http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercomingAimoo CityAimooen-USAimoo http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-0/TopicID-557293/GoToTopic.html darkway 2011-06-13 10:14:41.92 Anything Else of Ice and Fire I wasn't expecting a big budget movie's kind of battle scene that goes on for 15+ minutes, but not one frame?  Seriously?  I was pretty disappointed with this episode.  If they don't bother to do any battle scenes for the entire series, it's going to be pretty damned fail.I haven't ch http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1920676/TopicID-468017/GoToTopic.html KarsaSchlongsSamar 2011-04-29 04:29:15.56 J.R.R. Tolkien's works Reply to IndianaDouche (04/27/2011 1:53 PM) First post. Super late to the party here. But I am going to say that you should read LOTR. If you like fantasy stories, then this is basically the grandfather of them all. At least all the ones you are likely to ever come across. You can pick any fant http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1917271/TopicID-468017/GoToTopic.html IndianaDouche 2011-04-28 03:53:57.95 J.R.R. Tolkien's works  First post. Super late to the party here. But I am going to say that you should read LOTR. If you like fantasy stories, then this is basically the grandfather of them all. At least all the ones you are likely to ever come across. You can pick any fantasy book published post 1965 or so and see http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1874242/TopicID-467892/GoToTopic.html thx4allthefish 2011-04-14 22:37:31.59 Finish the Book, George! That's because we moved to our new home!http://www.iswintercoming.com/index.php http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1872062/TopicID-467892/GoToTopic.html obsequiousnesslost 2011-04-14 03:56:53.013 Finish the Book, George! Reply to Slynt (04/06/2011 2:00 AM)So we are back up, eh. Time to pack our bags, if you ask me. I have the entire article from The New Yorker Magazine, and yes I am "interviewed" in it. I say "interviewed" because they really did their best to twist my words and I am very dissapointed, as Laura http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1849251/TopicID-515152/GoToTopic.html scorpiknox 2011-04-07 06:09:18.14 Finish the Book, George! Quick update: as of 5:07 Chicago time, I have purchased a new url for the site. The support staff informed me that it takes about 20-30 minutes for the change to take effect and that the site will be down during that time. -Thanks  http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1848915/TopicID-514893/GoToTopic.html KarsaSchlongsSamar 2011-04-07 04:07:00.39 General Discussion Motherfucking A !! Nothing against speed and agility, but FUCK !! And to help matters, s_m short notw is over at ChrisW´s already.I am starting to feel like the god of the Forkrul Assail... http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1848898/TopicID-514893/GoToTopic.html Rex123 2011-04-07 04:03:06.013 General Discussion Ahhhhhhh! Why is this happening to us!? http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1848800/TopicID-514893/GoToTopic.html Slynt 2011-04-07 03:46:53.59 General Discussion  Oh noes, what happened Scorp? "in winter coming"? http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1848624/TopicID-514893/GoToTopic.html Slynt 2011-04-07 02:45:06.013 General Discussion Yeah, lol., I mean WHAT?! Internal server error?Is this an omen? A Red Comet?Oh well. Maybe we'll just have both lol. http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1848574/TopicID-514893/GoToTopic.html scorpiknox 2011-04-07 02:36:44.857 General Discussion Urgh, now the new site is down....JESUS. http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1848046/TopicID-514107/GoToTopic.html weniusa 2011-04-06 22:09:21.793 Anything Else of Ice and Fire I liked it quite a lot, but I have many of the complaints you have already expressed:The white walker: we discussed about it in another thread, when we were commenting one of the clips, and I still have the same opinion. It is lame as hell, though thankfully we don't get to see its face quite as cle http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1847967/TopicID-514920/GoToTopic.html silent_majority 2011-04-06 21:51:05.013 Finish the Book, George! The only part of the ending that I think they had planned was the closeup of Jacks eye as he died.  I don't think much else was planned.  The ending was, as Scorpiknox said, OK.  It was basically a "good-bye" to all the character that people watched over the years.  