clearspira wrote: ↑Tue Aug 23, 2022 5:53 am
The last good episode wasn't 2019 though. That's like saying ''The Simpsons isn't a relic of the 1990s because its still on in 2022.'' Nah, bull. It hasn't been popular since about 1997.
I was briefly confused because I thought, "So it hasn't been popular since A Game of Thrones was in paperback?"
But I get it now.
In any case, I hope this is the start of a A Song of Ice and Fire Renaissance.
clearspira wrote: ↑Mon Aug 22, 2022 6:45 am
There is no hype for this at all. This show should have been released a long time ago, as it is, its a relic of the 2010s.
It's been 3 years since the last Game of Thrones episode. So, a relic of the 2010s is....2019.
Then there was that Pandemic Thing.
In any case, I'm seeing a pretty good rising tide of enthusiasm.
The last good episode wasn't 2019 though. That's like saying ''The Simpsons isn't a relic of the 1990s because its still on in 2022.'' Nah, bull. It hasn't been popular since about 1997.
Still makes no sense. Calling it a relic of the 2010's because of a lack of a good episode in its last season in 2019.
hammerofglass wrote: ↑Tue Aug 23, 2022 10:13 am
GOT was still water-cooler conversation levels of popular in 2019 though, even if there hadn't been a good episode for years.
Here's the thing, until HBO bought Southpark, Game of Thrones was STILL the most streamed show they had by far.
hammerofglass wrote: ↑Tue Aug 23, 2022 10:13 am
GOT was still water-cooler conversation levels of popular in 2019 though, even if there hadn't been a good episode for years.
Here's the thing, until HBO bought Southpark, Game of Thrones was STILL the most streamed show they had by far.
One thing I did notice was in the beginning how they intentionally showed the inside of the Red Keep to look like the inside as it looked in the later seasons of GoT. The small courtyard where Cersai had Westeros painted. The giant spiral stairs where the Mountain and the Houd fought. I also don't remember seeing that many people inside it either, though it makes sense in this series as this is supposed to be the height and the beginning of the fall of Tagaryen rule.
Kinda interesting they extended the Iron Throne look into a 'spillage' of melted swords all around the throne.
hammerofglass wrote: ↑Tue Aug 23, 2022 10:13 am
GOT was still water-cooler conversation levels of popular in 2019 though, even if there hadn't been a good episode for years.
Here's the thing, until HBO bought Southpark, Game of Thrones was STILL the most streamed show they had by far.
hammerofglass wrote: ↑Tue Aug 23, 2022 10:13 am
GOT was still water-cooler conversation levels of popular in 2019 though, even if there hadn't been a good episode for years.
Here's the thing, until HBO bought Southpark, Game of Thrones was STILL the most streamed show they had by far.
McAvoy wrote: ↑Wed Aug 24, 2022 2:41 pm
Possible that people were rewatching due to House of the Dragon. Are there figures for previous months or even years since the finale?
Well generally I think everyone did an okay job with the standouts being Paddy Considine who plays a nuanced and likable guy who is stuck with a job he is manifestly unqualified for but is managing to not fuck it up nearly as much as most kings by simply avoiding getting into any wars or major conflicts. However, the standout performance of the episode is definitely the throne room scene where he completely loses his shit. The thing is, we KNOW that he's being manipulated into all of this by his creepy advisor but it's still nice to see him stand up for himself.
Daemon Targaryen as Matt Smith feels very much like someone created a character deliberately to be a likable bad boy who fills the Jaime Lannister and Tyrion role. The thing is that there's a lot of ways they can play it as either a villain or antihero and Matt Smith manages to thread the needle of him having done some reprehensible shit on screen but to make him enough of a guy who loves his family that you sympathize with him. Oddly, I don't have a problem with the dragons (the fact they have breathing movements is a major plus for me) but I do think his armor looked fucking ridiculous.
Everyone else is...fine.
The teenage girls seem likeable enough but there's not enough contrast between them versus, say, Arya and Sansa. Both of the are highborn ladies even if one is more bookish and the other is a dragonriding badass in the making. Rhys Ifans' Ser Otto Hightower is probably the best actor after Paddy and Matt Smith but he is pretty understated so far with only the fact he's willing to pimp his own daughter giving a sense of just how skeevy he really is.
I'm a little disappointed that Sonoya Mizuno's Mysaria doesn't get more than a couple of scenes where she's mostly just saying generic dialogue (which is not normally how I'd catalog soliciting a threesome). I'd like to know more about her and Daemon's relationship. She seems to be the one who is genuinely happy Daemon's nephew died at the party, which he is having none of, but not much else. Shae got a massive upgrade in character in the show and I hope the same would be here.
Like I said there's some good acting here but there's not enough character beats so far to really be quite there up with GOT's pilot. You fell in love with virtually everyone in the first episode of GOT from Tyrion to Arya to even Catelyn. So that's a bit disappointing but it's still much-much-much better than the latter seasons.
The move came relatively quickly following the series premiere of Dragon on Sunday, which delivered 10 million viewers overnight — an HBO record for a series opener and roughly on par with the premiere of Game of Thrones season six. Now HBO reports that in the days since, the premiere viewership has climbed to 20 million viewers.
