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So far my wife and I have dubbed the show "Not Game of Thrones".
Good enough to watch but not as good as GOT.
Of course its early and maybe it will grow on use.
a bit after we watched Downton Abbey we watched The Forsyte Saga. That never stopped being "Not Downton Abbey"
I believe that the original Forsyte Saga miniseries was superior to "Downton Abbey".
One more thing . . . My husband is so funny. He watched GOT here and there, never really got into it. Now he’s watching House of the Dragons with me and keeps asking if Rhaenyra is Daenerys. I’m giving up on trying to explain. At this point I’m going to just say yes, they are the same person!
It's a very inbred family. They are all going to look alike. Minus the fact that some of them are black because even back then, they believed in racial equality and equal opportunity (really, I am not minding it, I just watch it, but the film makers do bend over backwards to the point that it is sometimes awkward).
Minus the fact that some of them are black because even back then, they believed in racial equality and equal opportunity (really, I am not minding it, I just watch it, but the film makers do bend over backwards to the point that it is sometimes awkward).
That was actually explained. In episode 2 maybe? I can't remember.
There are two main families of Valyrians in Westeros: the Targaryens who rule, ride dragons, have silver-white hair, pale skin, and (in the books anyway) violet colored eyes. Then there are the Velaryons, who seem to run the kingdoms' navies, do NOT ride dragons, have silver-white hair, dark skin, and I can't remember if they are in the books or if this is an invention of the show.
Then there are the Velaryons, who seem to run the kingdoms' navies, do NOT ride dragons, have silver-white hair, dark skin, and I can't remember if they are in the books or if this is an invention of the show.
They are in the book, but I don't think their skin color is mentioned, one way or the other.
It is different at first, seeing non-whites in this (and the LOTR series), if only because the originals were so lily white. But after a brief second of surprise, it's a non-issue. In fact, if anything, it makes you realize how non-integrated the previous series were.
They are in the book, but I don't think their skin color is mentioned, one way or the other.
It is different at first, seeing non-whites in this (and the LOTR series), if only because the originals were so lily white. But after a brief second of surprise, it's a non-issue. In fact, if anything, it makes you realize how non-integrated the previous series were.
I think that Corlys Velaryon was described as having dark hair and (I think it's implied) fair skin. His wife, Rhaenys, The Queen Who Never Was, had black hair in the book (from her Baratheon mother) that later became streaked with white; she had pale violet eyes.
They are in the book, but I don't think their skin color is mentioned, one way or the other.
It is different at first, seeing non-whites in this (and the LOTR series), if only because the originals were so lily white. But after a brief second of surprise, it's a non-issue. In fact, if anything, it makes you realize how non-integrated the previous series were.
In GoT there are darker skinned people
Usually uncivilized or captured—
The Dothraki were darker skinned and everyone had dark hair and eyes
Even their slaves looked like that
In HoD you aren’t seeing any other dark skinned people but the Sea Snake and his daughter (whose wig does make her look comical)
I'm very simple in some ways and am happy that like with the original GOT I have one show a week I enjoy tuning in to at a particular time to watch the new episode. It seems almost quaint. Although if I missed one now I could just catch it on HBO Max unlike back in days of yore I for some reason like catching GOT and HOD on the "official" airing day.
Good episode tonight. The intrigue is deepening. Rhanaerys just scored points by returning, covered in blood, from her own kill. Instead of that laughable masquerade of her father's. And Prince Daemon gets points by winning the war on his own, spurning his brother's offer.
And Viserys continues to be really good at being a really bad king.
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I'm very simple in some ways and am happy that like with the original GOT I have one show a week I enjoy tuning in to at a particular time to watch the new episode. It seems almost quaint. Although if I missed one now I could just catch it on HBO Max unlike back in days of yore I for some reason like catching GOT and HOD on the "official" airing day.
I very much like the "one a week" system. Binging takes away the thrill of waiting a week, watching it live, discussing it as it airs.
I believe the " The Long Night" would have been a better show to start off the prequels.
Start off with "The Long Night" then House of Dragon the Robert's Rebellion
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