If they had t http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1847922/TopicID-515152/GoToTopic.html silent_majority 2011-04-06 21:36:12.95 Finish the Book, George! Maybe it randomly asks for a cell number then. Rex mentioned it at the test site I set up a while ago. http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1847900/TopicID-515152/GoToTopic.html silent_majority 2011-04-06 21:31:46.437 Finish the Book, George! Maybe it randomly asks for a cell number then. Rex mentioned it at the test site I set up a while ago. http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1847853/TopicID-515152/GoToTopic.html thx4allthefish 2011-04-06 21:19:11.92 Finish the Book, George! Reply to silent_majority (04/06/2011 3:12 PM)After you've registered Free Forums asks for your cell phone number.  In he UPPER-RIGHT HAND CORNER is a PASS link.  You have to hit that fucker about 20 times, their persistent little bastards, but eventually they'll get the hint that you don't http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-0/TopicID-515152/GoToTopic.html silent_majority 2011-04-06 21:12:37.06 Finish the Book, George! After you've registered Free Forums asks for your cell phone number.  In he UPPER-RIGHT HAND CORNER is a PASS link.  You have to hit that fucker about 20 times, their persistent little bastards, but eventually they'll get the hint that you don't want to give them your number. http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1847627/TopicID-512171/GoToTopic.html grrmismyidol 2011-04-06 19:46:34.403 Finish the Book, George!  Speaking as someone who hasn't posted much lately I think we should rebrand. With a hot brand right up Ge....No wait seriously. Assuming the book really is about to come out. We can't slate Captain Vacation about Winds for 2 or 3 years. But we are Ice and Fire fans thats why we're here. A http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1847572/TopicID-514893/GoToTopic.html Slynt 2011-04-06 19:29:03.153 General Discussion Check out the announcement thread. I don't know about you guys, but I have moved out.. http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-0/TopicID-515102/GoToTopic.html Slynt 2011-04-06 18:44:07.03 Information & News After the last two or three days of not getting access here I finally shelled out some hard-earned copper stags to buy a premium account over at freeforums, which silent majority has tested as well. I have this morning set up the boards - fewer than here, as suggested by members - and it would http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1847191/TopicID-514107/GoToTopic.html grrmismyidol 2011-04-06 17:47:19.543 Anything Else of Ice and Fire   That Wight (Walker) looked like reject from Shaun of the Dead. Winterfell from a distance looked like it was made from cereal boxes and loo rolls. I had a problem in the books that I didn't notice Theon, and couldn't  remember who he was when he betrayed the Starks. You'd think this http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1847051/TopicID-483286/GoToTopic.html Slynt 2011-04-06 17:18:01.53 Information & News  Looking into it and this is way better already, in terms of managing it. I don't mind coughing up a few bucks for this, though I suspect our community is kind of gurgling its last breath. Or maybe new life can be injected once we're out of here.  http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1846927/TopicID-514920/GoToTopic.html TheBloodyNine 2011-04-06 16:47:39.373 Finish the Book, George! I thought the ending to Lost was a total cop-out and since the writers had this planned from an early stage in the production then it basically gave them carte blanche to do whatever the heck they liked on the show without having to think of a decent explanation. Comple http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1846871/TopicID-483286/GoToTopic.html Slynt 2011-04-06 16:26:11.357 Information & News  I have activated "Dark Wings, Dark Words" forum Premium Account. I have some time on my hands today so I shall start building it up and checking it out and begin porting our shit again. Let's just stay here until it is ready. Will come back with more info. http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1846863/TopicID-483286/GoToTopic.html Slynt 2011-04-06 16:23:00.607 Information & News By the way it's not that I didn't like what silentmajority did but there was something that didn't work out soz. http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1846861/TopicID-483286/GoToTopic.html Slynt 2011-04-06 16:22:22.903 Information & News Okay I am setting up a new forum. The domain name is "darkwingsdarkwords.freeforums.org" I hope Dark Wings, Dark Words is an adequate title - it is still based on Martin, but the sentence also