HBO's adaptation of Game of Thrones - Thread 2. There are a lot of nerds.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/30/hbo-slammed-for-sexual-violence-against-women-in-its-shows.html

Linda Holmes from NPR kicked off the questioning, asking if the network is relying on sexualized violence against women as a way to create stakes and drive the narrative. Instinctively bringing up Game of Thrones, Bloys says the violence “is not just specific to women. It’s men and women. It’s kind of indiscriminate.”
When she followed up, Bloys reiterated that he didn’t think the violence is specific to women. “Plenty of men are killed as well,” he said, setting off a #TCA16 firestorm on Twitter.

Writer Melanie McFarland then asked if that means that we’ll be seeing more of the same kind of violence, specifically rape, with male characters, Bloys joked, “We’re going to kill everybody!”

Eric Deggans at NPR took the final stab at the question, explicating the difference between violence against women and generalized violence, that there is a difference between what happens to Game of Thrones—a dismemberment, per se—and rape against women, which is a particular kind of violence that is about oppressing women.

“The violence is pretty extreme on all fronts,” he said, a fair PR-ing of a tough question but missing the point: that there’s a boiling point rising in the frustration over what has, with its gender imbalance and frequency, become a misogynistic trope on TV. And, if there isn’t, that perhaps its uniquely on television could be contributing to a desensitizing over it.

But Bloys did concede, “I take your point—so far there aren’t any male rapes.”

RIP Maester Grouty
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38225796

Surprised the plot leaks of the next season didn't really spread. Or maybe they did on Ice & Fire places.

holy fuck can't believe i didn't realize that was grouty

Surprised the plot leaks of the next season didn't really spread. Or maybe they did on Ice & Fire places.

You mean the one about this all being a fantasy theme park populated by robots?

the plot leaks spread but all the ones I saw were just "the northern alliance is gonna look like THIS" which is boring imo. Well, and Gendry showing back up. That might be interesting. Also, Hot Pie rides a dragon.

fuck you guys

Unless the dragon is made of bread, I refuse to believe that last one.

RIP Neal Fingleton aka the Giant :((((

https://www.yahoo.com/tv/game-thrones-actor-neil-fingleton-dies-36-211400051.html

New season starts July 16th.

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxWfvtnHtS0

They're going all-in on Cersei, huh. I find her uninteresting. She hasn't changed from the first episode.

i had forgotten how popular that song was once

That's a teaser and NOT a trailer and the disappointment is double because of that music choice.

that song was unfortunate.

The actual trailers are always very vague though.

The eye zoom from Cersei to the Night King was neat but everyone has seen the Night King already so why not at least show all of him like the others? Could've had him singing along with Tim Booth too.

Maybe the Night King IS Tim Booth.

Naw it's Angelo Badalementi

really want the Night King to weigh in on the best Blur album to resolve the Syrian crisis

Ugh lol what was with the James song on the trailer!?

I've a soft spot for James but that's a fucking terrible choice of track.

Looking forward to the full trailer, soundtracked by Chumbawamba

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phmMxiFoERo

new character, sir banter of stark, will be played by rick witter.

They're going all-in on Cersei, huh. I find her uninteresting.

well, she's on the Iron Throne at the moment. Seems weird they'd forget abut her, show title and all.

i heard first ep she decides to abdicate and opens and etsy store for the jewelry she makes

i read what i thought was a fan theory thing but turned out to be the entire plot of season 7 whoops

turns out sawyer was the horse

Stannis still alive, goes back in time and fathers Jon Snow

Had to look up Sawyer, there is a Harry Sawyer but I don't think he's in the tv version.

I don't know, he could be one of the horses

Sam is the adult version of Hot Pie but from the future

Hot Pie gets really old and loses a lot of weight and moves to New York and becomes a paleontologist and it turns out he's Ross from Friends.

A++ localgarda

DJ Ross From Friends?

Well here you go. Will also start a separate thread for this, I think.

http://io9.gizmodo.com/hbo-and-george-r-r-martin-are-developing-four-game-of-1794928697

that next book is never gonna come out is it

That's for sure

All Series Must Die (Which Is Why There Are New Ones) -- The Game of Thrones Series Spinoffs

They should spin off a show for each of the characters that is just them maximum Machiavelli monologuing for 45 minutes.

Drunk Westeros History

Just watched I, Claudius, which scratched all the GOT itches without the dragons and ice zombies.

So it was JUST boobs then?

Mammae.

Boobs, British scene-chewing, incest, political intrigue, and assassination -- what more do you need?

a horse decapitation wouldn't seem out of place either

Horse Senator more likely

oh... mammae... could this really be the end

War, doom, dragons...trailer! For real!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giYeaKsXnsI

you left out "rapes"

You'll be telling me there's incest next.