GWB decapitated in 'Game of Thrones'

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Posted by BACONisMEATcandy

on 6/13 at 4:51 pm

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In the "Game of Thrones," you win or you die, and George W. Bush did the latter in the HBO series — by decapitation.

That is, a prop head of the former president appears in the TV show, according to series creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss in the DVD commentary for season one, the website io9 reports. In a scene in the finale — where the character of Sansa Stark is forced to look at the severed head of her father, Ned Stark — Bush’s head is seen decorating a spike.

The creators insist “it's not a political statement.”

"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, it’s just we had to use what heads we had around,” Benioff and Weiss say in the DVD commentary.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/click/2012/06/bush-decapitated-in-game-of-thrones-126085.html

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Posted by TheHiddenFlask

on 6/13 at 4:59 pm to BACONisMEATcandy

Not that I care, or think this is a story, but there is no way that they would ever just use Obama's head if it was "all that was laying around".

Not because of whatever their beliefs are, but because they would have their heads on spikes for it.

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Posted by PsychTiger

on 6/13 at 5:03 pm to TheHiddenFlask

That, and there aren't a whole lot of black people hanging around Westeros.

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Posted by EthanL

on 6/13 at 5:03 pm to TheHiddenFlask

Sick and tired of 'free speech' arguments. I think it's obscene, inappropriate, and disrespectful.

U had to use some heads, you saw a former leader of the free world's, and thought it would be ok?

Frick these imbeciles

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Posted by TigerTattle

on 6/13 at 5:04 pm to BACONisMEATcandy

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It's not a choice, it's not a political statement, it’s just we had to use what heads we had around,” Benioff and Weiss say in the DVD commentary.

Yeah, right. Does anybody think for one minute that they'd have used a head they "had around" if it was a replica of Obama? The left would have blown up about it, and so would the MSM headlines.

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Posted by MFn GIMP

on 6/13 at 5:11 pm to BACONisMEATcandy

I didn't notice it when I first saw the scene although looking at the facial structure now I can see it.

However, it does look like they tried to make it not noticeable with the hair change and the face turned away from the camera so I don't see the problem with using it.

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Posted by Rickety Cricket

on 6/13 at 5:14 pm to BACONisMEATcandy

Meh, who cares. No big deal IMO

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Posted by fr33manator

on 6/13 at 5:16 pm to PsychTiger

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That, and there aren't a whole lot of black people hanging around Westeros.

Bingo

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Posted by Joshjrn

on 6/13 at 5:18 pm to MFn GIMP

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However, it does look like they tried to make it not noticeable with the hair change and the face turned away from the camera so I don't see the problem with using it.

This. If they wanted to make a statement, they could have made it. They didn't. Much ado about nothing.

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Posted by arlo

on 6/13 at 5:19 pm to TheHiddenFlask

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Not that I care, or think this is a story, but there is no way that they would ever just use Obama's head if it was "all that was laying around".

Well one was of ElChimperon McHitlerbush.

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Posted by NaturalBeam

on 6/13 at 5:21 pm to BACONisMEATcandy

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It's not a choice, it's not a political statement, it’s just we had to use what heads we had around,” Benioff and Weiss say in the DVD commentary.

No big deal, but why would the GoT producers have a head of GWB around in the first place?

And he makes it seem like they were just trying to cut corners - doesn't this show have an enormous budget?

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Posted by arlo

on 6/13 at 5:22 pm to arlo

And the other was about ElChimpy SpendsAlot.

Just wanting to see which post gets erased, or if I get banned.

We know which term was carte blanche before 2008.

This post was edited on 6/13 at 5:23 pm

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Posted by TK421

on 6/13 at 5:24 pm to NaturalBeam

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No big deal, but why would the GoT producers have a head of GWB around in the first place?

They were already using it as a dart board.

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Posted by Chrome

on 6/13 at 5:35 pm to TK421

Wow, after all these years they still can't let it go.

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Posted by TK421

on 6/13 at 5:40 pm to Chrome

I was kidding, I don't know why they had GWB head.

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Posted by cwill

on 6/13 at 5:46 pm to BACONisMEATcandy

Interesting....no one would ever have known if they hadn't mentioned it. Even in the posted pic, you'd never know without being told. There's no way they could not have known that this would breed controversy regardless of their claims it wasn't political.

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Posted by lsu_tiger_az

on 6/13 at 5:57 pm to BACONisMEATcandy

Another telling moment about the truth of the left's "tolerance, kindness, and compassion"....

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Posted by cheesewithmike

on 6/13 at 8:46 pm to BACONisMEATcandy

Good thing I wasn't only on episode 4. Oh wait, I totally was! Well good thing I was warned about the spoiler! It's probably not a major plot point or anything.

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Posted by PsychTiger

on 6/13 at 9:04 pm to cheesewithmike

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In a scene in the finale

You could have stopped reading right there as that phrase preceded the spoiler. Maybe that was too obvious though.

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Posted by tiger1014

on 6/13 at 9:06 pm to BACONisMEATcandy

No one would have even noticed if no one said anything.

Just bizarre really

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