House of the Dragon (GOT prequel)

[koralis]

Why didn't the King insist that Aegon give up his ill begotten dragon?

Might require the dragon to give up aegon, which is a taller order. Once the dragons bond, that's that they said

 

[xCLAVEx]

Why didn't the King insist that Aegon give up his ill begotten dragon?

He became a cocky little **** once he got his dragon. I was sympathizing for him earlier, but after that little fight stunt he deserved to get his eye sliced.

 

[acroig]

At least she got more screen time than his last wife.

 

[SubCog]

He became a cocky little **** once he got his dragon. I was sympathizing for him earlier, but after that little fight stunt he deserved to get his eye sliced.

That seems to be the theme. In the first half of the season, it was that all the characters were mostly good people, but with some conflicting interests that created uneasiness. In the second half, everyone is becoming genuinely evil. The likability factor has dropped considerably.

 

[bob saget]

this last episode a little boring imo.

 

[ugly]

this last episode a little boring imo.

A lot of people are saying that about the last two episodes. But I liked them.

One thing that I think the original GoT series gave up on in the final two seasons was all the political stuff. They focused too much on big events and action and skimmed over the politics so much that a lot of the characters ended up just being stupid. In particular, characters like Sansa, Cersei, and Tyrion were rendered completely irrelevant to the show.

So far this new series almost seem like the exact opposite. It's focused almost entirely on the politics and nothing else going on. And the pacing suffers for it.

 

[bob saget]

I maybe should have been more specific, but I think in very general terms, the acting isn’t quite there for a large majority of the characters… or it is but they don’t manage the screen time well and instead are wasting it.

To compare with Rings of Power, I think the acting there is arguably worse, but because they manage screen time and have us get to know the characters more (and no time jumps), it feels better…

 

[xCLAVEx]

Why does (now older) Aegon have a permanent duckface?

 

[CurrentlyPissed]

The projected ages of these guys are getting out of hand. Wasn't Aegon the younger brother? Now he looks like the oldest. Or was he just poorly casted younger originally?

I'm so all over the place trying to keep up with who was who, and who was born first.

 

[SD-[Inc]]

I think it's still terrible.

King nearly kills himself to affirm his line of succession. Something he has been strong on for decades and then does a complete 180 in his dying breath???? The manufactured conflict in this series is worse than the ending of the original series. They all get along and then they don't and then they are do again and then they back to scheming and plotting, ... What the hell are they thinking? Where have all the good writers gone? I'll stick with Andor right now as the only series with actual plot and good characters. This is garbage. No matter how many decades they skip over it continues to suck.

 

[bob saget]

The projected ages of these guys are getting out of hand. Wasn't Aegon the younger brother? Now he looks like the oldest.

yep.

so there's some sketchy stuff going on in real life with his age.

His stated age right now afaik is supposed to be 20 which means in his previous show, the last kingdom, he was 15, and he apparently REALLY does not look 15 in that.
anyways he looks waaay too old imo. could easily be mid to later 20s.

 

[xCLAVEx]

yep.

so there's some sketchy stuff going on in real life with his age.

His stated age right now afaik is supposed to be 20 which means in his previous show, the last kingdom, he was 15, and he apparently REALLY does not look 15 in that.
anyways he looks waaay too old imo. could easily be mid to later 20s.

YES! THERE IT IS! THE FACE OF THE DUCK!

 

[xCLAVEx]

Have to say, disappointed in season 1 so far. The final episode is supposed to make you go "OHHHHHHHHH I can't wait until next season!". Instead it will be more along the line of "Oh season two began a month ago? Ok well, when I get around to it I guess" kinda mood, for me anyway.

 

[ugly]

I maybe should have been more specific, but I think in very general terms, the acting isn’t quite there for a large majority of the characters… or it is but they don’t manage the screen time well and instead are wasting it.

I think it's just jarring with all the actor changes and age jumps. So everything seems inconsistent.

Rhaenyra started off as sort of a sweet kid, and now she's played more as a tired old mother.

Alicent has been fairly consistent, and she sort of comes off the best. Same with the King. Otto too, but he hasn't had as much screen time.

Daemon came off as cocky to start and now seems a bit more mature.

The Valeryon kids and Daemon's kids have gone through so many actors that you don't even know who they are.

Same with the Rhaenyra's kids and Alicent's kids.

Rhaenyra's kids actually sort of come off better. Probably since they have dark hair they are easier to remember who they are supposed to be and they seemed to have been aged more appropriately.

Alicent's kids come don't come off well. Aegon (the eldest) looks totally different. And, as mentioned, know that they've aged both brothers he actually looks younger. The only real consistency of his character is that he likes to **** around and thinks he can get away with anything.

For Aemon, at least we have the eye patch to know who it is. He went from looking like a young child to being the oldest and strongest.


I think even in the interviews I've seen, the showrunners and some of the actors basically said stuff along the lines of 'yeah, that first part was tough to get through but now the show really starts'.

I think they originally planned to start things with the King's death . But then decided they needed more backstory. I think the showrunner put it diplomatically as "the hardest season that I've ever had to participate in structuring".

 

[SubCog]

I think it's still terrible.

King nearly kills himself to affirm his line of succession. Something he has been strong on for decades and then does a complete 180 in his dying breath???? The manufactured conflict in this series is worse than the ending of the original series. They all get along and then they don't and then they are do again and then they back to scheming and plotting, ... What the hell are they thinking? Where have all the good writers gone? I'll stick with Andor right now as the only series with actual plot and good characters. This is garbage. No matter how many decades they skip over it continues to suck.

I think you may have understood that point. The king didn't change his mind. He was so out of it, that he didn't know who he was talking to. He thought he was speaking to his daughter, and didn't realize it was the queen.

 

[SubCog]

I guess my question, is whether this show is just a single season, or how they might stretch it out to more seasons.

If they have a 6 year jump between each episode, 10 episodes per season, and 7 seasons... that's 420 years. That puts us well beyond the original GoT storyline and into the future.

 

[switchAMG]

you spoiled, entitled cucks not enjoying this season.

 

[mizzer]

I think it's still terrible.

King nearly kills himself to affirm his line of succession. Something he has been strong on for decades and then does a complete 180 in his dying breath???? The manufactured conflict in this series is worse than the ending of the original series. They all get along and then they don't and then they are do again and then they back to scheming and plotting, ... What the hell are they thinking? Where have all the good writers gone? I'll stick with Andor right now as the only series with actual plot and good characters. This is garbage. No matter how many decades they skip over it continues to suck.

Director to Writer: Okay, we need some tension here. Let's put them all in a room together at the same table.

Writer: Got it.

Director: I'll add some stare downs and furrowed brows.

Writer: Done.

Director: And sideways glances!

Writer: Okay.

Director: Knives! We need knives on the table. Knives are dangerous.

Writer: Well, I mean...

Director: And a skeleton.

Writer: Wat!

Director: A skeleton, man! We need to work a skeleton into this somehow!

Writer: But sir...

Director: Now we're cooking with gas! This will be the best Hallmark Spooktacular ever!

Writer: This is the set for House of the Drag...

Director: Whatever, just get it done.

 

[SubCog]

I maybe should have been more specific, but I think in very general terms, the acting isn’t quite there for a large majority of the characters… or it is but they don’t manage the screen time well and instead are wasting it.

I think the King is particularly well acted... also amazingly well written. I agree, many of the other characters are not great.

 

[Nascar24]

It's been ok, but still would rather they have kept the original young ladies.