House of the Dragon - SPOILERS inside.

House of the Dragon - SPOILERS inside.

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FourWheelDrift

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88,904 posts

287 months

Wednesday 20th July 2022
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Official trailer for the August 22nd (UK) launch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DotnJ7tTA34

joshleb

1,544 posts

147 months

Wednesday 20th July 2022
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Intrigued to see how this does after the legacy being destroyed by that final season.

Not sure I'll bother watching it.

KillerHERTZ

975 posts

201 months

Thursday 21st July 2022
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Looks great, hopefully its like the first 4 seasons of GoT.

Funk

26,401 posts

212 months

Thursday 21st July 2022
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Just looks like a trailer for a video game.

And after the GoT debacle it's spoiled the whole thing for me - I loved the books and the first four series of the TV show but I don't think I'll bother finishing the ASOIAF books, even if Martin ever finally gets round to writing them.

I can't ever recall a TV show go from being the most talked-about show on the planet to absolute silence. It's like we all collectively decided it was just best to forget it ever happened.

DodgyGeezer

41,120 posts

193 months

Saturday 23rd July 2022
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looks good - sadly toxic fandom is raising its head again

SmoothCriminal

5,145 posts

202 months

Sunday 31st July 2022
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Oh dear looks like it has gone full woke. (Inb4 racist misogynistic scumbag)


Gone are the risqué scenes of full-frontal nudity and violence that shocked and delighted audiences in equal measure. In their place are non-binary actors, a new dynasty of powerful black characters and roles that are ‘sexually fluid’ and ‘androgynous’.

In this new era, set 200 years before Game Of Thrones, it is two women who battle for the show’s Iron Throne – the seat of power that controls the disparate regions of Westeros.

And rather than subjecting female actresses to sexual violence, new post-MeToo storylines are instead designed to showcase the ‘power’ of women by featuring gory scenes of childbirth.


Former Doctor Who Matt Smith plays her uncle, Prince Daemon Targaryen, a character described as sexually ‘fluid’ and ‘weirdly androgynous’. In fact, one of the main themes of House Of The Dragon is, according to the Hollywood source, ‘men bad, women good’.

British star Olivia Cooke, who plays Alicent Hightower, stepmother to Princess Rhaenyra, explains: ‘There are times where Emma is on one stage and I’m on the other and we’re both surrounded by male characters being idiotic. And we know if all these men just f****d off, and it was just us two, the realm would be fine.’


SWoll

18,796 posts

261 months

Sunday 31st July 2022
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I guess we'll find out if that's what the viewing public want. Going to be an interesting experiment with both this and the LOTR show taking a similar approach over the next few months.

Money will decide in the end. It always does.

MDubyaB

191 posts

161 months

Monday 1st August 2022
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SmoothCriminal said:
Oh dear looks like it has gone full woke. (Inb4 racist misogynistic scumbag)


Gone are the risqué scenes of full-frontal nudity and violence that shocked and delighted audiences in equal measure. In their place are non-binary actors, a new dynasty of powerful black characters and roles that are ‘sexually fluid’ and ‘androgynous’.

In this new era, set 200 years before Game Of Thrones, it is two women who battle for the show’s Iron Throne – the seat of power that controls the disparate regions of Westeros.

And rather than subjecting female actresses to sexual violence, new post-MeToo storylines are instead designed to showcase the ‘power’ of women by featuring gory scenes of childbirth.


Former Doctor Who Matt Smith plays her uncle, Prince Daemon Targaryen, a character described as sexually ‘fluid’ and ‘weirdly androgynous’. In fact, one of the main themes of House Of The Dragon is, according to the Hollywood source, ‘men bad, women good’.

