George R.R. Martin, Ryan Condal and Miguel Sapochnik offer a look at what's to come in Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon, streaming August 21st on HBO Max.
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Absolutely! Been listening to Dany’s/House Targaryen’s scores for years and I’ve always felt that Ramin was truly passionate about them. So excited to see what he comes up with next! :D
Very disrespectful comment. This video has freaking George RR Martin, a legendary and genius fantasy writer and you call Ramin's score the legend? Pfft
@@abdullahbhinder9023 Well....yes considering no one has ever found fault with Ramin's scoring of the series...from s1 to s8 there has never been any negatives for Ramin...and many are happy that he is returning to keep the same style even if slightly different similar to John Williams and Star Wars. The video was not just about GRRM but also the cast and crew but if that's what you got from my comment then whelp.
@@crystala6338 I just dont like how people shower praises on Ramin when so many other people also did excellently to make GOT the hit it is. It is a much bigger deal that GRRM hinself is involved than Ramin being involved. George's involvement adds an element of authenticity. Ramin's score weren't too impressive in earlier seasons. They were good but not excellent. But he is great and am integral part of the show so I do have respect for him. I just don't think calling him the only legend in this video is a fair call.
If you think this show is not going to subvert your expectations, you clearly haven’t read the books that it is adapting. This entire universe is about subverting expectations. He was talking about making changes from books to screen, but they are going to make tons of changes. We are already seeing them and the show isn’t even out yet.
Grrm 2015: " I will do nothing until winds is delivered " Grrm 2022: " I'm involved in this, this, this, this, this and this. But I wrote a tyrion chapter!"
"You have to start by respecting it, you can't do different for different's sake." Wow, that line sold me and boosted the trust I had in them ! They are going to put out the next biggest tv show of the world. Edit: 4th episode of the show and I'm calling it quits, awful show.
@@kinglumption that's true, and as a black person; I'm not happy that they changed it to appease a certain demographic, and by certain - I don't mean myself. One thing you need to learn about the media is that they will always engineer a divide between the people - to some blacks, this might be "good" or "inclusive of us" but the media likely see it a different way, they know how annoyed everybody else will get by them changing the characters ethnicity, and it makes it look as though we "pressured" them into it, to "get our way because of how we were treated in the past" Yes, I'm not happy about the change and would rather keep it authentic as the books intended; but people need to stop playing into their devices and silly little narratives which only serve to fuel this unnecessary divide.
@@LousySob yes, the do have scripts. In fact GRRM has literally went over every draft of the scripts to make sure the writing is the best it can possibly be. He said this himself. You’re the one being naive.
like every team who works on a show and talks passionately and hypes up their projects even if they end up being complete trash? Ive never seen a team talk bad about the project theyre promoting
@@pkrmkn31 Well all the actors on Game of Thrones season 8 were strongly suggesting how much of catastrophe it was going to be. Some even said it out straight. You feel it when there is passion involved in most cases. Thats why everyone hated on D&D in the 'Inside the Episode' Videos
The best thing is that the history of this show is already complete, and even tho there's 21 dragons in it, politics and drama is the mainly thing in HoTD, even more than in GoT I would say.
I know last two seasons were disappointing but Game of thrones is still the best fantasy show ever made. I can't wait to explore more stories of that world through House of Dragon
@@Name-yo6lf This. They were far worse than the previous 4 seasons, but that's such a hard bar to meet. The first 4 were the best seasons of television ever made. Seasons 5 and six weren't great but they had a lot of good moments. And even though they fucked the show up, it doesn't undo how amazing it was in the beginning. This show is a chance for a fresh start, and it looks like they're going to nail it!
Not even close, the throne should look like an extremely tall bush made of metal blades that is also in the shape of a chair. They just made the design uglier.
get woke go broke there was no black targeryan in the books . they are forcing diversity down our throats by changing the ethncity of one charachter who was white in the books forcing politics and white man haters messages
1:00 only in this scene we can see that they will correct errors in GOT in the coloring of the dragon bones that in the books are black. This makes me happy and confident that they are doing a good job for the fans of the book and the seriousness in which they are taking the first season of HOTD.
I love the subtle distancing from Dan and Dave. "Im involved in this" George R.R. Martin "Its great to have Ryan, someone who really knew my work" George R.R. Martin "I think im in good hands with Ryan and Miguel" George R.R. Martin Just a suggestion but ide like to see Dan and Dave return for a cameo where they're hung at the gallows.
Dave and Dan did a phenomenal job with the show, they just botched the landing. Why do you completely ignore 6 season of greatness for 2 seasons of disappointment?
@@donkeydarko77 It wasn’t 6 seasons of greatness. Maybe 4 seasons of greatness at most, 5 was ‘mediocre’. 6 was just severely underwhelming and the last episode was the best thing about that season. Half of the show was great, the other half ruined Dorne, the Tyrells and the Targaryens.
@@deodarhill It was a Civil War in Westeros history that helps explains why dragons were essentially extinct till Daenerys Targaryen’s dragons were born nearly 200 years after the Dance of Dragons ended
2 Factions within the Targaryen family fight each other off to get the preferred person on the iron throne. And those both factions basically have a few mighty dragons. I think one or two of them are even bigger and stronger than drogon. And they get basically into a war for succession after the king dies. At the start of the first season this king is still alive as far as I can tell. Probably we will see how both factions constitute, see some of the dragons and maybe the start of the war at the end of season 1.
@@fate2193 Drogon wasn't fully grown. A fully grown Drogon is Balerion 2.0. Vheagar was fully grown during the Dance of The Dragons, that's why she was bigger than Drogon...
we know how the story ends don't get your hopes up, there was never a queen on the iron throne not until cersei and daenerys for very brief time, all though daenerys never had a chance to sit on the throne.
