My review for the Season 2 Premiere of ‘House of the Dragon’, written by Ryan Condal and directed by Alan Taylor.
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Yep. Same Hugh. I forgot the actors name but he's the same actor shown with Rhaenyra in the trailers.
That was a great season premiere!
Can’t wait for more.
Great insights as always!
I thought this episode was lack luster actually. I'm not a fan of that new intro. The way you felt about The Boys first three episodes of season four I feel a bit the same about this episode. Unrewarding. I do like the two actors that play Blood & Cheese. I'm going to do a second viewing. 20:40 – Yes, I believe so. I have a question. That northern montage of Creagon and picking stones from a sack. What's up with that? Is he a brother of the nights watch?
Love your review, as always.
Thanks James for ‘spoilers’
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Agree about title changes and theme song. HOD always sets up future action well. Book Blood and Cheese scene was a little gross for TV but I think they handled it well. Heleana’s foreshadowing about “rats” was great. Good start.
Hard to be on any team when I know how it ends. 😬
I think that the theme song for Game of Thrones is a lot like the themes from the original Star Wars. It's another character in the story. So identifiable with that world it would be very dangerous to try a new theme. I think I understand why they used it though I can also understand wanting HotD to have its own identity.
yep this was great I was up in my seat soaking it all in I have a love for all the characters in one way or another and I am ready for the emotional roller coaster when some inevitably get bumped off lol
House of the Dragon 🐉 where the consensus of America will never misconstrue “Are you Team Black or Team Green?” 😂 Between the two factions in this family feud or Civil War, Team Green is the fun, psychotic characters. A colleague and I try to diagnose Team Green around the water cooler: Aegon II narcissist, Aemond psychotic and antisocial personality, Sir Criston “Friend Zone” Cole definitely history of PTSD, Alicent major depressive disorder, Helena schizophrenia, Sir Larys Strong fetishistic disorder. Team Black is very one note. Rhaenerya created her own demons by losing her V card to Sir Criston, then banishing him to friend zone…followed by having multiple kids who look nothing like her and her husband….and she expected every one to fall in line? Alicent had to sleep with a man twice her age infected by leprosy. As Tony Stark said in Iron Man 3, “We create our own demons.” Daemon can’t stick to the script and a loose canon. Rhaenys is the wisest person in the room but every one keeps brushing her off. Sure she could have ended the line but the backlash would have ended the Targaryen line. A son for a son makes the whole realm blind with violence and hatred.
Episode 1: HOUSE OF DRAGON. Intense tragedy, the fire of anger is only the beginning. Can’t wait for episode 2. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🐲 team Black
Watching TV standing up that's a new one. Noone can call you a couch potato.
it was alright, they butchered blood and cheese, took the heart out of one of the most shocking brutal episodes in all of game of thrones history. i mean there were dragons, but nothing really got me excited, after waiting 2 years, it was just like … meh, ok
Love the new Title Sequence
I literally got chills from seeing Cregan Stark and the Wall
Always looking forward to your commentary 🫶 it’s gonna be a great summer
Love this! Gonna be a hell of a ride
Loved it! Great to be back. Another great vid James
i was sitting on the edge of my seat…waiting…I can't wait to see the dragons blowin' hella outta stuff…
I always stand up when watching James the Hancock
Did anyone else notice the frames lagging? Was super annoying
What happened to the maids baby? I thought that was the one killed….
The Blood and Cheese Scene was Awfull imo. It was so unemotional and that she fled into the room where the Queen fcks around was SO Bad….it took everything out of the drama and the focus of that horrific Situation with the Boy. That was absolutely unnecessary to me. Otherwise i liked the First Episode. Emma brought tears in my eyes 😭😭😭
Is Alan Taylor a good replacement for Miguel Sapochonick??
First time watching this show. I started with Season 2 Episode 1. I was kind of excited at first with the music. Then the first scene where the raven is traveling, I was like hell yeah. Then the kid on the horse just sucked my enthusiasm away. After that It just got worse and worse as none of the characters were interesting to me. At the end of the episode I found the child death scene to be horribly acted. Why wasn't the woman screaming bloody murder for help? Why did we have to walk into a sex scene? I thought this episode neared bad. It try's to be Game of Thrones but isn't as good or well-acted. My 2 cents. I will go away now.
Ser Criston’s a royal ho.
The very first scene with Queen Alicent shows how things are about to go down—I mean, get down—I mean 😅
That’s so funny I didn’t know you stood up watching some shows #hardcore 😂
People keep missing that Fire and Blood is written as a historical document with all the inaccuracy that comes with that , the series is what actually happens thus far more canon than the books . A fascinating approach
The Hugh we met is the same as later in the story
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I understand complaints about changing things but I know a lot of people who didn’t read the books who almost quit this show because of Sunday night. I thought it was a good compromise. I really do enjoy the characters on both sides because the acting is so good. However, Team Black forever!