Bush decapitated in 'Game of Thrones' (with update)

[kpete]

Last edited Thu Jun 14, 2012, 12:42 PM - Edit history (1)

In the "Game of Thrones," you win or you die, and George W. Bush did the latter in the HBO series — by decapitation.

That is, a prop head of the former president appears in the TV show, according to series creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss in the DVD commentary for season one, the website io9 reports. In a scene in the finale — where the character of Sansa Stark is forced to look at the severed head of her father, Ned Stark — Bush’s head is seen decorating a spike.

The creators insist “it's not a political statement.”

"The last head on the left is George Bush. George Bush's head appears in a couple of beheading scenes. It's not a choice, it's not a political statement, it’s just we had to use what heads we had around,” Benioff and Weiss say in the DVD commentary.

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http://www.politico.com/blogs/click/2012/06/bush-decapitated-in-game-of-thrones-126085.html



VIDEO HERE:
http://io9.com/5918114/george-w-bushs-decapitated-head-appeared-on-game-of-thrones



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UPDATE:
‘Game of Thrones’ Apologizes
This is one way to get ratings. HBO and Game of Thrones apologized on Wednesday after the fantasy series featured former President George W. Bush’s head on stake. The head of the former president appeared for just a second in the fantasy series last year, and went unnoticed until a Reddit user flagged it. In the DVD commentary for the series’ first season, one of the writers admitted Bush’s head appears in some of the beheading scenes—but insisted there were no political motives.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2012/06/14/game-of-thrones-apologizes-for-using-george-w-bush-s-head-on-a-stake.html

[Solly Mack]

1. I'm not the least bit offended.

LMAO.

[Bolo Boffin]

7. I am!

This says that Bush is a Stark sympathizer! I like the Starks. They're the good guys!

OUTRAGE!

[Solly Mack]

9. When you put it that way...or maybe he was just some thief the City Watch caught?

Remember what Rumsfeld said about going to war with the army you have?..Well, they went into production with the severed heads they had. hehehe

[Bolo Boffin]

12. Exactly. "...they went into production with the severed heads they had."

Well said.

[hrmjustin]

10. lol

[Retrograde]

35. Doesn't look much like him to me

more of a kinda generic western European male, no obvious identifying features. Anyway, he's in good company with Ned and the Septa.

(why did they have a Bush head lying around in the first place?)

[Solly Mack]

36. I can appreciate the whimsy behind placing Bush's head on a pike.

I think it does look like him.

Who knows? Perhaps they target practice between takes?

[elehhhhna]

44. look at the lips- it's prissy-puss hisownself.

[Meiko]

41. What would you say if it was Obama's

head on the pike....just curious. And before everyone goes off the deep end this not a threat against the POTUS, it's a question.

[Solly Mack]

42. Just curious, eh? Snicker.

Well, since you asked - and you're "just curious" - I'll tell you.

I'd wonder at the political bent of the person who chose an Obama head and would express regret that the books I enjoy are being tainted by a right-winger in the TV series.

But it's Shrub's head and I fucking hate Bush, so I'm still laughing about it. I'm happy as shit that someone thought to do that. Makes me feel good to know that someone else in the world knows Bush's true worth.

I absolutely don't care how Bush-bots feel about the head choice. Fuck'em.

I also enjoy 'grave dancing' when pieces of shit die. I'm not one of those who thinks death confers absolution or wipes the slate clean.



Satisfy your curiosity?

[backscatter712]

2. I approve!

[pinboy3niner]

3. Hey, it's not easy to get ahead

[WillowTree]

4. Worst possible taste.

[sudopod]

34. The key is to select the right BBQ sauce. nt

[obamanut2012]

5. Joffrey... The Mountain..... Bush... The Hound.... Cersei...

[Solly Mack]

6. ROFLMAO

[obamanut2012]

11. hahahaha

I should have added Cheney.

[Solly Mack]

13. I adore Arya. :)

[obamanut2012]

14. Me too

One of my favorite characters in the whole ASOFAI series, maybe even my absolute favorite.

[white_wolf]

37. Same here. It's a toss up between her, Tyrion and Dany. n/t

[Marrah_G]

22. hahahahaha

[SidDithers]

45. Oh, well done...

very well done

Sid

[white_wolf]

8. Well based on some of his blog posts George R.R. Martin is fairly left leaning.

He supported the Democrats in 08 and said that no matter who won the 08 election, at least Bush would be gone.

[Siwsan]

15. If historic memory serves me, this was what happened to people who stole 'the throne'

I'm not buying their explanation, but in times past, this would have likely, eventually, been his fate, anyway.

[Marrah_G]

23. It was more just Joffrey's sick need to punish Sansa

because she had the misfortune to see him bested by a little girl.

[Siwsan]

25. I've never seen this show, I mean it would have been the real life dubya's fate

True history shows the outcome was rarely good for interlopers, and they, or some part of them, generally ended up on the end of something very pointy.

[mister roboto]

16. This is sick, sick stuff.

Why anyone would lower their vibrations to play this satanic "game" is beyond me. Makes me wonder about where people are at.

Violence is nothing to indulge in, even at a fantasy level. I believe that these "games" are being created to program people to commit acts of violence. Especially in the young and at-risk, I should add.

I respectfully request that you remove this thread immediately.

[Tx4obama]

17. The story is posted all over the net. Btw, DU is a place to post 'news'

Do a search for: Bush Game of Thrones

and you will see that Huffington Post, Forbes, MSNBC, etc are reporting on this story.

[Bolo Boffin]

18. That troll's already PPR'd. n/t

[Marrah_G]

20. It's a tv show......... it's not a game...

knowing what you are talking about before complaining might be a helpful skill to learn.

[kpete]

21. tee hee

and peace to you too

kpete

[LeftyMom]

30. What?

[Marrah_G]

19. ROFLMAO

I never caught that!!!!!!!!

[malaise]

24. I'm betting there will be an outcry about this

despite the silence re the hanging of the Obama effigy in Florida by that lunatic RW preacher.

[Siwsan]

26. I am thinking the exact same thing

Hang the sitting POTUS in effigy and the right wingers are stone cold silent. Put a prop head of a former *president on a prop pike, and they go bat guano crazy.

[malaise]

33. You know the meme

IOKIYAR

[backscatter712]

27. The freepers were always saying Bush had a good head on his shoulders...

Looks like this proves them wrong!

[ellisonz]

28. It makes sense...

...Bush couldn't have been a Lannister because a Lannister always pays his debts.

[pa28]

29. He looks more sober than usual. n/t

[TheMightyFavog]

31. Wow. I actually have a teensy amount of respect for Joffrey Lannister now...

Mind you, its not much, but it's better than what I once had for him...

[obamanut2012]

39. Joffrey is legally not a Lannister

[XemaSab]

40. OMG SPOILERS!

[Bolo Boffin]

43. That's not spoilers!

His actual name is Joffrey Baratheon. He just really, really takes after his mom.

[obamanut2012]

46. His father was Robert Baratheon

So he's not a Lannister!!!

[JI7]

32. weren't some bush supporting wingnuts actually selling Bush head figures

[BlueStater]

38. It's not like it matters. He's dead from the neck up anyway. N/T

[SaB2012]

47. I have to wonder how this thread makes DU look to the world?

You know the freepers live to point out stuff like this and twist it around.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

48. Where can I get one for my front yard?

It would add a lovely touch to my home even the neighborhood children could enjoy. I've thought of putting Bush's head coming out of a toilet in the middle of my living room as a conversation starter for guests who come over but this is even better.