@@genericuser-1 go woke or go broke. The directors already changed a main house to all black because quote “we didn’t want a bunch of white people on screen”. Exactly what amazons LOTR: TROP is doing. And then they wonder why it’s failing. They literally have an entire region of brown and black people (Dorne) and all of essos but they palette swapped for wokeness. And this is coming from a “minority”
"You have to start by respecting it, you can't do different just for different sake" --- YES! Where was this energy with Star Wars? This will make an epic addition to GOT.
Knowing that this show covers the Dance of the Dragons, I don't think the non book readers are ready for the slaughter. Although they'll probably spend this season setting up the conflict.
Only people heartbroken by season 8 are people,who couldn’t see the writing on the wall….the ending is what George told them it would be lolol it was clear from season 4 on that’s the direction it was going. Y’all need to quit crying just because D&D didn’t pick YOUR fanfic to finish it.
@@otda3675 What? The whole ending would have been alright if it wasn't rushed out like crazy. With more time to actually develop, it wouldn't have felt so lazy.
@@otda3675 People aren’t mad about the ending per se, yes George told them something along the lines of what would happen. But the way it was done and how rushed and poorly done it was plays a factor. Also Bran, Arya killing the Night King…like. Season 8 made terrible decisions. So you can wipe the sweat off your forehead now because no one is going to change their opinion based off of your lame comment .
I'm so excited to go back to Westeros. It's a world that means more to me than I can describe. I know what happened with GoT, but I see no reason to tear this show down before it's even started because of that. If they do the same thing then whatever I'll get over it. Despite that I'm hyped and can't wait to see Westeros again.
@@Regenmacher175 Don't know how you can think that when so many great character arcs were destroyed in the span of just 4 episodes (which is very impressive I must admit lol)
"You have to start by respecting it. You can't just do different for different's sake." Now that is what I like to hear. Too many writers try to give a story its own twist these days, and that often ruins the story. For example, Halo and Wheel of Time. Both completely fleshed out stories they could have beeb faithful to, but they decided to do what they wanted and everyone hated it. To hear these writers talk about this franchise the way they do and the fact that GRRM is involved has given me high hopes. Honestly just glad it's not D&D writing it. That alone is a massive W
At 1:33 I stopped paying attention to whatever they were saying because I heard the music. I dont know if the show is good, but theres no doubt Ramin Djawadi created another masterpiece. 🎧
I seriously couldn't be more excited. I really missed this world, I've rewatched the main series twice since it ended and everything I've seen about this series makes me giddy. To have this and LOTR airing at the same time is a dream for a fantasy fan like myself.
get woke go broke there was no black targeryan in the books . they are forcing diversity down our throats by changing the ethncity of one charachter who was white in the books forcing politics and white man haters messages
@@KazaarTV Only people that weren't fans of LOTR before are excited about the show. Anyone that knows anything knowws it's going to be shit. Theey've already ruined Wheel of Time, now they come for LOTR.
@@myamdane6895 Yes. But he's insinuating we know how it ends. But what is the end? It's all relative. Does our real life history have an end? Something to philosophize about.
I think the thing I am most concerned over are the scenes in between the major historical beats we see in the Fire & Blood history book and how well that'll fit into the story. When Game of Thrones went off script sometimes it was a hit (Arya & Tywin, Robert & Cersei scenes) and sometimes it wasn't. Fire & Blood is a history book told by a maester and not POV characters like in Ice & Fire so this should be interesting to see how they fill out what happens in between major events. But props to them this does look good, am definitely excited.
@RedTeamReview True, they have to fill the world with minor characters and natural dialogue that would never be mentioned in the Fire and Blood history book. Characters like Podrick and Bronn, Shae, Ser Rodrik, Brienne - GoT and ASOIAF have so many characters that make the story and world rich and colourful that wouldn't be mentioned by history books, all of which would need to be added by the show runners to capture the same vibe as GoT S1-4. And almost all the dialogue too. There is a lot of work for the writers to do but also a lot of freedom. This could be a good thing or a bad thing. I'm not worried but I'm not letting my hopes get up either.
Since the characters are not given much depth in the original source material, the show can flesh them out by inventing things that happen in between the major beats and that means they are free to shape the characters much more to the showrunners' own interpretation of the story than the entitled book purists might like, even though what they have on the page is not much, since it's not told from the characters' POV. If it makes the book purists mad, I'm all for it at this point honestly because their limited tolerance for artistic flexibility stifles artistic creativity in a lot of ways.
I actually think this is going to be a benefit to the show. The writers are going into it knowing that this is the case, and they have less of a crutch to rely on like D&D did during the earlier seasons. We don’t really have to worry about the writing diverging from George’s vision too much because it’s a different type of adaptation. It’s more like adapting historical events (think Chernobyl miniseries) rather than adapting a beloved book series which is much more difficult to do justice.
From what I know of the story... aside from the dragons, there won't be as much magic in this show as there was in Game of Thrones. So people who enjoyed the more grounded side of GoT, but still liked the dragons (which there'll be more of this time), will probably enjoy this show even more.
One of the worst things about GoT was how much the show runners minimized the magical and esoteric aspects of the story. They had zero interest in the overarching themes, archetypes, and supernatural cycles that tied everything together. For HOTD to be better than GOT the writers need to stay more loyal to the source material. Even though that entails less magic this time around. Just write an adaptation, not fan fiction.
@@3lastname390 Yes but magic is still scarce and mysterious. There are mages that can control fire at will and necromancers but they are extremely rare.
@@mattfoulgerBC GOT actually had to balance the grounded and more fantastical elements and it did so admirably imo because there was never a moment where I felt the magic was out of place but 5 books that are 1000 pages each are different than 8 seasons of tv. You need to condense things, change things around and ultimately decide what the main focus of your show is going to be. House of the Dragon has an easier task because it no longer needs to convince the audience of the existence of dragons alongside medieval politics...because GOT already successfully did so previously. Also, GOT was not fan fiction, as they worked based on Martin's outline for the ending once they went ahead of the material covered by the books.
