Feeb wrote: > sgtshaggy wrote: >> The actor on tap to play Tyrion could be perfect. I love Tyrion.
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You can't go wrong with Peter Dinklage. I can't imagine any other midget actor that would be well suited to play Tyrion.
#138 posted August 23, 2009 at 1:42am (EST) edited August 23, 2009 at 1:42am (EST)
As far as midgets go, though, Peter Dinklage isn't exactly what I would call ugly... and Tyrion's supposed to be ugly. I imagine more the guy who played Willow when I think of Tyrion... but he's probably too old to do anything like this now.
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You know what the weird thing is? After I knew there was going to be a movie based on the book, I couldn't help but picture Peter Dinklage as Tyrion while I was reading the book, even though the only thing I knew about the cast was who was playing Ned Stark and Robert Baratheon.
Well, I am back to reading "Holder of Lightning" by S.L. Farrell. It may not be for everyone though since the book is full of Irish influences, given all the Irish terms and stuff that's used throughout the book
> As far as midgets go, though, Peter Dinklage isn't exactly what I
> would call ugly... and Tyrion's supposed to be ugly. I imagine more
> the guy who played Willow when I think of Tyrion... but he's probably
> too old to do anything like this now.
Wouldn't be hard to make him uglier with today's technology. We'll see!
Finished Off Armageddon Reef and now reading By Schism Rent Asunder by David Weber. Weber is good at showing how evil people can take genuine and pure faith and manipulate it to their own ends if the people being manipulated do not pay attention.
Just finished The Scar by China Miéville. Fudging awesome. Set in the same universe (Bas-Lag) as Perdido Street Station, but isn't really a sequel. Eagerly awaiting the next Bas-Lag novel, Iron Council, to come in at the library.
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> The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss from a local Knoxville book
> seller called Carpe Librum >
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Just finished The Name of the Wind, have you gotten to it?
I didn't think much of it at first but I ended up finishing it pretty quickly, so I guess I'd mark it down as great.
oulzac wrote: > I just finished The Last Wish, and just started Blood of Elves.
> Sapkowski has a great writing style, his dialog is between charters
> is fast, witty and smooth, it really kept me enthralled in the story,
> it was one of those books I read in two days as I just couldn't put
> it down.
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The Witcher was a pretty entertaining read, the character of geralt was great too.
I couldnt get into Blood of Elves though. I'm just going to stop reading that before it ruins everything Witcher related for me.
#148 posted August 25, 2009 at 1:17am (EST) edited August 25, 2009 at 1:17am (EST)
nihon wrote: > Finished Off Armageddon Reef and now reading > Rent Asunder by David Weber. Weber is good at showing how
> evil people can take genuine and pure faith and manipulate it to their
> own ends if the people being manipulated do not pay attention.
I went over to the Mom's yesterday to set up her new computer and move the old one upstairs. She surprised me with an early birthday party. I'm breaking in the new Kindle 2 with Jonathan Tropper's This Is Where I Leave You which is great so far, laugh-out-loud funny.
Finished The Cloudmages #1: Holder of Lightning by S.L. Farrell a couple nights ago. Now I'm reading Rules of Ascension by David B. Coe when I'm at work, and The Cloudmages #2: Mage of Clouds by S.L. Farrell when I'm at home.
Just finished Merrick by Anne Rice Vol. 7 in her vampire chronicles series, and just finished The Healer by Sharon Sala, a very good read about an Indian who was raised by a wolf, could perform amazing healing, and had an affinity with animals, needless to say he was on the run because he'd saved a hunter who wanted to exploit his gift.
sgtshaggy wrote: > I went over to the Mom's yesterday to set up her new computer and
> move the old one upstairs. She surprised me with an early birthday
> party. I'm breaking in the new Kindle 2 with Jonathan Tropper's This
> Is Where I Leave You which is great so far, laugh-out-loud funny.
Congrats. You;ll have to post a review here once you've had time to evaluate it (the Kindle 2).
Mark Waid's Irredeemable Vol 1 (and a few issues past that) - This is the next Watchmen. So, so very satisfying to see "Superman" (The Plutonian) going all psycho and wasting the pathetic lifeforms known as human. Love the flashbacks showing bits and pieces so you can try and figure out just WHY he's gone all apecrap crazy mad. Also fun is the lengths to which humans and especially other superhumans will go to try and stop him.
Got the Perdido Street Station book for Kindle on iPhone... been reading like crazy the past several days... it's bizarre for sure, but the writing is quite compelling so I'm impressed.
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