Don't know what the frontal view looks like, but my first reaction was that it looks very much like Thulsa Doom's head after Conan lopped it off.
Movie and stage props get used over and over. A little putty and make up work wonders.
Posted on 06/13/2012 4:05:48 PM PDT by Third Person
Politicians are calling for a boycott of HBO's fantasy series Game of Thrones because of the creator's 'despicable' decision to include former President George W. Bush's severed head in several scenes. In the tenth episode of the first season, Mr Bush's decapitated head is barely recognizable impaled on a wooden spike, covered in filthy long hair and slathered in dirt. But show creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, who noted the appearance in the series' DVD commentary, insist it wasn't a political statement - just a prop. The finale of the first season of Game of Thrones, Fire and Blood, one of the series' beloved characters Ned Stark is beheaded by new king Jeoffrey for treason. In one brutal scene, King Jeoffrey brings his bride-to-be to gaze upon the severed head of her father.
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“I don’t watch the show but even I know this is kinda ridiculous.”
What else have they got? Policy differences? Not many, and not much.
. . .we’d call it “National Geographic Presents” ????
You’re right. The head in question is the two heads to the left of Ned’s.
Don't know what the frontal view looks like, but my first reaction was that it looks very much like Thulsa Doom's head after Conan lopped it off.
Movie and stage props get used over and over. A little putty and make up work wonders.
I’m guessing it won’t be long before we see Frances ‘Frankie’ Pen Benioff’s head on a spike. Someone is sure to make that happen, eh Amanda Peet & David Benioff
Right; invisible is not a color. LOL.
Maybe he and Stephen King were separated at birth?
http://thefilmstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/stephen-king-620x413.jpg
In a way, it's a compliment.
Not to worry, the next show will show a similar head with mo ham ed’s turban wrapped head on a spi....
Oh wait, never mind.
Read the article. They said that did NOT use GWB’s head. This is somebody’s insane fixation.
What should a tv prop department do with an old wax head? Bury it at sea? Give it a 21-gun salute? Blast it into space?
This is the stupidest thing I have seen in a long time.
“The last head on the left is George Bush,” says David Benioff, one of the show’s co-creators, in the DVD commentary.
“George Bush’s head appears in a couple beheading scenes,” adds co-creator D.B. Weiss.
“It’s not a choice, it’s not a political statement,” explains Benioff. “It’s just, we had to use what heads we had around.”
In an interview with TheWrap earlier this year, Weiss and Benioff said they tried not to deliberately inject politics into their show, based on the novels of George R.R. Martin.
“We’re definitely not tempted to do anything consciously,” Weiss said. “Of course we’re voracious news readers and we live in the world and are very influenced by the world that we live in, so I think enough finds it’s way in that way – probably more than enough finds it’s way in that way. To try to do it on purpose seems like it would be a mistake.”
When the show’s creators revisit the scene in the DVD commentary, they make sure viewers notice the former Head of State.
‘It's not a choice. It's not a political statement. It's just.. we had to use what heads we had lying around.’
Game of Thrones creators
‘People may not have noticed this but back up...the last head on the left is George Bush,’ one says.
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It means, that after two years, I still retain my sense of humor and perspective. Im not going to blow my top over silly things like this.
“It was clearly deliberate and calculated...It is disrespectful no matter what presidents head they use”
So they deliberately and with calculation disrespected a president. So what? Bush has only been disrespected by Hollwood about a billion times. Obama has been disrespected by Freepers for four or more years. From me this gets a big-ol’ who cares!
Wait. That's Ned Stark's head from Season 1?
Hell, like you, I am the opposite of outraged.
The rash, hotheaded creation of the lib army got out of their control and killed the most honorable man. If they wish to liken that honorable man to W, so be it.
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