If you haven’t read the source material why even say this? there is a lot of magic in fire and blood and the dance of dragons which this show is based on
@@TSEliot1978 They've been doing that for years now. It doesn't have to have a reason, it's just the thing to do because story and lore will always be sacrificed at the altar of virtue signals.
@@TSEliot1978 The other day Condal said everything they put into this show has a reason behind it. There's a theory I like that could easily explain it. The Velaryon's are seafarers and a lesser Valyrian House, if Corlys father or grandfather married a Summer Islander than that would explain the change in a way that would not go against the preestablished lore
The episodes Miguel Sapochnik directed for GOT were usually my favorite ones and I could tell it was him working on them as they were SO good! Reaaaaaally excited for House of the Dragon and can't wait to see it.
With the amount of times that they repeat how much they respect George's source content, it seems like HBO is hyper aware of how much they can't fuck this one up. I have hope.
Of course they can't. This is HBO's only shot at a massive flagship giving way to an entire cinematic universe. If it fails, HBO will end up in the same pit as Netflix.
George does seem pleased with the project. As far as finishing ASOIAF - I just think he is bored with it and would much rather work with HBO on spin-offs.
I like how they are saying that "they are gonna stay faithful to it" and "its in good hands" and "you have to respect it and not do different for differents sake", i really pray that it will be better this time
Ok this just makes me more excited to watch this series. The cinematography is unreal and the actors along with GR. Martin is helping with this makes me so hopefully for a redemption. Still upset about GOT 2 years later but now I have hope again. Let’s Go Targaryen’s 👏👏👏👏👏
Regardless of the faults with the later seasons of GoT. I don't anybody could say that the costume, set design and special effect weren't A tier. (Not including coffee cups :D)
so far the costuming looks amazing, still in the same world but has an older feel. really looks like this world happened before the game of thrones we know. super challenging to do with costuming but they pulled it off
Thank you for coming back with “you have to start with respecting it.” Staying true to the GOT [with the exception of the ending, of course]. Salute on this one. I’m now looking forward to it. 🙏🏼
They should do a feature film released in theaters of Robert's Rebellion, IMO. It's a story we mostly know already, but kinda just want to SEE, so they don't really need to do a full on show about it or anything. I was hoping for an actual flashback in GoT, but they just had Littlefinger tell us about it. A feature film would be ideal for maximum production value into the battles, with just enough time to tell the story adequately. It'd basically be Braveheart in Westeros.
@@AWSVids roberts rebellion isnt a big interesting story .we need aegon's conquest or blackfyre rebellion story characters like bloodraven would be dope to see
I literally have a dream in working in one of this season. Let see how far it go. These shows are not just any thing but feelings. There is connection of soul with these stories.
Looks fantastic, but the interviews here feel like HBO is both trying to tie the show to GoT to make the casuals want to watch it, while also distancing it from late GoT to pacify the fans who despised the ending. They're reassuring us that these are people who respect the material and know what they're doing... And I believe them!
Can you lot stop for a moment in terms of trying to mindread what Martin secretly thinks of the showrunners of the most successful fantasy show ever made? Most of the time you only end up making stuff up about the showrunners anyway.
Just hearing the original Game of Thrones themes music playing in the background is giving me chills and building up the anticipation of the 21st drawing close.
The difference between how this show is perfectly bringing fans back after what happened with szn 8 vs how Amazon is completely killing all hype for the rings of power is crazy
Honestly, I'm as excited as I was whenever a new season of Thrones was coming around. It's great to hear that theme again, to revisit and get lost in this incredible world, it really brings all those same feelings back. After the fallout from the final season and from what I've read of the recent articles you can kind of tell that HBO knew George was right all along in needing more seasons to truly tell the story. I feel he's more in the driving seat this time. We're all here because of him and I just hope and pray to the Seven that the quality is as good as those early seasons. Hyped!
@@bregowine I think HBO would fire the Showrunners before they could pull that. I believe they learned not to have too much trust over their employees now and changed contracts. Also I really don't see Ryan and Miguel doing this rather than leaving the project.
@@FyreAndBlood the intro for Game of Thrones is so insanely iconic now that I think about it it always gave the feeling of watching something really epic at least for the first 4 seasons
I can't wait, it looks amaziiing!! I've been dying to watch a good show with good coherent writing, spectacular visuals, and great acting. I can't wait to go back to that world with that unique rythm that only Game of Thrones episodes had.
I miss this show...that virtual world which seems so real for me...i wish it never ended but everthing has ending... This new show brought hopes ...very high hopes to me again..lets see how it will turn out to be...As an actor i can tell how huge this Set is, the crew is, the cast is...its a blessings to be part of this kind of Project. Congrats to whole team ... ❤🤞🏻
Eh, they have to prove that first. GOT had a lot of tv-defining moments and changed how people look at fantasy storytelling. This show is essentially doing something the previous show already did successfully so it needs to find its own identity and do a lot of things well before I can say it's better than GOT. If it manages to make 8 seasons without stupid fanboys throwing temper tantrums that would already be good.
Just...wow. The range of emotions watching this; from nostalgic, to excited, to just complete awe. I'm growing more and more confident in this show, and to me, August CANNOT come fast enough!
They knew what they were doing with this mini-video. A lot of people coming out of the original GoT show are going to have concerns after how things left off with Season 8, D&D, etc I get the sense those involved on this are passionate and knowledgeable on the source material. Will definitely be checking this out
I’m looking forward to this way more than the Amazon LOTR and as someone who has loved Tolkien all my life, that says a lot! I’m jealous to see the creators talk about how faithful they will be to the writers work.
