Spoilers Game Of Thrones’ Spinoff ‘House Of The Dragons’ ordered to series
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I very much hope so, because right now it's just rich assholes fighting each other over who gets to be top rich asshole, and at a certain point that's just boring.
Yeah, I don't particularly expect the White Walkers to play a role per se, but when you add a scene like that at the end of your first episode, you're setting the tone and making a promissory note to the audience that this is an important idea that's driving the characters. So I expect that for the entire series, this is a thing that will hang over the show. In other words, the climate change metaphor will always be coming.
Yep. Like I said: "Reusing the Game of Thrones theme song is just emblematic of the entire project: Plots, characters, and themes that are just recycled versions of what was done before, borne out of a desire to flog a dead horse instead of doing something new."
I would love to watch a buddy comedy set in Pentos!
Damn. Another great episode - and spicy. They're 4 for 4 so far as I'm concerned. Any doubts I had for this prequel have evaporated.
Looks like the proverbial is hitting the fan next week from the preview.
I'm going to miss Alcock and Carey in their portrayals of Rhaenyra and Alicent.
Looks like the proverbial is hitting the fan next week from the preview.
I'm going to miss Alcock and Carey in their portrayals of Rhaenyra and Alicent.
Anybody else really kinda getting tired of that exact same medieval illustration of... naked people frolicking?... They seem to use for almost every painting, murial and tapestry in the red keep?
The episode overall was pretty good though what I'm wondering is why there doesn't appear to be the option of Rhaenyra remaining childless and just declaring her brother/his descendants to be her heir.
I know King what's his name tries to avoid a civil war, but the moment he made Rhaenyra his heir a civil war was pretty much pré-programmed.
Hod does not have that.
The episode overall was pretty good though what I'm wondering is why there doesn't appear to be the option of Rhaenyra remaining childless and just declaring her brother/his descendants to be her heir.
I know King what's his name tries to avoid a civil war, but the moment he made Rhaenyra his heir a civil war was pretty much pré-programmed.
Got always had the promise of an epic battle for the fate of humanity/the world as it's final act though... until the show went off the rails.
Hod does not have that.
At its weakest, yes. At its best, Game of Thrones was a commentary on the nature of those battles between rich assholes -- on how futile and pointless the game of thrones actually is, particularly when faced with the prospect of an existential threat (i.e., the White Walkers [i.e., climate change]) that requires universal political cooperation to survive.
Dee1891 said:
There's a strong chance I'll stop watching. Right now I'm 50/50 whether it's going to have much meaningful content beyond "rich assholes fighting each other to be top rich asshole."
I'm not either, which is why I'm skeptical that doing a Game of Thrones spinoff was ever a good idea in the first place. I will say that right now, I'm most interested in whether House of the Dragon can say something unique from a feminist lens via the relationship between Rhaenyra and Alicent.
In the ASOIAF books, the return of the dragons triggered interesting side effects, namely the spontaneous lighting of obsidian candles at the Citadel, the strengthening of pyromancer spells as mentioned by Pyat Pree, the flaming sword of Beric Dondarrion, the rise of the Lord of Light, to name a few.
Right now, the Targs have a whole stable of dragons - magic should be rampant in this world right now and more prevalent in every day life, ostensibly informing the events in the story. It really isn’t. Things are still too mundane in this world and shouldn’t be, so far of what I’ve seen. Now, admittedly, I’ve only watched the first episode and perhaps there is some magic usage in later episodes that I haven’t seen yet. Somehow I think not.
Glad the incest cat is out of the bag so I don't have to just vaguely allude to it any longer.
It has nothing to do with that. Martin's world just doesn't really have much magic in it. There are exensive historical records going back centuries (the Maesters basically function as scientists) and there was never any real evidence of magic working within universe in a systematic way.
Rhaenyra is hella conflicted as she's been depicted right now. On one hand she really wants to have power, on the other hand she hates all of the responsibilities that go along with having power. She'd honestly be an absolutely terrible queen.
It has nothing to do with that. Martin's world just doesn't really have much magic in it. There are exensive historical records going back centuries (the Maesters basically function as scientists) and there was never any real evidence of magic working within universe in a systematic way.
Rhaenyra is hella conflicted as she's been depicted right now. On one hand she really wants to have power, on the other hand she hates all of the responsibilities that go along with having power. She'd honestly be an absolutely terrible queen.
Ep 4 is the best episode of the season so far. Daemon's reasons for returning home were pretty obvious and was the eventual "couplings" Rhaenyra had with him and Cole.
Vicerys has been great in every episode but I wonder are those wounds from the throne like we hear about in lore or does he have a disease.
Vicerys has been great in every episode but I wonder are those wounds from the throne like we hear about in lore or does he have a disease.
The show is getting there but it is challenging my patience. It's not uninteresting to see the political machinations and the people within acting about but i wonder if the payoff will be good enough to keep this interesting.
To be honest i wonder if the show will offer more than just civil war battles with dragons flying around breathing fire and people getting sliced up by swords.
To be honest i wonder if the show will offer more than just civil war battles with dragons flying around breathing fire and people getting sliced up by swords.
Arguably Daemon did all of this just to try and wed Rhaenyra.
I mean, he shows up, seduces her, tries to fuck her (but can't get it up due to either alcohol or morals) ruins her reputation, and then offers to marry her.
Sneaking out of the castle to party?!
