House of the Dragon

Haters gonna hate. If this show offends you politically you're an idiot

Tried the first episode, twice, and couldn't get to the end. I'm just tired. Tired of having a female character whose character arc is proving to sexist men how much better than them she is. I'm also tired of identity politics; I watched maybe a third of the episode, and so far there were two minority characters: the first is giving good advice but is ignored by the king for no reason, and the other is a maester's disciple (I think) who does the maesters work for him while being looked down on.

S1: 70 S2: 30 After a solid first season the second season is mostly wondering how long a boring side character can stand on the shipping dock having inconsequential conversations (the answer is: an entire season. isn't that boat gonna sink with so much cargo on board?) Let's hope the writer strike had something to do with the truly abysmal quality of this season, but i fear it's game over. The disorienting ending montage medley was by far worst work Djawadi has done, awful unpolished midi vibes

A welcome return to the world of Westeros, although it has an unforseen problem: the pacing of the story. I wish someone would create a shorter version where the first 8 episodes are pushed together to maybe 2-3 hours. The story is good, it just really needs to progress faster. The final episode ends with a real cliffhanger which I never like with TV shows. Otherwise there are many improvements from Game of Thrones, and I am eager to see Season 2 which will hopefully be more eventful.

Finished season 1, and am impressed. It is disproportionately focused on inter-royal family throne squabbling, even compared to Game of Thrones. But besides that if you want dark gritty political fantasy with some gory violence and dragons this more than hits the spot. Generally phenomenal production values / sets / effects, often big screen epic level stuff. Even gives actors some real complex characters and material to chew on (shout out to Paddy Considine). Could have used more boobs tho tbh.

Interim Rating. Lol but what about the idiots rambling about "Identity Politics" etc., such bullshit. A Queen fighting for her subordinates loyalty is a classical theme, its also in the books and if that triggers people that hard maybe they should think about their small egos

1x; Stopped after S1.

House of the Dragon

All over the place quality-wise