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Post by min on Aug 23, 2016 2:10:12 GMT
I enjoyed this as well. Curious about the movies he mentioned. The Mist is a door or a window to another dimension. Reminds me of Weasel Pie's time loop; the mist and travelling through the gate under the bridge of dreams twice.
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Post by jnr on Aug 23, 2016 3:39:18 GMT
A fun interview from 2012 that I stumbled upon between GRRM and Marvel.com - lots of discussion of the Marvel influence and even a detailed story of GRRM's failed attempt to secure a job as a Marvel writer! Gold mine.
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Post by Melifeather on Aug 23, 2016 12:09:16 GMT
OMG he mentioned The Mist! That was a very scary movie back in the day!
But yeah, as big of a fan-boy that GRRM is there's no doubt that ASOIAF is inspired by his love of Marvel.
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Post by min on Feb 23, 2017 13:56:00 GMT
Just a random thought here about something I came across. Not sure where this might fit. I was speculating that Jaime might be sent to the Wall by Lady Stoneheart for failing his oath to her and that he would represent the Shield of the NW oath with Jon as the sword and Sam as the horn. This passage seems significant to me. The three white stallions is interesting to me. Not exactly the four horsemen of the apolcalypse but I did come across the three horsemen reference in Marvel. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsemen_of_Apocalypse
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Post by essosiwatch on Sept 10, 2017 12:36:57 GMT
Thank you guys for helping me to see how marvelous ASoIaF actually is. Read Wildcards and see for yourselves. I wish you good Fortune in the wars to come😉
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Post by Weasel Pie on Sept 10, 2017 14:38:24 GMT
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Post by freyfamilyreunion on Sept 15, 2017 2:20:06 GMT
George just gave a sad and touching tribute to a comic legend, Len Wein, who passed away a couple of days ago. grrm.livejournal.com/It made me think of this thread a bit. George has always said that his love of comics mainly comes from the comic books from the 60's. But I think that while George was a big fan of the comics of the 60's, I think more than anything else, he was a friend to a lot of the comic creators of the 70's and 80's. I know that Chris Claremont would put references to some of George's books into some of his x-men comics. My guess is a lot of the ideas that George is putting forth in his ASOIAF series were probably some ideas that were bandied about by George and his writer friends, including those in the comic industry. It lends a lot of credence to some of the inspirations that you've been finding in the later comics of the 70's and early 80's. These ideas may have been discussed and thrown around by all of them, but the comic book guys were the first ones to get them on the printed page.
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Post by Some Pig No Doubt on Sept 15, 2017 3:51:35 GMT
But I think that while George was a big fan of the comics of the 60's, I think more than anything else, he was a friend to a lot of the comic creators of the 70's and 80's. I agree. This is why I don't stick to the hard and fast rule of not looking at the later stuff, or taking him at his word when he says he stopped reading comics in the 70s. He said he stopped actively following them all around that time, but that doesn't mean he didn't keep up with his favorites or talk plot with his buddies. I'm sure he knew what the X-Men and F4 and Dr. Strange were doing well into the 80s and maybe even 90s. Sad to say, but I think he will be doing more of these touching tributes as the days go by. Lots of the old guard shuffling off to that other dimension. I'm expecting Stan Lee to go soon, given that he's 94 and his wife of almost 70 years (!!!) passed away in July.
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Post by Melifeather on May 3, 2018 16:56:37 GMT
George meets Marvel.
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Post by Some Pig No Doubt on Dec 4, 2018 2:27:27 GMT
I have to brag for a minute... GRRM wrote a lovely blog tribute to Stan Lee after his passing last month, and I shared it on my Facebook page along with a brief nod to the Marvel-ous work I've done here. Only one person "liked" my post...but oddly, I'm not sad about that. LOL Attachments:
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Post by Melifeather on Dec 4, 2018 15:14:59 GMT
I have to brag for a minute... GRRM wrote a lovely blog tribute to Stan Lee after his passing last month, and I shared it on my Facebook page along with a brief nod to the Marvel-ous work I've done here. Only one person "liked" my post...but oddly, I'm not sad about that. LOL I saw GRRM's tribute as well and shared it on the HoBaW Facebook page too.
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Post by Some Pig No Doubt on Dec 4, 2018 21:36:21 GMT
Can you see the attachment in my post of who liked my share & comment?
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Post by Melifeather on Dec 4, 2018 21:40:46 GMT
Can you see the attachment in my post of who liked my share & comment? I didn't the first time, but I do now! How exciting!
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Post by Some Pig No Doubt on Dec 4, 2018 23:14:25 GMT
Mine was literally the only one out of 189 shares that he liked! Yes, I looked. Lol
I feel like I’ve been personally knighted by Rhaegar Targaryen!
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Post by Melifeather on Dec 5, 2018 1:28:36 GMT
Mine was literally the only one out of 189 shares that he liked! Yes, I looked. Lol I feel like I’ve been personally knighted by Rhaegar Targaryen! Very cool! Especially since you specifically mentioned your Marvel inspired essays! Fun bragging rights!
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