Before the Dance: An Illustrated History with George R.R. Martin | House of the Dragon (HBO)

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  • Опубликовано: 4 авг 2022
  • Creator and executive producer George R.R. Martin sets up the Game of Thrones prequel, sharing key details on major Houses and relationships featured in the series, alongside illustrations from Fire & Blood artist Doug Wheatley.

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  • @StreamOnMax
    @StreamOnMax Год назад +42

    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.

  • @bora3.14
    @bora3.14 Год назад +2575

    Its hard to believe at times that all these 100s of charaters and story came out of same brain . What an amazing saga he has written

    • @davosseaworth1
      @davosseaworth1 Год назад +110

      100s of characters is an understatement

    • @melglenn6556
      @melglenn6556 Год назад +149

      The whole time he’s talking and going deep into the years and the lore I’m thinking, “this man WROTE THIS!”

    • @anotherhappylanding4746
      @anotherhappylanding4746 Год назад +18

      Shame he taking so long to finish it

    • @kanethompson708
      @kanethompson708 Год назад +5

      Yes.

    • @whatiwatch006
      @whatiwatch006 Год назад +36

      @@anotherhappylanding4746 yeah, only if hbo could’ve waited for him to finish it then d&d couldn’t have ruined this masterpiece

  • @rohit_7777
    @rohit_7777 Год назад +3388

    I can just sit for hours and listen to George talk about his world. And I'm even ready to pay for it. But he's writing something so I guess he's busy a lot

    • @richierich7229
      @richierich7229 Год назад +88

      I know right? It's easy for him to talk after selling out an entire family of characters. Those HBO checks are definitely more important than the lore he established.

    • @VeljkoVasicIII
      @VeljkoVasicIII Год назад +43

      good joke.

    • @imdancingforever5215
      @imdancingforever5215 Год назад +6

      Me too! keep reading to us the stories George 🙏🏻❤️

    • @jona.scholt4362
      @jona.scholt4362 Год назад +23

      I'm crossing my fingers we will some day get a few more (or even just one more) Dunk and Egg novella. As much as I love the series proper, I love Dunk and Egg almost more.
      Thing is, I'd rather not have a Dunk and Egg show because that would almost certainly mean no more novellas.
      Also, Steely Pate and Ser Kyle, the Cat of Misty Moor are my favorite very minor characters in all of ASOIAF

    • @dreamguardian8320
      @dreamguardian8320 Год назад +13

      I hope he's busy writing part 2 of Fire and Blood, I really want to read more and know how it really turns out.

  • @AlphaRedDeux
    @AlphaRedDeux Год назад +1675

    It's good to see George RR Martin involved, if his world and his characters are being respected in regards to what he intended for them to be, I'm all for it!

    • @Morganasnotarobot0
      @Morganasnotarobot0 Год назад +5

      Respect is beautiful! Remember how some Of the cast felt! Oh dear! Here's cheers! to more if not better! From some Of All the Great shows! Creating More
      All Beautiful Great Shows! Its the Audience that will love! Ofcouurse :)),
      Cheers to All the Awesome creativity!
      Wonderful rendition
      Ancient Fascinating Lore! ❤️🔥🗡️🗡️🔥❤️

    • @thenickfoxx
      @thenickfoxx Год назад +27

      He definitely really likes what Ryan Condall is doing for this show so that only makes me even more excited.

    • @Morganasnotarobot0
      @Morganasnotarobot0 Год назад +3

      @@thenickfoxx so cool! Hope itll all be fantastic!
      🔥🔥❤️🔥🔥

    • @AshleyWilliamsN7
      @AshleyWilliamsN7 Год назад +21

      I'd like him to be involved in finishing Winds of Winter.

    • @Morganasnotarobot0
      @Morganasnotarobot0 Год назад +2

      @@AshleyWilliamsN7 nice!💨 💨WindsOfWinter!

  • @shashankisshere
    @shashankisshere Год назад +753

    GRRM is so good at telling his stories that they almost feel like they were real and he's talking of actual history. Give us WOW now please lol

    • @Velshin1986
      @Velshin1986 Год назад +11

      You want world of warcraft from him?! How dare you! Joking joking haha

    • @aleksisuuronen5969
      @aleksisuuronen5969 Год назад +10

      He took a lot of plot-points straight out of history, just the setting is medieval times. That's why I think he don't even know how to work the main-series together, you adapt from history with your own spin on it and add some cool ideas, suddenly you have no way to tie the strings because even history has it's limits of what to give you and where to take thing after putting them there. Also if the show wouldn't have came he would have propably written pretty wall like ending anyway. Usually you have to have somekinda mental map of where things are going, like Lotr is pretty straight forward from the get go with get the ring into Mordor and defeat Sauron you know. If it's too life-like in one sense it will just keep on going and going and ending up being like, some characters biographies but they meet interesting people and people have kids so it's just never ending cycle and cannot be fit into neat ending.
      Also he doesn't have to finish it but he needs to stop telling his publishers and fans that he will. That's the sh!tty part.

    • @gibberconfirm166
      @gibberconfirm166 Год назад

      He can't finish those books but my man can still write fake history like a motherfucker, was my takeaway from reading these books. Optimistic for this show!

    • @ladyteh
      @ladyteh Год назад +2

      I would listen to him for hours

    • @randomdude4207
      @randomdude4207 Год назад +9

      had he lived 2000 years ago, he'd have created a religion. we'd be praying to the lord of light now and the prince that was promised.

