Game of Thrones: The Mountain - Gregor Clegane Character Study

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  • Sign up for Skillshare: skl.sh/thetake39 | Today in our Game of Thrones series, we turn to Gregor Clegane ("the Mountain"). Watch our take and find out how through the character, the show offers us a study of brutality and its impact on the world. Support The Take on Patreon: / thetake
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  • @thetake
    @thetake  5 років тому +64

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    • @johnmartin4119
      @johnmartin4119 5 років тому +2

      The Take by ScreenPrism do an analysis of Lion King PLEASE!

    • @annarose932
      @annarose932 5 років тому +1

      Please analyse Animaniacs and the relationship between the siblings.

    • @reyreynoelle6681
      @reyreynoelle6681 5 років тому

      MORE GOT CONTENT BEFORE S8!!!! pls!!

    • @BHuang92
      @BHuang92 5 років тому

      The Hound has an interesting change of character over the course of the series. He has become the opposite of his brother. How his match against his brother is yet to be seen. What do you think of the Hound?

    • @LA-tz8zr
      @LA-tz8zr 5 років тому

      I would honestly LOVE if you could break down Cersi and Tyrion's relationship. There is hate but also this mutual respect that I find fascinating! You see it best during that scene at 11:04 . I thought for certain she would kill him, but she held back. She allows Tyrion to talk to her in ways she would NEVER allow others to talk to her.. and I've always wondered why. Even in the battle of Blackwater it wasn't Cersi who ordered the hit on him, even though she spells out every reason she wants him dead (constantly), but Jeoffry. Please do this topic~! I'd love it!

  • @wildcardbitchesyeehaw8320
    @wildcardbitchesyeehaw8320 5 років тому +2360

    I love that they bleep the swearing but show Oberyn's smashed head 😂

    • @spinakker14
      @spinakker14 5 років тому +79

      Lol, that's what bothered me too

    • @tyrant-den884
      @tyrant-den884 5 років тому +249

      That's UA-cam, that's America.

    • @ShadyPRIEST
      @ShadyPRIEST 5 років тому +40

      AbsoFukinglutely WILDCARD!
      How sad is this Desensitized state of the World in which we live.

    • @madyjules
      @madyjules 5 років тому +41

      Good point... The evil way that thing** murdered Oberyn Martell is far, far worse than any expletive could ever be...
      ** even before Qyburn got his hands on him, he was already too low to be called a man

    • @miss_conduct.
      @miss_conduct. 5 років тому +13

      That's cause smashing heads is not against social justice :D

  • @christopherbarber5283
    @christopherbarber5283 5 років тому +1005

    wow, first peeps to point out that oberyn wasn't being THAT arrogant but in truth, he was hysterical over the possibility of never being able to get the truth over his sister's murder

    • @babyjki444
      @babyjki444 5 років тому +63

      THANK YOU! i was hoping to find this comment. i've never heard any one else on yt point out what she did, which seemed very obvious to me. oberyn wanted closure.

    • @unhackerthelaziestbastardo6083
      @unhackerthelaziestbastardo6083 5 років тому +28

      IT IS A MIRACLE THAT SOMEONE BLOODY POINTED IT OUT!

    • @mikimiyazaki
      @mikimiyazaki 5 років тому +43

      I believe he was both arrogant and hysterical. Had he not been too confident and treated the death match for what it was (a fight for his life), and foreseen the possibility of loosing than he'd have ended it asap.

    • @sebastienc.2257
      @sebastienc.2257 5 років тому +21

      Miki Miyazaki how was he arrogant he wanted a confession. He didn’t think of himself as better. He wasn’t thinking now I won he wanted that confession. Throughout the whole fight he repeated those same words. The only difference is that he wasn’t being attached so he let his guard down and focused solely on that confession, not his possible victory, not on the fact that his opponent was on the floor but only the fact that he was still alive and had the ability to confess which is what he wanted

    • @mikimiyazaki
      @mikimiyazaki 5 років тому +18

      @@sebastienc.2257 I'm talking "arrogant" in fighting terms and he most definitely did think (and was btw) that he was the better fighter and that he was in full control of the duel and didn't see the sweeping blow to his legs coming.

  • @juanmarquezsanchez4203
    @juanmarquezsanchez4203 5 років тому +1470

    This video is longer than the character's screentime

    • @victorconway444
      @victorconway444 5 років тому +16

      I thought his screentime was 24 minutes in total.

    • @michaelt.5672
      @michaelt.5672 5 років тому +23

      @Seaworth It's not a breakdown, it's an analysis.
      It's not supposed to condense the character into it's core features (in which case, "animal" would indeed have been perfectly sufficient),
      but to examine every aspect of what the character embodies, and the meaning behind it.
      And so long as you derive meaningfull lessons from that analysis, it's pretty hard to call it overkill.

    • @THEDONATRON
      @THEDONATRON 4 роки тому

      Lowkey

    • @tristanmatthews8501
      @tristanmatthews8501 3 роки тому +1

      24 minutes and look at how much of a legend he is

    • @chrisquiett1776
      @chrisquiett1776 3 роки тому

      His mentions and story are far more in the books

  • @Apollomasque
    @Apollomasque 5 років тому +494

    People really gotta stop casually using the Crushing of Oberyn as b-roll in these videos.
    That's arguably one of the most genuinely traumatizing and horrific moments in the whole show.

