This is absolutely ridiculous, but it’s true. When I saw the season three Game of Thrones teaser poster, I didn’t say to myself, “Ugh. It’s just a date. Who cares?” Neither did I think, “There’s nothing on that poster that in any way reveals something about the next season.” I also didn’t exclaim out loud, “GUH. Why would you even put this out? Just tell us the release date. What’s the point of this? WHAT A WASTE OF TIME.”
It is absolutely preposterous, but when I saw this plain looking teaser poster with nothing but the premiere date for season three, I felt a little start of adrenaline. It made me tingly. I FELT ALIVE, people. ALIVE.
I’m embarrassed at how easy I am to please when it comes to Game of Thrones. If you’re curious, the premiere date is 137 days and five-ish hours away from the time that this post was published. CANCEL ALL YOUR APPOINTMENTS. I’m going to get the old pooch, crack a beer, get into bed, and climb under a dead animal carcass and enjoy Game of Thrones the way it’s meant to be enjoyed.
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It would have been bad ass if the the “1′s” in “31″ and “13″ were in the shape of swords.
the 3s should have nipples.
YES YES YES YES YES!!!! My birthday is in March, happy birthday to me I get a season of GoT. What do you get?
Having read all the books inbetween Series 1 & 2 I’m kind of at a medieval mayhem cultural loss during the hiatus. I wikied the fuck out of the Crusades and the Mongols, watched the Shakespeare history plays on the BBC, started rereading The Iliad and started working on an alternate history story based on a Trojan victory. It’s the second part of Storm of Swords that I’m enamoured with so it’ll be 2014 before I hopefully get to see that goodness. I cannot wait for this.
I’d like to read that alternative history.
Well, there’s this Trojan general called Charl Bronzes who bangs all these hot slaves and Cleopatra and has statues and stuff… I was getting a bit bogged down with world building a European history without any Roman influence. Makes one appreciate just how complete and ambitious George RR Martin’s novels are.
If you’re looking for good medieval reads to fill the GoT void you should check out bernard cornwell, his grail quest series is really good, and his battle scenes are very detailed
Interesting, Cornwell did the Sharpe books – I thought the TV series was a little dry although seeing a young Elizabeth Hurley’s boobs in one episode left a lasting impression. The Battle of Crecy gets a mention on Cornwell’s wiki page; went from there to the Black Prince; from there to learn Arthur Conan Doyle had written a novel called The White Company set in the same period. Might check that out.
If anyone needs me I’ll be watching clips of Geoffrey getting bitch slapped until 3.31.13, thanks.
They’re introducing a polydactyl character? Kinky.
I hope not. I thought polydactyls were pretty sweet, but then Jurassic Park 3 kinda ruined them for me.
I thought polydactyls were extinct.
I’ve begun catching stray cats and answering all questions with “Not today!” to prepare.
Ugh. Why am I always moving when Game of Thrones comes back?
that GIF makes me smile so damn hard.
Ah man, still haven’t finished reading a Clash of Kings!!!