House Of The Dragon Ep. Three ~REVIEW~
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Two things are certain in my videos. 1. My dyslexic ass will mispronounce a name and 2. If I’m recording early in the morning, Pips tail will waft by the screen.
Spelling checks out
You may have gotten confused too because the queen who wasn't is called Rhaenerys, which sounds like Rhaenyra the princess and Daenerys combined. Targaryens are hard man!
Edit: And 10 seconds later I see someone call her Rhaenys which turns out to be correct, goes to show how rough it is for non dyslexics too lol.
Don't worry, could've been a lot worse
Great review, also nice shirt. Where'd ya get it?
rhaenyrs is the queen who never was, corlys verlaryon's wife, cousin to king viserys.
i get that you mixed up denarys (how do you spell denarys anyway?) and rhaenyra, but i thought you should be reminded that rhaenyrs is an actual character in the show.
edit: rhaenys. not rhaenyrs. i got it wrong.
The Daemon scene felt really weird at first until I realized what was happening. Daemon started that war to prove his worth to his brother. To have the King send reinforcements at the last second to win the war they were losing would mean Daemon did it all for nothing. So in true unpredictable Daemon fashion, he bet everything on a last-ditch gamble to win the war without his brother's help, or die trying.
To add on this, I also saw it as him saying "If I stand aside and let my brother win this war for me, I may as well be dead." He started this war to prove his worth, as you said, and to garner support. If he fails and his brother saves his ass, he loses all credibility and will basically be a laughing stock. He'd rather die in trying for one last shot at glory, than live the rest of his life in his brother's shadow.
It looked really dumb though with somehow hundreds of arrows not catching him. And then they surround him for no reason, even though they had been trying to kill him this whole time with arrows and swords. That awkward surrounding without killing him was like plot armor 5000, genuinely terrible.
And even in the jousting, this dude got hammered, meanwhile not a single drop of blood on his face, and he looked like he didn't even break a sweat, even though he was getting wrecked, like what???? It's a decent show so far but man they need to go back to Game of Thrones realism.
@@alb0zfinest First of all, there weren't even hundreds of archers, so there weren't as many arrows at once as you're exaggerating.
Secondly, as it was already stated by Daniel in his video, it is possible to just get that lucky, not to mention the several times he takes cover under wreckage as a shield, and he does eventually get hit twice.
Thirdly, the Crabfeeder was sending out his soldiers in small waves in the beginning, in fear of dragons, and Daemon was killing them all with relative ease. They don't rush him outright because he's still a dangerous combatant, even on his own. It's important to remember that this war was fought for three years in the gap between episodes. I have no doubt that they recognized who he was, and were a little scared to be the first to charge in. That hesitation was enough time for Corlys to come to his aid in the counterattack.
@@alb0zfinest go watch again he got hit thrice.
I agree with what you said but I think a lot of people are giving Daemon the credit for the "fake truce" strategy. The idea came from Laenor.
And I think Daemon wouldn't have agreed to it if not for two things. The Valyreon men under his command resented him after a 2 year long war with no results to show for it. We see Vaemond stirring up the men even further before Daemon arrives. Further, the message from the King & especially the wording used. It sounded very patronizing.
It was like "Hey little bro. You can't even get rid of some savages on your own? Don't worry, your big bro the King will rescue you." Viserys meant it to be comforting but it basically drove Daemon to accept Laenor's suicide plan.
Its weird how Crabfeeder is better antagonist than Euron...and he had no lines and was killed offscreen.
Didn’t think of that… you’re completely right.
Because we didn't get cok jokes as we did in got season 7,8. Such wonderful writting is only possible by DnD
Yup hard agree. It's all about presence and presentation man, would loved to have seen more of him but I guess that adds to the mystique which might have died with him but yeah.
Just goes to show that bad lines are worse than no lines at all.
I love always checking the sky before telling his men to come out and fight
Viserys is easily stealing the show for me. The way he's portrayed as a good person trying to make the right decisions, but is to naive to truly be an effective king just really works for me. Paddy and Matt have been the standout performances of these early episodes.
Milly Alcock is great as well
@@janwouter5215 Yep, everything she does on screen just feels so effective. I had to rewatch and that scene in the small council chamber near the end just blew me away. When she finds out clumsily that she's still heir she literally can't reply then can't look at her father, then has to leave the room or she'll breakdown in front of her father. I love her brittle strength so far, can't wait to see her develop. I bet Milly is going to be a massive star too.
@@davister84 Completly agree!
