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Quantum Windbag

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This is why I gave up on HBO, even the best of it is all about pr0n.

WARNING, NSFW VIDEO

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUBiOOx0Pxw"]It's Not Porn... [OFFICIAL VIDEO][/ame]

I'm a prude. There, I said it. Indeed, I'm probably more of a prude than I'd care to admit, and certainly more of a prude than I imagined a couple of decades ago.
And yet... I don't think it's my prudishness that has led me to this conclusion: There is way too much nudity on cable television these days, especially at HBO and Showtime. Indeed, it has essentially reached the point of self-satire.
Nudity in film and its effects on society have been debated since film began, and certainly since it prompted the Hays Code in Hollywood following the occasionally libertine silent-film era. And at this point, those who oppose nudity in film and television have lost.
These days, the question has evolved into how much of this nudity is art, and how much crosses over into something else entirely. The issue arose (again) last week when BuzzFeed's Kate Aurthur interviewed Nic Pizzolatto, the creator of HBO's excellent True Detective, the first season of which ended on Sunday. Aurthur mainly focused on the storylines within the series and the themes evoked — religious, ethical, and relational — but also noted the "HBO-y" nudity that appeared in several of the eight episodes in Season 1. Pizzolatto defensively noted that "there's not a great deal of nudity in the series at all," but that "a clear mandate in pay-cable for a certain level of nudity" exists.
Why I'm sick and tired of seeing naked women on HBO - The Week
 
:lol:

I've not watched HBO in ages, but with what I've seen in Spartacus, House of Cards and Dexter I get the drift.

This is blended porn, not porn. It's all in the scripting and story line.
 
I'm not giving up Shameless. OR Game of Thrones.

I can tell you what happens next in Game of Thrones if you like, I red the books. I remember being livid when I read Rob Stark was murdered years ago, it certainly took the edge off when I saw it on TV. I also got to laugh at all the people who gave me a hard time about it when I read it because they made my reaction look like a mild disagreement.

That said, wouldn't it be better without all the gratuitous nudity aimed at teenage boys with raging hormones? Not that the sex wasn't upfront in the books, but it wasn't gratuitous.
 
The problem is NOT with the porn as much as it is with the relaxation of commonly held values and standards of behavior.

How we live our lives.

One's attitudes about porn come chocked full of OTHER statements about who we are and how we see ourselves, life in general and each other.
 
The problem is NOT with the porn as much as it is with the relaxation of commonly held values and standards of behavior.

How we live our lives.

One's attitudes about porn come chocked full of OTHER statements about who we are and how we see ourselves, life in general and each other.

True, we need more shows like Combat.
 
The problem is NOT with the porn as much as it is with the relaxation of commonly held values and standards of behavior.

How we live our lives.

One's attitudes about porn come chocked full of OTHER statements about who we are and how we see ourselves, life in general and each other.

Maybe we should boycott reality shows.
 
It pisses people who don't get any off.

It pisses gay men off? Why?


where does the post say that?

He said that men are pissed off by naked females if they don't get them. I was just pointing out how absurd that is.

btw, i didn't know rob stark was killed, i'm on season two/episode four… .

thanks. :mad:

Umm, you're welcome?

The book came out 14 years ago, I am still flabbergasted that there are people who didn't know.
 

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