GW Bush decapitated

[Kaos]

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/06/14/hbos-game-thrones-parades-president-george-w-bushs-decapitated-head-on-stick/?intcmp=features

On Game of Thrones.

Can you imagine the outcry if they'd used an Obama head and cut it off? 

This is fucking ridiculous.  I'm cancelling HBO. 

[AUChizad]

I saw this story. Wondered if anyone in their right mind would actually be upset by this.

This is the "offensive" scene.



They threw a wig on it, and it's not even facing the camera.

No one noticed when it aired, only when they discussed it on the DVD commentary years later.

From that article you linked:

“It’s not a choice, not a political statement!” one of the writers insisted during the DVD commentary. “We just had to use what heads we had around.”

“We use a lot of prosthetic body parts on the show: heads, arms, etc. We can’t afford to have these all made from scratch, especially in scenes where we need a lot of them, so we rent them in bulk," the statement read. "After the scene was already shot, someone pointed out that one of the heads looked like George W. Bush. In the DVD commentary, we mentioned this, though we should not have. We meant no disrespect to the former President and apologize if anything we said or did suggested otherwise.”

HBO said it was deplorable and removed the scene from future pressings.

He's not Allah for God's sake...

[Kaos]

I saw this story. Wondered if anyone in their right mind would actually be upset by this.

This is the "offensive" scene.



They threw a wig on it, and it's not even facing the camera.

No one noticed when it aired, only when they discussed it on the DVD commentary years later.

From that article you linked:
HBO said it was deplorable and removed the scene from future pressings.

He's not Allah for God's sake...

He's the fucking president. 

The network would be shuttered if they'd used Obama's head and you know it.  Burned to the ground.

Now that The Sopranos is over, I don't need HBO.

[Vandy Vol]

He's the fucking president. 

The network would be shuttered if they'd used Obama's head and you know it.  Burned to the ground.

Now that The Sopranos is over, I don't need HBO.

So because the "other side" would have been angry had Obama been used, that justifies you being angry?

It's not like they put a tomato on a pike.

[Townhallsavoy]

He's the fucking president. 

The network would be shuttered if they'd used Obama's head and you know it.  Burned to the ground.

Now that The Sopranos is over, I don't need HBO.

I do forgive the producers and director for making the mistake.  However, I do understand the outrage because we all know if it were Obama's head, it would dominate CNN, NBC, and ABC for the next week. 

[Kaos]

I do forgive the producers and director for making the mistake.  However, I do understand the outrage because we all know if it were Obama's head, it would dominate CNN, NBC, and ABC for the next week.

Mistake my ass. 

Done on purpose.  I'm sure the fucks sat around and giggled about it.  Like the people who put dicks on the Little Mermaid and claimed it was an accident.  Oh bullshit.  It was a dick and they knew it.

And yeah.  I find it in bad taste.  I'd find it in bad taste if it were Nixon, Clinton or any other president.  It's disrespectful to the office. 

It's the same kind of punk ass tactics bama fans use to denigrate Auburn.