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   Game of Thrones star doesn't watch television. In fact, he doesn't even own a television. Notice he didn't say "TV", because "TV" is a nickname, and nicknames are for friends, and television is no friend of his

17 Jul 2012 11:04 AM   |   7667 clicks   |   TMZ
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DamnYankees    [TotalFark]  
Of all of the stars of that show who I would not be surprised by this, he's the one. Who cares, though - dude is great on that show.

17 Jul 2012 10:38 AM
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flaminio     
Area man?

17 Jul 2012 11:09 AM
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Blanco Basura     
Very nice Subby


m0.mattters.com

17 Jul 2012 11:10 AM
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busy chillin'     
what's his fark handle?

17 Jul 2012 11:10 AM
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Mikey1969     
DamnYankees: Of all of the stars of that show who I would not be surprised by this, he's the one. Who cares, though - dude is great on that show.

TMZ blocked at work. Who is it?

17 Jul 2012 11:12 AM
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HotIgneous Intruder     
Too hipster for teevee.
Cute.
But he's on a teevee show.

Derp.

17 Jul 2012 11:12 AM
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Impasse     
Blanco Basura: Very nice Subby


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"Is... it a DAT player?"

\"Keep the shaaaaanje."

17 Jul 2012 11:13 AM
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facisto     
Hipster Drogo?

17 Jul 2012 11:14 AM
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DamnYankees    [TotalFark]  
Mikey1969: DamnYankees: Of all of the stars of that show who I would not be surprised by this, he's the one. Who cares, though - dude is great on that show.

TMZ blocked at work. Who is it?


Drogo

17 Jul 2012 11:15 AM
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limeyfellow     
With all the things he been in such as Stargate Atlantis, the remake of Conan the Barbarian and they go with Baywatch Hawaiian Nights as the highlight of his career. That must really hurt.

17 Jul 2012 11:18 AM
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Uncle Pooky     
Are we still considering him to be currently on the show, subby?

DamnYankees: Of all of the stars of that show who I would not be surprised by this, he's the one. Who cares, though - dude is great on that show.

And you?

HotIgneous Intruder: Too hipster for teevee.
Cute.
But he's on a teevee show.

Derp.


And you too?

17 Jul 2012 11:18 AM
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corridor     
Honestly, if I could feasibly get away with it, I'd love to ditch my cellphone. I just don't feel the need to be always within contact (except when I have to be for work). I miss the days when we didn't feel the need to be within arms reach of everyone we knew 24/7.

/do own a TV
//it's not hooked up
///watch my shows online

17 Jul 2012 11:19 AM
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groppet     
Didnt he die already sheesh

17 Jul 2012 11:19 AM
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VJStinger     
Uncle Pooky: Are we still considering him to be currently on the show, subby?

DamnYankees: Of all of the stars of that show who I would not be surprised by this, he's the one. Who cares, though - dude is great on that show.

And you?

HotIgneous Intruder: Too hipster for teevee.
Cute.
But he's on a teevee show.

Derp.

And you too?


Did you not see the season finale?

17 Jul 2012 11:20 AM
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DamnYankees    [TotalFark]  
Uncle Pooky: Are we still considering him to be currently on the show, subby?

He was in the most recent episode.

17 Jul 2012 11:21 AM
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The Banana Thug     
He's the only actor on the show that I think didn't do his role justice. He just didn't seem intimidating or scary enough. His muscles were poorly toned. Yes, that's my actual complaint. Everyone else was believable, but you never forget for a second that Drogo was being played by an actor.

17 Jul 2012 11:22 AM
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pippi longstocking     
Maybe he should watch TV because he might get some acting pointers.

17 Jul 2012 11:23 AM
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howdyyall9999     
i.lv3.hbo.com

Oh... are we friends now?

