Mostly Game of Thrones Edition. Greetings, my Westerosi window envelopes As you can probably guess, last weeks episode of Game of Thronesand its increasing dominance over the pop culture landscapehas filled the ol postmans stolen mailbag to the brim. There are a few spoilers for last weeks episode, but more importantly, an answer to a question we should have been asking ourselves since the first episode Should we want Daenerys and Jon Snow to fuck Aunt, Man. Aaron W. So Ive been struggling with this question a lot Is it ok to ship JonDany On the con side, they are aunt and nephew, which is gross. On the pro side it would sidestep Dany needing Jon to bend the knee and is a solution that the northmen would probably accept it would be thematically consistent fireice and it would eliminate almost all of the tension for trying to root for two characters who are at odds with each other due to circumstances beyond their control and the expectations of their subjects. Given that, I still would come out on the con side, except that we already know that some degree of inbreeding e. Westeros and that the Targaryens in particular practiced an even more exclusive e. So the auntnephew dynamic is an absolute deal breaker to modern audiences, but maybe wouldnt be the worst thing in WesterosLots of reasons it would be good, but one BIG reason it is unacceptable. Thoughts Shipping is shipping. Ive seen worse than aunt and nephew. Much worse. And the show is definitely presenting them as future romantic partnersfuckbuddies, which makes it as legitimate as these things get. Their familial relationship may freak you out, but thats sort of the point. GRRM wants to show a medieval, feudal type era with all the awfulness most fantasies skip over. The relentless sexism, the rape and torture, the horror that regular people could and did experience constantly as the result of what the nobility chose to doyou can absolutely complain about how omnipresent it is in his stories andor how its portrayed, but its not inaccurate to the source material of that reality. And one part of that reality is medieval and certainly ancient nobilitys tendency toward incest, especially between uncles and niecesto the point where its got its own name, avunculate marriage. As you said, the booksshow have already shown that Targaryens have been more than willing to marry within the family in order to keep their bloodline pure, so theres a precedent for Jon and Dany starting a relationship. And since were talking about an aunt and nephew here since Jon is the son of Danys deceased brother Rhaegar and not uncleniece, a JonDany hook up would kind of strike a blow for Westerosi gender equality, in a tiny, messed up way. Castcredits plus additional information about the film. Groundhog Day is a 1993 American fantasycomedy film directed by Harold Ramis, starring Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, and Chris Elliott. It was written by Ramis and. Christmas is here early for Psychos, fans of USA Networks longrunning, quickwitted mystery series Psych Laughs From Underground From Jerry Lewis to an animated Jesus, a look at some other cult obsessions among comedians. The Day the Clown Cried In the 90s. At any rate, as a Targaryen, Daenerys is obviously going to be down with getting down with Jon Snow, as it would be kind of meaningless to sieze the Iron Throne without leaving a new Targaryen line to carry on ruling. I am far more skeptical that Jon would be cool with sleeping with his aunt, given the rest of Westeros isnt nearly as cool with incest hence Cersei and Jaimes hiding of their sexual relationshipwell, until Cersei took the throne and decided that yes, in fact, as queen she gets to have sex with anyone she wants, and everyone else has to deal with it. Or be tortured and killed. Cult Comedy Movies Christmas Is Here Again ' title='Cult Comedy Movies Christmas Is Here Again ' />But Jons problem is easily solved by keeping his parentage from him until after Ice and Fire have fucked each other. In fact, I suspect Bran is keepingwill keep the truth of Jons parentage from everyone until after Daenerys gets pregnant for that very reason. The Three Eyed Raven knows this has to happen, so mums the word for now Or GRRMor the show, for that matter, since we know its diverging from GRRMs plan in major wayscould just throw a curveball and have Dany marry Gendry, the closest thing King Robert had to a legitimate heir, combining the Targaryen and Baratheon lines to create a progeny whose claim to the throne is unassailable throughout Westeros. Actually, thats a pretty good ideaJaime in the Water. Heres one thing we all need to make our peace with first, right now Game of Thrones the TV show has begun playing fast and loose with strict reality in favor of. Lost Highway is your source for weekly reviews of bmovies and cult films ranging from scifi and horror to the downright weird and bizarre. Enjoy the journey. Reviews focused on creating a list of the 366 weirdest movies ever made. Directed by Craig Anderson. With Dee Wallace, Geoff Morrell, David Collins, Sarah Bishop. A mother must protect her family on Christmas Day from a demented stranger. Cult Comedy Movies Christmas Is Here Again ' title='Cult Comedy Movies Christmas Is Here Again ' />Brett H. I see people talking everywhere about how Jaime could possibly be alive, but how Hes way at the bottom of the lake and in full armor. No way Bronn can hold his breath long enough to get down there, cut all the straps to all the pieces of the armor, pull them off, and then also pull him to safety before they both drown. Im not going to say its unrealistic, since Jaime was pushed into the