House of the Dragon

#201
#201
n_huffhines said:
I'm not saying you're wrong, but I can't even find a Google image of "ser harwin and young rhaenyra." It doesn't appear that they were actually on camera at the same time. Looks like his total count was 9 minutes of screen time in 8 hrs of show with dozens of characters.
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He ogled her at the stag hunt, caught her sneaking out and let her go, then carried her out from the wedding feast slaughter, if I'm not mistaken.
 
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#204
#204
n_huffhines said:
I think this show is really good but it's jarring when the actors change as they jump in the timeline. I feel like the new Rhaenyra is a different person who I have no relationship with. One of the great things about GoT is they let everything breathe a while and it was easy to feel the importance and impact of everything. If Harwin was introduced to us earlier in the series, I don't even remember him. He had bastard kids with Rhae for about 5 minutes of screen time before they murdered him (by his brother, who I also do not remember existing before that incident) and it was too sudden to really feel much of anything about it.

Also, I don't really understand Alicent's becoming so cunning and vengeful, etc. She just seemed like such a sweet kid and then she became such a Karen about Rhae's scandal. I understand that her Father put it in her head that Rhae might kill her kids because of a claim on the throne, but Rhae tried to resolve that and Alicent rejected it, so her motivation straight up is not about saving her family. Why is she the way that she is? Why did she change? I know we can easily attribute her reasons, I'm just saying I don't think they did a good job with that character development.
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First of all, I love the show.

But, these time jumps are a bit offputting. I understand the source material probably doesn't allow for all of the secondary characters and plots that made GoT great in my opinion. I do miss the secondary plotlines, and locations that GoT had. In the end, most of them all somehow wove into the main story.
 
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#205
#205
Godfatha said:
First of all, I love the show.

But, these time jumps are a bit offputting. I understand the source material probably doesn't allow for all of the secondary characters and plots that made GoT great in my opinion. I do miss the secondary plotlines, and locations that GoT had. In the end, most of them all somehow wove into the main story.
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I read that they were not trying to tell this like a traditional story. The point is the history and not the people. That’s why they’re touching on the big incident’s that change the flow of the story.
 
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#206
#206
Godfatha said:
First of all, I love the show.

But, these time jumps are a bit offputting. I understand the source material probably doesn't allow for all of the secondary characters and plots that made GoT great in my opinion. I do miss the secondary plotlines, and locations that GoT had. In the end, most of them all somehow wove into the main story.
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The time jumps are done, for what it’s worth
 
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#217
#217
knox-townVOL said:
The mad king is well over a century from being born. This show has nothing to do with the mad king.
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Yeah you pretty much want to get Game of Thrones out of your head for this show. There are a few subtle nods, but that’s all. Totally different timeline.
 
#218
#218
Orangeslice13 said:
I read that they were not trying to tell this like a traditional story. The point is the history and not the people. That’s why they’re touching on the big incident’s that change the flow of the story.
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Okay. So you’re saying they’re intentionally being stupid. First of all, history is about people. If you don’t care about the characters, why bother watching?
 
#220
#220
Vol423 said:
Okay. So you’re saying they’re intentionally being stupid. First of all, history is about people. If you don’t care about the characters, why bother watching?
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The story is what the author wants to tell, Not what you want to read. If he’s providing background without going into greater detail because he’s not interested in going beyond that, then that’s his business. I’m not saying that’s what I would do, just what I read that they’re doing. Apparently it’s going to take 4 seasons to tell it this way. You make a good point though if you don’t like what is being presented then stop watching it.
 
#221
#221
I am a little behind and catching up with this series tonight. Not a fan of how they recast the roles in the middle of the season. I wish they would have done a two part season 1 or recast for season 2, similar to how The Crown skips ahead and ages the queen.
 
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