  • @TheEnderDrache
    @TheEnderDrache Год назад +227

    "in my world" I love it

  • @dsdrms8363
    @dsdrms8363 Год назад +1219

    The darkness, reality and politics is what sets apart GOT and HOTD compared to other fantasy shows. Other shows can’t just replicate the success without a legendary Author like GRRM🔥🔥

    • @georgeleinberger8670
      @georgeleinberger8670 Год назад +28

      Agreed! That’s why I was disappointed when fans turned on the original show when it refused to fall into all of the same predictable tropes and cliches of this genre.

    • @no_one8224
      @no_one8224 Год назад +50

      @@georgeleinberger8670 exactly, They wanted Jon and Danny to be King and Queen and Tyrion hand lol, what show they have been watching all these years?It was just a fairytale ending, I was satisfied with story of S8, but my only problem was it was rushed.

    • @jayuk83
      @jayuk83 Год назад +60

      @@no_one8224 I think there was some of that, but I think that’s underestimating the intelligence of many fans who didn’t like the ending. I didn’t like the ending but not for the reason you’ve stated.

    • @Morganasnotarobot0
      @Morganasnotarobot0 Год назад +6

      @@jayuk83 thanks! 👏👏👏👏

    • @no_one8224
      @no_one8224 Год назад +6

      @@jayuk83 A fantasy series with 100s of characters there is no one perfect ending , you'll always disappoint one or the other fanbases, since Jon and Dany have highest Fanbases among the fans, this is one of the biggest reasons they didn't like S8

  • @gloryrae1481
    @gloryrae1481 Год назад +159

    Why isn’t there a quality documentary on this guy yet. He is absolutely incredible.

    • @HierophanticRose
      @HierophanticRose Год назад +6

      People are basically waiting for him to finish ASOIAF so they can instantly put him into the Fantasy/Science Fiction Hall of Fame

    • @TheManorBeast
      @TheManorBeast Год назад +1

      Because he’s been writing a story for 32 years
      You can’t do that to people

    • @ihuh1000
      @ihuh1000 Год назад +1

      @@TheManorBeast Berserk fan here. Story has been going on for 32 years exactly and not finishing any time soon, the pain is real

    • @vt4979
      @vt4979 Год назад

      @@ihuh1000 Wait didn't the author of Berserk pass away recently?

    • @pnut3844able
      @pnut3844able 5 дней назад

      ​@@TheManorBeast bc he screwed himself by having TOO MUCH lore and having TOO MANY storylines and now he can't finish it. No one could. He went too far man. That, combined with the huge (rightly so) backlash from the show made him even more paranoid than he was. It's real simple, y'all just over complicate it

  • @geovannibotticella7822
    @geovannibotticella7822 Год назад +399

    Song of Ice and Fire genuinely feels like a world you could live in. You can go back in history from 10-50-500-1000 years and you’ll still find different histories cultures and mythology

    • @fondationmongangafmwilly4162
      @fondationmongangafmwilly4162 Год назад +10

      That why is so amazing 😂 and we love it.

    • @collaborativelearning1
      @collaborativelearning1 Год назад +1

      A massive amount of research went into making this history.

    • @pnut3844able
      @pnut3844able 5 дней назад

      Dude that's NOTHING compared to Tolkien. He wrote FAR superior stories, created his own languages, and didn't shoot himself in the foot by writing too much lore with too many storylines.

    • @pnut3844able
      @pnut3844able 5 дней назад

      ​@@fondationmongangafmwilly4162amazing? You mean over convoluted and too much going on. That's why he can't finish. What y'all thought was a good thing with the expansive lore and storylines is the reason he can't finish it. Use common sense kid.

    • @pnut3844able
      @pnut3844able 5 дней назад

      ​@@collaborativelearning1 you mean making this FICTION. He made TOO MUCH of it and that's why he can't finish.

  • @spenserdavis788
    @spenserdavis788 Год назад +168

    I love hearing George talk about his world, like a great historian of a timeline that never existed. So many fantasy writers don't bother worrying about details like trade routes; they're worried that they'll bore the reader, not realizing that it's those sections that make their world feel so real. I cannot wait for this series!

  • @satinsolstice
    @satinsolstice Год назад +102

    how does this man keep all the details straight?! he's able to speak about hundreds or even thousands of years worth of history and lore, and still be able to go into granular detail on each of the houses, characters, battles, relationships, etc. blows my mind.

    • @joweydelanota7421
      @joweydelanota7421 Год назад +8

      Well that's because there isnt 5000 years of history to start with. His world is written to give the illusion of it.
      The reason the long night prequel was cancelled is because not even GRR Martin himself could fill the gap as he truly never developed that side of the story for it to be serialized and adapted.

    • @gentlerabbit6852
      @gentlerabbit6852 Год назад +8

      I mean, just a tought, maybe because he wrote the damn thing

    • @Supersquigi
      @Supersquigi 7 месяцев назад

      He has that couple that have curated the wiki since the 90's, I'm sorry I forgot their names. He goes to them OFTEN for help, making sure everything is consistent and the lineages make sense, even making sure in one instance that a horse'mane was the right color

  • @Divine_Chareka
    @Divine_Chareka Год назад +69

    The biggest thing is George RR Martin is heavily involved in this. It truly gives me relief tbh 😌

  • @ahmedhud
    @ahmedhud Год назад +37

    Rhaenys Targaryen (The Queen Who Never Was)
    Littlefinger: "Chaos Is A Ladder."
    Stannis Baratheon: "Go On, Do Your Duty."
    Ned Stark: "But I Grew Up With Soldiers. I Learned How To Die A Long Time Ago."
    Sansa Stark: "I'm A Slow Learner, It's True. But I Learn."
    Jaime Lannister: "The Things I Do For Love."
    Cersei Lannister: "I Choose Violence."
    Jon Snow: "Love Is The Death Of Duty."
    Arya Stark: "Stick Them With The Pointy End."
    Daenerys Targaryen: "I'm Not Going To Stop The Wheel. I'm Going To Break The Wheel."
    Tyrion Lannister: "I Drink And I Know Things."