    • @vky4434
      @vky4434 5 років тому +21

      Apollomasque stopped watching Got for sometime after that death of favourite character....
      Then resumed

    • @CoRLex-jh5vx
      @CoRLex-jh5vx 4 роки тому +45

      Yea. Oberyn was my favourite character (helped me come to terms with my sexuality too so he'll always be special to me for that) and I _barely_ held back from screaming when that happened. Swore off getting attached to characters after that, then Margaery became my new favourite, and well....

    • @alaia-awakened
      @alaia-awakened 4 роки тому +3

      C.o.R (Lex) Same for me :) Cheers to you

    • @CoRLex-jh5vx
      @CoRLex-jh5vx 4 роки тому +22

      @@sugarsean5866 I'm pan, actually. And also not male. But good on you for making assumptions! Oberyn talking about how he appreciated both genders made me think "huh, that makes sense" and I realised I was bi, later evolving into pan. I'm not expecting special treatment, just equal treatment which a lot of LGBTQ+ people are lacking. It was in brackets for a reason, and brackets can be overlooked. Die mad about it I guess.
      Btw, by saying you're against gays (which is what you're saying, don't hide behind any excuses) I'm therefore going to assume you're straight. Keep that to yourself and your partner behind closed doors, don't go rubbing it in people's faces. Expecting special treatment just cause you went the boring route. God.

    • @sugarsean5866
      @sugarsean5866 4 роки тому +12

      C.o.R (Lex) Peter pan?

  • @BulletTooth504
    @BulletTooth504 5 років тому +224

    The idea that the Mountain must be in "constant, howling pain" is accurate. At one point in the books, someone mentions that the Mountain suffers frequent migraines and drinks milk of the poppy like normal men drink ale.

  • @whynottalklikeapirat
    @whynottalklikeapirat 5 років тому +177

    The mountain has about two character attributes:
    1. He is a paranoid, antisocial, psychotic lust-killer and basher of everything that moves, or which more or less recently used to move.
    2. ... aaaaaand - he is big as a mountain.
    That's it, character study done.

  • @pincmin
    @pincmin 5 років тому +243

    Please do a character study of Sandor Clegane, one of the more complex characters of the series.

    • @willgisby4248
      @willgisby4248 5 років тому +1

      Just look up his wiki page

    • @ravel8876
      @ravel8876 4 роки тому +6

      He isnt that complicated

  • @robchuk4136
    @robchuk4136 5 років тому +1436

    R.I.P. Oberyn Martell.
    I'll never feel sorry for The Mountain. You hear me? Never!
    *weeps

    • @goldwave3032
      @goldwave3032 5 років тому +58

      Rob Chuk I'm sure his arrogance knocked out oberyn teeth and crushed his skull

    • @sheritamullings6533
      @sheritamullings6533 5 років тому +34

      @@goldwave3032 his arrogance facilitated the opportunity for that to happen

    • @elisejackson2854
      @elisejackson2854 5 років тому +18

      @@sheritamullings6533 i agree. he should have killed him when he got the chance.

    • @apullcan
      @apullcan 5 років тому +6

      Action Speaks Louder Than Words didn't make his death any less horrible

    • @Ghoulstille
      @Ghoulstille 5 років тому +5

      @Action Speaks Louder Than Words Mixed with his Grief

  • @Mrlittleman217
    @Mrlittleman217 5 років тому +114

    The books also state at some point, that he is in pain almost constantly. I assume similar to Andre the Giant, gigantism is extremely painful. That pain goes hand and hand with the alcoholism and rage.

    • @marissashantez6051
      @marissashantez6051 2 роки тому +3

      Andre the giant wasn't in constant pain. He suffered from depression, probably BECAUSE he drank so much. Stop making up stuff about real people. Its wrong.

    • @darkstalkerkaathe4582
      @darkstalkerkaathe4582 2 роки тому +5

      @@marissashantez6051 you are in fact wrong. The reason Andre drank so much was specifically to numb the constant pain of being so large. It got worse as he got older, which is why if you watch some of his last wrestling matches, he didn't move around all that much, and often performed very basic moves.

    • @jackcarraway4707
      @jackcarraway4707 Рік тому +5

      @@marissashantez6051 Andre could barely walk during his last years. UA-cam Andre final match and he was as mobile as a tree.

    • @marissashantez6051
      @marissashantez6051 Рік тому +2

      @@jackcarraway4707 I actually read more about it, and you are right, and Im wrong.

  • @malahamavet
    @malahamavet 5 років тому +226

    Wooow, great study, there is so many symbolism in this show.
    I just realized that when the hound sees the profecy in the fire and is willingly looking at it and collaborating with the fire worshipers, is all a great allegory of facing his own fears in order to go forward

    • @danielallen4450
      @danielallen4450 5 років тому +1

      Yeah. He really shows he's serious about being a better person after he receives the PROPHECY in the fires.

  • @brianboru2762
    @brianboru2762 5 років тому +25

    According to the books, part of the reason for his rage is that he's been afflicted with constant blinding headaches his entire life to the point that he drinks milk of the poppy (opium) like it's water on a daily basis just to be functional. That much endless pain would drive anyone mad.

  • @oakraidergrl4lif
    @oakraidergrl4lif 5 років тому +219

    I can't help but cringe whenever The Mountain appears. His kills are just so brutal.

