GAME OF THRONES RPG Returns for Season 2

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Fans of the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones, get ready for another four-minute round of retro-gaming.

Last September, the fine comedians at CollegeHumor unleashed this video, a sendup of Game of Thrones done in the style of a classic Nintendo 8-bit role-playing videogame (RPG) that currently has over 500,000 views on YouTube.  Yes, it was wrong on so many levels, but absolutely hilarious if you're able to laugh at certain aspects of the TV series and the original novel by George R.R. Martin it was based upon.

Well, now that Season 2 of the TV series has ended, CollegeHumor has just released "'A Clash of Kings' expansion" for all of us to enjoy.  Just as before, nothing in this Season 2 version is sacred.  We go from Daenerys Targaryen going on and on about her missing dragons, to King's Landing peasants throwing poo at King Joffrey, to the battle of Blackwater, and finally the series' season-ending cliffhanger with poor Samwell Tarly witnessing an army of White Walkers.

Another well done effort.  Feel free to check it out for yourselves below, but keep in mind that it's probably NSFW thanks to the occasional Gratuitous Breast Interlude.



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Fox Insiders Claim Galactus Off Studio Negotiating Table

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In this high-stakes poker game between 20th Century Fox and Marvel Studios/Disney, at what point does somebody go "all in"?

Variety reported earlier today that Fox was engaged in "backroom dealings" with Marvel Studios in the hopes of getting a deadline extension to prevent the film rights to the Marvel Comics character Daredevil from reverting back to Marvel.  The reason, supposedly, was that Fox wants The A-Team director Joe Carnahan to direct "a Frank Miller-esque, hardcore '70s thriller" on Daredevil, although Carnahan has yet to receive an official offer.  In order to get that extension, Variety claimed that Fox would be open to giving characters Galactus and The Silver Surfer, last used in the 2007 film Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, back to Marvel instead.

Well, guess what...Deadline has now come along with another article citing equally-unnamed Fox "insiders" who say that Galactus isn't on the negotiating table.  They claim that Fox is big on Josh Trank directing a reboot of the Fantastic Four movies and wouldn't want to give up a major FF bad guy/cosmic force like Big G.  Another given reason is that Fox isn't all that excited about rebooting Daredevil, so unless Disney is interested in co-financing Carnahan's take, Fox may go ahead and let the rights revert back to Marvel.

I imagine the real story is buried deep in there somewhere, but if Deadline's sources are more accurate, I personally can't see Disney co-financing a Daredevil reboot if Marvel gets the film rights by Disney doing nothing.  To be continued...

Ben Affleck Considered to Direct JUSTICE LEAGUE Movie

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What a difference directing a critically-acclaimed movie makes.
Variety has reported that Ben Affleck, director of The Town and former star of Daredevil and Hollywoodland, is under consideration by Warner Bros. to direct a movie adaptation of DC Comics' premier superteam, the Justice League.  Affleck is expected to meet with the studio shortly to discuss the project and is the only prospective director so far that has been sent a copy of the script by Will Beall that was first announced back in June.
The article mentions that Affleck might hesitate taking on the project because it would keep him from directing other films for a few years, but he would still be available as an actor.  He received an offer to star in Greg Bertlanti's science fiction drama Replay, based on a 1987 book by Ken Grimwood, but has yet to accept the role.
Affleck has recently finished directing and starring in Argo, a film about a CIA specialist working to free six Americans during the Iranian revolution, and is currently filming Runner, Runner, which focuses on a businessman caught up in offshore online gaming.  He is also reportedly attempting to get a two-film adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand to the big screen.
If Affleck does direct Justice League, the film probably wouldn't arrive in theaters until sometime in 2015.

Matt Smith Staying with DOCTOR WHO Through 2014

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Geronimo!  Five years of the Eleventh Doctor...at least.

The BBC World News is reporting that Doctor Who star Matt Smith has been persuaded to stay with the series through 2014.  As long as there is no series hiatus, this will give Smith a total of five seasons in the role and squashes rumors that his Doctor was going to regenerate in the 50th anniversary episode next year.

Smith commented on plans for 2013, which showrunner Steven Moffat is already working on.  "His first episode sounds great," remarked Smith.  "It hasn’t been written yet but the idea is as brilliant and as mental as you’d expect from Steven.  So there’s a lot to look forward to.  When Steven was going to pitch the next season to me not long ago, he said, 'Are you ready to cry?'"

Concerning the show's 50th anniversary on November 23, 2013, Smith added, "We want to do fifty years — and everyone that’s been associated with the show — justice.  We want to go, 'Look, world, here is Doctor Who.  It’s fifty years old, a science-fiction show, still going and going from strength to strength.'"

For those wondering how Smith's extension as the Eleventh Doctor will stack up against previous Doctors, here's how they rank from longest to shortest run:

     Tom Baker (Fourth Doctor, 1974-1981) -- 7 Seasons

     Jon Pertwee (Third Doctor, 1970-1974) -- 5 Seasons

     Matt Smith (Eleventh Doctor, 2010-2014) -- 5 Seasons

     David Tennant (Tenth Doctor, 2005-2010) -- 3 Seasons + 5 Specials

     William Hartnell (First Doctor, 1963-1966) -- 3 Seasons + 2 Stories

     Patrick Troughton (Second Doctor, 1966-1969) -- 3 Seasons

     Peter Davison (Fifth Doctor, 1981-1984) -- 3 Seasons

     Sylvester McCoy (Seventh Doctor, 1987-1989) -- 3 Seasons

     Colin Baker (Sixth Doctor, 1984-1986) -- 2 Seasons + 1 Story

     Christopher Eccleston (Ninth Doctor, 2005) -- 1 Season

     Paul McGann (Eighth Doctor, 1996) -- 1 TV Movie

The ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY Letter: Unedited Writer's Cut

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As some of you know, I recently had a letter of comment published in Entertainment Weekly #1220, cover dated August 17, 2012, in response to the issue shown here that gave a long-awaited cover feature to Doctor Who.

Pretty cool, right?  Well, as nifty as it was to see my fan ramblings printed in a widely-circulated entertainment magazine, what you saw wasn't the full letter I sent in.  Even though the letter was already pretty short, it was edited down even further, presumably just for space requirements, so no hard feelings or declared jihads in retaliation, I promise.

Since my letter was unleashed upon the masses, however, my longtime friend Jesse Jackson (No, not that Jesse Jackson, this is the important one) was curious and asked me I would send him the full, unexpurgated, unedited, more rambling version.  So for anyone else who might be equally curious, here's the letter in full with the final printed lines bolded in yellow for the sake of comparison:


Just wanted to pass along my thanks for finally -- finally -- putting [a] Doctor Who on the cover[!] and for the excellent article, "The Doctor is In," by Clark Collis. As a diehard Whovian for almost thirty years, it's been a bit [I find it] surreal to see the quirky British science fiction TV series I used to watch every Saturday afternoon on PBS die and be reborn into mainstream pop culture.

After SyFy's incompetent handling of the 2005 series' first two seasons here in the United States, I was relieved that BBC America took over and properly introduced the world's longest-running science fiction series to America. As The Late, Late Show's Craig Ferguson so eloquently phrased [put] it, Doctor Who is all about the triumph of intellect and romance over brute force and cynicism. What other TV show is better than [can top] that?