    • @samarram6867
      @samarram6867 Год назад +7

      Littlefinger: "Shansha..Please"
      Sansa Stark: "Uncle. Please sit"
      Jaime Lannister: "I Never cared for them anyway"
      Cersei Lannister: Stares Out of a window
      Jon Snow: "I DUHN WAN'IT"
      Arya Stark: "I know a killer when I see one"
      Daenerys Targaryen: "I am not my father"
      Tyrion Lannister: "Who has the better story?"

    • @samirmuhammad1781
      @samirmuhammad1781 Год назад +2

      Tyrion has way better quotes than that one.

    • @sahilmahayan9992
      @sahilmahayan9992 Год назад +7

      Cersei : "Power is Power"

  • @BucketheadChuck
    @BucketheadChuck Год назад +134

    I could listen to George talking about his world for hours. Great storyteller!

  • @Tweezy786
    @Tweezy786 Год назад +64

    I think many people forget just how good of a writer George is. Just listen to him talk here.

    • @joshrivers5191
      @joshrivers5191 Год назад +1

      He cant even finish the original story. Tolkien was better.

    • @Tweezy786
      @Tweezy786 Год назад +11

      @@joshrivers5191 He can do whatever he wants it’s literally his creation. He is quite the fan of Tolkien books too.

    • @joshrivers5191
      @joshrivers5191 Год назад +1

      @@Tweezy786 true but he isnt a good story teller if he cant finish his story. Whats the use of a story with no ending?
      So is every other fantasy and and sci fi author since Tolkien. They finished their stories and didnt become rich and famous. Steven Erikson for example, finished his story and is a much better author than martin.

    • @Zahkia
      @Zahkia Год назад

      @@joshrivers5191 no

    • @joshrivers5191
      @joshrivers5191 Год назад

      @@Zahkia oh yeah!!🤪

  • @multihickory
    @multihickory Год назад +76

    Long Live This Man. The World Needs The Last Two Novels, Lord Martin!

    • @goodcitizen6193
      @goodcitizen6193 Год назад

      How many years will it take for him to finish? Fat men don't live to 100.

    • @corsicanlulu
      @corsicanlulu Год назад +12

      we will be lucky to get one book, we probably wont get both

    • @joshrivers5191
      @joshrivers5191 Год назад +1

      These people in the comment section are pathetic. Not you guys obviously. I wont george another cent til he finishes his next book.

    • @goodcitizen6193
      @goodcitizen6193 Год назад

      @@joshrivers5191 I'm even going to wait and ONLY buy a used copy if he ever finishes TWOW. I give TWOW a 20% chance of getting done but ADOS has less than 1% unless he's found the fountain of youth.

  • @totalwolf6091
    @totalwolf6091 Год назад +290

    I'm really happy that they've given GRRM a more prominent role in the series as a executive producer, instead of a consultant in the previous GoT series (we all know how that played out). It gives peace of mind that the lore and story won't be polluted to a large extend under his guidance, unlike another fantasy series that is coming out soon who's name shall not be spoken... So excited for this!

    • @shannond7437
      @shannond7437 Год назад +19

      Condal was a super fan before most had even heard of Thrones. This series is in great hands!

    • @moiseman
      @moiseman Год назад +5

      They'll fuck with it regardless as long as it fits their needs and agenda

    • @Regenmacher175
      @Regenmacher175 Год назад +8

      For GOT we got the ending he told the showrunners and they made the best out of it and I generally like the ending to GOT tbh.

    • @brettbaratheon9776
      @brettbaratheon9776 Год назад +9

      Yeah it’s so great……..he’s never going to finish the books ever. Who cares about this show.

    • @Regenmacher175
      @Regenmacher175 Год назад

      @@moiseman LOL what agenda? Women with agency in a world that oppresses them? People of different ethnicities being important in a medieval fantasy setting? That's part of ASOIAF, GOT and Fire and Blood. Maybe read other fantasy fiction if you want far-right reactionary politics in your fantasy. Or better yet, leave the reactionary politics behind and start caring about people around you.

  • @justkatebake
    @justkatebake Год назад +44

    Why did this video felt like a minute-long 🥺😩 We want more!!!

  • @emangination
    @emangination Год назад +42

    ASOIAF world history has its own breathing, evolving and functioning world. Goes to show how an Architect writer and a Gardener writer can do a multitude of layers to the story.

    • @devanman7920
      @devanman7920 Год назад +1

      I know. GRRM says he's not great at planning out things and world building but look what he's created

  • @kirankumar-yn8pq
    @kirankumar-yn8pq Год назад +29

    The way George RR Martin tells the story is like epic.... I would hav listened to whole of his book from his mouth if at all there was any audio book my him..🔥

  • @abuomar1925
    @abuomar1925 Год назад +56

    I could listen to G R.R. Martin talk about his characters and stories all day long

  • @ClaireYunFarronXIII
    @ClaireYunFarronXIII Год назад +106

    I always love hearing George R. R. Martin talk about the world of Ice and Fire. Truly inspirational and just nice to hear. I'm excited for this new show. I just hope the writing came first and foremost when they developed this show, and always will. _Fire and Blood_ is amazing source material. If they've made any changes (I'm inherently okay with adapters doing that), I just hope those changes were well thought-out and work for the better.