17 Jul 2012 11:24 AM
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swahnhennessy     
Mr. Show reference aside, not owning a TV doesn't make you a hipster. Not in 1995, and certainly not today, when you can watch just about any movie or television show ever produced on your computer. Why bother with what TV offers you when you can have the world, commercial free?

17 Jul 2012 11:29 AM
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Mikey1969     
DamnYankees: Mikey1969: DamnYankees: Of all of the stars of that show who I would not be surprised by this, he's the one. Who cares, though - dude is great on that show.

TMZ blocked at work. Who is it?

Drogo


Hmmm, interesting. Thanks!

Kind of ironic that he is making bank off of the show(Even though he's been killed, he counts as 'in' an episode whenever they even show him in a flashback), yet he's too good to own a TV himself. Oh well, He was still a kick ass character and nailed that role perfectly.

17 Jul 2012 11:30 AM
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Teufelaffe    [TotalFark]  
facisto: Hipster Drogo?

I'm thinking that Hipster Drogo needs to become the newest image macro meme.

17 Jul 2012 11:32 AM
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iron_city_ap     
VJStinger: Uncle Pooky: Are we still considering him to be currently on the show, subby?

DamnYankees: Of all of the stars of that show who I would not be surprised by this, he's the one. Who cares, though - dude is great on that show.

And you?

HotIgneous Intruder: Too hipster for teevee.
Cute.
But he's on a teevee show.

Derp.

And you too?

Did you not see the season finale?


I wouldn't consider 30 seconds in an entire season as still being on the show.

17 Jul 2012 11:32 AM
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space_cowgirl     
The Banana Thug: He's the only actor on the show that I think didn't do his role justice. He just didn't seem intimidating or scary enough. His muscles were poorly toned. Yes, that's my actual complaint. Everyone else was believable, but you never forget for a second that Drogo was being played by an actor.

I dunno. Looks pretty good to me.

magazynt3.pl

17 Jul 2012 11:37 AM
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farkityfarker     
Not the best advertising.

He's basically telling his fans that he wouldn't watch his show. I'm wondering how many are left thinking "then I probably shouldn't either."

17 Jul 2012 11:40 AM
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VJStinger     
iron_city_ap: VJStinger: Uncle Pooky: Are we still considering him to be currently on the show, subby?

DamnYankees: Of all of the stars of that show who I would not be surprised by this, he's the one. Who cares, though - dude is great on that show.

And you?

HotIgneous Intruder: Too hipster for teevee.
Cute.
But he's on a teevee show.

Derp.

And you too?

Did you not see the season finale?

I wouldn't consider 30 seconds in an entire season as still being on the show.


Me either, but it was obviously a set up for a recurring role later in the series.

17 Jul 2012 11:42 AM
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Carth     
VJStinger: iron_city_ap: VJStinger: Uncle Pooky: Are we still considering him to be currently on the show, subby?

DamnYankees: Of all of the stars of that show who I would not be surprised by this, he's the one. Who cares, though - dude is great on that show.

And you?

HotIgneous Intruder: Too hipster for teevee.
Cute.
But he's on a teevee show.

Derp.

And you too?

Did you not see the season finale?

I wouldn't consider 30 seconds in an entire season as still being on the show.

Me either, but it was obviously a set up for a recurring role later in the series.


it was a short hallucination. They can't deviate too far from the book without messing up later plot lines and he isn't in the series anymore.

17 Jul 2012 11:45 AM
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Teufelaffe    [TotalFark]  
The Banana Thug: He's the only actor on the show that I think didn't do his role justice. He just didn't seem intimidating or scary enough. His muscles were poorly toned. Yes, that's my actual complaint. Everyone else was believable, but you never forget for a second that Drogo was being played by an actor.

Realistically, someone in that environment wouldn't have a lot of muscle tone. Developing muscle tone generally requires specific kinds of exercise and diet. Chances are, Drogo wasn't doing low-rep, heavy weight exercises along with a very low fat diet. The natural state of a human, even one in excellent physical condition, is with a layer of subcutaneous fat that hides some muscle definition. Body builders work to lessen that layer so their muscle definition is more apparent, thus giving them that toned look that doesn't generally happen if you're not specifically trying for it.