Watch the first episode of #HouseoftheDragon for free here ruclips.net/video/XrMdo8jF5Dg/видео.html A new episode is streaming Sunday night on HBO Max.
Honestly, the legend in this is Ramin Djawadi's score. Hearing Dany's/House Targaryen music again but a newer rendition is giving me LIFE!!!
Absolutely! Been listening to Dany’s/House Targaryen’s scores for years and I’ve always felt that Ramin was truly passionate about them. So excited to see what he comes up with next! :D
@@nevaehaho61 Dany was his favorite character so I know he is gonna go all out for them. I don't know if her "Ahhh Ahhhs" can be beat though lol
Very disrespectful comment. This video has freaking George RR Martin, a legendary and genius fantasy writer and you call Ramin's score the legend? Pfft
@@abdullahbhinder9023 Well....yes considering no one has ever found fault with Ramin's scoring of the series...from s1 to s8 there has never been any negatives for Ramin...and many are happy that he is returning to keep the same style even if slightly different similar to John Williams and Star Wars. The video was not just about GRRM but also the cast and crew but if that's what you got from my comment then whelp.
@@crystala6338 I just dont like how people shower praises on Ramin when so many other people also did excellently to make GOT the hit it is. It is a much bigger deal that GRRM hinself is involved than Ramin being involved. George's involvement adds an element of authenticity.
Ramin's score weren't too impressive in earlier seasons. They were good but not excellent. But he is great and am integral part of the show so I do have respect for him.
I just don't think calling him the only legend in this video is a fair call.
“Can’t do different for different’s sake” seems like he’s trying to tell us “Can’t subvert expectations for the sake of subverting expectations” 💪💪💪
Yusss
If you think this show is not going to subvert your expectations, you clearly haven’t read the books that it is adapting. This entire universe is about subverting expectations.
He was talking about making changes from books to screen, but they are going to make tons of changes. We are already seeing them and the show isn’t even out yet.
@Banned By youtube lolz
he didn't just kinda forget?
@@poub06 na he's talking about the fact that they changed the last season to shock us. Even tho the entire prophecy said other wise.
Grrm 2015: " I will do nothing until winds is delivered "
Grrm 2022: " I'm involved in this, this, this, this, this and this. But I wrote a tyrion chapter!"
You ever stop to think that he's bored of writing the books?
"You have to start by respecting it, you can't do different for different's sake."
Wow, that line sold me and boosted the trust I had in them ! They are going to put out the next biggest tv show of the world.
Edit: 4th episode of the show and I'm calling it quits, awful show.
This right here. I wish more shows and showrunners thought this way!
It really enforces the trust yea. It could have single handedly saved other franchises (such as the Star Wars sequels)
COUGH Velaryons COUGH
@@sharxtheguy1383 Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power as well, that looks fkn terrible
@@kinglumption that's true, and as a black person; I'm not happy that they changed it to appease a certain demographic, and by certain - I don't mean myself.
One thing you need to learn about the media is that they will always engineer a divide between the people - to some blacks, this might be "good" or "inclusive of us" but the media likely see it a different way, they know how annoyed everybody else will get by them changing the characters ethnicity, and it makes it look as though we "pressured" them into it, to "get our way because of how we were treated in the past"
Yes, I'm not happy about the change and would rather keep it authentic as the books intended; but people need to stop playing into their devices and silly little narratives which only serve to fuel this unnecessary divide.
Just hearing them talk about this show, you can tell they love and respect George's work. I have high hopes.
Don't be naive. These people have scripts.
IFAIK its a finished work so it shouldn't fall apart like GoT did. Hopefully...
@@LousySob yes, the do have scripts. In fact GRRM has literally went over every draft of the scripts to make sure the writing is the best it can possibly be. He said this himself. You’re the one being naive.
eh. Dumbass & dumbass AKA Dumber & Dumber said the same thing. Then they ran GoT into the ditch trying to get a star wars movie.
are you sure? because the last two seasons say otherwise, this is real high fantasy NOT what Star Trek has become
Miguel Sapochnik directed the best episodes of GoT so I know its not gonna disappoint
Lmao he directed the long night😭😭😭
@@Trafalgar_law173 I blame the writing way more than the directing for that
@@Trafalgar_law173 The man did what best he could with the writing.
@@thenedsmmachannel8970 but the fact that I couldn’t see half of what was going on in that episode was not a writing problem.
@@Trafalgar_law173 the long night was a brilliantly directed episode but written poorly
Seeing George R.R. Martin involved in this gives me hope, everything till his departure was staggering.
"You can't do it different just for different sake..."
Well said sir, well said
The way they talk about the show with such passion is what's hyping me up for it. If they love what there doing, then it reflects on the work.
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like every team who works on a show and talks passionately and hypes up their projects even if they end up being complete trash? Ive never seen a team talk bad about the project theyre promoting
@@pkrmkn31 Well all the actors on Game of Thrones season 8 were strongly suggesting how much of catastrophe it was going to be. Some even said it out straight. You feel it when there is passion involved in most cases. Thats why everyone hated on D&D in the 'Inside the Episode' Videos
The best thing is that the history of this show is already complete, and even tho there's 21 dragons in it, politics and drama is the mainly thing in HoTD, even more than in GoT I would say.
I wouldn't waste my time watching it after what they did to game of thrones!!!!
Pretty much. They're not chasing unfinished books like in GoT. There's no reason or excuse to cock this up.
@@gonzalocazarin7280 feel free to do whatever you want
Not really unfortunately it’s based of Fire and Blood and George still has a second half to write
which books are the source material?
I know last two seasons were disappointing but Game of thrones is still the best fantasy show ever made. I can't wait to explore more stories of that world through House of Dragon
last 2? Please. Last 4.
