Streaming House of the Dragon (Game of Thrones prequel)

[Bomberboyokay]

My problem with doing Roberts Rebellion is them having recast to find younger versions of current characters. The current cast just seem to nail it so well, I can't imagine anyone else doing those characters justice.

That's why they'll wait a decade to do it. Let the public see the original actors are too old.

 

[Pykie]

I'm hoping for the Blackfyre Rebellion personally.

 

[SM]

I think Roberts Rebellion could easily be done with the guys they used in Bran's vision plus a few others. Was convincing enough for me, and a few episodes in and I'm sure you'd buy into it if it was done well enough.

I'm not sure they need more than one prequel going at once though.

 

[SM]

I am sceptical about anything not involving Benioff and Weiss. Martin my have wrote the original story but they gave GoT it's look and 'feel'.

I really really hope I'm wrong.

Surprised by this when it's almost universally acknowledged that the show was at its strongest when based specifically on Martin's material, and it weakens the further away it moves.

 

[Pykie]

Surprised by this when it's almost universally acknowledged that the show was at its strongest when based specifically on Martin's material, and it weakens the further away it moves.

This.

The writers are mocked in most circles for the parts in the later series where the show turns to s**t.

Most of the good "feel" stuff are real quotes and plot lines out of the books tbh.


I just think with Blackfyre, you have the Black Dragon, Bloodraven, Bittersteel etc all involved in that saga; these are all huge names in the meta.

One huge battle at the end and a heap of interesting lead in-plots. They could even stretch it out into the formation of the golden company after rebellion I, dunc and egg and lead into Blackfyre II.

Could easily be 2-3 seasons imo.

 

[Kirby]

I see the book readers are out in force.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

I see the book readers are out in force.

Martin didn't do the sound, lighting, set design, etc, etc.

 

[Footypie32]

Surprised by this when it's almost universally acknowledged that the show was at its strongest when based specifically on Martin's material, and it weakens the further away it moves.

I'm talking about everything except the writing/plot.

 

[SM]

I'm talking about everything except the writing/plot.

Which likely B&W weren't responsible for.

 

[drd23]

The problem with a Blackfyre Rebellion is that it would be heavy on CGI dragons, which are apparently very expensive

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Which likely B&W weren't responsible for.

They're the showrunners and writers. The script is a document that spells out to each department what the * they're doing. Spoiler: books aren't scripts.

 

[SM]

They're the showrunners and writers. The script is a document that spells out to each department what the **** they're doing. Spoiler: books aren't scripts.

Spoiler, writing "We cut to a wide open shot of Westeros" is brought to life by cinematographers.

 

[Pykie]

The problem with a Blackfyre Rebellion is that it would be heavy on CGI dragons, which are apparently very expensive

The last Dragon died about 50 years before the 1st Blackfyre.

 

[Kyptastic]

The problem with a Blackfyre Rebellion is that it would be heavy on CGI dragons, which are apparently very expensive

That's the Dance of Dragons. The Dragons were all dead by the time of the Blackfyre rebellion.

 

[drd23]

That's the Dance of Dragons. The Dragons were all dead by the time of the Blackfyre rebellion.

My bad

 

[Kyptastic]

My bad

The Dance would be ******* amazing if they could film it though.

Wonder if HBO would ever consider doing a high quality animated series. That would help with the budget issues.

 

[SM]

Martin didn't do the sound, lighting, set design, etc, etc.

Neither did B&W...

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Neither did B&W...

They wrote the script for it...

 

[SM]

They wrote the script for it...

And?

If the argument is Martin had nothing to do with the look of Westeros because he just wrote the book, I'm not sure how the counter can be that B&W did shape the look of Westeros because they wrote the script.

 

[akkaps]

https://tvline.com/2018/10/30/naomi-watts-game-of-thrones-prequel-pilot-cast/

 

[Bomberboyokay]

And?

If the argument is Martin had nothing to do with the look of Westeros because he just wrote the book, I'm not sure how the counter can be that B&W did shape the look of Westeros because they wrote the script.

Script leaves less to the imagination.

 

[SM]

Script leaves less to the imagination.

You're quoting a post from 8 months ago now?

 

[Richard Pryor]

This.

The writers are mocked in most circles for the parts in the later series where the show turns to s**t.

Most of the good "feel" stuff are real quotes and plot lines out of the books tbh.

In B&W's defence narratively it's always much more entertaining to look at the world and story expanding than it is when you run out of elements to introduce and have to start wrapping things up, something Martin seems to just refuse to do.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

peternorth https://deadline.com/2019/03/game-o...abe-john-heffernan-dixie-egerickx-1202583636/

 

[GreyCrow]

the untitled prequel takes place thousands of years before the events of Game of Thrones. It chronicles the world’s descent from the Golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour. And only one thing is for sure: From the horrifying secrets of Westeros’ history to the true origin of the white walkers, the mysteries of the East to the Starks of legend — it’s not the story we think we know.