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“Unreasonable violence” should be Daemon’s motto.

Matt Smith is perfect for Daemon. Nothing but a huge respect to everyone involved in HotD the last minutes of episode 3 were great

The amount of work that production puts into this show is stupendous and the final product shows it.

The director of this episode said that Rheanyra, Viserys and Daemon emerge out of episode 3 reborn with new perspective on who they are and what their purpose is. Well we just saw Daemon hear that help is coming and he can finally take a breather, but instead he rows out on his own, feigns surrender, and like a coiled snake he strikes cutting down 16 MEN all on his own like he’s playing Middle Earth: Shadow Of Mordor or Devil May Cry 5, gets saved by his army, and then kills the Crab Feeder and drags his corpse out showing off his new trophy! Daemon just leveled up to Legendary Badass level with that scene alone.

I’m totally in love with Daemon 😂😂 can see why he is writer’s fav.

This was a incredible way to end the episode. Matt Smithh having 0 words of dialog impacted the motivation of his character so much harder then words. Amazing.

“I knew we haven’t yet earn our ability to do the long night…” meh don’t worry about it, as long as we can actually see what’s going on you will reach the quota

Matt Smith did all this without any need for dialogues... And that is impressive

That was an all time great action sequence, but it was much more than that. It really showed what Daemon is all about. He's crazy. He's hardcore. He's a true warrior, not just a tourney knight dilettante. He's the real deal. From these three episodes, it's clear to me that Viserys is a dithering fool not to make Daemon Hand of the King. Daemon would keep the scheming lords in line and always have Viserys's back while Viserys's caution would keep Daemon's worst impulses in check. Could have been a great ruling duo.

Matt Smith is perfect for Daemon Targaryen. Some fans say they wanted another actor because they imagined Daemon being more physically imposing. I prefer if the actor nails the personality more than the looks. It's similar to how I feel about Austin Butler portraying Elvis. I used to watch Once Upon A Time In Hollywood a lot, so I knew who Austin was. When I read he was going to be Elvis, I scoffed. He looks nothing like him. But when I saw the movie, he nailed Elvis perfectly. Performance matters more than physical looks. I'd rather have an actor not look how you imagined that character as long as he got the character traits nailed down over an actor who may look like that character but acts nothing like him. Example of the latter is Demetrius Shipp Jr. portraying Tupac Shakur in All Eyez On Me (2017). Looks like him but couldn't capture Tupac's charisma. While Matt Smith captures Daemon's charisma. Basically how *most* of us picture him from the books. It's crazy to think Queen Elizabeth II died yesterday and we're watching a show called House Of The Dragon about royal succession. Queen lasted 70+ years. Longest rein similar to King Jaehaerys Targaryen. Then we have a woman as the next heir which is Rhaenyra similar to Elizabeth 70+ years ago. And then Matt Smith portrayed Prince Phillip in The Crown.

"Unreasonable violence, please" 😂

Just 3 episodes. And i am cheering for Daemon🔥🔥. He didn't even say a single word in the ending scenes and yet owns the whole episode (maybe the whole series)

Matt Smith really went beast mode during filming 🔥🔥🔥🔥💯

Best show on television. Nothing else even comes close.

Absolutely stunning to see how much work goes into telling a story. Again well done to the entire team.

Matt Smith is one of the best things about House of the Dragon.

Matt Smith as i've said in many posts is absolutely phenomenal as Daemon he carried that battle scene without saying a word fantastic i've loved his work for years!!

matt smith carried the whole episode , i bet his back hurts.

The scene when daemon comes up with crabfeeder half body!👀❤️

He carried that whole show ending by not uttering a single word. So cool..

I love these insider videos so much. House of the Dragon has really set a new bar for subscriber television. I cannot WAIT for episode 5!

I can‘t say it enough! THE SHOW IS AWESOME!!! (so far) Can‘t wait for Episode 4

Huge respect to the people who work behind the scenes

Thank you for giving the fans a show

Unpredictable. One word to describe him and this show. And i love it!!!!

I had high hopes for this show and, for the most part, am very happy with the quality thus far. The key is character development. Start with interesting characters and then allow audience to slowly get to know them better. It's what GOT did so brilliantly.

So proud of all the amazing work we did.

Matt Smith is really the king of House of the Dragon

This is what many episodes of this series should have, 50 minutes of political thriller and 10 minutes of action of a battle.

