Sigils For All!

It feels like sigil-mania right now on the internet in the wake of the Game of Thrones Season 3 premiere. Seriously, every time we open one of our favorite websites, someone has done a sigil version of something, to the nerdy delight of all.

Soccer blog The Fifth Pitch has taken the six of the makor Premier League football clubs and given them their own GOT-style sigils, complete with mottos, their in-universe counterparts, and the reasoning behind the choices. Naturally, we favour Liverpool:

The Fifth Pitch sees them as akin to House Targaryen, with the motto being "a playful attempt to make fun of Liverpool's obsession with their history (and subsequently their claim to success.)" Far enough, guys, but we have this to say in response:

And there is no arguing with Captain Fantastic.

Be sure to click here and see what The Fifth Pitch make of Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspurs, and Manchester City. They get into the real nitty gritty of both the GOT universe and the football world to explain their choices, and we have the hugest internet crush on them right now.

But football not your thing? We got you. How about some custom sigils for Google, Wikipedia, Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit, just to name a few?

As far as the GOT series itself, Latte has dived right into it and has watched the first few eps of Season 1. Mocha doesn't know whether to read the books first or watch the show, but she's probably going to end up watching the show.

And for the record, we'll probably start calling ourselves "House Halfie" in a few weeks. Need to think of a motto, though...

Tuesday Tunes: March 12, 2013

Hi friends! Today marks our inaugural "Tuesday Tunes" post-where we give a shout-out to those songs which are Earwigging/Earworming us out for the week. Highbrow, lowbrow, indie, mainstream: we're equal opportunity here at "Half and Half".

See the full list under the cut!

Let's Show A Little Love for Title Sequences

Will Perkins over at Yahoo's Widescreen blog asks "Where is the Oscar for Best Title Sequence?" 

The short answer: The Academy rejected that category in 1999. But that doesn't mean we can't take a few minutes to appreciate some of the best title sequences ever. 

IFC has a list of 50 that you can view here, and Art of the Title is an entire website devoted to the best of the best.

We've got a few that spring to mind as well.

Like remember when the title sequence to "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" leaked and the entire internet went crazy? 

Or the first time you saw "Se7en"?

And no matter how you feel about the rest of the movie, we think the opening credits to "Watchmen" are a masterpiece. Watch them here.

Thy (Cinematic) Summer Shall Not Fade...

In honor of Valentine's Day (a day late, we know), Mocha and Latte have compiled a list of some of our favorite movie scenes and love songs we think have stood the test of time.

Billy Shakespeare would approve.

See the list and videos under the cut!

Best of 'The Walking Dead' Memes

The second half of the third season of "The Walking Dead" begins tomorrow, amid news showrunner Glen Mazzara is getting the hell out of Dodge and ditching the series due to "creative differences" with producer Robert Kirkman (ugh).  This isn't the first time a showrunner's left the show--series creator Frank Darabont left after the first season. His exit was soon followed by actors James DeMunn (Dale) and Jon Bernthal (RIP Team Shane!). While TWD has never shied away from killing off main characters, the constant drama behind the scenes has led to wildly inconsistent seasons, with some major highs (the first half of season three) and some big lows (the first half of season two).

What has been consistent are the amazing memes generated after each episode. Fans of TWD are passionate and not afraid to call out some of its questionable choices, such as the apparent unwritten rule that there can only be one major black male character at a time, and the writing/casting of Carl. These memes sum up the best and worst of the TWD. In honor of its imminent return to your Sunday nights, we present our Top 10:

1. The Evolution of Sheriff Rick

2. Team Daryl, FTW!

3. Sounds about right.

4. Wish We Were Cameras

5. It's all in the details.

6. Dearly Departed Dale

7. Because Carl is THE WORST. Still.

8. Like a Boss.

9. T-Dog, We Hardly Knew Ye. Really. You had absolutely no character development whatsoever.

10. Two memes for the price of one. And because, again, CARL IS THE WORST.