Vincent and the Doctor

Its of subject but I have been enjoying the Beebs Dr Who, and really like Matt Smith as the new doctor and his wonderful assistant Karen Gillan. Of all of the series five episodesVincent and the Doctor has stood as as something remarkable, however when look at who was involved you understand why. Take a [...]

Social Media vs Traditional media fight for UK Christmas Number 1.

I am taking a break from Game of Thrones to talk about something happening in the UK which has caught the public imagination. OK many of you have heard of the X factor and Rage against the Machine in a fight for the UK Christmas number one. At first glance it’s a wonderful piece of [...]

Where is the Game of Thrones Buzz coming from?

The current buzz about the forthcoming(we hope) HBO game of thrones drama seems to be coming from some unlikely places. I have already commented on the numbers of users who are coming from China but I am almost as amazed at the number of different countries this site has seen visitors from. This site has [...]

A Big Job for Big Man?

Of all the parts in game of Thrones I think the role of Tyrion Lannister is both the most important and the most difficult. The most important  as he is the most popular character, in my opinion the best written character in ‘A Game of Thrones’ and probably the character who I think sets the [...]

Tyrion Lannister Tops Poll, Robb Stark gets no votes

Results of our First poll which was for a little bit of fun, but also to give me a feel of tastes of Game of Thrones Readers do not surprise me at all with Tyrion Lannister comes in as the fans favourite character, this is no surprise to me. For three reasons one he has [...]

Game of Thrones – Suspension of Disbelief

For fantasy to really work for an adult audience, one of the things its needs is the suspension of this disbelief. This does not mean that the audience believes what it is seeing is true, but that the audience has been persuaded to stop actively disbelieving it is not true. For me as an adult [...]

Monty Python, Doune Castle and Winterfell

Our new Winterfell ‘Doune Castle’ has been used a number of times before for film work. The most notable is the 1975 filing of Monty Pythons Quest for the Holy Grail, which used the Doune Castle for the vast majority of its castle scenes. In fact only other Castles were used in the filming of [...]

Who is interested in Game of Thrones?

For a pilot this far out form completion  interest levels for this show seem to be extrodinarily high at the moment,and it will be interesting to look at reason for this? Obviously there are the fans of George RR Martins ‘A Song of Fire and Ice books’, who are making up the core fanbase and [...]