The throne room scene after Viserys comes in… holy shit. There is like a 5 minute span where like 6 words was really fucking good. It took everybody not fucking it up and just acting their asses off to make it happen. That was exquisite filmmaking. When his crown fell off and Daemon picked it up was one hell of a moment.
A lot of very understated acting in the episode which, frankly I wasn’t expecting from a show called house of dragon. I expected a much more Michael Bay approach. Bravo. From an acting standpoint, that was a fucking masterpiece.
It wasn’t without its issues though, when Vaemond said “you can run your house as you wish but I won’t allow you to decide the fate of mine. Really? Fucking Really? Why are you there fuck knuckle? Really took me out of it.
And the whole Alicent misunderstood Aegons Dragon Dream leads to the war was a little on the nose. It would have been much more interesting to watch the relationships decay more naturally.
Originally Posted by Buehler445:
Goddamn. That was some filmmaking.
Spoiler!
The throne room scene after Viserys comes in… holy shit. There is like a 5 minute span where like 6 words was really ****ing good. It took everybody not ****ing it up and just acting their asses off to make it happen. That was exquisite filmmaking. When his crown fell off and Daemon picked it up was one hell of a moment.
A lot of very understated acting in the episode which, frankly I wasn’t expecting from a show called house of dragon. I expected a much more Michael Bay approach. Bravo. From an acting standpoint, that was a ****ing masterpiece.
It wasn’t without its issues though, when Vaemond said “you can run your house as you wish but I won’t allow you to decide the fate of mine. Really? ****ing Really? Why are you there **** knuckle? Really took me out of it.
And the whole Alicent misunderstood Aegons Dragon Dream leads to the war was a little on the nose. It would have been much more interesting to watch the relationships decay more naturally.
On the whole a fantastic episode.
I think the Hightowers were well on the way to war with or without that misinterpretation. Her children would have definitely seen to that eventually anyway. The fact that there was such a misinterpretation at least adds to her motivations and makes them a little more understandable (especially given that Alicent clearly knows her son Aegon, the prospective heir, is a monster). [Reply]
I just dislike the fact that the strong bastards are wimps when their dad clearly was not. Also idk how to spell his name but aemond?? The kid with one eye turned from a 12 year old to a 25 year old man lol. Either way great episode and Daemon is still the best. [Reply]
Yeah, Alicent seemed to raise her children where they would try and usurp the throne regardless. But it does seem like she was looking to reconcile with Rheynera after the dinner and accept her as queen, much to the chagrin of Otto. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Buehler445:
Goddamn. That was some filmmaking.
Spoiler!
The throne room scene after Viserys comes in… holy shit. There is like a 5 minute span where like 6 words was really ****ing good. It took everybody not ****ing it up and just acting their asses off to make it happen. That was exquisite filmmaking. When his crown fell off and Daemon picked it up was one hell of a moment.
A lot of very understated acting in the episode which, frankly I wasn’t expecting from a show called house of dragon. I expected a much more Michael Bay approach. Bravo. From an acting standpoint, that was a ****ing masterpiece.
It wasn’t without its issues though, when Vaemond said “you can run your house as you wish but I won’t allow you to decide the fate of mine. Really? ****ing Really? Why are you there **** knuckle? Really took me out of it.
And the whole Alicent misunderstood Aegons Dragon Dream leads to the war was a little on the nose. It would have been much more interesting to watch the relationships decay more naturally.
On the whole a fantastic episode.
I think the whole misunderstanding is the only way Alicent would support Aegon's claim for the throne. Outside of that, she would not have thought for a second that rapey raperson should be king. [Reply]
Originally Posted by TambaBerry:
I just dislike the fact that the strong bastards are wimps when their dad clearly was not. Also idk how to spell his name but aemond?? The kid with one eye turned from a 12 year old to a 25 year old man lol. Either way great episode and Daemon is still the best.
They are done with the time jumps now. This first year is just introducing the families, the people and their motivations so they can be of age to fight in the upcoming war that wipes out the dragons and ends their dynasty,
No spoiler as far as I know. Haven't read the books or saw youtube spoilers.... John Snow is the 5th grandson of Aegon, correct? The sons with the black hair, that's who his grandad was? [Reply]
Originally Posted by TambaBerry:
I just dislike the fact that the strong bastards are wimps when their dad clearly was not. Also idk how to spell his name but aemond?? The kid with one eye turned from a 12 year old to a 25 year old man lol. Either way great episode and Daemon is still the best.
That actor is actually 20 years old, but he does look older, maybe having only one eye does that. [Reply]
