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Starts tonight @ 9.
Lol. How quaint 😀 Been available to stream since 2am.
Loved it! Really promising. Based on a much shorter story than GoT so hopefully they can get it done & dusted before it turns shite 😂
Hoping to catch it at 9.
It's excellent I thought!
Lol. How quaint
I prefer the term Old School 🙂
Watched the first episode, seems like a good start, some great actors in there, Paddy Considine will always do it right, same with Matt Smith, good to see Rhys Ifans and Graham McTavish in there as well, would have been nice to have a few more females of the same calibre.
Guess the big problem will always be moving the plot around what the viewer already knows, but it's based on a R R Martins work, so as long as they don't start tweaking the pace, or side story it to death it should be ok.
I've never seen Game of Thrones until last week when BT gave me access to Sky Atlantic so I've got a lot of catching up to do. Still recording it though.
I was told back in the old skool days to watch GOT.
I was very dissapointed to learn how hungergames that I attempted to watch then failed was not GOT.
WELL, they were too when I described to them what I thought was GOT.
🤣
I thought it was a pretty promising start.
Still adjusting to Dr who wielding a sword with long blond hair. Apart from that, I enjoyed it
Dr Who said the c word!
Filmed on Mam Tor. Walked through the set last year
I’ve never seen Game of Thrones until last week
The first few seasons were brilliant. Once the Lannisters have their falling out and Tyrion sets out on his own, stop watching and just read plot summaries. The final season was pretty poor.
not enough locations. I liked how GoT had multiple threads. this is mostly sad dr who with erectile dysfunction. where's mushroom, too?
I’m away on holiday so can’t check - is it available as UHD/HDR on Sky?
is it available as UHD/HDR on Sky?
Unfortunately not - dunno if it's available in the US in UHD/HDR, if it is then it sucks it's not on Sky in that format to.
Mind you even in HD the dragon in the scene at the start looked a bit blurry/low detail to me, have they not got as good a CGI budget as GoT had?
Apart from that I enjoyed it - although I question the need to call out the GoT winter and how important it would be in the future, it's like the HotD writers were having a laugh
How many series is this thing going to take?
If "one", then it looks promising. If the showrunners are going to try and string it into "four" then, well, erm, never mind. There's always Day of the Dead on SciFi.
Somewhat disappointed no major actors were beheaded during the course of episode 1. Mind you Paddy can't be long for the plot.
Unfortunately not – dunno if it’s available in the US in UHD/HDR, if it is then it sucks it’s not on Sky in that format to.
Ugh, annoying.
EDIT;
Found this thread whichhas people posting yesterday saying it is available, so it might be worth you poking around a bit.
https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/What-s-On/House-Of-The-Dragons-UHD/td-p/4057495
Far far too many pointy shoes for my taste.
Interesting Sky thread that - looks like it's available UHD/HDR on-demand so will try that this evening.
Do you need to have seen GoT to understand it?
Missus loved GoT but I never got into it, don’t fancy watching 100 hours of TV just to know what is happening in this series.
Do you need to have seen GoT to understand it?
Nope. The main family in it (or what's left of it) features in GoT, as do a couple of the other families (Hightower etc) but this is a prequel and should be free-standing.
If anything, if you enjoy this you can then move on to watching GoT.
that was cool, but ultimately one of the reasons it fell apart at the end - they'd overreached and just couldn't pull it all together properly.not enough locations. I liked how GoT had multiple threads.
yeah I haven't read the book & trying to avoid book spoilers, although [I]apparently[/I] that whole thing was new but did come from GRRM. It did feel very shoehorned-in and I guess ultimately turns the Targs into goodies rather than warmongering psychos if they felt all the conquering was necessary to ensure the survival of mankind! Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing though...although I question the need to call out the GoT winter and how important it would be in the future, it’s like the HotD writers were having a laugh
That's a fair point, I keep forgetting GRRM hasn't written his version of the GoT long night/winter yet (and maybe never will...) so perhaps that fits in better with what was stated in HotD.
