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    Littlefinger is going to stick out as an especially sleazy bastard when you look back at that scene, so I can understand why they went as far as they did.

    As for my personal opinion; bring on the tits, I say.

    And bush, for that matter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mitchified View Post
    They do seem a bit pointless at times. It's at the point where they feel like they're taking up screen time as opposed to bits of story.
    Yeh, I know what you mean. I'm kind of like, "For Christ's sake...again!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by shootemindehead View Post
    Ep 7 was pretty good. Wasn't expecting
     
    the King to snuff it


    However, I may be getting old or something, but am I the only one who thinks there's way too many cheap sex scenes in 'Game of Thrones' ? Like in HBO productions in general? Sometimes they are just completely un-necessary and just add running time more than anything else.

    Don't get me wrong, a bit of naked girl flesh is very welcome, but seriously, some of it is approaching porno level.
    Completely agree. I thought so from the 1st episode and its getting very noticable as the season progresses.
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    Quote Originally Posted by shootemindehead View Post
    However, I may be getting old or something, but am I the only one who thinks there's way too many cheap sex scenes in 'Game of Thrones' ? Like in HBO productions in general? Sometimes they are just completely un-necessary and just add running time more than anything else.

    Don't get me wrong, a bit of naked girl flesh is very welcome, but seriously, some of it is approaching porno level.
    Agreed, some just seem unecessary... Not all... Just some!
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    Haven't seen the episodes yet, but does the level of flesh differ from the books at all? GRRM writes them as a very gritty story that just happens to be based in a (light) fantasy world.

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    Perhaps not Aces (I haven't read the books), but I'm wondering if the amount of flesh and it's frequent appearance mirrors that of the original story and hasn't just been lumped in by the HBO execs for the sake of some 'Beavis and Butthead' style titillation. A huh, a huh....he said "tit".

    It's also quite distracting, for instance WARNING this spoiler gives away a major point in Episode 7
     
    Littlefinger, during a very explicit lesbian "practice session" that he's overseeing, makes very clear that he covets Ned's missus. Which, BTW, does a lot to blunt his betrayal of Ned at the end of the episode. Without that scene, the lead up to the betrayal is way more ambiguous. Although we know that Littlefinger is a squirmy little toad, at certain points it does feel like he might just be on Ned's side after all.

    But, I had to rewind, cos I missed most of what Littlefinger had said.
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    That lesbian practice scene was great It went on longer than I thought it would though, you wouldnt have got anything like that on TV 12 years ago! One thing I've come to realise with this series is that you have to watch it much more closely than I first expected, as little things that you may not have noticed crop up again later on, or characters that you thought were just small parts suddenly become important...

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    Very good episode last night, and a lot more Direwolf screen time for those of you who have commented on lack of them up to now! I love how there is nothing predictable in this series (as I havent read the books) and its refreshing to genuinely not know which side is going to come out on top, or which characters, no matter how important, are going to end up dead unexpectedly. The whitewalkers are blatantly fast zombies and seeing someones tongue get ripped out through their cut throat was grim to say the least! No more spoilers from me though till everyones watched it!

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    *minor spoiler*

    Why didn't the fencing teacher pick up a sword?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Neil View Post
    *minor spoiler*

    Why didn't the fencing teacher pick up a sword?
    *SPOILER*

    I'm not sure, I thought that, but he was quite handy with that wooden one anyway! Question is was he killed? for a show that features very graphic and gory deaths, nothing was actually shown of his fate barring some moving shadows & some screams, I'm edging towards he was killed, but with the twists & turns of this story he maybe got away....I hope so, I liked his character

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    Getting into the habit of watching half the episode on Monday night, and the rest Tuesday night to spread the fun out...

    Getting depressed there's only TWO episodes left though!
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    I'm usually very patient when watching a series, and have never understood the impatience that others seem to experience, until now. About two thirds of the way through each show, I hit play to see how far along I am, and am always disappointed. I wish these were two hours each, or longer.

    I agree that the sex scenes are rediculous, and are as dull as they are over the top. They would be my only complaint about the series as a whole.

    HBO has some pretty decent featurettes OnDemand if you are in need of a fix between episode airings.

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    Quote Originally Posted by axlish View Post
    I'm usually very patient when watching a series, and have never understood the impatience that others seem to experience, until now. About two thirds of the way through each show, I hit play to see how far along I am, and am always disappointed.
    Confused? I read that as being you're bored by it and want it to end? But they you suggest you're loving it?

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    Season 2 will be (another) ten episodes again, same time next year...

    http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/04/19/ga...-season-two-2/

    Hopefully the second series of The Walking Dead will help fill in the wait
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    Quote Originally Posted by Neil View Post
    Confused? I read that as being you're bored by it and want it to end? But they you suggest you're loving it?
    I love the series. It is the first series that I have been unable to wait until the next episode, and pisses me off when I see that there is only a few minutes left.

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    Quote Originally Posted by axlish View Post
    I love the series. It is the first series that I have been unable to wait until the next episode, and pisses me off when I see that there is only a few minutes left.
    Indeed! A couple of times so far in the series I've cried out aloud, "Nooo!" when an episode finishes...
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