[TV] House of the Dragon

[Ihavewaffles]

Still not a single interesting character to root for...

No tyrion, varys, john snow, daenerys, arya...


While misscast "I'm of pure Valyrian blood!"
Lord Velaryon is the only character to sympathize with so far.

Daemeon is right, the king is a fool played by otto..

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As OP I'm okay with talking about it, as long as people use spoiler tags, ofcourse.

What for? This is from a book that has been out for years, if people don't want to be "spoiled" then they shouldn't read a thread the day an episode comes out..

[Warning]

Still not a single interesting character to root for...

No tyrion, varys, john snow, daenerys, arya...


While misscast "I'm of pure Valyrian blood!"
Lord Velaryon is the only character to sympathize with so far.

Rhaenyra is easy to support imo, even Daemon in a way flawed though he is. Velaryon also has a reasonable position but I like him less for being more of a schemer.

[Ihavewaffles]

Rhaenyra is easy to support imo, even Daemon in a way flawed though he is. Velaryon also has a reasonable position but I like him less for being more of a schemer.

The king asked everyone about Velaryon's proposal, everyone agreed it was logical n best way forward for the realm, even Otto reluctantly did...
I'd say Otto is the sneaky schemer #1

Rhaenerya hasn't done much, well except the egg situation, but she isn't single minded like Daenerys...

Daemeon can be interesting n grow on people down the line, so far he has sulked n killed some criminals, I want him to burn some crab people or something..

Otto...way less charismstic than Tywin or Littlefinger..this show's characters are boring tbh..

[Twdft]

Criston Cole

Also I do like Rhaenys

[Zenfoldor]

Ep 2 was a little slow, but I still enjoyed it.

[Hamburger]

Calling it now, in the end the Princess gets eaten by a dragon.

[Warning]

The king asked everyone about Velaryon's proposal, everyone agreed it was logical n best way forward for the realm, even Otto reluctantly did...
I'd say Otto is the sneaky schemer #1

Rhaenerya hasn't done much, well except the egg situation, but she isn't single minded like Daenerys...

Daemeon can be interesting n grow on people down the line, so far he has sulked n killed some criminals, I want him to burn some crab people or something..

Otto...way less charismstic than Tywin or Littlefinger..this show's characters are boring tbh..

Well Daemon is a bit of a troll, but he actually took it on the chin when Cole got him back with the reminder, so I liked that. Otto clearly is 10x worse than Velaryon when it comes to scheming, but I was talking about people you could root for and I think Velaryon is a candidate for that while I struggle to see the same in Otto.
I don't think anyone is as charismatic as Tywin was and he's not nearly as powerful either, so I think Otto leans more towards Littlefinger, although Littlefinger was better at hiding his moves. Velaryons proposal was obviously the most sensible one, but I call him a bit of a schemer because both in the previous episode and this one he hasn't been entirely straightforward in his support for proposals and his actions, and he went to Daemon right after the king chose differently from what he wanted.

Rhaenyra of course hasn't done much yet no (we're only two episodes in) but I actually find her more likeable then Daenerys in some ways so far. She also has a nice dynamic with her uncle going on. The actress grew on me pretty quick and in some ways I regret they'll be replacing her with another to play her older self later on.

[Ihavewaffles]

Well Daemon is a bit of a troll, but he actually took it on the chin when Cole got him back with the reminder, so I liked that. Otto clearly is 10x worse than Velaryon when it comes to scheming, but I was talking about people you could root for and I think Velaryon is a candidate for that while I struggle to see the same in Otto.
I don't think anyone is as charismatic as Tywin was and he's not nearly as powerful either, so I think Otto leans more towards Littlefinger, although Littlefinger was better at hiding his moves. Velaryons proposal was obviously the most sensible one, but I call him a bit of a schemer because both in the previous episode and this one he hasn't been entirely straightforward in his support for proposals and his actions, and he went to Daemon right after the king chose differently from what he wanted.

Rhaenyra of course hasn't done much yet no (we're only two episodes in) but I actually find her more likeable then Daenerys in some ways so far. She also has a nice dynamic with her uncle going on. The actress grew on me pretty quick and in some ways I regret they'll be replacing her with another to play her older self later on.

Lord Velaryon warned 1st episode what would happen, he was rudely dismissed, a valuable ally could loose his economic position. The trade is a benefit for all the realm but they don't care they can't think two steps ahead n otto only cares about himself..king is so desperste to maintain his father peace he is moved to inaction alienating a powerful ally..

Then the crab people attack happens n they make clear things will somehow, by magic fix themselves by 'diplomacy' in such s fucked brutal medueval world...

So Lord Velaryon is set to go bankrupt, then in front of the whole world he is humilated with the king choosing otto's daughter. Also with loosing his purse, he will also loose his standing n seat in the council.


