Game of Thrones: A couple scenes were way too disturbing for me tonight. The torture seems really graphic.
I, for one, wasn't looking forward to starting my day with a slaughter. Which, really, just goes to show how much I've grown
Anya ,'Sleeper'
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Amy - Apr 22, 2012 6:34:20 pm PDT #4361 of 7329
Because books.
Amy - Apr 22, 2012 7:12:08 pm PDT #4362 of 7329
Because books.
Okay, WTF was that with Melisandre at the end?!
-t - Apr 22, 2012 7:42:44 pm PDT #4363 of 7329
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That was a brutal episode. And the shadow child thing was super creepy.
Sean K - Apr 22, 2012 11:37:48 pm PDT #4364 of 7329
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
The Tickler is no less brutal in the book.
O. M. G.
HARRENHAL!
tiggy - Apr 23, 2012 2:27:24 am PDT #4365 of 7329
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
is anyone watching Magic City? i have the first couple of eps sitting on my dvr, but i haven't been able to make myself watch. even for JDM.
Amy - Apr 23, 2012 10:52:08 am PDT #4366 of 7329
Because books.
I don't have Starz, tiggy, but I wish I could see it. He looks gorgeous in that role, and the set porn alone looks awesome.
The Tickler
Is that what Melisandre gave birth to?
Sean K - Apr 23, 2012 10:55:06 am PDT #4367 of 7329
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Polliver and The Tickler are the torturers in the episode. The thing Mellisandre gave birth to, well....
Amy - Apr 23, 2012 10:56:35 am PDT #4368 of 7329
Because books.
The torture scenes were really too much for me. This is why I can't watch movies like Hostel or Saw.
Theodosia - Apr 23, 2012 5:44:59 pm PDT #4369 of 7329
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Just when you think Joffrey can't get any more repellant....
But then, they do remind you that he could be a whole lot worse.
Sean K - Apr 23, 2012 8:51:00 pm PDT #4370 of 7329
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
The torture scenes were really too much for me. This is why I can't watch movies like Hostel or Saw.
They didn't quite ping me, but came close. I actually had more of problem with Deadwood and the episode where Kristin Bell was murdered. It was brutal enough that it almost put me off the show entirely.
As for Saw and Hostel, I'm actually quite fond of the Saw movies, particularly the first couple. They are gory, but they're not torture porn. They are (for me) very clever, and Jigsaw is a great horror villain, particularly because he never actually does any of the violence himself. He puts his "victims" in situations and lets the situations play themselves out. (Also, I put the word "victims" in quote because, like the old EC Horror comics such as Tales From the Crypt, the "victims" are usually rather nasty pieces of work who rather seem to deserve the punishment heaped upon them.)
I've never been particularly interested in the Hostel movies however, for much the same reason you are not. However I have recently read some rather well written defenses of what Eli Roth is trying to do with the Hostel movies that have made me question this stance.