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‘HOUSE OF CARDS’ coming to Blu-Ray and DVD in June. INCEPTION HORN.
Netflix produces a television show that debuts on their streaming service only. Now it’s coming to physical media. And then will that physical media…be offered through Netflix? The same company that produced it in a manner that circumvented television and physical media? The rabbit hole…the rabbit hole.
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‘GAME OF THRONES’ season premiere illegally downloaded over ONE MILLION times. Lots of bytes or something, yo.
Game of Thrones‘ season three premiere was the perfect storm for illegal downloads. You had a hot show, on a bullshit service that people don’t want to pay for. You also had a company whose platform to stream it, HBO GO, keeled over and died during the premiere. So I’m not surprised at all that the thing is being downloaded like hot cakes. Careful though, folks. The HBO Comcast Cyber Ninjas have been known to arrive at one’s door, slicing them from stem to seed (is that even a phrase?) for daring to cajole their shows out of the inter-ether and onto their hard drives.
THIS WEEK on Game of Thrones: “Valar Dohaeris”
Welcome back to one of the most exciting and visually-astounding shows on television. The third season of Game of Thrones, based (mostly) on Martin’s third novel in the Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series, A Storm of Swords, began last night on HBO.
The cinematographers on the show have a lot of fun with framing, shot direction and imagery; why shouldn’t we as well? The film student in me from a decade ago still likes to assert itself, and Thrones is a show worth recapping through its powerful imagery. There are enough recaps on the net doing blow-by-blows, so hopefully, we can dig a little deeper here and tackle things from a different angle.
Let’s do it.
LAST SEASON on Game of Thrones, Part II: “Valar Morghulis” – Fire, Ruin & Promise
This is the image Season 2 left us with last year; a horde of White Walkers and wights marching on the Wall.
The third book in Martin’s fantasy saga, A Storm of Swords, opens with this scene. It was moved to the end of the second season of Game of Thrones to up the cliffhanger quotient for a finale, and that was probably a very smart decision judging by its reception.
Before Season 3 kicks off this Sunday on HBO, let me remind us all where we left off, and guide us back with some potent imagery from “Valar Morghulis”.
LAST SEASON on Game of Thrones, Part I: “Blackwater” and Sound Design
Does everyone remember this moment? Explosive, practically living wildfire punctuating the climax of the Clash of Kings. Half of HBO’s budget for season two of Game of Thrones blown in one orgiastic fell swoop.
When I popped the disc for Season 2 in for a replay this month, I realized how much the last two episodes work together as two halves of one finale that complement each other in surprising ways. They couldn’t be two more different episodes from one another.
HBO’S CEO says an HBO Go bundle with broadband package could work. Could.
It is the great problem of our time. Everybody wants to watch Game of Thrones, and ain’t nobody wanting to pay for the television package that will grant it. The general response is to either download it, pay for the corpulent package, or borrow someone else’s HBO GO password. A more progressive solution would be for HBO to offer a standalone HBO Go service. This has seemed like a pipe dream, but HBO’s CEO has warmed to the idea. A little bit. A smidgen Let me dream.
‘GAME OF THRONES’ may get prequel on HBO? Hot Air++
If hot air and mindless interviews are to be counted for anything, then HBO could be getting a Game of Thrones prequel. Such a decision would make sense, considering GoT is the hotness. Why wouldn’t HBO want to hitch their fucking wagon to the franchise for as long as possible? That said, watch in stunned silence as I undercut my entire previous sentence and state that I don’t see it happening. What do you folks think?
‘GAME OF THRONES’ SEASON 3 WAR Trailer: Dany, Jon, and a lot of death.
We have crossed the Ides of March, which means that the newest season of Game of Thrones shall be arriving in nearly no time. Thank goodness. The wait has been interminable, driving me to read the books to find out what happens! Good lord. Have you tried reading Martin? Let’s just say that the author’s prose mirrors his body in size. And bloat.
J.J. ABRAMS + JUDGE DREDD = new robot cop show ‘HUMAN.’
Karl Urban is in the lead in the new J.J. Abrams’ television show about a robot cop or some shit. After LOTR, Star Trek, and Judge Dredd, I’m pretty much ready to watch Karl Urban do anything. Shoot perps. Take off his shirt and play basketball. Shoot perps while playing basketball. (Shirtless). So while I’m usually needling on Abrams’ dumb TV pilots this one has me excited! Much excite!!!
JOSS WHEDON on why AGENT COULSON lives in ‘S.H.I.E.L.D.’ I got you, bro.
Recently at SXSW, Joss Whedon broke down why Agent Coulson ain’t fucking dead. I mean, I thought that Whedon got a legitimate erection when he killed off a character. A throbbing, pulsating dong-hammer. So bringing the Agent back has to be for a good reason, right? Right?! Whedon’s reasoning makes sense to me.
