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 ปีที่แล้ว +64

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    • @johnmartin4119
      @johnmartin4119 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @annarose932
      @annarose932 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Please analyse Animaniacs and the relationship between the siblings.

    • @reyreynoelle6681
      @reyreynoelle6681 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @BHuang92
      @BHuang92 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +2360

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

    • @spinakker14
      @spinakker14 5 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      Lol, that's what bothered me too

    • @tyrant-den884
      @tyrant-den884 5 ปีที่แล้ว +249

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

    • @ShadyPRIEST
      @ShadyPRIEST 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

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

    • @madyjules
      @madyjules 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

  • @christopherbarber5283
    @christopherbarber5283 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      IT IS A MIRACLE THAT SOMEONE BLOODY POINTED IT OUT!

    • @mikimiyazaki
      @mikimiyazaki 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +1470

    This video is longer than the character's screentime

    • @victorconway444
      @victorconway444 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I thought his screentime was 24 minutes in total.

    • @michaelt.5672
      @michaelt.5672 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lowkey

    • @tristanmatthews8501
      @tristanmatthews8501 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @chrisquiett1776
      @chrisquiett1776 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      His mentions and story are far more in the books

  • @Apollomasque
    @Apollomasque 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +21

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

    • @CoRLex-jh5vx
      @CoRLex-jh5vx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @CoRLex-jh5vx
      @CoRLex-jh5vx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      C.o.R (Lex) Peter pan?

  • @BulletTooth504
    @BulletTooth504 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +243

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

    • @willgisby4248
      @willgisby4248 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just look up his wiki page

    • @ravel8876
      @ravel8876 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He isnt that complicated

  • @robchuk4136
    @robchuk4136 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1436

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

    • @goldwave3032
      @goldwave3032 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

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

    • @sheritamullings6533
      @sheritamullings6533 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

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

    • @elisejackson2854
      @elisejackson2854 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

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

    • @apullcan
      @apullcan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @Ghoulstille
      @Ghoulstille 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Action Speaks Louder Than Words Mixed with his Grief

  • @Mrlittleman217
    @Mrlittleman217 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @marissashantez6051
      @marissashantez6051 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @malahamavet
    @malahamavet 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @brianboru2762
    @brianboru2762 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +219

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

  • @bluesecant5544
    @bluesecant5544 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +24

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

    • @SuperSpasticNinja
      @SuperSpasticNinja 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

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

    • @alizaidi2893
      @alizaidi2893 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

    • @TheGeorgeD13
      @TheGeorgeD13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @alizaidi2893
      @alizaidi2893 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +68

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

  • @davidflea9097
    @davidflea9097 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      im calling it, this is what will happen

    • @lindseycassella3015
      @lindseycassella3015 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Flaming sword? Azor Ahai?

    • @toneriggz
      @toneriggz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This needs to happen. That would be awesome.

    • @ankitdas6620
      @ankitdas6620 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @rheeventures8144
    @rheeventures8144 5 ปีที่แล้ว +181

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

    • @becsocsci621
      @becsocsci621 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @michaelalvarez2521
      @michaelalvarez2521 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bec SocSci yeah

    • @malenasander7906
      @malenasander7906 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      When was that mentioned?

    • @iiDynAmiCii
      @iiDynAmiCii 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@malenasander7906 Books only

    • @intergalacticimperialist9670
      @intergalacticimperialist9670 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @KingKuma909
    @KingKuma909 5 ปีที่แล้ว +769

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

    • @ottobangsgaard5279
      @ottobangsgaard5279 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Myles Harris I want to see Theon die

    • @WeeedyMcMeth
      @WeeedyMcMeth 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

    • @ottobangsgaard5279
      @ottobangsgaard5279 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ziggahbot why

    • @imonymous
      @imonymous 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I don't want to see him merely die.

    • @deedelrio7744
      @deedelrio7744 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

  • @TheCbot88
    @TheCbot88 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +370

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

    • @shortstuff780
      @shortstuff780 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I hope we get an Cersei one soon

    • @devodavis6454
      @devodavis6454 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I thought Knights were more like the hound if anything

    • @bryanbaker5942
      @bryanbaker5942 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @marissashantez6051
      @marissashantez6051 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @cerdic6586
      @cerdic6586 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @ryanarment5393
    @ryanarment5393 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah make s the analysis a bit shallow

    • @buffaloshrimp4520
      @buffaloshrimp4520 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      But CL is in someway justified lol

    • @oliverheaven9462
      @oliverheaven9462 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @egg-iu3fe
      @egg-iu3fe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @tinyspeaker
    @tinyspeaker 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Oberyn v Mountain was my biggest jaw drop moment

    • @chriszone50
      @chriszone50 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Most disturbing scene in the show.