British star Olivia Cooke, who plays Alicent Hightower, stepmother to Princess Rhaenyra, explains: ‘There are times where Emma is on one stage and I’m on the other and we’re both surrounded by male characters being idiotic. And we know if all these men just f****d off, and it was just us two, the realm would be fine.’
How do you know all this?

anonymous-user

57 months

Monday 15th August 2022
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Is it tonight it starts? Or just some sort of premiere?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3thsTSyEHHk

FourWheelDrift

Original Poster:

88,904 posts

287 months

Monday 15th August 2022
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That's just a talking heads like Thronecast I think. Sue Perkins who did Thronecast is host, might show trailers interview cast sort of thing.

john41901

713 posts

69 months

Sunday 21st August 2022
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I watched the first episode (am in the US it’s in hbo). I despise any form of wokery. Was ok, plenty of violence, jury’s still out. Let’s hope they don’t go woke in ep2 onwards.

PinkTornado

854 posts

65 months

Monday 22nd August 2022
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I thought it was dull...too much sitting round the table, and Matt Smith might be able to chew scenery but one gust of wind would blow him over. All very samey so far, and not in a good way.

Lucas Ayde

3,615 posts

171 months

Monday 22nd August 2022
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john41901 said:
I watched the first episode (am in the US it’s in hbo). I despise any form of wokery. Was ok, plenty of violence, jury’s still out. Let’s hope they don’t go woke in ep2 onwards.
I think that actors are encouraged to espouse what the PR people think are 'popular' social justice themes in interviews for a lot of new stuff these days (or they go off on their own initiative to look like they are in with the cool kids). Hopefully it doesn't translate into the actual end product and the producers have the sense to concentrate on making an entertaining product that will attract paying customers.

Certainly, the 'Rings of Prime' cast interviews are a total dumpster fire and turn me off the final product (as if the cheesy trailers already hadn't). I really don't have high hopes for that one at all, I think Amazon have poured their billion dollars down the drain but the proof will be in the finished product.

HotD has to contend with the disappointment of the final season of GoT and win viewers back so maybe they'll put the effort in to build on what was popular in that show instead of showboating political opinions. I don't think that Warner/HBO have the cash to burn on virtue signalling that Amazon do.

SlimJim16v

5,832 posts

146 months

Monday 22nd August 2022
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A bit slow, shows promise.
Other than Matt, none of the other actors appear to have any charisma, but it's still early. Though the guy who plays Rhaenara's bodyguard is always good.

Edited by SlimJim16v on Monday 22 August 16:07

Tricuspid

113 posts

78 months

Monday 22nd August 2022
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SmoothCriminal said:
Oh dear looks like it has gone full woke. (Inb4 racist misogynistic scumbag) Gone are the risqué scenes of full-frontal nudity and violence that shocked and delighted audiences in equal measure. In their place are non-binary actors, a new dynasty of powerful black characters and roles that are ‘sexually fluid’ and ‘androgynous’.

In this new era, set 200 years before Game Of Thrones, it is two women who battle for the show’s Iron Throne – the seat of power that controls the disparate regions of Westeros.
Did you even watch Game Of Thrones? The nudity was pared right back after about series 2, long before Woke / Anti-Woke was even a bandwagon for you to climb on. Plenty of strong non-male characters in GoT as well, some of them might even have been 'sexually fluid' (though why that matters is beyond me).

Fat Thor

2,158 posts

174 months

Monday 22nd August 2022
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Seems I am the only person who enjoyed it.

Paddy constantine was great too.

Can’t wait till next week.

LeadFarmer

7,411 posts

134 months

Monday 22nd August 2022
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Fat Thor said:
Paddy constantine was great too.
I've loved him since Dead Mans Shoes which I probably watch a couple of times a year.

DodgyGeezer

41,120 posts

193 months

Monday 22nd August 2022
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Quite slow - but, on balance, I did enjoy it. I really didn't like Matt Smith he came across as a personality vacuum.

Visaerys [sp] first of his name was good
The Targ clan seemed, MS aside, ok
The dragons were cool
Some of the sfx were... poorly executed

Edited by DodgyGeezer on Tuesday 23 August 09:51

CooperD

2,900 posts

180 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2022
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I watched the first episode. Thought it was OK. Will watch the second episode and see how that goes.

super7

1,959 posts

211 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2022
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Whoever said there was no Nudity or Violence was very wrong as well......

Lots of violence!! Random teaching the populous a lesson to behave by cutting of limbs and sticking pokers in places and plenty of nudity, including pimping your daughter out for the King redface