How different was the unaired pilot of Game of Thrones?

Glad you asked – cuz io9.Com has the answer:

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by Charlie Jane Anders

You might already know that Game of Thrones filmed a pilot that never aired. With different actors playing Daenerys and Catelyn, and a few other changes. Not much is known about this earlier Thrones pilot, except for a few hints — but a copy of the script was posted online. Here’s all the scoop about the Westeros you never saw. read article

Top TVWriter™ Posts for the Week Ending 4/19/13

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Here they are, the most viewed TVWriter™ posts for the past week:

Here’s What the 2013-14 TV Season has in Store for Us read article

Now This is How You Write a Review

The Awesome Overthinkers have done it again:

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Underthinking It: A Review of Canterbury Tales by Chaucer
by William O’Connor

Is it just me, or were some of the so called great English writers the worst kind of incompetent hacks?  The time has come to think seriously about our supposed titans of literary culture, the time has come for us to finally acknowledge that Geoffrey Chaucer couldn’t write. I mean, have you ever tried to read Chaucer? It’s basically gibberish. How anyone has ever been able to tolerate it I have not the vaguest idea. Shakespeare was bad enough, what with his obsessions with thees and thous, whereto and therefores. But at least he was somewhat comprehensible. I defy you, dear reader, to comprehend this nonsense, those ugly, ugly words with which our so-called poet was so enamored. read article

The Doctor Puppet Has Regenerated – Backwards?

But why tell when we can show:

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by Alisa

“The Red X” became the first Doctor Puppet video to pass 100,000 views last night! “The Conjunction of Eleven” passed 50,000 at the same time! To celebrate an excellent first week, I’ve treated myself to some new shoes. What do you think? read article

Why We All Haveta Love George Takei

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Sorry Facebook detractors, but there’s no such thing as TMI:

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