Criston Cole
Also I do like Rhaenys
Calling it now, in the end the Princess gets eaten by a dragon.
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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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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Grayscale?
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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.
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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.
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Miguel Sapochnik is out.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv...ng-1235208276/
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..?
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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.
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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.
Slow and steady episode. the bridgescene as the poster before me pointed out was among the best so far.
So far, so good. The characters aren't grabbing me as much as GoT did in S1, but they may grow into their roles.
Amusing how little anger and vitriol there is in this thread compared to LOTR