HBO's House of the Dragon

[BurningRage]

Dr. Who went nuts

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

Ol George sure has a nice logo on them end credits for somebody that doesn’t do jack ****

 

[MeatHookGekko]

Did anyone watch this?

I thought it was fantastic.

Clearly HBO took the criticisms of S8 of GOT to heart and decided to just shut up and try to make a damn good show.

Phenomenal acting. Great set pieces. Good casting. The conflicts were well set up. Score is excellent. I'm sure some will knock the CGI, but odds are they are saving their budget for a more action oriented episode.

I suspect the Milly Alcock/young Rhaenyra Targaryen character construction is being modeled after Florence Pugh in Little Women.

Pretty wild to think so much death happened because a couple of old codgers needed tetanus shots because no one wanted to just build a regular throne chair.

 

[MeatHookGekko]

I didn't like Jaime's conclusion but I also hated what they did with Daenerys. It was just too much of a downer and reflected poorly on any characters who had believed in her - like Jorah.

Yes there had been portents of what she could become but it would have been permissible for those just to be 'red herrings' as it were. I think she should have stayed good. If one thing ruined the whole show for me that was it.

The Dany storyline could have been interesting, but the execution was poor

What I think the show runners were going for, but failed at, was to highlight that your rise to power changes you to the point where you are nothing like the person who started with the grand ideals.

They clearly laid the seeds of where they were going as early as the 2nd season.

It wasn't just Dany being naive, it was that she had many of the same flaws as her brother, the gross entitlement, just more deeply hidden.

No one starts out as a tyrant. What's interesting is, even at the end, Dany wasn't completely wrong. That point however was lost with bad acting ( Clarke is atrocious), bad writing and the show runners just gave up caring.

 

[greygoose]

Finally watched the first episode. Really enjoyed it.

I wasn't really expecting much however it's a welcome return to what made the first few seasons of GoT so good. Good acting and interesting political tension between the main characters.

I'm glad they didn't use the dragons much in this episode. Save that for later.

 

[Neal136]

After one episode, the show has been renewed for season two.

 

[Johnny Utah]

I think the Boys was too when season 1 aired. But that's on another level of quality for me. It makes me feel good when it ends.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

I did find the green screen backgrounds irritating

 

[Wor-Gar]

Still intrigued after 2nd episode. I do miss the cutting back and forth between multiple houses (as made poignant by the opening credits)... but I suppose separation is inevitable.

 

[Johnny Utah]

I'm watching it now only waiting for Matt Smith to show up.

Two episodes in and I haven't seen such menace since Homelander.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Crabfeeder looks to be a good villain.

 

[Victοr]

I'm watching it now only waiting for Matt Smith to show up.

Two episodes in and I haven't seen such menace since Homelander.

Excuse me, but I feel personally offended that you could forget about

Spoiler

CLOWN KANG!

Oh yeah, the show. Uh, it's good enough to kill an hour. Not too shabby. Serviceable. Nothing extraordinary. Rather bland. But good enough for what it is. Dunno if I'm going to keep up with it, truth be told.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Good villain snuffed off screen. Bah!

Anyway, nice to see "the knife" has a long history...

 

[Heavy Metal Spike]

Have to say - DAMN this is good!

There is SO much of this that reminds me of the "good times" of GOT . . . the ambience, the scenery, the milieau (don't worry - I'll have the "posh" washed out of my mouth by tomorrow morning).

I am in awe of so many of the actors/actresses in this - but PARTICULARLY Milly Alcock and Matt Smith

The aforementioned lady is an incredible actress that TOTALLY owns the screen - and while I am not (historically) a fan of Mr. Smith - DAMN but is he AWESOME/BRILLIANT in this !!!!!

Everything about this is as good as the world building we saw in GOT . . . and after only 3 episodes, I can tell I'll be with this until the very last episode of the very last season.

There are some (almost) jarring time jumps between episodes (with more to come) - but they are "REAL" as opposed to the "people running at ridiculous speeds and dragons flying at warp velocity" we were asked to accept during GOT S07/S08

So glad that the best franchise (to date) in the history of streaming services, has been rescued from the (literal) ashes

.

 

[Bo Shrek]

Great Episode but why did this Crab King issue drag for three years?? I was always under the impression that if you have dragons then there is no issue. This episode shows us that there are two. Fly one to take care of all the men with arrows and have the other on land burning everything, sticking its head into the caves and roasting everyone inside. This should have been a in/out job requiring two dragons only. As I was watching I felt that they were keeping the dragons effectiveness at 3 rather than cranking it it 10. Someone please help me understand why two dragons could not finish this issue within hours.

 

[ArtDamage]

Great Episode but why did this Crab King issue drag for three years?? I was always under the impression that if you have dragons then there is no issue. This episode shows us that there are two. Fly one to take care of all the men with arrows and have the other on land burning everything, sticking its head into the caves and roasting everyone inside. This should have been a in/out job requiring two dragons only. As I was watching I felt that they were keeping the dragons effectiveness at 3 rather than cranking it it 10. Someone please help me understand why two dragons could not finish this issue within hours.

I think the whole writers reasoning was "cause long caves" essentially lol

I mean I see what you're saying, but I think we got a fair amount of dragon action to let that pass.

Plus the final scene with Matt Smith was really good. I also really appreciated that after he received the letter and read it literally nothing else was said about that matter. Let them do a little bit of a surrender fake out and trust your audience to understand the context of what's going on and what these characters are thinking.

 

[davejames]

Ok after that last episode I think I'm officially hooked on this show now, and you can clearly see the difference in quality compared to Rings of Power when you have an actual writer like George RR Martin involved. As every character is just so much more interesting to watch.

I was worried Matt Smith's character was coming across a bit two-dimensionally evil at first, but he's becoming more interesting and complex with every episode, even when not saying a word. And Milly Alcock is just phenomenal. I'm a bit bummed to read that she'll be replaced soon by an older actress.

The only thing I'm a little uncertain about is the tighter focus on just this one family and the palace intrigue going on around them. As I'm really starting to miss the more epic scope of GOT and the greater variety of characters and environments we were introduced to there.

 

[Johnny Utah]

I only watch it for Matt Smith now. That suicide run was amazing.

 

[ZE_501]

Episode 3 has me hooked. I don't love it yet, but it's one of the more interesting things I've seen so far with fairly tight writing. There are plot conveniences here and there but so far, so good.

 

[greygoose]

Plus the final scene with Matt Smith was really good. I also really appreciated that after he received the letter and read it literally nothing else was said about that matter. Let them do a little bit of a surrender fake out and trust your audience to understand the context of what's going on and what these characters are thinking.

It was my understanding that after he read the letter, he didn't want his brothers help so that's what accelerated the plan to go on the solo run to draw out the crab people. Is that right?