The Second Apocalypse

Miscellaneous Chatter => General Misc. => Topic started by: Madness on November 23, 2013, 01:20:40 am

Title: South Park's Game of Thrones
Post by: Madness on November 23, 2013, 01:20:40 am
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In watching the first two of the three-part Black Friday episodes, I've decided that either Martin has way more dicks in Game of Thrones than TSA or Bakker will never be accepted for his few pendulous phalli.

But everyone must watch this clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zof2kdGrFjQ) before making a claim ;).
Title: Re: South Park's Game of Thrones
Post by: Wilshire on November 23, 2013, 02:50:07 am
I've been watching it too. I think its aptly summing up what most people who don't know much about the series think about it.
Title: Re: South Park's Game of Thrones
Post by: Madness on November 23, 2013, 03:30:23 am
Butters' commentary on "no straight dick" in the show also seems hilariously accurate.
Title: Re: South Park's Game of Thrones
Post by: locke on November 23, 2013, 09:02:51 am
Quote from: Madness on November 23, 2013, 03:30:23 am
Butters' commentary on "no straight dick" in the show also seems hilariously accurate.
Theon has full frontal in all three seasons, iirc.

I think audiences are just primed to hyper-notice any genital appearance because of the general scarcity and rarity of genital appearances.  Combine with gay scenes of explicit physical affection or intimacy (only once sex, I think), that are also in general scarce and rare, you get something most memorable to your audience.  So they over notice relative to its statistical prominence and overfit to the maintain their perception of the hypothesis' internal consistency.
Title: Re: South Park's Game of Thrones
Post by: Madness on November 23, 2013, 02:25:52 pm
Agreed. And before I start rambling off about 'Dick Bias,' I'm just going to stop and say agreed.

Theon is one of them 'bisexuals, though, ain't he ;)?

(A joke; I have no personal prejudice towards someone's sexuality orientation, nor do I care unless it requires a steady supply of killing something. If anything this should read as a mockery of ignorance but that also feels wrong.)

Oh, South Park. The conversation you will inspire.

I have to wait till Part 3 to pass my immortal judgement on the piece as a whole but so far it's pretty good. I didn't realize Black Friday is so crazy. I just adopt the analogy of Christmas shopping (which I don't partake in but hey, it's the myth and lynchpin holding the entire consumer economy).
Title: Re: South Park's Game of Thrones
Post by: Meyna on November 23, 2013, 02:27:57 pm
Martin has put a lot of thought into this:

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/v801aa/drdrd-rddrd-ddrd-ddrdrrr#tab=featured
Title: Re: South Park's Game of Thrones
Post by: Madness on November 23, 2013, 09:57:34 pm
For those international users, this is the collection of clips Meyna's linking to: George R.R. Martin (Game of Wieners) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrfM7MkeAwA)

Includes my aforementioned song.
Title: Re: South Park's Game of Thrones
Post by: Callan S. on December 05, 2013, 09:36:19 am
Quote from: locke on November 23, 2013, 09:02:51 am
Quote from: Madness on November 23, 2013, 03:30:23 am
Butters' commentary on "no straight dick" in the show also seems hilariously accurate.
Theon has full frontal in all three seasons, iirc.

I think audiences are just primed to hyper-notice any genital appearance because of the general scarcity and rarity of genital appearances.  Combine with gay scenes of explicit physical affection or intimacy (only once sex, I think), that are also in general scarce and rare, you get something most memorable to your audience.  So they over notice relative to its statistical prominence and overfit to the maintain their perception of the hypothesis' internal consistency.
Aww, you cut to the sensible chase too soon! We could have gone on for ages before getting to this!

+1

Edit: Actually it just struck me that the same applies as to why the south park clip is any kind of prompt for discussion. Otherwise south park is just...from another era.
Title: Re: South Park's Game of Thrones
Post by: Madness on December 05, 2013, 11:21:09 am
First off - Southpark has been and sometimes still is an unparalleled font of social commentary.

Quote from: Callan S. on December 05, 2013, 09:36:19 am
Edit: Actually it just struck me that the same applies as to why the south park clip is any kind of prompt for discussion. Otherwise south park is just...from another era.

Well, you'd probably have to watch the episodes, Callan.

Part 3 of the Game of Consoles Wars aired last night and I must say - bravo.

It's one of those few times they've hit it out of the park in the last few years.

And now someone needs to make a compilation video of all the instances of wiener across all three episodes.
Title: Re: South Park's Game of Thrones
Post by: Callan S. on December 06, 2013, 08:55:49 am
Hey, I'm saying it still prompts discussion.

But I mean, how much can you joke about weiners before, much as locke said, you don't find their appearance notable anymore? Thus becoming irrelevant? Well, I guess that either could be because one might mature in regard to the raw human condition, or one just gets jaded, I suppose.

BUT...can't help myself...Now, I own a playstation 3. And it's alot of money around the world and all that. But...console wars? Tell me they used it as a way of digesting down and parodying war over oil or something like that? Or was it really...focused on consoles?
Title: Re: South Park's Game of Thrones
Post by: Madness on December 06, 2013, 12:20:18 pm
Nope...

(click to show/hide)

Also, I find it very, very humorous that this episode aired in the same kind of timeframe where G.R.R.M is releasing The Princess and the Queen, which features dragons (whereas the entire three-part series suggests that G.R.R.M is just teasing us with the possibility of dragons - and pizza - so he can write and talk about wieners ;)).