House of the Dragon: Series Premiere - Review 

Bro, that's literally the first thing he addresses in the video.

@@Danjoker. I didn’t watch the video 😂 bc I didn’t watch House of the dragon

@@Husky_Family1 what are you doing here then

@@RB-NZ2 minding my business

Ima leave this comment up just for more ppl to keep saying the same thing

What? Rings of power is nothing but a joke and a meme factory dude. They just work as if the show didn't even exist it is no real competitor to anything.

Considering how good this episode was,I don't think rings power will even be considered a potential rival to this show.

@@caioteixeira1541 LoTR is still unfortunately attached to the show and as a brand it is huge. That may change at least in the eyes of pop culture very soon.

Lol just like Elden Ring did to Horizon. It wasnt HBO though, it was the former writers fault for botching the ending. They just went full moron.

Let’s be real. Rings of power is already dead in the water. Memed into oblivion with no support from the fandom. It won’t even hold a candle to this show.

Still too small though, but its better than nothing.

Really nice subtle touch with the cutting himself after kicking out his own brother.

@@jasonphoenix292 I feel like that would just be impractical on an actual set unless it was fake and they just used a bunch of camera tricks to make it seem bigger. Plus - like Jeremy said - helps keep with the iconic imagery people already associate the chair with from game of thrones

@@daltonwilliams1723 the iron throne is not stylish in any way Its Honestly a lot of melted swords Read the books

In the books, they say those who get cut from the Iron Throne are not worthy to sit on it. Nice little detail.

Right i kept gripping my stomach i can't imagine how that must feel

They could’ve at least knocked her unconscious😂

@@drdrakecool they said they gave her as much milk of the poppy as possible without harming the baby

@Shadow Cat how

@@billybob4159 Did you only read that last line? They explained why they thought it was stupid. I don't think the show is stupid but I agree that that part was dumb. I guess if she were unconscious we wouldn't hear her screaming which, I don't know, would take away from how harrowing it was?

I still miss personality tho, a lot of characters are just so blank. In GOT s1e1 Joffrey was already established as a prick, Tyrion as an intellegent yet looked upon 'joke', Cersei was reserved, arya didn't want to follow rules, Robert was a swine.... The only character that has a bit of personality is Daemon. I mean Rhyneara and Alicent are basically the same, just as Corlyn and the maester.

@@michiel1162 idk which show you saw but I did see different fleshed out personalities. Viserys is a king that didn't want to be therefore he shows weaknesses in decision-making, on the other hand his brother Daemon, full cunt but determined to what he wants, even if his methods are questionable. Otto, slimy snake that knows how to play the game and takes advantage of his position as Hand of the King up to the point to pimping out his daughter. Corlis takes his stuff seriously and cba with non-sense, just wants to get stuff done. Rhaenyra just wants to fight and don't wanna be looked upon just because she's a woman, and only seen as a walking womb. Imo i think they did A LOT fleshing out main characters personalities considering it was just 1 hour, so again, idk which show you watched or maybe you didn't pay much attention.

@@michiel1162 yes, that is exactly how I felt. But maybe with time we will care for the characters.

@@michiel1162 it's definitely getting more fleshed out

At first I felt so odd seeing him as he just came off as not like a king? But then I realized his character was that of a weak king not suited for his role.

Yup, he's almost a non-character in the book... I think he'll steal the entire season 1 of the show.

Paddy was great as an American bar bouncer in The Outsider.

@@Bayard1503 I haven't read the book, but judging by the competing heirs storyline and the infection on his back, he's not going to be around for many more episodes i'm guessing?

@@UltimateIrishRebel They will do a time jump at some point. 10 to 15 years.

So true they had the best scenes also liked viserys played by paddy he was so good

Yeah that was nice

I still say Jon Snow was the prince that was promised. He might of didn't kill the Night king himself, but he united the North, convinced Dany to join, and rode one of the Dragons. He was the leader into the fight against the dead. Also one of the hotd trailers tells the prince who was promised came from the Targaryen line. While I was wanting a better looking Daemon, Matt Smith's portrayal of him had me tripping out. Especially him provoking Otto Hightower. I agree their characters will be one of the highlights of the show.

@@micacroxton482 He will probably end up killing the Night King in the books. I have to believe that Arya coming out of nowhere and doing it was a Showrunner twist that they added themselves.

