watched series premiere.. I liked it which is very surprising. There was a moment where I KNEW something was gonna happen which I figured out about 30 minutes into. Will interesting how Matt Smith's character development and the actress playing Rhaenyra's character development will be over the course of this.
Agreed. I came for good dialogue and political intrigue. The new characters all seem like a solid batch too, so I'm excited to see them evolve. I'm excited to see Daemon in some fantastic battles down the line. He definitely stole the show.
It's not quite the intro GoTs had (tons of great characters and a pretty wild cliffhanger), but it was good.
Mostly enjoyed it.
The violence was pretty spectacular during the gold cloaks and the tourney scenes but that birth scene. That was proper nasty.
The cast so far are all solid with Paddy Considine and Matt Smith in particular being excellent but also props to Rhys Ifans who, despite not having any large amounts of make up, is almost unrecognisable as Otto Hightower.
The only negative so far was the unnecessary eluding to it being part of the GoT universe. That nonsense about Aegon the Conqueror having a vision about a long winter just wasn't necessary. Do they think the audience are that dumb that they need that level of exposition to know that the show is related to GoT?
Aside from that the only other thing that pulls me out of the show is the physical appearance of the Velaryon family. Very strange looking bunch that make me think of Ezekiel from The Walking Dead and how stupid he looked.
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I kinda like the Aegon stuff. It makes him out to be something of a mystic which is cool. And nicely ties in with Rhaegar from the books.
But, yes, the Velaryon family being black is silly. The actor seems talented but he looks completely out of place. And it will only get more ridiculous considering [SPOILER - highlight to read]: Rhaenyra's kids... Ironically, GRRM talked about making the Targs black years ago and saying it's a good thing he didn't because they would look like Drow.
Anyway, my biggest gripe was the knights just murdering one another in the tourney.
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would, I could've quite happily watched another episode or two. Dragon CGI looked kinda cheap in a few shots though.
Apparently that came from GRRM himself.
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