TEENS REACT TO GAME OF THRONES
♪ (punk rock music) ♪
(in video) Nothing's more hateful...
I don't know what this is.
(in video) ...than failing
to protect the one you love.
Is this Game of Thrones?
This show is my life!
(excitedly) Oh, you guys!
Heard a lot of hype about this.
I have no idea what it is, though.
- (in video) Avenge them.
- He's gonna be so bad-ass.
Am I the only one who thinks
Sansa is such a wimp?
- ♪ I will be ♪
- I don't do blood.
(in video) I believe men of talent
have a part to play
in the war to come.
(in video) I will never
sit on the Iron Throne.
Tyrion is amazing.
(in video) You could help
another climb those steps
and take that seat.
Sweet. You know, I love this show.
I don't even know what
Jon Snow's gonna do.
He doesn't know much anyway.
(imitates rim shot)
(in video) I'm not going
to stop the wheel.
- I'm going to break the wheel.
- (excitedly) Oh!
Show's probably like the best
for strong female characters.
(in video) That little
monster is out there
somewhere drawing breath.
If they killed Tyrion, we riot.
Oh, Arya.
Oh, Maisie Williams.
Oh. (giggles)
(in video) The seven kingdoms
needs a ruler loved by millions.
Good luck finding him.
Who said anything about him?
Ooh!
I just want her to conquer Westeros.
Oh, softcore porn. Softcore porn.
I keep meaning to watch this.
I really need to now.
Action-packed as always.
Seems pretty intense.
I'm so excited.
Game of Thrones!
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(Finebros) So you just watched the trailer
for the new season of a television show.
Game of Thrones.
Wait, it's a TV show?
I thought it was a movie.
- (Finebros) Do you like the show?
- I have never seen it.
I've never seen it, so I wouldn't know.
I do.
- I love it.
- I love it.
I am in love with Game of Thrones.
This is my favorite show of all time!
(Finebros) Talk about why
it's this amazing show.
Oh my gosh. There's so many emotions.
I like that there's so many stories.
Violence, sex, and dragons.
How much better can that get?
It's got everything a nerd could want.
If you love the fantasy genre,
this is your show.
(Finebros) Why have you
not watched Game of Thrones?
When I look at it, it's like
it doesn't really pop out to me
like it does to other people.
Those type of shows
I don't really get super-into.
I don't support the
pornification or softcore porn.
It's just more of a personal thing
where I kinda have
to draw lines at some points,
and that's one of them.
(Finebros) So we're now going to show you
- some of the characters of the show.
- Okay.
Just from the picture,
I want you to just briefly describe
what you think that character's all about.
Okay.
I know all the characters.
He kind of looks like the Prince Charming.
Prince Charming.
Jaime Lannister.
Guy likes to screw his sister.
He did incest with his sister.
First I thought he was a dick.
But then I felt bad for him.
But then I realized, wait,
he's still a super [bleep].
- (Finebros) And who do you think this is?
- The pretty one.
The one that they
secretly fall in love with.
Seems like she thinks
she's higher than you.
That's incestual sister.
Nobody likes Cersei.
I hate her.
I don't like her.
She's kind of a bitch. I mean,
that's pretty much her character.
Everyone freakin' hates her,
but I think she's so powerful
(Finebros) What do you think
of this character?
He looks like the one that's
probably more underestimated.
I feel like he's a good character.
But he looks fat in most of his pictures.
He always has the same face.
Jon Snow, I believe.
I know a lot. I promise you
I don't watch this show.
I like Jon Snow.
You know nothing.
He's great. He's one
of the better characters.
I want to call him Stark,
but that's not his real name.
We all know what every lady thinks of him.
andquot;Oh! Jon Snow.andquot;
Not my type.
Aw, Ned Stark.
This is sad. Rest in peace, Ned.
This is, um, Boromir.
I think he got his head chopped off.
The first time
where I've actually seen a show
kill off the main character.
I was just like, andquot;What?
Sean Bean, why you die all the time?andquot;
It lets you know, like,
this isn't gonna be your typical show.
- (Finebros) What about this character?
- The leader?
Or the wise one.
Khal Dro-- I'm sad he died.