@@janwouter5215 milly alcock is the only one winning me over.
... i am actually so over viserys. paddy considine's great. but my brain is starting to check out whenever i see viserys... it's, like, "ok, i get it, you just want to be a good guy, and things aren't working out." but the story STALLS dead in the water while letting viserys show us over and over again.
same with matt smith. he's doing good too. but they only seem to use his character to do some flashy scenes. he's just used as a plot device... that doesn't even matter to the plot right now.
rhaenyra is the only one who seems to be positioned to move forward... but nothing is actually in her control. and she's just pushed around by events episode to episode, rising above with a little triumph written in for each episode.
this story is a mess.
... i am so negative.
@@davister84 that moment was so well acted i almost thought it was accidental
If you’ve ever had any kind of family drama, being angry at and not talking to your relatives for multiple years even though a simple conversation could be the catalyst to heal the tension is totally believable and realistic
I was going to say, this feels completely realistic.
Also, it is almost impossible to talk through the issue of disliking or hating someone's husband or wife.
Also, Viserys is really not entirely in Rhaenyra's corner, and assurances aside she knows it.
Not when the fate of 6 entire kingdoms is on the line 😄
I mean it can happen I guess, it’s just inherently stupid
@@GaryCrant rhaenyra and alicent are about 15-17 so it’s pretty realistic
@@eldraque4695 I was talking about Visery - Rhaenyra
I love the subtle manipulation we see from Otto Hightower onto Viserys. Just rewatched all three episodes and literally every action he has done so far has been toward increasing his foothold on the throne. Gives me vibes of a more subtle Tywin type character.
More like Tywin was littlefingered and Otto was born
@@keshav1321 Lmao
My problem is with the actor that portrays him, he's very wooden and his delivery is monotonous. Tywin on the other hand played by charles dance was a magnificent performance.
@@senpai1628 I think he's going for subtlety. He's like human wallpaper, blending into the background, not making too much of an impression while he progresses his machinations. While that gives the impression of Otto being the more spineless of the two, Tywin would have had to be similarly careful prior to Joffrey taking the throne I'd imagine.
@@UsernameyMcUsernameFace I would agree. Otto Hightower seems more like the Littlefinger in the books. Such a helpful bureaucrat, with plenty of sensible advice when asked.
Tywin is a domineering presence in every scene, and GoT Littlefinger had a tendency to twirl his mustache.
You forget Daemon is a Rogue. He has high points in Luck and Agility thus has high evasion.
^^
I accept this DM ruling
One of my favourite and least appreciated characters is Lord Lyonel Strong, who is just consistently giving out good and unbiased advice. He doesnt impose himself on to the King, he just talks when asked to talk, and does his job well.
Additionally, I just realised but Laenor is the one who should be credited for the victory, as it was essentially his plan to fake surrender with a big hostage as bait.
He’s a great guy
I think my favorite scene in this episode was Rhaenyra walking back to camp all bloody & brooding, not saying a word & just strolling past everyone looking so badass.
I loved that scene too, although she should have appeared even bloodier. Her face and hair were drenched right after she had killed the boar.
It's a shame Milly Alcock and Emily Carey won't play their characters for the entire duration of the show. They've sold me as Rhaenyra and Alicent, and Milly is what I've always imagined a Targaryen girl to look like, as though she should have actually been born with white hair lol. Easily the best casting choice of the show in that regard.
Too young, you can't have 35 year olds play 15 and vice versa... She is great
ughhhh really? Milly Alcock is so sexy i'm gonna be sad. Not to mention Emma D'Arcy who is going to play older Reinera is some "non-binary" SJW diversity hire. BOO D&D once again!
Olivia and Emma are also spot on. The first time I saw Emma I just thought she was a perfect cast. Let's see though what happens
Milly has been such an incredible surprise for sure. Already a fan of her!
I'd like them to at least stay with the character for at least this first season. Each actress is brilliant in their respective roles
Also, I think the White Hart being setup as a sign of true royalty through the whole episode just for it to be there for Rhaenyra was such a nice moment of foreshadowing.
Yeah she's the true heir the Gods favor her, and the stag they got on aegon 2 is black which its a NO! NO!
That was made up for the show and not in the book
@@theonlyjuan3074 More like brown, but yeah.
@@jimboslice6367 the book is histories written by maesters, not a detailed look into every event. The white stag was mentioned in book one of game of thrones.