Basically loose almost everything.


Now he proposes to act against the stepstones, only option he has left.


Lord Lyonel had a frank conversation with the king, and even warned him not to spur lord Velaryon...yet the king did it anyway, put his personal wishes above the realm..reminds me of Robb Stark...

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Calling it now, in the end the Princess gets eaten by a dragon.

Was even mentioned in GoT by Joffrey, but when it happens in this show I expect some twitter folk to screech about it for a month..



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ep.3 trailer

Grayscale?

[Bakis]

I was happy with ep1.
I was happy++ with ep2.

Question is, will corporate greed ruin it like GoT?
They havent announched yet how many seasons the serie is supposed~ to be and I doubt it flew past them that having 723 seasons of which the latter half sucked dick as well as changing producers every now and then didnt turn out well for GoT.

If they dont fall into that trap again we got a winner on our hands.
I really, really, really hope they dont fuck this one up as hard as they did with GoT.

[Val the Moofia Boss]

I watched the first two episodes. The show is okay. The King and Damon have good actors. Everyone else is like watching paint dry.

Biggest complaint is that the show isn't very aesthetically pleasing to watch, which is bad for a visual medium. For the night scene in the first episode where Damon raids the criminals, and other dimly lit interior scenes, it is just way, way too dark and nearly impossible to make out what is happening. And the show is very colorless, very desaturated. It looks very grey.

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Actually, I take that back. The show isn't okay. It's very slow. We are two hours into the show and nothing has happened yet. Given that the show is an original story and doesn't have to stick to the script of a book, you'd think that they would have gotten to the big battles already, but nope.

[Fencers]

Miguel Sapochnik is out.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv...ng-1235208276/

[RH92]

Actually, I take that back. The show isn't okay. It's very slow. We are two hours into the show and nothing has happened yet. Given that the show is an original story and doesn't have to stick to the script of a book, you'd think that they would have gotten to the big battles already, but nope.

This is straight up false dude, the show is based on second half of Fire & Blood.

The show is covering rather big time skips at first and I love they are not rushing through it. Actually considering this complication, they are doing pretty good job at not making it confusing. All the small events that happened in first and second episode are critical basis for the core of a conflict to come.

There will be a lot battles in future. I honestly find it weird you want big battles in a second episode of a first season. Like what the..?

[Xilurm]

I was happy with ep1.
I was happy++ with ep2.

Question is, will corporate greed ruin it like GoT?
They havent announched yet how many seasons the serie is supposed~ to be and I doubt it flew past them that having 723 seasons of which the latter half sucked dick as well as changing producers every now and then didnt turn out well for GoT.

If they dont fall into that trap again we got a winner on our hands.
I really, really, really hope they dont fuck this one up as hard as they did with GoT.

It wasn't corporate greed that ruined GoT. It was incompetence. No one liked what D&D did with it. Not the actors, not Martin, not HBO. Both Martin and HBO thought they should've had more seasons. The actors didn't like it and even disagreed with the writing choices.

[Skandulous]

I watched the first two episodes. The show is okay. The King and Damon have good actors. Everyone else is like watching paint dry.

Biggest complaint is that the show isn't very aesthetically pleasing to watch, which is bad for a visual medium. For the night scene in the first episode where Damon raids the criminals, and other dimly lit interior scenes, it is just way, way too dark and nearly impossible to make out what is happening. And the show is very colorless, very desaturated. It looks very grey.

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Actually, I take that back. The show isn't okay. It's very slow. We are two hours into the show and nothing has happened yet. Given that the show is an original story and doesn't have to stick to the script of a book, you'd think that they would have gotten to the big battles already, but nope.

So you want a Michael Bay movie.

[Ihavewaffles]

House of the Dragon S1E02 Explained

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Sep 2, 2022

[Northern Goblin]

I'm amused by people who don't know the story of Fire and Blood who are rewatching GoT and realising that in one of the seasons Joffrey drops a massive plot spoiler for this show.

As if there weren't enough reasons to hate him.

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

House of the Dragon S1E02 Explained

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Sep 2, 2022

Have people become so dumb they need to watch a show explaining thhe show they just watched?

[PACOX]

Have people become so dumb they need to watch a show explaining thhe show they just watched?

Welcome to YouTube where content creators watch shows just to video essays on the most mundane details.

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

Welcome to YouTube where content creators watch shows just to video essays on the most mundane details.

I don't blame the content creators... they're just taking advantage of a market that shouldn't exist.

[everydaygamer]

I'm liking it so far. That confrontation on the bridge is exactly the kind of thing I'm here for. Fights are cool but sometimes its also alot of fun to see how they might avoid a fight.