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Dubya's severed head impaled, censored

Postby Symmetry on Sun Jun 17, 2012 10:52 pm

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The premium cable network has pulled the 10th episode of the drama from rotation on digital platforms -- including HBO Go and iTunes -- and halted all future shipments of its best-selling Season 1 DVD set, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
In addition, the dramatic end to the freshman season of the series adapted from George R.R. Martin's books will be edited for all future airings both domestically and internationally, according to a new statement from HBO, which further reprimanded showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.

"We were deeply dismayed to see this and find it unacceptable, disrespectful and in very bad taste," the network said Friday. "We made this clear to the executive producers of the series, who apologized immediately for this careless mistake. We condemn it in the strongest possible terms and have halted all future shipments of the DVDs, removed it from our digital platforms and will edit the scene for all future airings on any distribution domestic or international."


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Re: Dubya's severed head impaled, censored

Postby Symmetry on Sun Jun 17, 2012 10:54 pm

Abraham Lincoln, vampire hunter, to be released soon.
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Re: Dubya's severed head impaled, censored

Postby Juan_Bottom on Sun Jun 17, 2012 11:19 pm

This is kind of neat.
I'm so very glad I have one of the seasons with this head still in it.
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Re: Dubya's severed head impaled, censored

Postby greenoaks on Sun Jun 17, 2012 11:47 pm

what show is it?
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Postby Iron Butterfly on Sun Jun 17, 2012 11:49 pm

No one would have known...But if an Obama head had been used???? Racist bastards all of them.
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Re: Dubya's severed head impaled, censored

Postby Juan_Bottom on Sun Jun 17, 2012 11:52 pm

The Game of Thrones.

I'm totally on book three. Each season is one book.
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Re: Dubya's severed head impaled, censored

Postby john9blue on Mon Jun 18, 2012 1:18 am

is this really that big of a deal? lol

worst case scenario, someone on the game of thrones staff hates bush and threw that in there as a gag. it's barely even noticeable and i doubt it affected anyone in a truly negative way.

seems like we've got the "streisand effect" going on here... people are blowing this out of proportion.
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Postby Juan_Bottom on Mon Jun 18, 2012 1:24 am

It does bother me that HBO has George W heads lying around though.
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Re: Dubya's severed head impaled, censored

Postby Juan_Bottom on Mon Jun 18, 2012 1:24 am

No budget for the show, but lots of spare George W heads just lying around.
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Re: Dubya's severed head impaled, censored

Postby thegreekdog on Mon Jun 18, 2012 9:26 am

Juan_Bottom wrote:No budget for the show, but lots of spare George W heads just lying around.


I wonder what show they use Dubya head on?
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Re: Dubya's severed head impaled, censored

Postby Symmetry on Mon Jun 18, 2012 12:35 pm

john9blue wrote:is this really that big of a deal? lol

worst case scenario, someone on the game of thrones staff hates bush and threw that in there as a gag. it's barely even noticeable and i doubt it affected anyone in a truly negative way.

seems like we've got the "streisand effect" going on here... people are blowing this out of proportion.


What level of proportion would be appropriate?
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Re: Dubya's severed head impaled, censored

Postby john9blue on Mon Jun 18, 2012 1:01 pm

Symmetry wrote:
john9blue wrote:is this really that big of a deal? lol

worst case scenario, someone on the game of thrones staff hates bush and threw that in there as a gag. it's barely even noticeable and i doubt it affected anyone in a truly negative way.

seems like we've got the "streisand effect" going on here... people are blowing this out of proportion.


What level of proportion would be appropriate?


the same level of proportion as your reaction when you are reading the newspaper and you see an editorial that you disagree with.
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Re: Dubya's severed head impaled, censored

Postby Phatscotty on Tue Jun 19, 2012 12:42 am

Opposite of Civility!
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Re: Dubya's severed head impaled, censored

Postby Symmetry on Tue Jun 19, 2012 12:44 am

Phatscotty wrote:Opposite of Civility!


It's not the worst thing Joffrey has ever done.
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Re: Dubya's severed head impaled, censored

Postby Phatscotty on Tue Jun 19, 2012 12:46 am

Symmetry wrote:
Phatscotty wrote:Opposite of Civility!


It's not the worst thing Joffrey has ever done.


what does that mean though
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Re: Dubya's severed head impaled, censored

Postby Symmetry on Tue Jun 19, 2012 12:49 am

Phatscotty wrote:
Symmetry wrote:
Phatscotty wrote:Opposite of Civility!


It's not the worst thing Joffrey has ever done.


what does that mean though


That would involve spoilers,
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Re: Dubya's severed head impaled, censored

Postby Maugena on Tue Jun 19, 2012 1:02 am

Symmetry wrote:
Phatscotty wrote:
Symmetry wrote:
Phatscotty wrote:Opposite of Civility!


It's not the worst thing Joffrey has ever done.


what does that mean though


That would involve spoilers,

I'm lost.
Are you trolling Phatscotty, Symmetry? Seems like Phatscotty is genuinely concerned that W's head was on a pike in the show...
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Re: Dubya's severed head impaled, censored

Postby Phatscotty on Tue Jun 19, 2012 1:09 am

Maugena wrote:
Symmetry wrote:
Phatscotty wrote:
Symmetry wrote:
Phatscotty wrote:Opposite of Civility!


It's not the worst thing Joffrey has ever done.


what does that mean though


That would involve spoilers,

I'm lost.
Are you trolling Phatscotty, Symmetry? Seems like Phatscotty is genuinely concerned that W's head was on a pike in the show...


It is the opposite of civility. Remember the outrage over the "tone" on talk radio that drove Jared Loughner to massacre? Or was it Sarah Palin's using of crosshair targets over congressional districts that were to blame?

Dubya's head on a pike goes way past any of that. Just calling out the phony left mantra of "Civility!!!!" Just wondering, if someone goes on a shooting rampage in the near future, if this severed head of the past president on a pike could also be responsible....
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Re: Dubya's severed head impaled, censored

Postby Symmetry on Tue Jun 19, 2012 1:24 pm

Maugena wrote:
Symmetry wrote:
Phatscotty wrote:
Symmetry wrote:
Phatscotty wrote:Opposite of Civility!


It's not the worst thing Joffrey has ever done.


what does that mean though


That would involve spoilers,

I'm lost.
Are you trolling Phatscotty, Symmetry? Seems like Phatscotty is genuinely concerned that W's head was on a pike in the show...


The scene in the show involves a bunch of people's heads impaled on spikes by a character called Joffrey. It's not the worst thing he does in the show, but it's up there.

For what it's worth, I doubt that Scotty really thinks Dubya's head was impaled.
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