  • @bluesecant5544
    @bluesecant5544 5 років тому +295

    Thank you for your thoughts on Cersei. In the her bookchapters she details how she and Jamie would trade places as children and when they grew older she never understood why suddenly he was allowed to do the "fun" stuff while she was constantly guarded and reglemented. Up to the point when she gets real political power I felt nothing but sympathy. however, once she has to opportunity to affect "real" change (e.g. getting Tommen to change inheritance laws so women actually can command property by default and not only when they are the last option, women carrying on family names, etc.), she doesn't go for it. In the books it is clear that she is only sad for her OWN disadvantages because of the partiarchy. She thinks little of other women as she is a true narcissist. That's when she lost me.

    • @elisejackson2854
      @elisejackson2854 5 років тому +24

      i hated her way before that. she murdered and commanded the murder of way too many people.

    • @SuperSpasticNinja
      @SuperSpasticNinja 5 років тому +19

      @@elisejackson2854 With you there Elise. A true sociopath. How anyone can condone her sick shit is beyond me.

    • @alizaidi2893
      @alizaidi2893 5 років тому +13

      Lmao sympathy? EVERY bad thing thats happened to her is 100% of her own making.

    • @TheGeorgeD13
      @TheGeorgeD13 5 років тому +16

      @@alizaidi2893 You can still have empathy and sympathy for bad people regardless.

    • @alizaidi2893
      @alizaidi2893 5 років тому +3

      @@TheGeorgeD13 sure or you could just laugh it off knowing that there's a little bit of justice in this cruel word

  • @SplashAttackTCG
    @SplashAttackTCG 5 років тому +68

    Cersei: no one walk away from me.
    Jamie: a man is no one.

  • @davidflea9097
    @davidflea9097 5 років тому +103

    I was fukin shoutin at oberyn to finish the mountain and not celebrate too early. Dont underestimate... oh shiit!! My blood went cold at the point where blood was spewing out of he crushed head. I was SHOOK! Shit was so traumatizing that I had to go look up Pablo Pascal on google just to make sure he was alright.

  • @BlackGuyTv
    @BlackGuyTv 5 років тому +19

    Unless I’m mistaken, I think you guys missed that the mountain constantly has to drink milk of the poppy because he has terrible headaches all day long. Which might have something to do with his extreme violence and anger.

  • @toneriggz
    @toneriggz 5 років тому +454

    I'd like to see Brienne and The Hound take The Mountain down. There's no way The Hound can beat an undead Mountain unless he uses fire. More than likely will sacrifice himself to fire in order to kill The Mountain.

    • @vincent95671
      @vincent95671 5 років тому +17

      im calling it, this is what will happen

    • @lindseycassella3015
      @lindseycassella3015 5 років тому +7

      Flaming sword? Azor Ahai?

    • @toneriggz
      @toneriggz 5 років тому +65

      Hound using a flaming sword to beat The Mountain would be cool but a bit like fan service. I think The Hound and The Mountain will both die with The Hound probably sacrificing himself to kill his brother. GoT doesn't have too many happy endings.

    • @Death_Korps_Officer
      @Death_Korps_Officer 5 років тому +1

      This needs to happen. That would be awesome.

    • @ankitdas6620
      @ankitdas6620 5 років тому +2

      what if the Night King revives him for the second time???

  • @rheeventures8144
    @rheeventures8144 5 років тому +181

    He's addicted to Milk of the Poppy too where he's been self medicating for years..

    • @becsocsci621
      @becsocsci621 5 років тому +3

      Rhee Venjenz he needs a lot at his size. He gets headaches right?

    • @michaelalvarez2521
      @michaelalvarez2521 5 років тому +1

      Bec SocSci yeah

    • @malenasander7906
      @malenasander7906 5 років тому

      When was that mentioned?

    • @iiDynAmiCii
      @iiDynAmiCii 5 років тому +8

      @@malenasander7906 Books only

    • @intergalacticimperialist9670
      @intergalacticimperialist9670 5 років тому +8

      Always wondered if he had TBI, knights start their training around six years old and being his size he probably got it a bit rougher than most squires, and if alcholism runs in his family...

  • @funkeedarin
    @funkeedarin 5 років тому +40

    Next character study, maybe cover Sandor "The Hound" Clegane, and his character growth and development over the the course if the series so far. He's once of my favorite Game of Thrones characters.

    • @pincmin
      @pincmin 5 років тому

      agree, one of the more complex characters of the series.

  • @KingKuma909
    @KingKuma909 5 років тому +769

    If there's one guy who I want to die most, its this guy.

    • @ottobangsgaard5279
      @ottobangsgaard5279 5 років тому +9

      Myles Harris I want to see Theon die

    • @WeeedyMcMeth
      @WeeedyMcMeth 5 років тому +11

      You are lucky cuz we probably will get to see him die again, for real this time.

    • @ottobangsgaard5279
      @ottobangsgaard5279 5 років тому +3

      Ziggahbot why

    • @imonymous
      @imonymous 5 років тому +7

      I don't want to see him merely die.

    • @deedelrio7744
      @deedelrio7744 5 років тому +14

      I want Drogon to gobble him up,but he might get indigestion.

  • @TheCbot88
    @TheCbot88 5 років тому +21

    i relate to the Hound because my brother is a psychopath who resorts to violence when his limited ability to speak fails him as it so often does. or, really, for no reason at all.

  • @lathanandrews417
    @lathanandrews417 5 років тому +370

    Awesome video! I’m LOVING these GoT Character Takes. Keep up the amazing work.

