Linebacker Burnett gets Throne to the Lions
Meet Tony Burnett: graduate of USC, linebacker enjoying a good start to his first year with the B.C. Lions, and avid Game of Thrones fan.
A three-year veteran in the Canadian Football League, Burnett may also have a future as a television show critic, as he offers his review of the Season 7 premiere of Game of Thrones and reveals where his allegiances lie in an epic Q&A:
Q How did Tony Burnett become a Game of Thrones fan?
A You hear the buzz around it, right? I’m like a show freak. I watch a bunch of shows. I’m currently watching about five or six shows right now. I just kept hearing a lot of good things. I was scrolling through my cable one day and I saw that I had all the seasons on there. So I started watching and, you know, Season 1 is kind of drawn out because they have to introduce everybody. I was like, ‘Ah, I don’t know if I’m really into this show.’ Then Season 2, it picks up from there, gets a little gory. I like gory and those kinds of things.
Q You were hooked from there?
A Yeah, I was hooked right there and never looked back.
Q Put your critic hat on. What would your review of the Season 7 premiere be?
A The first half of the show was very interesting, exciting. Arya (Stark) got to get some revenge. The second half was kind of slow. I guess we’re seeing who goes where. You’ve got these people going to the north and Daenerys (Targaryen) goes back to her castle. But they did leave a nice little cliffhanger on there.
Q What would the perfect Game of Thrones snack be?
A I feel like it would be Gushers. They just love the gore and they love to show you blood. I feel like you see one of those things and you just pop a Gusher in, bite it and you get that burst.
Q If you could be one Game of Thrones character, who would it be?
A I would say Khal Drogo. I mean, you die early but you die with Khaleesi as your wife, so it’s like a nice little consolation prize.
Q Spoilers are controversial. Have you ever spoiled a show for anyone else?
A Unfortunately, yes, I have. I try to stay away from it. (Monday) night, I went and watched War for the Planet of the Apes. It was a great movie. I tweeted that.
I had a couple of followup tweets in my head but I was like, “You know, I’m just going to let people watch the movie.” But I’m giving them until next weekend. If they don’t see it next weekend, I’m ruining everything for everybody.