Whatever interesting plot lines there are, the 1$ drinking cup and rambo will pull you straight out.
This show isnt for me.
This show isnt for me.
Television House of the Dragon (GoT Prequel) - No book spoilers allowed
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1 Archer not placed a million miles away, somewhere in the direction of crab man - how about a ledge above him - would have fixed any possibility that Matt Smith could continually avoid longbow fire and fight an entire army himself. It just seems really stupid
I think its decent so far other than that
Just caught up and I have to say, the whole thing feels a lot more end of GOT than the brilliant early years to me.
The problem with time jumps is that we don't get the character development and progression which made the early seasons of the original series so good, and left us truly caring about what happened to the characters.
This just feels like a series of less meaningful events designed to set up the next CGI ejaculation mega scene.
The most interesting bit so far has been this mystery disease the king has. I saw people have been suspecting that it's from the throne, or even poison on the throne put there by his cousin or someone. But I had sort of assumed he was patient zero for that greyscale thing that Shireen and Sir Friendzone had - that this is where that began?
The costume design is fantastic it must be said. Almost makes up for how shoddy the CGI on those dragons looked in the opening scene.
Rhys Ifans is perfect for the wrong 'un, scheming sycophant as well. Looking forward to seeing how is arc develops if not many else.
The problem with time jumps is that we don't get the character development and progression which made the early seasons of the original series so good, and left us truly caring about what happened to the characters.
This just feels like a series of less meaningful events designed to set up the next CGI ejaculation mega scene.
The most interesting bit so far has been this mystery disease the king has. I saw people have been suspecting that it's from the throne, or even poison on the throne put there by his cousin or someone. But I had sort of assumed he was patient zero for that greyscale thing that Shireen and Sir Friendzone had - that this is where that began?
The costume design is fantastic it must be said. Almost makes up for how shoddy the CGI on those dragons looked in the opening scene.
Rhys Ifans is perfect for the wrong 'un, scheming sycophant as well. Looking forward to seeing how is arc develops if not many else.
Well this is rather boring, gonna stop watching now and read the reviews after the season has finished, in case it got any better.
No i dont think he is patient zero for greyscale, the disease was around long before that in Valaryia.
I think he just has infected cuts from the throne - a not so subtle allegory for how difficult it is to be King.
If the throne is actually causing this illness then 
. Such a shit way to slowly kill him off.
. Such a shit way to slowly kill him off.For those of youse complaining about not enough politicking it's onlye episode 3 dear lord.
3 episode in GOT we're still dealing with brann playing horsey
3 episode in GOT we're still dealing with brann playing horsey
Strange take.
In the first ever episode of GOT we were introduced to Dany and Viserys in exile under the patronage of the Magister of Pentos and watched as Viserys married Dany off to gain an army. There were whispered discussions about Jon Arryn and what he knew of Jamie and Cersei, we saw the King travel to Winterfell to convince Ned to become his Hand and then towards the end, we learn of the letter claiming the Lannisters murdered Arryn.
Bar 30 seconds at the end where Bran catches the two riding and gets fecked out the window, it was wall to wall politicking.
Someone may have poisoned it.If the throne is actually causing this illness then
Like the "pin on the chair" trick kids do on teachers, except it's laced with poison?
Feckin long lasting poison if you ask me
I thought the plan to win the Crab war was probably the first bit of the show so far that felt 'cheap', plotwise. Also a bit counterproductive because if the crab dude was that thick it reflects badly on Daemon that he hadn't wrapped the whole thing up years before.
Given Martin's habit of borrowing from history, I wouldn't be surprised if it's an allusion to the theory that lead poisoning was a factor behind the wealthy and powerful in the Classical and Medieval worlds tending towards the mental.
We’ve already seen greyscale on someone else (Crabfeeder). This is something else, as instead of turning to stone he’s losing fingers. Very slowly though, he‘s only down half of two fingers over 3(?)ish years.
Ah I didn't realise that was greyscale. Thought it was your run of the mill leprosy or some such nastiness.
He sits on the throne every day and some do know exactly when. It's a bit out there but there was some emphasis when he pricked his fingers.
I thought that was just to symbolise how weak he was as a king. How he couldn't cope with the weight of power.
Rewatching episode 3 as I was half sleeping during it.
I can't stand the hand of the king though. He's not going to last long.
Edit: and then the star wars level of accuracy with those arrows at Daemon Come on. And then a dragon coming in to save the day. Isn't that a little overdone by now?
It's very meh so far. Not bad overall and I'm sure it'll get better, but nowhere near GoT levels with how that started.
I can't stand the hand of the king though. He's not going to last long.
Edit: and then the star wars level of accuracy with those arrows at Daemon
Come on. And then a dragon coming in to save the day. Isn't that a little overdone by now?It's very meh so far. Not bad overall and I'm sure it'll get better, but nowhere near GoT levels with how that started.
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Still enjoying it but that last scene was as bad as anything in the final seasons of GOT imo.
'Sends few men to die at a time, clearly aware of the threat of a dragon being around'
Then sends seemingly his entire army to deal with an injured Daemon..
