VoK 20: FeastDance (Part 4) – Another Brick in the Wall

Posted on September 9, 2013 by | 6 comments

Varamyr Sixskins Sam Melisandre Jon Snow

Beware of Spoilers, The following podcast discusses A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons in detail.

Continuing the discussion of A Dance With Dragons and A Feast For Crows (FeastDance), Vassals of Kingsgrave present part four in the discussion of the latest books in A Song of Ice and Fire.

Dagos_Rivers is joined by Bina007, Alias, Nadia and new host, Valkyrist.

Observations made during the discussion:

– Wilding baby name faux pas.
– Randyl Tarly’s nomination for father of the year.
– Casting news for Game of Thrones Season 4.
– More wacky theories, courtesy of the VOK hosts and Westeros.org forums.

Editing Credits: Dagos_Rivers

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Links:
Martin Confirms Azor Ahai…
Season 4 Casting
Part 1 of the VOK FeastDance discussion
Part 2 of the VOK FeastDance discussion
Part 3 of the VOK FeastDance discussion
Valkyrist’s fanfic about Arya Stark
Valkyrist’s fanfic about Jon Snow

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VoK 19: Hannibal (NBC series) – Season 1

Posted on September 4, 2013 by | 2 comments

Just a bunch of girls talking about murder. This episode’s topic is NBC’s cult hit “Hannibal.” Erinyes and Nadia are joined by Julia (No True Lady on the forums) and Tori (lastratstanding on Tumblr), the hosts of the Hannibal podcast Suits and Madness.

Check out Suits and Madness on iTunes and on Tumblr

Credits:
Edited by No True Lady

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Julia and Tori’s Podcast Suits and Madness
Suits and Madness on iTunes
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VoK 18: Gone with the Wind (by Margaret Mitchell)

Posted on September 2, 2013 by | 1 comment

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Beware of spoilers, the following podcast discusses the book and movie “Gone With the Wind” in detail.

Dagos_Rivers is joined by Bina007 to discuss the classic book and movie, Gone With The Wind. The hosts delve into character discussion, discuss themes and motifs then finally talk about the movie adaptation and the famous casting search for Scarlett O’Hara.

Credits:
Edited by Dagos_Rivers

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References:
Gone With The Wind
Scarlett Mini-Series (Starring Sean Bean)
Rhett Butler’s People
The Wind Done Gone

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VoK 17: Deeper than Swords (Exhibition)

Posted on August 30, 2013 by | Leave a comment

TravisoTraviso and ikswarum discuss about the Deeper than Swords exhibit at Texas A&M. Deeper Than Swords presents objects, editions, and manuscripts from the full scope of George R. R. Martin’s career, from early letters and stories to his most recent writings. Major sections of the gallery will be devoted to the writing and reception of A Song of Ice and Fire, the range of his other novels and collaborations, and the international impact of Martin’s work.

Credits:
Edited by TravisoTraviso

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Deeper than Swords exhibit at Texas A&M
Pictures on Traviso’s Tumblr 1
Pictures on Traviso’s Tumblr 2
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VoK 16: Planet of the Apes [1968] (DVD Commentary)

Posted on August 24, 2013 by | 1 comment

POTA

Beware of spoilers, the following podcast discusses the original Planet of the Apes movie series in detail.

Dagos_Rivers is joined by easttexasdirewolf to attempt a fan audio commentary of the 1968 cult classic ‘Planet of the Apes’. Also briefly discussed is the recent win for A Podcast of Ice and Fire at the Geekie Awards.

Credits:
Edited by Dagos_Rivers

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References:
Planet of the Apes Movie Collection
Monkey Planet novel
Betrayal of the Planet of the Apes Comics

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VoK 15: FeastDance (Part 3) – All Roads Lead to Essos

Posted on August 18, 2013 by | 5 comments

Beware of spoilers, the following podcast discusses all published books of A Song of Ice and Fire

In this 3rd installment of Feast Dance discussion, the theme is “All roads lead to Essos”. Fortytwo is joined by Bina007, Nadia, jesicka309 and LordManderblee to discuss the PoVs of Barristan Selmy (5:40), Quentyn Martell (30:38), Victarion Greyjoy (54:13) and Jon Connington (1:20:10). The Crew discuss “who the is Harpy ?”, “Is Quentyn still alive?”, “How dumb is Victarion?” and “If Griffon was gay”.