I have very mixed feelings
about the Khal and the Khaleesi.
'Cause he freakin' raped her,
and then we ended up
loving them as a couple.
- (Finebros) Next.
- The feisty tough one.
Was she on Teens React before?
My favorite character.
Arya Stark-- total bad-ass.
That is the most
bad-ass character I've seen.
She's one of the most powerful
characters on the entire show.
I love her.
- (Finebros) Next.
- Oh, she's pretty.
She looks like a mermaid.
She looks like Elsa.
Probably doesn't do much fighting.
She's definitely my favorite
female character of all time.
My favorite, Khaleesi.
Daenerys Stormborn Targaryen,
Mother of Dragons.
The Liberator.
Breaker of Chains.
She goes from this nice little girl
to this girl who's the leader of an army.
I think her downfall is going to be
that she aspires to help everyone,
and this past season
she really learned that she can't.
- (Finebros) What do you think of him?
- Oh, he's cute.
I get a bully vibe
from him. Is that right?
And this piece of [bleep].
I can't look at his face
without getting upset.
That is Joffrey.
The incest child who gets killed.
I don't know how I remember these clips,
but I promise you I don't watch this show.
When he died, I mean, it was just like,
oh, thank god.
- (Finebros) And one more character.
- Tyrion.
I love Tyrion so much.
I feel like he probably
has a bunch of one-liners.
Best character ever in any show.
There are a lot of characters
who kind of have one singular place
where I feel like they belong.
And I like that he's a little more fluid.
He's like the perfect example
that it doesn't matter.
You can be a really good actor
no matter what you look like.
- (clang)
- TRUTH!
(Finebros) And what has been
one of your favorite moments
in the show so far?
It's Tyrion's trial.
When Joffrey died.
Season 4, episode 9,
andquot;The Battle of the Wall.andquot;
That entire episode is amazing.
When Arya was getting trained.
And then she's got to run
and her trainer has to fight off six guys.
And it was really cool,
'cause it never showed them dying,
but you knew, and it was like,
no! Why? He was so cool.
(Finebros) So without massive detail,
the show takes place
in a fictional kingdom,
where there are many different houses
who have been ruled by a king.
But after he dies, many different people
- try to claim rights to the throne.
- Oh.
Game of Thrones. Okay, all right.
(Finebros) And there is
family and relationship drama,
politics, battles, murder,
- incest, giant wolves, and even dragons.
- Okay. (laughs)
See? That sounds awesome.
(Finebros) What else
would you like to add?
Naked ladies... everywhere.
Tone down the nudity a little bit,
but you can't, 'cause it's HBO
and that's their selling point.
(Finebros) Does this sound
like a good show?
Yeah.
I might have to watch it now.
I want to watch it now, but I can't.
I don't have HBO.
Strong female protagonist, dragon queen.
Giant wolves? Are you serious?
You have no idea how hard it is.
It has all this great stuff.
And yeah, it's this one
little thing that's part of it.
But to me, it's important
that I uphold my morals.
(Finebros) One of the major elements
that makes the show different
is that no character is safe.
That's another thing I've heard,
and that's another reason
why I haven't watched it.
I love that.
Attack on Titan does that really well.
I think that's really interesting.
It kinda changes your thought
process throughout watching it.
Standard hero films--
they will get out of it
because he's Superman.
But here, if you get
weaved into a web of [bleep],
probably gonna die.
You really have no idea.
This could be the last episode
your favorite character is in,
which is kind of fun,
because then it's like
everything that happens has more meaning.
(Finebros) So this whole entire series
is based on a book series
- called A Song of Ice and Fire.
- I didn't know that.
Yeah, George R.R. Martin.
It's not called Game of Thrones?
(Finebros) The first book
is called Game of Thrones,
and it was published
all the way back in 1996.
Jeez, it's older than I am.
Wow. That's when I was born.
I like to see it, though,
because a book won't get me
screaming at the book.
I had just started reading the books,
and then they made a show,
and my dad wouldn't let me watch the show.
Do you know the books are
equally as explicit as the show?
So then I started watching the show.
My dad and I watched it together,
and there is a ridiculous
amount of nudity.
