Wait till someone says that wildfire looks like Donald Rumsfeld's snot and they have to remove all the Blackwater scenes.....................................
"George Bush's head appears in a couple of beheading scenes. It's not a choice, it's not a political statement. We just had to use whatever head we had around."
No it isn't, on the commentary they mention one of the heads "looks like" GWB but it isn't an actual replica of his head.
If the powers that be hadn't said anything about this, it would have stayed completely under the radar as it did when the DVD first came out and, indeed, as the episode itself did when it first aired and absolutely no-one picked up on it.
"We use a lot of prosthetic body parts on the show: heads, arms, etc. We can't afford to have these all made from scratch, especially in scenes where we need a lot of them, so we rent them in bulk. After the scene was already shot, someone pointed out that one of the heads looked like George W. Bush"
"People may not have noticed this but back up… the last head on the left is George Bush. George Bush's head appears in a couple of beheading scenes. It's not a choice, it's not a political statement. We just had to use whatever head we had around."
Yes, somebody pointed out to them that one of the heads looked like George Bush, because it was his likeness mask. Just turned away and hidden under a wig.
Would they not make a heap more $$$ if they sped the process up a little?
What about all the people that would buy but download and by the time it's released have lost the urge to purchase.
I guess they have their reasons and maybe the many world tv syndication's make so much money the dvd/bd releases are almost irrelevant.
Domestic subscribers is their main revenue stream. Cable providers use HBO as a main selling point and pay a premium to carry it. DVD and foreign rights is a nice extra.
If they release too soon lots of people who would otherwise sub to HBO would not bother, after all it is relatively expensive.
if my blu ray set was dispatched yesterday by amazon.co.uk do you think that means ive probably managed to get a set without the "bush head" scene edited out?
Are they actually editing it out? It would be stupid if they did
They stopped production of the DVD/BR which they wouldn't have done if they were not going to do something.
My guess they'll edit out the comment and alter the Head.
I have seen a picture supposedly from the version that's on HBO GO where the head has been altered to look nothing like GWB (looks a little ape like now though).
It's a storm in a tea cup. It's to generate publicity in the run up to the Emmy nominations and to keep Game of Thrones in the public eye.
The ONLY reason there is anything going on about it now is because the two D's mentioned it and apologised for it. It hadn't been noticed at the time and would likely not have been noticed at all without that.
picked up the reading in book 1 now, just finished tyrions trial
was surprised that
noone "flied" through the hole in the books
i must say the tv show has done really well to tweak and improve certain scenes
That change was partly down to the fact that the set of The Eyrie was a redressed set from another film.
In the Books the great Hall at the Eyrie is rectangular with the Moon Door in one of the Walls. When they (due to reusing the set) had to make it round it made sense to put the Moon Door in the centre.
That change was partly down to the fact that the set of The Eyrie was a redressed set from another film.
In the Books the great Hall at the Eyrie is rectangular with the Moon Door in one of the Walls. When they (due to reusing the set) had to make it round it made sense to put the Moon Door in the centre.
At the start of the scene it looks more grey than white, so I can see where why it might look like ash, but as the scence progresses it does distinctly look like snow, but then again, it was a vision-dream so no reason it could go from one to another; ash/snow...fire/ice
At the start of the scene it looks more grey than white, so I can see where why it might look like ash, but as the scence progresses it does distinctly look like snow, but then again, it was a vision-dream so no reason it could go from one to another; ash/snow...fire/ice
rewatched the finale one last time before deleting it from the planner for good.
i still maintain thats ash in throne room in danys dream lol
but if it is snow i reckon dany is gonna save the day after whitewalkers run riot on westeros.