@@shawn6669 S5 and 6 had problems but they were still good and had lots of redeeming qualities!
@@Name-yo6lf This. They were far worse than the previous 4 seasons, but that's such a hard bar to meet. The first 4 were the best seasons of television ever made. Seasons 5 and six weren't great but they had a lot of good moments. And even though they fucked the show up, it doesn't undo how amazing it was in the beginning. This show is a chance for a fresh start, and it looks like they're going to nail it!
@@Jrdn357 I really hope they nail it with this, get that season 1 quality back
@@shawn6669 oh.. Why don't you cut the whole show in.
I love that the throne is closer to how it’s described in the books
Not even close, the throne should look like an extremely tall bush made of metal blades that is also in the shape of a chair. They just made the design uglier.
@@the_kimchi_kommandant2603 I personally think it’s an improvement over the OG GoT throne. But to each their own
Seriously a huge respect for everyone involved in House of the Dragon! Can’t wait to finally witness my favorite House on screen ❤️
Which house?
@@bobbob-cd9yl house lannister ofc!
@@bobbob-cd9yl Targaryen maybe haha
Sameeeee
get woke go broke there was no black targeryan in the books .
they are forcing diversity down our throats by changing the ethncity of one charachter who was white in the books forcing politics and white man haters messages
1:00 only in this scene we can see that they will correct errors in GOT in the coloring of the dragon bones that in the books are black. This makes me happy and confident that they are doing a good job for the fans of the book and the seriousness in which they are taking the first season of HOTD.
@Banned By youtube wtf dude, why do you have to say that shit ? How does that even matters anyway ?
@Banned By youtube its not goona be as woke as LoTR. Personally I don't have a problem going with woke except in fantasy shows
@Banned By youtube Why does the actor gender or sexual orientation determines their acting skills? In fact they don’t
@Banned By youtube First they are not a woman, they are non binary. Second have you seen the trailer? They look absolutely fantastic as Rhaenyra
@Banned By youtube absolute asshat, of course people would judge their performance before even seeing the work, when has that ever happened before..
It's so nice to see an update from this channel again
I love the subtle distancing from Dan and Dave.
"Im involved in this" George R.R. Martin
"Its great to have Ryan, someone who really knew my work" George R.R. Martin
"I think im in good hands with Ryan and Miguel" George R.R. Martin
Just a suggestion but ide like to see Dan and Dave return for a cameo where they're hung at the gallows.
Dave and Dan did a phenomenal job with the show, they just botched the landing. Why do you completely ignore 6 season of greatness for 2 seasons of disappointment?
@Banned By youtube This comment just proves you know NOTHING about adapting a novel series for the screen. How embarrassing for you.
@Banned By youtube Thank You, could not have said it any better.
@@donkeydarko77
It wasn’t 6 seasons of greatness. Maybe 4 seasons of greatness at most, 5 was ‘mediocre’. 6 was just severely underwhelming and the last episode was the best thing about that season.
Half of the show was great, the other half ruined Dorne, the Tyrells and the Targaryens.
@@CeruleanSword Even if it took 2 more decades they should have stopped the show when the source material ran out.
I can’t wait for the live action telling of The Dance of Dragons. Such a pivotal moment in Westeros history
What is the exactly ?? Please explain. I’m not aware.
@@deodarhill It was a Civil War in Westeros history that helps explains why dragons were essentially extinct till Daenerys Targaryen’s dragons were born nearly 200 years after the Dance of Dragons ended
2 Factions within the Targaryen family fight each other off to get the preferred person on the iron throne. And those both factions basically have a few mighty dragons. I think one or two of them are even bigger and stronger than drogon. And they get basically into a war for succession after the king dies. At the start of the first season this king is still alive as far as I can tell. Probably we will see how both factions constitute, see some of the dragons and maybe the start of the war at the end of season 1.
@@fate2193 Drogon wasn't fully grown. A fully grown Drogon is Balerion 2.0. Vheagar was fully grown during the Dance of The Dragons, that's why she was bigger than Drogon...
@@constantinetranos2225 Dragons are genderless
God just hearing the Targaryen theme in the background gave me chills...Don't betray me again HBO, I'm begging
Oh they will. They going to the Lord of the Ring route. Watch
@@bofawhatsbofa4593 how?
we know how the story ends don't get your hopes up, there was never a queen on the iron throne not until cersei and daenerys for very brief time, all though daenerys never had a chance to sit on the throne.
@@genericuser-1 go woke or go broke. The directors already changed a main house to all black because quote “we didn’t want a bunch of white people on screen”. Exactly what amazons LOTR: TROP is doing. And then they wonder why it’s failing. They literally have an entire region of brown and black people (Dorne) and all of essos but they palette swapped for wokeness. And this is coming from a “minority”
@@bofawhatsbofa4593 yeah but that doesn't necessarily mean that it's going to be bad
"You have to start by respecting it, you can't do different just for different sake" --- YES! Where was this energy with Star Wars? This will make an epic addition to GOT.
Knowing that this show covers the Dance of the Dragons, I don't think the non book readers are ready for the slaughter. Although they'll probably spend this season setting up the conflict.
I am so heartbroken from season 8 but looking forward to the prequels. Hope it can reignite some of the love.
Only people heartbroken by season 8 are people,who couldn’t see the writing on the wall….the ending is what George told them it would be lolol it was clear from season 4 on that’s the direction it was going. Y’all need to quit crying just because D&D didn’t pick YOUR fanfic to finish it.
@@otda3675 allow me to present you the award for worst take on Season 8 disappointment of all time: 💩
@@otda3675 What? The whole ending would have been alright if it wasn't rushed out like crazy. With more time to actually develop, it wouldn't have felt so lazy.
