Kellfire
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Hence why almost every character had such terror in their life. No one got out of it lightly.
GoT - warning spoilers
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I've just seen this on the BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48335099
I'm not sure what to make of it. I fully agree that the women in the show were highly sexualised and portrayed in a particular way, but my feeling was that it was representative of the period it was set in. Maybe it's because I'm a man.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48335099
I'm not sure what to make of it. I fully agree that the women in the show were highly sexualised and portrayed in a particular way, but my feeling was that it was representative of the period it was set in. Maybe it's because I'm a man.
what do you mean time it was set in, its fantasy fiction????
I think that type of research is pretty pathetic. The era it is set, fitctional but clearly when fighting is central, is a male dominated time as brute force is key. Look at our European history from the Greeks, Romans, Vikings, William invading England, Napoleon etc. All male dominated and there is no way around that. GoT had to reflect that. Where GoT deserves great credit is for the strong female characters that came through the series. Cersei, Sansa, Dany, Arya, Olena Tyrell (Diana Rigg), Brianne. How crucial were they throughout the show? Absolutely central. Counting words is pathetic.
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I guess this is the part thats open to the viewers imagination/interpretation.....but for me that show was always medieval, ie a fictional story based thousands of years ago in a time of dragons and knights.
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Opens history book. Closes history book. Steps away from keyboard.
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LOL i must have missed those bits about Dragons in my medieval history lectures
St George? Obv was a completely true story.
maybe, but St George was Roman not medieval
USER1999
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maybe, but St George was Roman not medieval
I thought he was Turkish, but what do I know?
who knows, i meant Roman period rather than where he was born
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LOL i must have missed those bits about Dragons in my medieval history lectures
I may be misunderstanding the message behind your post, but I dont think my thoughts are too silly:
http://www.medievalists.net/2017/04/seven-things-didnt-know-medieval-dragons/
Watching a fictional TV show or reading a book leaves a certain amount of poetic license that the viewer/reader applies to what they see and how that makes them feel. This is how I chose to interpret the show and how I enjoyed it.
If you take things too literally or want things portrayed as a history book shows then fair enough, but I was not fanatical about the show like I've seen on social media in that they want the show re-written because they didn't like it.
Kellfire
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LOL i must have missed those bits about Dragons in my medieval history lectures
Or the medieval age being "thousands" of years ago!
TBH i was taking the piss, its fantasy fiction, much like other stuff like Conan The Librarian etc.
The wife if a fan, so ended up watching it, but take it as that, fantasy. The wife told me he based it on the wars of the roses, which in simple terms was a dynastic struggle between rival houses, which i suppose down to the bare bones GOT was.
For me real life history is far more interesting than something made up, esp GOT
the medieval period is from the 5th century to the 15th, in academic terms anyway.
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TBH i was taking the piss, its fantasy fiction, much like other stuff like Conan The Librarian etc.
The wife if a fan, so ended up watching it, but take it as that, fantasy. The wife told me he based it on the wars of the roses, which in simple terms was a dynastic struggle between rival houses, which i suppose down to the bare bones GOT was.
For me real life history is far more interesting than something made up, esp GOT
yeah fair enough.... my history knowledge is pretty poor if I'm honest....on quiz shows when those kind of monarch/historical fact question come up my brain shuts down as I really dont have a clue. My "creative" brain doesn't get scratched much, but GoT entertained me once I saw boobies and swords.
well thats one advantage the GOT has over real historical events.....
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Drogon runs in the 2.50 at Haydock this afternoon! I note from his breeding that his mother was called Flames To Dust.
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Seems Kit Harrington has struggled with the last season - maybe we don’t realise how connected these people get to their characters
And would like to see this behind the scenes program
And would like to see this behind the scenes program
The behind the scenes programme was very interesting. The scale of the thing, the work behind the scenes, the skills in place. The Belfast extra who was also a fan was a star. You could feel his excitement, particularly when the Dothraki swords fired up.
Oddest job, the man in charge of snow!
Hopefully it is just a bit of stress from the pressure of the final series, flying around the world doing promotions, not being able to really talk about it. He comes across as a decent bloke.
Oddest job, the man in charge of snow!
Hopefully it is just a bit of stress from the pressure of the final series, flying around the world doing promotions, not being able to really talk about it. He comes across as a decent bloke.