Page 8 of 9 FirstFirst ... 6789 LastLast
Results 106 to 120 of 125

Thread: Game of Thrones

  1. #106
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Location
    The state that resembles a middle finger.
    Posts
    3,274
    Martin has a way of writing characters that make you hate them at first and come to love them later, except for Jophrey, no one likes him. Arya's story is a great one, you'll definitely enjoy her story line this season.
    Last edited by Dragonzbane76; 04-04-2014 at 07:03 PM.
    Originally posted by Bawang
    i had an old taichi lady talk smack behind my back. i mean comon man, come on. if it was 200 years ago,, mebbe i wouldve smacked her and took all her monehs.
    Originally posted by Bawang
    i am manly and strong. do not insult me cracker.

  2. #107
    Join Date
    Feb 2009
    Location
    Skid Row Adjacent
    Posts
    2,391

  3. #108
    Join Date
    Feb 2009
    Location
    Skid Row Adjacent
    Posts
    2,391

  4. #109
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Location
    The state that resembles a middle finger.
    Posts
    3,274

    game of thrones newest episode

    Just finished up watching the new episode and was impressed with the "red vipers" fight scene. I did a little search and found that he had trained in some CMA's and learned some spear tactics. Gene I didn't know if you had seen that or not. Don't know how long he had done it, the review I read didn't say. Anyways thoughts?
    Originally posted by Bawang
    i had an old taichi lady talk smack behind my back. i mean comon man, come on. if it was 200 years ago,, mebbe i wouldve smacked her and took all her monehs.
    Originally posted by Bawang
    i am manly and strong. do not insult me cracker.

  5. #110
    Join Date
    Jan 1970
    Location
    Fremont, CA, U.S.A.
    Posts
    47,946

    I still haven't watched this show

    I know I'd enjoy it, if just for this story alone.

    Texas Game of Thrones fan staves off an intruder with a MEDIEVAL SWORD instead of a gun because he is a christian who doesn't believe in killing
    Thomas McGowan, 25, broke into the home of Jimmy Morgan, Jr. on Tuesday night in attempt to hide from the police
    Jimmy Morgan Jr. saw McGowan and used a medieval sword to fight him off
    'I am a Christian man and I don't want to take life, however I want to make sure that he understands that his life was mine to take. I let him have it, ' said Morgan Jr.
    Jimmy Morgan Jr. is a Game of Thrones fan who practices medieval sword fighting but does not own a firearm
    By Alexandra Klausner
    PUBLISHED: 23:12 EST, 19 September 2014 | UPDATED: 07:11 EST, 20 September 2014


    Intruder: Thomas McGowan, 25, broke into the home of Jimmy Morgan Jr. to hide from police

    A homeowner sporting a Game of Thrones T-Shirt and brandished with a medieval sword says that he could have taken the life of an intruder who entered his home but that he is a Christian and doesn't believe in killing.
    Thomas McGowan, 25, broke into the Wichita Falls, Texas home of Jimmy Morgan Jr. at midnight on Tuesday but retreated with terror leaving splatters of blood on the wall after Morgan Jr. whipped out a medieval sword and told him to get lost.
    McGowan broke into Morgan Jr.'s home to hide from police after crashing his car during a police chase.
    Police drove after McGowan for driving a car that was reported stolen.
    As it turns out, the car belonged to McGowan who reported the theft but later forgot to tell police he found his car.
    Morgan, who practices a medieval fighting method called SCA armored combat, told reporters from KDFX about how he stopped an intruder without use of a firearm despite many of his Texas neighbors who own a gun.
    Morgan Jr. is also a fan of the HBO television drama Game of Throne which features sword fighting and bloody battles.
    Morgan says he heard McGowan enter from the window. Upon seeing him he grabbed his trusty spear.
    'He started retreating and I started advancing and I was stalking him here, you never cross your legs, and I cornered him right here,' says Morgan Jr..
    Morgan explains how when McGowan tried to exit through the door he panicked when he realized it was locked.
    'The door was locked and shut. He was panicked at this point. He said, 'I can't get out, I can't get out'.
    'As he was running, he smeared blood from here to high heaven and he splattered here and he splattered there and splattered all over there. It was like a deer,' Morgan Jr. added.
    While Morgan Jr. doesn't think fighting back to an intruder is always the safest thing to do, he's trained in a medieval fighting practice that came in handy the other night.