@@otda3675 People aren’t mad about the ending per se, yes George told them something along the lines of what would happen. But the way it was done and how rushed and poorly done it was plays a factor. Also Bran, Arya killing the Night King…like. Season 8 made terrible decisions. So you can wipe the sweat off your forehead now because no one is going to change their opinion based off of your lame comment .
I don't think there are any problems with season8，a good story doesn't need a good ending
I'm so excited to go back to Westeros. It's a world that means more to me than I can describe. I know what happened with GoT, but I see no reason to tear this show down before it's even started because of that. If they do the same thing then whatever I'll get over it. Despite that I'm hyped and can't wait to see Westeros again.
The ending of GOT was good.
@@Regenmacher175 Ha! No
@@josephwantock1993 Har! Yes, actually.
@@Regenmacher175 no lol, you're either a troll or a casual
@@Regenmacher175 Don't know how you can think that when so many great character arcs were destroyed in the span of just 4 episodes (which is very impressive I must admit lol)
Big respect to HBO for using real dragons
instead of CGI like in Game of Thrones. I hope
everyone is safe during filming
bro xD
"You have to start by respecting it. You can't just do different for different's sake." Now that is what I like to hear. Too many writers try to give a story its own twist these days, and that often ruins the story. For example, Halo and Wheel of Time. Both completely fleshed out stories they could have beeb faithful to, but they decided to do what they wanted and everyone hated it. To hear these writers talk about this franchise the way they do and the fact that GRRM is involved has given me high hopes. Honestly just glad it's not D&D writing it. That alone is a massive W
At 1:33 I stopped paying attention to whatever they were saying because I heard the music. I dont know if the show is good, but theres no doubt Ramin Djawadi created another masterpiece. 🎧
I seriously couldn't be more excited. I really missed this world, I've rewatched the main series twice since it ended and everything I've seen about this series makes me giddy. To have this and LOTR airing at the same time is a dream for a fantasy fan like myself.
I loved a lot of your trailers
first i see who says he looking foward to amazons lotr lol
get woke go broke there was no black targeryan in the books .
they are forcing diversity down our throats by changing the ethncity of one charachter who was white in the books forcing politics and white man haters messages
@@KazaarTV Here’s the second one✋
@@KazaarTV Only people that weren't fans of LOTR before are excited about the show. Anyone that knows anything knowws it's going to be shit. Theey've already ruined Wheel of Time, now they come for LOTR.
They seem so passionate about it! If only there had been this much passion for the last few seasons of GoT, it might not have sucked
You have to blame Dan & Dave tbh
We all know how it ends, but the journey that’s going to get us there, it going to be an epic ride throughout this series.
But does it ever end? That's the question.
@@thejason347 Yes, this is all history that is already written by GRRM
@@myamdane6895 GRRM might write more books set 800 years in the future. Then there's a new end.
@@thejason347 That's entirely possible. But this show is set 150 years in the past
@@myamdane6895 Yes. But he's insinuating we know how it ends. But what is the end? It's all relative. Does our real life history have an end? Something to philosophize about.
I think the thing I am most concerned over are the scenes in between the major historical beats we see in the Fire & Blood history book and how well that'll fit into the story. When Game of Thrones went off script sometimes it was a hit (Arya & Tywin, Robert & Cersei scenes) and sometimes it wasn't. Fire & Blood is a history book told by a maester and not POV characters like in Ice & Fire so this should be interesting to see how they fill out what happens in between major events. But props to them this does look good, am definitely excited.
No one cares goofball
@RedTeamReview True, they have to fill the world with minor characters and natural dialogue that would never be mentioned in the Fire and Blood history book. Characters like Podrick and Bronn, Shae, Ser Rodrik, Brienne - GoT and ASOIAF have so many characters that make the story and world rich and colourful that wouldn't be mentioned by history books, all of which would need to be added by the show runners to capture the same vibe as GoT S1-4. And almost all the dialogue too.
There is a lot of work for the writers to do but also a lot of freedom. This could be a good thing or a bad thing. I'm not worried but I'm not letting my hopes get up either.
Since the characters are not given much depth in the original source material, the show can flesh them out by inventing things that happen in between the major beats and that means they are free to shape the characters much more to the showrunners' own interpretation of the story than the entitled book purists might like, even though what they have on the page is not much, since it's not told from the characters' POV. If it makes the book purists mad, I'm all for it at this point honestly because their limited tolerance for artistic flexibility stifles artistic creativity in a lot of ways.
I actually think this is going to be a benefit to the show. The writers are going into it knowing that this is the case, and they have less of a crutch to rely on like D&D did during the earlier seasons. We don’t really have to worry about the writing diverging from George’s vision too much because it’s a different type of adaptation. It’s more like adapting historical events (think Chernobyl miniseries) rather than adapting a beloved book series which is much more difficult to do justice.
Man good old game of thrones days brba on air undertaker's streak gta 5 those ps 2 games
Miss those days of peak everything
From what I know of the story... aside from the dragons, there won't be as much magic in this show as there was in Game of Thrones. So people who enjoyed the more grounded side of GoT, but still liked the dragons (which there'll be more of this time), will probably enjoy this show even more.
Wait aren't Dragons and magic connect in that world? Isn't magic supposed to be stronger with more dragons?
One of the worst things about GoT was how much the show runners minimized the magical and esoteric aspects of the story. They had zero interest in the overarching themes, archetypes, and supernatural cycles that tied everything together.
For HOTD to be better than GOT the writers need to stay more loyal to the source material. Even though that entails less magic this time around. Just write an adaptation, not fan fiction.
@@3lastname390 Yes but magic is still scarce and mysterious. There are mages that can control fire at will and necromancers but they are extremely rare.