@@Lgrodo and it was not mentioned in Fire and blood. This is purely fan fiction by the showrunner
I liked the symbology in this one. Kings struggling with the idea of who to choose, cant find a white stag on his sons birthday hunt and all the court tie it up and force him to kill it but his heart isnt in it and he cant rven kill it first try, and then raeina finds one and chooses not to kill it and it bows and walks off... also the parallels to his wife being tied up and butchered for his dream of a son to the stag being tied up and butchered... good stuff
Oh, I thought about all your comment except for your last sentence. Nice input! ^^
Symbolism
I really like the juxtaposition of Viserys killing the deer after it being already tied up - and in fact seemingly not wanting to - and Rhaenyra straight up brutalising that boar. She's a dragon through and through, and Viserys seems to renounce that very Targaryen quality, and suffers from it, personally and politically.
The score when Daemon comes out of the cave dragging the Crabfeeder’s body gave me goosebumps big time! All hail, King Djawadi!
But I am kind of disappointed the title sequence song is the same as GoT's. I wish it had its own rendition at least.
I felt like they dropped the ball there, it would have been more impactful if Crabfeeder and Daemon shared words whilst Daemon was searching for him in the cave and we saw a small fight between them which then led to Daemon dragging out his severed torso in triumph. It was still good but for that to be done off screen felt wrong especially since the start of the episode had Daemon calling out to Crabfeeder to fight him.
I think they will probably show it in a future episode as a flashback as they speak about the victory@@Opian008
Daemon took an arrow to the knee! I guess his adventuring days are over.
I liked that we get to see King Viserys be a little more aggressive in this episode, but man... he really needs Daemon by his side to protect him from people like Otto Hightower.
7:40 At first I thought it was a bit unrealistic too, but I actually spotted this little detail: all the archers keep missing Daemon until he stops for a brief moment, that's when three arrows finally hit. And I think that justifies the whole scene.
gotta give a hard disagree there
They are also far away
Why @how bizzare?
That first dragon battle scene was better than any of the ones they had in Game of Thrones. I was STOKED. Now, Daemon’s attack at the end seems like the worst tactical decision I’ve ever seen, but then he’s always been a little dramatic.
In the "Inside the Episode" the showrunners explained that the intent was for Daemon to basically be on a suicide mission and that his surviving sets the basis for his character going forward this season.
Dude do your remember The spoils of war episode from season seven Im pretty sure it tops this opening
@@unc54 But how do they explain the Crab Feeder not even thinking this could be a trap and sending all of his men on Daemon, and he knows they have dragons.
Daemon put everything on red, risking his own life for the victory before Viserys could intervene and steal some of the credit.
_"That first dragon battle scene was better than any of the ones they had in Game of Thrones"_
🙄 *Hell fvckin' NO !!!!!!!*
Really like what they're doing with Daemon (and how it was conveyed with 0 dialogue). He's almost like a far more dangerous, cunning and vicious Jon Snow, equally willing to put his life on the line and lead in battle rather than being a one-note smarmy Ramsayesque coward. Matt Smith is a treasure
I don't wanna be rude but he's nothing like Jon and you seem to agree as you've added things that are quite the opposite of Jon, the only similarity is probably you liking them both
@@harsh_1910 He has similarities to Jon as a battle commander. As a person, he is nothing like Jon. Jon was Kind, humble, brave, and reckless. Daemon is cruel, brave, Narcissistic, and reckless. There are similarities and differences both.l will agree that he is more like Jamie though. He is almost completely season 1 Jamie, just wayy more cruel and cunning.
@@wittweirdo3066 I think that the traits that you're posting out are similar are not what most people associate with Jon, the traits I see most people see in Jon are kindness, honor, good heart, he was an underdog he was treated not well, while daemon is the opposite in those departments but I will say that you're not wrong but most characters have small similarities like that for example sansa and Jon are both kind, goodhearted people, and bratty early on so does that mean they remind anyone of each other , obviously no same goes for ned and tywin, both are great battle commanders, both have quite the presences but they're obviously not people associate team to be similar
@@harsh_1910 I agree that the similarities are not big but they are there. Moreover, i think similarities with Jon are going to be bought again and again by many people. Mostly because the only person who can compete with the feats Daemon achieves in this book is probably Jon Snow (among the people we have seen). Again, he is less than 10% similar to Jon i think, he is way more like Jamie or even Tywin (imo) in some regards, especially later on with his ruthlessness.
i think they totally missed out on fleshing out his character more in this episode. it feels like that they just needed him to do something cool for the audience to talk about.
because every episode, they need that shock value thing for people to tweet about afterward.
i think they should have made daemon portray his determination to be king here. that he was sick of wasting his time on the steppe stones and he was willing to do whatever it took to win.
he rejects gis brother's message of sending help, and he risks his life to win.
the trailer for episode 4 has him named king of the steppe stones, but i want to see his emotional resolve here.
otherwise, its just a cool battle.
because the writer needs the story to move along.
