Thread: House of the Dragon IOTI A Tale of Fire & Blood
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I watched it yesterday as fucking getting spoiled.
I enjoyed it a lot. I thought they did a good job with it and the pivot to the blacks and the fact that Rhaenys is resistant to the idea of war was good, at the same time, totally out-played by Team Green, in terms of having nothing to bring to win over allies beyond obligation, whilst Allicent and Otto has Aemond as prospective marriage material to offer. Also, I liked the spin of Aemond being distraught at having killed lucerys when he lost control of Vhagar. I think it would have been easy to vilify Aemond, but it seemed pretty clear that it wasn't his intent, but rather an unfortunate escalation.
Anyway, kind of pissed that we've got to now wait for season 2, but overall pretty impressed with HoTD. I wasn't a fan of the book (which is pretty dry reading tbh as it is very much 'A history' versus a novel) but the showrunners did a good job of adding some flesh to the characters, and decent performances across the board. The time jumps were a little daunting, but at the same time, I suspect we are past them now.
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Honestly I don't think I could say it any better. I agree with pretty much every point. I hope that season 2 can co maintain the consistency while building out the cast.
I am pissed as fuck that we don't get new episodes until 2024.
Yeah, it's going to be a long wait.
I'm hoping that the Jon Snow series they are looking at is underway in terms of that all-important Pilot that HBO likes to review before greenlighting. If greenlit probably unlikely to see that before 2024 either, but still double Thrones shows would be no bad thing. I do wonder if Miguel Sapochnik departure from HoTD might now be down to him taking a director/producer role on that, esp given he worked with Kit Harrington a lot.
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I liked Aemond's reaction too. He's obviously a little shit so it would have been easy for them to have had him kill Lucerys intentionally but this way it shows that both sides are playing with a force beyond their control and now things have escalated as a result.
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I like it but I feel like its getting extra points with the context of the critisms of Thrones last two seasons.
On its own merits it was ok. The last scene with the Dragons was really good. I'm just not feeling the scale, the consequences and the lack of plot armour that the original show had in its early seasons.
It's a "good" show and I'll definitely tune in next season though.
On its own merits it was ok. The last scene with the Dragons was really good. I'm just not feeling the scale, the consequences and the lack of plot armour that the original show had in its early seasons.
It's a "good" show and I'll definitely tune in next season though.
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That was a really good ride of a season.
I wish no dragons had to die though. People kill all of them, even the ones I like. Dragons, let them live on and burn things.
I knew the young lad and his young dragon were done for when he landed at the castle. But you cannot take on a giant dragon and then fly into open space, you must attack and retreat to a small place where giant dragon cannot get to you. Leaving the storm was foolish.
Glowing map table was cool. If I ever had a war, I would want one of those.
I wish no dragons had to die though. People kill all of them, even the ones I like. Dragons, let them live on and burn things.
I knew the young lad and his young dragon were done for when he landed at the castle. But you cannot take on a giant dragon and then fly into open space, you must attack and retreat to a small place where giant dragon cannot get to you. Leaving the storm was foolish.
Glowing map table was cool. If I ever had a war, I would want one of those.
George R. R. Martin confirms he’s 3/4 done with ‘Winds of Winter’
'Game of Thrones' fans rejoice, George R. R. Martin has confirmed that the next instalment 'The Winds of Winter' is well on the way.
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The first season was definitely the B-Team of the GOT universe, however coming off the final couple seasons of the GOT D&D writings, that isn't a bad thing, just a different type of B-Team instead of watching a great property die in a fire as a trainwreck due to schlocky writing.
O-N-E
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I dunno man. I can't understand any take that sees the previous season as great, but not even B-tier compared to the original. On average, the writing was D&D at their worst and at least one episode was without exaggeration some of the worst television I've ever seen. Lore-wise it was terrible too, so there's no saving grace. The day-for-night shooting was so plainly bad.
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I didn't say it was great GOT original series was an exercise in decline that you can rewatch and point out where multiple sharks were being jumped, mainly due to Martin's procrastination on finishing a story that was being watched on television.
House of Dragon is B-tier in that I mean it is true to form in a GOT universe with serviceable writing that didn't deviate too much from the lore and didn't wow me like the first couple of seasons from the original GOT series did.
O-N-E
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I hate it.
It's clearly continuing the theme of the women being the sensible ones while the men sow chaos, anger, and toxic masculine patriarchy.
It's shitting on the source material.
I commend you for reading the book. Fire and Blood as a history bored me to tears and I gave up about 100 pages in. I can't believe GRRM wasted his time with it instead of working more on WoTW of I'm honest.
Anyway even if it is drivel, it is likely better-grade drivel than anything either Amazon or Netflix are going to put out for the foreseeable, plus at the end of the day I'm just looking forward to some dragon-related fist-cuffs, and if The Feet wants to maybe do a few nude scenes as well I wouldn't be unhappy either, although I expect the odds are slim to none on that front.
Bit disappointing to see Condel and GRRM falling out, however at the same time Season 2 was a bit uneven,. I'm hoping they get back on track with Season 3.