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House of the Dragon (please no spoilers from the books)

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I've waited until now to drop this - and I know our tribe here is smaller than it was for the mid-period of Game of Thrones - but it's about damn time this got mentioned :!:

There is SO much of this that reminds me of the "good times" of GOT . . . the ambience, the scenery, the milieau (don't worry - I'll have the "posh" washed out of my mouth by tomorrow morning).

I am in awe of so many of the actors/actresses in this - but PARTICULARLY Milly Alcock and Matt Smith Image


The aforementioned lady is an incredible actress that TOTALLY owns the screen - and while I am not (historically) a fan of Mr. Smith - DAMN but is he AWESOME/BRILLIANT in this !!!!!

Everything about this is as good as the world building we saw in GOT . . . and after only 3 episodes, I can tell I'll be with this until the very last episode of the very last season.

There are some (almost) jarring time jumps between episodes (with more to come) - but they are "REAL" as opposed to the "people running at ridiculous speeds and dragons flying at warp velocity" we were asked to accept during GOT S07/S08 :roll:

So glad that the best franchise (to date) in the history of streaming services, has been rescued from the (literal) ashes :hot: :hot: :hot:


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#2 Post by Buc Wheat »

Agree 100% on Smith. Hated 'Big Head' as Dr. Who w/ a passion, and it has
affected my opinion of him every time I see him. But when I first saw him here
in episode 1, with the long grey hair, he suddenly looked... dare I say it... GOOD!!

I've loved his character in every episode!

Haven't watched #3 yet... lucky if I can stay up past 7:30! :) but looking fwd to it
today!

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Wow... those time leaps btwn episodes takes me awhile to catch on to! :)

Will miss the younger actress for <sp??> Rhanarl@#$) and glad big head has
his long hair back!

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Buc Wheat wrote:Wow... those time leaps btwn episodes takes me awhile to catch on to! :)

Will miss the younger actress for <sp??> Rhanarl@#$) and glad big head has his long hair back!
:D

I got a bit bored with episodes 4 & 5, but I thought this one (S01E06) was a bit better. I agree on the actress though (hopefully she'll grow into the role).

The main problem I had after the 10-year time jump was trying to figure out who was who and whose kids were whose . . . even the hair colour didn't help until about 1/2 way through when I finally figured out what was going on! :oops: :)


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S01E09 - "The Green Council"


Now THAT was an episode worthy of "Game of Thrones" !!!!!!!!!!! Image Image :bannana: :bannana: :bannana:


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#6 Post by derekc62 »

A real 'hold your breath' moment in that episode :wink:
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derekc62 wrote:A real 'hold your breath' moment in that episode :wink:
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