  • @StoppingPower624
    @StoppingPower624 Год назад +61

    As a book reader, words cannot describe how excited to see Jaehaerys on the throne. Even if it is just for a small flashback moment.

    • @Droxal
      @Droxal Год назад +8

      That scene looks so good! I cant wait either

    • @richierich7229
      @richierich7229 Год назад

      It was not in the books though...

    • @StoppingPower624
      @StoppingPower624 Год назад +12

      @@richierich7229 Fire and Blood is the book I meant

    • @achillis9753
      @achillis9753 Год назад +2

      @@richierich7229 Those minor changes do not bother me, though. It is a nice to have.

    • @stannisbaratheon6725
      @stannisbaratheon6725 Год назад +1

      ​@@richierich7229 Your really negative on all these comments aren't you?

  • @thesummerwiind
    @thesummerwiind Год назад +19

    4:50 props to the artist, notice the difference in size and age of the dragons. How the oldest and largest has damaged, saggy, wrinkling skin from battle after battle. If the show is this detailed i'll watch every week.

    • @CIinbox
      @CIinbox Год назад

      The riders are missing though. In the book, no dragon rampages like that without a rider.

  • @pellaz83
    @pellaz83 Год назад +22

    I just love how George references the history from his creation, feels very raw and real like a parallel universe to our own ❤

  • @brunoxd151
    @brunoxd151 Год назад +11

    The world building of a song of ice and fire is incredible. It feels like a real world with real historical events and characters, props to George R.R Martin for creating such a complex story

  • @yogidude1
    @yogidude1 Год назад +23

    The way he plots the story it's just amazing...❤️

  • @titusdaniel3962
    @titusdaniel3962 Год назад +5

    the little hint of Got music at the end😫. I can't wait to dive back into this world. 15 more days

    • @Droxal
      @Droxal Год назад +1

      The music at the beginning too!

  • @anthonyufert8477
    @anthonyufert8477 Год назад +51

    I love the illustrated history on the Blu-ray extras for GOT & it looks like they’ll continue this for HOTD. Very cool! More things to get excited about for this series.

    • @joshuaadams6565
      @joshuaadams6565 Год назад +1

      Oh yeah. These animations are probably for Blu-ray! Didn’t even think about that, can’t wait. Always loved the illustrated history

  • @EvanSol919
    @EvanSol919 Год назад +27

    It's nice to see George back in these videos. I don't think he did one after season 4 of GoT. No surprise there.

  • @JordanVanRyn
    @JordanVanRyn Год назад +44

    As a longtime fan of GOT, I actually am very hopeful about this series now that George RR Martin is in charge as produce. His attention to detail in story-telling, political intrigue and betrayals is what makes the show watchable. So I'm cautiously optimistic about the prequel series.

  • @roryedward2631
    @roryedward2631 Год назад +34

    All this new Art looks incredible. And i love all these little extra bits of extended scenes from the trailer. Im so excited :) and the reviews so far have put me at ease. Im so ready

  • @mydreaminorbit9297
    @mydreaminorbit9297 Год назад +17

    Love some GoT youtubers but nothing beats hearing an explanation from the creator himself

  • @ravenclaw3273
    @ravenclaw3273 Год назад +13

    Love these kinds of videos, especially seeing the new footage & listening to George speaking about this period

  • @FinBoyXD
    @FinBoyXD Год назад +17

    Damn, please keep bringing me more of this!

  • @revanius2213
    @revanius2213 Год назад +106

    'It's difficult to hit' something the old show runners forgot, at least the book involving the Dance of the Dragons was complete. Finally going to see the true power of the Dragons and House Targaryen.

    • @thecomorbiditycurator8018
      @thecomorbiditycurator8018 Год назад +5

      What?! I don't think they forgot that at all. The point in showing weapons that could take down a dragon was to show the wealth and determination of the Lannisters. It also served to emphasize the fear of dragons and that whoever could defeat one would earn loyalty, respect, and power from the masses. And the Night King taking down a dragon served to show what a formidable foe he was. All he really did was stand and stare, so that act showed everyone how capable and calculating he was. Dragons are difficult to hit, but throughout GRRM's world, the dragons do get hit, fall in battle, pass away. It is uncommon, but it happens. Also, Daenerys didn't train her dragons in any type of aerial combat, so their experience was significantly lacking compared to that of the previous Targaryen dragons. The past showrunners absolutely wrecked the end of the series, but they didn't forget that the dragons are hard to hit. Personally, I like that they killed 2 of the 3 dragons in the ways that they did because it foreshadowed Daenarys' fate and signaled the end of the reign-by-fear era of Westeros.

    • @JaanaLahtinen
      @JaanaLahtinen Год назад +23

      @@thecomorbiditycurator8018 When Benioff and Weiss decided, that Rhaegal could be shot down from the sky, while standing on a boat that is unsteady, because it is on the waves of the ocean, they just proved they didn't know anything about these dragons George R.R. Martin created. And Euron didn't just manage to have one lucky hit on Rhaegal - He landed his arrows on that dragon many times. Even if the first hit would be extremely lucky one, nothing explains the other shots he landed on the dragon.
      Benioff and Weiss took all the lore GRRM created and pretty much pis*ed on it.

