January 11, 20232 yr HoD was wildly boring for huge stretches of time, and i'm still pretty much nonplussed by 99% of the characters, but come on son- HoD >>>> S8 of GoT. it was the most spectacularly, hilariously awful season of TV in history, imo anyway, especially when considering how great the series had been prior to S8. i mean sure, seasons 5-7 had their fair of garbage episodes and inexplicable changes in characters (eg tyrion is now dumb and boring and he and lord verys just kind of hang out on the periphery now, meanwhile the dirty old priest guy gets all the air time), but the way that D&D just completely unraveled their entire story and exposed themselves as completely hapless writers was unprecedented. i doubt we'll ever see failure that spectacular ever again. never forget:
January 11, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, speed817 said: Did you stop watching GOT after season 4 or something??? No. I just think House of the Dragon is not all that good, even though I enjoy it.
January 11, 20232 yr If the last season of GOT was a standalone and was not being compared to the excellence of prior seasons, it would be a better product that House of the Dragon.
January 11, 20232 yr 11 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said: Anybody have a link to the book readers’ thread? I just finished Fire & Blood. https://www.surlyhorns.com/board/search/
January 11, 20232 yr 3 hours ago, mdmost said: https://www.surlyhorns.com/board/search/ Good luck, Bill.
January 11, 20232 yr We need a mod to change this thread title to "AWARD WINNING house of dragon thread" lololol what a sham.
December 5, 20232 yr Looks more entertaining. I hope it's betters than S1. I wish I was more enthused.
December 5, 20232 yr On 12/2/2023 at 1:35 PM, kingkoopa6 said: Didn’t know she was packin that Dinner time.
December 5, 20232 yr Sometime in May, I'll have to re-watch the last few episodes of S1 in order to remember who the hell all of these people are and how they relate to each other. GoT was so spread-out that I'd re-watch the entire last season before the new season would drop. If I remember correctly, I'm rooting for the blonde chick and not the creepy guy with the eye patch.
December 5, 20232 yr 9 hours ago, BeardIP said: I already forgot what was going on. One eyed Trevor Lawrence kid killed a little weeny bastard kid and now there will be a war? I watched the New Rockstars trailer breakdown yesterday and he gave a S1 recap and I was like WTF, this all happened? Zero memory outside of the dragon killing the kid.
December 5, 20232 yr 16 hours ago, BeardIP said: I already forgot what was going on. One eyed Trevor Lawrence kid killed a little weeny bastard kid and now there will be a war? Same. Back with GOT, I used to remember 90% of the plot between seasons. With this, I only remember a few scenes. Dude's face rotting away . . . surprise beheading . . . kid dying on the dragon.
December 6, 20232 yr 15 hours ago, Buzzrock said: I’m rewatching GoT now and it’s amazing how much I forgot. And I’m a bookfag. The trauma from the last season made us all forget a lot
March 21, 20241 yr It's been so long (2 years?) I don't even remember what happened. Some kid got pushed off a dragon, but I don't remember which side he was on.
March 21, 20241 yr 12 minutes ago, bschoolprof said: It's been so long (2 years?) I don't even remember what happened. Some kid got pushed off a dragon, but I don't remember which side he was on. I started a re-watch from episode 7. Plenty of backstory for S2.
March 22, 20241 yr 5 hours ago, bschoolprof said: It's been so long (2 years?) I don't even remember what happened. Some kid got pushed off a dragon, but I don't remember which side he was on. Pushed off is a kind way to put it....
March 22, 20241 yr 48 minutes ago, speed817 said: Pushed off is a kind way to put it.... yeah, I googled it. Lol. I didn’t even remember exactly what happened.
March 22, 20241 yr I have extremely high hopes for the coming seasons, but the lengthy breaks need to stop. While entertaining, the book reads like a history textbook. I was hoping the show would be more approachable. Shogun is a smashing success. Hopefully this turns up the pressure on HOTD to do good work.
