‘Games of Thrones’ Latest News Update: Show Momentum Accelerated by Assorted Sex Scenes, According to Writers

Writer Bernard Cornwell shared some very harsh opinions about the highly successful HBO TV show, "Games of Thrones." Cornwell is the author behind "The Saxon Stories," which the new BBC drama, "The Last Kingdom" is based on.

When speaking with the Radio Times, Cornwell explained why his Viking drama series is better than the Emmy-award winning series based from George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" book series.

"So many characters. So many strands. You have to have large sections where the plot is explained, just have to sit there and be told what's going on," he said. "This is very, very dull. So they put a lot of naked women behind it all. They're called 'sexplanations' in the trade. My programs won't need sexplanations."

Cornwell added that he has not been involved with the TV show at all but plans on watching it.

"I'll watch it with the rest of you when it goes out on the BBC," Cornwell said. "Unless you're watching Game of Thrones, obviously."

HBO has previously commented about the sex scenes in "Games of Thrones," claiming that these scenes are not there just to attract viewers.

"As long as I feel that it isn't a show trying to attract viewers with sex and violence, I am not going to play police," Michael Lombardo, president of programming at HBO, said. "I don't think (graphic scenes) have ever been without any purpose."

"The Last Kingdom" is a historical drama set in the late ninth century.

IMDB.com summarized the show:

"The books follow Uhtred of Bebbanburg from a boy taken from his birthright and raised by Vikings, later fighting for King Alfred the Great and his son Edward. Shield walls, blood, revenge and the forging of many Kingdoms into one nation, a dream of Alfred's called England."

The drama is produced by Carnival Films.

The show premiered on October 10, 2015 on BBC America and is set to premiere on BBC Two in the United Kingdom on October 22.