    • @shortstuff780
      @shortstuff780 5 років тому +2

      I hope we get an Cersei one soon

    • @devodavis6454
      @devodavis6454 5 років тому

      @@shortstuff780 I'm with y'all; I would watch character studies of all the heroes and villains, all the secondary characters, too.
      I'm off to watch the one about Rhaegar Targaryen, I liked this one a lot.

  • @Dietpepsiahh
    @Dietpepsiahh 5 років тому +37

    In real life Knights were not concerned about honor, in fact more often than not they were more like Gregor than John Snow.

    • @finleynicholas8534
      @finleynicholas8534 4 роки тому +8

      I thought Knights were more like the hound if anything

    • @bryanbaker5942
      @bryanbaker5942 2 роки тому

      And you know this how? And don’t say that’s what you read in a history book.

    • @marissashantez6051
      @marissashantez6051 2 роки тому

      That crap. If that were the truth, civilization would be very different then it is. Europe bashing is just in vogue at the moment.

    • @michaelterrell5061
      @michaelterrell5061 Рік тому +1

      Ah yes and you knew every knight during the Middle Ages?

    • @cerdic6586
      @cerdic6586 6 місяців тому

      In general, knights were concerned about honour, although usually only to people of high birth

  • @ryanarment5393
    @ryanarment5393 4 роки тому +7

    He actually reminds me a bit of Joffrey. Neither was very smart, but they knew how to use cruelty in order to get what they wanted. Both also believed that they were untouchable, having never suffered consequences for the things they have done.

  • @AnnaA-mj4st
    @AnnaA-mj4st 5 років тому +70

    I was so excited to see a video on Gendry yesterday and I'm happy to see a second one up so fast!

  • @arkanchristian9298
    @arkanchristian9298 5 років тому +146

    This was good but you never brought up the migraines that are so painful for gregor that he just drinks milk of the poppy.

    • @MR-bh8ie
      @MR-bh8ie 5 років тому +4

      Yeah make s the analysis a bit shallow

    • @buffaloshrimp4520
      @buffaloshrimp4520 5 років тому

      But CL is in someway justified lol

    • @oliverheaven9462
      @oliverheaven9462 5 років тому +16

      So in addition to being a 7 foot nutter made of muscle and blood, the mountain is also a heroin addict?

    • @timothyflynn2738
      @timothyflynn2738 5 років тому +6

      Only in the show... he’s 8 ft tall in the books. Yeah.

    • @egg-iu3fe
      @egg-iu3fe 3 роки тому +1

      some say its the reason why he's so angry because he always has a headache.

  • @tinyspeaker
    @tinyspeaker 5 років тому +19

    Oberyn v Mountain was my biggest jaw drop moment

    • @chriszone50
      @chriszone50 5 років тому +1

      Most disturbing scene in the show.

    • @tinyspeaker
      @tinyspeaker 5 років тому

      @@chriszone50 things were about to get shook the fuck up in westeros until the mountain reached for that leg...

  • @jamiespamister5711
    @jamiespamister5711 5 років тому +61

    "He's not a complicated guy" - lol I love that you all are doing character profiles on some of the supporting roles. Can't wait to see who you do next.

    • @Zartoo_3rd_Overlord_ofBlargon7
      @Zartoo_3rd_Overlord_ofBlargon7 5 років тому +1

      He may not be complicated but the other characters is whose sphere he travels in ARE complicated characters and so he ends up being complicated by proxy.

  • @forlornvaalan7630
    @forlornvaalan7630 5 років тому +47

    The Living Mountain was actually damned smart and clever, and was a talented cavalry commander and vanguard disciplinary. Calling him stupid when his career was wildly successful, repeatedly catching forces off guard and fighting his way out of ambushes, successfully preserving the manpower of his unit, avoiding and retreating from poor odds and engaging when in his favor, is a bit of a lie. His failure to hamper down on the Brotherhood is far from a mark against him, seeing as how modern forces aren't that much better.

  • @Pantherblack
    @Pantherblack 5 років тому +13

    I've heard talk from people knowledgeable in the lore that Gregor has been witnessed to suffer fits and seizures, it's been speculated that his violence is the result of undiagnosed and untreated psychosis or chronic pains.
    Maybe GRRM's own nod to the way primitive medical knowledge led to unnoticed or mishandled conditions.

  • @nightwingman666
    @nightwingman666 5 років тому +73

    I really hope the Hound lives up to his promise to kill him. While we’re on the subject of characters and in depth analysis any chance you can do one for Robb?

  • @Spartain14
    @Spartain14 5 років тому +320

    Damn. Only you girls could provide nuance and analysis to the freaking Mountain. Well done!

    • @clayheinzerling1852
      @clayheinzerling1852 5 років тому +25

      Except for the dude who fucking wrote it. It was a well made video and good literary analysis, but they didn't bring this depth to The Mountain, Martin did. They just made a video on it

    • @clayheinzerling1852
      @clayheinzerling1852 5 років тому +9

      @@WeeedyMcMeth Them saying that only girls could understand nuance or me pointing out the book was written by a guy? My comment wasnt about sex, it was about Martin putting all this in the books while the channel just made a neat little video

    • @basedboi3956
      @basedboi3956 5 років тому +17

      Clay Heinzerling while I agree it’s Martin who brings the nuance to the character rather than those who analyze his work, the original comment said “only *_you_* girls”, not “only girls”. It wasn’t a sex based statement

    • @night4345
      @night4345 5 років тому +4

      @@basedboi3956 Martin didn't add any nuance to Gregor. He's very up-front that Gregor is pure evil without a shred of compassion. Game of Thrones' writers did by removing most references to Gregor and the Lannisters' crimes as a whole.

