House of the Dragon.....GoT Prequel series

[Sildani]

I’m sure it blew HBO’s mind too. They had the world’s hottest property one year, to having absolutely nothing the next. I’m sure they thought they had the next Lord of the Rings, in terms of spin-offs and merchandising that their devoted fanbase would eagerly snap up. Funny what happens when the writing tanks!

[Big s]

I still haven’t watched much of the old show. When I had cable there was an hbo preview weekend that had the first season and a bunch of co workers were further along telling me I needed to see it . Watched a couple episodes and thought it was more like renaissance themed porn. My coworkers told me it gets better in the next season. Then everyone was saying the last season was crap and ruined the show entirely and that’s all they would say. Now I have hbo max and still haven’t watched it. I guess it’s tough for me to try a show that started out bad and everyone says ends bad

[Sildani]

I think it’s worth the watch, if only because the first five or so seasons were absolutely that good. It goes off the rails at the end, no mistake, but at least you’ll KNOW why everyone feels the way they do about it, and if you choose to see House of the Dragon, you’ll have the background you need. 

[jvmacross]

6 hours ago, Big s said:

I still haven’t watched much of the old show. When I had cable there was an hbo preview weekend that had the first season and a bunch of co workers were further along telling me I needed to see it . Watched a couple episodes and thought it was more like renaissance themed porn. My coworkers told me it gets better in the next season. Then everyone was saying the last season was crap and ruined the show entirely and that’s all they would say. Now I have hbo max and still haven’t watched it. I guess it’s tough for me to try a show that started out bad and everyone says ends bad

If you watched Lost and did not like how it ended....then apply how you felt at the conclusion of Lost and decide whether or not to invest your precious time on GoT...

Lost basically taught me to simply walk away if a show stops being good....I did that with TWD....unfortunately, GoT was so good up until the final season that I felt compelled at that point to continue watching the train wreckfest...

 

[electric indigo]

IMO the finale of GoT was only of lesser quality compared to the previous seasons while the conclusion of Lost was all-around bad and the show was totally random and off the rails way before.

[Bolt]

I'm not to vested in GoT , so overall, it was very entertaining to me. Lost was just plain lame. No comparison.

I think comparing the last season(s) of GoT to the latest Star Wars movies. Makes more sense. 

Edited May 10, 2022 by Bolt

[electric indigo]

Come on, season 7‘s „The Spoils of War“ was more epic than the entire SW prequel & sequel trilogy...

[sqidd]

1 hour ago, electric indigo said:

Come on, season 7‘s „The Spoils of War“ was more epic than the entire SW prequel & sequel trilogy...

My morning coffee was more epic than the SW prequel/sequels.

[Bolt]

2 hours ago, electric indigo said:

Come on, season 7‘s „The Spoils of War“ was more epic than the entire SW prequel & sequel trilogy...

Lol. True enough. I think I enjoyed the last two seasons of GoT more than the Disney sequels. The prequels had some epic moments. All I'm saying is that GoT had a definitive end point, unlike Lost, and , like SW, the last chapters really weren't so liked as previous ones.

[Thom]

Yeah, when the HBO execs told Benioff and Weiss to take as much time as they needed to finish it right, I don't think they expected a mike drop without a punch-line, and them pretty much just racing for the exit.

[jvmacross]

[505thAirborne]

 

[505thAirborne]

 

[jvmacross]

Not yet....but maybe this weekend....seems to be getting some good reviews

[Big s]

My girlfriend is really big on game of thrones, but she still hasn’t seen it yet. She’s usually tired after work and she did try on Sunday night, but since the premiere crashed the site she has to wait till probably Friday night

[505thAirborne]

8 hours ago, Chunky001 said:

Did anyone watch this? I'm surprised that this hasn't been commented on since Sunday.

I watched it Sunday night, I think I'll watch it again before having a full opinion. 

I'll say this, they spared no expense on the sets, props & costumes/clothing. Even though it's only the first episode these new characters don't pop out at you quite like in GoT yet I feel as the show goes on these characters will come into their own. 

The Dragons look awesome, again no expense spared on the CGI. 

 

[Thom]

We all know those are wyvern's, right..?