To me there is no question it is ash, or certainly starts out as ash, a sort of visual representation of her dragons defeating the Lannisters. It then becomes snow as she exits through the gate in 'The Wall' out to the snowy landscape
To me there is no question it is ash, or certainly starts out as ash, a sort of visual representation of her dragons defeating the Lannisters. It then becomes snow as she exits through the gate in 'The Wall' out to the snowy landscape
To me there is no question it is ash, or certainly starts out as ash, a sort of visual representation of her dragons defeating the Lannisters. It then becomes snow as she exits through the gate in 'The Wall' out to the snowy landscape
To me, I'm sure it was snow. You can see Dany leaving footprints in it as she walks towards the Iron Throne. Plus, the way the roof of the throne room was missing, it looked more like an ancient ruin than somewhere that had been attacked and burned (ie. the ceiling had caved in through lack of maintenance)
My reading of that scene was that winter had come and Westeros had been left in ruin. Everyone was long dead and the lands were caked in snow.
When Dany reaches out the the throne, but then withdraws her arm and leaves the hall you can see flakes have settled on her bare skin. If it were snow it would melt so I'm calling ash - though it could be she is cold-blooded in her vision:D
(or its a production error - damn polystyrene "snow")
Anyone here watching The Hollow Crown on BBC on Saturdays? Ok it's Shakespeare but it's Richard II through to Henry V - basically the first two thirds of the War of the Roses which only ended when Henry Tudor (VII) married Elizabeth of York after the battle of Bosworth which killed Richard III
It's fun playing spot the inspiration. I have my theories for Harry Hotspur. :D
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im gonna purchase season 1 now before they remove the septa on a spike scene
No it isn't, on the commentary they mention one of the heads "looks like" GWB but it isn't an actual replica of his head.
If the powers that be hadn't said anything about this, it would have stayed completely under the radar as it did when the DVD first came out and, indeed, as the episode itself did when it first aired and absolutely no-one picked up on it.
Yes, somebody pointed out to them that one of the heads looked like George Bush, because it was his likeness mask. Just turned away and hidden under a wig.
Domestic subscribers is their main revenue stream. Cable providers use HBO as a main selling point and pay a premium to carry it. DVD and foreign rights is a nice extra.
If they release too soon lots of people who would otherwise sub to HBO would not bother, after all it is relatively expensive.
They stopped production of the DVD/BR which they wouldn't have done if they were not going to do something.
My guess they'll edit out the comment and alter the Head.
I have seen a picture supposedly from the version that's on HBO GO where the head has been altered to look nothing like GWB (looks a little ape like now though).
if HBO higher ups really are angry you could imagine that they would not come to the showrunners aide if ratings fall
The ONLY reason there is anything going on about it now is because the two D's mentioned it and apologised for it. It hadn't been noticed at the time and would likely not have been noticed at all without that.
Mildly spoiler-y.
Lol, I see what you did there
was surprised that
i must say the tv show has done really well to tweak and improve certain scenes
That change was partly down to the fact that the set of The Eyrie was a redressed set from another film.
In the Books the great Hall at the Eyrie is rectangular with the Moon Door in one of the Walls. When they (due to reusing the set) had to make it round it made sense to put the Moon Door in the centre.
ya but still wasnt used in book.
i still maintain thats ash in throne room in danys dream lol
but if it is snow i reckon dany is gonna save the day after whitewalkers run riot on westeros.
To me there is no question it is ash, or certainly starts out as ash, a sort of visual representation of her dragons defeating the Lannisters. It then becomes snow as she exits through the gate in 'The Wall' out to the snowy landscape
yeah i would agree with that
To me, I'm sure it was snow. You can see Dany leaving footprints in it as she walks towards the Iron Throne. Plus, the way the roof of the throne room was missing, it looked more like an ancient ruin than somewhere that had been attacked and burned (ie. the ceiling had caved in through lack of maintenance)
My reading of that scene was that winter had come and Westeros had been left in ruin. Everyone was long dead and the lands were caked in snow.
(or its a production error - damn polystyrene "snow")
i love this show!
p.s anyone seen news of a game of thrones MMO game? could be fascinating if made well although i dont subscribe to mmo's.
It's fun playing spot the inspiration. I have my theories for Harry Hotspur.