March 22, 20241 yr I don't remember what happened because I never really knew what was going on. All the characters looked the same with names so similar it was impossible to tell anyone apart. Edit: I mean seriously - Daemon, Aemond, Vaemond, Rhaenys, Rhaenyra, Jacaerys, Larys, Laenor, Viserys, Corlis, Criston. This shit is fucking stupid. Edited March 22, 20241 yr by irishtexan
March 22, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, billfromlaketravis said: Shogun is a smashing success. Hopefully this turns up the pressure on HOTD to do good work. Shogun had source material written by an excellent author, House of the Dragon has source material written by a piece of shit
March 23, 20241 yr 4 hours ago, irishtexan said: I don't remember what happened because I never really knew what was going on. All the characters looked the same with names so similar it was impossible to tell anyone apart. Edit: I mean seriously - Daemon, Aemond, Vaemond, Rhaenys, Rhaenyra, Jacaerys, Larys, Laenor, Viserys, Corlis, Criston. This shit is fucking stupid. Don't watch The Last Kingdom then.
March 23, 20241 yr 3 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said: Shogun had source material written by an excellent author, House of the Dragon has source material written by a piece of shit I don’t think GRRM can land the plane. But who knows? With Ozempic he might live well into old age and figure it out and finish the books.
March 23, 20241 yr On 11/8/2022 at 11:02 AM, Hermanator said: No, they wouldn't be able to challenge Rhaenyra if she had roasted them all with the dragon. And no one else in that land was going to challenge them if they didn't challenge a weak, crippled king in the decades he ruled. That's the whole point of this conversation, it was shit writing to put that character in that position to begin with. This plot has more holes than Swiss cheese and a couple are wider than South Austin's mom's butthole. She just seems too calculated to make a spur of the moment choice. And this isn’t modern times, they don’t have videos of the green side talking shit
March 23, 20241 yr I seem to be in the same boat as most wrt remembering very little from S1. Where I seem to part is I really fucking liked the first season. Particularly the second half of it. Guess I need to squeeze in a rewatch. Edited March 23, 20241 yr by TommyGufano
March 23, 20241 yr I thought the first season was extremely slow paced and overall not very well done. The timelines and cast changes on top of the weird stupidly similar names just made it a slog. I'll be watching the second season but I don't expect much better.
March 23, 20241 yr Dug season one after expecting it to suck. Let’s go. #teamblack I rewatched GoT not long ago and there are spoilers for how this all plays out.
March 23, 20241 yr 4 hours ago, Buzzrock said: Dug season one after expecting it to suck. Let’s go. #teamblack I rewatched GoT not long ago and there are spoilers for how this all plays out. Yes, I remember that. Fortunately, I have forgotten what the spoilers were! I do remember Joffrey giving away some spoilers. Just going out on a limb here, I'm going to presume the Targs win because the Hightowers weren't mentioned at all in show GOT. Not that I remember anyway. Edited March 23, 20241 yr by bschoolprof
May 14, 20241 yr On 3/22/2024 at 7:31 PM, billfromlaketravis said: I don’t think GRRM can land the plane. But who knows? With Ozempic he might live well into old age and figure it out and finish the books. more likely he'll get pregnant.
May 23, 20241 yr Bumping this thread because there is a Season 1 marathon prior to the release date of Season 2 (June 16th) for those of you who don't stream it/ are interested. This weekend on Saturday (HBO2) starting at 12:00pm CDT.
May 23, 20241 yr On 3/22/2024 at 7:31 PM, billfromlaketravis said: I don’t think GRRM can land the plane. But who knows? With Ozempic he might live well into old age and figure it out and finish the books. He definitely does not need to write any more. His not doing so for so long means he's lost the passion for the story. Without that motivation he would have to force an ending and it would suck badly.
May 23, 20241 yr If Bran ending up on the iron throne is how he still intends to end it, he shouldn't bother because it's stupid.
May 23, 20241 yr 56 minutes ago, kevwun said: If Bran ending up on the iron throne is how he still intends to end it, he shouldn't bother because it's stupid. That's Bran the Broken to you, sir. Show some respect.
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