    • @Catinator3
      @Catinator3 5 років тому +13

      Holy shit, you're the most triggered bunch of incels I've ever seen. They just wanted to compliment them on the great video they made but as soon as you read ''only you girls'' all the alarm bells in your head went crazy and you had to swoop in to make sure everyone knows that they couldn't have done it without some man's work. I mean, *of course* someone has to write something first before someone else can analyse it. They just assumed everyone was clear on that like a normal human being. Gosh.

  • @mistasofly
    @mistasofly 5 років тому +528

    The Mountain is THE most overrated fighter in the show. Sure he's big strong, initimidating, and he's really good at killing innocent villagers and defenseless prisoners but whenever he has to fight someone with ACTUAL skill, he doesnt do so well.

    • @mistasofly
      @mistasofly 5 років тому +56

      @Jacare 1 In the (albeit brief) sword fight he had against The Hound in season 1 he seemed to have some trouble. But it still goes to show that his reputation as a fearsome fighter is unwarranted. Even Bronn thought he could beat him if he wanted to. Bronn just didnt want to fight because he was basically paid off to sit on the sidelines.

    • @CamJames
      @CamJames 5 років тому +129

      Gerald Bronn also admitted he was terrified of him. As he should be. Size and strength can overwhelm skilled fighters, and actually does most of the time. Oberyn was a special case bc of his spear and athleticism.
      Bronn doesn't use a spear. He'd get too close, and that's a wrap. One mistake.

    • @CamJames
      @CamJames 5 років тому +19

      Jacare 1 those two are always fighting to the death lol

    • @ralphediger1856
      @ralphediger1856 5 років тому +32

      @@mistasofly also there are many feats of the mountain off screen that show him to be a great fighter. mainly taking down beric dondarion when ned sent him after the mountain. and beric is also a great fighter. plus like it or not he did kill Oberyn. the mountain may be the best fighter left in the game since Jamie is one handed.

    • @ralphediger1856
      @ralphediger1856 5 років тому

      @Jacare 1 I could agree to that but it is an assumption. people have their favorites and tend not to want to rank others who they don't like higher than their favorites. point is we don't know and the mountain could just destroy them all. we just don't know for sure.

  • @Tadicuslegion78
    @Tadicuslegion78 5 років тому +35

    Now you should do a video about the Redemption of Sandor Clegane

  • @pedrinho6
    @pedrinho6 5 років тому +30

    I believe that Sandor Clegane (the Hound) is the Valonqar from Cersei's Proffecy as he is the younger brother from Gregor Clegane (the Mountain). As implied with Tyrion's quote at 8'14" from this video, the Cleganes are responsible to execute the Lannisters orders.

    • @SaintSC05
      @SaintSC05 5 років тому +3

      Man, some of these theories make no damn sense.

  • @dennissweeney11
    @dennissweeney11 5 років тому +19

    How many times did they use that clip of the Mountain pushing that guys head into the wall?!?

  • @siddsen95
    @siddsen95 5 років тому +28

    The women behind ScreenPrism continue to be an inspiration and ideal to follow when it comes to original critical analysis of our popular culture.
    God bless the journey you have made so far and the forays you shall make tomorrow.

  • @powderboarder
    @powderboarder 5 років тому +20

    You missed the best clip of the mountain: before Tyrion's trial by combat, he tells Jamie the story of his cousin Orson Lannister. This was analogous to the Mountain. This is GoT telling us that the Mountain doesn't have anything behind the curtain. He's not in pain, he's a psychopath.

  • @Balt21Raven
    @Balt21Raven 5 років тому +7

    An incredibly lovable figure in GOT, almost impossible not to root for him every-time you see that armor walk onscreen.

  • @jameshiler7830
    @jameshiler7830 5 років тому +32

    Was this a show only explanation? I would have thought Gregor's physical aliments of his gigantism and his need of the milk of the poppy for his massive head aches would have been interesting.

    • @rezbarbie24
      @rezbarbie24 5 років тому +6

      Omg thank you!!! Cuz it was said in the books that the Mountain drank milk of the poppy faster than others drank wine.. and that he stabbed a man for snoring in his sleep...
      Hes definitely NOT innocent but as with GRRMS writing there is NO "COMPLETELY GOOD" or "EVIL" characters (except Hodor)..
      Its just a cool easter egg when rereading the books

    • @jameshiler7830
      @jameshiler7830 5 років тому +2

      @@rezbarbie24 Hodor isn't all good. While traveling up north there are hints he has fallen in love with Meera Reed. That's a bit creepy. Hodor who must be at least 30 falling for a 16 year old girl. I wonder what the age of consent is in westeros.

    • @artie9940
      @artie9940 5 років тому +1

      @@jameshiler7830 In GoT, that's not a very bad, considering Sansa was like... 14 tops when marrying Tyrion

    • @LeonArgent
      @LeonArgent 5 років тому

      brain tumor, thats what it shows on his size and headaches (and anger for that matter)

    • @ruifigueiredo5486
      @ruifigueiredo5486 5 років тому +1

      @@jameshiler7830 first youre forgeting these were diferent times where age dint matter as much second hodor was exactly all there so we can excuse the guy

  • @DavidMartinez-sp9ll
    @DavidMartinez-sp9ll 5 років тому +7

    That Oberyn scene will always be so disturbing and heartbreaking to me.