It did feel very shoehorned-in and I guess ultimately turns the Targs into goodies rather than warmongering psychos if they felt all the conquering was necessary to ensure the survival of mankind
The first episode is very very early in the plot, the whole storyline for dance of dragons is the Targaryen civil war, and as seen previously in GoT, GRRM tends to have characters change through the story.
Only thing i take away from the first episode is this could be a very long series, i think the timeline for this story is about 3 times longer than the entire (main) GoT timeline!
Yeah I think we are looking at a kinda re-run of GoT here tbh, I'd expect 5 or 6 series.
GoT got the pacing wrong, bit too slow and poderous at times, then rattled through the ending. I'd expect this to have better pacing.
Only thing i take away from the first episode is this could be a very long series, i think the timeline for this story is about 3 times longer than the entire (main) GoT timeline!
It's hard to televise that kind of timeline - you run into the problem of having to recast popular actors as their characters get old. They got away with it in The Crown, of course, but imagine having to ditch Kit Harington after a couple of series of GoT.
Only thing i take away from the first episode is this could be a very long series
If it gets eyeballs, they'll just keep making more of it.
imagine having to ditch Kit Harington after a couple of series of GoT.
Yeah, imagine having to sort through this for a replacement.
I never saw GoT until then first covid lockdown and bought it all on Blu-ray and watched it with my wife. We thoroughly enjoyed it, tbh I even felt the ending wasn't that bad. I've no access to hbo but hope this HotD is good. If it is I'll rewatch got, and by then the hotD Blu-ray should be out and I'll give it ago. My thinking is it's based on Martin's novels so should be a good plot and it's a lavish production just like got so should look good.
It’ll be interesting to see what characters become fan’s favourites, GoT had a few of the rogues who done good, like the hound, Bronn and Tormund, not sure the outline of this the s similar, hopefully it is, character development takes time though
Enjoyed that first episode, bit too much blood, but left with a lot of tension...got to wait a week now for the next episode now. Cant binge watch it ☹️
Enjoyed that first episode, bit too much blood,
Have you seen GOT? It was a little tame compared to that tbh, nowhere near enough nudity/beheadings etc 🤣
Decent first episode though, good to hear a similar theme song as well.
Underwhelmed here but I'll stay with it as I guess S1 episode 1 of any show is going to have a lot of scene setting and character introducing to do, so looking forward to machinations actually getting properly going. But:
I can do without the dragons, frankly, being on screen so much at any rate. Dunno if it's settings on our big OLED but they do look a bit out of an xbox game, and make the other CGI look a bit cheap somehow.
Also, and call me an elderly high court judge, but I do have a problem with the accents and mangled vowels of the younger female characters particularly. Unless of course Oldtown in Westeros has a Sloan Square (as in "leauds of planets have a sleaune squa...")
Watched it last night.
The whole point of Tits'n'Dragons is tits and dragons, so more tits and more dragons please 😀
Though it did deliver on the gratuitous violence front
A promising start
The whole point of Tits’n’Dragons is tits and dragons, so more tits and more dragons please
Haha, Lovejoy knew the score.
I think they've had to be a bit more sparing with the tits in the wake of #metoo. So the dragons better be bloody amazing.
Enjoyed that first episode, bit too much blood,
Have you seen GOT? It was a little tame compared to that tbh, nowhere near enough nudity/beheadings etc 🤣
Decent first episode though, good to hear a similar theme song as well
Yeah, true enough, it wasnt as bad as fingers in eyeballs exploding head, but still had me wincing
It's and dragons? I thought it was 'tits, bum, violence and dragons?'. Right, I'm out!
It’s and dragons? I thought it was ‘tits, bum, violence and dragons?’. Right, I’m out!
Bit of a lack of bums and tits so far, but I'll give it time...
And no incest. Yet.
There is an orgy scene though, sooo 🤣
Tits on dragons ?, I thought we had that on GoT 😕
Gave it ago and thought it was a bit meh. I will give episode two ago but I reckon it will lack holding power for me.
Btw I'm mean tits, bums, and violence and dragons, not tits, bum violence, and dragons. If that's your thing though... That's fine.
Watched ep1 last night.