    • @samirmuhammad1781
      @samirmuhammad1781 Год назад +6

      They kinda forgot, you meant 🤣🤣🤣

    • @Feisty123
      @Feisty123 Год назад +6

      @@thecomorbiditycurator8018 come off the bullshit lmao. Daenarys fate and the ending she was given was fucking awful. and you know it, even if you ant to pretend otherwise

    • @thecomorbiditycurator8018
      @thecomorbiditycurator8018 Год назад +1

      @@Feisty123 "The past showrunners absolutely wrecked the end of the series" was literally in my comment, meaning I agree with you that it was awful. My point was that killing off the dragons foreshadowed the ending, not that the ending was good. I love a good foreshadowing in a story. I don't think those idiots planned that terrible ending from the beginning, but I do believe they always knew they would kill off Daenarys because the other options made for even worse TV.
      Option B: Danny beats Cersei and the Night King while maintaining her sanity and restores the throne to house Targaryen, Westeros gets a new benevolent queen. It's weak, too "happily ever after" for the overall vibe of the show and makes no sense. People still remember the Mad King, so they would always fear Danearys would turn out just like him and would also fear her because she had a dragon. That is no more or less tyrannical than Cersei's reign, giving no actual end to the "game of thrones" so it isn't a clean ending, more like a season finale cliffhanger we never would have gotten an answer to.
      Option C: Danny still loses her mind at the end and then beats Cersei, kills Jon Snow out of paranoia that he will take her throne as the only living male Targaryen. Crazy Danearys becomes the Mad Queen, the cycle continues, and everyone is instead mad about the death of Jon Snow. No ending to the vicious cycle that is the "game of thrones," so no actual ending.
      Option D: Jon Snow's character structure is compromised by not killing the new Mad Queen and is fine with his complicity in her slaughtering innocent civilians. The fans would riot because that is not the Jon Snow we know and love. Again, nothing is learned about playing the deadly game of thrones and there is no clear ending to the story of the iron throne.
      Option E-Z and beyond make even less sense.
      Jon Snow, NOT Danearys, is the Targaryen that can redeem the house name and even he knows it's so far tarnished and lost that he would rather just disappear back to the wall and keep his parentage a secret.
      Danearys had to die. Killing Danny made sense for the show. I can't speak for the books because GRRM doesn't have a limited number of lines or screentime to finish his incredible story, but as far as the show goes, Danearys dying was necessary. The rest of the ending was horrible and ruined the whole show, but Danearys still needed to die for the end to make any sense. Personally, I would have loved to see her defeat Cersei, reign for a few days by fear with the political figures realizing she wasn't ready and this was a big mistake, then be taken out by the Night King while sacrificing herself to save her last dragon child, the only creatures she loved more than her own life. Would have been a bit poetic, too. They were born in the fire beside her and she would die in the ice beside them. Stick to the fire and ice theme.

  • @shannond7437
    @shannond7437 Год назад +17

    Excited to finally learn more about the dragons & to see their different personalities on screen!

  • @DjVtheJESUSsouja
    @DjVtheJESUSsouja Год назад +4

    Targaryens: "ruled Westeros for hundreds of years"
    Randyl Tarly to Dany: you are an foreign invader

    • @belleretiredaccount
      @belleretiredaccount Год назад

      Lord Tarly was referring to the fact that Dany did not grow up in Westeros and probably know next to nothing about the land and its peoples. Not saying he was completely right but can't really blame him for how he reacted in seeing someone from the other side of the world bring a hoard of warriors known for their savagery, an army of Unsullied, and 3 freaking dragons after they've been known to have died out.

    • @tariizm1500
      @tariizm1500 Год назад

      @@belleretiredaccount it is not canon if it was canon there is no way Tarly tell this shits to Dany he was loyal to Reach/Tyrells and the Targaryens... during Roberts rebellion Targaryens major victory came from Randyl Tarly and spoiler alert during HOTD (Targaryen civil war) most of Reach declared for Aegon/Greens (they break the oaths) but house Tarly declared for Rhaenyra/Blacks (never break the oath)

    • @belleretiredaccount
      @belleretiredaccount Год назад

      @@tariizm1500 we'te talking about the TV show, and I've read all the books.

    • @tariizm1500
      @tariizm1500 Год назад

      @@belleretiredaccount still doesnt makes any sense to Tarly's betray their own lords Tyrells especially at that time TV show's last 3 season is completely trash

    • @belleretiredaccount
      @belleretiredaccount Год назад

      @@tariizm1500 From how they portrayed Randyll Tarly it absolutely made sense that he would break away from the Tyrells who was helping Dany bring a host of foreign invaders AND dragons (there's no way he hasn't heard of the Dothraki's and the Unsullied's reputations), and he doesn't take his betrayal of them lightly either. He is stuck in this "two evils" scenario, and he made the choice to support and defend his own country, even if that meant Cersei's rule.
      The later seasons have a lot of problems, absolutely, but I don't think Lord Tarly is one of them.
      None of this is canon because it hasn't happened in the books, so it doesn't really make sense to compare the two. What we know is that the Tarlys are indeed loyal, and in a sense they have shown that they are in the show by choosing to defend Westeros. Moreover, this calls back to that scene between Jaime and Brienne where he talks about oaths and its complications, something GoT has thorougly and magnificently examined.

  •  Год назад +12

    I heard they're gonna make the Hightower sigil flame green when they're at war. And at the Hightower there will be a scene of wildfire being lit to signal a call to arms. Sounds so epic.

  • @mateo.escallon
    @mateo.escallon Год назад +28

    It is great to know what George R.R. Martin thinks about the new series and to see that he is also excited about it. The story he explains is amazing, and I hope that series will be as well.

    • @joshrivers5191
      @joshrivers5191 Год назад

      Last few seasons will suck guarenteed. Wonder if he'll ever finish that 1 series he started years ago?