    Night's Watch: Jimmy Morgan Jr. is a game of Thrones fan who is well studied in medieval sword fighting and has his own way of dealing with intruders who dare to enter his lair

    Heard a noise: Jimmy Morgan Junior heard the intruder enter his home so he cornered him into the hallway with his sword and told him to get out of his house


    Blood everywhere: As McGowan ran away from Morgan Jr. he splattered blood all over the walls 'like a deer' said Morgan Jr. who chased him through the home like a member of the Night's Watch

    'It's called the SCA. It's a medieval fighting and we do use spears and swords and things of that nature. I don't have a firearm so I have a short spear, very quick, very agile and very deadly,' Morgan Jr. says.
    Morgan Jr. had the intruder cornered the other night and easily could have killed him but he says he is a religious and moral man who doesn't believe in taking someone's life.
    'I am a Christian man and I don't want to take life, however I want to make sure that he understands that his life was mine to take. I let him have it.'
    McGowan crashed his vehicle and was able to outrun police. That's when he broke into Morgan's trailer.

    McGowan is charged with evading arrest with a vehicle, criminal trespass of a habitation, and driving while intoxicated.
    Myhighplains.com reports that McGown was taken to the hospital for his injuries, treated, and then booked in jail on $5,000 bond.
    This may be McGowan's first encounter with a member of the Night's Watch but it is not his first run-in with police.
    In April 2013, a grand jury declined to indict McGowan after he was charged with arson for an October 2012 fire at a Wichita Falls apartment complex.
    The fire department said McGowan intentionally lit the house on fire to cover up a burglary.


    Caught: When police finally caught Thomas McGowan he was covered in blood so he was transferred to the hospital for treatment and later booked in jail on $5,000 bail


    Game of Thrones: Jimmy Morgan Jr. drove off an intruder with his sword but decided to let him keep his life and embodied the spirit of the noble and brave characters in the popular HBO drama Game of Thrones


    Beware the blade: Jimmy Morgan Jr. practices the art of medieval sword fighting like the character Jon Snow in Game of Thrones who is known for his swordsmanship and deadly blade
    Gene Ching
    Publisher www.KungFuMagazine.com
    Author of Shaolin Trips
    Support our forum by getting your gear at MartialArtSmart

  6. #111

    New Weapons



    Dornish (wushu-ish) weapons!

  7. #112
    Join Date
    Jan 1970
    Location
    Fremont, CA, U.S.A.
    Posts
    47,946

    The swords

    Fun article from the Royal Armouries.

    21 AUGUST 2017 ROYAL ARMOURIES COLLECTING CULTURES
    Cutting Edge Fantasy | Swords in A Game of Thrones

    As HBO’s epic retelling of George R.R. Martins ‘Game of Thrones’ draws to a close, Stefan Maeder, Director of Collections here at the Royal Armouries gives us a fascinating insight into the swords of the series.

    Swords and Symbolism

    Having become obsolete as a weapon of war, the sword even today maintains its significance as a potent symbol. In the bible it epitomises the word of God, as well as being a synonym for justice, punishment, and violence in general. Already in the Old Testament the popular quote of “turning swords into ploughshares”, has a less popular counterpart by the plea to “turn ploughshares into swords”. Jesus himself points out once that he has “not come to bring peace, but the sword”.

    In the European Early Middle Ages, swords were often regarded as animated beings with varying characters, and were named accordingly. Later, the distinction between secular and ecclesiastical power was symbolized by the concept of a “worldly sword” and a “spiritual sword”. Most of us are still familiar with the sword as a living symbol for weaponry in general, violence, justice, honour, but also for ambiguity, e.g. when referring to a problem as “a double-edged sword”. Thus, it is not surprising to encounter this “weapon of weapons” in popular game-culture, fantasy-literature and motion pictures. The most influential among the latter presently being “A Game of Thrones”, the better-known title of “A Song of Ice and Fire” by George R.R. Martin.

    Swords in A Game of Thrones

    George R.R. Martin’s historically inspired fantasy-novels have become an iconic constituent of Western pop culture. This observation holds true even more perhaps for their adaptions into the epic HBO television series. Both at present influence and shape popular concepts of what still today is vaguely termed as “the Middle Ages”.

