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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Sunday, August 21, 2022 - 2:17 pm 
As Maris reminded us in the HBO thread, this starts tonight on HBO.
It's described as the story of the House Targaryen set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones.
I was very disappointed with the final season and ending of Game of Thrones so I will be watching rather reluctantly. 
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Maris
Member
03-27-2002
| Sunday, August 21, 2022 - 1:14 pm
Anyone turning on the Dragon show tonight on HBO Max?
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Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Sunday, August 21, 2022 - 1:40 pm
yes! So excited!
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Maris
Member
03-27-2002
| Sunday, August 21, 2022 - 1:45 pm
me too.
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Sunday, August 21, 2022 - 1:58 pm
Thank you for the reminder. I will reluctantly be watching.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, August 21, 2022 - 2:06 pm
Nope.
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Sunday, August 21, 2022 - 2:13 pm
Did you watch Game of Thrones, Sea? Just curious whether or not you are completely not a fan or just disillusioned (like me).
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Sunday, August 21, 2022 - 2:20 pm
Above six posts moved here from the HBO thread.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Sunday, August 21, 2022 - 2:24 pm
I am so excited!
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Sunday, August 21, 2022 - 2:50 pm
I have to confess that I'm pretty excited too. 
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Maris
Member
03-27-2002
| Sunday, August 21, 2022 - 3:48 pm
Thanks Jimmer for setting up thread.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Sunday, August 21, 2022 - 6:52 pm
Matt Smith looks so weird with that Targaryen white hair! I had to look close to be sure it was even him.
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Sincebb1
Member
08-22-2005
| Sunday, August 21, 2022 - 7:53 pm
I read that it isn't necessarily to have watched Game Of Thrones to understand House of the Dragon. Do you guys agree? Will I be lost?
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Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Sunday, August 21, 2022 - 7:58 pm
I didnt like Matt Smith. He remined me more of Lordof the Rings with pointy ears. I think they could have gotten sexier men for many of the male roles.
It was a really good 1st ep but I was disappointed in the dragons. I feel the spfx in GOT dragons was far superior and it was years ago. You would think they would look even better on this show.
I also found many scenes too dark to see, almost like the big battle in GOT where we had to have someone on youtube brighten up the scenes to see the actual battle.
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Maris
Member
03-27-2002
| Sunday, August 21, 2022 - 8:51 pm
Agree about the darkness Pamy, also had difficulty understanding what they were saying sometimes. It shows promise.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, August 21, 2022 - 9:12 pm
Oh, completely not a fan. I made it through I think one (possible two) episode and I just don't enjoy violence. So I never got hooked.
I have heard any number of people say they were disappointed in the last season or seasons so I gather there must have been favorite characters done wrong.
I imagine that had I watched all the way I'd have mixed emotions but maybe watch.
I do love dragons.
What Pamy said just above about dark scenes. I have never liked that sort of video, even with younger eyes and now when I'm needing cataract surgery, I imagine that would be even harder to handle.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, August 22, 2022 - 8:30 am
I thought maybe I missed where it was too dark, but I just went through it and everything seems ok to me.
But one thing I do agree with....The lack of handsome men. They were all over the place in GOT.
One thing about the darkness. I watch ghost hunting shows and every time they would put footage of a "ghost" capture on the screen, I just couldn't see it. It went that way for a couple years. Finally, I turned the brightness up a couple notches and I could see them. I was pissed I hadn't done that sooner.
eta: I think the story is fantastic, as well as the dragons! I'm pretty sure they aren't going to blast us with the best of the dragons in the first couple eps.
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Rieann
Member
08-26-2006
| Monday, August 22, 2022 - 11:51 am
I haven’t watched yet but, I plan to. 🐉
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Monday, August 22, 2022 - 12:50 pm
I will be watching too, just late to the party.
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Maris
Member
03-27-2002
| Monday, August 22, 2022 - 5:24 pm
The beginning was dark. I kept trying to remember where I saw the uncle before and then I realized he was the actor who played Prince Edward in the film The Kings Speech.
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Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Monday, August 22, 2022 - 6:55 pm
I was confused on some of the names. Was one guy named Aegon? I thought that was Jon Snow. Was he named after someone 200 yrs later?
I think I need to google the Targaryen family tree LOL
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Sincebb1
Member
08-22-2005
| Tuesday, August 23, 2022 - 12:53 pm
I never watched Game of Thrones. I was considering starting watching the series and then saw that House of Dragon was coming out. So I thought I'll wait, since it's a prequel and watch that first, then watch the series.
I'm halfway through the first episode. Let me say, while I love any kind of series with Dragons or mythology or ancient times in it.. I don't know if I'll be able to get through this series.
There has been so much graphic violence so far...it's making me cringe. I already dislike shows that use animals in it especially horses. Making them fall or roll... is not what I want to see. The stabbing of the horse with the joist was where I stopped watching. I get it's just tv but nonetheless it disturbs me
When they were cutting all the body parts off, was that a male appendage? I couldn't tell thankfully, because it is indeed filmed very dark... even though I have my television on Vivid and maximum brightness. I can't imagine somebody that's watching this with a TV that doesn't have those options adjusted.
So just asking you all, is this episode representative of the whole series. Or are they just going all out on the first episode? I'm usually semi-immune to most of the violence nudity and in general ill manners of most of these series. And I do understand that that time period reflects mostly that. The animal cruelty... even if it's fake usually bothers me somewhat though. Example being on The Walking Dead I do not like when the Walkers eat a horse or the Tiger or whatever. But that is infrequent enough for me to forgive an otherwise good series. Walkers being stabbed in the head do not bother me in the least.
So just asking if this first episode is "more" than usual? Or if this is par for the course for every episode?
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Tuesday, August 23, 2022 - 12:58 pm
The prequel has more meaning if you watch GOT first.
And this seemed par for the course. Lots of sex and violence.
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Tuesday, August 23, 2022 - 2:22 pm
The GOT story (at least the part that GRRM wrote) is very good but as Naja says, there is a lot of nudity, sex and violence. I found the TV series much more visceral than the books. For example, in the books the author would say a certain character is visiting a brothel, without including a lot of detailed description. In the show, we actually see the brothel.
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Sincebb1
Member
08-22-2005
| Tuesday, August 23, 2022 - 2:32 pm
Well, if the story is worth it...I might forge on. The book is usually better in most cases.
I'm going to try supplementing it with Taran's recap. He also is including parts of the book, I understand. Maybe that will make it intriguing enough to offset the parts that I find less compelling
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