Posted 6/25/12 1:30 pm EST by Charles Webb in HBO, Reviews, TV
In this week's episode, we get more Pam flashbacks, Tara can't figure out how to handle her second day as a vampire, Lafayette and Sookie continue trying to cover up the whole "dead Debbie" mess, and the specter of sexual abuse rears its head as one of the characters confronts their complicated past.
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Posted 6/18/12 5:00 pm EST by Charles Webb in HBO, Reviews, TV
With Bill and Eric in the hands of the Authority, we get our first real look at the vampires' paranoid governing body; meanwhile, Sookie and Lafayette deal with a ticked-off vampire Tara, while Alcide, Sam, and Luna deal with the fallout from the death of werewolf pack leader/comb over enthusiast Marcus. Oh, and Terry might have done something horrible in Iraq that's followed him home to Bon Temps.
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Posted 6/11/12 12:08 pm EST by Charles Webb in HBO, Reviews, TV
Between its witches, multiple spiritual possessions, amnesia, and shifting alliances, True Blood's fourth season was a sloppy, often exasperating mess. It's not so much that there was too much going on in Bon Temps and beyond last year (although that was part of the problem), it's that it was all in such small doses, executed gracelessly. Why would we care about Sam's brother Tommy's path from would-be con artist to some minor redemption when his appearances throughout the season were spread so thin? Likewise, why was Lafeyette given two concurrent storylines about discovering his inner medium, neither story really progressing the character in any real way?
Thankfully, last night's premiere—which starts minutes after last season's blood-spattered finale—has the benefit of being able to narrow the scope a bit, and over the span on this first hour (and a well-cut preview of the upcoming season), True Blood has recaptured some of the magic that makes its sex-crazed, moss-covered take on the vampire myth so compelling.
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Posted 6/4/12 11:31 pm EST by MTV Geek in Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, HBO, TV
by Brandon Freeberg & Charlie Norwood
We've come to the end of the road for the second season of Game of Thrones. For those of you who were hoping at some point to see Robb Stark chop Joffrey Baratheon's head off, you were probably disappointed. For those of you who were hoping to see Daenery's dragons f@#$ up the people of Westeros, you were probably disappointed. And for those of you who were hoping to see Jon Snow be a boss beyond the wall, you were probably disappointed. But it wasn't all bad! You have a new character to hate in Theon Greyjoy, you learned that shadow monsters lurk in the darkest areas of Melisandre's nether regions, and most of all, you know that the Whitewalkers are coming, and they're bringing winter with them.
And so, for the last time, we recap.
Posted 5/30/12 1:45 pm EST by Brandon Freeberg in Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, HBO, Humor
Written by: Brandon Freeberg & Charlie Norwood
Similar to last season's ninth episode "Balon", where Lord Eddard Stark gets his head lopped off (spoiler alert?), the ninth episode of this season titled "Blackwater" is one that leaves pretty much everyone floored. The wildfire explosion has to rank up there as one of the top "swag" moments of the show, right there with Daenerys' dragons first appearing, Viserys getting his golden crown, and the just mentioned beheading of Ned. In other words: It. Was. AWESOME!
It's been a long time coming, but overall we feel HBO did a solid job at adapting the Battle of The Blackwater for television. Of course we also have a few gripes, so lets get into things.
Posted 5/23/12 12:29 pm EST by MTV Geek in Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, HBO, Humor, TV
Written by: Brandon Freeberg & Charlie Norwood
Oh, hey, sorry we missed last week (and that we're late this week). We were off in the shade on vacay, making pina coladas pay the Iron Price. But we're back and feeling refreshed, though we still haven't gotten all the sand out from the wetness between our legs yet.
War is almost upon us in the Game of Thrones universe, and we're getting a little antsy. Not a whole lot has been happening lately, but we know it's all been a setup for the final two episodes (hopefully). Theon and his Iron Island posse are still hanging out in Winterfell when Yara comes rolling in, pissed off that Theon allegedly murdered the Stark boys.
