Dang it. The picture isn't coming up. Just about done with the fifth book -- is there any announcement about when the 6th one is coming out?
Click here if you want to have a look at Mance Rayder, as portrayed by Ciaran Hinds (click-drag to reveal actor name)
The Walking Dead is the one really popular show I'm not a fan of at all. I just don't get the appeal, but I've never seen anything involving zombies I liked. Game of Thrones though... CAN'T. FUCKING. WAIT.
Agreed on TWD. Like Sons of Anarchy, it's really just a soap set in a harder universe. Neither show lives up to its potential. That being said, the episode on Sunday better be a blast. They've been building it up for weeks.
Also, if anyone here watched TV in the 90s, they'll enjoy this. Maybe it's already been posted in this thread? [video=youtube;2fPgIIB67bw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&list=FLQo5B28kGiYxN_bvNhjsm4A&v=2fPgIIB67bw[/video]
Looking back, it's hard to fault Aaron Paul for winning in this category. Playing Jesse last year on BB must have been a mindfuck every day.
The problem with Walking Dead is that AMC still won't put up the money to make it what it should be in terms of visuals. The should have just called S2 "On a Farm with Zombies Somewhere in the Distance". That, and I can't stand the actress who plays Rick's wife, as well as the kid who plays his son. If TWD was an HBO show, it would be incredible. It's still good, though I haven't watched this season because I fell behind early and will have to catch up over the summer.
So... The Walking Dead finale was horrible, and GOT kicked ass. This was to be expected the way WD is though.
Seems like AMC really enjoys dicking around with their heavy hitting shows. Breaking Bad and Mad Men were both in nasty negotiations with them a few years ago and both basically resulted in the show creators agreeing to do two final seasons and ending them even though that wasn't their vision. AMC has an embarrassment of riches, I guess they're confident they can keep finding/creating these shows...and dumping them before they've gotta give out big time raises for everyone.
yeah..as good as book three was, I had expected the opener to be a lot better. One and two were good as far as following the books, so much happens in the third book, I think it will be hard to cram it all in ten episodes, just like how book four and five build up to six.
Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if they drop out of sync with the books entirely. Can you imagine them actually cutting out half of their cast for season 4? I've got to imagine they're at least strongly considering reuniting the two sets of plot lines from 4 and 5, and making their own season splits over the next few seasons.