@@mattfoulgerBC GOT actually had to balance the grounded and more fantastical elements and it did so admirably imo because there was never a moment where I felt the magic was out of place but 5 books that are 1000 pages each are different than 8 seasons of tv. You need to condense things, change things around and ultimately decide what the main focus of your show is going to be. House of the Dragon has an easier task because it no longer needs to convince the audience of the existence of dragons alongside medieval politics...because GOT already successfully did so previously. Also, GOT was not fan fiction, as they worked based on Martin's outline for the ending once they went ahead of the material covered by the books.
If you haven’t read the source material why even say this? there is a lot of magic in fire and blood and the dance of dragons which this show is based on
“You can’t start by doing different for different sake.”
This guy gets it, unlike the showrunners of the Stars Wars series and the new LORD show.
Yeah then why did they change the ethnicity of House Velaryon? It makes no sense in the lore.
@@TSEliot1978 just get over it. It looks wonderful. People always have "Buts..." In the way and it's Really annoying
@@TSEliot1978 They've been doing that for years now. It doesn't have to have a reason, it's just the thing to do because story and lore will always be sacrificed at the altar of virtue signals.
@@TSEliot1978 Apparently it was suggested by G.R.R Martin himself.
@@TSEliot1978 The other day Condal said everything they put into this show has a reason behind it. There's a theory I like that could easily explain it. The Velaryon's are seafarers and a lesser Valyrian House, if Corlys father or grandfather married a Summer Islander than that would explain the change in a way that would not go against the preestablished lore
The episodes Miguel Sapochnik directed for GOT were usually my favorite ones and I could tell it was him working on them as they were SO good! Reaaaaaally excited for House of the Dragon and can't wait to see it.
With the amount of times that they repeat how much they respect George's source content, it seems like HBO is hyper aware of how much they can't fuck this one up. I have hope.
Of course they can't. This is HBO's only shot at a massive flagship giving way to an entire cinematic universe. If it fails, HBO will end up in the same pit as Netflix.
I'm happy to see George being happy
Still waiting for Winds of winter
Never gonna happen.
George R.R Martin is not your bitch, be grateful the books exist at all
George does seem pleased with the project. As far as finishing ASOIAF - I just think he is bored with it and would much rather work with HBO on spin-offs.
He'll die from obesity before he finishes anything.
I like how they are saying that "they are gonna stay faithful to it" and "its in good hands" and "you have to respect it and not do different for differents sake", i really pray that it will be better this time
So hyped for this. I can't wait to see all the hard work we did for this show.
Ok this just makes me more excited to watch this series. The cinematography is unreal and the actors along with GR. Martin is helping with this makes me so hopefully for a redemption. Still upset about GOT 2 years later but now I have hope again. Let’s Go Targaryen’s 👏👏👏👏👏
3 years later. We've been living with this nightmare of an "ending" for 3 years. ;) Jokes aside, I'm super hyped for this.
@@AlerieHightower my apologies 3 years. Just goes to show I still don’t have a grasp of this ending.
Every shot ive seen of this show looks gorgeous. So much more cinematic this time around
GOT was cinematic.
@@Regenmacher175 yes but this show takes it to a whole new level. Plus just as often got was pretty standard with its camera and lighting
These behind the scenes already look way better than cringe Witcher.
@@kushalrijal9453 ha aint that the truth
Regardless of the faults with the later seasons of GoT. I don't anybody could say that the costume, set design and special effect weren't A tier. (Not including coffee cups :D)
I NEED TO SEE MORE OF IT, PLEASE!!! I JUST CAN'T WAIT THAT LONG! 😭
waiting for the long time... very excited for this
so far the costuming looks amazing, still in the same world but has an older feel. really looks like this world happened before the game of thrones we know. super challenging to do with costuming but they pulled it off
George throwing shades on D&D is soooooo iconic and satisfying
I must've missed that.
And cheap. He worked with them on the show. Up until the end.
@@LousySob George left the show after season 4. So no, I wouldn't call that "up until the end" lol
Thank you for coming back with “you have to start with respecting it.” Staying true to the GOT [with the exception of the ending, of course]. Salute on this one. I’m now looking forward to it. 🙏🏼
Seeing George saying he is in involved is a good thing to hear
Still hoping one day we see the Tourney at Harrenhal on screen.
They should do a feature film released in theaters of Robert's Rebellion, IMO. It's a story we mostly know already, but kinda just want to SEE, so they don't really need to do a full on show about it or anything. I was hoping for an actual flashback in GoT, but they just had Littlefinger tell us about it. A feature film would be ideal for maximum production value into the battles, with just enough time to tell the story adequately. It'd basically be Braveheart in Westeros.
@@AWSVids roberts rebellion isnt a big interesting story .we need aegon's conquest or blackfyre rebellion story characters like bloodraven would be dope to see
@@AWSVids roberts rebellion in less than 2 hours? that isn’t enough to cover the whole thing
There's a broadway play about it coming in 2023
So excited. The thing I’m most worried of if the actors will ever be able to become as Iconic as the OG cast…
Can't wait for it, that hype and excitement waiting for the next episode was the best thing during GoT. I can't wait to have that feeling back.
When you look at the production here to HOTD and compare it to TROP, you can see a massive difference and clearly, one will tronce the other.
Ok… This actually looks pretty exciting.
Where's Winds of Winter, George.
so excited to experience this world again
I have missed this world so much and am excited to see what the house of Dragon has in store.
chills all over my body.
I literally have a dream in working in one of this season. Let see how far it go. These shows are not just any thing but feelings. There is connection of soul with these stories.
IM STARTING TO FEEL LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE AMAZING
Looks fantastic, but the interviews here feel like HBO is both trying to tie the show to GoT to make the casuals want to watch it, while also distancing it from late GoT to pacify the fans who despised the ending.
They're reassuring us that these are people who respect the material and know what they're doing... And I believe them!
“You have to start by respecting it. You can’t start by doing different for different’s sake.” Oh man if that wasn’t a shot at D&D, idk what is!?