Tits - check
Dragons - check
Mildly subversive feminist-friendly plot points - check
It was decent enough.
It was decent, but the interesting thing about GoT was the sheer diversity of interesting characters and actors populating it from the outset, whereas so far we've only seen some fairly un-memorable courtiers and princesses. I hope they don't waste Paddy Considine and Rhys Ifans.
Yeah GoT's biggest strength for me was it's really strong characters (apart from Jon Snow and the dragon girl).
Not seeing anyone to match Cersei so far here.
🐲🐉
Meh, not a great 2nd episode.
Brief dragon sightings, zero tits
Disappointing
It's only 2 episodes in, but it has jumped 6 months between them and not a lot has happened, never learnt much about the characters in the second episode either, but again, loads of time to develop, it's got a second series commissioned now as well.
Also seen Episode 3 teaser, it looks like it jumps another year between episodes!
Bit of a slow one, and definitely lacking in violence/nudity.
It's obviously setting up the classic rivalries, rebellious daughter who hates her father, mild plotting and backstabbing etc etc.
Oh and the 5 minute long title sequence is back! 😁
All a bit predictable for me, shall probably keep watching but no GoT.
Well, [I]I[/I] enjoyed it 😃 They're in an impossible situation really, trying to follow what was (in its early seasons) undoubtably one of the finest tellyprogs of all time. The fact that it isn't mostly garbage, like a lot of highly anticipated stuff (Star Wars on Disney, I'm looking at you 😂) is enough for me at the moment. Regarding the pacing, again they can't win, as a lot of people want them to jump into massive battles/bloodshed right away and are moaning that it's "slow" - but the original GoT was glacially slow in the first couple seasons, which actually was a really good thing! And then other people are moaning it's not slow enough! The comparisons with GoT are inevitable, but probably not helpful - hopefully it'll find it's own groove shortly. It's definitely doing enough to scratch the itch at the moment, though.
but the original GoT was glacially slow in the first couple seasons
I'm not sure I agree with this - I'm rewatching the first series at the moment, and the sheer variety of characters, locations and action by the third episode is great. By a the end of episode one, you've got white walkers, Winterfell, the Starks, the Lannisters (including Tyrion), the king, Joffrey, adultery/incest, Danaerys, Drogo, a kid getting chucked out of a window. By the end of the third you've got Kings Landing plus all the devious types/murder mysteries there, the Mountain/Hound/Bronn, action at The Wall and a load of other subplots developing. The pace is pretty intense and big plots are already unfolding.
Here you have locations you already know - Kings Landing/Dragonstone, various Targaryens, Hightowers etc, a lot of small council chat, some marriage intrigue, perhaps a bit of naval trouble on the horizon, and a mini-Danaerys on a dragon.
Both Paddy Considine and Rhys Ifans' characters are decently-drawn and acted, but don't really grab your attention. All the focus seems to be on the succession dynamic without anything else really going on to fill in the gaps.
I'm hopeful it will build quickly from here, but it seems a bit one-dimensional to me.
Here you have locations you already know – Kings Landing/Dragonstone, various Targaryens, Hightowers etc, a lot of small council chat, some marriage intrigue, perhaps a bit of naval trouble on the horizon, and a mini-Danaerys on a dragon.
and a nasty case of crabs
^^^actually that's horrible. Shall I edit?
I enjoyed ep2.
It's not gonna match GoT in it's prime, but they're doing it well for a spin-off IMO.
Paddy C was particularly good in this one.
^^^actually that’s horrible. Shall I edit?
If you have to ask...
Paddy C was particularly good in this one.
He's a fine actor, and hopefully he'll go full 'Dead Man's Shoes' at some point. How can a Targ not have a bit of ultraviolent rage in him?
Summary so far:
Dr Who borrows an egg.
Did I miss anything?
I'm hoping that Graham McTavish will get in lots of smiting before long. He seems a bit underused so far.
Dr Who borrows an egg.
Did I miss anything
Prince Philip's hair transplant a considerable success
Needs more tits, arse and violence
Well did it, got through all 73 episodes in just under 4 weeks. Lots of early mornings and late nights.