@@ComicCrossing it would be too predictable I believe. It made sense for Arya to kill the Night King after her training and the red woman's comments to her about shutting blue eyes. I thought it was poetic. Now that I learned of the dagger's importance, Aegon's dream from HOTD and the King's comments to his daughter at the end of episode one in HOTD, did they ever get it so wrong in season 7 and 8. The whole purpose of the Iron Throne was to unite everyone to fight the dead. Therefore, that should have been more of the conclusion and not reclaiming the Iron Throne from Cersei. If I was writing it, I would have let Dany reclaim the Iron Throne from Cersei first, married her to Jon Snow, they fight the Night King all united, and Dany die while in the final battle against the dead. I always felt like she was going to die in a battle, but not due to her going mad. They also shouldn't have revealed Jon's parentage to him until after they were married, maybe not until she was dead. Bran should have kept that to himself for a while until everything was set. I initially thought that Jon Snow was going to destroy the Iron Throne with Drogos fire after he was appointed King, only by his order though, not in the manner on the show. Anyways, that's how I would have done all that now that I saw the end of episode one.

Same!! I have already high expectations of him cuz his work in Doctor Who and The Crown were ABSOLUTELY award worthy performances. But dmn do he just put another acting standard in my eyes. He is way too phenomenal, his eyes talk, his presence is MENACING, he talks so sexy and commanding. He also adds more layers to the character movements and emotions that makes Daemon much much more interesting.

@@airwaters Exactly I've never understood the backlash to when he was first cast for the role, HBO needed to find the best actor possible for such amazing role and they did with Matt Smith. I hope the show runner's stay this consistent with the writing for his character because it's as clear as day that Matt Smith will be hold up his end of the deal.

@@timothypolanco8622 Honestly so mad about how twitter people are bullying him cuz he has a non-conventional beauty. So weird. And gosh imagine how embarrassed I am to see their fancasts with Daemon. Fckn hell, I need to see phenomenal acting in a high quality show. Don't give me actors with conventional beauties with 2 kinds of emotions. Matt is giving THE acting performance of the decade.

@@BrokenEnglis The best way to describe him is that he's a hero to some, but a villain to most. The best gray character in ASOIAF lore, and there's a couple of them throughout this lore but Daemon is my favorite.

@@BrokenEnglis he is a good guy when it comes to his family especially rehnerhya and his brother

hahaha I had a good laugh? I was puzzled for a second when Jeremy said Adam smith... "Adam Smith?! Who the fudge is Adam Smith?"

Bravo!

@@sharpmcteague3378 As an economist I got a good laugh out of picturing the long dead father of classical economics playing Daemon Targaryon.

@8 bit synth are you serious. Have you seen Sanaa’s wig in seasons 7&8????? It was a DOLLAR STORE wig pal. I love Party City.

Hmmm wonder why he plays that role so well. It’s almost like his two best seasons of the doctor dealt with that idea as well lmao. I’m just messing around I’m glad he did well in the show bc it never really felt he did anything major after dw.

I loved the choice to have him show compassion to his brother through his niece during the funeral. I can’t wait to see the direction he goes as a character

@@alecbormia4523 the crown?

A hero to others? What others after one episode? Just a king's brother getting away with stuff.

Spot on. The writing and acting was top notch mixed with the amazing cinematography. The drama also was tense. That C section scene! I’m in.

mentioning of WW is not to show the link... it was to show how important WW should have been and how they botched it... season 8 hurts so much more because of it.... WW and The Long Night were always the focal points throughout the westeros history

I still miss personality tho, a lot of characters are just so blank. In GOT s1e1 Joffrey was already established as a prick, Tyrion as an intellegent yet looked upon 'joke', Cersei was reserved, arya didn't want to follow rules, Robert was a swine.... The only character that has a bit of personality is Daemon. I mean Rhyneara and Alicent are basically the same, just as Corlyn and the maester.

I’m hoping they make a massive comeback in the Snow series. Ice & fire is about him anyway. Fu*k D&D…

Same, so far so good 👍. Also Graham McTavish is in it, so that's always a plus for me 👌.

Judging from other reviews that have seen 6 episodes, it only gets better apparently.

@@AndJusticeforAll567 That's great

Episode 6 is supposed to be legendary.

Do I need to watch all of GoT in order to watch this?

Got was only good for two season And the books are better After season two it looks like the c.w for fantasy simps

@Jack Wrath Dude what the fuck.

@@elishr209 bot

Who's they? George R. R. Martin writes alone.