    As we gradually approach the final stages of a gripping game of thrones, the odds for a diplomatic settlement of claims for the iron throne and a romantic happy-end seem unlikely. Let’s just hope a befitting end is not sacrificed to pyrotechnical megalomania. The technically tempting perspective of indulging in excessive applications of dragon or wildfire would be too reminiscent of a Wagnerian twilight of the gods.

    Compared to J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” with its easy to grasp outlook on good and evil, Martin is exploring the virtues and abysses of his central characters quite exhaustively. They literally come alive, being stricken even with basic human urges. It is a more than rare instance that heroes and heroines of literary fiction follow the call of nature and even can get killed while doing so. In this respect – as well as in the choice of weapon – the ballistic patricide executed by Tyrion on Tywin Lannister is a memorable feat; indeed a Freudian implementation of the not exactly poetic German invocation “may lightning strike you while utilising the closet” (polite version). Apart from crossbows, we encounter in ‘A Game of Thrones’ a near complete arsenal of mostly medieval-inspired arms, armour and even artillery. While it would be pointless to postulate historical accuracy with respect to the plot or material culture described in a piece of fiction, George R.R. Martin reintroduces an aspect of history that is mostly lacking from the written historical sources: the perspective of the vanquished, as it was referred to e. g. in the prologue to ‘Braveheart’ (Mel Gibson,1995).

    As is the case in the “Lord of the Rings” or Michael Moorcock’s cycle of novels around “Elric of Melniboné”, the sword is the most prestigious of weapons in GoT. But what would its historical counterparts look like? From Martin’s descriptions it is obvious, that he had medieval European swords in mind for the swords of Westeros (the Arakh of the Dothraki being inspired possibly by the Egyptian Khopesh, a “sickle-sword” dating back to the later 3rd and 2nd millenia B.C.). The mention of *******-swords, one- and two-handed swords together with leather-. mail- and plate armour reminds one of the battle-scenes in lavishly illustrated European manuscripts from the 13th to 15th century. An exceptional type of sword, primarily designed to “stick ‘em with the pointy end” is Arya Stark’s “Needle”, the blade of which may correspond to an early type of thrusting sword, an Estoc, appearing in the 15th century.


    Arya Stark’s Needle

    In the TV-series however “Needle’s” design was apparently inspired by 17th/18th century smallswords rather than by earlier thrusting-types. Interestingly enough, there were “needle”-like smallswords made for boys of noble or otherwise privileged descent in the 18th century. These were by no means toys and often displayed a needle-sharp point.


    Pillow Sword (1631-1670) (IX.1374), close in form to Arya Stark’s ‘Needle’.

    Trying to establish a typology of famous fantasy-swords is not very likely to yield exciting results as the descriptions of the literary prototypes leave much room for interpretation. Already by now the notions of GoT swords like “Ice”, “Longclaw”, “Heartsbane”, “Lady Forlorn”, “Widow´s Wail” and “Oathkeeper” or Jaime Lannister´s sword have been influenced by the design of the TV-series’ props. Still, apart from Stannis Baratheon’s “Lightbringer”, George R.R. Martin has managed to add a magical dimension to the “sword-lore” in GoT by inventing “Valyrian Steel”. The first instance where this “magical high-tech material” enters the game is the scene when Lord Eddard Stark has to behead Will (resp. Gared in the novel), the deserter from the Night´s Watch. “Ice” the hereditary great-sword of the Stark-Clan calls to mind a late 14th to early 16th battle-sword (“Schlachtschwert”) and is assimilated to a mid 15th century type in the TV-series:

    “Ice,” that sword was called. It was as wide across as a man’s hand, and taller even than Rob. The blade was Valyrian steel, spell-forged and dark as smoke. Nothing held an edge like Valyrian steel.” (A Game of Thrones, Bran 1).
    continued next post
    Gene Ching
    Publisher www.KungFuMagazine.com
    Author of Shaolin Trips
    Support our forum by getting your gear at MartialArtSmart

  8. #113
    Join Date
    Jan 1970
    Location
    Fremont, CA, U.S.A.
    Posts
    47,946

    Continued from previous post


    Two Hand Bearing sword (1400-1430) (IX.1025)

    In “A Clash of Kings”, Chapter 55, Catelyn refers to “Ice” again, after it had been used by Ilyn Payn to behead her husband, Eddard Stark:

    “Robb will avenge his brothers. Ice can kill as dead as fire. Ice was Ned’s greatsword. Valyrian steel, marked with the ripples of a thousand foldings, so sharp I feared to touch it. Robb’s blade is dull as a cudgel compared to Ice.”