    • @dragonmastersk7913
      @dragonmastersk7913 5 років тому +1

      Same here...that's probably the worst kind of quick dead

    • @buildawall5803
      @buildawall5803 Рік тому +1

      I liked it It would show what someone with super strength would do

  • @CNNBlackmailSupport
    @CNNBlackmailSupport 5 років тому +6

    "A redundant little tale of redundancy, you say?" is how you respond when someone says "a lovely little tale of brotherly love"

  • @abbier254
    @abbier254 5 років тому +5

    Woah hey, that’s my ancient art at 1:51 ! Thanks so much for the credit, and a lovely video analysis to Ser Gregor! 💖

  • @themerryreaper4667
    @themerryreaper4667 5 років тому +108

    The biggest psycho in GOT (in every meaning)

    • @thexalon
      @thexalon 5 років тому +2

      Yup, he's even worse than Ramsay Bolton in a lot of ways.

    • @LeonArgent
      @LeonArgent 5 років тому

      Having a excruciating constant pain in the head leads to ire and a predisposition to violence.

    • @daleludtke7803
      @daleludtke7803 5 років тому +4

      @@LeonArgent and it explains why he doesn't care. Throw that in with the understanding that he is larger and stronger than anyone around him, it is no wonder he basically did not grow up with the ability to create empathic bonds with people. A classic sociopath, much like Joffrey. Unable to understand why what they are doing is wrong.
      Ramsey is a totally different beast. He knows what he is doing is wrong, and that empowers him because he feels like he is above it all. He is a classic psychopath.

    • @FirefulXD
      @FirefulXD 5 років тому +2

      @@daleludtke7803 yeah i agree, mountain is a sociopath, ramsey is a psychopath

    • @josephstalin7003
      @josephstalin7003 4 роки тому

      thexalon when Ramsay was legitimised he actually smiled

  • @bloodygoat6941
    @bloodygoat6941 3 роки тому +3

    Good to mention would be that a squire admits to quyburn that the mountain is drinking milk of the poppy because of blinding headings and is pretty much immune for it. Means the only way he can escape pain is to spread it

  • @nkg___5172
    @nkg___5172 5 років тому +33

    This 17 minute video had more depth than EVERYTHING in season 8

  • @StamfordBridge
    @StamfordBridge 5 років тому +50

    Little-known fact: He first earned the nickname of “The Mountain” because of his love of alpine beauty.

  • @Ken19700
    @Ken19700 5 років тому +25

    Conan Stevens was the meanest looking Mountain.

    • @DexterHeisenbergBruh
      @DexterHeisenbergBruh 4 роки тому +14

      l l
      Agreed. The Mountain actor that killed Oberyn, he was intimidating, but his face looked a little goofy and chubby. The first Mountain looked like a mean son of a bitch.

    • @hondacivic-zx7dr
      @hondacivic-zx7dr 4 роки тому +5

      Dexter Heisenberg “the mountain who killed Oberyn” is 6’9” 450 lbs of pure muscle. Hafthor bjornsson holds the world record for deadlift at 1105lbs and won Europe’s strongest man and worlds strongest man. When he literally sparred with one of the worlds best fighters , Conor mcgregor, he made him look like a literal child. Thor is probably stronger in real life than the mountain is.

    • @CamJames
      @CamJames 3 роки тому +1

      @@hondacivic-zx7dr ...that wasn't his point. Hafthor's face looks chubby and a little too handsome to be intimidating (beyond his freakishly large size). Conan Stevens has a scary face and is tall as hell too.

    • @michaelis2958
      @michaelis2958 3 роки тому +2

      The problem is that Stevens did not have the strength to play the mountain (In the fight with the hound in the first season it shows that he could barely use his greatsword) although if his face is more scary than Thor's

  • @Modeeus
    @Modeeus 3 роки тому +3

    So, which actor was best suited to the mountain character?
    The first one looked most mean and as if he was in constant pain.
    The third looked the largest and strongest.
    But I thought number two was most credible as the hound's brother. In my opinion, he had the face most similar to the hound.

  • @IvaN-cf7qt
    @IvaN-cf7qt 5 років тому +50

    I will never feel pity for the mountain , he killed Pedro Pascal

  • @sewerface
    @sewerface 5 років тому +2

    I’m so glad you ladies are now an established, steady presence on UA-cam. Your work is consistently outstanding. Thoughtful, creative, and intellectually honest work. ♥️ it

  • @Tadicuslegion78
    @Tadicuslegion78 5 років тому +32

    And the fact book Zombie Clegane may or may not be missing a head.

    • @knivesmillions2913
      @knivesmillions2913 5 років тому +1

      Also the fact that the head under the helmet maybe be Robb's.

    • @malenasander7906
      @malenasander7906 5 років тому +2

      It isn’t Robb’s I think we never see the head of Robb again and in the books also. In the show he keeps it (like we see when he takes of his helmet in the prison with septa unella) and in the book his head is brought to Sunspear to the martells. It’s not made clear if it is really his or if he has another head

    • @knivesmillions2913
      @knivesmillions2913 5 років тому

      @@malenasander7906 That's why I said 'Maybe' as in its unclear in the books.

    • @SaintSC05
      @SaintSC05 5 років тому

      Why would it be Robb's head?