I either have to talk so much
that it's embarrassingly awkward,
or I say nothing and
I just stare at the screen,
which is just as bad.
Then it looks like I'm really into it.
It's so bad watching it with him.
(Finebros) The series is not
finished yet. They're still
needing to write at least one,
if not two, more books.
And the series is starting
to catch up to the book series.
So they've already seem to have said
they're gonna be changing
things for the first time
drastically from the book.
What do you think about
that decision to do that?
Well, the author should be gettin' on it.
I mean, they don't really have a choice.
That's deadly. You could ruin everything.
I don't like that idea. I feel like
they should just slow the show down a bit.
If you want to keep
a fan base so involved,
you should stick to the books.
I'm skeptical, but I know that
they had George R.R. Martin
tell them the ending,
in case he dies for some whatever reason,
that they know how to finish it off.
They do that all the time with anime too.
It's a 50-50. It could turn out
really great or really messed up.
(Finebros) So finally, why,
even if they don't usually
like action/fantasy genre,
why is Game of Thrones still
a show that people should watch?
Whether you don't like fantasy or not,
even though it's a fantasy world,
the politics seem real,
the fights-- even though
they're not actual history,
there is history behind
them within the lore.
I feel like everyone
should give it a chance.
Sure, it takes place in a fantasy element,
but it's not all fantasy.
The story just keeps you in grips
better than any other show.
Watch the end of the
first episode of season 1,
and you will see why.
You will want to keep watching
the rest of the series.
It's so good.
(Ã la Game of Thrones)
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Dan Harris' Panic Attack (and Discovery of Meditation)
About ten years ago in front of 5.019 million
people according to the Nielsen ratings I
had a panic attack on live television. I was
doing a job that I'd done many times before
which was filling in as the news reader on
Good Morning America. The job basically entails
coming on at the top of each hour and reading
a series of headlines to the audience, bringing
them up to date on the news of the day. And
I was happy and excited to be there. I had
no way to foresee what was about to happen.
As soon as the anchors tossed it over to me
I was in the middle of the first story and
I was overtaken by this irresistible bolt
of fear. My heart started racing, my palms
were sweating, my mouth dried up and my lungs
seized up. And I was simply unable to breathe.
You can see it and hear it on the tape. I'm
gasping for air. It would have gotten a lot
worse, it would have become something like
the famous clip from Broadcast News where
Albert Brooks breaks out in flop sweat except
for I did something halfway through my newscast
I'd never done before which is I quit. I gave
up. I punted. I sent it back to the main hosts
of the show. What I said was, andquot;Back to you
Robin and Charlie.andquot; But it was actually Diane
Sawyer and Charlie who were anchoring and
in my panic I was unable to remember that.
And you can see that actually in an absurd
little crescendo roll video of Harry Potter
which was the next story I was supposed to
read that the control room thought I was going
to read but I was unable to do so.
And in the moments afterwards I realized that
I'd had a panic attack. And I was deeply,
deeply embarrassed. It wasn't until later
that I learned what caused it. I went to see
a doctor who is an expert in panic and he
asked me a series of questions, one of which
was do you do drugs. And I sheepishly said,
yes, I do. And he leaned back in his chair
and said, andquot;Mystery solved.andquot; The backstory
is I got myself into trouble basically because
of a desire to do great at my job which is
something I think a lot of people can relate
to. You might call it ambition or just a drive
for excellence and being in love with my job.
I got to ABC News when I was 28 years old.
And if you look at the pictures I look like
I'm barely post pubescent. And I was working
with these giants like Diane Sawyer and Peter
Jennings and Charlie Gibson and Ted Koppel
and I was keenly aware of how green I was,
especially when compared to these famous people
I had been watching on television since I
was a kid.
And my way of coping with that was to become
a workaholic. And I threw myself into the
job and after 9/11 I volunteered and spent
many years overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan
and the Middle East. And when I came home
from that I developed a depression and I self-medicated
with recreational drugs which was a toweringly
stupid move on my part. And even though I
wasn't doing it when I was working and definitely
not when I was on the air, I learned from
my doctor in his office after my panic attack
that the drugs I was taking, cocaine and ecstasy
raised the level of adrenalin in your brain
and basically guaranteed that I had the panic
attack. So that moment in the doctor's office
when he explained to me what a moron I'd been,
I knew I had to make some changes in my life.