    Turning “Ice” into a shining example for economic recycling, Tywin Lannister ordered two blades to be forged from it, a process which resulted in “Widow’s Wail”, the sword given to King Joffrey on the occasion of his wedding with Margaery Tyrell, and “Oathkeeper”, the sword given by Jaime Lannister to Brienne of Tarth. A shorter weapon with a Valyrian steel blade we encounter in the novel and the TV-series, is the dagger with which Bran is attacked by a paid assassin. John Snow´s “Longclaw”, being bestowed upon him by Jeor Mormont, the “Old Bear” and commander of the Night’s Watch, is a hereditary *******-sword of house Mormont, also sporting a blade of Valyrian steel. Jon´s remark on the fitting irony of a ******* being equipped with a *******-sword is another example for the author´s admirable capability of “changing skins”.

    The Symbolism of the Hilt

    Another aspect of swords raised in Martin’s novel is the symbolism transported by the design of sword-hilts. It is probably not too far from historical realities that “Longclaw’s” pommel in the shape of a bear’s head, the heraldic emblem of house Mormont, was changed to a direwolf’s head, associated with house Stark to which Jon belongs – and doesn’t belong at the same time. The custom of designing weapon-parts, especially sword pommels in the shape of animal and/or human heads can be traced back to a time-range between ca. 1200 and 800 B.C. in what is now Iran and Eastern Turkey. On Roman swords animal-head-shaped pommels occur, compare e. g. the eagle head sword-hilts on the so-called tetrarch-relief (4th cent. AD) on a corner of St. Marc’s Basilica in Venice.


    Longclaw, sword of Jon Snow.

    Lion head pommels were quite common among British 18th/19th military swords such as this Pattern 1803 Flank Officer’s Sword (IX.620)

    Stylised animal-heads sometimes still occur on early medieval sword-pommels up to the later Viking-period (10th/11th cent.), then largely disappear until their revival/Renaissance from the 16th to the 19th century (mainly lions, eagles and bears). There is much more left to find out about the construction, use and symbolism of the medieval sword than can even be hinted at here.


    This British 19th century bandsmen’s sword is very like those shown in GoT, for it’s stylized animal head. (1800-1899) (IX.599)

    So, should you decide to follow the challenging but rewarding path towards a deeper understanding of facts and myths concerning medieval swords, one principle is given away already at this stage: when a swordfight became a matter of life and death, it was hardly ever the “better” weapon deciding the outcome, but the better fencer. Thus direct comparisons of the merits of Japanese Swords in relation to European ones are largely futile as they were developed for different styles of fighting and adapted for use against different kinds of armour. Interesting examples for successful inclusion of edged-weapons and fencing research into historically inspired movies are “The Duelists” (Ridley Scott, 1977) and “Rob Roy” (Michael Caton-Jones, 1995).

    You can still nowadays encounter medieval types of armament in 3-D when visiting European churches containing effigies of fully armoured knights. Or, should you decide to get more than a glimpse at the real thing: visit Leeds, explore the Royal Armouries’ “War”, “Tournament” and “Oriental” Galleries and come face to face with arms and armour involved in many a “game of thrones and power”.

    The Royal Armouries is now an officially licensed UK retailer of Game of Thrones merchandise, approved by HBO.
    The Royal Armouries site is awesome. Got to hand it to GoT for turning me on to it.
    Gene Ching
    Publisher www.KungFuMagazine.com
    Author of Shaolin Trips
    Support our forum by getting your gear at MartialArtSmart

  9. #114
    The idea that a little girl learns fencing using an estoc is a little weird though. Rapier-like weapons were in use since the bronze age. Clearly more fit for a young lady than some highly specialised weapon against full plate armor.

  10. #115
    Join Date
    Jan 1970
    Location
    Fremont, CA, U.S.A.
    Posts
    47,946

    Swords


    TV
    How Game of Thrones Created a Mini-Industry of $3,000 Swords
    BY CAM WOLF
    3 days ago

    Valyrian steel can cut down White Walkers—plus you can resell it and buy a trip to Disney World.

