The Night is (still) dark and full of terrors — running House of the Dragon thread

[2muchcoffeeman]

Sunday. One percent chance of seeing it stream before then.

Inside 'House of the Dragon': The Epic Mission to Make the Next 'Game of Thrones' — The Hollywood Reporter
Inside 'House of the Dragon' Part 2: “It's a Powerful, Dark, Shakespearean Tragedy” — The Hollywood Reporter

“(T)he first season does for childbirth what Game of Thrones did for weddings.” :D

 

[User 150927]

Just bought a one-year to HBOMax today.


Gotta have my dragons. I miss Jon Snow.

 

[Spartan Squad]

Just bought a one-year to HBOMax today.


Gotta have my dragons. I miss Jon Snow.

You know nothing

 

[Deskgrunt50]

We came to Game of Thrones late. Think we only watched the final season in real time. All-in on this one from the start. Hard to think it can live up to GOT when it was at it's best, but ya never know.

 

[DanOregon]

Surprised there are any English/Irish actors left. Can you imagine being a British actor and not having appeared in GoT, or The Crown or Downton Abbey?

 

[Spartan Squad]

Surprised there are any English/Irish actors left. Can you imagine being a British actor and not having appeared in GoT, or The Crown or Downton Abbey?

Would like a word

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Surprised there are any English/Irish actors left. Can you imagine being a British actor and not having appeared in GoT, or The Crown or Downton Abbey?

Add Harry Potter to that list and you eliminate everyone but Sir Patrick Stewart.

 

[Spartan Squad]

Add Harry Potter to that list and you eliminate everyone but Sir Patrick Stewart.

Wants to converse, politely of course

 

[garrow]

Could easily defeat any dragon by himself:

 

[User 150927]

I'm in. I thought that was a good start, and if you didn't love the million and one Easter eggs in it then you probably didn't love Game of Thrones.

 

[Neutral Corner]

Holy ****, is it misogynistic. Violent and bloody too, of course, but that's sort of expected. So is the misogyny, I suppose, there were plenty of articles discussing that it was coming.

My wife and I were Song of Ice and Fire readers, and we were very engaged with the series, at least until the showrunners decided to cut it short and forced the ending. She's over at a friend's, and I texted her "The new GoT is on at 9, right?"

Her reply? "Meh"

I wonder to what degree this will hurt the show. It's still a juggernaut, and GRRM wasn't at all apologetic, basically just saying that it's a very harsh world for women, but I can't help but wonder if it will affect the numbers.

 

[Spartan Squad]

Holy ****, is it misogynistic. Violent and bloody too, of course, but that's sort of expected. So is the misogyny, I suppose, there were plenty of articles discussing that it was coming.

My wife and I were Song of Ice and Fire readers, and we were very engaged with the series, at least until the showrunners decided to cut it short and forced the ending. She's over at a friend's, and I texted her "The new GoT is on at 9, right?"

Her reply? "Meh"

I wonder to what degree this will hurt the show. It's still a juggernaut, and GRRM wasn't at all apologetic, basically just saying that it's a very harsh world for women, but I can't help but wonder if it will affect the numbers.

It’s supposed to be medieval Britain and it wasn’t kind to women. I suspect they are going to establish a change to give rise to Daenerys and Cersi. Is playing up what it realistically was like. I also suspect they are establishing the world that the Princess just got thrown into as the heir.

This was a good start. Good stakes building and world establishing. It was a little weird seeing Matt Smith all muscular going to pound town but he was a standout.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Roughly what I expected, considering we’re going to jump forward in time in a few episodes. And it looked like the the first episode did for childbirth what Game of Thrones did for weddings.

 

[Neutral Corner]

Agree re the good start. Lots of potential plot lines from here.

Graham McTavish was born to wear plate armor on that set.

 

[User 150927]

Holy ****, is it misogynistic. Violent and bloody too, of course, but that's sort of expected. So is the misogyny, I suppose, there were plenty of articles discussing that it was coming.

My wife and I were Song of Ice and Fire readers, and we were very engaged with the series, at least until the showrunners decided to cut it short and forced the ending. She's over at a friend's, and I texted her "The new GoT is on at 9, right?"

Her reply? "Meh"

I wonder to what degree this will hurt the show. It's still a juggernaut, and GRRM wasn't at all apologetic, basically just saying that it's a very harsh world for women, but I can't help but wonder if it will affect the numbers.

The US is incapable of electing a women president in the 21th century and the government controls all pregnancies in the United States. I see nothing unusual with medieval Britain being portrayed as misogynistic.

 

[Deskgrunt50]

Obviously the same feel as Game of Thrones. I don’t get too deep in the weeds as I’ve never read the books. I just try to keep the characters and families straight.

Super violent, but I think those upset by it either didn’t see GoT or forgot.

I’m ready to watch this once a week.

 

[cyclingwriter2]

Maybe the world and time has changed my social media feeds too much, but I’ve have seen almost zero chatter about this show. This is relatively true of most pop culture on my feeds. The Top Gun was probably the last movie that bubbled up on my personal radar.

 

[User 150927]

Maybe the world and time has changed my social media feeds too much, but I’ve have seen almost zero chatter about this show. This is relatively true of most pop culture on my feeds. The Top Gun was probably the last movie that bubbled up on my personal radar.

It had a huge audience, though. I've had some friends talk about it on FB. Positive comments. I'm not sure how much entertainment stuff moves the needle anymore, though.

 

[cyclingwriter2]

It had a huge audience, though. I've had some friends talk about it on FB. Positive comments. I'm not sure how much entertainment stuff moves the needle anymore, though.

That’s what I’m getting at. I’m not sure if it’s just myself and my crowd of friends have moved on, or something else. I like to think I have a health mix of friends, but I doubt there is a really anyone under age 30 in my circles.

Now excuse, there are some unruly looking children walking dangerously close to my lawn that need to be yelled at.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

It occurred to me that the writers and maybe even GRRM put in that bit about Aegon the Conqueror’s dream of a winter that ends mankind specifically to cover for why Targaryens marry Targaryens.