Love his Book, starting to hate HIM.

I'm talking about George R.R. Martin. I know some of you reading this will think, well that's fine Jesse. You like his books, that has nothing to do with him as a person. Of course you see, I'm that kind of guy who wants to like all aspects of a person. If I love an author's books, then I want to think that the person who produces such great art is also a person I'd really like. Unfortunately, the more I read the blog of George R.R. Martin, the more he comes off as a some what cool but over all crotchety stuck in the past old fuck!

I've had problems with some of his stuff in the past. Mainly football. The man is too die hard by far. He displays aspects of his NY football fandom that make me hate Steelers fans. He is happy as a child with a new toy the teams win, and sad like you kicked his puppy when they lose. Maybe its expecting too much, but come on. This is a guy who's made t.v. shows, NY Times best selling novels, gets to go to conventions and shows all over the world. And his world outlook is going to be thrown off track by a few football games. That behavior from this guy has always bothered me. But hey, his books are awesome, so I could let it slide. He supported Obama, and a change in America. So he can be a bit of a sports nut and I'll still like him. But not after his blog post about the Iron Man 2 movie and comic book movies in general. Here is the link:

http://grrm.livejournal.com/155683.html

He had me until he A)referred to the Ang Lee Hulk movie as the BAD Hulk movie (even though he was doing so to talk about bad stuff in the Incredible Hulk movie), and B) said that if you change stuff from the comic books when you make them into movies its a bad idea. Thats it, I'm done.

George R.R. Martin writes ASTOUNDING books. He is now and forever classified in the category of stodgy old cantankerous fucks that I wish would be taken to a special Island so the rest of us who aren't afraid of changing the old and making it new and possibly better, can get on with our lives without there grumblings. The end.