[Rhubarbarian]

12 hours ago, Chunky001 said:

Did anyone watch this? I'm surprised that this hasn't been commented on since Sunday.

I saw it with some friends on Sunday. I thought it definitely suffered from "first episode" syndrome; the first 15-20 minutes particularly were a slog. Picked up a bit as it went through. Overall, I was mixed; I found Daemon a lot more compelling than Rhaenyra. I thought it was a weird choice to cast people who looked so similar to characters in the main series (Rhaenyra obviously being very close to Daenerys, and Alicent Hightower kind of looking like an off-brand Margaery Tyrell to me). 

Also suffered from info-dumping a ton of proper nouns and lore while I was already struggling to understand the dialogue through the audio-mixing. It did finally push me to order a new center channel for my surround system, I guess, which I've needed to do for a while. Maybe that will help; I'm gonna see what else I can do on the equalizer front because as someone with auditory processing issues, understanding the first third of the episode was a struggle.

Edited to add, it was pretty interesting that it was such a huge premiere in terms of viewers, but the conversation has been pretty non-existent it seems? I dunno if we're all just waiting to form an opinion or what.

Edited August 24, 2022 by Rhubarbarian

[Convectuoso]

Watched it last night. Not bad at all. I'd like to see where the story goes in the next episodes. 

[eXis10z]

Not enough gore, violence and sex for the first episode of a GOT-related series. I was disappointed.

[derex3592]

Gonna watch this weekend.

[Duke Togo]

I was really pleasantly surprised by House of the Dragon. It's been quite good and I eagerly await each new episode. Given the viewership numbers, it looks to be a major hit with fans, too.

[Mog]

It’ll be interesting to see how the 10 year jump pans out.

The younger actresses for Rhaenyra and Alicent made quite the impression.

Edited September 24, 2022 by Mog

[jvmacross]

Really liking the series...and now I have Andor to make up for the disappointing Rings show...

[Duke Togo]

57 minutes ago, Chunky001 said:

I'm pleasantly surprised how much I like it. That said, the wife and I started re-watching GOT. It's not that.

Major spoilers for Hot D in season 3 of GoT. Fair warning.

[Duke Togo]

Show didn’t miss a beat with the new cast. They’re excellent.

[505thAirborne]

14 hours ago, Duke Togo said:

Show didn’t miss a beat with the new cast. They’re excellent.

Same thoughts on the new actresses, I'm really enjoying this series so far and luckily for me I never read the books unlike GoT, so everything is new for me. 

[Mog]

Considering how many years they have to cover, they’ve done a good job of getting the points across, understanding the characters’ shifting motivations, and displaying the decay/eroding issues with the Kingdom.

[Duke Togo]

Well, some serious stuff went down in this episode. And by some I mean A LOT. We're definitely on the ride now.

A note on Princess Helaena:

Spoiler

In case you missed it between this episode and the last, she predicted Aemond's eye loss in the previous episode. She also had some more to say in this episode that seemed prophetic, but I need to watch again to catch everything she said. Safe to say she has dragon dreams, which are kinda like green dreams (think Bran) for Valyrians.

 

Edited October 3, 2022 by Duke Togo

[jvmacross]

Kind of a slow episode, but  somehow someway still  managed to come through with way more story development than the entire Rings of Power's season so far! 

[Duke Togo]

Here… We… Go!

[azrael]

Spoiler

All Viserys wanted was to keep his family together. But we all know where that's heading.

History reminds us what happens when the figurehead of the family passes.

[505thAirborne]

1 hour ago, azrael said:

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All Viserys wanted was to keep his family together. But we all know where that's heading.

History reminds us what happens when the figurehead of the family passes.

It's going to hit the fan hard next week. 

Spoiler

If Aegon is to become the King, prepare for a Joffrey 2.0 experience. 

 

[Duke Togo]

In case anyone was wondering, King Viserys is only 52 years of age at the time of episode 8. He looks much older due to illness.

[jvmacross]

Spoiler

Maybe I didn't hear things correctly, but did Viserys actually backtrack his earlier decision about succession?  If so, did he finally accept the truth about his daughter and her "bastards"?