I gotta say, I was skeptical coming into this season due to Condal's background, and the time jumps they had to make in order to finish this season (Reminder: Aemond wasn't BORN yet by Episode 5, halfway through this season).
But hot damn did they still make this compelling. Not only that, they made this season off of... 70 pages of source material? Another concern I had was a problem The Hobbit movies ran into, a lot of characters, but not a lot to actually adapt from. But hot damn, did the actors (shoutout especially to Paddy Considine) ever rise to the occasion to bring life to their counterparts in the source material - and the writers, under the guidance of GRRM, really brought what was originally written as a history textbook to life.
And the thing is... this was all exposition to the good stuff.
Pulling word for word from the audiobook/book, making one sided perspectives more human, etc.
Originally Posted by raybec 4:
The "It wasn't my fault" angle won't play. He has to own it or it would be totally out of character for how they've painted him. If they try to go the other way it will be disappointing.
He will. He is too arrogant not to.
By killing Luke, I think he killed the last bit of the boy in himself. My prediction is that he'll be unambiguously villainous moving forward.
Originally Posted by Chiefspants:
What I love is that the books, overall, are third hand accounts.
Really, the show is setting the canon - as long as GRRM is involved like he is.
That's true. Fire and Blood is an in-universe history book so there's lots of room for interpretation. [Reply]
I gotta say, I was skeptical coming into this season due to Condal's background, and the time jumps they had to make in order to finish this season (Reminder: Aemond wasn't BORN yet by Episode 5, halfway through this season).
But hot damn did they still make this compelling. Not only that, they made this season off of... 70 pages of source material? Another concern I had was a problem The Hobbit movies ran into, a lot of characters, but not a lot to actually adapt from. But did the actors (shoutout especially to Paddy Considine) ever rise to the occasion to bring life to their counterparts in Fire and Blood - and the writers, under the guidance of GRRM, really brought what was originally written as a history textbook to life.
And the thing is... this was all exposition to the good stuff.
3 seasons of houses of Dragons at war..... Bring it on! [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bowser:
His face rang a bell in the back of my head, but I never would have put two and two together there. Dude has range (/obv).
Every power play he's made this season either the wife or I say, "he's wiry." [Reply]
Took me awhile to get through all the episodes because after SNF I would generally fall asleep and had to get caught up which generally had me a few weeks behind. But I was sick last week prior to a vacation and got to finish the season. Thought it was brilliant! Can't wait for season 2. [Reply]
Originally Posted by A Salt Weapon:
Just binge watched the whole season and holy ****.
What a show.
Originally Posted by Why Not?:
Took me awhile to get through all the episodes because after SNF I would generally fall asleep and had to get caught up which generally had me a few weeks behind. But I was sick last week prior to a vacation and got to finish the season. Thought it was brilliant! Can't wait for season 2.
Yeah that’s the opinion of most in here. Season 8 really punched us in the gut. Along comes this season and it’s like the best years of GOT. No Hardhome/battle of the bastards level episode yet but they have 3 more seasons to produce the best dragon fight of all time [Reply]
