House of the Dragon
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Plus, over the past ten years, most everyone became bigger ********. You think you are getting to know the characters? Nope.
It's just that you can age up a 50 yo to 70 easier than a 16 to 26 or 2 to 6. This was one of the big concerns going into the show. The actresses were playing younger and nicer versions of characters that grow up to be pretty petty and vengeful. The politics should pick up and then I'd assume war starts in season 2.
I feel uncomfortable with a non-binary actor playing a woman. I think women should play women. And, non-binary play non-binary. I’ll just have to suck it up and work through it.
Dude, don’t check your sarcasm meter at the door. Lighten up.
I will inform Dr. Chris Kolb of your hateful anti-trans rhetoric, teach.
That is how you get the nickname Aemond one eye. My gf kept asking "why do you keep calling him 'one eye'? I had to do the old... well, you'll see.
Oddly I do like the kid. I hate Aemond but this little dude is making me like him.
Still team black though. F the Hightowers.
Oddly I do like the kid. I hate Aemond but this little dude is making me like him.
Still team black though. F the Hightowers.
I can't stand that it isn't released until 9 pm on Sunday night -- because I am an old, employed, married boring person.
One plus with Max, is that new episodes will usually show up around 8:55ish and you can skip the previously on and intro and get right to it a bit early. Also I somehow manage like 5 hrs of sleep a night so 9 pm feels like 7 pm to me.
That 5 minutes is a definite perk.
Just realized my post made me sound like a 90 year old new to tech. "Oh wow, I get to watch this show a few minutes early?!"
This series has been pretty damn great so far. I curse the cheap *** days of HBO when Deadwood and Rome were canceled. Amazing what happens when a show gets the full backing of it's network.
This series has been pretty damn great so far. I curse the cheap *** days of HBO when Deadwood and Rome were canceled. Amazing what happens when a show gets the full backing of it's network.
There has been a massive dropoff in the show since the cast change, imo. I hate every character left except Daemon (who himself is pretty damn hatable but at least charming) at this point, when previously I really liked almost every character.
Imo the most obvious downside to the cast change midseason was the new cast didn't get to study the portrayal of the old cast. Ya I get people change as they get older but they don't totally become different people. Instead now we have two very different takes on the princess and I much preferred the earlier.
Except that is sticking with the books. The girls didn't just get older. They got more paranoid and more angry. If they didn't get so emotionally heated then they would of taken any one of the 10 chances to avert civil war. Part of the problem is they aren't even worrying about the realm or the small folk... all they are worried about is their rights and title.
Rhaenyra was well known to not have handled child baring well, she got frumpy, and she got extremely short sighted.
The age up was a risk no doubt. It's what most of the fan base was most worried about in season 1. I definitely didn't like it very much last episode but thought it felt more normal this episode. I'm betting the last 2 episodes will have people forgetting the younger versions. LOL.
For instance. Aemond was really awesome this episode. That kid killed that ****. The problem is that we now have a 11 yo kid with the largest dragon on the planet and he doesn't develop like we did growing up. Dude is going to be wayyyy different next episode and even more so in the last 2 episodes.
I can't stress enough that this is setting up the war and isn't the civil war. They are showing all this to explain and make reasonable the later actions.
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I get there would be change as one gets older. Definitely. They just wouldn't be two completely different people with different mannerisms etc.
That said, I definitely agree with the point made that it wasn't as noticable this last episode as the previous. Maybe the previous episode was just the immediate contrast? Not sure.
Fantastic show. Can't believe they were able to recapture the magic. Pretty rare
I like the casting for the teenage Aemond. Dude looks like the crazy kid, that stole the biggest dragon and had his eye cut out, all grown up.
That might of been the best episode. Can't believe it either because it should of been a setup ep for the final 2 but dang. Really good acting and dialog. Daemon with the clean cut on that noggin was awesome. Aemond is just excellent casting. Dude looks like a guy you will absolutely hate. Cole training Aemond with that swagger is cool.
Ep. #8 Best so far IMO.
Outstanding acting makes up for slow developments.
Outstanding acting makes up for slow developments.
Paddy Considine was fantastic in that episode. Each episode is better than the last. House of the Dragon is better than GoT, imo.
He was great, that was a powerful scene when he entered the Hall to the throne.
Hard to believe he also played osferth in the last kingdom. Complete 180.
I personally wouldn't go that far, but I was someone who'd watch each episode of GoT 2-3x per week. Dragon is everything I hoped for though. All I wanted was a great companion piece to Thrones. I'm already thinking ahead a few years when I'll be able to rewatch this current series and then GoT right after as a continuation of the GRRM Universe.
It's odd how each episode is a slow burn, yet so much time passes between each episode to expedite the plot line. I'm paying for HBOMax solely for this show.
Yea. Rhaenys in the beginning was awesome to watch. I kept thinking that nobody is stealing this episode from her then about 4 people did. Then when you go back and think about stuff it's even better... LIke..
Did you all think Alicent gave that girl moon tea at first and start to think that she poisoned her so she couldn't talk? When the daughter asked about her, Alicent hugged her and said she was sorry and started crying. After thinking about it I think she just killed the girl and them dumped the body. I'll have to rewatch to see if makes more sense but if she just sent the girl off she would of told her daughter the girl went to Old Town to work at the citadel or something.
Cant' wait for the next 2 episodes. The time jumps are mostly over and we are just going to be killing each other a whole bunch going forward.
As this season has gone on, I can’t help but think about DSmith’s doom and gloom thread where he linked an article a month before the show began complaining that House of the Dragon was woke. Of course leading to people saying, “guess I won’t watch now. Oh well, go woke go broke.”
Hopefully the ones who blindly listened to a dumb headline didn’t let that stop them from watching this great show. Basically, make your own decisions and don’t allow headlines to make them for you.
Hopefully the ones who blindly listened to a dumb headline didn’t let that stop them from watching this great show. Basically, make your own decisions and don’t allow headlines to make them for you.