Credits:
Edited by fortytwo
Music from Game of Thrones soundtrack by Ramin Djawadi

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Links:
The Geekie awards Livestream
The Geekie awards
Podcast of Ice and Fire store page
APOIAF at deviant art
Martin’s interview
APOIAF forums

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VoK 14: Mad Men (AMC series) – Seasons 1 & 2

Posted on August 13, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Beware of spoilers, the following podcast discusses the first two Seasons of Mad Men in detail. Plus our staple discussion of Game of Thrones creeps in as we discuss the casting of Mace Tyrell.

Dagos_Rivers is joined by fortytwo and bina007 from the Podcast of Ice and Fire forums to discuss season 1 and 2 of Mad Men, ogle the cast and discuss plans for future episodes of VOK.

Also included are casting news on Game of Thrones, the nature of italian men, the history of spousal rape and what happens when you type ‘A Feast For Crows’ into the search bar on iTunes.

Credits:
Edited by Dagos_Rivers

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Mace Tyrell Casting
Bina007’s review of Heaven’s Gate

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VoK 13: The Wolverine [2013] (Review)

Posted on August 4, 2013 by | 1 comment

Beware of spoilers, the following podcast discusses the movie Wolverine in detail. Plus there are tons of Game of thrones references.

Fortytwo is joined by Bina, LordManderblee, EastTexasDirewolf and Teddard to review Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine(2013).

Credits:
Edited by Fortytwo
Music from Wolverine movie soundtrack.

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Bina’s 10min spoiler free review
Sean T. Collins’s Wolverine Through the Years

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VoK 12: Pacific Rim [2013] (Review)

Posted on July 28, 2013 by | 6 comments

Fortytwo is joined by LordManderblee and Bina007 to jibber jabber about Guillermo Del Toro’s Pacific Rim. Discussion is mostly spoiler free. Beware, somehow they still end up talking about Songs of Ice and Fire.

Credits:
Edited by Fortytwo
Music from Pacific Rim soundtrack by Ramin Djawadi

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Opening Clip : Kaiju Remedies
Tumblr on Pacific Rim

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VoK 11: FeastDance (Part 2) – Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things

Posted on July 23, 2013 by | 16 comments

Arya Sansa Bran

Beware of Spoilers, The following podcast discusses A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons in detail.

Dagos_Rivers is joined by forlorn APOIAF forum addicts Bina007, Alias and fortytwo to continue the discussion of A Feast for Crows and A Dance With Dragons aka FeastDance, that began in VOK episode 4. The discussion delves into the short yet sweet journey and training of Sansa, Bran and Arya Stark. At the end of the show, we discuss plans for Part 3 of the discussion which will be titled ‘All Roads Lead to Essos’.

Observations made during the discussion:

-George R.R. Martin’s hate for musicians (Due to unrequited love of a musician)
-Alias’s Alternative theory to ‘Promise me, Ned’
-Faceless men are like the A-Team
-Bran chilling in a tree is akin to Rod Taylor in The Time Machine

Editing Credits: Dagos_Rivers

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Martin Breaks a Guitar at ComicCon 2013
The Grand Faceless Men Conspiracy Theory

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VoK 10: World War Z (by Max Brooks)

Posted on July 15, 2013 by | 4 comments

Beware of spoilers: the following podcast discusses Max Brooks’ novels World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide as well as Marc Forster’s film, World War Z.

Bina007 is joined by recovering APOIAF forum addicts LordManderBlee and Dagos_Rivers to discuss Max Brooks’ World War Z. The first part of the podcast critically discusses each chapter of the novel and the second part looks at the challenges of adapting it. We also discover LordManderBlee and Bina007’s shocking lack of knowledge regarding basic world geography.

Editing Credits Bina007

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VoK 9: Attack on Titan (by Hajime Isayama) – Chapter 47

Posted on July 14, 2013 by | 1 comment

Beware of spoilers, the following podcast, discusses all published manga on Shingeki no Kyojin by Hajime Isayama

fortytwo is joined by gsdg and the sword of winter to discuss chapter 47 of Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama. Some of the topics discussed are.

* Are all Human transform titans derived from regular titans ?
* Does the Ape titan have anything todo with turning humans into titans ? or is it done by Dr Jager’s injection?
* Ymir is 60 years old.
* Is Christa a titan too ?
* Will Hannes die in the next chapter?
* What will happen to the anime, when they run out of manga?

