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Post by Archie on Jun 17, 2024 3:31:46 GMT
Completely botched Blood and Cheese. Literally the most iconic scene of Fire and Blood. I don't understand what's so fucking hard about adapting a pre-existing story.
I've had enough of this.
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Post by Archie on Jun 17, 2024 3:55:51 GMT
No seriously... why? Why would you do this? Why absolutely butcher an already incredible scene? Why? What's the fucking point? Fuck this franchise. And fuck my dumbass for wasting 15 years of my life on this shit. Time for bed. I will not be watching anymore. You guys can have this thread.
I know, this is a childish reddit incel nerd rage rant. But I'm done. I'm finally free now. No more spinoffs, no more Westeros. Archie is free.
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Jun 17, 2024 14:04:29 GMT
Completely botched Blood and Cheese. Literally the most iconic scene of Fire and Blood. I don't understand what's so fucking hard about adapting a pre-existing story. I've had enough of this. I’ve never read the source material. How did they mishandle the scene?
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Post by stephen on Jun 17, 2024 14:53:05 GMT
I haven't watched the premiere yet (and was considering doing a rewatch of Season 1 beforehand because I'm going back to the States next week), but are we already at Blood and Cheese? That's fucking wild.
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Post by mhynson27 on Jun 17, 2024 15:42:32 GMT
I'm not on the warpath like Archie, but yeah, pretty disappointed in how they handled Blood and Cheese.
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Post by TylerDeneuve on Jun 17, 2024 18:34:24 GMT
Does the incest in this series not freak you guys out?
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Post by mhynson27 on Jun 18, 2024 2:43:12 GMT
Does the incest in this series not freak you guys out? no... It's a fictional fantasy show, who gives a fuck
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Post by ibbi on Jun 18, 2024 14:28:18 GMT
Does the incest in this series not freak you guys out? 9 days out of 10 you'd swear this guy is Charles De Gaulle, until push comes to shove and it turns out Tyler is as French as Inspector Clouseau
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Post by Pavan on Jun 18, 2024 18:41:05 GMT
What's blood and cheese? ![:gonemad:](//storage.proboards.com/6692321/images/1i_vReyDmEdV6yn5zMWP.gif) Anyway the first episode went south real quick. Disturbing ending.
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Post by tylosaur on Jun 18, 2024 21:55:09 GMT
What's blood and cheese? ![:gonemad:](//storage.proboards.com/6692321/images/1i_vReyDmEdV6yn5zMWP.gif) Anyway the first episode went south real quick. Disturbing ending. I believe Blood and Cheese were the nicknames for those two guys in the book. I guess readers are upset because that disturbing scene didn't mirror exactly how it played out in the book.
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Post by Pavan on Jun 24, 2024 9:47:57 GMT
This Criston guy is much worse than what i thought of him.
I really liked the faceoff between Rhaenyra and Daemon.
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Post by mhynson27 on Jun 24, 2024 14:17:13 GMT
Tom Glynn-Carney, I see you my guy.
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Post by Pavan on Jul 8, 2024 18:23:28 GMT
A proper battle after ages in this universe. Aegon is an idiot btw.
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Post by bigmilko on Jul 8, 2024 19:43:23 GMT
He really thought he was gonna do something, huh
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Post by mhynson27 on Jul 8, 2024 23:59:14 GMT
Eh, I feel sorry for Aegon tbh.
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Post by TylerDeneuve on Jul 9, 2024 16:00:54 GMT
They could never make me hate you, Rhaenys! Y'all know I was rooting for my old girl. I can't stand that one with the eyepatch. I think he's a lie. ![](https://ew.com/thmb/yXQeR2O6dtEW-G6eXZ_8-z9iD8g=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/House-of-the-Dragon-Eve-Best-Rhaenys-Targaryen-101722-32588209b05545f098961c1195b65eb2.jpg)
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Post by stephen on Jul 16, 2024 1:00:56 GMT
Eve Best, you lived up to your name. Here's to the Queen Who Never Was, who gave the best performance on the show save for Paddy Considine.
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Post by Pavan on Jul 22, 2024 10:43:23 GMT
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Post by DeepArcher on Jul 22, 2024 22:54:14 GMT
Man, this season has become such a freaking slog to get through. Aside from the improved lighting (and even that's purely in terms of legibility of the action, it's still not particularly pretty to look at), this season has been a massive downgrade in every way. As someone who thought the narrative structure of the first season was what it made it interesting and effective, the narrowed focus of the this season is comparatively giving the feeling of a rote GOT season.