    • @malenasander7906
      @malenasander7906 5 років тому

      SaintSC05 his head could be in kings landing because Joffrey wanted the head served to Sansa at his wedding feast and Cersei talked the idea out maybe on a spike at the gates of the red keep but if it is than it would had been showed so the idea isn’t stable

  • @lamajigmeg
    @lamajigmeg 5 років тому +3

    thank you for making high quality videos that are insightful and well explained - liked and subscribed

  • @SephoneNorth
    @SephoneNorth 5 років тому +4

    I giggle every time Gregor just slams that guys head into the wall

  • @lloydmills5968
    @lloydmills5968 3 роки тому +2

    This channel is brilliant. I've loved all the movie trope videos, and just discovered the GoT videos a few days ago. Great work!

  • @DarkPrincessOfLight
    @DarkPrincessOfLight 4 роки тому +2

    Wow who knew you could break down a character who seems so simple, like The Mountain. Wonderful video!

  • @matchington1148
    @matchington1148 5 років тому +45

    Please do an analysis of True Detective season 1!

  • @jeetjoshi6669
    @jeetjoshi6669 5 років тому +16

    ScreenPrism: Cersei is cooler
    FBI: **Wants to know your location**

  • @rajivdixon9525
    @rajivdixon9525 5 років тому +2

    Thank you for these GOT character analyses! You always provide a deeper insight and show me some things that I missed or forgot. I liked how you some times include what happened in the books. This is a great build up and review before the final season. I Really liked the one on Gendry as well.

  • @wehavebiscuits
    @wehavebiscuits 3 роки тому +1

    There are so many brilliant lines from GOT that I either never heard clearly or forgot, that I'm reminded of through your videos. Thanks!

  • @cqtaylor
    @cqtaylor 5 років тому +16

    Or The Mountain's rage could come from constipation. Perhaps some milk of the prune?

    • @spacemonkey340
      @spacemonkey340 5 років тому +1

      🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 My new headcanon.

    • @egg-iu3fe
      @egg-iu3fe 3 роки тому +1

      no, his rage comes from the headaches that he treats with milk of the poppy

  • @hyperkiller3000
    @hyperkiller3000 5 років тому +26

    Can you do a video about the Westworld series?
    Cool video btw 👍 keep that great work up

  • @homelessatthebeach2762
    @homelessatthebeach2762 5 років тому

    Have to say I’m loving all the work that goes into these videos thank you.

  • @AlphaBeastHD
    @AlphaBeastHD 5 років тому +1

    Loving these Character Study videos.

  • @myrnacaraig2681
    @myrnacaraig2681 5 років тому +5

    [STAND NAME]: Ser Robert Strong (evolved from a previous stand named The Mountain).
    {Stand User}: Cersei Lannister (transferred from Father, Tywin, when he was killed).
    Stand Stats:
    Destructive Power: A
    Range: C
    Potential: E
    Durability: B
    Ability: A
    Speed: D
    Stand Ability: "Does it matter?"
    - Ser Robert Strong is an incredibly violent stand with strength that can be considered limitless (Strong is his last name after all), Ser Robert Strong has an immense passion for violence, which is only amplified by emotions (the key ones being sadness and rage), the more depressed or angry the user the more violent, and thus more powerful, Ser Robert Strong becomes, and those killed by him also fuel him to become more powerful.
    Stand Characteristics:
    - No transfer of pain if stand or user is hurt.
    - Can become an independent stand if user dies.
    - An "Undead" stand, meaning death by normal physical means may not work.

  • @Donsps5
    @Donsps5 5 років тому +46

    He pretty easy to explain...
    He's just a big boy

  • @camilleinoncillo
    @camilleinoncillo 5 років тому +1

    I love how your spoiling us with these GoT analysis 💕💕 ughh yes thank uu

  • @dannybigballs2785
    @dannybigballs2785 3 роки тому +2

    I find it cool that his last moments when he sees his brother makes him remember who he is that’s why he kills Cersei’s guy and stays to fight his brother

  • @OhJustCommenting
    @OhJustCommenting 5 років тому +5

    Videos 2 days in a row? Heck yea!

  • @FindTheFun
    @FindTheFun 5 років тому +4

    Character study for "The Mountain that Rides":
    -Big as a mountain
    -Rides

  • @MistyLarasati
    @MistyLarasati 5 років тому +1

    That’s amazing. I never expected a character analysis of the mountain. Like, what can you get from grunts, groans and evil stares? Y’all are epic. 🙌🏼

  • @anonymousname5860
    @anonymousname5860 5 років тому

    Wonderful! I missed these Game of Thrones videos! Keep them coming!

  • @Tannguyen-qy1zr
    @Tannguyen-qy1zr 5 років тому +7

    Hi The Take, I love your videos!! I wish you could do an analysis of the Broadchurch series someday:)

  • @imNotGivingMyNameToAComputer
    @imNotGivingMyNameToAComputer 5 років тому +8

    The Hound's revenge is the main reason I watched Game of thrones. What a disappointment how it played out.

  • @wildcatste
    @wildcatste 5 років тому

    love these Game of Thrones videos! Keep it coming!

  • @bpluspoetry
    @bpluspoetry 5 років тому

    Very thoughtful and meticulous character study. I love these videos.

  • @Naafidy
    @Naafidy 5 років тому +3

    14:10 That's the first time I've heard "Clegane-Bowl" without air horns blasting in the background.

  • @craykard8325
    @craykard8325 5 років тому +8

    The Mountain is a psychopath and it will be a good day when he destroyed; struck down and dismembered.