Paddy's performance as Viserys has been so unbelievably good. In the book he's such a jolly man, but again Fire and Blood was written by the maesters and is their version of the history. It's a really great angle that the 'jolly man' is the face he showed the world, but underneath the mask he's completely and continuously torn and conflicted by trying to please everyone. Viserys is the most nuanced character by far as of yet, while his book counterpart is seemingly the opposite of that. Masterful.
Milly Alcock is absolutely making the show for me. One of the best young actresses I've seen in a while. You empathize with her situation and I feel like her emotional arc is very genuine and relatable.
Not for long my friend she only plays young princess in couple of more episodes 😢
@@Morfeusm 2 more episodes of her and than 15 years time jump
@@s8theninjawarrior916 wow, I got so used to her that I will miss her😭
@@carlosdanielcalderonmontoy3723 yeah, but I think Emma Darcy will do a great job portraying her as well
@@s8theninjawarrior916 I don't know who she is but yeah👌🏼🤣
All that is gold does not glitter, but what glitters isnt always gold.
oh wow, this is a good quote.
not all those who wander are lost
the old that is strong does not wither
deep roots are not reached by frost
From the ashes a fire shall be woken
a light from the shadows shall spring
renewed shall be blade that was broken
the crownless again shall be king
All that glitters is gold, only shooting stars break the mold
Honestly I’m quite happy with the boar scene because it ties into Rhaenyra’s character. The show mentions that boars sound like children when they die and after she hears it, she goes off on the boar as a representation for her hatred of Aegon
Damn. Just saw the episode and didn't catch that.
Also, I now want a series where we see the descendants of that boar multiply, spread their influence, forge alliances & wait for the opportune moment to kill a King of Westeros & avenge their fallen.
It's believable to me that Viserys wouldn't really speak to Rhaenyra in two-three years since he's proven to be conflict aversed in the first two episodes. He killed his wife without telling her what was happening, Rhaenyra had to brigde the gap between them at their dinner and he dismissed her anyway, he let Daemon get away with literal murder so it makes sense to me that he had to be positioned by Allicent/Otto to finally talk to her. He's probably been playing with Warhammer models the entire time. X
Hey, but they are so much fun
Milly Alcock’s faces are top notch. I feel EVERYTHING from her expressions,
Great breakdown, and I share your excitement and enjoyment. 🙂👌🏻
And I’m an archer and can say at that distance, on a windy beach, hitting something that’s NOT moving is pretty damned hard. The slightly unrealistic part was that suddenly for some reason they DO manage to hit him multiple times. 😜
Luck!
Love seeing your passion for a Song of Ice and Fire reignited! It’s my favorite series and this show has gotten me excited again as well, I’ve always loved the heavy theming GRRM can achieve, such as the Lannister spear killing the stag calling back to Cersei killing Robert
When I saw Spotify man I shouted "there's Jaskier". He looked and acted like Jaskier too lol
Same. ^^
Saaame
The sleeper hit for me so far has been Viserys. Big props to Paddy for portraying him in such a sympathetic and moving way.
I'm happy Daemon is getting the recognition he deserved from the fan's for being one of the best characters from ASOIAF. Ofc I might be biased because the rogue prince have always been one of my favorites, but now when ppl mention Dany, Rhagor, or Jon we can start to see Daemon name pop up as will. Hopefully there's a Blackfyre spinoff in the future so that another Daemon can be introduce to the fan's.
Infants are treated differently in this world. In the north they wouldn’t even name a babe until they were a toddler. That’s why everyone’s unsure Aegon could’ve died in those 3 years and Rhaneyra be the heir again but now that he’s no longer an infant those questions of how is the heir have been answered
Exactly! They even said it clearly during that first party scene. He's not a baby anymore, and now they consider him heir material.
That was common in our world until about 130/140 years ago as well. Infant mortality was high enough that they didn't name them until they were a year old.
At first I was rooting strongly for Rhaenyra to take the throne, but Daemon was so epic that I kinda started to root for him! Funny I can overlook his violence and cruelty because he's such a stud ha
I definitely think that those arrows were more realistic than, say, the Battle of the Bastards, especially considering that by the end Daemon had taken three hits!
