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Umbasaborne
Banned
As someone who used to love game of thrones, a prequel is not interesting to me at all
Ulysses 31
Member
You know where it all leads to eventually, hard to get hyped with that in mind.
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DeepEnigma
Gold Member
This looks very, um, meh.
I can't put my finger on it... maybe it's the bland looking actors with no "pop." Almost looks "fan film" with a budget.
I can't put my finger on it... maybe it's the bland looking actors with no "pop." Almost looks "fan film" with a budget.
March Climber
Member
Every time I hear or see the title and people don't add the 'Game of Thrones' part, I keep thinking it's a Bruce Lee inspired movie or documentary.
Jooxed
Gold Member
My feelings exactly. I hoped to one day finish the books but that looks less likely every year.
Thirty7ven
Banned
Game of Thrones ended on such a bad run that I can’t get myself to be the slightest bit interested about this.
Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
Hyped for this. Complete story from a book that's already out and finished.
Game of Thrones was always at it's best when it pulled directly from the material in the books.
Game of Thrones was always at it's best when it pulled directly from the material in the books.
Werewolf Jones
Gold Member
Trailer wasn't great but I'm still interested in giving it a watch.
Hari Seldon
Member
I'll watch it. Probably good enough for some brainless fantasy watching, although I have my doubts that modern HBO can pull something off like OG GoT again. All of their recent shows have been complete misses for me.
I'll check it out probably but like others have said we know where it ends up so hard to be excited.
I am also wondering why rush the final season of GoT only to come out with this a couple of years later. Could have squeezed another season out of at least a few episodes to flesh it out better.
I am also wondering why rush the final season of GoT only to come out with this a couple of years later. Could have squeezed another season out of at least a few episodes to flesh it out better.
MaestroMike
Gold Member
Has dragons so I can't say I'm not interested. Gimmie dragons and a lot of death/destruction and I'm good to go.
Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
If they stay true to the books then this is going to be by far the more brutal Game of Thrones show between this and the original.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
I didn't know Vigo from Ghostbusters 2 was staring in this.
Javthusiast
Banned
GoT ended super badly, but I will still give this show a chance. It will look great, have great music, Dragon battles and more importantly as I heard the entire story is written out in the Fire & Blood book, all it needs is fleshing out for the show. Plus D&D are not involved.
I also am hungry for big budget dark fantasy type shows. Lotr show won't give me that, same with Wheel of Time and Witcher on Netflix is whatever, plus looks way cheaper.
I give this a full season to see how they handle it.
I also am hungry for big budget dark fantasy type shows. Lotr show won't give me that, same with Wheel of Time and Witcher on Netflix is whatever, plus looks way cheaper.
I give this a full season to see how they handle it.
DetectiveBananas
Member
Will watch to waste time but not expecting big things. Maybe if bar is set low enough we could be pleasantly surprised 
March Climber
Member
nominedomine
Banned
So bad, couldn't even finish watching this abomination of a trailer. HBO shouldn't be allowed to get near this after they botched ASOIAF so bad.
Dunk and Egg are the only good books other than the main series yet GRRM keeps wasting time writing boring stuff like Fire & Blood and co-authoring books with fans.
Dunk and Egg are the only good books other than the main series yet GRRM keeps wasting time writing boring stuff like Fire & Blood and co-authoring books with fans.
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FunkMiller
Gold Member
Highest levels of meh.
They fucked GoT up, and there’s very little good will left towards this prequel.
They fucked GoT up, and there’s very little good will left towards this prequel.
Elysion
Banned
The Velaryons look kind of silly, tbh. The white wigs really clash with the black actors.
Looks weird, and strangely cheap. Only Corlys (the older guy at the front) looks ok, since his white hair could maybe be interpreted as grey due to his age. But the others look stupid.
But Daemon Targaryen isn‘t much better. The guy who plays him (he‘s the Doctor Who guy, right?) looks totally goofy with that long white hair, lol.
But the worst thing is, as others have pointed out, the fact that we alread know how this story ends. Knowing who lives and who dies, and who betrays who, takes out a lot of the suspense. Which means this show‘s success will depend entirely on the quality of its writing and cinematography. The original GoT had the luxury to not only be based on GRRM‘s books, but also that the audience didn’t know how the story would ultimately end. That‘s why even most of those who recognized the sharp decline in writing in the later seasons still followed the show to the very end, since they wanted to see how the whole thing concluded. But that won‘t be the case for this show; if people aren’t hooked early, and the writing sucks, then people are more likely to just drop the show, since they already know how it ends (or can find out with a quick google search).
Looks weird, and strangely cheap. Only Corlys (the older guy at the front) looks ok, since his white hair could maybe be interpreted as grey due to his age. But the others look stupid.
But Daemon Targaryen isn‘t much better. The guy who plays him (he‘s the Doctor Who guy, right?) looks totally goofy with that long white hair, lol.
But the worst thing is, as others have pointed out, the fact that we alread know how this story ends. Knowing who lives and who dies, and who betrays who, takes out a lot of the suspense. Which means this show‘s success will depend entirely on the quality of its writing and cinematography. The original GoT had the luxury to not only be based on GRRM‘s books, but also that the audience didn’t know how the story would ultimately end. That‘s why even most of those who recognized the sharp decline in writing in the later seasons still followed the show to the very end, since they wanted to see how the whole thing concluded. But that won‘t be the case for this show; if people aren’t hooked early, and the writing sucks, then people are more likely to just drop the show, since they already know how it ends (or can find out with a quick google search).
gioGAF
Member
Not really interested in this after the dumpster fire that was the final season of Game of Thrones. On top of that, the actors in this look terrible. They couldn't have picked uglier leads. Don't really care about what ugly Targaryen ancestors did in general and especially not in a prequel. Maybe once it is over, I will look for a compilation of dragon scenes if I hear they were good.
March Climber
Member
I agree. White and silver-esque hair can be done well with black actors(anime does it all the time), when not using cheap looking wigs and making sure to color grade around it correctly.The Velaryons look kind of silly, tbh. The white wigs really clash with the black actors.
Looks weird, and strangely cheap. Only Corlys (the older guy at the front) looks ok, since his white hair could maybe be interpreted as grey due to his age. But the others look stupid.
Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
The series will cover the period of time in Westeros known as the Dance of Dragons
So yeah. Dragons are on the menu.
Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
This isn't medieval times. It's a completely separate universe with its own complex history and customs.
bitbydeath
Member
Yeah, that was cringe.
I would imagine any story wants to keep things relatable to current day people, instead of something completely esoteric.
Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
You would be wrong. The show is based off of a section of a book called Fire and Blood which is an extension of a book known as the History of Ice and Fire. Which is basically a history book of Westeros from as far back as the History goes for the setting. The books show that the setting has a historical preference of male rulers over women. The Dance of Dragons (what this show is based off of) is the political and social culmination of that precedent.
So no it's not some political commentary or some historical inaccuracy. It is a theme that is deliberately built up in the lore of the series for literally decades and decades before the story we see takes place. The show will surround the climax of that buildup and the turmoil that follows it.
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IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
Although Fire and Blood is finished (part 1 anyway that covers this timeframe), it's not a typical novel like ASOIAF.
Fire and Blood is written as a history book, so they're still going to have make up a lot of content for it to be a coherent narrative.
VenomousCoffee
Member
I'll watch it (GoT fell apart the last few seasons, of course, but the highs were legitimately very high), but I'm not particularly optimistic. And honestly, I keep forgetting it exists until I see a new bit of news or a trailer. It's kind of shocking how this series/universe has left my consciousness.
The Cockatrice
Gold Member
Prequels
