August 5, 20241 yr 26 minutes ago, Texzilla588 said: This would be genius. Paulie Walnuts and Daemon in the Pine Barrens. “Tone you won’t believe this…I rode a fuckin dragon!” "You're not going to believe this. He killed 16 Targaryens. The guy was an interior decorator."
August 5, 20241 yr What an utterly unsatisfying and shitty ending. New riders. Kewl. They going to actually fucking do anything? Nah.....
August 5, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, hornian said: Yeah, it definitely feels like episode 8 of a 10 episode season. Seems like it was setting the table for a big battle in Episode 9, and then setting up the board for the next season in Episode 10. Was this shortened due to the strikes? No, shortened due to budget cuts.
August 5, 20241 yr Popular Post This episode was nothing more than HBO and the show runners telling us to be sure to drink our Ovaltine. Edited August 5, 20241 yr by destroya
August 5, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, hornian said: Yeah, it definitely feels like episode 8 of a 10 episode season. Seems like it was setting the table for a big battle in Episode 9, and then setting up the board for the next season in Episode 10. Was this shortened due to the strikes? They have 1 book of source material and are trying to get 3-4 seasons out of it. It leads to boring, shitty tv. GoT was one book per season in comparison. Edited August 5, 20241 yr by kevwun
August 5, 20241 yr 15 hours ago, Homercles said: Dialog-driven shows don’t bother me…hell my all time favorite is The Wire and love shows like Shrinking. But damn this show needs a Tyrion, a Bronn, a Bunk or even a Paulie Walnuts…someone with serious business and integral to the plot, but serving as comic relief that you root for. I actually liked the dialogue a lot this season. There are multiple scenes, usually at least one a week, that is downright Shakespearean in my opinion.
August 5, 20241 yr 14 hours ago, Brian Fantana said: She's obviously not Varys, but I feel like you're letting recency bias creep in because she hasn't done anything but yap at Rhaenyra this season. She was great in S1, not a dull scene where she was involved. S2 is nothing but dull scenes for her. A real waste of potential. They could have at least given us some more fun between her and Rhaenyra if we weren't going to get anything else interesting in this finale.
August 5, 20241 yr Those Sara Hess interviews are brutal. I guess boring people can write funny sometimes? She worked on Deadwood. Good uses of humor, especially one-liners. She also worked on House. Not my cup of tea, but had some memorable one-liners. Maybe it’ll get better. Maybe she’ll get some help. I’m sure they’ll take 2 years to produce it, so there’s time.
August 5, 20241 yr No love for new character Lohar? The actress also played one of the goofy space witches in The Acolyte.
August 5, 20241 yr 1 minute ago, mdmost said: This is dead on accurate. Yep... considering what they gave us, this should have ended the season.
August 5, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, Buzzrock said: No love for new character Lohar? The actress also played one of the goofy space witches in The Acolyte. Shhhhhh, dont certain people go looking her up. Another thing to get hung up on. Edited August 5, 20241 yr by huge
August 5, 20241 yr This House of the Dragon thread has me wanting to watch the Pine Barrens episode of the Sopranos again. Gotta love that surly
August 5, 20241 yr This whole season was boring dog shit like watching aggy football practice. Just fucking pointless.
August 5, 20241 yr This whole season was boring dog shit like watching aggy football practice. Just fucking pointless. You know a mash up of Dragonshow, Paulie Walnuts, and Aggie Yell practice might be interesting.
August 5, 20241 yr remember when i got yelled out of this thread for making posts that many of you are now yourselves posting word for word? derka remembers. this show is not good, and none of the characters are worth rooting for or against. totally uninteresting build up to nothing. i can’t imagine why anyone would tune in for a season three two years from now. just scrap it and start a new series.
August 5, 20241 yr No, I enjoyed this season but the ending sucked. If it ended on episode 7, it would've been fine. Or add one more episode with some actual war. Edited August 5, 20241 yr by mdmost
August 5, 20241 yr Yeah I look forward to next season. But I was also let down that they ended s2 with zero bang other than some admittedly good words.
August 5, 20241 yr Ive enjoyed the show, but I do wish I had the chance just to binge all 3 seasons, vs watching week to week over 5+ years.
August 5, 20241 yr 32 minutes ago, Ted Lange said: Ive enjoyed the show, but I do wish I had the chance just to binge all 3 seasons, vs watching week to week over 5+ years. just gotta wait until 2026
August 5, 20241 yr Yep, sounds like a year-ish wait this time, with the Knight of the Seven Kingdoms In early 2025
August 5, 20241 yr 3 hours ago, Buzzrock said: No love for new character Lohar? The actress also played one of the goofy space witches in The Acolyte. Honestly found her scenes unbearable. I don't know if she can't act or if the script was bad, but I did not believe for one second that she was some badass Admiral.
August 5, 20241 yr 6 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said: Honestly found her scenes unbearable. I don't know if she can't act or if the script was bad, but I did not believe for one second that she was some badass Admiral. Reminded me of the Klingon sisters.
August 6, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, Ted Lange said: Yep, sounds like a year-ish wait this time, with the Knight of the Seven Kingdoms In early 2025 Begin production in 2025 means a 2026 release.
