Spoilers Game Of Thrones’ Spinoff ‘House Of The Dragons’ ordered to series
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I agree, the scene itself was well done, but was pretty contrived. I would've accepted it if it had taken place after Aegon's crowning but before the finale -- when there was the potential for reconciliation. Now, Luke is dead, Jaeherys is dead, the Riverlands are at war... I'm not sure what Rhaenyra hopes will happen, even if Alicent was 100% on board. It was an interesting scene, but felt like a late GoT move of pushing two characters together without regards for the rest of the plot.
Thank you for that.
...and I just discovered she's played by Gayle Rankin of GLOW fame! I knew I recognized her! Sheila the She-Wolf was one of my favorite characters!
Can we please spoiler tag book spoilers.
Aemond wants the throne. Aegon II’s only son is dead and now Aegon is “felled” in battle. Aemond gets back at his brother for bullying him and gets himself appointed king regent. Until his brother recovers. If he survives.
Aemond is a fierce player of the game. Just like his uncle, Daemon.
From IGN's review of the current episode
Why does the reviewer credit the director of the episode rather than the writer, according to IMDB Mr. Ryan J. Condal, with "does a good job of shifting between political machinations and outright warfare" when it's the writer ( Martin and the mentioned TV writer) who did the actual job? I see this so often when directors get all the praise for the story and the writers rarely if ever mentioned.
I know that directors are the boss on set and their direction is what makes a project to a good deal but the writer to me is equally, if not more so, responsible for a good product. A good director may save a mediocre or even bad script and might pull off something you might watch on a Sunday afternoon but a bad director can ruin even Shakespeare.
Just something i noticed with this review but also many past ones i've written.
Oh and yes.. Dragons!
His idiot friends not even being able to leave a room together without bumping into each other was icing on the cake.
I was very sad to lose Princess Rhaenys. I thought she was a terrific character.
This is from the same universe that has light cavalry charge head on into Zombies that won't break and have the numbers to afford the losses.
Good military tactics is not the forte of Martin or the show writers but makes for nice images and cool shit. Not gonna lie - Melisandre lighting the Dothraki Arakh's on fire and them blinking out one by one looked amazing.
The dragon fighting looked really good, then I started feeling bad for enjoying it when the dragons were crying in pain. Strong episode!
Yay Steven Pacey' s here and...oh, never mind! (always nice to see him still working, however briefly)
Well that was all a bit unexpected.
I see Ser Cristen Cole went to the Holdor school of "You don't have to let trusted lieutenants in on your plans, or even suggest you might have a plan."
Shame about Princess Rhaenys, and her dragon
Well that was all a bit unexpected.
I see Ser Cristen Cole went to the Holdor school of "You don't have to let trusted lieutenants in on your plans, or even suggest you might have a plan."
Shame about Princess Rhaenys, and her dragon
Watching Aemond betray Aegon. I had a feeling I had seen something like that before.
Aegon II: "Brother, help me"!
Aemond: "Long Live The King".
~Betrayal~
Aegon II: "AAAAAH"!
Aemond is Scar from the Lion King. The scars they have are even across the same eye.
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Yeah... plausible.
Daemon should probably try sleeping in a different bed.
Oh Daemon! He so wants to be a King. I don't think his wife is gonna go for that. 