Posted 5/7/12 8:29 pm EST by MTV Geek in Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, HBO, TV
Written by: Brandon Freeberg & Charlie Norwood
Last week we told you guys that if you haven't started hating Cletus The Slack Jawed Yokel Theon Greyjoy, get ready. See what we meant?
Anyway, at this point in the season, so much is happening on the show that doesn't happen in Clash of Kings we're basically out of analysis to give, but we think we've figured out what's going on. This season is actually just a dramatic allegory of the 'Occupy Wall Street' movement. Theon Greyjoy, acting as an entitled trustafarian who thinks he represents the 99%, has finally had it with those rich Starks up in Winterfell, so he "occupies" the castle, and then makes some confusing and pointless demands, like having everyone refer to him as 'Prince Theon'. So this #occupy metaphor is breaking down pretty quickly, but we're sure some academic, with way too much time on their hands is already writing their comm studies dissertation on this subject. So, uh, let us lexus-nexus that for you?
Posted 4/30/12 7:52 pm EST by Brandon Freeberg in Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, HBO, Humor, TV
Written by: Brandon Freeberg & Charlie Norwood
This season of Game of Thrones has been heavily focused on expanding the world of Westeros and beyond the Narrow Sea. We've met a ton of new characters so far, but surprisingly a lot of the old characters have done a good job at staying alive. That was until last night, when last week's cliffhanger (Melisandre's vagina shadow) crept into Renly's tent and drove a blade through his back, to the horror of both Brienne and Catelyn Stark. Huge plot twist, especially since it sounded like Renly was leaning towards making peace with Robb. Just a heads up from two guys who have read the books, don't expect anything you want to happen in this story to actually happen because George R. R. Martin will never do it. We won't elaborate on what we mean by that, but in a few years when the show is all said and done, you'll get it.
Posted 4/23/12 5:18 pm EST by MTV Geek in Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, HBO, Humor, TV
Written by: Brandon Freeberg & Charlie Norwood
Well we made it through another Spring Sunday and if you're reading this that means two things: One, you probably survived some torrential rainfall (it was really coming down shadowcats and dire wolves in NYC, are we right?) and two, we 'received' a new episode of HBO's Game Of Thrones where characters corrected each others' pronunciation and grammar, and the show producers 'corrected' George R.R. Martin's apparently too straight forward plotting. And that's weird, because what happens in the books still happens (like the big things), they just keep changing how those big things happen, and we're not sure why. Anyway, let's see where we're at after the fourth episode from Game Of Thrones Season 2, 'Garden Of Bones'.
Posted 4/19/12 2:49 pm EST by Alex Zalben in HBO, TV
Another week, another batch of sweet Game of Thrones merch from the HBO Store, tying into this past weekend’s episode. Check ‘em out below, and spoilers, natch:
First up is a T-shirt with the sigil for House Tyrell, which would be the House of Renly’s wife Margaery, and Renly’s other wife Loras. Ahem. If you don’t like the look of the shirt, you can always put it on your back, and imagine it’s some other t-shirt, right?
Next, we’ve got a slightly updated Renly Baratheon T-shirt, with a somewhat more distressed sigil. Perhaps that has something to do with how distressed he was feeling in the last episode? If that’s the case, then by next week, his t-shirt is going to be… Well, we’re not going to get any farther into spoiler territory on that.
Last, we’ve got the official T-shirt of the Beauty of Tarth, Brienne. We’re guessing these shirts only come in ridiculously large women’s sizes. Could be wrong.
We’ll see you back next week, and here’s hoping they give us some baby merch. You guys who know what I mean, know what I mean. WINK.
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Posted 4/16/12 5:52 pm EST by MTV Geek in Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, HBO, Humor, TV
Written by: Brandon Freeberg & Charlie Norwood
Much like Obi-Wan and Yoda giving advice to a young Luke Skywalker, elders were dishing it out left and right in last night's episode of Game of Thrones. From Lord Mormont with Jon Snow, to Maester Luwin with Bran, to Yoren with Arya, the teachers were giving the students a real what's what on life. It makes you think that when the show finally comes to an end, there's going to be a scene where Jon, Bran and Arya are looking off into the distance at something like this:
Posted 4/10/12 2:56 pm EST by Charles Webb in HBO, News, TV
Of course. I mean, seriously people!