@@vicmartone i think he meant director and people who wrote screenplay

Rings of power is gona suck just like this show

I'm pretty sure the first season will be more of a slow burn, letting the audience get familiar with all the cast before shit hits the fan. If the first episode included the death of the queen, a failed pregnancy, and the naming of Rhaenyra as heir, I'm willing to be the last episode of the season will include the death of the King, Rhaenyra's stillbirth, and the naming of Aegon 2 as King.

PainCausingSamurai - agreed - even GOT Season 1 was all set up - Season 2 was when it kicked off

@@PainCausingSamurai (revisited fire and blood after watching this)ending it with the kings death feels like it would be HOD equivalent to ned stark dying at the end of season 1.

@The Rotten💯 take a wild guess

You're clearly drunk if you think this is good Koolaid drunk that is

I wasn't. They know how to begin a story. They don't know how to end it. This is also GRRM personal problem... And his time is running out - even if they include his vision till the end.

This has a better chance of succeeding than GoT, but you never know... Maybe the TV people think they know better once more.

knowing how the story will continue, we are in for some crazyness

@@corbeau-_- I hear you..but GOTs story wasn’t completed before we got that show ending. At least this story is finished and all they have to do is adapt it

There was a season 8?

Aha I see you bruh!

First episode and am bored already. Bro you know nothing if you think this GOT is better than GOT season 8.

I'd rather read winds of winter over this junk that keeps pushing back the actual story

@@deadnorth8648 Then go read it

"Late stage GoT production values" doesn't sound that great. But that might be down to what you are including in that.

@@holysecret2 you can clown on GOT writing but the production and cgi got better throughout the series. The only thing they can't get it right were the direwolves.

@@Crimson_Edelweiss Send us the book then. Oh wait...

Was this in the first episode?

It's a prequel to an overall series that has no novel canonical ending.

Not even a single damn day has passed and people are already spoiling shit in the comments. Thanks mate.

Most disturbing? i thought it was the painting on wall 🤣

Yup, disturbing but in that scenario I don't see how exactly they're saving the queen??

So a black Targaryen is in line with the book is it?

@@panthwolfy George RR Martin was fully involved in the casting, he made that choice. Lol. If he’s cool with it I’m cool with it. I was talking mainly about Rhaenyra and Daemon anyway

@@panthwolfy well for one he’s not a Targaryen he’s a Valyrion and the valyrions of old we’re sailors who frequented the summer isles which have dark skinned ppl so it would make since for a descendent to be dark skinned

@@panthwolfy he’s not a Targaryen you nerd.

They made the Blk Guy look a little Ridiculous to me with his hair color..... but whatever

Its HBO and theres a 100% planned ending for it so we dont gotta worry atleast until were a couple episodes in.

Well this is already written for them

Not getting my hopes up in the slightest.

To be fair unless you are breaking bad your last season most likely sucked not just game of thrones lol.

@@Anthonycheesman33 the last season of sopranos was good even people didn’t like the cut to black

True

Let's all Band together and Destroy these Bots

@Jack Wrath Really? that's your marketing? :))

True however it still gave me chills seeing catspaw and the music was great

For real, it’s just really rang hollow for me especially given the terrible ending

Ya and the dragon thing will be normal since it's the dragon family after all

Well there are some prophesies in the form of "Dragon Dreams," but they're more Greek oracle premonitions that don't turn out how you expect, but they fuel the Targaryen hubris that makes them so fun to watch.

I mean, i loved the mystical aspects, but the show crapped the bed in execution. Many of the prophecies were completely thrown out. Azor ahai prophecy had almost no relevance. Arya ended up killing the night king. The light vs the dark whole thing had no relevance. Cersei's prophecy about a brother killing her DIDNT EVEN HAPPEN. People assumed it would be tyrion, but jaimes character arc and him being the kingslayer implied he would become the queenslayer and kill his sister to who went mad. Never happened. When it was melissandre talking prophecies early seasons, THAT was great. I loved that. And jon snows resurrection made you think azor ahai. I loved the SETUP of these prophecies, especially in the books. But in the end they didnt execute.

Dude. Literally the first scene of Game of Thrones has ice zombies. That was always in the basics of the show. They just flubbed it in the show, but the entire point was that Westeros was a bunch of idiots playing an absolutley small and pointless game while the Apocolypse was breathing down their necks and no one would pay attention.

