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Otto being all proud papa over Alicent was funny
I was sitting outside on my iPad Pro 11 and had the screen maxed out… still couldn’t see ****.
I was sitting outside on my iPad Pro 11 and had the screen maxed out… still couldn’t see ****.
What's sad is how they did this better in the late 60's and early 70's with OHMSS or Jaws... it's not hard. Hell, look what Peele did with NOPE // and Nope's budget is like 1/4th of an episode of HOTD.When this scene came on, I cracked up. Because it was clearly one shot during the day (I feel like there were a bunch of promos from it during the day) and whatever they did to make it appear night, made it look far worse the nif they just shot it at night, with actual light sources.
I'm sure anyone from a large family can relate, lol.Kid Fight was more intense than anything else in this show so far.
I'm sure anyone from a large family can relate, lol.
I was a fan of her since Ready Player One. She was the best part of that movie but I still have to go back and check her out in Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and Sound of Metal in particular.I'm glad the general masses are finally getting to see why Olivia Cooke has always been incredible.
I was a fan of her since Ready Player One. She was the best part of that movie but I still have to go back and check her out in Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and Sound of Metal in particular.
Yeah what happens there I wonder? Would the dragon just follow him to Essos since it would sense that he's still alive?It was an intense episode that had me on the edge since I was spoiler free for once.
The Leonor of it all totally flew over my head as to what they will do with his dragon.
While i do love the show, im hating that these huge moments happen and are never addressed. First Sir Criston killing Joffrey and getting off scotch free, now 1 eyed brat taking a dragon from House V and all the adults are fine with it? No one has anything to say?
The greens were much more likeable this week and that's definitely a choice from the showrunners. I don't think the show has made it that black and white at all. It's just the people on Twitter who think that way. Last week I was rooting for Rhaenyra, this week I was mostly on Alicent's side.One of the things I do not like with this show so far, is the romanticism of the Targs. I feel like the show thinks they are the "heroes" here, even as you know, they are the ones inbreeding leading to some predictable results and starting all the internal quarrying.
So far, the most "sympathetic" character, is Alicent. The woman just tells the truth repeatedly, and is continually told she's a liar and to shut up. Even by the "punk rock" Rhaenyra.
I'm actually responding to the attitude of the showrunners, who compared Alicent to a Trump supporter, while Miguel called Rhaenyra is "punk rock".The greens were much more likeable this week and that's definitely a choice from the showrunners. I don't think the show has made it that black and white at all. It's just the people on Twitter who think that way. Last week I was rooting for Rhaenyra, this week I was mostly on Alicent's side.
The “House of the Dragon” actress, who took over the role of Alicent Hightower from Emily Carey due to a series time jump, revealed that co-showrunners Miguel Sapochnik and Ryan Condal advised her to find inspiration from the disgraced former president. The series creators told Cooke to view the character Queen Alicent like a “woman for Trump.”
“I just didn’t want to give them any more mental real estate than they already had,” Cooke told Entertainment Weekly about calling back to the Trump family. “So I tried to find a different route into her, but I could see what they were saying with this complete indoctrination and denial of her own autonomy and rights. I just couldn’t be asked to go down that road.”
Being a Trump supporter in this context, is 100% being the villain. Also they were speaking to Cooke, not Carey. Which is relevant to the second half of the first season.That's not the same as her being bad / the villain though. They're just talking about her lack of autonomy in the earlier parts of the season. That's exactly why it's now much easier to root for this character versus what little I've seen of her book counterpart. That's why I said the show chose to make her more likeable.
No. Cooke is point out that the idea was that women who support Trump give themselves over to a belief that is anti-woman. The lack of autonomy is what they support, even as it's a paradox. They are 100% villains in the context, because they give into the ideology.The actress, in your quote, literally points out that it's about the lack of automony or rights. They saying (which I do think is a stupid thing to say politically) that women for Trump don't have those things. That doesn't make them the villains in this context of their because they aren't responsible for their lack of autonomy. Other people are. So no, that quote does not paint Alicent as a villain imo.
Jon Snow made mistakes all the time. Ned died do to a mistake. It's about the framing of the mistakes. Rhaenyra's actions are dressed in her being a rebel. "Punk rock" as Miguel Sapochnik put it. Who confirms my perception of the quotes here:Definitely not. Rhaenyra has been making mistakes left and right, shown to be wreckless, disregarding politics and was much less likeable this week than last.
Framing the series around Rhaenyra and Alicent was an idea that came from Alexis Raben – who, as well as being Sapochnik’s wife, is a development executive at his production company. “One day, she said, ‘This would be much more interesting if it was about the two main female characters, rather than the male characters,’” Sapochnik recalls. “‘If you really focused in on the patriarchy’s perception of women, and the fact that they’d rather destroy themselves than see a woman on the throne.’ That wasn’t a perspective I have ever told before. I think it made this show feel more contemporary too.” While the pair begin the show as friends, disruption in the kingdom finds them on opposite ends of an ideological spectrum when it comes to the patriarchal structure they’re trapped in. “We said, ‘What if Alicent is like “Women for Trump,” and Rhaenyra’s like punk rock?’” Anarchy in Westeros? Count us in.
The similarities and differences between Rhaenyra and Alicent, and the friction that causes, was a key factor for Emma D’Arcy taking on the role of the king’s daughter. “They grow up in the same backyard, which happens to be the royal court,” they explain. “But Alicent is better at conforming to the requirements of court manoeuvres, and Rhaenyra is humming with the fire of old Targaryenism. It’s like an ally that lives inside her, and she has to learn when to dampen that fire and when to trust it. She’s surrounded by a trail of ashes.” With so many dragons flying around, expect that trail of ashes to get even bigger.
Absolutely! One thing I also love is that him trying to avoid conflicts tends to just create more trouble in the end.Poor Viserys is weak but the best king we've seen in either show and everyone around him are just scheming and/or doing whatever the hell they want with little regard for the bigger picture. At least he had Lyonel Strong around for a decade.
...I've avoided reading the novel until I've at least gone through this first season so I didn't know about any change but I was slightly disappointed that they didn't just kill Laenor since it would just be a wonderfully ruthless turn. I guess I'm at least getting that in the read later.