    • @Austin123.
      @Austin123. Год назад

      He's been heavily involved with it when it came to casting and scripts. They run through a lot with George which Dan and Dave did not.

    • @blackgrlfly
      @blackgrlfly Год назад

      @@joshrivers5191 dude you literally have 0 basis for this comment

    • @joshrivers5191
      @joshrivers5191 Год назад

      @@blackgrlfly how so? The last 2 seasons of GOT was horrible and he still hasnt finished the original story he began in the 90s. Thats my basis.

  • @truetory6231
    @truetory6231 Год назад +38

    I remember reading this story for the first time in Princess and the Queen and even then I thought that this was way better than Game of Throne, back them GoT was still it's heyday, long before it's decline in the last season. I truly hope that this portrayal matches up to what is written because if it does, it is gonna be EPIC... cant wait

    • @gibberconfirm166
      @gibberconfirm166 Год назад

      Honestly didn't you read "Fire and Blood" and think "he can't write the novels anymore but he CAN do this pretty well, he's giving HBO more shit". Hopefully it works out.

  • @cfnjofa
    @cfnjofa Год назад +72

    For those of you who don't know, the dance of the dragons is based off of the actual civil war called the anarchy between the grand children of William the conqueror, Empress Matilda and Stephen for the English throne. Matilda was one of the most bad ass women who ever lived. I highly recommend learning about her.

    • @jamesbond1157
      @jamesbond1157 Год назад +7

      I'm guessing men fought for her lol

    • @KillerOfTheShadow
      @KillerOfTheShadow Год назад +7

      Also a little bit of Wars of the Roses but I believe War of the Five Kings echoes that more than the Dance

    • @XeaRae
      @XeaRae Год назад

      @@KillerOfTheShadow yep, the resolution is similar to War of roses.

    • @anakedviking6737
      @anakedviking6737 Год назад

      @@jamesbond1157 Every monarch had men fight for him 🙃

    • @tariizm1500
      @tariizm1500 Год назад

      @@KillerOfTheShadow Wars of the Roses's main houses was house of Lancaster (Lannister) and house of York (Stark) in reality both house Lancaster and York's parental house is house of Plantagenet/Norman/Anjou which is house Targaryen based on.... Rhaenyra Targaryen literally based on Empress Matilda of house Plantagenet.

  • @melglenn6556
    @melglenn6556 Год назад +25

    This man can do no wrong. Amazing storyteller and one of the most brilliant minds to ever exist to have created such a deep world and be able to articulate it so well. 🙌🏽🙏🏽

    • @joshrivers5191
      @joshrivers5191 Год назад +3

      Can do no wrong? Hes let down every real fan he had by not finishing the series he started writing. The series that made him rich and famous cuz his fans loved it so much he refuses to finish.

    • @nocthorys6
      @nocthorys6 Год назад

      @@joshrivers5191 He's made several other stories and tales and you're bitching about Game of Thrones which is his the latest big project, ffs.

    • @joshrivers5191
      @joshrivers5191 Год назад

      @@nocthorys6 his latest project? He started the books in the mid 90s. Hes had many projects since then. Countless.

    • @nocthorys6
      @nocthorys6 Год назад

      @@joshrivers5191 that's what I was trying to say, wrong use of words. The thing is, GoT is the biggest thing left for him to finish, it's a very, very detailed story full of characters, it's not something easy to finish. Specially now that the TV series were over in such a horrible way. I don't think at all he refuses to finish it, he might be just tired of that project and wants it to end well in his terms. That's just an opinion.

    • @joshrivers5191
      @joshrivers5191 Год назад +1

      @@nocthorys6 yeah so im saying he needs to stop with all the greedy side projects and regain his dignity and soul and finish the story that matters. The true heart of it all. A Song of Ice and Fire.
      I just hope he doesnt add a trump allegory. It would be cringe.

  • @NoodlesDaCat
    @NoodlesDaCat Год назад +8

    I wasn't going to watch this until I knew George was involved. Now I am looking forward to it. This story is finished too, so that's good.

  • @syedsaqlainali5125
    @syedsaqlainali5125 Год назад +5

    that music! brings back memories of so many Dany moments.

  • @JD-lb6wq
    @JD-lb6wq Год назад +11

    I really got chills on my spine when I hear the GOT theme.

    • @iswaryapadmanabhan9664
      @iswaryapadmanabhan9664 Год назад +1

      Fr!!! I had to do all i could to stop myself from getting up qnd yelling and screaming in joy and pride. Goosebumps💥

  • @monsterzero9238
    @monsterzero9238 Год назад +5

    New to Westoros. I've read the first two books of A Song of Ice and Fire (never seen the show) and currently reading Fire and Blood. It's awesome to know that Vhagar is still alive during House of the Dragon!!!!

  • @mononoke721
    @mononoke721 Год назад +5

    Thank you Maester Martin for that great little mini-lecture on the importances of Houses Hightower and Velaryon. More please!

  • @michalasheranko
    @michalasheranko Год назад +8

    You would think this is all actual real history he’s talking about. Brilliant writer.

  • @aiadventures9718
    @aiadventures9718 Год назад +5

    Imagine seeing the world that you created in your head come to live on Television and millions of people watch it 🤯

  • @victhebric66
    @victhebric66 Год назад +7

    I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS SHOW! So exciting to see a new fresh story from A Song of Ice and Fire put to the big screen. It looks sooo good. Aug 21st can't come fast enough!!