17 Jul 2012 11:49 AM
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VJStinger     
Carth: VJStinger: iron_city_ap: VJStinger: Uncle Pooky: Are we still considering him to be currently on the show, subby?

DamnYankees: Of all of the stars of that show who I would not be surprised by this, he's the one. Who cares, though - dude is great on that show.

And you?

HotIgneous Intruder: Too hipster for teevee.
Cute.
But he's on a teevee show.

Derp.

And you too?

Did you not see the season finale?

I wouldn't consider 30 seconds in an entire season as still being on the show.

Me either, but it was obviously a set up for a recurring role later in the series.

it was a short hallucination. They can't deviate too far from the book without messing up later plot lines and he isn't in the series anymore.


Oh, ok. So that's pretty much the end of Drogo in the book then? I can accept that.

/DNRTFBook.
//needs to.

17 Jul 2012 11:54 AM
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Uncle Pooky     
DamnYankees: He was in the most recent episode.

Ok, fair enough. Let's see how that plays out...

iron_city_ap:

I wouldn't consider 30 seconds in an entire season as still being on the show.


Better point. Let's keep going...

VJStinger:

Me either, but it was obviously a set up for a recurring role later in the series.


Well, maybe. I mean, I can see why you'd say that, but...

Carth: it was a short hallucination. They can't deviate too far from the book without messing up later plot lines and he isn't in the series anymore.

Well, damn. There you have it.

17 Jul 2012 11:56 AM
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Reyvacs     
The Banana Thug: He's the only actor on the show that I think didn't do his role justice. He just didn't seem intimidating or scary enough. His muscles were poorly toned. Yes, that's my actual complaint. Everyone else was believable, but you never forget for a second that Drogo was being played by an actor.

For my money, I don't think I could disagree with you more. He was electrifying on screen as Drogo. The scary didn't come from the muscles, they came from the presence, and he absolutely nailed several powerful scenes.

17 Jul 2012 12:04 PM
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browntimmy     
swahnhennessy: Mr. Show reference aside, not owning a TV doesn't make you a hipster. Not in 1995, and certainly not today, when you can watch just about any movie or television show ever produced on your computer. Why bother with what TV offers you when you can have the world, commercial free?

Because couches are way more comfortable and stuff on your computer can be streamed on a 50'' screen.

17 Jul 2012 12:05 PM
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farkeruk     
swahnhennessy: Mr. Show reference aside, not owning a TV doesn't make you a hipster. Not in 1995, and certainly not today, when you can watch just about any movie or television show ever produced on your computer. Why bother with what TV offers you when you can have the world, commercial free?

It's not even about things being commercial free. It's about watching the programmes I want when I want and having access to huge numbers of movies online. I pay Lovefilm like £8/month and get 1 DVD rental and streaming movies (generally streamed just after DVD release).

You could cut me off from broadcast TV and I'd be perfectly happy with streaming movies, streaming comedy series and news from sites like Fark and Google News. Unfortunately, Mrs FarkerUK likes the dancing competition shows.

One thing that's funny in the UK is people calling for the return of Top Of The Pops which was our big music show. Yeah, because what people want is to sit through 80% music they don't like for the one song they do, when they can just type the name into YouTube and watch it.

17 Jul 2012 12:06 PM
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FirstNationalBastard    [TotalFark]  
browntimmy: swahnhennessy: Mr. Show reference aside, not owning a TV doesn't make you a hipster. Not in 1995, and certainly not today, when you can watch just about any movie or television show ever produced on your computer. Why bother with what TV offers you when you can have the world, commercial free?

Because couches are way more comfortable and stuff on your computer can be streamed on a 50'' screen.


I think he means "why have cable", because that's a logical argument he's making for dropping cable.

