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vs Game of Thrones

posted 5 months ago by asom (6864)
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I don't know how but this is a lot lower in writing quality (acting as well).

Is like the whole story is not written by the same person. Maybe it was the genius of GoT writers that, while bad at writing their own stories, were pretty damn good to adapt for the screen the ones they had a source or is it the source that suffers?

Also most of the characters are bland, and again I don't know if the original story makes them bland, adaptation or casting. Beside the two Rs and Otto nothing stands out. A lot are even ... bad.

Matt Smith is meh at best. Maybe just a miscast ...

Btw, were us supposed to care about the twins? And what was that shit choreography?

[–] JoWilli (20274) 5 months ago

its kind of boring actually. and I have no idea whats going on and who are all the characters. there are too many kids now and who do they belong to? the production value is like a tenth of GoT.

and what happened to all the blond hair black people in GoT? did they all die? I hope they do another time jump for season 3 and get some new actors..

[–] Skavau (15993) 5 months ago

>and what happened to all the blond hair black people in GoT? did they all die? I hope they do another time jump for season 3 and get some new actors..

What? The Velaryons are still there in S02.

[–] JoWilli (20274) 5 months ago

yes I know. but apparently you are pretending to be dumb again and not read what I wrote.

[–] Skavau (15993) 5 months ago

Do you mean what happened to them in Game of Thrones specifically, and not HOTD?

[–] JoWilli (20274) 5 months ago

and what happened to all the blond hair black people in GoT? did they all die?

Yes! lol

[–] Skavau (15993) 5 months ago

The Velaryons were more-or-less a minor house by Game of Thrones, ruined by the fact that the Targaryens ended. There is a Velaryon in the books but they didn't add him into the show. They also weren't blond-haired, black people in the source material. They looked almost identical to Targaryens. They changed it for the show I suspect to give black people a major role in the lore and making it easier for viewers to distinguish who is who.

[–] JoWilli (20274) 5 months ago

oh ok, I havent read the books so I am not aware of the history of the Velaryons. thanks for the heads up.

[–] DarthAckbar (2077) 5 months ago

LOL!

[–] LetoAtreides (560) 5 months ago

Ser Criston and Mysaria are boring characters that are given way too much screen time.

Criston looks like he belong on another show. There's nothing fantasy or medieval about him.

Mysaria is like discount Shae.

[–] emori (3661) 5 months ago

Yes. So annoying. Ser Criston actor is just so bad.

[–] Skavau (15993) 5 months ago

Daemon is one of the most liked characters in the show.

Early seasons of GOT probably beat the writing in HOTD, but not late-seasons. Late-seasons GOT (probably S06 onwards properly) was, at points, actually awful.

[–] asom (6864) 5 months ago

"Daemon is one of the most liked characters in the show."

By whom? And still, he is a mediocre character in a sea of other mediocre or bad characters. So being liked from a crowd of unlikeable means ... nothing.

"was, at points, actually awful."

At least was not boring.

[–] Skavau (15993) 5 months ago

>By whom? And still, he is a mediocre character in a sea of other mediocre or bad characters.

By the wider audience.

Your opinion on HOTD is a minority. It's a highly successful, critically acclaimed series.

>At least was not boring.

The last episode of Game of Thrones, the finale was very boring.

And I do recall the actual entertainment factor of GOT drifting.

[–] emori (3661) 5 months ago

People just like actor Matt Smith. But as a character Daemon is very undeveloped. He is just.... there.

[–] ElSofoqueReturns (716) 5 months ago

The show is completely dull and grey, cynical, there is no light to it, no sense of wonder that you'd think you'll find in a fantasy series. This is what today tries to pass as "deep and mature" story telling. Just boring cynical nonsense like a great number of shows today.

[–] Skavau (15993) 5 months ago

It's supposed to be dark, and grim because it's based in the world of ASOIAF.

What TV shows do you like, exactly?

[–] ElSofoqueReturns (716) 5 months ago

Game of Thrones is of the same world and actually had more color than this show.

[–] Skavau (15993) 5 months ago

By "colour" do you just mean in aesthetics?

[–] asom (6864) 5 months ago

If you need to ask that ...

[–] ElSofoqueReturns (716) 5 months ago

Not just aesthetics but tone. Everything in House of the Dragon feels miserable and cynical. Like the world has no life. This wasn't the case in Game of Thrones.

[–] Skavau (15993) 5 months ago

I don't see that at all. There are no obvious 'heroes' in the sense that Game of Thrones had, to be sure, as it's based on a family civil war.

[–] curiousMInd101 (3609) 5 months ago

Completely agree. There is no one to root for. I don't care about any of these characters. It's boring. And there are D.E.I Valyrians which I can't stand and have to fast forward through their scenes. I stopped watching after 2x03 when I saw that colored girl ride the dragon. All I kept thinking was that some pink haired degenerate in the writers room wanted to give a black girl a chance to ride the dragon like the White people do because we can't have a situation where a White person rides the dragon unless a black person can do it too. That wouldn't be equity. And it's all about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
The show is simply too boring to put up with the annoying D.E.I nonsense.

[–] JoeCinema (92) 5 months ago

It's literally dark and yellow all the time.

[–] asom (6864) 5 months ago

That's another problem:

It's not just dull and not deep but there is no subtlety, no mystery, nothing interesting. Everything is in your face and spelled out.

GoT was filled with that.

[–] Skavau (15993) 5 months ago

Eh. I disagree. To a sense with the politicking of Game of Thrones, but the mysteries behind the greater scope threat in Game of Thrones were essentially simplified or abandoned by the time the series ended.

[–] asom (6864) 5 months ago

Are you that dumb? I specifically referenced the period when there was a source for the storyb…

[–] StinkyPoopyPants (3118) 5 months ago

I agree, it is nowhere near the quality or appeal of GoT. I enjoyed Milly Alcock and Matt Smith but once they did the time jump I lost all interest. That horrible actress playing older Rhaenyra is just awful. She has none of the appeal Milly Alcock did. The show is just boring. I gave up on it after the first season.

[–] LoveCatsHateDogs (1962) 5 months ago

You just had a crush on Milly right?

[–] StinkyPoopyPants (3118) 5 months ago

Nope. I just thought she played the role much better than the older woman they have now 😊

[–] JoeCinema (92) 5 months ago

It's like watching the lives of the rich and famous and I just don't care.