Monday, August 22, 2022

House of the Dragon - First Impressions

Well, that was disappointing. We just watched the first episode of House of the Dragon, and if that episode is typical of the series, then I very much doubt there will be a second season.

It's bad. Warmed over fantasy tropes with cringe-worthy dialog. Think back to the first episode of Game of Thrones for a comparison. That episode had everyone hooked from the beginning, and it was because of the characters. That's not the case with this show. The only character that I had any feeling for at all got killed off two-thirds of the way through the episode. 

I know it's a bad idea to judge a book by its cover, or a TV show from the pilot or first episode, but I'm not holding out a lot of hope for this one. 

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