Yeah, Daemon used cover (ok admittedly only once but still that's more than Jon), we see be was surrounded by smoke from the Crabfeeder's POV and it's been mentioned that hitting from afar with this stuff taken into account would make it hard as hell.
Then you have BotB were Jon survives 2 arrow barrages aimed squarely at him, doesn't break any part of his body falling from his horse, and survives 2 armies slamming into each other around him.
@Lifestyle He retreated at the start because the pirates had mostly retreated into the caves, and on Caraxes he was a sitting duck for the archers to kill him. Retreating is neither a show of fear nor cowardice. To think otherwise is just silly.
Here, all the chips are down. Viserys coming to save him would render this entire war, and by extension Daemon, completely pointless. He would rather die than let his pride be sullied like this.
@Lifestyle The archers don't have to expose themselves nearly as much when shooting at a dragon and its rider. As they explained in the meeting, they hide within the caves whenever dragons show up and shoot the dragons from the caves whenever they try to land, so they need to be drawn out.
I was so worried that all I would be able to see when I watch Matt Smith is Dr who but I gotta say he's nailed it! he was born to play Daemon.
Emma D’Arcy gonna have some pretty big shoes to fill when they age Rhaenyra up.
The whole Daemon running and the archers missing was indeed believable at the end because at one point they did hit him. Sure they missed a lot, of the shots, but not all of them. Also there was cover and he did use it so it all makes it a little less eye-roll-inducing in the end. And I was so pleasantly surprised when the other dragon riders came along! Great episode. Also agreed that HotD is currently ahead of RoP and I say this as a massive Tolkien-head.
Plus the guy knows how to zig-zag while running. Unlike a Stark brother we could name...
Maybe its realistic that he dodges the arrows, but I just can't get over the stupidity of crab guy, why send out groups of 5 to all fight video game style 1 one 1 and then send ur whole damn army? Why not just 20 together?
xP not like being a fan of Tolkien can't be a detracting element when watchig rings
@@Marcusjnmc by all means, I'm enjoying RoP, it's just I'm enjoying HotD a bit more. Rick and Morty even more so 😂
Raenerys is actually a beautiful name lmao
Ill take a good show over a good looking show any day of the week.
Yeah, all the reviews of Rings of Power I've seen have started with "First off, it looks amazing-"
Which is never a good sign. That show has had so many red flags.
@@jarltrippin like a Russian parade in the 1950's
Really enjoying both shows right now. Can’t wait to see what’s next. Great video! Sorry about your Crab People. 😢
The King is an amazing character, his mentality reminds me of Arthur’s from the three kings conversation in fate zero. I also really like the young guy who rode in on the dragon and acted like a tactician for Daemon
Great review, as always, and so great to hear that you'll be looking at these two shows week by week as they come out. I think there's more to the boar scene with Rhaenyra and Sir Cole than just setting up their relationship. Like the two Harts in the episode, it shows a difference between Rhaenyra and her father (we are supposed to read his primacy as artificial, but hers as cosmically fated), the way that the King makes his kill in comparison to Rhaenyra really makes that point, if somewhat ham-fistedly (as another commenter pointed out).
Moreover, watching that sequence I couldn't help but hold it up against the scene in WoT where Perrin and Egwene are being held by Valda (I won't say anything more about that scene, to avoid spoiling). Here, Sir Cole, got rocked and Rhaenyra had to hold her own--but Sir Cole is not absolutely useless, so he gets back up and deals a mortal blow to the boar... but Rhaenyra still has to deal with the boar while it's dying and so she gets to show her chops too. Both of the people contributed to that success, and both of them revealed something about their character. I literally said, out loud to my TV, "That's how you do it. That right there."
Thank you, I can't wait for this series of reviews to continue.
I liked how they mirrored the establishing scene in episode 1 in the Gods wood where Rhaenyra and Alicente are studying, and then the scene in this episode in the same place highlighting how their relationship has changed
I really enjoyed this episode and a big part of that was the accurate portrayal of feudal court life with its pageantry, emphasis on status and appearances, throngs of servants, all that stuff. There was a filter they were using that made everything in Kingswood hunting camp look kind of sepia - I wish they would've cranked up the bright colors even more.
I agree HoTD is ahead and not by a little imo. Good writing will always beat out pure spectacle.