What the feck.
'Sends few men to die at a time, clearly aware of the threat of a dragon being around'
Then sends seemingly his entire army to deal with an injured Daemon..
What the feck.
Im still hanging out for a character with a bit of mischief about them to give us some humour. Im wondering if the time jumps are making things difficult for the writers. Do the time jumps ease up a bit or are they a feature of the whole prequel?
I feel like you're completely misunderstanding why people didn't like the battle scene.
We all noticed the king is missing a couple digits in the latest ep yeah?
Okay I'll delete it.
Yes ma'am.
Okay that post didn't look as weird before you edited your post while I was writing it.
Done. I don't want to get another GoT related warning
I did it on purpose. That's what you get for reprimanding me
If one didn’t they shouldn’t feel bad: some content creators - whose job it is to review stuff like this - missed it in their instant reaction livestreams.
I do have one theory bubbling up about it, but I need another episode (or three or four) to feel safe putting it forward.
Yeah watched it again, the final scene especially. Felt like that could and should have been cut somehow to not show as much. Think there were much better options on how to finish that and not make it look too hollywoody
Yeah that final scene was just poorly written and executed. It made no sense. And even if you ignore dodging all the arrows till the end why would you build Crabby up then kill him offscreen?
It made no sense at all that he was stalling them for 3 years and that stupid.
I get what they wanted they needed Daemon to have a win on his own cause big bro was on the way to fix his mess. Ok then, infiltrate the caves somehow or make a better 1v1 situation with Crabby to show how awesome Daemon is.
It made no sense at all that he was stalling them for 3 years and that stupid.
I get what they wanted they needed Daemon to have a win on his own cause big bro was on the way to fix his mess. Ok then, infiltrate the caves somehow or make a better 1v1 situation with Crabby to show how awesome Daemon is.
I like it alot however
Nice to see Lannisters have been cnuts for centuries.
the super hero Daemon scene was very out of place. Since when do people in this universe run through arrow fire The A-team style without ever getting hit? And why does this dumb crab army fall for such an obvious ruse?
Nice to see Lannisters have been cnuts for centuries.
Some people are too ridiculous with the term realism.
It is a show after all. Real life daemon wouldnt survive 1 minute under a heavy hails of arrow.
It's hard to portray a winning tide realistically winning with 20 minute screentime.
I wish people would just enjoy the tiny action as just something to move the plot instead of nitpicking every single thing
It is a show after all. Real life daemon wouldnt survive 1 minute under a heavy hails of arrow.
It's hard to portray a winning tide realistically winning with 20 minute screentime.
I wish people would just enjoy the tiny action as just something to move the plot instead of nitpicking every single thing
I personally don't care whether it's realistic, just whether it's consistent. In The A-team all bullets consistently miss their target, which is unrealistic, but fine, because it's part of the show. In the GOT universe, not only do most arrows hit their target, they also accidentally hit the innocent kitten, dog, newborn and all the main characters you've come to love. To suddenly see someone dodge a thousand arrows is a bit immersion breaking.
And why the feck did they cast Erling Haaland anyway.
Then don't make it 20 minutes. Take the time to tell a story properly.
People fell in love with Game of Thrones because of how well made the early seasons were. They weren't afraid to take a season to build character or plot progression - there were whole episodes were nothing major happened apart from deepening our connection with key characters or storylines. There were whole episodes given over to incredible battles.
It was the moment they started rushing things and making every episode a series of flashy set pieces where the quality of the show fell through the floor.
Didn't realise bow and arrows were basically sniper rifles. Chances of hitting a moving target from a few hundred metres away is pretty slim isn't it?
Helps if there are like 50 dudes shooting at only 1 target.
Hell Ramsay Bolton could hit a tiny moving target from what seemed like 500 meters away. Though the dumb cnut should obviously have swerved while running.
Yeah
Because in the GoT world that we loved stupidity ended in death What Daemon did was stupid(It was even said in the episode that nobody would be stupid enough to do it) but instead of him paying for his stupidity he comes out looking like an Errol Flynn style superhero. That's more season 7/8 than the early seasons we loved.
Add to that the Crab Feeder had kept them at bay for 3 years but then fell for their stupid plan. Not only that but allowing it to work by sending his men out 6 at a time in single file so he could kill them all with relative ease rather then sending an entire unit at once who worked in a coordinated way. Then once the prince looked done for sending out his whole force when it should have no longer been needed so the dragon could wipe them out.
Imbecilic the whole lot of it.
im sure they showed in the same episode (or previous ep) that they were accurate with their shooting on the dragon (albeit a bigger target) and they hit the rider (daemon) whilst sitting on the dragon which drove him away.
If you have about 500 shots at one, the chances of them all missing by cm's is near impossible.
The thing with the scene was it just felt out of place with everything else (or not even that, it felt out of place given the information we had up until that where the crabfeeder and his people managed to keep them out for three years).
Just make it better, though. If you're going to have some action to move the plot along, why not make it good?