Don't get me wrong, I'll still take this over at least half of its predecessor - at least there's actual characters having adult conversations - but, at the risk of invoking the tired Reddit/IMDb cliched criticism of "filler episodes," this midseason has become such a slog of wheel-spinning, languishing in boring subplots, chief among them Daemon stranded in Harrenhal (I know this would never happen since Matt Smith is the top-billed big name of the cast, but isn't this season at least marginally better if Daemon has been entirely off-screen since episode 2?). There's all the time spent trying to lend POV to the "smallfolk," which I can only generously describe as half-assed. Mysaria's arc with Rhaenyra would be one of the stronger parts of the season if not for the fact that it seems they completely overhauled how this character was written (though given she was borderline disastrous in the first season, maybe that's not such a bad thing). Aegon's arc was also an interesting focal point of the season - another sniveling teenage ruler of Westeros, though not an outright malevolent despot like Joffrey, but a complex character at times worthy of sympathy - but now that his anime brother has waltzed out of Tumblr fanart and taken center-stage, even the palace intrigue among the Greens in King's Landing has become a bore. Not even the battle that garnered so much praise in ep. 4 did much to impress me; it's not the stuff I'm really interested in, and especially not when the dragon-riding effects still look so bad.
There are, occasionally, not-boring moments (almost always the ones centered around Cooke and especially D'Arcy, who continue to be excellent), but this has turned from the kind of appointment viewing that's a weekly treat into one that feels like homework, and all in just a few weeks.
But ... I'm the one complaining online about Game of Thrones in the year 2024, so I guess the joke's really just on me.
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Post by stephen on Jul 24, 2024 1:48:10 GMT
I wouldn't say that the season is a slog itself, but I do think there are some overly redundant moments that could be trimmed. How many times do we need to see Alyn of Hull reject any sort of praise or offer of advancement? We get it -- you're resentful of being a bastard and you don't want any handouts later in life when it no longer matters. One scene was enough; now we're up to four times where Corlys tries to talk with him and it's the same result. Which is a shame, because I think the actor who plays Alyn has a good screen presence and I am hopeful we'll get to see him do more instead of mope on screen. (I gotta say I am loving the side stories of the other dragonseeds like Hugh Hammer and Ulf; the latter in particular is low-key one of the best actors on the show right now.)
And while I would agree that Daemon's storyline is a lot of "sit tight and wait" that would easily work off-screen, I think Simon Russell Beale and Gayle Rankin are giving the best performances of the show now that Eve Best has taken her final bow, and I wouldn't turn them away for nothing.
That said, I really do appreciate the craft and how good this season looks visually, and the little nods and winks to book lore that the mothership show wouldn't have made the effort in doing. It does feel distinctly in its own universe hewing closer to the source material, even when they are diverging from it (as they seem to be doing with Rhaena in lieu of Nettles, which I don't hate).
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Post by mhynson27 on Jul 24, 2024 3:18:57 GMT
I wouldn't say that the season is a slog itself, but I do think there are some overly redundant moments that could be trimmed. How many times do we need to see Alyn of Hull reject any sort of praise or offer of advancement? We get it -- you're resentful of being a bastard and you don't want any handouts later in life when it no longer matters. One scene was enough; now we're up to four times where Corlys tries to talk with him and it's the same result. Which is a shame, because I think the actor who plays Alyn has a good screen presence and I am hopeful we'll get to see him do more instead of mope on screen. (I gotta say I am loving the side stories of the other dragonseeds like Hugh Hammer and Ulf; the latter in particular is low-key one of the best actors on the show right now.) And while I would agree that Daemon's storyline is a lot of "sit tight and wait" that would easily work off-screen, I think Simon Russell Beale and Gayle Rankin are giving the best performances of the show now that Eve Best has taken her final bow, and I wouldn't turn them away for nothing. That said, I really do appreciate the craft and how good this season looks visually, and the little nods and winks to book lore that the mothership show wouldn't have made the effort in doing. It does feel distinctly in its own universe hewing closer to the source material, even when they are diverging from it ( as they seem to be doing with Rhaena in lieu of Nettles, which I don't hate). Hopefully they don't follow that storyline too closely if they make that change...
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Post by Pavan on Jul 29, 2024 10:52:40 GMT
Episode 7 delivered some goods. Loved the Oscar Tully and Daemon face off. Gave me some GoT vibes.
But the most imp things happened at Dragonstone. Vermithor looks badass.
The final shot of Rhaenyra was damn cool.
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Post by Pavan on Jul 29, 2024 11:04:00 GMT
For what little we see of her, Vhagar is an importance presence is this show. All that Rhaenyra is doing is because she has to face Vhagar. I wish we saw a bit more dragon lore like what we got in the last episode.
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Post by mhynson27 on Jul 29, 2024 14:18:41 GMT
Yeah, that Oscar Tully scene was giving early days GoT.
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Post by finniussnrub on Aug 5, 2024 3:14:21 GMT
Although I can find some viewers who scoff at any talking episodes, and literally just want to see battles/characters dying and nothing else a bit tiresome. It is hard not to have this general feeling after that "let's make a few more preparations" finale:
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