Recent content by Olgar Shiverstone

We watch some of the X-games-style events (snowboarding, freestyle skiing, etc), downhill, catch a little biathlon. Maybe some figure skating and speed skating, though my interest in the former has dropped significantly over the years along with other sports that are scored based on aesthetics...

I hear Soho and Brighton are the places to look. Perhaps in between.

It's in the name. Fighters (fighting men) fight -- you need rules for that. For everything else you choose to have them do, you don't need rules.

Rule of cool? // In universe ... maybe the risk that the six buddies you pick aren't as good as the six buddies your opponent picks? It's no longer your skill at arms that matters in that case. Plus as we see from the original ASOIAF series, a trial by combat doesn't necessarily mean that the...

Funny what happens if they follow a proven written story vs freelancing. Bad acting and directing can still ruin good writing, but no amount of good acting and directing will save bad writing.

They're back, baby!

Is this where I get to use the iconic line ... "Bolshevik muppet!"

Got my guac, my chips, my burgers, my beverages, and my copy of the extended editions of the Lord of the Rings. I'm all set!

Somehow, Palpatine returned. And now HR is involved.

"Vader was seduced by the Dark Side of the Force. And now HR is involved."

The lever and the wheel.

That seems ... ambitious.

Not as such. It's not that I'm offended, it's that I feel that it cheapens an otherwise admirable adaptation. I saw the interview with the show runners who said "we're dumping on Sir Arlan in this episode so we wanted to give him something he could be respected for." And that's what you pick...

You know, the source material already has plenty of genre-appropriate crassness (some might argue too much); the show really doesn't need to add additional material for shock value or additional crude jokes.

I dunno, Ravenclaw has had a pretty good season. I vote Arsenal.