However, you're right that a 50" screen can be hooked up to a computer for streaming purposes, too.

17 Jul 2012 12:07 PM
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Quasar    [TotalFark]  
Speaking of things people don't watch, I saw a lonely copy of Conan the Barbarian at Blockbuster the other day.

17 Jul 2012 12:09 PM
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Disposable Rob     
I don't blame him. Too busy banging Lisa Bonet, I suppose.

17 Jul 2012 12:10 PM
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netringer    [TotalFark]  
Who knew that he could speak English?...other than "No." and "crown for a king."

17 Jul 2012 12:20 PM
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Carth     
VJStinger:

/DNRTFBook.
//needs to.


If you like the series you'll love the books. The show stays pretty faithful but they fill in a ton of details.

17 Jul 2012 12:20 PM
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Tax Boy     
Quasar: Speaking of things people don't watch, I saw a lonely copy of Conan the Barbarian at Blockbuster the other day.

It's on netflix instant too.

Remakes are usually awful. It is known.

17 Jul 2012 12:20 PM
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Teufelaffe    [TotalFark]  
browntimmy: swahnhennessy: Mr. Show reference aside, not owning a TV doesn't make you a hipster. Not in 1995, and certainly not today, when you can watch just about any movie or television show ever produced on your computer. Why bother with what TV offers you when you can have the world, commercial free?

Because couches are way more comfortable and stuff on your computer can be streamed on a 50'' screen.


Yes, because it's totally impossible to connect your computer to your TV or, if 50" is too small, hook your computer up to a projector.

17 Jul 2012 12:22 PM
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kronicfeld    [TotalFark]  
VJStinger: Me either, but it was obviously a set up for a recurring role later in the series.

You're either being ironic or that word does not mean what you think it means.

17 Jul 2012 12:28 PM
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liam76     
Teufelaffe: browntimmy: swahnhennessy: Mr. Show reference aside, not owning a TV doesn't make you a hipster. Not in 1995, and certainly not today, when you can watch just about any movie or television show ever produced on your computer. Why bother with what TV offers you when you can have the world, commercial free?

Because couches are way more comfortable and stuff on your computer can be streamed on a 50'' screen.

Yes, because it's totally impossible to connect your computer to your TV or, if 50" is too small, hook your computer up to a projector.


When you don't have a TV, yes it is impossible to connect your computer to your TV.

17 Jul 2012 12:28 PM
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impaler    [TotalFark]  
farkityfarker: Not the best advertising.

He's basically telling his fans that he wouldn't watch his show. I'm wondering how many are left thinking "then I probably shouldn't either."


I am. I was going to watch Game of Thrones, but not now.

17 Jul 2012 12:41 PM
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Wingnutwillie    [TotalFark]  
No cell phone? How's he gonna get the call for Conan II?

17 Jul 2012 12:47 PM
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blueviking     
Reyvacs: The Banana Thug: He's the only actor on the show that I think didn't do his role justice. He just didn't seem intimidating or scary enough. His muscles were poorly toned. Yes, that's my actual complaint. Everyone else was believable, but you never forget for a second that Drogo was being played by an actor.

For my money, I don't think I could disagree with you more. He was electrifying on screen as Drogo. The scary didn't come from the muscles, they came from the presence, and he absolutely nailed several powerful scenes.


Loved his big speech post-assassination attempt...I thought he did decently before that, but the big moment that I really got on board was when he haka'd out for that scene.

And, as far as the muscles, the guys that will really hurt you and end up being the most intimidating aren't the ones with perfectly toned guns, they're the ones that don't give a fark and go from perfectly calm to batshiat crazy in a millisecond, right before they fold you up like a pretzel.

/never fark with former Russian soldier
//gives a new meaning to "crazy eye"

17 Jul 2012 12:57 PM
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tooeasy     
Disposable Rob: I don't blame him. Too busy banging Lisa Bonet, I suppose.