Lots of prophecies 😂😂

Their success was built on sand and illusions. They swindled their ways into their positions. Imagine what GoT could have looked like with great show runners

@@holysecret2 Yep -- GRRM wrote the story for them, so their ineptitude was plainly visible once they no longer had any source material to go off of.

@@KnightofDight ya, but they also chose to not include a lot of storylines that ended up changing entire characters and their motivations. Wrote themselves into plenty of road blocks that would’ve been difficult to come out of cleanly

Rick did seem that way but also looked terribly out of shape. Like a smaller Robert baratheon

Tbh looking at how the kingdom was ran here - made me realise how incompetent Kings Landing was ran in the OG series under Rob, Cersei and Tywin.

@@firstlast9846 And also shows the brilliance of the Stark who bent the knee, he protected the north banners and their lands from dragon fire, Agon left the starks as protectors of the North and their business, and after the rebellion there are no dragons which basically means the Targeryons means to conquer the North are gone, they only care about their lands and food supplies as they know well how hard and scary winter truly is they don't have the luxury to waste their time on games of thrones, they are the Hobbits of westeros away enough for people to not care about them, but powerful enough to make a difference.

Well Starks have a big role in sorting all this shit out at the end tho :))) Not to spoil anything

@@lkrnpk I just like how George illustrates them they prety much own the North but u dont see them flexing it, surviving the long winter its their priotity and making sure their banners do their job properly, they dont care about politcs or the throne, but somehow u cant tell the history of westeros whitout mentioning their name, the north never had to face dragon fire cause a Stark bent the knee, a Stark helped Robert in is rebellium and while they never seeked it in the end a Stark was named ruler of westeros.

I would like to be excited for this show but after game of thrones…. I’ll watch it in 8 years when it’s all wrapped up if the reviews are good for the finale.

@@TheDarkjedi94 Lol.. yeah.. and maybe finish this stupid book series in another 18 years after that. GRRM is not longer an author... he is now just a cash cow!

@@TheDarkjedi94 the first episode was great but I get what your saying but I think is going to great the show in general because the book is finish so they can use so much and not ruin like d&d did they definitely didn’t k ow what to do after the books and we can see that when they felt the need to decrease the episodes order

@@TheDarkjedi94 that is why I do not care about this prequel because I know how the main show ends

@@Revan-eb1wb I believe you are missing the point of television.

At least we are getting a Sequel with Jon Snow lol!!! but Dany doesn't want to be in it this time. Well I guess they will recast her or just let her character stay dead.

You are right, in the books all the dragons are unique and of many colors. And as if that were not enough, each one has a personality that distinguishes them too. In the case of the Daenerys dragons, their resemblance could be justified by the fact that with their little brothers hahahaha

Dragons were still awesome in got. But yeah these were sick

Diverse dragons!

The sound of keys jiggling in your face You remember dragons right...

Yeah and when Matt Smith turned vampire and morbed over Viserys. Truly one of the shows of our time.

My thoughts exactly on that armor. Maybe because I watched a knight tale so many times as a kid and I liked how practical the suits in that movie looked. His little bat wings on the helmet just looked ridiculous

I think the armour is supposed to be silly. It’s been like Rhaenys said 70 years since the last real war. Everyone’s armour is just for show and pageantry, not really practical

For real, his helmet looked like it was something out of Power Rangers

@@Kyle-qd2sy Yeah agreed, they talked alot about the opulence of the time, but for me at least the armor did not just look over the top, it looked like styrofoam instead of metal

@@storytellers1 It is ceremonial. They don't use those during battles.

I still miss personality tho, a lot of characters are just so blank. In GOT s1e1 Joffrey was already established as a prick, Tyrion as an intellegent yet looked upon 'joke', Cersei was reserved, arya didn't want to follow rules, Robert was a swine.... The only character that has a bit of personality is Daemon. I mean Rhyneara and Alicent are basically the same, just as Corlyn and the maester.

@@michiel1162 I hear you. Well let's see how the characters develop throughout the season. I think the episode set everything up for what is to come. Overall, I enjoyed it

Built up the white walkers literally from episode one, only for the threat to be dealt with in one episode. Smh

Not really,it's just Jeremy saying this,white walkers were no doubt my favorite part of game of thrones

Yea I don’t understand how Jeremy cared more about a chair than the existential threat of the entire world.

