Kaftan Barlast Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 Yeah, I guess even a blind hen can find a bean in a basket on a good day. But it's very simple really, just a question of esthetics and statistics. #1 one bloke doing another bloke isnt a very graceful or stimulating thing to watch #2 the only people who would be interested in it anyway are a clear minority. Thus the logical conclusion is that most of us, in fact, does not want to see it. It's just like people who actually watch golf on television. Not that there's anything wrong with that DISCLAIMER: Do not take what I write seriously unless it is clearly and in no uncertain terms, declared by me to be meant in a serious and non-humoristic manner. If there is no clear indication, asume the post is written in jest. This notification is meant very seriously and its purpouse is to avoid misunderstandings and the consequences thereof. Furthermore; I can not be held accountable for anything I write on these forums since the idea of taking serious responsability for my unserious actions, is an oxymoron in itself. Important: as the following sentence contains many naughty words I warn you not to read it under any circumstances; botty, knickers, wee, erogenous zone, psychiatrist, clitoris, stockings, bosom, poetry reading, dentist, fellatio and the department of agriculture. "I suppose outright stupidity and complete lack of taste could also be considered points of view. "
Nightshape Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 Lots of nice Symbolism in Game of Thrones. Stag and Dire wolf... Then the skinning of the Stag. I came up with Crate 3.0 technology. Crate 4.0 - we shall just have to wait and see.Down and out on the Solomani RimNow the Spinward Marches don't look so GRIM!
johnbriner Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 Looking good! Seems like it will be a good one! And the story, I think it's gonna be great! I'll wait for that! Thanks for sharing! John Briner
Gorgon Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 What exactly is the problem, are we feeling outraged on behalf of womanhood or cheated on behalf of male gaydom. Help me out here. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all.
Gorgon Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 In a related note I must admit that in personal preference I support a minimum safe distance between full beards and male genitalia in my fantasy TV series. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all.
Nightshape Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 What exactly is the problem, are we feeling outraged on behalf of womanhood or cheated on behalf of male gaydom. Help me out here. It all smells of pollitically correct bullcrap! I like my whores filthy! So far I have been pleased. I came up with Crate 3.0 technology. Crate 4.0 - we shall just have to wait and see.Down and out on the Solomani RimNow the Spinward Marches don't look so GRIM!
MrBrown Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/introducing-stupid-ned-stark Spoilers up to ep7.
WDeranged Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 Another decent episode for me, enjoyed the skinning scene, it was a good way to introduce a character, I suppose they were going for an upper class but gets his hands dirty kind of thing, the lesbian scene was over the top but I can't say I didn't enjoy it, the guy playing Littlefinger was hamming it up a bit too much though. "OH, EVERYTHING MY DEAR.." I do like his character, it's just that line killed it for me.
Monte Carlo Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 Good episode. But was that lesbian scene really necessary? It was a gift from the Great Stallion.
Purkake Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 Lots of nice Symbolism in Game of Thrones. Stag and Dire wolf... Then the skinning of the Stag. All the animal symbolism stuff is pretty blunt, including the first episode.
Syraxis Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 (edited) First few mins into the ep. and I'm already by the skinning of the deer. Was that a real one? Hate to be that guy if so, heh. I can't believe that made you feel sick... I thought it was an awesome scene! You a vegan or something. Veganism is evil. Nope. Just the sight of blood/bodily parts makes me feel uneasy. My mother OTOH; loves watching open surgery shows on the discovery channel. Sometimes I wonder if I'm a bastard myself. lol Edited May 31, 2011 by Syraxis
Monte Carlo Posted May 31, 2011 Posted May 31, 2011 I skin rabbits now and then, it's like pulling a sock off. I'd like to try a bigger animal, butchery is quite an interesting skill. Charles Dance looked like he had done some research for that scene. Monte's rabbit recipe du jour: Saltimbocca. A Northern Italian delicacy, rub garlic, olive oil, lemon, black pepper and rosemary onto a saddle of rabbit. Pan fry in a little butter. Once browned wrap in parma ham / proscuttio (you can keep it in place with a wooden splint) and put in a hot oven to finish for ten minutes. Serve with roast cubetti potatoes and fresh green vegetables and of course a glass of barolo. Prago!