    The only thing more beautiful than the flow of Jon Snow’s mane as he sprints across Hardhome is his blade twisting through the air. The sword does a full Simone Biles in Snow’s hand before it’s thrust into the chest of the half-zombie half-skeleton wight. Cha-ching. The wight flails around, so Snow uses his sword, known as Longclaw, to pin the creature against the wall. Cha-ching. Snow pirouettes and swings Longclaw into one wight, takes a thwack at a second, and uppercuts a third. Cha-ching, cha-ching, cha-ching. A part-human, part-ice White Walker appears, and its arctic weapon easily shatters the sword of an opponent. Snow seems destined for the same fate, but Longclaw sustains the Walker’s blow, then bats the Walker’s weapon away with one hit and turns the creature into nothing more than a shattered vase with the next. Cha-****ing-ching.

    “Lots of free advertising,” says Chris Beasley, the founder of Valyrian Steel, a company that makes swords modeled after the Game of Thrones television series and the books it’s based on. “We sold a lot of Longclaws that week.” Scenes like that one from the episode “Hardhome” are part of why companies like Beasley’s—companies that make swords, small miniatures of the characters, precious coins, and ornate jewelry—have found success. Game of Thrones is one of the most over-analyzed, content-creating, and recapped shows of the century. Diehard fans—and I’d assert there are no half-hearted GoT watchers—froth over Kit Harington’s every haircut, so as you can imagine, an authentic sword is like Viagra for this crowd.

    Valyrian Steel, the company, takes it name from a magical material in Game of Thrones; it’s what Snow’s Longclaw sword is made out of, and the stuff is legendary. In A Storm of Swords, King Tyrion Lannister describes Valyrian steel blades as “scarce and costly.”

    That description also works IRL. Beasley’s company makes its products in limited numbers, and they too are often passed on from person to person in exchange for massive sums on sites like eBay. Swords that retailed for $600 can more than quadruple their worth and resell for close to $3,000. The blades, literally, are worth more than gold.

    Secondary market prices climb to such outrageous figures that Beasley’s customers use them as investments. Beasley tells the story of a man who bought four $600 swords out of a 100-piece run. Initially, he hid the swords from his wife and made Beasley ship them to four different locations. “Several years later, he sent us an email, tells us he sold them, built a pool in his backyard and took his kids to Disney World,” Beasley says.


    The anatomy of a sword

    None of this would have been possible if Game of Thrones had remained only a series of books.

    To say the cottage industry around GoT is bustling isn’t exactly true. It’s mostly hobbyists who have held licenses with author George R.R. Martin long before HBO came sniffing around. But for Valyrian Steel, which got in on the ground floor and was the only one of the pre-existing licensees to sign on with HBO, it’s been a goldmine.

    Before the TV series, Beasley says that a run of Longclaws languished in his warehouse. He eventually discounted the product and it sold out after two years. Now, the sword sells out almost instantly. Beasley says that when the show was picked up it was “a big, big celebratory date. That was very exciting. It continues to be exciting.”
    But signing on with the show means taking what for many was a side gig and making it their full-time commitment. Jim Ludwig, the founder of Dark Sword Miniatures, which makes figurines based on characters from Martin’s books, first got in touch with the author in early 2005.
    “I got an email from this guy raving about the miniatures, and he signed it George R.R. Martin,” Ludwig says. He was “an admirer,” Ludwig says, and they eventually became buddies. The company now holds the the license to Song of Ice and Fire, the book series Game of Thrones is based on.

    Ludwig’s hand-crafted miniatures are intricate works of art built up from a putty underneath a microscope. Not just anyone can do it, and Ludwig insists on working with the best. One of the main sculptors is Tom Meier, who Hasbro used to call upon to ensure actor likenesses were dialed in on Star Wars action figure faces, Ludwig says. That’s what we’re talking about here.
    “I got an email from this guy raving about the miniatures, and he signed it George R.R. Martin,” Ludwig says. He was “an admirer.”
    Ludwig balked at the opportunity to partner with HBO, but he’s still cashing in on the series’ success. He says the show definitely drives interest, even though he gets complaints from people who wonder why the faces on the minis don’t match the ones they see on their TV screens on Sunday nights. And he recently partnered with the popular gaming company CMON on a board game using his miniatures. The project raised almost $1.7 million on Kickstarter.

