The king is dying from leprosy - has a bit of a rough time on the body I think
Not attempting to explain away the other aging/casting though.
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Not attempting to explain away the other aging/casting though.
Soldato
Loved that entrance into the throne room and the look on everybody's face as they realised their cornflakes had just, quite literally, been royally ****** on. The mask too, proper Baldwin IV vibes.
Great episode again, powerful scenes. That walk to the throne was Epic, true strength right there given the circumstances.
Daemon supporting his brother at the end was a nice touch, as was his swift justice, that guy doesn't mess around.
Daemon supporting his brother at the end was a nice touch, as was his swift justice, that guy doesn't mess around.
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I’m in the exact same boat as you. The constant jumping forward in time is doing my nut in.
The lad they’ve casts for Aemond who was young in the last episode is a fully grown man now, yet the others are/still look like kids.
Too many Aegons…
Soldato
The time skips are over now, but it'd have been a lot more boring with lots of nothing if they hadn't done them.
If it's anything like a game of thrones, the big huge shocks/endings tend to come in the episode before the season finale. So expect big things this Sunday!
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Hope so
He's mistaken Alicent for Rhaenyra in his drugged up delirious state and was talking about Aegon The Conqueror / a song of ice and fire / the prince who was promised.
Alicent who doesnt know about Asoiaf thinks he means their son Aegon , who must be put on the throne to save humanity etc.
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I liked this scene and cutting head of.Great episode again, powerful scenes. That walk to the throne was Epic, true strength right there given the circumstances.
Daemon supporting his brother at the end was a nice touch, as was his swift justice, that guy doesn't mess around.
Ser Harold (the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard) was long dead by this point in the books. So maybe they cast the character, then later decided to keep him around?
Aemond was 10 when he lost his eye, while Jacaerys and Lucerys were 6 and 5 respectively. But Rhaenyra's oldest sons were supposed to be quite large (and strong
) for their age, whereas Aemond was the opposite. They're now 19, 15, and 14, which looks about right to me.The make-up team could have done better with Smith. Though in fairness, he's been on screens for 16 years now and barely looks any different to when he started. So maybe his apparent lack of aging isn't so ridiculous
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Yeh, the casting for the time jumps is really awful.
The guy they got to play 6 year older Aegon, A. looks barely older than the previous guy and B. Doesnt look remotely like the previous guy.
Casting director needs the sack.
Will watch this to the end, but I still think it is fairly boring. The script is as dull as ditch water, and I really don't care for any of the characters.
Found this article which hits the nail on the head for me:
www.theguardian.com
"For all its gratuitous nudity, dragons and surprise beheadings, the real X factor for Game of Thrones was the dialogue. Conversations had a way of humanizing characters while dispensing necessary world-building details; they told each other stories that expressed their flaws and virtues, while providing the audience reasons to care if they live or die. Take episode four, season one, when a trembling Samwell Tarly meets Jon Snow at Castle Black. Naturally, they talk about girls. Jon tells Sam that he’s still a virgin because he fears fathering a child out of wedlock, simultaneously unpacking the baggage of being a ******* and explaining the meaning of Snow. “So you didn’t know where to put it?” Sam says. They laugh, and you believe these people care for each other. You want their friendship to succeed.
Four episodes into House of the Dragon, we’ve sped through nearly as many years, one war, and two Alicent Hightower pregnancies – yet we’ve just started to scratch the surface of our protagonists. Here, laughter is exceedingly rare, and everyone in the realm seems to be of a singular mind. All the highborn talk about is the throne, succession and threats to succession. This makes for extremely dry parties (Would it have killed any of the noblewomen in the hunting tent to crack a joke?) and even drier onscreen chemistry. From Ser Criston’s debut in episode one to his coupling in episode four, he and Rhaenyra have a total of one and half conversations, counting the one cut short by the boar. We learn a bit about his lineage, but does he have a personality? We may never find out."
"We may not have seen Lord Corlys in a while, but we’re told that he’s marrying his daughter to the Sealord of Braavos. This is a show built around absence – not only of Lord Corlys, but of laughter, texture or depth."
Found this article which hits the nail on the head for me:
Game of groans: why is House of the Dragon so dull?
It might be bringing in the fans, but four weeks in, the Game of Thrones prequel series isn’t hitting in quite the same way as its predecessor
www.theguardian.com
"For all its gratuitous nudity, dragons and surprise beheadings, the real X factor for Game of Thrones was the dialogue. Conversations had a way of humanizing characters while dispensing necessary world-building details; they told each other stories that expressed their flaws and virtues, while providing the audience reasons to care if they live or die. Take episode four, season one, when a trembling Samwell Tarly meets Jon Snow at Castle Black. Naturally, they talk about girls. Jon tells Sam that he’s still a virgin because he fears fathering a child out of wedlock, simultaneously unpacking the baggage of being a ******* and explaining the meaning of Snow. “So you didn’t know where to put it?” Sam says. They laugh, and you believe these people care for each other. You want their friendship to succeed.
Four episodes into House of the Dragon, we’ve sped through nearly as many years, one war, and two Alicent Hightower pregnancies – yet we’ve just started to scratch the surface of our protagonists. Here, laughter is exceedingly rare, and everyone in the realm seems to be of a singular mind. All the highborn talk about is the throne, succession and threats to succession. This makes for extremely dry parties (Would it have killed any of the noblewomen in the hunting tent to crack a joke?) and even drier onscreen chemistry. From Ser Criston’s debut in episode one to his coupling in episode four, he and Rhaenyra have a total of one and half conversations, counting the one cut short by the boar. We learn a bit about his lineage, but does he have a personality? We may never find out."
"We may not have seen Lord Corlys in a while, but we’re told that he’s marrying his daughter to the Sealord of Braavos. This is a show built around absence – not only of Lord Corlys, but of laughter, texture or depth."
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I don't really care for any one of them either, i neither hate or love any of the characters.
I guess One Eye Melfroy is going to be one of the villains with his brother so expect to see him to be nasty for a season or so before getting his comeuppance. This is a show now to watch for gore.
I guess One Eye Melfroy is going to be one of the villains with his brother so expect to see him to be nasty for a season or so before getting his comeuppance. This is a show now to watch for gore.
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Yeah he look far worse than Joffrey Baratheon from original GOT we will se soon how bad its gonna be.
Soldato
What do you mean? He was there? Do you mean because pirate man looks far older? Poor guy might just have bad genes
I am 5 years younger than my brother and look 10 years older. Or bad casting 
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More epic in one short walk than in 7 hours of the other show.
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Amazing episode, fully justifying the time-skips IMO. They have set the board for the final episodes and the seasons to come brilliantly. Paddy Considine was immense, what a performance. Comparing this to amazon's utter bilge is like comparing water to wine.
If you watch an episode of this and then try and watch one of RoP it's so painful and and you wish yourself back in Westeros.
If you watch an episode of this and then try and watch one of RoP it's so painful and and you wish yourself back in Westeros.
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Will watch this to the end, but I still think it is fairly boring. The script is as dull as ditch water, and I really don't care for any of the characters.
Found this article which hits the nail on the head for me:
Game of groans: why is House of the Dragon so dull?
It might be bringing in the fans, but four weeks in, the Game of Thrones prequel series isn’t hitting in quite the same way as its predecessor
The Guardian? what do they know they thought RoP was amazing...
