He’s 100% the equivalent to “yer man with the metal hand” (can never remember any of their names) from the last series.
Television House of the Dragon (GoT Prequel) - No book spoilers allowed
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He’s 100% the equivalent to “yer man with the metal hand” (can never remember any of their names) from the last series.
Jaimie Lannister.
So I watched the first episode but does it feel "cheap" to anyone else? It all looks so fake and feels filmed in front of a green screen the entire time. It felt like LoTR and Hobbit, Hobbit movie series jarred with me too much because it looked fake like was watching some animated movie
I agree , it looks a bit like a (fairly tame) high budget porn parody of Game of Thrones.
Something just seems off with everything Vs the original series.
Somebody else mentioned it was mainly filmed during covid so they had to fake a lot of the scenes compared to GOT.
I suspect the 2nd series quality will go up for that reason.
Don't feel that way at all. It looks miles better than GoT did initially. Remember Peter Dinklage's hair early on?
Ah yeah, that could be a fair reason. But it just felt jarring, not even the dragons but the whole thing just seemed green screened
Yeah but is it right to compare this to the start of GoT which was a decade or something ago? It shouldn't look worse, or at least the same as the later seasons of the show
That makes sense, I wouldn't have thought they would have much budget constraints with the popularity of GoT.
For whoever was commenting on the distance between Driftmark and King's Landing and Dragonstone:
Does that tell you the distance I don't rock twitter. I was going on the interactive map that is available online.
https://quartermaester.info/
If you look at that map and remember that the wall is 300 miles long then I'm about right.
My point was that I would have rather seen the fall out between the King, the Princess and her Best Friend Forever(It's weird that you can't use the abbreviation) after the betrayal rather than the last scene. I only said that it would be a week later as a throw away line.
Why doesn't he marry his own daughter and end the whole controversy ? Alternatively marry her to his brother.
I see a win-win here instead of pointless drama.
I see a win-win here instead of pointless drama.
At least the travel thing criticizes the story telling.
I dunno if its American thing not to care (we made Arnie) or if it's an English thing to focus on the accents.
Finally got to see some more action in tonight’s ending. Daemon absolutely brutalized the crab feeders.
Sometimes it feels like screen time without Rhaenyra is a waste of time; I’m really loving her character.
I am surprised this Crabfeeder guy is toast so soon, as I thought he might play a longer part as a ‘villain‘ inasmuch as there would be a clear one so far.
I am surprised this Crabfeeder guy is toast so soon, as I thought he might play a longer part as a ‘villain‘ inasmuch as there would be a clear one so far.
It's good but I don't feel as sucked into it as I should be.
There will be plenty more villains soon enough I imagine
Such a terrible episode. Not impressed with the fighting sequence at the end as well. Last 2 episodes its like watching a matchmaking series on Netflix.
I feel you. It seems that the last two seasons of GoT did irreparable damage to the (TV) world of ASOIAF's overall reputation. I guess, it also doesn't help that, although they're pushing for intrigue, court drama & cunning/unpredictable "gray" characters, stripped down to its bare bones, this is the simplest of stories: The tale of the underdog hero, the only one capable to save the day, who starts at the bottom of the ladder and has to fight his/her way up.
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Anyone know who was on the dragon at the end there?
Why do fictional sexworkers always have French accents anyway? Makes my holidays in France very confusing.
The brother of the (now older as well) 12 year old would-be child-bride to Viserys from the previous episode. Son of Corlys and Rhae…well, whoever ‘the queen that never was’ is. Can’t be arsed with all these names. Edit: you’ve seen him at least once, at the tourney.
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Still not over my GoT season 8 PTSD, but that was an genuinely excellent episode of television. Acting, production, themes and the sheer cost - it really is unparalleled.
Pity HBO is now being run by a reality-tv charlatan, who knows what he'll change...
Pity HBO is now being run by a reality-tv charlatan, who knows what he'll change...
It was a good episode, hopefully they bring in some more characters now and expand it a bit.
Shame we didn't get to see him fight that scaly stinky prick.
Shame we didn't get to see him fight that scaly stinky prick.
I'm really enjoying this series. Was so unimpressed by the Matt Smith casting but I actually think he's one of the best parts of the show.
Ahh ok, brilliant thanks a lot!
Until the battle scene it was a great episode.. after that it was a mix of a bad writing and bad execution. Prince Deamon with that STUPID Jon Snow plot armour from the Battle of the bastards was the cherry of the cake..otherwise i liked very much ep 2 and 3 and the way the director Greg Yaitanes is entering the world of GOT. He is a Master of the good dialogues and the intensive scenes and it shows..
That was a good episode, but the battle scene was extremely stupid. Real video game energy.
Rhaenyra feels too reasonable for a mad bloodline. Will be sad if she'll go berserk someday.
The deer looked a bit like 2012 video game, too.
The deer looked a bit like 2012 video game, too.
That battle scene at the end was pretty meh
I have to agree the battle scene at the end was naff. The rest of the show so far I've enjoyed.
One small gripe I have, which may grow as the show goes on, is the skipping through time it is doing. One minute Viserys decides to marry Alicent, next episode she's up the duff. Feels a bit disjointed.
The battle was awful.
apparently they haven’t been able to break those forces for three years and then cartoon villain Daemon just runs in by himself and takes loads of them down and somehow the rest of the army are just on the fecking island too. Come on.
I’ll forgive it though cause the show overall has been strong but that gave me real season 8 GoT vibes
apparently they haven’t been able to break those forces for three years and then cartoon villain Daemon just runs in by himself and takes loads of them down and somehow the rest of the army are just on the fecking island too. Come on.
I’ll forgive it though cause the show overall has been strong but that gave me real season 8 GoT vibes
It's scenes like that stupid battle that make me stop watching a show. Just utterly moronic on so many levels.
In a way that scene has me worried for the show once the war finally starts. The politics have been brilliant but that just brought back so many unwanted flashbacks.
She was so bad I started thinking it was the simulated world and something was wrong with her coding.
How did that guy even got to ride the dragon?
I mean, the plot armour on Daemon is one thing ... but the plan sort of makes sense. The Crabfeeders have been hiding in their caves where dragons can't go, repelling attacks easily enough because of the bottleneck nature of their hideout. The plan was to use Daemon as bait to lure them out, and have the rest of the army (including dragon) ready to pounce. Not that far-fetched to me.
I really liked the battle and while I grew a bit weary of Viserys' indecisiveness this episode, it was generally another solid entry into what has been a surprisingly strong start to this show.
He's half Targaryen on his mother's side.
Laenor? Targaryen on his mother's side (Rhaenys).
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