    Many of the companies in Martin’s universe, like Dark Sword Miniatures, haven’t been able, or were hesitant, to work out the same sort of deal Valyrian Steel did. These companies are small and care about authenticity above all else; they don’t typically have the money or workforce standing by to make it work. Family-owned Badali Jewelry, for example, had the chance to make accessories based on HBO’s Game of Thrones. However, founder Janelle Badali says the “understandably large upfront guarantee to secure the license” was too much for her. Even Beasley says he needed $125,000 up front to produce his first full run of swords and every partner he asked turned him down—an obstacle at the time, but something Beasley is now grateful for since he retains full ownership of the company.

    For the deals that do work out, though, it’s not hard to see why. These companies essentially get a free 60-minute commercial every Sunday that’s watched obsessively by millions of people. Game of Thrones is also a show perfectly formulated for Dark Sword and Valyrian Steel’s potential customers. Beasley says that he bet big on Valyrian Steel for a couple reasons. The first is that the swords in the show and books have names. And to be sure, the blades have a rich and compelling backstory of their own. I sat enthralled, along with two million-plus other viewers, and watched an 18-minute video breaking down what Valyrian steel is, how it’s made, and which characters have swords made out of it. One commenter writes, “By the middle of [the] video, I started to think that these are part of actual human history.” The blades really feel like their own characters.

    Of course, the market is exactly right: “People who buy swords tend to read books,” says Beasley. A sprinkling of luck is involved, too: “It's helpful that Kit Harington is not a tall man,” Beasley adds. “He wears [the sword] on his hip but because he's not a tall man, the pommel of the sword sits at about his sternum in every scene he's in, more or less. So, it gets a ton of screen time.”

    Lastly, this is a crowd that craves authenticity, and Martin works closely with each of these companies to design the items and gives a final sign-off on everything. HBO is a prestige television network and it asks the same quality from its partners. “This is a product category that requires a highly skilled licensee, and the resulting collection of replica weapons and armor gives fans a way to own beautiful and faithful copies of what they have seen on air,” Jeff Peters, HBO’s vice president of licensing and retail says over email.

    None of this would have been possible if not for Martin’s fierce loyalty towards his licensees. When he signed on with HBO, the author ensured that the companies he worked with as part of the books got right of first refusal and served as a sounding board for those on the fence about licensing with HBO. It didn’t work out on a large scale for everyone, but in creating a cult show, Martin also created a tiny industry for his friends.
    "Cha-****ing-ching."
    Gene Ching
    Publisher www.KungFuMagazine.com
    Author of Shaolin Trips
    Support our forum by getting your gear at MartialArtSmart

  11. #116

    I drew my own version of Long Claw . . .

    . . . for this piece of fanart I illustrated to accompany my "appearance" in Sifu Mimi Chan's podcast CULTURE CHAT.

    Name:  Beyond-the-Wall.jpg
Views: 244
Size:  102.7 KB

    I changed the pommel a bit as I never really liked the televised version.

  12. #117
    Join Date
    Jan 1970
    Location
    Fremont, CA, U.S.A.
    Posts
    47,946

    SEASON 2 EPISODE 2: WEAPONS OF FANTASY - Thursday October 10

    I'm not in this week's episode, but I hope you'll support it anyway.



    elreynetwork You are at the Red Wedding, which weapon do you use to defend yourself?
    EPISODE 2
    WEAPONS OF FANTASY
    In this episode of Man At Arms: Art of War, Danny and the smiths forge two iconic weapons of modern Hollywood fantasy - the Oathkeeper and the Red Viper Spear. The team then puts the blades through and array of tests.

    THREADS:
    Game of Thrones
    Man at Arms: Art of War - Original Series from EL REY Network
    Gene Ching
    Publisher www.KungFuMagazine.com
    Author of Shaolin Trips
    Support our forum by getting your gear at MartialArtSmart

  13. #118
    Join Date
    Jan 1970
    Location
    Fremont, CA, U.S.A.
    Posts
    47,946

    Episode 2 tonight!

    Like I said, I'm not on tonight, but my brother in arms Da'Mon Stith tags in as weapons expert.



