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I figured they were gonna screw eventually, so I wasn't too surprised by that. However I found myself thinking, "How old is she supposed to be?" which was a little concerning. ( I'm thinking at least 17? )
There have been some time jumps. I think she was supposed to be 15 in the first episode, and is around 20 now. You'll notice the younger Velaryon sibling (the daughter from that awkward "we should marry the king to a 12 year old" scene) is now full adult height in the most recent episode.
Im honestly just not sure about this show so far. Somehow the original series, the main series, was able to contain a half dozen completely different plots each with its own set of well rounded, deep, and interesting characters. Plots and characters all immensely compelling. So far this one has struggled to keep it's main, and only, story compelling. Maybe 3-4 interesting characters. The time shifts have been odd and this latest episode's addition of a new lovers for Rhaenyra and Daemon only to kill them off by the end of the episode felt off balanced. Was Daemon's new wife who committed dracarys-cide the same girl as the child that offered herself to the king a few episodes ago? I do think the clubbed foot guy has some potential though. Notes of early Littlefinger.
Yes. She's the daughter of Lord Corlys Velaryon. Basically the time jumps are her at 12 (for the rejected proposal), at 17 (for the wedding), and at 27 (for the dracarys-cide).
I kind of agree. It's becoming too soap opera-y. Maybe I'm still used to the grander-scale stories that kept things moving, or maybe it's because the source material was mediocre compared to the rest of the GoT books? They could have done half a dozen other stories in the GoT universe that may have been better served as a spin-off. Robert's Rebellion, Doom of Valyria, etc. I'll keep watching because it's still decent and there's not much else to watch right now, but I hope it picks up.
I’ve bought and downloaded the book but haven’t started it. Not sure it’s even set up with a narrative structure? I hoping once the dance picks up it’ll really get going. Straight palace intrigue in a universe known for spectacular world building feels like a waste. You are right though it’s good enough and there is a severe lack of quality shows at the moment. Gives me something to follow again.
It's literally (pun intended) a history book, as compiled from the writings of three different historians. So with some events you'll get the different versions of what might've happened, but mostly it's the stuff everybody agrees on. All narration, no dialogue. What they've done with this show is take a certain portion of the book and make it a melodrama. Not that dramatic shit doesn't happen, it certainly does but the way they've chosen to TV-fy it and stretch it into multiple seasons, I'm just glad that GRRM is right there to supervise it all. And even so there's been a few missteps already.
HBO is catching heat again for GoT being pitch black during the episode. Surprised they would have ok’d it or didn’t put out a decree to fix any similar issue to the hellstorm they caught for The Long Night during the original series. I had an LCD then changed some settings at the internet (and episode cinematographer), rewatched and it was fine. Have an OLED now and only noticed it during the scene where uncle and niece. Got. It. On. Wasn’t as bad as The Long Night though.
From what I heard on a pod, the shooting location is one of those fucked British isles where you have bright and sunny on one side, dark and overcast on the other, at the same time. Literally, they couldn't maintain shot continuity in the lighting so they decided to put a night filter on everything.
For me it was less about how dark it was (although it was pretty washed out), but rather the super obvious day-for-night. Day-for-night never looks right, and unless you're an auteur like Jordan Peele deliberately choosing it for stylistic reasons, you should be ashamed to be doing it when you have an HBO-sized budget. Compare: Spoiler: HotD Spoiler: LotR First is day-for-night, second was actually shot at night.
I guess I wasn't as bothered by the darkness of the middle of the episode as everyone else was. It was definitely a little too artsy-fartsy, but it didn't last too long and it didn't take away from the family confrontation at the end. Also, Larys Strong is the bargain bin Lord Varys / Littlefinger.
Yeah washed out is a good description. Vague contrast. Didnt realize theyd just color correct a day shoot and call it night. When Tremors 16 filmed in a desert changed the color pallet to blue and called the arctic it was understandable because they had 75 cents to work with. GoT should know better.
I wasn’t really behind this series until they had a cripple masturbate to feet. Apparently Quentin Tarantino writes for the show. Plus the aunt at the end looked like a total badass in her armor. Be a great Halloween costume if it wasn’t two weeks from now. Why she wouldn’t end it all right there I guess we’ll see.