Monthly Archives: March 2012

Game of Thrones actors before they donned the blonde.

Before They Were Lannisters: Game of Thrones actors before they donned the blonde.

Rejected post title: “A Lannister Always Pays His Dues.”


Joffrey Lannister in Batman Begins
Before he played the one dickhole you’d like to cram a Q-tip in, Jack Gleeson was known to American audiences as “that fuckin’ blond kid who almost got gassed” in 2005′s Batman Begins. I know it’s hard to distinguish between actor and character from time-to-time, especially one who so richly deserves a parsnip up the arse, so try not to imagine this little towheaded non-Joffrey getting his brain cells melted by Scarecrow’s neurotoxic gas or Katie Holmes’ single facial expression.


Tyrion Lannister on Seinfeld
Though he was the only cast member to walk away with an Emmy this season, Peter Dinklage is no stranger to being pigeonholed. Shit, I could only ever play point guard on my junior high basketball team, but I ended up hosting a radio program in college where the audience could not judge my size. Here’s a, let’s say, completely coincidental parallel example of Peter Dinklage’s voice on Seinfeld.


Cersei Lannister in The Jungle Book
Queen Gorgo or “Character I Didn’t Realize Was As Popular As Leelu to Cosplay” from 300 is kind of an obvious choice. Please instead enjoy this trailer for Disney’s live-action adaptation of The Jungle Book which, as a young girl, taught me the meaning of abs. Oh yeah, and Lena Headey as not-in-the-original-book caucasian love interest, Kitty.


Jaime Lannister in Wimbledon
Sure, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has been in some shit that wasn’t Danish, but the only thing I’ve seen is Wimbledon and I’m 90% sure I’m actually thinking of that Woody Allen movie about tennis that was so wretched I couldn’t be bothered to realize how long it took me to turn it off.


Tywin Lannister in Ali G In Da House
Nothing demeans a man like dressing forcing him to like a woman, because of gender roles or something. Check out the venerable Charles Dance stuffed into a vinyl mini-skirt by the venereal Ali G.


Lancel Lannister on House of Anubis
Did you know that the guy with exaggerated page boy haircut that Cersei’s been nailing since her brotherlover got captured is a legit teen heartthrob? He’s on a Nickelodeon show called House of Anubis, which I surmise from the title is like Hogwarts without any quality writing backing it up. If you can ignore the Kate Moss build from the Season 1 finale, he’d make a nice addition to the LadyBoners reedit.

BONUS:


Bronn’s music video

Wait for it…yep. There he is. Here’s hoping he breaks into song on a GoT blooper reel at some point. If you’re not fully fetal from cringing, check the date on this vid; it’s way more recent than you might think.

Images courtesy of HBO.com

You're never going to win with cuticles like that, girl.

Mani the Odds Be Ever in Your Favor: Best Hunger Games Nail Art

Rejected post title: “Katnail Everdid – Advanced Polish Techniques for Careers”

It’s official: You now have less than two weeks to complete your Capitol Look for the, no doubt, midnight showing of Hunger Games movie you bought tickets to last month. Hey, no judgment here; my tickets were secured the day they went on sale. What you’ll find below is a collection of nail art that both the most amateur and most skilled laquerista can accomplish. All you need is time, money, patience and the steadiness of a hand quite far gone into rigor mortis.

1. Anything from the Hunger Games China Glaze nail polish collection

from Chloe's Nails
DIFFICULTY RATING: Practically cheating.
PapCult favorite Chloe’s Nails at least gives you a variety of top coat options to keep things interesting.

2. District By Districtfrom Beautopia

DIFFICULTY RATING: 2-3 hours of intense focus, estimated 8 acetone-soaked q-tips for fuck ups

Suspiciously corporate-looking blog Beautopia has a series of posts dedicated to custom icons for individual districts. The District 4 mani has the least offensive color palette, which is key to avoiding looking like you just came from a 6th grade slumber party.

3. Girl on Fire Flames

 

DIFFICULTY RATING: Mmmedium?

You’re gonna need a lot of top coat to even out that glut of polish, but the final effect looks pretty slick.

4. Mockingjay Book Cover

 

DIFFICULTY RATING: Yikers.

Pro-tip: cut the difficulty down to “I Got This” by eliminating letters and face and just focus on the crop circles.

5. Panem Portraiture

 

DIFFICULTY RATING: FFfffff…

Do not attempt unless your hands are detachable so you can use the teeny tiny detail brush at a normal angle. It’s a safe bet that if the tutorial lasts longer than it takes your basecoat to dry, you’re better off with wishful thinking.

 

Happy Painting, Laqueristas!