August 6, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, LonghornSean said: So 20-24 episodes left, with 20 being the most likely number. The only way is up.
August 6, 20241 yr 3 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said: So 20-24 episodes left, with 20 being the most likely number. The only way is up. I'd say 16-20. Zazlav isn't suddenly going to be about spending more money Edited August 6, 20241 yr by WBT
August 6, 20241 yr I might wait and watch the series finale in 2028, around the time of the LA Olympics. I don’t know if the other episodes between now and then will be worth the time investment. Just tell me how it all ends.
August 6, 20241 yr 29 minutes ago, utxmike05 said: Me Still pissed. After the R & A forever conversation and awkward moments, I saw 20mins left. I subtract 5mins for possible post show crap. We took bathroom breaks, got refills, and sat down ready for 15mins of some drama/action. Told the wife "Starks, baby! It's about to go down!" Then I realized it was just a montage of blue balls.
August 6, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, elguapo said: I loved the Allyn dressing down Corlys scene. “Your little gay heir is “dead” and now you remember an honorable G like me is alive, I don’t want or need you old man, I’m my own man!” That said, this show I’ll contend is really good and the sum of its (eventual) parts will be borderline great. The beating is in the waiting week to week and then 18 months between seasons. If this was a binged over a week and 20-24 hour series, it would be really strong. No clubfoot pun intended. As for me, I think I’ll wait until it’s finished and properly binge the last two seasons instead of trying to follow along real time. I think you remember and enjoy it more that way given the huge gaps.
August 6, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, elguapo said: lol no shit. I told my wife: oh they finally finished the ship. Can we see the actually do something?? Nope.
August 6, 20241 yr 16 hours ago, wild_turkey said: I might wait and watch the series finale in 2028, around the time of the LA Olympics. I don’t know if the other episodes between now and then will be worth the time investment. Just tell me how it all ends. i was annoyed just enough by the end of this season that i said "fuck it, i'm not going to wait until my 11 year old is in college to figure out what happens and just read it all. i have never read a single fantasy book in my life but this show pissed me off so much that i did it out of spite (well, a summary version but nonetheless).
August 6, 20241 yr Rehashing a season one take here, but yeah..if it feels like we're watching budget Game of Thrones, it's cause we literally are. Warner Bros/Discover is gonna be relentlessly tugging on these udders for years to come. The Daemon payoff was a cool moment even though it took too long to get there. It did set the table for a potentially good next season. Since I'm just not as into this as GoT, the wait doesn't bother me as much. With GoT I had to start reading the books because the wait was killing me.
August 6, 20241 yr https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/aug/06/house-of-the-dragon-game-of-thrones-prequel
August 6, 20241 yr The showrunners have already said next season is battles, battles, battles. If not then people will bail. It won't be for 2 more years anyway.
August 6, 20241 yr 48 minutes ago, Derka said: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/aug/06/house-of-the-dragon-game-of-thrones-prequel I mean, this is it right here. None of the character development of early GoT, absolutely no humor whatsoever, can't really follow the characters because their names all sound the same. But most of all, no fucking dragon battles. This season was a slog. I will definitely be waiting for all episodes of season 3 to be released so I can binge them instead of tuning in every week hoping something happens, but only to watch the same boring characters have the same conversations in the same dimly-lit set. Twas a goddamn beating.
August 6, 20241 yr Popular Post I'm just glad that after 10 months of loading supplies on the ship that's going to sail 5 miles to battle, that they are finally ready to launch.
August 6, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, CooterBrown said: I'm just glad that after 10 months of loading supplies on the ship that's going to sail 5 miles to battle, that they are finally ready to launch. Like a woman packing for a weekend getaway.
August 7, 20241 yr Thinking more about it, the Daemon and Rhaenyra reunion completely doesn't work for me. All season, they've been teasing that Daemon might try to take his army of Rivermen and his dragon and take the throne for himself (never mind that it is totally out of character with how he could have tried to take the crown from Viserys and always stayed loyal). But last week should have completely put that to rest. Little Tully made Daemon his bitch, publicly humiliated him, and said that the Rivermen would back him but only because of Rhaenyra, because of grandpa Tully's vow to Viserys and Viserys's naming Rhaenyra as his heir. So an episode later when Rhaenyra shows up, we're supposed to be back to questioning Daemon and the Rivermen's loyalties? To the point that no one will kneel for Rhaenyra until Daemon kneels first? It made no sense.
August 7, 20241 yr 8 hours ago, MinerProphet said: I loved the Allyn dressing down Corlys scene. “Your little gay heir is “dead” and now you remember an honorable G like me is alive, I don’t want or need you old man, I’m my own man!” That said, this show I’ll contend is really good and the sum of its (eventual) parts will be borderline great. The beating is in the waiting week to week and then 18 months between seasons. If this was a binged over a week and 20-24 hour series, it would be really strong. No clubfoot pun intended. As for me, I think I’ll wait until it’s finished and properly binge the last two seasons instead of trying to follow along real time. I think you remember and enjoy it more that way given the huge gaps. I’ve enjoyed 90% of the episodes in both seasons. However not having the battle to end the show was a jizz to the eye. south Austin moms eye I meant
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