This weekend I got really interested in HBO's Documentary Series thanks to Kirellos's visit, during which he showed Sam and I that Apple TV has an HBO Go app. With the new power of streaming HBO Go seamlessly, I found the amazing documentaries that HBO produces - Mondays in Racine, Open Heart, Lock Up: Prisoners of Rikers Island, First Comes Love, and Last Letters Home.
They have all been really touching in different ways.
And it makes me think that there are so many amazing things going on out there in the world that (thankfully) I don't have to manage on a daily basis.
Coupled with these documentaries, Kirellos, Sam and I went out on the Newport Beach Peninsula last night to a new (to us) bar with Kirellos' sister and one of her friends. The bar was overly full of dudes, super slutty girls and really hammered people. As we were climbing into bed at 3:00 this morning, I rolled over and snuggled up next to Sam to say 'thank you' for sparing me years of running around trying to find Mr. Right. And he agreed that we are both lucky to have found each other so early on.
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Thursday, April 4, 2013
Seasons
So The Walking Dead season 3 ended this weekend... I will be honest I watched the season finale on Monday because I was watching the Game of Thrones premier on Sunday.
I must say, if there is one thing I really appreciate about HBO (and believe me there are LOTS of things I love about it: no commercials, great movie selections, etc.) it's that they run new episodes during the off season for most primetime series.
I remember dreading spring because all my favorite shows were going to be playing reruns until after school was back in session. Obviously my parents were not into Pay-per-View TV.
Before I dive into Game of Thrones, let me share with you this awesome link from The Chive A Few Things That Make No Sense About 'The Walking Dead'. Enjoy Dead-Heads!
Now, onto GoT. Wow. I was overwhelmed with all the new characters introduced during the 4th A Song of Ice and Fire book, A Feast for Crows. I also hated that George RR Martin broke the characters up into two groups and told their stories across two concurrent books: A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons. But that's another story.
I am very curious to see how the TV show is going to overcome the difficulty of giving each character enough screen time and plot development as we see additional characters joining the cast. In the books, we lost a couple other key people before we added any new faces, but the show's writers still haven't given those characters the axe yet- which I am grateful for! Still though, we watched the premier with Ryan and Jen, and Ryan made the comment that there are so many people to follow. We didn't see Arya Stark at all, nor did we see much of Jon Snow or Tyrion Lannister. I am very, very curious to see how they make this work. Especially since they are blowing through the plot of the books and going further ahead into some plots than others.
Sam's big concern is that we're going to see a decline in the series this season now that the show has such a following and they are doing season premier events and meet the cast sessions. Perhaps he's right. The more concerning thing for me at the moment is when Martin will finish The Winds of Winter. It was assumed that he would be able to write roughly 500 pages a year and finish the book in 3 years. As of November 2012, he had 400 manuscript pages finished. That means, if I am lucky, he might publish sometime in 2014. Seriously? The dude is 64 years old and I am going to be pissed (as will millions of fans around the world) if he leaves this business unfinished or if the TV show catches up to the damn books!
I must say, if there is one thing I really appreciate about HBO (and believe me there are LOTS of things I love about it: no commercials, great movie selections, etc.) it's that they run new episodes during the off season for most primetime series.
I remember dreading spring because all my favorite shows were going to be playing reruns until after school was back in session. Obviously my parents were not into Pay-per-View TV.
Before I dive into Game of Thrones, let me share with you this awesome link from The Chive A Few Things That Make No Sense About 'The Walking Dead'. Enjoy Dead-Heads!
Now, onto GoT. Wow. I was overwhelmed with all the new characters introduced during the 4th A Song of Ice and Fire book, A Feast for Crows. I also hated that George RR Martin broke the characters up into two groups and told their stories across two concurrent books: A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons. But that's another story.
I am very curious to see how the TV show is going to overcome the difficulty of giving each character enough screen time and plot development as we see additional characters joining the cast. In the books, we lost a couple other key people before we added any new faces, but the show's writers still haven't given those characters the axe yet- which I am grateful for! Still though, we watched the premier with Ryan and Jen, and Ryan made the comment that there are so many people to follow. We didn't see Arya Stark at all, nor did we see much of Jon Snow or Tyrion Lannister. I am very, very curious to see how they make this work. Especially since they are blowing through the plot of the books and going further ahead into some plots than others.
Sam's big concern is that we're going to see a decline in the series this season now that the show has such a following and they are doing season premier events and meet the cast sessions. Perhaps he's right. The more concerning thing for me at the moment is when Martin will finish The Winds of Winter. It was assumed that he would be able to write roughly 500 pages a year and finish the book in 3 years. As of November 2012, he had 400 manuscript pages finished. That means, if I am lucky, he might publish sometime in 2014. Seriously? The dude is 64 years old and I am going to be pissed (as will millions of fans around the world) if he leaves this business unfinished or if the TV show catches up to the damn books!
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