Running Out of Smoke

by on April 15, 2014 at 10:17 pm
Posted In: Prose

Kevin waited as Fedya to unlock the door to his apartment. “Why am I here again?” He asked

“You not like the company?” Fedya asked opening the door.

Kevin paused trying to think of an answer. “ You said it was an emergency.”  He said finally.

“No… Is no emergency. I just forget my smokes. So we had to go back home and make sure I have them for gig. “ Fedya turned and walked into his apartment.

“How did you forget your cigarettes?”

Fedya spun around and glared at Kevin, but how had he forgotten his cigarettes. He had told himself that it was because he had just changed his jacket but that didn’t make any sense. He always made sure he had packs in all of his jackets… maybe it was because he had just bought that navel donkey jacket a week ago but still…. “That is not important,” He said. “What is important now is to get smoke and go to gig.”

“So this is all you’ve got?” Kevin asked.

“What?”  Fedya turned to see Kevin holding a box of cigarettes he had taken from the top of the refrigerator. Fedya grabbed it rummaging through it. It was barely half full.

This is not good. He said.

“So just get some more.”

“I can’t there is no place in country that sell these. I have to make trip and next week we have very busy schedule and you know what that means…”

“No.”

Fedya sighed. “It mean there no way to get smoke before this run out.”

“You know… there’s plenty of tobacco stores all over the place just get something else to tide you over.”

Fedya rolled his eyes in exasperation. “Are you kidding? American cigarettes are like how you say? Little girl smoke, is no good, like breath of fresh air. “ He took a pack and put it in his pocket. “For this I have to ration.”

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A Long Anticipated Episode

by on April 14, 2014 at 12:09 am
Posted In: Rhapsodies

Well the episode every one has been looking forward to since season one has finally come and went I was very happy. To be honest I had expecting this episode to be just a little later into the season (which threw my pet theory that the song “hands of gold” was going to be featured out the window) But this was good and considering how much is going to happen in this season it makes sense in the long run.

Having read the books there are always a lot of scenes I wonder just how they are going to do it. For this episode it was the dwarf jousting. Since in the book it is two dwarfs riding a pig and a dog I was really wondering about the logistics of it. The show does the same routine completely differently. In this case they go with more dwarfs with pantomime horses so no actual animals are harmed. Just as funny and as insulting to Tyrion and several other members of the cast. The only thing that distracted my viewing was trying to spot a character who should be appearing in season five.

Other than that this episode has me asking questions and wanting more.  Since the return of Ser Dontos I’ve been wondering about other characters. showing up. So far the cast member I’m missing the most is Kevan Lannister. He only had one cameo in season one but since his his presence starts to pick up in the book this season is based on I’m expecting him to show up soon. On the flip side I find myself interested in the new character Locke who was created to replace Vargo Hoat from the books. But at this point he has outlive Hoat and seems to have his own story starting now But the character I found myself wondering the most about was Shae. Now keep in mind I know the fate of Shae but since she is such a different character than she is a book, I expect the trip to that fate be different and interesting.

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Game of Thrones Season 4 first episode.

by on April 7, 2014 at 9:56 am
Posted In: Test
Everybody's favorite buddy comedy.

Everybody’s favorite buddy comedy.

Well the first episode of Game of Thrones has come and gone and I enjoyed every bit of it.

As usual I will avoid spoilers as much as possible and continue on my fascination about just how HBO’s Game of Thrones is different from A Song of Ice and Fire and having read the books does not save you from being surprised constantly and that’s a good thing.

The one surprised me the most was the return of Ser Dontos who had only appeared the once when Sansa saves him from being drowned in wine. In the book his subplot goes through the next two books and considering how Sansa’s story had went in the last season I had assumed that the had written him out completely. While this had disappointed me it did not surprise me much I can only imagine the logistical headache of arranging a contract for an actor to be committed to doing three cameos over just as many years. So I was happily surprised when he reappeared (not completely surprised mind you I figured that them showing him in the previously in GOT montage I figured they were reminding us for a reason.) But in a way I find that the way they did it here was an improvement as we had forgotten about him just as Sansa has and have to be reminded by Dontos himself.

The other big changes were matters of timing. First, Jaimie and Brienne arrive in King’s Landing noticeably earlier in the story than they do in the book (In the book they arrive after episode two) This changes lots of thing most notably that Brienne is actually in contact with her goal and now that she knows it is achievable and know how much the game has changed unlike in the book she is forced to ponder on what she does next. (Also Loras Tyrell hasn’t demanded her arrest but give it time)

The other big change is the story of Arya and Sandor Clegane the Hound. In the third season I had noticed that there wasn’t that much of that storyline before the Red Wedding happened so I assumed they were going to juggle a lot of what happened before in the book and pad the storyline in this season. What I didn’t expect was for them to start with the scene that fatally wounded Sandor in the book and not have that happen (Well not fatally but the wound was infected as it frequently happens in the books and Sandor did die from it) . So now I don’t have the slightest idea what happens to them between now and the next chapter in Arya’s story.

As for the rest… Good as always there is a very funny scene with Daario and Grey Worm betting on who gets to ride with Dany’s. The introduction of Oberyn Martell, the Red Viper was awesome I look forward to seeing more of Pedro Pascal‘s performance and of course Dragons are cool!

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Handicapping Game of Thrones

by on April 3, 2014 at 3:14 pm
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Well it’s just another four Days until season four Game of Thrones and as I said  before I am indeed psyched. To pass the time I’ve been entertaining myself with guessing what the creators will have to change from the book based on logistics, budget, continuing with things they have already changed and due to an actor’s performance they are very different characters than they are in the book.

There are a number of things I could talk about but I’ll stick to the least spoilery item I can think of. In this case the songs. So far starting with season two a song from the book has been featured. In season Two it was “The Rain’s of Castimere” serving as the Lannister leitmotif for the rest of the show. In Season Three it was “The Maid and the Maiden Fair”.  For this season I suspect or at least hope that it will be “Hands of Gold are Always Cold”. I can’t be completely sure… The character who sings it to blackmail Tyrion with it hasn’t appeared when he should have. But they could certainly introduce him anytime in the first four episodes like they did with the Reeds.

I sincerely hope they use it since it has a nice double meaning… first figuratively as a song about the tragedy of Tyrion and then literally with a Lannister with a real hand of gold.

But however it goes I’m sure Ramin Djawadi will make it sound great!

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