Winter Is Coming and Also a Bird
I know how many of you guys are excited about HBO’s adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones — me too, despite having not read the books — so I’m happy to post this new teaser for the series, although it’s half generic fantasy shots and half bird. I don’t know if you guys can tell specific characters/scenes from this thing, but if so, please feel free to shout ’em out in the comments. Even if you can’t, there’s still some good news — HBO also released a behind-the-scenes video of very little behind-the-scenes and more talking heads, but one of those heads was Martin himself, who said, “There was this incredible moment of ‘My God, they got it right.’ There
it is. The majority of my fans are going to be very happy, because
they’re going to see the story that I told come alive, played by some
fantastic actors.” I don’t think good signs come much gooder, people. (Via Blastr)
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.