Game of Thrones: Bush's Head Gets a Makeover

mahiskali writes "After apologizing for using a likeness of former President George W. Bush's head in the season finale of the first season of 'Game of Thrones,' HBO has digitally altered the offending scene. After releasing an formal apology, HBO proceeded to yank the episode off all digital platforms, as well as halt distribution of the Season 1 box sets. The episode is now back with an altered head; more hair, less chin. Show creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss later clarified, 'We use a lot of prosthetic body parts on the show: heads, arms, etc. We can't afford to have these all made from scratch, especially in scenes where we need a lot of them, so we rent them in bulk. After the scene was already shot, someone pointed out that one of the heads looked like George W. Bush.'"

Re:you what?

[amiga3D]

I still remember him laughing when that reporter tossed his shoes at him and he ducked. I laughed my ass off at the look on his face. It didn't really even faze him at all. Later he intervened on the guys behalf to keep him from being punished. I really wanted to like President Bush but his policies just made it too hard and I gave up trying.

Re:you what?

[tmosley]

The deficit going to zero was a result of increasing income tax gains from the internet bubble, something cause by the Fed. Clinton had nothing to do with it. He did manage to refrain from going into max spending mode like most municipalities did during the same time period, to his credit.

Re:you what?

[ArcherB]

Citing the unemployment rate a year in to Obama's term and somehow blaming it on him is one of the more spectacular ones. The economy had just entered free fall when Obama took office.

You obviously were not paying attention to my post. Obama's first year was the third year of a Democrat controlled Congress. Congress writes the laws. Congress spends the money.

Pelosi handed Obama a shitty economy. Not Bush.

I didn't read past that point because you missed the entire point by the second paragraph.

Re:Total BSS

[Charliemopps]

Sure... they didnt talk to him at all... he was never on set. They never met him, never talked about politics over beers, and had no incentive to throw a little joke his way because he was basically responsible for them all having jobs. right.

I never said I was offended. I could give a shit less. I just said they were pansies for doing it and then not owning up to it. If you're going to suggest someone should be killed and their head put on a stake because you really think they did something awful, the fucking say so. If you're just trying to impress your yuppie friends but don't want to lose your job over the whole thing, then maybe your convictions aren't quite as die-hard as you thought.

If I thought you'd done something so bad that your head should be removed and put on a stake, I'd cut your god damn head off an put in on a stake. I wouldn't suggest the idea behind your back and then pretend like I never said it. It's called integrity. Something that, whomever did this, clearly has none of.