A Game of Thrones - TV Show Discussion Thread

[Dinner]

Yeah.

[Main_Brain]

True. But, as a counter argument, a knockout redhead with giant knockers.

Ah, the One from Firefly?

[Dinner]

Wrong thread.

[Guynemer]

Yep. It's an overwhelming victory for style over substance.

True. But, as a counter argument, a knockout redhead with giant knockers.

[Guynemer]

BTW earlier in this thread we were discussing downloading of content so I thought I'd put this here.

http://torrentfreak.com/police-plans-to-raid-the-pirate-bay-120309/

Apparently, The Pirate Bay is claiming that Swedish authorities are once again getting ready to raid their servers. I wonder if they'll be able to keep the website off line for more than one hour this time?

Christ, I hope so. **** The Pirate Bay, and every website like it.

Culture of entitled whiner *******s.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

For the record - Mad Men is a boring ass show. Ratings be damned.

Yep. It's an overwhelming victory for style over substance.

[Dinner]

BTW earlier in this thread we were discussing downloading of content so I thought I'd put this here.

http://torrentfreak.com/police-plans-to-raid-the-pirate-bay-120309/

Apparently, The Pirate Bay is claiming that Swedish authorities are once again getting ready to raid their servers. I wonder if they'll be able to keep the website off line for more than one hour this time?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Wait... you cite VIOLENCE as a reason Breaking Bad is popular? And secondly, have you not seen Grimm or, heck, CSI who has gore levels off the charts.

And Californication is crap. Also there is nothing, aside from advertisers, preventing broadcast shows from having drugs displayed.

This is the weakest argument ever. Are you trying to argue that Entourage is better then Seinfeld because it had nudity and cursing?

[Wezil]

Californication - sex and nudity
Weeds - drugs
Sopranos - sex, language, violence

The list goes on.

Your kidding yourself Imran if you don't think this plays a part.

[Wezil]

For the record - Mad Men is a boring ass show. Ratings be damned.

[Wezil]

Mad Men ---> smoking (Pan Am, a Disney product, from the same era has almost none)
Breaking Bad ---> violence
Walking Dead ---> violence

Any other examples?

[Imran Siddiqui]

The declining quality of broadcast TV has much to do with the FCC. They have programming restraints not faced by the Cable networks.

How utterly ridiculous. Sex and cursing are found on such treasures of quality programming as HBO's turd "John From Cincinnati".

And it isn't like the shows on acclaimed shows on AMC (Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Walking Dead) labor under more oppressive rules than broadcast TV.

[Wezil]

Imagine a show like House wherein the female cast members did the occasional topless scene....

[Supr49er]

Yeah, the sexposition was a bit much.

[Wezil]

I'm not saying they won't make any more programming, but the quality and cost of their programming may go down as it has for a lot of broadcast TV.

The declining quality of broadcast TV has much to do with the FCC. They have programming restraints not faced by the Cable networks.