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Posted 4/3/12 10:58 am EST by MTV Geek in Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, HBO, Humor
Written by: Brandon Freeberg & Charlie Norwood
Game Of F****n' Thrones is back, y'all! It's been so long it seemed like the day would never come and we were starting to feel a little bit like Tyrion waiting to hear "I love you" from his Lord Father. Well, we made it and without further ado, we present our recap from the Season 2 premiere of HBO's Game of Thrones. SPOILER ALERT: We kinda loved and hated it. Read More...
Posted 4/1/12 2:22 pm EST by MTV Geek in Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, HBO, TV
Written by: Brandon Freeberg & Charlie Norwood
Well we've finally made it: Game Of Thrones Season 2 starts tonight. Supposedly! It is April Fools Day after all and we do know how much George R. R. Martin is a fan of the 'LULZ' so who knows what we'll actually get at 9pm; our fingers are crossed for 'Entourage Season 12: The Turtle Chronicles'. (But maybe that's just us.) Anyway, assuming our dreams do come true this weekend and we get to see the first episode of the new season, here's a fun ol' game you and your friends can partake in to make the night more enjoyable... for the night is dark and full of terrors.
The rules are the easiest: Any time something on the below list happens, y'all take a drink. Occasionally you'll be finishing whatever's left in your chalice. You should probably run through the list before hand so you don't miss anything and end up being called a pu**y by the rest of the Frat because you weren't drinking when you should be.
So grab your pitcher of iced tea, or Arnie Palmer it up if you're feeling crazy! And drink along with us as we watch Game Of Thrones.
Take a drink when:
Someone mentions 'Winter'
Someone says "The King in the North"
Someone mentions or engages in incest.
Anyone has sex. Finish your drink: If it's 'doggystyle'.
Boobs! (AKA Tittays AKA Wizards)
Someone drinks Dream Wine. Finish your drink: Someone downs Milk of the Poppy
"My Lord Father" is spoken.
Someone says "Bastard".
2 Drinks whenever someone says "The Twins".
Anytime you see Wildfire.
If we're North of the Wall, warm up with a drink.
"A Lannister always pays his debts" is uttered.
Anyone says "Game of Thrones".
Finish your drink: A major/minor character (like you know their name) is killed or dies.
Character specific triggers:
Tyrion takes a drink, you take a drink.
Joffrey snaps at someone/thing.
Davos touches his neck pouch (this will make sense, trust us).
Melisandre mentions 'the darkness'.
Camera holds on Jon Snow staring off into the distance.
Samwell Tarly acts or is described as 'craven'.
Hodor says "Hodor".
The Hound acts creepy towards Sansa.
A Dire Wolf kills someone.
Brienne gets made fun of for being 'homely'.
Arya is referred to as a boy.
Daenerys ignores Jorah's advice.
One of Dany's dragon's breathes fire.
Finish your drink: A dragon kills someone.
The Great John raises his voice.
Tyrion makes a witty retort
Tyrion visits a brothel
Catelyn misses Ned.
You're creeped out by Lysa Arryn and her son.
Varys mentions his 'little birds'.
Sansa cries.
Cersei clashes with Tyrion.
We'll be adding to and updating 'Get Your Dream Wine On' as the season progresses but we think this a pretty good list to start with. We'll see you Monday afternoon after our Arizona Tall Boy hangover subsides.
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Posted 3/23/12 5:44 pm EST by Don Hatfield in Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, HBO, TV
Earlier this week we put together a Game of Thrones Video Roundup featuring a trailer for HBO's Game of Thrones sneak peek You Win or You Die. The trailer said the half-hour special would air on HBO this Sunday, but it appears we can watch it a little earlier as its already showing up on HBO.com. Read More...