  • @20starterblue23
    @20starterblue23 Год назад +6

    I am so excited for this. I love the world of Game of Thrones, the characters, I hate how it ends but I won't throw away how great most part of it is. GRRM storytelling is on a different level. He also took part in building the background story of Elden Ring and I swear that game's lore is so rich it can easily be made into a series with multiple seasons. House of the Dragon will surely live to expectations and that expectation is very high 🔥

  • @louisbusingye743
    @louisbusingye743 Год назад +7

    Makes me feel like I'm the one living a fictional life. GRRM's makes his world so real compared to what we have today. May his story never end!

  • @nordenslejon3582
    @nordenslejon3582 Год назад +9

    I’ve really missed this world and the feeling of excitement for it. But I can’t help but walking in to this with cautious optimism after GOT’s finally. It almost feels like reuniting with an ex after a bad break up.

  • @THEMAX00000
    @THEMAX00000 Год назад +13

    Dragons fly, they are difficult to hit, they breathe fire
    Guess George didn’t watch the last season of Game of Thrones

  • @KC_604
    @KC_604 Год назад +16

    Absolute chills man all these actors casted fit perfectly like damn I can’t wait to hear that music man just a few weeks away and we return to westeros

    • @joshrivers5191
      @joshrivers5191 Год назад

      I dont know. I pictured all targaryans with white skin, white hair, and purple eyes since thats how they were described in the books. Ive never heard of a racial group with such variation in skin tone.

  • @ayurvedicman
    @ayurvedicman Год назад +3

    Hope there is a Histories & Lore type series that follows each season for HOTD as well! Keep this kind of awesome stuff coming!

  • @KRISS2355
    @KRISS2355 Год назад +3

    This man puts world-building on a whole other level. Genius 🙌🏾

  • @francisabellana445
    @francisabellana445 Год назад +5

    I love the Valeryons being dark skinned because the diversity in Valyria and maybe there were Asian looking Valyrians, different races in the most advanced city in the world there were no racism it just goes to show how advanced they were, people hate what they don't understand

  • @RPHayes
    @RPHayes Год назад

    Thank you George for writing such wonderful. Stories have been waiting for this series for a while 💝🌵😊

  • @PunishThemMetal
    @PunishThemMetal Год назад +4

    Love the familiar music! Can't wait for this!

  • @pieter9535
    @pieter9535 Год назад +4

    these illustrations are incedible! The music in the beginning sounds like the GoT theme mixed with the targaryen one, I think this will be the new intro music

  • @TheBloodyLibrary
    @TheBloodyLibrary Год назад +6

    Seriously can’t wait to see this series!

  • @matejbezovsek8972
    @matejbezovsek8972 Год назад

    daaayum...the level of imagination and detailes in the story for that many years... like it really happened...and everything goes together so well...hat off to george

  • @princessneekee853
    @princessneekee853 Год назад +2

    Ive always been for House Targaryen until the end.
    Now theyre coming back to televisiom and i cant wait.
    I waited 2 years for this since its announcement and now its here ❤

  • @PrettyTonyi
    @PrettyTonyi Год назад +21

    More of George talking please!

    • @joshrivers5191
      @joshrivers5191 Год назад

      I prefer his writing. Wish he'd shut up and finish the original series tbh.

  • @thelivesoftargaryens
    @thelivesoftargaryens Год назад +4

    It's such an intricately woven universe. I loved Fire & Blood and especially the ambiguity of a lot of the Targaryens. Can't wait for the show and the new book!

  • @transformerslover7
    @transformerslover7 Год назад +1

    GRRM is such a fascinating person. Such a creative mind. I thoroughly enjoy listening to him discuss his stories. 📚

  • @Neodil
    @Neodil Год назад +1

    Merci GRRM pour cette superbe introduction aux évènements de House of the dragon !

  • @secretTarg
    @secretTarg Год назад +4

    1:22 Gotta be Aemma Arryn w/King Viserys? Happy they've included her!

    • @manvirshergill1739
      @manvirshergill1739 Год назад

      Hopefully we'll see the great council probably as the opening scene. Or maybe it was Baelon's funeral. Who knows...

  • @krizsz
    @krizsz Год назад +43

    just make it like the start of GOT and we are golden! human beings is the main dish, the dragons are a fine dessert! =D

  • @goddyfame3424
    @goddyfame3424 Год назад +2

    I'm sold. George knows what we love. Characters, decisions and consequences not plot and spectacles.

  • @salmanpromise1484
    @salmanpromise1484 Год назад +1

    The views of this will be unimaginable level HUGE. Can't wait.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @mariuxivillonbarzola5464
    @mariuxivillonbarzola5464 Год назад +6

    Esperamos con ansias ..lo.maximp. espero q llene mis expectativas xq los he visto desde la primera temporada ❤👏👏

  • @pam2858
    @pam2858 Год назад +3

    ❣️❣️❣️ most amazing imagination he has. Just love it

  • @AlmightyAjax
    @AlmightyAjax Год назад +1

    Just wow, let it begin already!! I cannot wait any longer.

  • @Hubert99999
    @Hubert99999 Год назад +1

    Its good to hear Georges voice and be reminded that all the good parts, the absolute brilliance of this franchise, came from a single person!

    • @Hubert99999
      @Hubert99999 Год назад

      All these amazingly skilled people involved in these enormeous productions and somehow the quality proves to depend on source material from this single individual! Incredible.

  • @Droxal
    @Droxal Год назад +11

    Is that background music at the start the theme song for the new show? Im so excited to find out!!!!