Look at the massive size of those sets omg :0 I'm definitely paying for a better internet connection because I don't want to miss anything.
What a gift to be be able to step back into this world again, thank you
The details in every single scenes present the history and stories of the Seven Kingdoms!! So exciting
Awesome. Real time backgrounds. This is going to look great.
GRRM: "Someone who really knew my work"
DnD: :(
Can you lot stop for a moment in terms of trying to mindread what Martin secretly thinks of the showrunners of the most successful fantasy show ever made? Most of the time you only end up making stuff up about the showrunners anyway.
The costumes and settings are amazing, this is VERY exciting!
The BIG question though: is Ramin Djawadi coming back as a composer?
YES HE IS!
Yeeeaaaah I hope they do not change the Targaryen Score. It Will be epic if he just make some good changes but keeping the same vibe
Really excited to see if the intro theme is as good as GoT! Either way, you’ll know the music will be stellar
@@shara-v6074 Great, thanks for the info!
I’m glad that little George is there showing some love
Just hearing the original Game of Thrones themes music playing in the background is giving me chills and building up the anticipation of the 21st drawing close.
Everything looks so epic, like it really is a tale from the legends. The Targaryen dynasty, at the heights of its power..
This looks really good, I can't wait.
The difference between how this show is perfectly bringing fans back after what happened with szn 8 vs how Amazon is completely killing all hype for the rings of power is crazy
Honestly, I'm as excited as I was whenever a new season of Thrones was coming around. It's great to hear that theme again, to revisit and get lost in this incredible world, it really brings all those same feelings back. After the fallout from the final season and from what I've read of the recent articles you can kind of tell that HBO knew George was right all along in needing more seasons to truly tell the story. I feel he's more in the driving seat this time. We're all here because of him and I just hope and pray to the Seven that the quality is as good as those early seasons. Hyped!
As long as they don’t decide to rush the ending on this one four seasons after and pull another “wHo hAs a beTtEr sTorY tHaN bRaN” again
@@bregowine I think HBO would fire the Showrunners before they could pull that. I believe they learned not to have too much trust over their employees now and changed contracts.
Also I really don't see Ryan and Miguel doing this rather than leaving the project.
IDGAF if y'all hate season8, im excited for HOTD 🔥
I don't hate season 8. I liked the ending and so now I think I might get 2 shows I can enjoy watching over and over.
do they still have Ramin Javadi as Composer?
the music he made for Game of Thrones was amazing, pretty much all of it was perfect.
Yes he is the music composer
@@darj617 i wonder what the intro is gonna be like
@@FyreAndBlood the intro for Game of Thrones is so insanely iconic now that I think about it
it always gave the feeling of watching something really epic
at least for the first 4 seasons
I can't wait, it looks amaziiing!! I've been dying to watch a good show with good coherent writing, spectacular visuals, and great acting. I can't wait to go back to that world with that unique rythm that only Game of Thrones episodes had.
I miss this show...that virtual world which seems so real for me...i wish it never ended but everthing has ending...
This new show brought hopes ...very high hopes to me again..lets see how it will turn out to be...As an actor i can tell how huge this Set is, the crew is, the cast is...its a blessings to be part of this kind of Project.
Congrats to whole team ... ❤🤞🏻
So looking forward to it!
Martin is an amazing writer, no one like him. I can not wait for the show to start. My favourite house! And it's all about them ❤️
I like how George is working with a team that UNDERSTAND his work
I have hope for this series.
I'm beyond confident that House of the Dragon will be better than Game of Thrones.
Maybe not better than s 1 to 4 but better than 5 7 and 8
Eh, they have to prove that first. GOT had a lot of tv-defining moments and changed how people look at fantasy storytelling. This show is essentially doing something the previous show already did successfully so it needs to find its own identity and do a lot of things well before I can say it's better than GOT. If it manages to make 8 seasons without stupid fanboys throwing temper tantrums that would already be good.
You can just see the respect for what Martin did et D&D did too its obvious that if they are in the same mood they are going to do a masterpiece
1:42 somebody show that moment to creators of Rings of Power and The Witcher series.
Just...wow. The range of emotions watching this; from nostalgic, to excited, to just complete awe. I'm growing more and more confident in this show, and to me, August CANNOT come fast enough!
Didn't realize I miss Game of Thrones so much
Its gonna be so good. I can tell that the passion and writing will be there.
This just gave goosebumps all over again😭😭😭😭
I really missed this world and I seriously couldn't be more excited 🤩
I am so hyped for this. Its gonna be amazing. Lets hope we get a few seasons.
Just a little under a month to go! I’m so freaking excited for this show!!
I love the subtle shade thrown at d and d
This video gave me the confidence i needed to watch again. Still cautious but i'm feelin good about the series.
As if this show was ever going to be anything other than amazing 🔥
They knew what they were doing with this mini-video. A lot of people coming out of the original GoT show are going to have concerns after how things left off with Season 8, D&D, etc
I get the sense those involved on this are passionate and knowledgeable on the source material. Will definitely be checking this out
man that epic background music 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
It’s always a good sign when the show-runners respect the source material. Watch and learn, Amazon.
lol..
the only reason why you nerds are complaining about lotr is because they put black people in it kek.
Highest level of hype achieved
I’m looking forward to this way more than the Amazon LOTR and as someone who has loved Tolkien all my life, that says a lot!
I’m jealous to see the creators talk about how faithful they will be to the writers work.
George emphasizing he is involved this time and he trusts sapochnik - such a subtle and sweet roast
This looks so friggin good.
I thought Season 8 really ruined the show for me. But I keep running back for new GoT content. REALLY excited for HotD
I'm hyped as heck! Let's gooooo!
GOT is a book series from the 90s and looking at some of the scenes for House of dragon gives me that 90s fantasy vibes....I am excited.