alludes to us being shadowy/critical and it's about literature (words). I'm going to pay up for a http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1846837/TopicID-483286/GoToTopic.html Slynt 2011-04-06 16:13:18.937 Information & News Lasted three days for me.Working on new, improved site. Ditching the Is Winter Coming? monniker is something I have been pondering. I agree that we should set up our new home under a wider concept, but at the same time we have now been mentioned in pretty large publication such as The New Yorker.... http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1846813/TopicID-467892/GoToTopic.html Slynt 2011-04-06 16:00:23.043 Finish the Book, George! So we are back up, eh. Time to pack our bags, if you ask me. I have the entire article from The New Yorker Magazine, and yes I am "interviewed" in it. I say "interviewed" because they really did their best to twist my words and I am very dissapointed, as Laura Miller seemed very professional an http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1846773/TopicID-514920/GoToTopic.html saucerhead 2011-04-06 15:46:30.513 Finish the Book, George! Hmm, I never watched Lost, and after the last hour of Battlestar Galactica spectacularly failed to redeem the downward curve of seasons 3.5-4, well, I'm not that keen on struggling through a long series for no payoff.I suppose the one good thing about Firefly's early death was that in my head the la http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1846695/TopicID-467892/GoToTopic.html scorpiknox 2011-04-06 14:56:26.623 Finish the Book, George! That's "Ser." http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1846678/TopicID-467892/GoToTopic.html _moose_ 2011-04-06 14:50:10.293 Finish the Book, George! I make no claims to intelligence, but willing to put forth more than minimal effort on George's behalf?No sir! http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1846635/TopicID-514920/GoToTopic.html graff 2011-04-06 14:31:42.717 Finish the Book, George! Lindelof basically made himself Martin's bitch with the way he's playing it down, particularly with all the ammunition there is for someone in his position to work with.I give it about a week before Lindelof is spouting the party line about what a great guy Martin is and how "GRRM is not your bitch" http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1846588/TopicID-467892/GoToTopic.html graff 2011-04-06 14:12:56.687 Finish the Book, George! I wish people in the media could approach the situation without a pro-author agenda...I do think part of our problem is the difficulty we often have in articulating ourselves and phrasing our arguments in 'neutral' terms.  We're all of us annoyed, angry, upset, etc. -- to varying degrees about http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1846539/TopicID-514920/GoToTopic.html scorpiknox 2011-04-06 13:41:35.903 Finish the Book, George! Read the article and it seems like Lindelof is kind of taking the piss out of the whole thing. GRRM is going to have to become accustomed to this kind of celebrity. Oh man, just wait until he starts waxing political in the public forum. http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1846528/TopicID-514920/GoToTopic.html graff 2011-04-06 13:31:27.28 Finish the Book, George! Reply to EvilAgent (04/05/2011 11:51 PM) Heheh, I realized a few minutes after posting this that some of you guys would decide it was an intentional publicity stunt on GRRM's part. Personally, I don't give him that kind of sly/clever credit. I think he was just speaking as a TV fan, without ful http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1846522/TopicID-514920/GoToTopic.html scorpiknox 2011-04-06 13:28:00.937 Finish the Book, George! Have to agree with you EA, he doesn't think things through that far ahead. Take that statement as you will pertaining to ASoIaF, but regarding his PR efforts over the years I think it has been proved that he's the type of guy who speaks (types) before he thinks. I'm often the same way, so I can forg http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1846500/TopicID-467892/GoToTopic.html scorpiknox 2011-04-06 13:15:54.09 Finish the Book, George! What else is new? I haven't read the entire article, though I plan on buying the magazine as a memento, so I can't really comment on how unfair she gets. But what do we expect? Can you imagine this serious literary type, likely someone who usually fawns over authors or at least the idea of http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1846455/TopicID-514920/GoToTopic.html EvilAgent 2011-04-06 12:51:51.56 Finish the Book, George!  