water to avoid a dragon, but the point of Game of Thrones is that it has fantasy elements but its still realistic in the basic laws of physics. So isnt Jaime getting rescued impossible You bring up a good point about fantasy, in that the best fantasy has a set of rules, even if the audience doesnt know them, and doesnt break them. Someone suddenly having a hoist person out of lake spell to save Jaime would be dumb. Tyrion running down the hell and begging Dany to have Drogon fish the dude who was about to kill her out of the lake is more realistic for Go. T, but implausible in terms of Danys character and the time it would take for Tyrion to get down to Dany and ask for her to save his brother. So that leaves Bronn. Heres one thing we all need to make our peace with first, right now Game of Thrones the TV show has begun playing fast and loose with strict reality in favor of presenting the most exciting story possible. This is how armies and fleets are moving gargantuan distances in between and sometimes even during episodes. Its why Tyrion can pick out Jaime from half a mile away amid a battlefield full of smoke and destruction. Its why Cersei and her allies can suddenly kick ass or all of Highgardens gold can get into Kings Landing with a mutter and a handwave. There are only nine episodes left, total, as of the time this mailbag hits the nerdernet. The show doesnt have any time to waste. Yes, part of the reason the books are so good is because they were sprawling and complicated in the way life is, and yes, the show is 1. But the choices were to either have the story on fast forward so it actually ends next year or for Daenerys to have her first battle with Cerseis forces in the season eight finale. So with all that said Since Game of Thrones has forgone its sense of realism a bit, I can see it having Bronn manage to dive down to Jaime, cutting him out of his armor, and dragging him to the surface before he fatally drowns. I also, as I mentioned in my recap this week, think it doesnt make any narrative sense for Bronn to push Jaime out of the way of a giant cone of dragon breath into a lake, only to have him immediately drownif Weiss and Benioff are going to kill the character, having Jaime get turned into cinders by Drogon is a much, much cooler death. So I think the show will forgo realism I mean, how was that lake at the side of that road a full 3. Bronn will cut Jaime out of his armor and drag him to the surface because Jaime is the one whos going to give him a castle, after all, and the Lannister will probably live to fight another day. And I also think hell be the one to perform those book spoilers valonqar duties, and obviously, he cant do that if hes dead. Last time I looked, I didnt see any friendly priests of Rhllor nearby. Where to even begin The Spoils of War was the reason we watch Game of Thrones, one of thoseRead more Read. Gone But Not Forgotten. Michael V. Postman,After re watching GOT from the beginning a few times, I believe that Ser Barristan Selmy is one character whose presence would enhance Season 7 while not distracting from the current main plots of the show. Ser Barristan would have been the most solid member of Daenerys Queensguard due to military and combat experience, but his relationship to Rhaegar is most interesting. When Dany tells Jon that everyone loves doing what theyre best at, Jon disagrees. The Crazy Cult of The RoomAt a midnight screening in a Los Angeles multiplex, the atmosphere hovers somewhere between rambunctious and mildly terrifying. Whenever a framed photograph of a spoon appears on screen, which it frequently does, audience members throw fistfuls of plastic cutlery. They also perform skits, at one point gathering at the bottom right of the screen and shouting, Down here, Tommy anticipating the moment when the face of the lead actor, Tommy Wiseau, looks in their direction. And they comment loudly on blurrily shot scenes Focus or inadequately introduced characters Who the f are you. Late night showings of cult films such as The Rocky Horror Picture Show and The Big Lebowski are known for their rowdy and strange behavior too. But people who go to see Rocky Horror and Lebowski think those films are good. Tonights movie, an obscure, five year old drama called The Room, holds a different place in the hearts of those present at West Hollywoods Laemmle Sunset 5. Its absolutely terrible, says Chris Bonk, a talent agency assistant who has seen the film more than 1. The script is not the best. The acting is certainly not the best. The music is horrible. The Room is a San Francisco set love triangle involving a banker named Johnny, his friend Mark, and Johnnys fiance Lisa, who is sleeping with both men. The film does seem to be beset with problems. Various subplots are inadequately resolved or simply disappear altogether, including the throwaway revelation that Lisas mother is suffering from cancer. The films many rooftop shots feature an unrealistic San Francisco backdrop, thanks to some less than impressive greenscreen work. There are lengthy, unerotic sex scenes, the last of which prompts a section of the audience to depart the auditorium temporarily in mock protest. Finally, in one sequence, a sharp bone seems about to erupt from Lisas neck for no reason at all. The films so bad its freakin awesome vibe has attracted a devout army of aficionados whose membership includes the cream of Hollywoods comedy community. Role Models star Paul Rudd and Arrested Developments David Cross are both fans, as is Jonah Hill, who uses a still from the movie as his My. Space photograph. Heroes star Kristen Bell hosts Room viewing parties at her house and last year