Fun little bit of subtle storytelling and continuity is that later in the episode during that talk with Allicent, I'm pretty sure you can see that he's had pieces of his fingers amputated where he had that infected cut from the Iron Throne. Beautiful bit of show-don't-tell about his failing health along with the general sense of exhaustion that seems to be weighing him down in all his scenes.
6:53 for me I liked it
It not only showed the limited power she feels like she truly has all the while not being able to do much about it
In addition to that, she killed something herself which ties to the king's hunt and emotion(both letting their emotion through the hunt) (and maybe showing how there's not many on her side with how each hunt went)
And her being approached by the white stag and letting it go which could reaffirm her queenliness but is above tradition
Loving these reviews, personally think this was the best episode of the show so far 👌
Great takes here dude. Loving the analysis
Daemon was out there running like he's playing Ding-Dong-Ditch!!
I hope both series succeed because I just want more fantasy adaptations moving forward!!
Just started the video. First thing I hear is crab people, and I fully understand what it means. I should be worried.
For me, it’s so human for them to make progress so slowly especially as royalty
I haven’t noticed too many people mention that Visyres only has 3 fingers left on his hand. I noticed it last night when he and Alicent were talking about the Crab Feeder. Fantastic episode, just so much goodness squeezed into an hour and change.
R.I.P Crabman. May you live on in the dpeths amongst the crabs.
I was also thinking about the arrows, until Daemon does get hit by a few. So good work, show!
As heavy handed as it was the white hart metaphor worked for me. Along with the looks the hunters give rhaenyra when she walks in with a boar she killed, compared to what her father did. It's nothing subtle, but in that scenario, it works
It's sad that we will only get the current actress for one more episode. She's killing it
Two more right? Doesn't the rapid time jump happen after ep 5? Savior these last two I know I will.
@@dannhaleigh9573 i don't know how the time jump is gonna work. Anyway its some consolation to have Matt going forward.
Coz I just wanna see the dragon battle above the godswood at the end of the war.
This episode was pretty good at showing us and not just telling us. Understandable with large time jumps when necessary, but I feel they tried to leave context clues
Corlys with his massive axe looked so fucking badass. Loved that costume design.
Yo Dannyboy, seeing this massive increase in bookish tattoos on you makes me want a tattoo collection video! No worries if you don't want to do it but just throwing the idea out there ehe
I love this show but the speed that the plot progresses sacrifices a little bit of suspense for me. I would have liked to have seen the Crab Feeders built up a little more before knocking them down. It would have felt more triumphant.
The crab guy was just a minor villain who needed to be dealt with to flesh out Daemon's character. There was no point in extending his story too much.
I would've loved it if they had waited to start the dance in late s2 or in s3 but I understand that they have to start it by season one to keep casual audience's attention
I agree but the show would have to be 10 seasons long or more if they properly set up everything and built up tense moments and wars properly
@@JLchevz I think it would more like 6-8 seasons but if you add Regency era then it would be 10
That's the thing about this world tho the lore is so fleshed out that like in the real history you can skip around alot and still have content for years.
The problem I've had with later GoT, and now with this episode, is that it seems like in this universe scouts and outriders just, don't exist? Like these armies while encamped would at the very least have scouts around the perimeter, *especially* when an enemy is coming to surrender. Daemons allies just come out of seemingly nowhere and I just can't help but feeling they needed some sort of set up where they were hidden or at least something that doesn't make mr. crabman seem like a total idiot along with his army. Battle of The Bastards in GoT had a similar issue
Kinda wild how much better this was than the two hour snore fest that was Rings of Power. Yeah rings looks pretty sometimes but when there’s movement the green screened backgrounds look so bad. Galadriel’s backstory didn’t get enough time to make her anger feel justified or believable, they had to keep to cutting away to boring story lines.
With Rhaenyra you get two episodes of what made her resentful and angry, to be betrayed by two people she’s incredibly close with, to see the entire court fawning over the result of that betrayal an trying to convince the king to replace her with him. The angst, the anger, the resentment, it’s so much more believable. Man the characters are so good.
What's the point of comparing the two?
@@CharalamposKoundourakis eh both are fantasy shows released around the same time and are literally in direct competition. It’s only natural though to be far they are very different tonally
I am glad you brought up the arrows thing, yeah at distance massed bows are only useful against massed troops. Actual precision with the smaller bows has a pretty low range without a high skill ceiling.
But yeah Daemon totally went "my brother helping me proves I am a failure so suicide mission go out in a blaze in glory time!"
