Game of Thrones is not that great

[myriverse]

Originally Posted by finalgrunt [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's a story from an american author with a medieval background.

And you expect it to be somehow accurate? Some like to only use some obscure Middle Age stories to fuel their imagination with violence, misogyny etc.

The thing is, they don't have a clue about how it really was. For obvious reasons, Shakespeare knew it better [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Medieval life was a lot more like GRRM than Shakespeare.

[kenzar]

Originally Posted by myriverse [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Medieval life was a lot more like GRRM than Shakespeare.

I'm going to channel Alarti for a moment and ask for proof. Proof?

[Taresh]

Originally Posted by kenzar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm going to channel Alarti for a moment and ask for proof. Proof?

I'm going to channel Harrison for a moment and call you a fucking retard.

Fucking retard.

[kenzar]

Originally Posted by Taresh [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm going to channel Harrison for a moment and call you a fucking retard.

Fucking retard.

ad hominem, the best defense.

[myriverse]

Originally Posted by kenzar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm going to channel Alarti for a moment and ask for proof. Proof?

LOL! Open a history book. Any one will do. Shakespeare's plays, even the tragedies, had a hefty dose of romanticism to them and glossed over what life was really like. They were all candy-coated daytime soaps of their day that were meant to take people away from the horror of their lives (they were written for the illiterate--really, really illiterate-- masses of the day). Today, practically everybody lives a dream compared to anything in the Middle Ages, so naturally, they want to be taken away to the gloom.

[Splorf22]

And why were the people of the middle ages so miserable?

[Alarti0001]

Originally Posted by Splorf22 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

And why were the people of the middle ages so miserable?

No wifi

[FFA_Seller]

Books TL;DR
Robb Stark dies, Jon Snow dies, Joffrey dies, Catelyn dies, Tywin Lannister dies, Lyssa dies, Lord Mormont dies, Gregor Clegane dies

Enjoy the show!

[kenzar]

Originally Posted by myriverse [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

LOL! Open a history book. Any one will do. Shakespeare's plays, even the tragedies, had a hefty dose of romanticism to them and glossed over what life was really like. They were all candy-coated daytime soaps of their day that were meant to take people away from the horror of their lives (they were written for the illiterate--really, really illiterate-- masses of the day). Today, practically everybody lives a dream compared to anything in the Middle Ages, so naturally, they want to be taken away to the gloom.

Shakespeare is 16th/17th century. Thats 100 years after anything considered medieval/middle ages. Why would people watch a candy-coated daytime soap to take away from the horror of their families lives 100 years ago? I'm not arguing that his depictions might be a bit romanticized, but this is the renassiance era, nearly the enlightenment era we are talking about, given the lifespan of a human back then the people watching the Shakespeare plays were 2-3 generations removed from the middle ages. Maybe you should open a history book.

[kenzar]

Originally Posted by myriverse [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

LOL! Open a history book. Any one will do. Shakespeare's plays, even the tragedies, had a hefty dose of romanticism to them and glossed over what life was really like. They were all candy-coated daytime soaps of their day that were meant to take people away from the horror of their lives (they were written for the illiterate--really, really illiterate-- masses of the day). Today, practically everybody lives a dream compared to anything in the Middle Ages, so naturally, they want to be taken away to the gloom.

the burden of proof is on the person making the claim. Proof?