attended the films monthly Laemmle screening with Rudd, Hill, and Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright. There is a magic about that film that is indescribable, she says. The Room has even infiltrated the halls of cinematic academia. It is one of the most important films of the past decade, says Ross Morin, an assistant professor of film studies at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. It exposes the fabricated nature of Hollywood. The Room is the Citizen Kane of bad movies. If The Room is the Citizen Kane of bad movies, that makes Tommy Wiseau the Orson Welles of crap. Wiseau who speaks with a thick, Schwarzeneggerian accent directed, wrote, and produced the film. The muscled auteur also plays the cuckolded Johnny, and, when not exposing his ivory rump in the films sex scenes, gives a performance thats both heartfelt and berserk. In one scene, a vein poppingly distraught Wiseau howls the line, You are tearing me apart, Lisa The moment a favorite of Room fans is reminiscent of both James Deans Youre tearing me apart howl in Rebel Without A Cause and Marlon Brando screaming Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire. At least it would be, if those actors had chosen to play their parts as deranged Austrians. The Los Angeles based Wiseau is an admirer of Streetcar playwright Tennessee Williams and indeed Orson Welles. You can relate to it, he says of their work, over lunch in L. A. the day after the Laemmle screening. You see all this emotion. Thats why we are on the same page. Wiseau is also a big fan of Dean and Brando, but he insists that any discussion of specific films that may have influenced him be off the record. While the actor director is friendly and infectiously upbeat about his work, he is also incredibly secretive. Wiseau shies away from questions about his background and his age, though he appears to be in his early 5. We tried for a long time to figure out where hes from, says actress Juliette Danielle, who plays Lisa in The Room. We never got an answer. After some prodding, Wiseau does let slip a few personal details. Film Noir Download My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Friendship Games. I used to live in France, a long time ago, he says. Then I moved to New Orleans I have family there. Then I moved to Bay Area. I work for hospital, I work for the city. But I always wanted to be an actor. Wiseau got his directorial feet wet with a short film, Robbery Doesnt Pay, and then, in 2. The Room in L. A. San Francisco. The filmmaker has always refused to discuss where he got the movies 6 million budget, but he now hints that at least some of the money came from a clothing import business. I tell you a little bit, but thats it, he says. We import from Korea the leather jackets that we design here in America. If you work, you have to save money, right I didnt get money from the sky. I was preparing, lets put it this way. The shoot was marred by the constant departures of cast and crew members. It was just mayhem, recalls Dan Janjigian, who plays a drug dealer in one of the films peculiar plot cul de sacs. You could come in and it would be a completely different cast and crew. It was crazy. Wiseau himself initially denies that he had problems with his behind the camera team I was very happy with everyone but then admits that he did come into conflict with individuals who tried to tamper with his work. Some of the crew members, its correct, we changed three times basically, he recalls. Because they tried, for example, to change the script. They say, This is the way to do, etcetera, etcetera. I say, No However, according to one cast member who requested anonymity, the script was indeed altered during the shoot It was actually a lot longer. There was stuff that was just unsayable. I know its hard to imagine there was stuff that was worse. But there was. Wiseau insists he always intended The Room to be partly comedic, and that the movies perceived faults including the out of focus scenes are deliberate. Lets assume we did everything perfect way, he hypothesizes. You will be asking this question No, no. However, another anonymous cast member has no doubt that Wiseau is merely making the best of an extremely bad job I dont have anything to say about Tommy as a person. He is a nice guy. But he is full of s. He was trying to put together a drama. It was basically his stage to show off his acting ability. The Room opened at a handful of cinemas in L. A. on June 2. 7, 2. The director, who self distributed the movie, offered a free soundtrack CD for ticket buyers, and promoted the film with a TV and print campaign that compared The Room to the work of Tennessee Williams. Wiseau rented a billboard on Highland Avenue, which featured a close up of his glowering visage, and submitted the film to the Academy Awards, without success. Cast member Robyn Paris recalls the films premiere screening as a big deal. Tommy rode in a limousine. There was a spotlight set up. It was pretty packed. Everyone in the theater was crying with laughter. Not everyone found the film so amusing, however. Variety critic Scott Foundas noted that it may be something of a first a movie that prompts most of its viewers to ask for their money back before even 3. Foundas also called Wiseau a narcissist nonpareil whose movie makes Vincent Gallos The Brown Bunny seem the apotheosis of cinematic self restraint. Tommy Wiseau insists that he really doesnt know how the film fared at the box office on its initial release. However, one industry source states that the combined gross from the two week run at two theaters the Laemmle Fallbrook and Fairfax was just 1,9.