  • @goofball9173
    @goofball9173 Год назад +6

    Mother of all Shows is here ,🥺💖 GoT world is beautiful

  • @blxckfyre
    @blxckfyre Год назад

    I am so ready for this show. George Martin built such a wonderful world

  • @samirmuhammad1781
    @samirmuhammad1781 Год назад +2

    4:30 listen to that D and D. They can fly. They are hard to hit. They breathe fire

  • @crystaleefyffe1230
    @crystaleefyffe1230 Год назад +3

    By the god's I wished this man could live forever! Hearing him speak about this world he created in his head and yet it feels as if it is a world one could visit in real life...wow

    • @joshrivers5191
      @joshrivers5191 Год назад

      He will have to live forever to finish the original books at this rate.

  • @RasoolThrones
    @RasoolThrones Год назад +4

    I'm waiting impatiently, George 😍🔥🔥🔥

  • @_CrissoN
    @_CrissoN Год назад

    Seeing George R.R. Martin as excited as we are about his world is such a beautiful thing to see

  • @maricelatorres9719
    @maricelatorres9719 Год назад +1

    Loved the 1st episode & that they started it with the dragon 🐲 flying also the music reminded me of whenever daenerys landed in dragonstone 🐲🐲🐲❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 can’t wait to see more

  • @PCGamertag
    @PCGamertag Год назад +3

    This is going to be amazing by the looks of it!

  • @jamesford2192
    @jamesford2192 Год назад +4

    Hope it’s as good as it deserves to be. I truly hope winds and dream of spring finishes too.

  • @LuzMaria95
    @LuzMaria95 Год назад +2

    He’s so amazing! I love this world he’s created! 💯🔥

  • @joshfilomeno
    @joshfilomeno Год назад +1

    And just like that they reel me back in! Can’t wait for House of Dragon

  • @mynameisf.u1784
    @mynameisf.u1784 Год назад +6

    This will be a million times better than Amazon's Rings of Power. They have no respect to the source material.

    • @joshrivers5191
      @joshrivers5191 Год назад

      You mean like HBO and Game of Thrones seasons 4-8? Lol

  • @dreamfyres
    @dreamfyres Год назад +4

    I can’t wait omg

  • @mgamer327
    @mgamer327 Год назад

    TYSVM George R.R.!! Your creative, artistic mind is pure genius!

  • @HB-ey2dk
    @HB-ey2dk Год назад +1

    Omg I'm getting so pumpeddddd. I missed Westeros so much!

  • @Hash_kw
    @Hash_kw Год назад +26

    This prequel "HOTD" show is making me more excited for the sequel show "Snow" now
    I don't really blame the team for what happened in the last season of GOT I blame D&D.
    the team really did their best even the actors.

    • @haydeng3541
      @haydeng3541 Год назад +4

      I'm actually really excited for Snow as well. I rolled my eyes when I first heard about it, but the more I think about it, it will be great to get another few seasons with Jon Snow after suffering through two seasons with a plank of wood pretending to be Jon Snow. It will actually feel like more game of thrones, not a spinoff, and that's a good thing imo. All good things must come to an end, but hardly anyone was satisfied with GOT by the end, so I'm all for more

    • @joshrivers5191
      @joshrivers5191 Год назад

      Snow will be crap cuz the ending of the series was crap. Jon Snow is still dead and he has been for over 10 years now. When will george pull his head out of his ass and tell us what happened to him?

    • @Regenmacher175
      @Regenmacher175 Год назад +2

      D&D gave you a show to care about in the first place and were showrunners and writers for some of its best episodes. Credit where credit is due, alright? Also, the ending was good.

    • @joshrivers5191
      @joshrivers5191 Год назад

      @@Regenmacher175 the only satisfactory arc was Theon. Nobody elses made sense. It was not good at all. Season 7 and 8 completely went off the rails. Arya became a super hero cuz being blind for a week and getting stabbed in the stomach does that I guess.
      Tyrions decent to evil became a descent to mediocre eunuch jokes.
      Sansa became dumber.
      Jamie didnt kill cercei. Wtf?
      THE ENDING WAS TERRIBLE. The only reason the 1st seasons were good was because they followed the books almost exactly.
      If you had paid attention and read the books you would have known this.

    • @gibberconfirm166
      @gibberconfirm166 Год назад

      @@Regenmacher175 I just think people 80% hated George's historically pedantic ending twist. You can hear him lecturing you about how from Troy in the Iliad to the Mongols at Baghdad millennia later, conquerors thought nothing of destroying entire cities. True, intellectually-defensible, felt pretty bad.

  • @razorsharpview9090
    @razorsharpview9090 Год назад +4

    This is why I love these fantasy stories.
    1. Tolkien Saga
    2. GRR. Martin Saga
    3. Warhammer 40k
    4. Frank Herbert's Saga
    These Fantasy Storues are just unique as if you are reading Humanities History.

  • @Matt-cz6ti
    @Matt-cz6ti Год назад

    I'm so hyped for this show, I'm just finishing a re-read of Fire and Blood in preparation

  • @MrX-zc4pv
    @MrX-zc4pv Год назад +1

    May the god praise for such talented grest writer good health and let him finish his great legacy

  • @controldev
    @controldev Год назад +3

    4:50 Meleys, Vhagar & Arrax. Finally decoded!

  • @philspencer8504
    @philspencer8504 Год назад +7

    I loved season 8 so much! I can't wait for this

  • @ViewTube_Emperor_of_Mankind
    @ViewTube_Emperor_of_Mankind Год назад +1

    The one thing I hope to see out of all of this.. no matter how many seasons.. is a well cast Rhaegar Targaryen.. I still wish Jon got to see/meet his parents.. no matter what form.. that would've been the absolute highlight of this whole saga for me.. no matter the dragons, thrones and all the power of the world.. but to see his parents...