Heheh, I realized a few minutes after posting this that some of you guys would decide it was an intentional publicity stunt on GRRM's part. Personally, I don't give him that kind of sly/clever credit. I think he was just speaking as a TV fan, without fully thinking about the possible consequen http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1846429/TopicID-514893/GoToTopic.html kodali 2011-04-06 12:40:38.25 General Discussion Sucks its balls, too. Abloodymen to moving. http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1846425/TopicID-514107/GoToTopic.html kodali 2011-04-06 12:38:58.56 Anything Else of Ice and Fire Key, you're quite welcome, mate. I just found your review refreshing in it's honesty and humour and we're not going to get much of that from the 'professional' critics out there. http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1846421/TopicID-467892/GoToTopic.html kodali 2011-04-06 12:36:41.45 Finish the Book, George! Slynt said on his blog that he was contacted, but they seem to have taken him out of context. Not surprising really, from what I've read of the article the author went in with the intent to pump up GRRM's tires and his 'devotees' and marginalise and belittle anyone who took the alternative view.&nbs http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1846417/TopicID-514920/GoToTopic.html kodali 2011-04-06 12:34:29.357 Finish the Book, George! My own view is that this was a calculated move by George. He loves publicity and if nothing else this has got people talking. It looks as if a fair few Lost viewers (not me, I lost, pun not intended, interest in the show after about 4 episodes where absolutely nothing happened and gave up on it http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-0/TopicID-514922/GoToTopic.html curveball21 2011-04-06 11:10:59.53 Anything Else of Ice and Fire George upset the LOST showrunner and the guy took it to Twitter.Here's an EW article:http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2011/04/05/geek-fight-lost-thrones-camps-square-off-over-grrms-dis-of-finale/here's the Twitter feed:http://twitter.com/damonlindelof#Attacking George on twitter is probably singularly http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-0/TopicID-514920/GoToTopic.html EvilAgent 2011-04-06 11:02:49.75 Finish the Book, George! I assume you guys are aware of the shitstorm feud that GRRM accidentally started, by dissing the finale of LOST?EW Article about the feudThere are already tons of comments, and heated argument. Personally I think GRRM is absolutely right, the finale was one of the worst cop outs I've ever seen, and http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1846229/TopicID-467892/GoToTopic.html graff 2011-04-06 10:51:05.543 Finish the Book, George! Anybody that can open a new thread with a copy and paste of the rest of the New Yorker article, or provide a link?Also, was anybody here approached by Laura Miller?  Did she exhibit any interest in actually researching her opinion or is she just rehashing the same old shit to label, marginalize http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1846170/TopicID-514893/GoToTopic.html silent_majority 2011-04-06 10:31:03.0 General Discussion Sorry for the back-to-back posts. Aimoos Mobile site sucks too. Check out ChrisW's SffNews.com He set up a forum for discussion on his site. Only has a couple topics, and no members yet, but they're GOOD topics. Go give them a read. http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1846151/TopicID-514893/GoToTopic.html silent_majority 2011-04-06 10:26:57.78 General Discussion Yeah, you're right. That was, after all the 3rd major publication to mention us. Fourth if you count the audio interview as a separate article. I have more to say about that too. Probably tomorrow morning though. Assuming that the forum doesn't crash again. http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1846145/TopicID-467892/GoToTopic.html scorpiknox 2011-04-06 10:25:03.75 Finish the Book, George! OK wow, we're in the New Yorker people. Linda, why you gotta hurt me so bad, girl? http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-1846114/TopicID-514893/GoToTopic.html scorpiknox 2011-04-06 10:16:37.217 General Discussion Yeah, it is so very bad. Can't wait to move...On a side note, given our new-found notoriety, I think we should stick with the name Is Winter Coming? for the new place. www.iswintercoming.com would be awesome. http://forum4.aimoo.com/iswintercoming/ReplyID-0/TopicID-514893/GoToTopic.html silent_majority 2011-04-06 09:55:27.81 General Discussion Is there anything on the Web that loads faster than Aimoos "Error Template" page? I think not!