Walsingham Posted June 1, 2011 Posted June 1, 2011 Can't stand barolo, no idea why. Confirm skinning rabbits is incredibly easy. Just be careful when you gut the wee bastards, because the stench is bloody hard to get off your hands. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Monte Carlo Posted June 1, 2011 Posted June 1, 2011 Can't stand barolo, no idea why. Confirm skinning rabbits is incredibly easy. Just be careful when you gut the wee bastards, because the stench is bloody hard to get off your hands. *shrugs* substitute it for a Chianti or anything French. Except Nikolas Sarkozy, who I imagine tastes unpleasant.
Enoch Posted June 1, 2011 Posted June 1, 2011 There's something ironic about the guy in the George R.R. Martin-related thread who hasn't read the books being the one who steers the discussion into a tangential food description. All of the SoIaF books would be measurably thinner if Martin was capable of saying "Then they ate lunch." and actually leaving it there. Those of us who have read the books probably hit Monte's post, thought "another damned roasted rabbit description," and reflexively started skimming to see when the topic went back to the action.
Nightshape Posted June 1, 2011 Posted June 1, 2011 Lots of nice Symbolism in Game of Thrones. Stag and Dire wolf... Then the skinning of the Stag. All the animal symbolism stuff is pretty blunt, including the first episode. If you've not been near the books I don't think it comes across quite in the same manner. I came up with Crate 3.0 technology. Crate 4.0 - we shall just have to wait and see.Down and out on the Solomani RimNow the Spinward Marches don't look so GRIM!
Purkake Posted June 1, 2011 Posted June 1, 2011 Possibly, I don't have the option of going back and not being near the books though.
LadyCrimson Posted June 1, 2011 Posted June 1, 2011 Both of those scenes were unnecessary, but the lesbian one definitely more so. I wish they would tone down with all the pointless sex scenes, really. It's HBO. They can show sex (unlike "the networks") and therefore they MUST..."see what we can do that they can't." I myself don't give a bullhorn @ T&A in a show, male or female, but if they're going to have it, it would be nice if it seemed more natural. I suppose you can say we had to know Littlefinger's chr more but...eh, it was too long and too silly. I liked, mostly, the way they did nudity/sex in Rome. It felt more like a natural extension of the culture, rather than gratuitous nekkid for sake of "because we can." “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts
Gfted1 Posted June 1, 2011 Posted June 1, 2011 Man, Ive really got to catch up with episode 7. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Gorgon Posted June 1, 2011 Posted June 1, 2011 You know I barely noticed it, must be because I'm European and progressive and refined surely. The weird thing to me was how the scene was reminiscent of speaking out internal monologue like a bad 80s soap. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all.
Monte Carlo Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 FFS let the hawt sapphic sex scene go. Some of us like that sort of thing.
Pidesco Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 I thought the lesbian scene was perfectly normal, as it really helped bring home who Little Finger is and it was nice foreshadowing for the eventual betrayal. Also, hawt. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian touristI am Dan Quayle of the Romans.I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands.Heja Sverige!!Everyone should cuffawkle more.The wrench is your friend.
Oerwinde Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 there has been way too much looming at the wall, get on with the undead invasion already. Don't get your hopes up. 4 books in and it hasn't happened yet. The area between the balls and the butt is a hotbed of terrorist activity.
Cycloneman Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 What exactly is the problem, are we feeling outraged on behalf of womanhood or cheated on behalf of male gaydom. Help me out here.Personally, I'm outraged on being treated like a child. When I want to watch pornography (and occasionally I do), I'll watch pornography, not HBO. Every time that I see some obviously male-gazed up image in fiction (and Good Lord was that scene ever one), I feel like I'm being treated as some sort of dimwitted cave man who has to be lead around from scene to scene with **** and ass. I don't post if I don't have anything to say, which I guess makes me better than the rest of your so-called "community."
Gorgon Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 Clearly the show meant to be racy and full of sexual innuendo, so it can't come as any surprise. I also don't think it counts as pornography, I mean breasts and strategic cropping for the rest, pretty tame compared to say, Rome. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all.
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