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Dang, man, I've always thought that Tyrion was one of the best conceived, sympathetic and believable characters in literature. He's no goody-two-shoes, sure, but when the sh:)t comes down, he's always managed to remain on the side of the angels (is that enough cliches for one sentence?). I hope...

Well, I've only seen it once, so I'm going by memory. Anyone else that can back me up?

Maybe so, and there is definitely some stupid sh:)te on that site, but let me just point to a couple of examples of the kind of things that bothered me. Some of these have already been mentioned, but bear with me. In Reloaded, Neo and Co. go to see the Merovingian. The directors deliberately...

I still don't know if I liked this movie or not. Since it is taking me so long to make up my mind, I'm thinking it's probably going to wind up being 'not'. It just didn't satisfy me. I'm usually the one telling my wife that I liked a movie that she didn't like because "a perfect, happy...

None. I never thought I'd live to see The Lord of the Rings on the big screen, so what do I have to live for after December 17th, 2003? Why does it have to end, God, why? WHY?

Dang. :(

You've got to read this. Orson Welles's Batman Oh. My. God. Why couldn't this have happened? Why, God, why?

The Thirteenth Warrior How about this one? It goes back a little farther than most of these, but the movie is d*mn cool. "In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In...

I finally finished Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. That was one fantastic (and fantastically long) book. I'll definitely be checking out Quicksilver when it comes out. Right now I'm dipping into several books: Watership Down by Richard Adams, Painted Desert by Frederick Barthelme, The Devil...

Whew! I finally finished my submission at 8 AM today. Just couldn't seem to find the time to sit down and write with all the craziness that comes with the end of a school year. Anyway, I overnighted it a few hours ago. It's supposed to arrive by noon tomorrow. I hope it does; I'd hate to...

Didn't this same thing happen during their setting search competition too? They put out the info about the contest, then they added a legal agreement to it later. Seems like they would start keeping their legal department apprised of any open call deals.

This was posted a couple of weeks ago. The green text is what was added: Updated Guidelines for WotC Novel Submissions Posted by: Morrus WotC have sent along updated guidelines for their Maiden of Pain novel submission. The updated version has the words no drow of any kind for any...

The 13th Warrior . Didn't make a whole lot of money, and the only critic who gave it any love was Owen Gleiberman in Entertainment Weekly. I just think it's pretty much a perfect little balls-to-the-wall adventure movie. Now if they'd just let us see a director's cut from John McTiernan.:)

Due to some minor inconveniences (end of school, post-planning, house getting flooded, and what not) I'm still reading Cryptonomicon , but I'm still loving it.

I'm curious as to the reason they started this on-line workshop. Not that I don't think it's an okay idea, it's just that the announcement expressly indicates that it's a "shared world" workshop. Does this mean they are going to start regular or semi-regular (whatever that means) open calls...

I eliminated LotR from my choices because it's really one book, not a series. I eliminated A Song of Ice and Fire because it isn't finished yet. So I pick The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb. These books are like the perfect combination of literate, character-driven fantasy and "hey, that's...

What I want to know is why the heck would anybody finance this thing? The first one cost over $40 million and according to "The Numbers," it only made $15 million in the U.S. I think we can be fairly certain it lost money, even counting foreign ticket sales. No matter who they aimed the film...

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. Loving it.

After hearing all of the recommendations about him, I was pleased to find Deadhouse Gates at a local used bookstore recently. It was unfortunate that I didn't check to see that it was the second book in the series, but I probably would have bought it anyway. What I want to know is can I...

What about the Friends episode where Rachel finds out that Ross is in love with her and goes to meet him at the airport, but it turns out that he met someone in China? I can't remember if it was the second or third season finale though, because it has gone from a strong sitcom to The Show That...