dartsndeacs
THE quintessential dwarf
yeah I really enjoyed it, liked the casting.
there was a lot of anticipation for the show and i don't think it lived up to the hype. the plot is laid out for you in the first episode, but unlike GOT there is not really a character you really can pull for in the story. Tyrion brought a lot to GOT, a lovable loser with a great storyline like a rollercoaster of epic ups and downs. all characters are one note...but it was just the first episode. we will keep watching...
my $0.02
But Tyrion did not bring all that in the first episode. The great thing about GOT was the character development. A lot of initial baddies were far more nuanced characters, some even becoming not-so-baddies.
I think HBO just relishes in excess these days. I mean, I don't need to see the dude's junk laid out on the chopping block. I know what happened. Don't need to see heads smashed in. One graphic sex scene in the brothel is probably enough. It is a pilot, and they normally push things in pilots, but it seemed so unnecessary. Maybe I'm just getting old, but the violence in GOT to me always seemed to a be natural extension, and not forced. The only real cringeworthy thing I recall offhand is when The Mountain crushed that dude's head.
There are a couple scenes in this story that I am really looking forward to seeing on tv. Martin initially wrote this story in the style of a history, so there were some attempts to downplay some really cool action sequences. There is also some character developments that are glossed over in the story so I am looking forward to the show leaning into it, like you see with Alicent in the first show. So I’m pretty excited.
So is this part of the story kind of like The Silmarrillion (sp?) where you have some tales woven into a general history? Or is it mostly pieced together from bits and pieces and remembrances in the original GOT books?
Solid 2nd ep.
Not feeling the whole Crabfeeder plot line, what am I missing? They have 3 catapults firing at ships blocking the shipping lanes. Cool. Why could Daemons dragon not just take them out in 5 seconds? The showed a scene earlier where Daemon took a faming arrow and had to retreat, which is fine, if Daemon has to be riding on the Dragon for it to attack. But then the Dragon comes in on its own during the battle scene and just wrecks havoc. Seems like this whole plot line could have been solved in 5 seconds or less
How do you think that whole Afghan war would have gone if we had a dragon though ?
It shows Daemon and Corlys having military experience which may be useful later on in the series. As Rhaenyra said when picking someone for the Kings Guard, no one has fought a battle in a generation. It also shows Daemon is reckless and has something stuff to prove.
A dragon without a rider cant really be directed at an enemy, it does its own thing. And yes in the book this whole storyline is like maybe a page.
Not feeling the whole Crabfeeder plot line, what am I missing? They have 3 catapults firing at ships blocking the shipping lanes. Cool. Why could Daemons dragon not just take them out in 5 seconds? The showed a scene earlier where Daemon took a faming arrow and had to retreat, which is fine, if Daemon has to be riding on the Dragon for it to attack. But then the Dragon comes in on its own during the battle scene and just wrecks havoc. Seems like this whole plot line could have been solved in 5 seconds or less