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Buy Attack on Titan @ [Amazon US][Amazon UK]
Read Attack on Titan @ [MangaPark][MangaStream][MangaPanda]
Watch attack on Titan @ [CrunchRoll]

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VoK 8: The Lottery (by Shirley Jackson)

Posted on July 3, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Dagos_Rivers is joined by Bina007 and Alias to discuss “The Lottery”, a short story by Shirley Jackson.

During the discussion, the three hosts analyse the story to death and can’t help but make the following observations:

– Mr. Graves and Mr. Summers secret relationship?
– The Hunger Games Reaping chapters <= The Lottery.
– Bill Clinton is our choice actor for Mr. Summers in M. Night Shyamalan’s adaptation.
– All of the character names have a purpose.
– We all follow parts of a tradition – even Cabinet Ministers.
– The Wicker Man stars ridiculously fit Scottish women.
– At 52:35, our first ‘Creaking Door’ moment.

Editing Credits Dagos_Rivers

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VoK 7: Harry Potter (by J. K. Rowling)

Posted on June 29, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Beware of Spoilers, the following podcast discusses all published books on Harry Potter and a Song of Ice and Fire too.

Fortytwo is joined by Dagos_Rivers and Nadia to discuss Harry Potter as they try and answer
* What house would Little finger belong in ?
* Would Arya become a Deatheater ?
* Which Westeros house Harry would be in.
* Did Goblet of Fire, deserve to win a Hugo over Storm of Swords.

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VoK 6: Man of Steel [2013] (Review)

Posted on June 24, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Beware of Spoilers, the following podcast discusses the new superman movie “Man of Steel” in detail.

Fortytwo is joined by bina007, teddard, easttexasdirewolf and Erinyes to discuss the new superman movie “Man of Steel”.

Editing Credits: fortytwo

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VoK 5: Attack on Titan (by Hajime Isayama) – Chapters 1-46

Posted on June 23, 2013 by | 1 comment

fortytwo-sama is joined by gsdg-sama and Sword of Winter-sama to discuss Attack on Titan/Shingeki no Kyojin, an award winning manga by Hajime Isayama. After 28 mins of spoiler free discussion about the Anime/Manga, the crew delve deeper and discuss all 46 chapters of the manga.

Editing Credits: fortytwo

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Attack on Titan @ Crunchyroll.com
The Sword of Winters’s Tumblr

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VoK 4: FeastDance ReRead (Part 1)

Posted on June 17, 2013 by | 10 comments

Beware of Spoilers, The following podcast discusses A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons in detail.

Dagos_Rivers is joined by fortytwo, Bina007 and LordManderBlee to discuss George RR Martin’s A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons or Feast Dance. After initial thoughts and overall impression of the books, the crew discusses Cersei, Tyrion, Daenerys, Brienne and Jaime character arcs in detail. Stay Tuned for more podcast on these books.

Editing Credit Dagos_Rivers

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Timecodes:
Start of character discussion: 55:53
Start of Tyrion: 57:05
Start of Cersei: 89:51
Start of Daenerys: 133:54
Start of Brienne: 172:06
Start of Jaime: 187:49
Marry, One Night or Scorpions: 208:51

References:
Illustrated Tuf Voyaging
Brazillian ASOIAF Covers
Boiled Leather FeastDance
Tower of the Hand FeastDance

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VoK 3: London Meetup (CockneyMoot 2013)

Posted on June 8, 2013 by | Leave a comment

This is Vassals of Kingsgrave News Network (VOKNN), bringing you live coverage from the 2013 London Meetup. Also its Erinyes and jed o’white hart ‘s Birthday :D.

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VoK 2: Star Trek Into Darkness [2013] (Review)

Posted on June 3, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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Fortytwo and Bina007  review JJ Abram’s Star Trek Into the Darkness, the sequel to the prequel.

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VoK 1: Tuf Voyaging (by George R. R. Martin)

Posted on June 3, 2013 by | 2 comments

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FortyTwo joined by Vaarsuvius and LordManderBlee discuss “Beast for Norn”, a short story from George R R Martins Tuf Voyaging stories.

Beware of Spoiler, Only the story Beast for Norn is discussed, all other Tuf stories were kept spoiler free. So be a sport and have a listen, see if you like the Tuf series.

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