Quote (piatek @ Sep 21 2022 01:50pm)

Brilliant episode, this is top level television.

Every character is compelling and well written, the tension bordering unbearable and so much sinister subterfuge going on at every level.

Larys Strong is already artfully stirring up conflict.

Quote (EmericAn @ Sep 21 2022 11:18am)

Wtf are they seriously jumping forward 10 years with new actresses for the princess and queen?

Quote (Kayeto @ Sep 20 2022 03:26pm)

The most impressive part of this week was seeing how Criston and Rhaenyra were on such different pages.

He was basically living out the Scarlet Letter, racked with guilt over breaking his vow to the point that it's crippling him. His only longshot to redeem himself is to run away and marry the woman he broke his vow with. But when he proposes that they escape their sin together, he's in for a rude awakening.

Not only does she feel no shame in what happened, she like it enough to suggest that it becomes a regular thing. She wants him at her beckon call so he can re-break that vow whenever she's in the mood.

The pacing is so good here. They did so much development in a relatively short amount of screen time.

Quote (addone @ Sep 21 2022 12:42am)

Rofl you just made me look at the trailer... by the end of first season we will be 100 years into the future. Game of Time Travels.

Instead of people getting killed by usual methods we will see more heart attacks and old age taking lives. House of Elderly residents

Quote (Nwotmik @ Sep 20 2022 08:36pm)

This show doesn’t feel right. It doesn’t feel like a ASOIAF/GoT adaption. It feels like a cringey teenage drama. Like the OC, but medieval times with a hint of fantasy. Really enjoyed it at first but I pretty much hate all the characters so far :( I’ll keep watching with the hope it improves, not really liking where it’s heading though.

Quote (EmericAn @ Sep 21 2022 07:29am)

I’ve really enjoyed the show so far. But I don’t know if I’m on board with this lol. They don’t even look the same. Why couldn’t they just use the same actors?

Quote (IgoSoHard @ Sep 21 2022 08:32am)

Lol trolling surely
Because their age doubles haha. Plus that’s what happens in the book, one chapter she’s 15, then in the next she’s 30, as it’s not the same format as the GoT books where’s each chapter is basically day-by-day. The chapters in the book that cover HoD are only a few chapters, & it’s basically a rough summary.

Quote (IgoSoHard @ Sep 21 2022 11:32pm)

Lol trolling surely
Because their age doubles haha. Plus that’s what happens in the book, one chapter she’s 15, then in the next she’s 30, as it’s not the same format as the GoT books where’s each chapter is basically day-by-day. The chapters in the book that cover HoD are only a few chapters, & it’s basically a rough summary.

Quote (Nwotmik @ Sep 21 2022 03:49pm)

Nah, not trolling unfortunately. I’m still obviously going to watch and hope that it improves, but it’s weird that GRRM is putting his name to this.

Quote (EmericAn @ Sep 22 2022 07:12am)

Why wouldnt he want hundreds of millions of dollars?

YOu dont like it? I thought you did

Quote (Nwotmik @ Sep 21 2022 06:02pm)

Fair point.

Look, I do and I don’t. I think it’s pretty entertaining, but I can’t help but compare it to prime GoT - which it doesn’t hold a candle too. I think the characters and dialogue are absolutely terrible compared to GoT, however the storyline is probably a little bit better. The only sad thing is that we roughly know how it’s going to end, so I’m not sure what big surprises we can have in store for us (can’t really have a Red Wedding type shock horror where all the main chars die).

I definitely think it is far more cringey though. Like I said in a post earlier, it definitely feels like it has medieval O.C vibes or some shit. Idk, I can’t put my finger on it.