Only two things I didn't like that I wonder what everyone's opinions are: 1) not seeing Crab feeder fight and die and 2) Rhaenyra seemed really whiny this episode.
Let's be honest here: do you really think the Crabfeeder would put up much of a fight? He's a mad, emaciated pirate with no armor going up against one of the most ruthless and talented swordsmen of his time (and armed with Dark Sister). Daemon would butcher the Crabfeeder in moments.
Rhaenyra has every right to be upset. Not only did her father marry her best friend, which is an avalanche of issues unto itself, but Aegon is at an age where his survival is no longer in question. Everyone around her, including Allicent, seems to be certain that Viserys will have her replaced with Aegon as heir. No amount of private, verbal assurances in the world could ever rid those doubts.
@@Aredel No you're right, based on the books, I wouldn't give Crabfeeder a chance against Daemon in a fair fight; however, id still like to see Daeomon wreck him. Just a lost oportunity to see Daemon dominate him. Also, Daemon was shot with some arrows so that would have evened out the fight.
Also, I'll give you she has to deal with some hard things because she lives in George Martin's world haha, but of literally every character in his world at this time she has the most fluff life, and I challenge you to find someone in the show currently who has a more fluff life 😂. Her father gave her the throne (despite a different precedent), he gave her the freedom to select a spouse from basically anyone in the kingdom (basically no one else in the world has that privilege), she has a dragon, and she was born as a princess with a loving family!!! Despite all this, all she does is complain, hate her dad, do nothing to secure the throne for herself, fight against her father. She's the most entitled character in HOTD. Also, I'm just going off her show character.
I agree with your opinion on not showing the Daemon v. Crabfeeder "duel". We all knew who was gonna win, so spending the time on the large battle rather than the 1v1 seemed like the better choice. Plus, him dragging half a body out of the cave with little to no context lets our imaginations take over and think of what the hell happened in the cave to have that result.
The Two River men would never miss 🙂 It was all politics in the beginning, with a formidable Rhaenyra and it ended with a big fight, which was good to keep the old dragonblood in viewer's vains flowing
I was asked why Rhaenyra was still serving drinks if she is not only a Princess but the Heir to the thrown. The position is called 'cupbearer' and it helps prevent the King from being poisoned. So I wonder, if her circumstances become worse will she be capable of poisoning her father?
I haven't read a song of Ice and Fire yet and have only watched GoT. But knowing Aegon eventually becomes king and that whole story makes me really excited/dreading what will happen with rhaenyra (probably spelled that wrong lol)
So, did anyone else see that during the scene with Otto and Alicent, there was a huge portrait depicting a gangbang behind Alicent. And in the next scene, there was another portrait just beside the door to Viserys rec room.
I liked the duality of the king and Rhaenyra. The stag was tied down and he was given a fancy spear whe she killed a wild angry boar with a knife
I loved that it was a Lannister spear killing a stag.
Wheel of Time, The Witcher, Rings of Power, House of the Dragon... and a possible adaptation of Mistborn? We. Want. More!
It's so great to see you having an opinion but still withholding final judgment from Rings of Power. I don't mind if you eventually conclude that HotD is better than RoP, I don't know which I will like more either at this point, but I'm getting really sick of people (both professional reviewers and in the comments) condemning it without ever even watching it, or only watching the first couple of episodes.
I caught up last night on all three episodes and was surprised by how much Im enjoying the show. The time skips are keeping it to a clip but I would have liked to see more of the crab war.
Daniel you gotta check out Ken Liu’s Dandelion Dynasty!!!! I personally hold it up there with my favorite series: Stormlight and Red Rising
I like the parallel vs the first hunt scene in GOT where the king is killed and Cerces becomes the Queen ..
I recommend listening Paddy and Matt’s interview on the first episode of the official Game of Thrones podcast. Very informative of their perspectives of their characters and the relationship between them.
Both the acting and the writing is supreme. The story is engaging and shows that don't get how important that is shouldn't even be published.
6:34 "The soldier"? Put some respect on my boy Ser Crispin's name!
One big thing that stands out to me, compared to both the original Game of Thrones and the Rings of Power is the comic relief/lighthearted element. It *really* needs a Tyrion/Bronn/Podric-esque storyline for me.
Deamon was dragging that greyscaled dude's "body" without any gloves on. Truely a man with no effs to give.
I really enjoyed Rings of Power, especially the production values but my god writing leaves me wanting. And then you have House of the Dragon with great dialogue and character moments! *chef's kiss*
The opening of this video be like:
"'Come hither, Fool.'