I am loving this show. Hotd is amazing, thanks for your hard work.

I luuuuuurve this show... My faith in the old gods and new have been restored.

when he says it could be exciting-he has fire in the eyes.....

I wasn't sold on Matt Smith wearing a white long hair wig but this episode just got me on board What an amazing actor

Loved the episode! Keep up the amazing work

Excellent episode. Perfect scene 🙌🏻

Favorite episode so far!

Just Matt Smith 🙌🙌

i fucking love these behind the scenes videos!

this Matt Smith guy is great in every role I see him in

Daemon only have one dialogue in episode 3 but he stole the show

Waw he ran fast!!!! I love to see how he did that!

I'm hooked 👏

Matt Smith has the best wig game on the show

Love this show so far ❤️❤️

Loved that T shirt

Matt Smith is iconic😍🔥

Great casting. Daemon and Rhaenyra have been consistently great, and Viserys was great in ep4 finally. Love all the costume design too, its GoT quality

Man it's so strange, that last battle and that war in general don't make sense, but it is so well designed and directed that it's still so good.

THE BEST

Top notch show can’t wait for the Starks story

Please guys hold the line, you doing a great job 👑🔥🌹😂

Daemon waking up every day be like “hmm I need to be extra today..now what stunt should I pull”

Uffff great battle scene👌🏻

this battle changed daemon now. let's see how it goes from here.

perfect

I hope, they will mever have the ability to do the Long Night.

GOT!!!

Y'all can do long night you earned it in 3 episodes lmao

0:42 "Size and scale and all that is irrelevant, really. It's what you get right with it." Pretty good advice too our Prince.

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Release the whole videos from HBO MAX

When is ‘the house that builds dragons’ coming to HBO max in the Netherlands? These clips are great and all, although I would like to see the full episodes.

I hope to see more battles like "Battle of the bastards" that was the battle that even failed the big screens battle for me.

There is a scene when Daemon is running and all of these arrows raining on him , it just looks unreal, i mean you guys can do better

I've seen people say this is unrealistic, but stranger things have happened in real world military history, and without a doubt, archers can sometimes struggle to hit moving targets (especially those deliberately zig-zagging to avoid being hit, and if they are running through a debris strewn area) It's superficially like an action hero stunt to do, but if you think about it, 1 on 1 Daemon Targaryen should not be beaten random mercenary soldiers of the Triarchy. It's not so crazy. He is a major fighter and loves fighting. He is a Prince of House Targaryen. He isn't going down to 'some scrub no 27' just cos. Daemon isn't being swamped by them he is getting the better of a couple of them at a time and easily killing them. Nothing strange about it at all. Daemon can do that. Hero characters can do that. If you put say, Ser Barristan Selmy in the same situation, even as an old man, he'd pretty elegantly just cut his way through the beach towards the caves. Nobody would have a problem with that, so why not Daemon? No, he is not as good as Selmy with a sword, probably, but he was still more than good enough to be way better than your average joe soldier anyway. The fact Daemon is hit multiple times by the archers is technically more unrealistic than not. It's not a video game. It isn't as mad as some think for a lone runner to avoid even a lot of archers, especially at range. If you've ever done archery, you'll know it's not as simple as movies sometimes portray (most people are not in fact Legolas or Robin Hood, and a small margin of error on the archer's side of the range, will create a large angular difference at the point it hits the target or the ground) Archers can hit moving targets, especially if shooting in large numbers in a volley, don't get me wrong; but it's harder with fewer archers. Even if everyone is aiming at Daemon, it doesn't mean they will necessarily get lucky. I'm sure some skilled archers could shoot him down. But it's still reasonable to portray him running and dodging arrows. There are a lot of misconceptions around this. Archers aren't using covert tactical snipers or something. It's still prone to pure luck. They still come close to him and then start to hit him when he slows down due to too many dudes rushing him. That is more a testament to their archery skills more than anything else to the contrary. And as I say, military history is littered with examples of stranger things than this. One man armies going ham on the battlefield aren't unknown. Daemon intended to either successfully distract the Triarchy troops or to die trying. Either way, he was at peace with that decision in the show. Again, the truth is stranger than fiction. Nobody would believe 'Mad Jack' Churchill went into battle in WWII with a broadsword while playing the bagpipes, or sometimes armed with a bow and arrow, or that he actually did kill German soldiers with that bow and arrow. But there you go. The real world is mental. P.S - I've seen some criticism of the scene saying it's odd that the Crab-feeder sends the troops out in conveniently small groups for Daemon to cut his way through with Dark Sister easily (let us not forget he is wielding an impressive Valyrian Steel sword, and he clearly knows what he is doing with it) Now, yes, it might seem convenient, but again, I'd argue it's more than acceptable. Besides the fact the Crab-feeder is off his rocker (insane), he was still weirdly pretty tactically aware enough to be smart at frustrating the men of House Velaryon and Daemon's mercenaries. He knew better than to send too many men out at once, to potentially get incinerated by dragon-fire. The Crab-feeder was constantly keeping an eye on the skies, and anticipating a dragon swooping down. He was no fool, ironically, in spite of being unhinged and clearly not well. It makes sense why, initially, the Crab-feeder would send small groups out to (as he hoped) bring Daemon down. If they died, well, at least he didn't risk losing dozens and dozens of men in a dragon attack. Moments later Laenor Velaryon would swoop down riding the dragon Seasmoke, and kill a lot of his men after he _did_ send them out in larger numbers, to surround Daemon. Yet one could still at least give the Crab-feeder credit, tactically, for at least _trying_ to judge things right and let Daemon come closer to the caves, before sending his men out in proper numbers. There was _an attempt_ to be smarter and not just rush out all his men for one guy. It did cost them quite a few, but nothing compared to how many Seasmoke soon burnt up on the beach and on the cliffs.

