House of the Dragon spoiler thread

[Rabulias]

@Morrus can we decide (and clarify in the thread title) whether this Spoiler Thread includes spoilers from the books? I have not read the books this is based on either, and would like to avoid non-show-sourced spoilers. Thanks!

 

[Zaukrie]

@Morrus can we decide (and clarify in the thread title) whether this Spoiler Thread includes spoilers from the books? I have not read the books this is based on either, and would like to avoid non-show-sourced spoilers. Thanks!

I too hate this. But good luck stopping it.

 

[Rabulias]

I too hate this. But good luck stopping it.

Maybe, but it would be a nice courtesy to let folks know what to expect here in this thread. And was done for the Wheel of Time thread, notifying users that it includes book spoilers. It's up to the originator of the thread to change the title (or not).

 

[wicked cool]

Was an ok episode 3. Slow until final moments.

 

[payn]

Was an ok episode 3. Slow until final moments.

I actually thought it was the best episode so far. Feels like things are finally settling in.

 

[wicked cool]

I actually thought it was the best episode so far. Feels like things are finally settling in.

I thought episodes de 2 was best. I wanted more from crabman. Speaking of it looked like he had stone skin disease

 

[Tonguez]

I watched the 2 Rings of Power episodes right before watching this and much prefer the Rings of Power. HoD Is okay so far but not compelling, I think ep 2 was good as it laid the foundation for the wider plot and at least ep 3 is rolling them out, though the time jumps may potentially confuse things and the battle was a bit Meh .

We’re first told that Daemons forces are losing and the Crabfeeder holding out in the Stepstones then in one move Daemon pulls a ruse takes out half the enemy forces and cuts the crab feeder in half - off screen!! We don’t even get to see the epic boss fight

It’s not very satisfying so far but it’s not horrible like GoT series 8.

And at least the gore served the story and the sex was confined to the tapestries

 

[Zaukrie]

It was ridiculously easy for them to win that battle they'd been losing for two years.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Yeah, this show really doesn't benefit from being released so near to Rings of Power and Sandman, both of which are much, much better shows.

And I think the mean-spiritedness of this franchise may be a mismatch for a larger part of the audience nowadays, given how many mean-spirited years we've just been through.

It's not bad, but it's definitely in third place up against two other titans of fantasy, both of which have shows out this summer. It'd be better up against Wheel of Time, but I can't imagine Amazon cooperating with that match up.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

It was ridiculously easy for them to win that battle they'd been losing for two years.

The commentary afterward said that, without the fresh troops attacking at the end, it would have been a loss. They did a bad job of conveying that within the episode, though.