    • @tinyspeaker
      @tinyspeaker 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @jamiespamister5711
    @jamiespamister5711 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +320

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

    • @clayheinzerling1852
      @clayheinzerling1852 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Jacare 1 those two are always fighting to the death lol

    • @ralphediger1856
      @ralphediger1856 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

      @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 ปีที่แล้ว +35

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

  • @pedrinho6
    @pedrinho6 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Man, some of these theories make no damn sense.

  • @dennissweeney11
    @dennissweeney11 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

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

  • @siddsen95
    @siddsen95 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @LeonArgent
      @LeonArgent 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @ruifigueiredo5486
      @ruifigueiredo5486 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @dragonmastersk7913
      @dragonmastersk7913 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @buildawall5803
      @buildawall5803 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @CNNBlackmailSupport
    @CNNBlackmailSupport 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    The biggest psycho in GOT (in every meaning)

    • @thexalon
      @thexalon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @LeonArgent
      @LeonArgent 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @daleludtke7803
      @daleludtke7803 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @josephstalin7003
      @josephstalin7003 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      thexalon when Ramsay was legitimised he actually smiled

  • @bloodygoat6941
    @bloodygoat6941 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +33

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

  • @StamfordBridge
    @StamfordBridge 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

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

  • @Ken19700
    @Ken19700 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Conan Stevens was the meanest looking Mountain.

    • @DexterHeisenbergBruh
      @DexterHeisenbergBruh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +50

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

  • @sewerface
    @sewerface 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @Tadicuslegion78
    @Tadicuslegion78 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

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

    • @knivesmillions2913
      @knivesmillions2913 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @malenasander7906
      @malenasander7906 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @SaintSC05
      @SaintSC05 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why would it be Robb's head?

    • @malenasander7906
      @malenasander7906 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @SephoneNorth
    @SephoneNorth 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @lloydmills5968
    @lloydmills5968 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @matchington1148
    @matchington1148 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Please do an analysis of True Detective season 1!

  • @jeetjoshi6669
    @jeetjoshi6669 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

  • @rajivdixon9525
    @rajivdixon9525 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @spacemonkey340
      @spacemonkey340 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 My new headcanon.

    • @egg-iu3fe
      @egg-iu3fe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @hyperkiller3000
    @hyperkiller3000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

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

  • @homelessatthebeach2762
    @homelessatthebeach2762 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @AlphaBeastHD
    @AlphaBeastHD 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loving these Character Study videos.

  • @myrnacaraig2681
    @myrnacaraig2681 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +46

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

  • @camilleinoncillo
    @camilleinoncillo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @dannybigballs2785
    @dannybigballs2785 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Videos 2 days in a row? Heck yea!

  • @FindTheFun
    @FindTheFun 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @MistyLarasati
    @MistyLarasati 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Tannguyen-qy1zr
    @Tannguyen-qy1zr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @imNotGivingMyNameToAComputer
    @imNotGivingMyNameToAComputer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @wildcatste
    @wildcatste 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    love these Game of Thrones videos! Keep it coming!

  • @bpluspoetry
    @bpluspoetry 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Naafidy
    @Naafidy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @craykard8325
    @craykard8325 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @bassmith448bassist5
    @bassmith448bassist5 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @vanzc7920
    @vanzc7920 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @annarose932
    @annarose932 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

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

  • @Soma_Chronicles
    @Soma_Chronicles 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    CLEGANEBOWL HYPE

  • @aryaa_dixit
    @aryaa_dixit 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Truthshallsety0ufree
    @Truthshallsety0ufree 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @SirEriol
    @SirEriol 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @lofix7362
    @lofix7362 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Never stop posting ur content is literally 10/10!

  • @davel1663
    @davel1663 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, that was an amazing video! Great work!

  • @Brandonhayhew
    @Brandonhayhew 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

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

  • @m3driver245
    @m3driver245 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @lucaspinheiro2450
    @lucaspinheiro2450 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    LOVE THE CHANNEL AND LOVE YOUR WORK!!!

  • @gorequillnachovidal
    @gorequillnachovidal 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Plot Twist: Cleganebowl is confirmed for season 8

  • @MrM.E.R.
    @MrM.E.R. 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @TheRedSamuraiMK
    @TheRedSamuraiMK 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @boo5860
    @boo5860 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @ramibasheer7670
    @ramibasheer7670 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video as always.