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The Women of Westeros
Starting next week, this blog space on Mondays will be given over to The Orange Couch recaps of “Mad Men” (sadly, we had to cut “Doctor Who” because we don’t have time for both), so I won’t have a lot of time to talk about that other bad ass show…
HBO executive: Rampant piracy of ‘Game of Thrones’ is a ‘compliment’
Contrary to popular thinking, the rampant piracy of “Game of Thrones” has not harmed the network that airs it, HBO programming president Michael Lombardo told Entertainment Weekly on Sunday, just hours before the show’s season three premiere. “I probably shouldn’t be saying this, but [piracy] is a compliment of sorts,”…
‘Game of F*cks’ highlights HBO show’s colorful language
A new parody video by Slacktory highlights the “126 reasons” it would be tough to air HBO’s Game of Thrones on regular cable — and most of them start with the letter F. A handy to a companion chart for “Game of Fucks” points out that the “F-bomb” constitutes the…
‘Game of Thrones’ most pirated TV show of 2012
Sky Atlantic programme, produced by HBO, was downloaded 4.28m times in 2012, according to news website Game of Thrones was the most-pirated TV show of the year, with a single episode being illegally downloaded by more people than typically watch the hit programme in the US. HBO’s Game of Thrones,…
‘Game of Thrones’ author rips ‘Republicans and Teabaggers’ for voter suppression
The author behind HBO’s popular Game of Thrones series recently blasted “Republicans and their Teabagger allies” for what he called “ongoing attempts at voter suppression” by enacting voter photo ID laws in various states. “I would be remiss if I do not at least make passing mention of how depressed,…
Why not have a bunch of sex on HBO?
Anna Holmes and Alyssa Rosenberg are in disagreement about the aggressive nudity on “Game of Thrones”. I agree with both of their points, to an extent. Alyssa defends it, arguing that it’s rarely just prurient, especially in the second season. I’d say I think they’re being somewhat more thoughtful in…
On Game of Thrones and what the hell is wrong with me.
I do not watch Game of Thrones. I have not read, nor do I intend to read, the books. “Huh?”, I hear you say, and not unreasonably. Given my specs (Minor Fantasy Geek, Reader Of Big Books, and Married To Same), one could very well ask what the hell is wrong…
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