"The Fool jangled miserably across the floor."
aahahhahahahha that intro got me bawling, i will miss the crab people so much :(
Daniel, I talk from expirence family fights and not talking to each other that long it defenetly happens, it is happening currently in my family for example and they don't even talk when they eat together in same table.
I sure hope crabguy didn't get paid by the lines of dialogue
It's a nice show so far, but some things are just a little bit convenient, like the Crabfeeder actually looking to the sky & thinking what could go wrong here. It was probably a timesaving reason and at least it wasn't a "kinda forgot" type of deal, but still.
I really like the nods otherwise though, like the lion spear taking down the trapped stag.
What bothered me with the Daemon scene was not the archers. Its that after his charge they won in a straight up fight. When the whole point was that they were fighting for two years because every time a fight with a dragon started the crabs men retreated in to the caves. Guess this one time they forgot they can run back in to the caves they just came out of ?
The mirror of Targaryon taking down the stag (Baratheon) was nice.
I'm so excited to start watching Rings of the Dragon
I am loving this show so much I have completely forgiven HBO for GOT8 and I feel a renewed sense of patience for Winds of Winter. Hopefully I won’t be eating these words by the end of the season!
Crabfeeder's end reminded me of Couladin.
This just dawned on me, but there was so much symbolism from GoT and Robert Baratheon's death in this episode. First of all, GRRM has been pretty vocal that one of the scenes he would have liked to see from season 1 was Robert's hunting party and that was of course not possible for budgetary reasons so I kind of think this hunting party was a way of making up for it.
-The stags. The darker stag (Robert) dies while the white stag (Joffrey) lives on.
- The boar that attacks Rhaenyra.
- Viserys being drunk throughout the hunt and hating being the king.
A little far fetched. But still a little funny.
I thought that battle at the end was blocked out pretty strangely. A bit like that Episode 8 WOT battle. It just wasn't clear where troops were formed up and what was going on there.
Thanks for reviewing ever episode because this is the best show with fantasy since the first GOT
Why did I not notice the mustache until 8:14 seconds in. 😂
House of the Dragon takes its time to allow the characters to breathe and develope the narrative.
Rings of Power has its characters stumble breathlessly from plot point to plot point, with a plot that isn't grounded on anything interesting and humane.
This is not a fair fight.
Maybe it will find it's footing, I mean we're all fantasy nerds so we would want both to succeed in an ideal world but I agree HotD is by far the stronger. Classic case in point of show don't tell.
Ring of power hasn't had enough time to exposit character, it has a way slower pace than dragons. Give it time.
@@CharalamposKoundourakis thr thing is... We've seen literally a quarter of the season and still nothing is interesting imo yet. Compare that to HotD, where they made it clear what the show was about in the very first episode...
@@s8theninjawarrior916 Pace of the story is completely different I just don't see the merit of comparing them.
Lol at spotify boy. I totally saw that scene as a teenager blaring a song on repeat and leaving in on when her parents try to talk to her as a way of ignoring them. Bringing that 20th century mindset to ye olden times. Haha.
I like that Rhaenyra and her father are not on good terms, and when they finally confront each other Otto loses his job😌
Applause to the director and/or writer for showing that Drahar's hand is free while Daemon is dragging Drahar's remains by "material" (cloth and/or otherwise) around the arm/wrist area of the corpse.
Daemon at least is not directly pulling the remains by the hand of the remains.
The digits/fingers to the remains are extended because Daemon isn't holding the hand of the corpse. At least the director and writer were thoughtful enough to not have Daemon directly pull the corpse by a hand-to-hand _"greyscale grasp."_
The blood on Daemon's face..Ha..I guess if that isn't at least partially Drahar's blood it is to be attributed to Daemon's battlefield theatrics. Although, while eyeing Drahar immediately before Daemon then runs to the cave entrance in pursuit, Daemon is shown without any blood _(his own nor the blood of a foe)_ on his face.
I could see viserys I and rhaenyra not talking that long. Vis I seems to avoid a lot
Yeah, it's amazing how consistent his character is. Ever since we first met him, he avoids ANY difficult conversation as long as possible, then explodes in anger when he cannot handle it anymore. After that he MIGHT be able to finally talk it out, but not always. He didn't even tell his wife what was going to happen to her, he didn't talk to Rhaenyra about Alicent, he didn't talk to Damon about his issues, and in all of those it ended up blowing up in his face. He is a weak King as a result.
HotD is stomping Rings of Power so far. It's not even close