    El Rey Network

    Verified account

    @Elreynetwork
    46m46 minutes ago
    TONIGHT! @OfficialDannyT & the builders bring the weapons from Game of Thrones to life! Don't miss the all-new Man At Arms: Art Of War 8p ET @ElReyNetwork! #dannytrejo #manatarms #weapons #gameofthones #got #jaimelannister #brienneoftarth #oathkeeper #redviperspear #elreyallday
    I'm actually off for the next few episodes.


    THREADS:
    Game of Thrones
    Man at Arms: Art of War - Original Series from EL REY Network
    Gene Ching
    Publisher www.KungFuMagazine.com
    Author of Shaolin Trips
    Support our forum by getting your gear at MartialArtSmart

  14. #119
    Join Date
    Jan 1970
    Location
    Fremont, CA, U.S.A.
    Posts
    47,946

    I was wondering when this might happen

    Didn't expect it would be fatal.

    'GAME OF THRONES' FAN STABBED NEIGHBOR TO DEATH WITH CEREMONIAL SWORD
    BY DAVID BRENNAN ON 11/12/18 AT 9:00 AM


    This photo shows the ceremonial sword Douglas Plumpton used to kill Iain Maddocks in March.

    A man has been sentenced to life in jail after killing a neighbor using a ceremonial sword he bought as inspiration for the Game of Thrones-style novel he was writing.

    Douglas Plumpton, 26, killed Iain Maddocks in March over an unpaid debt, though he claimed he was acting in self-defense, the BBC reported. A judge in Liverpool, U.K., sentenced Plumpton to serve at least 19 years in jail following the murder, which occurred on the victim’s 32nd birthday. Though the defendant admitted manslaughter, he denied murder.

    Plumpton, also known as “Ratsa Jack”—called the emergency services as Maddocks lay dying, claiming the victim had come to his home to attack him. “If he dies, it's his own…fault,” he said in a recording of the call played to the jury.

    He claimed Maddocks was armed with a large knife when he arrived at his apartment. Plumpton said he then grabbed one of his two ceremonial swords—which he owned to help him visualize scenes for his fantasy novel—to defend himself.

    The court heard that Maddocks bled to death having suffered multiple stab and slash wounds. An injury to the femoral artery in his left leg proved fatal, the Liverpool Echo reported.

    Judge Alan Conrad said Maddocks died in “horrific circumstances” which have “caused misery and pain to those close to him.” Addressing Plumpton, he said, “He had done nothing to deserve the brutal armed violence that you used and which ended his life.”

    Conrad said Plumpton was a known drug dealer, and Maddocks one of his customers. The victim fell into debt with Plumpton and this, Conrad said, was “the real cause of your annoyance.”


    Douglas Plumpton, 26, was sentenced to at least 19 years in jail for the murder.
    MERSEYSIDE POLICE

    Plumpton had damaged Maddocks’s car over the outstanding £140 ($180) payment, which they had agreed would be paid back in £70 ($90) installments. But the first month, Maddocks only paid £40 ($51). In retaliation, Plumpton smashed the headlights on Maddocks’ car.

    “When Mr. Maddocks came to your door, believing you were responsible for damaging his car, you armed yourself,” Conrad said. After the stabbing, the judge said Plumpton tried to cover his tracks by placing a large knife next to the incapacitated Maddocks and even considered moving him to a nearby empty flat.

    When told he was being arrested on suspicion of murder, Plumpton replied, “Oh dear, I thought at most it would be manslaughter. He came around to mine kicking off, it was self-defense.”

    In a statement supplied to the court, the victim’s mother—Linda Maddocks—said her son’s death was “the worst day of my life.” She said he “was always smiling and loved life so much. This is something you never get over as a mum. I just wish I could change places with him."

    This article was updated to include images of Douglas Plumpton and the murder weapon.
    THREADS
    Game of Thrones
    Bad Day for Samurai Wannabes
    Gene Ching
    Publisher www.KungFuMagazine.com
    Author of Shaolin Trips
    Support our forum by getting your gear at MartialArtSmart

  15. #120
    Join Date
    Jan 1970
    Location
    Fremont, CA, U.S.A.
    Posts
    47,946

    HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel pilot & Star Trek 4

    An update for Game of Thrones.