And that set me off on a strange little unplanned
journey that I talk about in my book, 10%
Happier.
Coincidentally at around the same time my
boss at the time, Peter Jennings, had assigned
me to cover religion for ABC News, a job I
didn't want because I had been raised in a
very secular environment. My parents were
both scientists. And I tried to tell him I
didn't want to do it and he told me, andquot;Shut
up kid, you're gonna do it.andquot; So I ended up
spending many years meeting people of faith
and it really changed my view of the world
and it showed me the value of having a view
of the world that is larger than your own
narrow self-interest.
I read a book by a self-help guru by the name
of Eckhart Tolle. He has sold millions of
books. I had never heard of him. A producer
recommended I read the book because she thought
maybe it would be a good story. So I read
the book and at first I thought it was irredeemable
garbage, nonsense. There's a lot of grandiose
language in there and pseudoscience and over
promising about how this book is gonna change
your life. But then I stumbled upon this diagnosis
of the human condition that I'd never heard
before. Eckhart Tolle says we all have a voice
in our head. He's not talking about hearing
voices in the schizophrenic sense. He's talking
about our inner narrator, the thing that wakes
us up in the morning and yammers at us all
day long. It's an unpleasant stew of negative,
repetitive, ceaselessly self-referential thoughts
constantly judging, wanting, not wanting,
comparing ourselves to other people, casting
forward into an imagined future, remembering
an idealized past as opposed to being where
you are right now.
And I thought yeah, that describes me. In
fact, that voice pretty much is responsible
for all the things that I'm most ashamed of
in my life including that panic attack in
front of millions of people. And so I was
completely captivated by this description
of the human condition and I went and met
Eckhart Tolle and I found him to be almost
exactly the same in person as he is on the
page which is he's half incredibly interesting
and incisive and half deeply, deeply confusing.
So unsatisfied by that encounter I then went
off and met a bunch of other self-help gurus
who also left me confused. Many of them left
me mildly infuriated because they were full
of a word that starts with S and ends with
T. And my wife at some point after hearing
me yammer on about Eckhart Tolle and the like
for many, many weeks gave me a gift. She gave
me a book by a guy named Dr. Mark Epstein
who's a psychiatrist in New York City who
writes about the overlap between psychiatry
and Buddhism.
And I realized when I read this book that
all of the smartest stuff in Eckhart Tolle's
book was actually taken pretty much from the
Buddha. And unlike Eckhart Tolle the Buddhists
have some actionable advice for dealing with
the voice in your head. The problem was I
didn't want to do it. Their advice is to meditate
which I always thought was uniquely ridiculous
and only for people who live in yurts and
are really into aromatherapy and collect crystals,
et cetera, et cetera, and wear little cymbals
on their hands. But, in fact, as I learned
there's an enormous amount of science that
says that meditation is a simple brain exercise
that can have an extraordinary impact on your
brain and your body. It can lower your blood
pressure, boost your immune system and literally
rewire key parts of your brain that have to
do with self-awareness, compassion and stress.
So when I heard that I decided to give it
a shot.
So now I find myself in this funny position.
I always thought that meditation was uniquely
ridiculous. Now I'm a daily meditator and,
even worse, I'm a public evangelist for meditation.
What I like to say though is it's not gonna
solve all of your problems. All those self-help
gurus who tell you that you can magically
cure everything in your life through the power
of positive thinking -- that's baloney. It's
not gonna happen. It's demonstrably untrue
and possibly even a damaging message to send.
However, meditation is a scientifically tested
simple thing you can do every day that will
make you significantly happier. I called the
book 10% Happier for a couple of reasons.
One, I wanted to counter-program against the
over-promising of the self-help gurus. But
also it's -- I think we're ready for a more
mature, realistic dialogue about happiness.
And nothing's gonna solve all of your problems
but meditation can change the relationship
between you and that voice in your head which
is responsible for most of the things you're
probably most embarrassed about in your life.
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