@@davidlaid1146 nah I know a lot of people both irl and online that express this opinion

I didn't give any care for the north or white walkers in all 8 seasons. I know its not a popular opinion but ned and the starks were my least favorite characters in the show and books . I suppose we all have different tastes. Political drama and intrigue seem far more relevant maybe than a fantastic concept of an existential threat? I really have always liked the rouge prince and the greens and the blacks novelas way better than even ASOIAF series. Honestly if it wasnt for danny or stanus I would have flushed the books and show down the toilet.

Would hardly call it fantastic. It was serviceable. We shall see how it unfolds, I'm not holding my breath.

@@gmee123 you are trippin. It was absolutely fantastic.

It's gonna be crap.

They had how many got seasons and they messed it up after two Ssssssure this will be the bestest ever

Not sure about "organically" introduced. There's a TON of brutal exposition to make everything fit, including lines of dialogue like "Hey Daemon Targaryen, rider of Caraxes and wielder of Dark Sister". And Aemma explaining to her husband the fate of each individual child they lost, as if he wouldn't know. Still, it is forgivable for the first few episodes as they set everything up.

Same. GoT is definitely back, in higher quality I might add. The budget, I mean just WOW. The first episode felt like I was watching a movie version of GoT. HOTD is AWESOME. After GoT's last season (8), I thought Netflix's "The Witcher" could fulfill my craving for medieval fantasy. I'm sorry to say this, but neither season 1 or 2 did anything for me. And I know, I know how Henry Cavill has given it is all to portray Geralt of Rivia. Unfortunately, to me, he just looks constipated most of the time, especially during season 2.

Let it die before you millennials and zoomers destroy everything

Same. Missed this world. I thought Netflix's "The Witcher" could crave my hunger for medieval fantasy... it didn't. I feel so sorry for Henry Cavill, cuz I know he's pouring his heart out in that series.

Oh, so they made you think he was the villain? Good job creators.

Hopefully they don't make him woke like his fake big brother in the show.

@@rektz2457 why are you crying woke in every comment lol

@@beyreli3988 because wokeness is ruining every tv show

Villain? huh? Oh no, he killed ropists? and called out the guys using the weak king.

Exactly , its like hbo themselves goes "i know , i know this is reminded you of something horrible , we would promise thats never happen again , plz accept this banger episode as an apology"

I wonder how Jeremy will react /catch to Vermithor?

he did. he's no longer matt smith. he's now adam smith to me.

@Lala Emm I would say the feeling came from feeling betrayed by the ending of GOT. Like a bad breakup, it was difficult for me to see how it could be good. I was pleasantly surprised :)

ahahhahahaahaha

True well said he may be arrogant but he is brutally honest and he does love his brother

Well said

Read the books

I still miss personality tho, a lot of characters are just so blank. In GOT s1e1 Joffrey was already established as a prick, Tyrion as an intellegent yet looked upon 'joke', Cersei was reserved, arya didn't want to follow rules, Robert was a swine.... The only character that has a bit of personality is Daemon. I mean Rhyneara and Alicent are basically the same, just as Corlyn and the maester.

it was only the first episode... they have to introduce characters in the pilot first.. Just because ASOIAF did it early on, doesn't mean that this story has "neutered" those storylines.

@@subservient8 he/she was talking about game of thrones

Exactly. Those aspects were actually what made ASOIAF books much more interesting than a bunch of high lords and ladies fighting over an uncomfortable throne.

Not sure I agree with you. In the books, magic is basically not understood, with unpredictable results that may or may not have anything to do with the magic, and more false practitioners than actual ones. Magical races are even known about less. Martin put on a masterclass in diversion about magic. I think the GOT show made it far more concrete than the books ever did. Martin makes sure that you know little to nothing about the past races and their motivations because nobody around does know their past or motivations, and he wants to keep the reader in the dark and force them to draw their own conclusions. Always liked that about the world he created. There is a real loss of knowledge happening as time progresses.

ah, I see now. my bad, had 1 to many after work yesterday and just finished the first episode then came on youtube lol

imo its better than any dialogue episode since season 5

@@roddur1000 nah

@@roddur1000 Personally, I still liked season 6, i think it was Season 7 where everything took a turn.

wow u too. after ep3 i didnt even complete the show

It’s better than every Season 5-8 episode aside from Hardhome

I feel like Aegon dreamed of how this prophesy will be called by the people and just took up the name. Or it's just prophesy becoming full circle.

Yeah that probably has no explanation, the bad writing of season 8 still inflecting our lives