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« Reply #80 on: May 13, 2014, 10:10:47 AM »
Admittedly it's been awhile since I've read the books but from what I remember the sex was mostly the same. Rose was gratuitous but she's not around anymore and I think she usually filled in for "random whore sex".

Re: Game of Thrones
« Reply #81 on: May 13, 2014, 10:18:59 AM »
Naw, the books don't have a whole lot of sex in them. They have some nudity and adult themes, but most sex is implied or happens behind the scenes. Actual sex scenes only happen a few times.

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« Reply #82 on: May 13, 2014, 12:12:10 PM »
Naw, the books don't have a whole lot of sex in them. They have some nudity and adult themes, but most sex is implied or happens behind the scenes. Actual sex scenes only happen a few times.
I think I'm going to double check this. Maybe it is that it's just implied, but it's certainly implied as much as it happens in the show. I remember some pretty graphic instances though.

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« Reply #83 on: May 13, 2014, 12:48:36 PM »
In what manner are the sex scenes described in the books? I do understand it's not just wiener wiener floppy wiener.
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Re: Game of Thrones
« Reply #84 on: May 13, 2014, 04:12:17 PM »
Rooster hasn't read the books. Nerd outrage!

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« Reply #85 on: May 13, 2014, 07:18:01 PM »
I have read them but it would be going on 2-3 years ago. I remember the sex scene by dead Joffrey for sure and I remember some raunchy Theon Grayjoy scenes. I don't think they are outright making it up for the most part but I will concede that they may be showing what the books only implied.
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« Reply #86 on: May 13, 2014, 08:14:40 PM »
Yeah Theon has some sex scenes, from memory with that girl on the ship and Winterfell whores (although I'm less certain on that). Besides that I don't recall any for him.

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« Reply #87 on: May 14, 2014, 07:58:46 AM »
I know I'm late to the party, but Peter Dinklage was damn good this week.

Re: Game of Thrones
« Reply #88 on: May 14, 2014, 06:24:26 PM »
20 minute long sex scenes

What TV show are you watching?!

A show with 45 minute sex scenes. Game of Bones.

Doesn't seem to have the full HBO budget. I have written to HBO to complain.

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« Reply #89 on: May 14, 2014, 06:37:34 PM »
Yeah Theon has some sex scenes, from memory with that girl on the ship and Winterfell whores (although I'm less certain on that). Besides that I don't recall any for him.

The Winterfell scene was only in the show.  Theon didn't become a viewpoint character until A Clash of Kings.

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« Reply #90 on: May 14, 2014, 07:55:55 PM »
Yeah Theon has some sex scenes, from memory with that girl on the ship and Winterfell whores (although I'm less certain on that). Besides that I don't recall any for him.

The Winterfell scene was only in the show.  Theon didn't become a viewpoint character until A Clash of Kings.

I'm pretty sure he mentioned whores to Rob Stark, or something like that.

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« Reply #91 on: May 16, 2014, 09:05:45 PM »
Does this series still suck?

The boyfriend can't get into it and he loves fantasy, he just isn't much of a character-driven drama person.

For me it has nothing to do with drama. I love good character drama, it's what makes a series for me. Your generalization is incorrect.
It's probably because of all the gratuitous sex scenes. It is extremely unnecessary and adds absolutely nothing to the plot other than "omg so edgey HBO lol". That is my #1 issue with the series. I have no problem with sex scenes normally, however, there are ways to imply sex or show romance or betrayal without showing a 10 minute scene of the characters doing it. It is extremely distasteful and uncomfortable to the point where I cannot and will not watch it.
10-20 minute sex scenes? No.

The books have a lot of sex so it's not all HBO's doing. And I find this kinda weird in general. I hate porn but these scenes don't make me uncomfortable at all. I could understand if you thought they were just thrown in there pointlessly, but they're generally not.

Speaking of uncomfortable scenes, I don't particularly care for the Theon story at all.
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Re: Game of Thrones
« Reply #92 on: May 19, 2014, 03:25:13 AM »
moar

Thank God they changed Brienne's awful, awful storyline.  Now they won't have to bother covering about two or three hundred pages' worth of Brienne investigating dead ends, going on scenic tours of Westeros, and accomplishing absolutely nothing by the end of it all.

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« Reply #93 on: May 19, 2014, 04:22:05 AM »
moar

Thank God they changed Brienne's awful, awful storyline.  Now they won't have to bother covering about two or three hundred pages' worth of Brienne investigating dead ends, going on scenic tours of Westeros, and accomplishing absolutely nothing by the end of it all.

What happened to Brienne?

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« Reply #94 on: May 19, 2014, 04:51:15 AM »
Isn't she the one who finds Catlynn? Or however you spell her name.


Also, I started watching season 4 finally and I'm 3 episodes in. I expected more sex. So far it's just Oberyn at the whore house and the Cersei/Jaime kinda rape. She really just seemed uninterested in having sex by Joeffrey rather than the sex itself so the outrage seems a bit excessive.

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« Reply #95 on: May 19, 2014, 04:57:40 AM »
Catelyn finds her.

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« Reply #96 on: May 19, 2014, 05:13:41 AM »
In other news, people are freaking out about a picture on Lena Headey's instagram:

http://instagram.com/p/nEeNM0PA3L/#

Looks like we have Lady Stoneheart confirmed.

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« Reply #97 on: May 19, 2014, 05:32:36 AM »
More like game of social media AM I RIGHT

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« Reply #98 on: May 19, 2014, 10:56:30 AM »
Catelyn finds her.
While Brienne is exploring Westeros in search of the girls.

I think I read something about HBO killing off characters that aren't dead in the books. I'm on my phone or I would look myself. In any case, I would really hate if that happened.

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« Reply #99 on: May 19, 2014, 04:23:34 PM »


It already has happened, though.  Robb's wife is the obvious example, but there's also Xaro, Pyat Pree, Irri, and Doreah.

Anyway, of course they're going to include Stoneheart.  They could hardly cut her out.  Although I do worry that her appearance won't have quite the impact that it did in the books, seeing how Catelyn's character was so neutered in the series.