Is Michael Vartan morphing into Clint Eastwood here?

The mental image that you just conjured up makes me want to die.

I'm not saying that the overall violence of the GOT world is unprecedented or that it doesn't serve a purpose, but I think that the show really does have a reputation for a lot of disturbing XXX rated material and very graphic violence that wasn't as gratuitous in the books and that it might be turning away as many,…

This is such an important point. I've talked to a number of people who haven't seen the show yet who are turned off by the reputation for gratuitous sex and violence that t has, and won't try the books either for that exact reason. It's really sad to me that this growing theme of pushing the boundaries through rape…

I really liked that Rome but it honestly just got to be too much about brutal, graphic sex for me to really enjoy or take seriously. I think the scene that changed my perception of the show was where James Purfoy was having sex (raping? I don't even remember anymore) some Gallic woman in front of his troops. It wasn't…

I had no idea! I suppose a quick Google search could have helped we with that though. i might have to take a look at it!

I have wanted to see a production company start working on The Handmaid's Tale since forever. It's such a strong and compelling story, I think that movie goers could really get interested in it once they decided to give it a chance. However, I guess that "giving it a chance" part might be the biggest hurdle when it…

I don't remember there being much more sexual violence in the books up to the point where the show is centered on now. There were certainly different scenes that were mentioned in the books that didn't receive much coverage on the show (as for the King's Landing riot, Lollys' rape was a pretty central event that…

That is so cool! Haha, your anecdote has made my day!

That documentary is amazing! I have lived in Alaska my whole life and that guy makes me ashamed that I spend all of my time inside on the computer rather than building my own cabin and MAKING MY OWN SPOONS! That guy is totally awesome.

I was acknowledging what the other commenter said and moving on to explain my point. I really don't understand how you see that as some sort of tacit support for self mutilation, but whatever.

You know, I didn't read the rest of this thread until now and didn't realize how many people were confusing you with this Gail Lane lady. Just wanted to say that I was responding to her inane comment, not anything you said! I might not have made that clear.

Okay, but this really isn't the story of a girl who got carried away with masturbation. This is about a girl who was locked in a room with four guys and was apparently gang raped at a high school party after prom. The house was filled with other people that she went to high school with, one guy was barricading the…

I love that guy! His show is always on that PBS Create channel, I watch it all the time. It makes me wish I lived in a turn-of-last-century farm.

What, until they bleed and tear themselves and have to go to the hospital? Not very likely in this case.

Spot on, hahaha.

Haha, crying wolf? Yeah, I'm sure she gave permission for a group of guys to do whatever one has to do to cause "sunstantial trauma" to her vagina. Sounds totally consensual to me.

I was going to say that the guy net to him looks like he's 18 going on 35.

My problem with it is that it's very Sally Draper. Not quite Megan. It could have suited her and the event better if there were more going on with the outfit, but as it is it looks a bit too simple and youthful (not that I'm calling Blake Lively old, by any stretch, but there's something about more accessories or a…

Ben Feldman and January Jones would be such a great looking couple. I want that to happen, haha.