Torontofan Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 I thought this show was gonna be about aegons conquest ? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooper Legion Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 3 hours ago, Torontofan said: I thought this show was gonna be about aegons conquest ? lol Man if only Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cax16 Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Lol can’t even watch the show, crave app crashed cause of too much demand I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inceptionzq Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Solid first episode. Excited to see where this goes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 I thought this was pretty good, and I was ready to hate on this after the absolute joke that GOT8 was. I'm back on the Game of Thrones train, hopefully it doesn't shit the bed in later episodes, making me eat those words. I've always been a sucker for high production values in my medieval fantasy and period pieces and oh boy... the sets, costume designs, and cinematography in HOTD are exquisite. Pretty confident in saying HOTD is going to being running laps around ROP visually. Compare how this show looks visually to all those D+ shows, lmao. They look like high school plays next to this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Oh, look. We already have the Game of Thrones trifecta: Terrible dark lighting, violence against women, and gratuitous sex. I won’t lie. I am still one of those better fans. And quite frankly, they can all talk a big game, but there is zero reason for me to get invested in this, or be willing to commit to multiple seasons of it for it only to end with the women once again getting screwed. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyxx Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 This was really good. Almost made me forget gots8. As good as the early seasons of GOT. Loved the back and forth between the birth and the knights tournament. You can see the budget on the screen. Really good start! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cax16 Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Great stuff as expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 (edited) Really enjoyed it. A lot of very good scenes and sequences, and it does a good job of establishing all the characters in an effective way. It pulls some smart early moves to bring that same enormously varied GoT audience back to Westeros, tricking people like my parents and grandmother into watching a fantasy show yet again. Edited August 22, 2022 by Lucas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnokesLegs Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 (edited) Promising start. Took me about 20 minutes or so to get over how aggressively it seemed to be straining to scream “‘member Game of Thrones?!” though. I love Ramin Djawadi’s music but he’d have been better off giving HotD its own identity rather than going back to the main GoT theme so quickly. By all means sprinkle in a few themes occasionally, but the opening of this was laying it on a bit thick. That said, once it got to the duel/birth I was fully back on board, that was really well done and shocking. Paddy Considine and Matt Smith were great, and as one of the seemingly few who didn’t hate season 8, it was nice to be back in that world. Edited August 22, 2022 by SnokesLegs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solaris Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 The very definition of a solid pilot. The cast were uniformly great, and overall it's an intriguing enough re-introduction to Westeros. The tone feels much more grounded and intrigue-led than the latter GOT seasons, but I hope they don't forget to add in a hint of the world building that made GOT so exciting. I'm happy that they're focusing in on a tighter group of characters, but a hint of the wider world would be nice to see. Anyway, colour me pleasantly surprised by this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ozymandias Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 i think this may do some numbers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lucas Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 43 minutes ago, cax16 said: Holy fuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnokesLegs Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 51 minutes ago, cax16 said: Excellent. Should be interesting to see how it holds over the coming weeks. I guess this puts to bed the idea that the finale of GoT killed interest in the franchise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potiki Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Just popping in to say I surprisingly loved the first episode, wasn't expecting too much from it. Also Milly is great, didn't know she was a part of this and she looks very different with the Targaryen Blonde locks.To be fair I wasn't really paying a bunch of attention to the marketing for the show. Looking forward to the second episode! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 I wasn't sure what to expect from this (especially as someone among those who were rubbed the wrong way by the final season of GOT) but I thought the first episode was really good! I really like that they're establishing this is going to have its own identity while still remaining true to the overall tone of the iconic series. Looking forward to the rest of the season. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfirebird2008 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 5 hours ago, SnokesLegs said: Excellent. Should be interesting to see how it holds over the coming weeks. I guess this puts to bed the idea that the finale of GoT killed interest in the franchise. It's a strong opening weekend, but I think it's a mistake to have the show playing in primetime on Sunday nights when NFL season starts on September 11th. HBO is targeting the same audience that will prefer to watch NFL on NBC in that time slot. Seems like House of the Dragon would be able to maximize its TV ratings potential if they started the season in early June for a 10 week run into mid-August. 70% of the Dragon season will be directly competing with NFL for viewers on Sunday nights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...