Comments on: How Game of Thrones Should Have Ended http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/03/how-game-of-thrones-should-have-ended/ Wed, 22 May 2013 12:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Konkvistador http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/03/how-game-of-thrones-should-have-ended/#comment-41345 Konkvistador Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:27:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=16129#comment-41345 Yeah that was rather lame. Yeah that was rather lame.

]]> By: Lab Lemming http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/03/how-game-of-thrones-should-have-ended/#comment-41344 Lab Lemming Sat, 31 Mar 2012 02:45:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=16129#comment-41344 If they only saw the TV, and didn't read the book, they may not have understood the point of the scene, especially if her internal monologue wasn't translated onto screen well (TV show not available down here). If they only saw the TV, and didn’t read the book, they may not have understood the point of the scene, especially if her internal monologue wasn’t translated onto screen well (TV show not available down here).

]]> By: RafeK http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/03/how-game-of-thrones-should-have-ended/#comment-41343 RafeK Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:49:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=16129#comment-41343 Yeah not funny Yeah not funny

]]> By: TGGP http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/03/how-game-of-thrones-should-have-ended/#comment-41342 TGGP Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:42:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=16129#comment-41342 The youtube video with ten minutes of Joffrey getting smacked is funnier. I don't find HISHE that funny generally, so I can't say what would make this distinctive. I'm guessing Razib knows, but in case others don't, the 90s arcade game Mortal Kombat is being parodied in addition to the show G.O.T, and no it doesn't make it much funnier if you know that. The standards for parody have dropped a lot to include mere reference, so that the audience can say "Yes, I remember that, I am of like demographic cohort". Proper parody should accentuate something in the original material so as to make it appear more ridiculous. The youtube video with ten minutes of Joffrey getting smacked is funnier. I don’t find HISHE that funny generally, so I can’t say what would make this distinctive.

I’m guessing Razib knows, but in case others don’t, the 90s arcade game Mortal Kombat is being parodied in addition to the show G.O.T, and no it doesn’t make it much funnier if you know that. The standards for parody have dropped a lot to include mere reference, so that the audience can say “Yes, I remember that, I am of like demographic cohort”. Proper parody should accentuate something in the original material so as to make it appear more ridiculous.

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