  • @bassmith448bassist5
    @bassmith448bassist5 2 роки тому

    Your "takes" are always spot on!!! Keep 'em coming!!!!!!

  • @vanzc7920
    @vanzc7920 5 років тому

    Thanks for doing Game of Thrones videos. I love it.

  • @annarose932
    @annarose932 5 років тому +20

    Please could you do a video looking on the animation series Over The Garden Wall!!!!!

  • @Soma_Chronicles
    @Soma_Chronicles 5 років тому +17

    CLEGANEBOWL HYPE

  • @aryaa_dixit
    @aryaa_dixit 5 років тому

    Love ur channel so much... Keep up the good work... Great for my got review before April....

  • @Truthshallsety0ufree
    @Truthshallsety0ufree 5 років тому

    That was great. Honestly never thought about the Mountain in such a deep way. Thanks!

  • @SirEriol
    @SirEriol 4 роки тому +3

    In the video essays that Lindsey Ellis made critizicing the horrible writing of the show on it's final season, she said something that I think is true: Cleganebowl is poetic justice for Gregor, but it does not work for Sandor. Not anymore. He is still "missing" in the books, yet when he comes back, because he will, it won't make sense that he will still pursue the revenge that has been eating him from the inside all those years. If he does come back, as he did in the show, it will come off as a pointless endeavor. And we know that George R.R. Martin is far more fond of storytelling and thematic narratives than those cynical Benioff and Weiss, so I believe in him, that he won't be doing Cleganebowl for fanservice like it did in the show, for he is indeed interested on telling the Hound's story.

  • @caad5258
    @caad5258 5 років тому +4

    Someone: mentions "cleganebowl"
    Me: *BEW BEW BEW!!!" *Airhorn noises*

  • @lofix7362
    @lofix7362 5 років тому

    Never stop posting ur content is literally 10/10!

  • @davel1663
    @davel1663 5 років тому

    Wow, that was an amazing video! Great work!

  • @Brandonhayhew
    @Brandonhayhew 5 років тому +33

    The Hound vs The Mountain, the Dog fight or the Big Brothers fights.

  • @m3driver245
    @m3driver245 5 років тому +24

    I generally like this video but I take issue with a few points. Cersei isn’t necessarily a victim of the world because she’s a woman. She’s simply the embodiment of a entitled rich kid who FEELS everything is unfair to her. I say this because the story goes in hard about how she feels mistreated for being a born a girl vs Jamie born male; however the story subverts this a little by detailing how hard and unstoppable Jamie’s drive was in becoming a knight (he would train for hours everyday since he was a child) and no one was going to stop him being who he was. This is mirrored in Arya and Brienne. Cersei on the other hand demands accolades and honors being handed to her...she’s never actually worked for anything.
    And on the love of cruelty comparisons made I feel this grossly oversimplifies Tywin. Tywin doesn’t enjoy hurting people, he’s simply pragmatic about the end goals. At one point in the story he mentions his greatest achievement is that he only had to commit an act like Reigns of Castamere only once. He didn’t enjoy it but rather enjoys the fact people take him seriously and he doesn’t have to visit atrocities onto other people needlessly.
    Edit: and even Cersei’s marriage to Robert, she sells it after the fact like she was “sold” to him. She WANTED Robert, he was a tall, handsome, young knight who was also the lord of a famous castle. He was basically a celebrity and she wanted to be his wife...those feelings didn’t last of course and now acts as if she never wanted it.

    • @DatcleanMochaJo
      @DatcleanMochaJo 5 років тому

      Well said. Even if she is a woman she will have more opportunities than other women to do things being a Queen but we have seen women be rewarded for hard work in GoT before, such as Yara replacing Theon as Balon was disappointed in Theon. Theon exclaimed how that was possible since she was a woman.

    • @Zieg_Games
      @Zieg_Games 5 років тому

      I was going to make a similar comment, but you beat me to the punch.
      ScreenPrism has a habit of virtue signalling in otherwise really great analysis videos.

  • @Melissa-tw2gp
    @Melissa-tw2gp 5 років тому

    I was surprised by how deep you can go with this character. Nicely done!

  • @lucaspinheiro2450
    @lucaspinheiro2450 5 років тому

    LOVE THE CHANNEL AND LOVE YOUR WORK!!!

  • @gorequillnachovidal
    @gorequillnachovidal 5 років тому +16

    The Hound is much different than his brother and has been from the start. He was constantly trying to save Sansa and did save Sansa many times and even helped Arya even though the bitch left him for dead. Most of the anger came from the hound killing that boy in book 1 even though you know he was commanded to. Also, "there is no true knight". Best male fictional character ever.

  • @Death_Korps_Officer
    @Death_Korps_Officer 5 років тому +6

    Plot Twist: Cleganebowl is confirmed for season 8

  • @MrM.E.R.
    @MrM.E.R. 5 років тому

    This channel is without doubt one of the better ones on YT.

  • @TheRedSamuraiMK
    @TheRedSamuraiMK 5 років тому

    Wow, this was some in depth analysis. I've rarely seen better.

  • @boo5860
    @boo5860 5 років тому +8

    I'm sorry I have to stop watching whenever people start talking about Oberyn. I'm still grieving, damnit. It brings my whole mood down somehow lmao

  • @philbox3productions
    @philbox3productions 5 років тому +3

    He looked so badass in the Golden kingsguard armor I wish they brought it back

  • @ramibasheer7670
    @ramibasheer7670 5 років тому

    Great video as always.