    And for Star Trek 4, 'That project has since been shelved.'

    ‘Game Of Thrones’ Prequel HBO Pilot: SJ Clarkson To Direct; Naomi Ackie & 7 More Cast
    by Nellie Andreeva • tip
    and Denise Petski
    January 8, 2019 9:30am


    Shutterstock/HBO/Sky

    SJ Clarkson (Marvel’s The Defenders, Jessica Jones) has been tapped to direct and executive produce HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel pilot from feature writer Jane Goldman and author/GOT co-executive producer George R.R. Martin. Naomi Ackie (Lady MacBeth, Yardie), Denise Gough (People, Places and Things, Colette), Jamie Campbell Bower (The Twilight Saga, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones), Sheila Atim (Girl From the North Country, Harlots), Ivanno Jeremiah (Humans, Doctor Who), Georgie Henley (Narnia franchise, The Spanish Princess), Alex Sharp (How To Talk To Girls At Parties, To The Bone) and Toby Regbo (Reign, The Last Kingdom) are set as series regulars, joining previously cast Naomi Watts and Josh Whitehouse.

    I hear Clarkson was recruited by HBO for GOT after she recently became available. Earlier this year, Clarkson was the first female director to be tapped to direct a Star Trek movie when she was hired to helm the fourth feature in the current series. That project has since been shelved.


    Top L-R Denise Gough, Jamie Campbell Bower; Bottom L-R Sheila Atim, Ivanno Jeremiah
    Ruth Crafer/Netflix

    Created by Goldman & Martin and written by Goldman based on a story by her and Martin, the untitled prequel takes place thousands of years before the events of Game of Thrones. It chronicles the world’s descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour. And only one thing is for sure: from the horrifying secrets of Westeros’s history to the true origin of the white walkers, the mysteries of the East to the Starks of legend… it’s not the story we think we know.


    L-R: Georgie Henley, Alex Sharp, Toby Regbo
    Netflix

    Goldman will serve as showrunner and executive produce alongside Martin as well as fellow GOT co-executive producer Vince Gerardis and Damages and Bloodline co-creator/exec producer Daniel Zelman, Clarkson, James Farrell and Jim Danger Gray. Chris Symes is co-executive producer.

    Clarkson most recently directed and executive produced Collateral, a four-part BBC/Netflix four-part limited series starring Carey Mulligan and written by David Hare, and previously directed and executive produced the pilots for Marvel’s The Defenders and Jessica Jones for Netflix.

    Ackie will be seen in a leading role in J.J. Abrams-directed Star Wars: Episode IX, set for release in December 2019, and recently wrapped filming a leading role in London-set crime thriller The Corrupted opposite Sam Claflin.

    Gough will next be seen on screen in Wash Westmoreland’s Colette, alongside Keira Knightley and Dominic West, and in the lead role in Monday, alongside Sebastian Stan.

    Jeremiah will next be seen on the big screen starring in drama The Flood.

    Henley, known as young Lucy in all three Narnia franchise films, recently wrapped the first season of The Spanish Princess, a limited series for Starz.

    Sharp will next be seen in MGM’S Nasty Women starring alongside Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson.

    Regbo is currently shooting Medici: The Magnificent, season 2 of the Netflix series, led by Daniel Sharman.

    Clarkson is repped by WME in the U.S., Curtis Brown in the UK. Ackie is repped by CAA, Hamilton Hodell in the UK and Cinetic Media and Peikoff Mahan in the U.S. Gough is repped by Independent Talent Group in the UK and United Talent Agency in the U.S. Bower is repped by Paradigm, Dalzell and Beresford in the UK, Sloane, Offer, Weber, and Dern and Vector. Atim is repped by Middleweek Newtown Talent Management, Fourward, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman. Jeremiah is repped by Scott Marshall Partners Ltd and Luber Roklin Entertainment. Henley is repped by ICM, Hamilton Hodell and art2perform and Peikoff Mahan in the U.S. Sharp is repped by CAA and Elin Flack Management. Regbo is repped by Authentic Talent and Literary Management, Independent Talent Group and attorney Karl Austen at JTWAMM.
    Gene Ching
    Publisher www.KungFuMagazine.com
    Author of Shaolin Trips
    Support our forum by getting your gear at MartialArtSmart

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •