Nice! Knew I recognised the dagger.
Television House of the Dragon (GoT Prequel) - No book spoilers allowed
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Meh, was alright
- Exact opposite of what many complained about in early to mid seasons of GoT with the slow pacing (which I didn't mind). This was like 5 episodes in 1.
- Did the Hand (Hightower dude) really whore his daughter out to the King?
- When the King talks to the daughter at the end showing her the dagger, was he referencing the white walkers?
- Brother kills the King
- Uncle sleeps with the named heir
- Hightower daughter sleeps with the uncle
- Named heir sleeps with the Hightower daughter
Theyre trying to cover a couple decades in one season so pacing might be an issue.
Yes.
Yes.
Couple decades?
Can't wait for the non-aging complaints to start rolling inThink they have already casted other actors for playing older characters - at least for the actresses playing Alicent Hightower and Rhaenyra Targeryan.Couple decades?
Tbf one is between the opening scene with the council and then the next time you see everyone its 8 years (?) into Viserys' reign then there's a time jump mid way through the seasons where the actors for Rhaenyra and Alicent are switched out. But in between all that there's also a lot of passage of time. So the pacing might be an issue but assuming they'll get a second season this shouldn't be a problem anymore because there's no need for any time leaps anymore.Couple decades?
I'm not aware of the GoT lore, so I don't really have a knowledge on Valyrian/Targaryan ethnicities. My point is that the actors should be cast based on whether they're correct for the part. That is including their race. And in my previous reply to you There's an excerpt from the showrunner saying they didn't want more white people on the show. I think that's just misguided white guilt type of idiocy.
edit: I added LGBTQ because you can see the same sort of projecting on some TV/Movies as well. There's always some unnecessary, stand-out, in your face dialogue projecting a character's sexuality, instead of letting it come up naturally. A good example of how it's properly done is is Stranger Things, where Will Byer's character is revealed to be gay, but it's done very subtly
Was excellent
Very encouraging start. Set up the characters well
Absolutely adored that first episode. The story that’s been set is intriguing, it was brutal, sleezy and at times distressing. Hope that it continues to be strong throughout the season and doesn’t fall apart like the latter Thrones episodes.
Enjoyed it too. Story is setting up some conflict from the start. It looks amazing and some nice nods to GOT too.
Hi my devilish mate. I don't get you complaint.
You have an issue with black actors playing in a fictional role which has no specific race? I mean the story has dragons, and IMO there isn't any white, black etc race in It, its all made up.
So i don't get the "appropriate characters" for black people in your post.
This is all make belief right?
I would get a complaint about say, if Idris Elba played Kennedy in a movie, but I don't get the appropriate roles for us in a make belief world with no race called back or white.
Ah feck, is it a one episode a week jobby?
Balls, was hoping they all got released at once and I could just gorge.
Balls, was hoping they all got released at once and I could just gorge.
FFS, that spoiler should be titled book spoiler
Yes can this be a no book spoilers thread please mods like we had with GOT?
happy now? Jeez I made it in spoilers and I hinted it hereFFS, that spoiler should be titled book spoiler
I would have had zero concern about having black people in the story IF it was done in an intelligent way which would make sense to the Lore. Hell, I can come out with a scenario were half the Targaryen family would be black without breaking the lore.
Only have myself to blame. Should have known better than to read one of your posts
No worries mate, you're forgiven. Enjoy the show
It is against forum rules and shouldn’t have been posted at all.
There is no book spoilers warning in the thread and as said I covered it with the spoiler tag
TV threads
- any and all information from the original source material e.g. book or graphic novel must be in a separate thread. This sort of material must never be posted in a thread about the TV version, even if spoilered, and failure to comply will result in an infraction.
Ban @devilish
Didn't knew that. In that case I apologise and I delete the post
Was edited in the spoiler thread way back due to the original GoT book goons.
Look it was a genuine mistake. I believed that it was on a thread per thread basis and tbf I took the extra precaution to cover it in a spoiler tag. I
However I understand if I get punished for it.
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All the drama about spoilers on this forum, just don't click a spoiler tag that clearly from context isn't gonna be about what just happened on the show.
Thanks for your support
GoT is officially back now, baby!
Let me guess at a timeline...
Strong start, second half was very good.
I thought it was good. Interesting characters, good acting (Viserys especially) and looks fantastic as always.
Daemon's armour is fecking class, similar to all the art and cosplays you see of Rhaegar's.
Only negative was the dragons looked a bit dodgy.
Daemon's armour is fecking class, similar to all the art and cosplays you see of Rhaegar's.
Only negative was the dragons looked a bit dodgy.
That's because the sets and everything is just way too clean. No dust, no shit and piss scurrying all over the streets... modern shitty way to do things.
Compare this with a show like "Rome" or even the first seasons of GoT. You could feel yourself transported into those ancient times...
Viserys was top notch. Daemon less so and the weakest of the bunch.
Watched it there. Grand enough. Setting stuff up well.
Thought so too. Slightly panto villain.
I wasn’t sure about Paddy as Viserys at first as he didn’t strike me as a Targ king, but that made sense by the end. It’s funny about the guy playing Daemon as some people loathe him and others love him, sort of like his real character.
Otto Hightower was cast well I think. As was ‘the Queen who never was’ who has good screen presence, or maybe I just have a cougar crush on her I don’t know…
Otto Hightower was cast well I think. As was ‘the Queen who never was’ who has good screen presence, or maybe I just have a cougar crush on her I don’t know…
I'm all in, really enjoyed that.
I really enjoyed Viserys tbh... heavy is the head that wears the crown but daemon was right about what he said about him in the end which the scene with Aemma really showed imo. That was really poignant. I also liked Daemon adding a bit of levity in the council scenes though I don't think there'll be much levity going forward.
Also enjoyed Rhaenys and Corlys at the tourney, little looks etc that kinda establishes their relationship in a simple way. Feels weird to say this but I really loved the funeral scene.
I think they also really shows how prophecy and people's interpretations of them can feck up a lot of things. Though I'm not sure if that's what most people took from it reading comments on the internet.
The actor is not suited for the role. He's too dignified and regal for it. Daemon is a rebel without a cause who constantly lives on the edge. He is an oberyn martell on steroids
That was fantastic. Rhys Ifans and Paddy Considine are just wonderful actors.