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Yes. Prepare to be disappointed in the last episode though.
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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The entire last season is disappointing but it’s still worth watching
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Prediction:
House of the Dragon is going to be a smash hit setting up a further HotD franchise that explores other Targaryen time periods such as The Doom of Valyria, The various Blackfyre rebellions possibly by way of The Hedge Knight (Dunk and Egg tales) and Aegon's Conquest.
The Rings of Power will be popular at first and then fade into an afterthought.
Why?
House of the Dragon is based on original content and is actively advised by the series author who I'm sure will get an executive producer credit.
The Rings of Power are basically Amazon doing fan fiction and have most likely pissed off the Tolkien family.
I have other thoughts as well but this is the main set of reasoning.
House of the Dragon is going to be a smash hit setting up a further HotD franchise that explores other Targaryen time periods such as The Doom of Valyria, The various Blackfyre rebellions possibly by way of The Hedge Knight (Dunk and Egg tales) and Aegon's Conquest.
The Rings of Power will be popular at first and then fade into an afterthought.
Why?
House of the Dragon is based on original content and is actively advised by the series author who I'm sure will get an executive producer credit.
The Rings of Power are basically Amazon doing fan fiction and have most likely pissed off the Tolkien family.
I have other thoughts as well but this is the main set of reasoning.
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If you like to read check out the books first. Then circle back to the series and enjoy knowing that they adapted it about as well as could be expected, ran out of source material and then tried their best
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I’m just glad there’s a few other nerds on here who read good fantasy.
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I still don't understand how a show that good could have such a bad ending. Mind bottling.
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It's like they decided to tank it intentionally for some reason.
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Unfortunately, they ran out of source material, and I believe the show runners had an offer to do something with Star Wars the next year, so they tried to wrap everything up (poorly) in that last season.
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I didn't make it through the 2nd season. Barely made it through the first and the first 5-10 episodes were really good.
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Yea it wasn't for everybody, but it followed the same kind of path as GOT a really popular show that people were really disappointed in the ending after all those years of watching.
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Tried their best is very generous, once they ran out of source it seems like the mailed it in, I am hoping with more source direction they can actually make it a good show through and through, but GoT lost a lot points on the all time greats because of that last season alone.
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LOST gets a lot of shit for its last season, most for good reason, but as a whole I will defend that show to the death.
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Have you guys ever seen Seinfeld
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The last one ended horribly but this one looks promising. Daemon Targaryen looks cool as fuck.
Is this gal in the new series?!
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What was encouraging was how willing HBO was to leave the show in the hands of Weis and Benioff. That indicates willingness to let creative make the decisions on the show and often times corporate asking for changes appears to be the downfall of a lot. E.g., Justice League sucked balls but the Snyder cut was pretty good.
The problem they ran into is that they just ran out of steam. They always intended to have source material to go off of. Yet GRRM failed them on that. So they had bullet points to get them through seasons of content and they choose to abruptly end it.
I hope that going into this series HBO has applied a great creative team that won’t rely on a massive amount of narrative to pick and choose from, but rather create that narrative on their own. The world building is awesome. The political intrigue is awesome. The fantasy is awesome. Seems like they nailed the cast. I have high expectations and really want more stories in this world.
The problem they ran into is that they just ran out of steam. They always intended to have source material to go off of. Yet GRRM failed them on that. So they had bullet points to get them through seasons of content and they choose to abruptly end it.
I hope that going into this series HBO has applied a great creative team that won’t rely on a massive amount of narrative to pick and choose from, but rather create that narrative on their own. The world building is awesome. The political intrigue is awesome. The fantasy is awesome. Seems like they nailed the cast. I have high expectations and really want more stories in this world.
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They should have a few flashbacks or flashforwards or something like that with these scenes. Good writes would be able to make it happen.
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