Where we can watch it?

Funny how matt said you dont want a bruce willis action hero scene going on, while daemon cut through 20 people while avoiding arrows from a dozen archers lol i Really hope future battle scenes are more realistic then this!

ELITE EPISODE🫡

DAEMON. 🐲👌

Parts of Daemon's daring dash felt a little silly, but I'm not mad about it. Overall great episode. Viserys and Criston Cole were the highlights for me.

Where can I see the full video?

WHERE IS THE FULL EPISODE? I can't find it on Hbo Max, is it a US thing only?!

I always wonder how Daemon have same fucking voice as Ramsay Bolton.

We. Needed to see him actually take Crabfeeders head. Bit less shaken camera. . Other than that, this is all Matt. He sold this. So good.

Man I wish I knew what was the ost from 1:12 and plays through the rest of the vid

1:49 When I yelled this at my local bar, they called the cops …

Anyone know where I could get this without going to HBO? If you know what I mean.

It's not available on HBO Max Europe.

🇦🇹👍🇭🇺 I dont watch the Game of Thrones because I'm really totally another series fun (scifi thriller and horror) But I do added some new series to my favorite list 😉 House of Dragons Now nr1 with *Olivia Cooke * she's a super actress! Good choice!👍👏🏼 can't wait for the next episode! ---Negative: I read often the comment section in Hungaryan Movie sites and all people write the colored characters are a bit strange in a series like that!

This how Targaryens are born in fire and blood

1:45 Had no idea Steve Buscemi was apart of this

❤️ 🔥 ❤️

Matt Smith 🥰🥰

Why i can't see it in the hbo max app? It's only for usa or what? I am in the EU and i can't see it

Daemon targeryan givin me Jon snow's battle vibes😅🔥.nice scene tho..loved it

I can't imagine rogue prince in different actor.

Oh god you make me nervous when you start talking about the Long Night and BOTB (which was good but with a bit too much plot armor)

American guy says "End Zone". Everyone else is like "What?"

👏👏

I mean it was cool but I think Matt sprinted way too much. We definitely should’ve seen Daemon kill the Crab Feeder as well.

❤️❤️❤️👑

the dracarys t-shirt 😁🤌🏼

This is pure genius on the part of the production people, actors, actress, set designer, engineers and everyone involved. Brilliant 💯💯👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺

I wish they hadn't skipped 3 years, I would have loved to see the King and Rheanyras reaction to the birth of his son and wish we had seen a bit more of the war, felt like a lot of hype for 10 min payoff. Also, why couldn't the dragon just breath fire into the cave?

Can somebody explain to me what happened in the tunnel. When Daemon entered in, an arrow was in his right side, when he came back the arrow was in his left side. Strange isn't it?

can some one tell them to put more light in the dark scenes for god sake

Nice but can't replace the got level and the script play too

Matt looks like a hybrid between Casey Neistat and Sam Pilgrim 😅😅

i can see why viserys didnt choose him as an heir. daemon has the temper of a childish person who is stuck in an adult body.