Yeah, he's basically just a king who doesn't need to do much is what I got, the people are generally happy, there's no invasions or anything been going on for years?
Television House of the Dragon (GoT Prequel) - No book spoilers allowed
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Yeah, he's basically just a king who doesn't need to do much is what I got, the people are generally happy, there's no invasions or anything been going on for years?
Correct, he was given the King title to quash any potential rebellion years back so it has all been OK and calm in Westeros. Him not having an irrefutable heir is what is gonna cause the trouble.
Yep. This guy just got lucky because all the proper heirs to the previous king were dead.
It was okay. I can't get worked up about it. Daemon is so ugly. Is he supposed to be that ugly in the source material?
Edit: He Is supposed to be otherworldy beautiful in the source material.
Edit: He Is supposed to be otherworldy beautiful in the source material.
Yeah he’s meant to be too chill to be a ruthless king; he just wants everyone to get along. Plus I am thinking him getting cut by sitting on the throne at the end is a metaphor for him not being suitable to sitting in it. Unless that and the cut on his back means he’s got some sort of advancing disease.
Yeah, to be honest, that's what I was initially thinking when watching. He seems a bit limp, and he's in bad health, so that does make sense. Also just seems like the type to want everyone just to get along with each other. And we know how that normally ends up in this world.
They went for realistic design. The chap was a killing machine, taking pleasure from power struggle.
Actor's face perfectly fits the arrogant barbaric type, not lady's refined aristocrat and imo it fits this twat perfectly.
I've never been a fan of Matt Smith, but that pilot episode has swung it.
He was brilliant. The jealousy, the anger, resentment just seeps out so vividly. Can't believe we have to go back to waiting 7 days to find out what happens next !!!!
He was brilliant. The jealousy, the anger, resentment just seeps out so vividly. Can't believe we have to go back to waiting 7 days to find out what happens next !!!!
Yep, that was the best part of that episode for me too. Viserys telling Rhaenyra about the threat that the White Walkers will bring and handing her the dagger to be used in order to destroy the night king. So basically we now know that Aegon the Conqueror foresaw the rise of the White Walkers and the threat they posed to the whole of Westeros some 300 years before the events of Game of Thrones took place. Makes you now think when did that secret and dagger being handed down stop being shared from king to heir? Was it when the Targaryens were overthrown?
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Thought it was pretty great.
Just watched the first episode with my 38 weeks pregnant wife. She didn't feel well 
That. Was. Mint.
And I say that as someone who was barely into GoT enough to keep watching it 'til the end.
And I say that as someone who was barely into GoT enough to keep watching it 'til the end.
There was a GoT season 8?
Just watched the first episode with my 38 weeks pregnant wife. She didn't feel well
Quality start, gimmi more already!
Doesn't look like anything to me.
Are we gonna have any spoilers from outside the show in this thread?
Just watched the first episode with my 38 weeks pregnant wife. She didn't feel well
Pictured: @KirkDuyt on movie night
Matt Smith really stood out in a great way. He really came across as an intelligent villain that has some redeeming qualities. I am a Whovian, so seeing him play a darker role is fantastic. It is difficult to take his platinum blonde wig seriously after seeing him with short brown hair for the past two decades.
He's not the villain, he's right in almost everything.
I mean he's definitely the villain.
Yeah, better to just put this thread on ignore.
This makes me all nostalgic for the Lost thread. All we need now is @Spoony to come in and tell us it's actually shit.
He is right, but you know where this plot is headed!
Really enjoyed the first episode it’s starting to shape up nicely.
It’s just good to get a GoT fix.
It’s just good to get a GoT fix.
Enjoyed the first episode. The Iron Council is made up if some great actors.
Any idea when it's going to jump forward in time? Next episode?
Any idea when it's going to jump forward in time? Next episode?
I thought Otto was a nice dude until he asked his daughter to put on a dress...
Enjoyed that. Its nice to have proper pacing and writing once again. The council dynamic is excellent, was always one of my favourite aspects of GoT in the early days.
Also Rhys Ifans sounds remarkably like Charles Dance did in it.
Bloody hell the hand of the king is the weird roommate from Notting Hill
Hopefully we have more titties in the second episode!! And I'm talking about prime titties... not some random whore in the background.
Yeah. I enjoyed the episode but the less they talk about GoT the better. The last three seasons and especially the 8th really put a damper on the shine of that franchise. Why pump up an enemy 200 years in advance when we see their descendents deal with it with in one episode with no major character deaths
The dragons looked ok, but the lighting didn't fit into the scene. They're supposed to all look different (each dragon has something specific to them, generally color but sometimes temperament or size) so they will look different to the GoT dragons which were basically interchangeable, looks wise. And hopefully they're saving cgi budget for battles later in the season
I found it fairly alright - which in itself is a huge improvement over late GOT. It dangled a modicum of intrigue whilst not being particularly outstanding. Crucially it wasn't excessively clunky, the acting was satisfactory and there aren't any immediately dustbinable characters.
I guess it had to drip feed a few GOT motifs in here and there for the normies, I just hope it comes with some fresh ideas. I don't need to watch the same environments housing the same schemes by identikit characters.
There is scope for it to become terrible but also enough to build something good if handled carefully.
The dragons looked goofy and the cgi textures on the buildings appeared cheap and unconvincing. But the effects usually get better as these things progress for some reason, and if the drama is strong then I can forgive the noodle dragons.
I guess it had to drip feed a few GOT motifs in here and there for the normies, I just hope it comes with some fresh ideas. I don't need to watch the same environments housing the same schemes by identikit characters.
There is scope for it to become terrible but also enough to build something good if handled carefully.
The dragons looked goofy and the cgi textures on the buildings appeared cheap and unconvincing. But the effects usually get better as these things progress for some reason, and if the drama is strong then I can forgive the noodle dragons.
There's going to be smaller time jumps throughout the season but the big time jump will happen in episode 6 iirc. That's when the new actors for Rhaenyra and Alicent come in.
Ah, thank you.
Isn't that everything, ever?
The scene with Otto Hightower and his daughter unintentionally reminded me of Brass Eye and the drug school.
Thats a shame, the two girls are doing very well. And I hate change.