This week's ending required some extra suspension of disbelief (yes, I know it's a fantasy etc but some kind of internal coherence and logic would be appreciated).
I'm liking it so far - you have to remember it's focus is quite narrow compared with GoT (mostly the war that tore apart the Targaryens). For now it's fairly quickly covering the build up to that and introducing the main characters (the time jumps are quite jarring though) but I'm imaging the timeline will slow down and more characters will be introduced and others rounded out as the conflict starts.
There's several other GoT series in development, mostly with a narrow focus on certain characters/events so I don't think we'll see another 8 season epic like GoT
Well did it, got through all 73 episodes in just under 4 weeks. Lots of early mornings and late nights.
Were you left feeling robbed and disappointed by the last season and final episode 😢
Boobs bums and dicks a little something for everyone. Plus Dr Who got a hair cut.
I was on tenterhooks all episode.... I was making a cup of tea in the next room before it started and heard the warning ' contains scenes of surgery that viewers may find distressing'. I can take the gore of battle but a long drawn out scene when you know what's coming makes me squirm.
At the end was vaguely disappointed. Said to wife - where was the surgery? She looked at me like I was from another planet. After a brief explanation, turns out she had it on some 24 hours emergency ambulance channel and had turned over just before and I'd heard the warning to the wrong program. Anyway, it livened up a mainly quite boring episode for me.
At the risk of straying to DoY territory. For a weeny princess who's never done it before, she had some good moves. But all the time it had me worried that Sir Todger might be up for some surgery once Paddy found out.
She did seem a quick learner...
She did seem a quick learner…
Amazing what you can pick up in a brothel...
Amazing what you can pick up in a brothel…
Coke and hookers 😁
As sulky teenagers don't do anything for me for some reason, I found that glacially paced and thoroughly boring. Dr Who's got a shorter fright wig and it takes a knight about 45 mins to strip for action seem to be the main take aways. Not sure I can be arsed staying with...
The "auditions" were entertaining 😃
Just "caught up".
Is this meandering yawnfest actually going anywhere anytime soon?
I'm still rating the Day of the Dead series over this.
I found the first episode on YouTube. Only watched about half, it's not captured me. ☹️
Is this meandering yawnfest actually going anywhere anytime soon?
Exactly. Every episode should have Graham McTavish lopping off some heads or something just to liven things up. Or the equivalent of Tyrion Lannister getting drunk and being a smart-arse.
I think it's the next episode (or possibly the one after) we jump 10+ years and get the 'adult' versions of some of the characters, it's only after that the civil war starts. Personally I'm fine with the pace so far (although I think not being able to binge watch multiple episodes puts more of a focus on an episode when not much happens apart from setting up some future stories). It's not about sword fights and dragon blasting every episode though, nor was GoT
It’s not about sword fights and dragon blasting every episode though, nor was GoT
No, but the Lannisters' bickering was entertaining enough to keep it interesting when there wasn't any action.
Enjoyed the latest, back to intrigue/conniving that is GoT at its best! Sets it up nicely for it all to kick-off big time next ep!
Matt Smith not clicking with me at all, though. Is he just not a very good actor? (Not a dr who fan so don’t think I’ve seen him in anything else!) Or could be how they’re using him… what were those ridiculous Jedi robes about. 😂
Also, apparently, in the books 2 pivotal scenes in this ep were deliberately left ambiguous whereas here they’re way too heavy handed.
Was thinking after the last episode, there's actually no real likeable characters in this one, unlike GoTs, could be a big problem if they want to do multi seasons of this, there's no real care if any of them were killed off, as the characters are pretty one dimensional, there's no Tyrion, or Ned Stark, or a Hound/Bronn/etc.
Matt Smith not clicking with me at all, though
Same, possibly a bit to do with the character/writing but he's not very convincing so far - hopefully it improves.
Was thinking after the last episode, there’s actually no real likeable characters in this one
Yeah, GOT was great when it was the Starks versus the Lannisters. The Lannisters were great villians, terrible people, but you could also have some sympathy with most of them, and their squabbling among themselves was utterly brilliant. HOTF just doesn't have any characters to compare to that.