to her efforts to come on top.

It's been a while since I started watching 1981 AW but I'm glad more of those episode became available, jolting me to continue. About 50plus episodes later, I'm oddly fascinated by the show, at least on the writing part. Can somebody tell me the reception L. Virginia Browne's writing had from critics and audience alike? Doug Watson and Victoria Wyndham give tour-de-force performances on a regular basis (there's a particularly great one as Mac confronts Rachel about sleeping with Mitch and his tears keep building and building). Mitch is fascinating. I still can't believe, considering all the history they have, that Rachel chooses Mitch and leaves Mac. Or maybe it's because of that history. But the actor is intriguing. There's so many actors/characters that I just love. Other than Rachel and Mac, Ada, Liz, Lee, Jamie, Cecile, Sandy, Blaine, Melissa, Jason, Sally... and it goes on. I am stunned that they had Jamie Frame, such a legacy & important character, rape Cecile. I have no idea what happens to the character from now on, so it will be very interesting to see how they follow this up. I think production-wise, it's horrid (the lighting, those God-awful sets for the most part, actors flubbing lines, calling the wrong name, interrupting one another before the previous line has ended, etc). And Paul Rauch is supposed to be some producing genius? You can't tell from this work!

Oh, that is brilliant.

Showrunners talk Season 5 (very minor spoilerishness): http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/06/18/game-of-thrones-season-5/

God... I'm trying to collect my thoughts here. The opening scene was breathtaking, wasn't it? So many fantastic shots of the Wall as Jon Snow walks to Mance Ryder's tent. The size of Stannis' army was immense. How does a TV show even pull this stuff off? Beautiful. I wasn't expecting to get a funeral scene for Ygritte, but considering they've spent three seasons on this love story/relationship, it's not totally surprising. What can I even say about Bran finding the tree, only to be attacked by that skeleton army and saved by one of "the children." Very cool stuff. Not to mention the man. Heartbreaking moment when Bran thinks he will be able to walk again but is told he won't. I wonder if there's any chance the "fly" part was literal! Probably not but it is a fantasy show. I loved the nuances they played with Cersei's desire to see the Mountain cured. And her blackmailing of Tywin. What a bad ass bitch Cersei is. That scene was SO well played by LH and CD. OOOooh, and are we finally seeing the WHOLE STORY in regards to that supposed rape scene a few episodes back? Have we finally seen that it was done that way to show Cersei's journey from wanting to hide her love, her true self, who she is to now being able to openly, unashamedly proclaim it? Shock when Brienne saw Arya. The actress played the realization of who Arya was so perfectly. And that Hound/Brienne fight? Unbelievably brutal but oh-so-good. They even managed to give the Hound some truly humanizing last words. There was something SO gripping about Shae hanging upside down from the bed, strangled. It was so great to see Tyrion initially shocked and then his look changes and he goes for Tywin. I swear, Dance must be the only man who can act with dignity from the shitter. A shame, though: Earlier in the season, they put the line in about "Lannisters shitting gold" and I could have sworn they did that because, when Tyrion kills Tywin in the book and Tywin releases himself in death, the chapter ends with a proclamation that the Lannisters do not, in fact, sh!t gold. Maybe it was too flippant a thing to say at that moment? Daenerys! I thought her coming to the realization that she can't control her dragons and locking them up was heartbreaking. Once again, brilliant FX with the dragons and very sad. They didn't give me the cliffhanger I was hoping for Part of me knew they wouldn't, anyways, and I'm fine with that majestic scene they ended on, so pretty please don't dismiss be as a book-loving-nagger, but you really have zero idea the HUGE season-ending shock that scene would be. Ah, well, there's always Season 5. They'll keep me waiting. I love that I honestly have no idea what's going on cos I've only read up to Book 3. My little "book first" experiment has been concluded and I've decided I definitely do not want to have read the books first. I have never had an issue with book changes in movies but in GOT a lot of them annoy me, so TV show first, books after LOL. Unless I read them this summer so I forget most of the details.

Absolutely. You know Lauren is dead wrong for doing this but you can't help but feel for her, considering her very complex, twisted, dark motivation behind the actions. It's enough not to condemn her. It is fabulously so... Y&R.

I'm still rather stunned at how dangerously close that came to rape. Not that the show didn't do something similar to this before (Nina/Phillip) but there is something really dark in Lauren's every calculated move throughout the episode. Of course, it if was a man doing this, there wouldn't be ambiguity.

Terry Lester was amazingly good with a unique look and sex appeal to match it. It's a shame Y&R couldn't keep him.

Brilliant, spoilerish, stuff. Obviously, don't read the interview if you want to be completely surprised. http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/06/06/game-of-thrones-showrunners-castle-black/

GAME OF THRONES has become HBO's most popular show ever: http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/06/05/game-of-thrones-sopranos-ratings/

Maisie Williams explains her thinking behind the laugh: http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/06/03/game-of-thrones-arya-laugh/

Just a quick few thoughts: Grey Worm & Missandei got me right in the feels. So little romance in the show (one wouldn't expect to find it in GOT) so it stands out a lot when it happens. Arya's reaction to yet another, last-minute twist in her life: Perfect. Hilarious. It was simultaneously unexpected and completely recognizable when it happened. I don't know how anyone can think it's supposed to show she's lost it. It was, very simply, a "I cannot believe this happened. Are you fu.cking serious?" reaction. The ultimate frustration at crushed hope (yet again) that comes out in a weird, unexpected way. Brilliant. Sansa's testimony and last scene, were she emerges at the top of the stairs with the light behind her wearing that magnificent gown... Brilliance. She's learned how to play the game. From now on, she will start living instead of just barely surviving, and I guess that could take her to some unexpected places. Every time Ramsay mentions the word bath, I instantly get images of him fu.cking Theon. Which is probably what happens anyway. I've always thought Dany reacted too harshly to the truth about Jorrah, in the books and in the show, but it is an understandable reaction. Vee said that the fight scene happened the may one expected as well as not and it's totally true. What an electrifying scene. And those final moments... the squashing of the head, Ellaria's scream, the shot revealing the end of Oberyn, Cersei's smile, Tywin standing up and sentencing Tyrion to death, Tyrion's shock... magnificent.

OMG You guys are killing me with all these GIFs And this GD/Taeyang pic is *this close* to being gay porn. HOT DAMN. WHERE IS NEW TAEYANG MUSIC??????????????????????

These next three episodes will be unbelievable (assuming they'll do the things I think they will)! I seriously can't wait. If you are unspoiled/non-book readers, prepare yourselves. Boy must you ever.

Tokyo is the chit! OF COURSE YOU CAN COME!!! Let's round up AllMyDays, too, and go drool over Taeyang.

Absolutely! I love the way they touch each other & hug all the time lol Yes, my timing is very good, apparently. LOL OK, that's it, pack your bags and we're going to Japan!

Right here, boo! HOLY MOTHER OF JESUS. OMG That is too fuc.king adorable! These two gave me ALL the feels!

Oh!!! Wouldn't it be fun if Amanda continued to pretend she is Emily in order to figure out what David is up to & who he is as a person now? I can definitely see him siding with Victoria and helping her out of the mess, completely betraying the daughter who went to hell and back trying to clear his name. Jui-say!

I was hoping they'd be smart enough not to undo his death. Hopefully, they'll make very good use of it.