Lisa Bonet was hot. Lisa Bonet is old.

17 Jul 2012 01:02 PM
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yukichigai     
blueviking: Reyvacs: The Banana Thug: He's the only actor on the show that I think didn't do his role justice. He just didn't seem intimidating or scary enough. His muscles were poorly toned. Yes, that's my actual complaint. Everyone else was believable, but you never forget for a second that Drogo was being played by an actor.

For my money, I don't think I could disagree with you more. He was electrifying on screen as Drogo. The scary didn't come from the muscles, they came from the presence, and he absolutely nailed several powerful scenes.

Loved his big speech post-assassination attempt...I thought he did decently before that, but the big moment that I really got on board was when he haka'd out for that scene.


That was a good scene. What impressed me was not just that he was so powerful, so present, it was that he was doing all of that while speaking a made-up language and (or so the internet geeks say) speaking it correctly. He literally had to learn a new language for this role, one he could NOT have learned before, and still managed to make it seem like he'd been speaking it all his life. All while going apeshiat. A+.

And, as far as the muscles, the guys that will really hurt you and end up being the most intimidating aren't the ones with perfectly toned guns, they're the ones that don't give a fark and go from perfectly calm to batshiat crazy in a millisecond, right before they fold you up like a pretzel.

And that is Drogo, really. He doesn't have to posture, he just IS. Toned muscles are for guys who project and want to look impressive, but toned muscles mean very little when it comes to being strong in a functionally useful way. Momoa looks strong and muscled, but not polished. He looks realistic, like every one of those muscles was earned out of necessity. So yeah, I really liked Jason Momoa as Drogo and it's tragic he won't have more opportunities to show that bad-assedry.

Meh, maybe he'll get a better vehicle than Conan sometime down the road.

17 Jul 2012 01:36 PM
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Disposable Rob     
tooeasy: Disposable Rob: I don't blame him. Too busy banging Lisa Bonet, I suppose.

Lisa Bonet was hot. Lisa Bonet is old.


Eh, I'm in that age bracket where I can appreciate Lisa Bonet at any age. For you youngsters there's daughter Zoe (which I can appreciate, as well).

17 Jul 2012 01:43 PM
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mcmnky     
Mikey1969: DamnYankees: Mikey1969: DamnYankees: Of all of the stars of that show who I would not be surprised by this, he's the one. Who cares, though - dude is great on that show.

TMZ blocked at work. Who is it?

Drogo

Hmmm, interesting. Thanks!

Kind of ironic that he is making bank off of the show(Even though he's been killed, he counts as 'in' an episode whenever they even show him in a flashback), yet he's too good to own a TV himself. Oh well, He was still a kick ass character and nailed that role perfectly.


How is that ironic?

I work for a medical device company. I don't use any of their devices. Is that ironic?

Ironic might be he is afraid of horses or is bald.

Not using your employers product is not ironic.

17 Jul 2012 01:47 PM
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Teufelaffe    [TotalFark]  
mcmnky: How is that ironic?

I work for a medical device company. I don't use any of their devices. Is that ironic?

Ironic might be he is afraid of horses or is bald.

Not using your employers product is not ironic


If he actually actively refuses to own a TV, as the article suggests (but isn't actually supported by the video in TFA), that would be ironic. Much in the way that Alec Guinness hating Star Wars was ironic, since it ended up being one of his most successful films.

17 Jul 2012 02:01 PM
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tooeasy     
Disposable Rob: tooeasy: Disposable Rob: I don't blame him. Too busy banging Lisa Bonet, I suppose.

Lisa Bonet was hot. Lisa Bonet is old.

Eh, I'm in that age bracket where I can appreciate Lisa Bonet at any age. For you youngsters there's daughter Zoe (which I can appreciate, as well).


i'm actually right there with you (she's five years older than me), but i'm surprised she's still able to draw 30 year old movie stars

17 Jul 2012 02:20 PM
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