House of the Dragon

[dlphg9]

Really enjoyed the first episode. Super excited for this series.

[Buehler445]

I’m here for it. It’s a step below the prime GOT. Either they didn’t get the money GOT got or they didn’t utilize it as effectively. The dragons didn’t look as good, the dragon fire was laughably bad, and the sets don’t look nearly as good as they did in the first series.

The acting also isn’t as strong. I think there was a real magnetism with the writing and performances of the first few seasons. But In this one yo didn’t “feel” much.

But I did enjoy it. It’s going to get a fair bit of rope to hang itself.

Hilariously my buddy said he read an article that said the show wasn’t going to have as much violence or sex. They lied.

Originally Posted by Sorter

Also,

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WTF was that ASOIAF reference at the end? Didn't AGOT make it clear Samwell came up with that on his own? Just seems ****ing silly they're trying to shove that into this story.

Meh. They don’t have to be mutually exclusive. I thought it was a decent little plug.

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Obviously it died with the Targaryens when everything went to shit. Just another reason humanity got in the way of a good idea.

And Sam naming it that can be hand waived as pure coincidence.

Is it cheese, sure. Do I hate it? No.

Originally Posted by staylor26

Says the guy that defended Will Smith of all people!

But seriously, I'm pretty sure GRRM said Daemon is his favorite character in the entire GOT universe.

He seems like the epitome of "gray" characters that he loves. I know he was portrayed as a bit of an antagonist, but there's more to his character.

Yeah the crew comments afterword pointed out that

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he was the only one there for the grieving family which he obviously cared about. Decent nuance there.