About the title sequence, it changes from episode to episode depending on where the story is taking place.  So while every episode features King's Landing and Winterfell, some episodes feature places like Pentos and Vaes Dothrak.  ALso, the bands around the sun are heiroglyphs telling the backstory of the main houses of Westeros.

As for the show, "Sopranos in Middle Earth," is still the best description I've heard.

I quite enjoy the first two X Men movies and only recently saw the third one which was a giant yawn the entire way through.  I actually prefer the second film to the first and I hope one day DiF covers all three.

^This.

My son is all about wanting to move away from pooping in his diaper and more in a direction of covering his legs in shit while he cackles maniacally at me.  In that sense, mission accomplished.  I still would prefer a more traditional approach to pooping in his predetermined paper sack.

.....and this reminds me quite a bit of Pirates.

I want everyone of the casts characters listed here, NOW, Zarban.

Just now digging into this one.  Not to defend MTV, but MTV hardly invented frenetic editing, or bad editing for that matter.

Im seeing TVOTR live thursday, btw at a taping for Cee Lo Green's new show.

I agree.  The trailer for Captain America has a great line where Stanly Tucci answers Chris Evans who asks, "Why me?"

"Because a weak man knows the value of strength." 

There ya go Thor, there's your movie.  Put Thor in Donald Blake's crippled body, have him help people, Jane falls in love with the content of Thor's character.  Instead of having Kat Dennings remind us how hot he is every few minutes.

^This.  I'm a long time TVOTR fan.  I saw them when they won the 2004 SHortlist Award and haven't looked back since.  I like this album a lot, and find it a nice change of pace while still moving their style forward.  Very good album to listen to while writing.

And no, while I like Metric, I am not related to the singer.

No kidding, Dorkman.  People don't often realize just how much was riding on that first film, especially.  Had it tanked, New Line absolutely would have gone out of business and PJ would be directing Zippy's commercials in New Zealand (they have Zippy's in New Zealand, I think).  Jus tthe fact that Peter and Fran always pitched LOTR as two movies goes to show what conventional thinking was at the time: there's no way they are giving me three films off the bat.  Robert Shaye has balls bigger than I ever will.

I don't think you're entirely wrong, but he did come out and say plainly, "I'm in no position to say Video Games can never be art, because it's in the future and there's no way of knowing."

He did also have a few words for fanboys, and honestly considering just how many cracks I saw directed at his weight and health issues, I can understand just a tad bit of acrimony on his part.  I love nerdy things, but nerd culture can be an ugly, ugly beast at times.  Look no further than the Donald Glover/Spider Man debacle.  If he would have said "From what I've seen, in their current incarnation, video games are not art." I seriously wouldn't have given a shit.  But he took it a step further then he needed, undoubtedly.  As a result, he got rightfully shelacked by folks, and at the end of the day I truly felt like while his opinion didn't shift, it did change his perspective a bit.  That's what good debate should do.

I also understand the almost willful ignorance of a lot of younger folk and the temptation to snap back with some invective, like Roger did.  Shit, I'm 33 and I feel like waving my cane at my wife's dance students when they think Britney's new single is great song writing.  Certainly that's not a 1-1 comparison of video game fans to tween girls, but as a regular player of WoW and Halo I can tell you without hesitation that most gamers I've played with are fucking loons.

One thing I wanted to mention on the anniversary show with respect to my son, is that I also dont plan to daisy chain films back to back either.  We live in the age where I could show my son these films all in the same weekend if I chose, but I actually think that's detrimental in the long run.  Part of being into nerdy things is the anticipation.  Some of the most defining nerd moments I have in my life were built around waiting for something cool to come out.  SO when he hits a certain age, I'm thinking 4-5, I'll show him A New Hope.  THen, a few months later, I'll show him Empire.  I'll TRY as best I can to make him wait for  Jedi.  After talking those out and seeing what his feelings are, we may...or may not watch the prequels.  Point is, I think it's important to regulate the frequency of completing franchises, especially at a young age.