Are you going to watch the new Game of Thrones show?
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Are you going to watch the new Game of Thrones show?
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They're definitely going to need to fix this error next season.
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Fred, not sure many posters itt have even touched a boob ftr
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This show is worse than season 8. Characters are unlikeable and stupid. The plot only advances through misunderstanding and the dialogue sounds like it’s written by a soap writer, save for the lines quoted directly from the book. Not to mention how poorly the time jumps were done and some characters were aged/replaced and others didn’t age a day.
It’s kind of shocking how well this is received, although maybe not too much as there were a ton of people that defended the original show until they saw how brutally stupid the actual ending was.
It’s kind of shocking how well this is received, although maybe not too much as there were a ton of people that defended the original show until they saw how brutally stupid the actual ending was.
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Agree with that. Overall too early. I'm not super invested yet but it's just season 1.
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Put the pipe down, farmer. 100 is within spitting distance, and this is no time to develop a drug abuse problem. OTOH, what have you got to lose?
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Very good first season. Like I've said in the past there were changes that I mostly liked. No adaptation can 100% mirror the source material so changes must be made and I really liked a bunch of them.
Stop reading if you don't want spoilers....
The showdown at Storm's End was pretty different than in the books. Aemond was definitely trying to kill Lucerys in the books and Boros Baratheon stopped them from fighting in his hall but afterwards one of his daughters mocks Aemond and makes him even more angry then Boros says something to the effect of "I don't control what you do outside of my hall." That wasn't included in the show. (still could be retconned)
The change that Vhagar and Arrax couldn't be controlled was taught to us by Viserys in the first few episodes. He says "Dragons are a power man should never have trifled with" and "The idea that we control dragons is an illusion"
Daemon in the books states that "Dragons are not horses" and Danerys says "Sometimes Drogon went where he wanted"
Speaking of Daemon, he's not a good person and should be judged accordingly. While they still lionize him it doesn't mean he is a hero. HotD is not making him a good guy like they did with Tyrion in GoT. Tyrion in the show was a pretty solid dude, in the books he is likeable but still pretty despicable.
The biggest change from the books IMO is that Rhaenyra and Alicent were never friends and were much nastier to each other in the books. But maybe they didn't want to have one of them (or both) be so much like Cersei from GoT.
It was an excellent first season and yes we will have to wait awhile for season 2 because of the scope of the scenes that will need to be filmed. Lots of battles and lots of dragons means long shoots and tons of CGI in post production.
Stop reading if you don't want spoilers....
The showdown at Storm's End was pretty different than in the books. Aemond was definitely trying to kill Lucerys in the books and Boros Baratheon stopped them from fighting in his hall but afterwards one of his daughters mocks Aemond and makes him even more angry then Boros says something to the effect of "I don't control what you do outside of my hall." That wasn't included in the show. (still could be retconned)
The change that Vhagar and Arrax couldn't be controlled was taught to us by Viserys in the first few episodes. He says "Dragons are a power man should never have trifled with" and "The idea that we control dragons is an illusion"
Daemon in the books states that "Dragons are not horses" and Danerys says "Sometimes Drogon went where he wanted"
Speaking of Daemon, he's not a good person and should be judged accordingly. While they still lionize him it doesn't mean he is a hero. HotD is not making him a good guy like they did with Tyrion in GoT. Tyrion in the show was a pretty solid dude, in the books he is likeable but still pretty despicable.
The biggest change from the books IMO is that Rhaenyra and Alicent were never friends and were much nastier to each other in the books. But maybe they didn't want to have one of them (or both) be so much like Cersei from GoT.
It was an excellent first season and yes we will have to wait awhile for season 2 because of the scope of the scenes that will need to be filmed. Lots of battles and lots of dragons means long shoots and tons of CGI in post production.
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Regarding changes… I feel like they have an easy out. The source material is based on third hand accounts and not official story telling. So, those third hand accounts come with bias and perspective that we get to escape in the show.
I have a theory that a lot of what you posted above sets the stage for. The connection between the dragons and their riders actually changes the riders, too. Hence as the series continued Dany got crazy.
I have a theory that a lot of what you posted above sets the stage for. The connection between the dragons and their riders actually changes the riders, too. Hence as the series continued Dany got crazy.
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