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An Indiana Jones lookalike, Van Gogh meets Tolkien and a shock in Game Of Thrones … All in this week’s Spurious Awards, hosted by Narin Bahar!
ENTRANCE OF THE WEEK
Any lingering doubts that Camelot was going to be anything other than Spartacus meets The Tudors were firmly squashed seven minutes into episode one when Arthur made his first appearance, in Daily Mail terminology, romping naked in a field.
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EXIT OF THE WEEK [SPOILER ALERT]
Poor stoic Ned Stark had, from the very start, been pitched as the main character in Game Of Thrones , so – if you hadn’t read the books at least – his brutal demise at the decree of inbred Joffrey was the most jaw-dropping moment of TV this week. We also loved the reaction of the eponymous mother (opens in new tab) from the hilarious My Mom Watches Game of Thrones tumblr.
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CULTURAL MASH-UP OF THE WEEK
Vincent Van Gogh goes to Mordor (via Blastr (opens in new tab) )
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LOOKALIKE OF THE WEEK
E3, as ever, offered much in the way of giddy joy for gamers keen to find out what would be filling their time in the next year. Long-awaited (and overdue) Star Wars MMORPG The Old Republic brought a new trailer (opens in new tab) and a tantalising look at some of the gameplay and character options. But we couldn’t help thinking that their Han Solo-ish bounty hunter character looked a little bit like another well known Harrison Ford hero.
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MYSTERY OF THE WEEK
Never has a holding page caused so much excitement as this week, when www.pottermore.com (opens in new tab) was unveiled to the world. The exact details of JK Rowling’s newest project are shrouded in mystery, with speculation ranging from an online game, to book, to theme park. After extensive effort here at SFX we think we’ve gone some way to cracking the fiendish code. Someway, somehow with the Pottermore project Ms Rowling is giving us more Potter. And owls. No, don’t thank us…
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