Its supposed to be uncomfortable as kings should be careful with their decisions, if they want to remain in power. In the lore, only the unfit cut themselves.

@@JorgeRodriguez-kn4gw Huh. Never thought of it that way

I think daemond has put poison on the chair.. just a theory, but we saw him sitting on the chair and the maesters said the king's wounds aren't healing like normal. Or I could be like you said and it's just them hinting at the fact that the old throne was a pain in the ass (literally)

@@notxvexorr4379 omg I didn’t even think of that! Have you read the books?

In the books a king is said to be cursed if he cuts himself on the throne, and he’s not fit to sit on the throne if he’s cut because you have to sit a certain way

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or it was just another great show if you enjoyed season 8 like me and many others did.

@@foodini666 I mean... it was mixed at best.

It’s more like dating their younger sister 🤣

@Justin Riley great comparison!

Which is saying something since this show was firing on all cylinders during that first episode.

I was getting pedophile vibes from him throughout

I was impressed by his sex scene, believe it or not. 😆

Have saas have saas

Matt Smith AKA Daemon was the worst part besides the elder counsel IMO. When he goes to lop off a man's head it felt like he was reaching for a library book. He doesn't carry the demeanor of a psycho with emotionless brutality. He gave morbius villain vibes all over again. I normally agree with Chris Stickman's view to the core, but not on this one...

Same, I was unsure of his casting but after watching I think he was the best pick for sure!

Hehe, a lot of people think he'll be the villain of this story... I really didn't like his casting but he is great.

I wad pretty excited for him honestly. He was perfect as Prince Phillip, and his version of the Doctor hid a dangerous and ruthless side underneath a friendly and adventurous demeanor. My only concern was whether or not he'd fit in with the other Targaryans, but his scenes with Viserys and Rhaenyra were among the best of the episode.

@@PainCausingSamurai I think that was exactly it. I think I was wondering if he would be the right fit actor for this kind of family if that makes sense. Even though like you say he would be perfect for this kind of brutish schemer given his experience as the Doctor. I think why I really love 11 over 10 is because of that ruthlessness. Sure 10 had his moments but 11 could be downright scary lol.

He reminded me of Jamie Lannister, a very unpredictable, shades of grey, realistic character.

It sure as shit does. I was super impressed

I suspect because it's a finished book this time. And the showrunner is not fucking around. They can't afford to dissapoint people this time round

Cuts you up and gives you infections

@@JB-wy8fc GRRM is also more involved

@@joshua6207 yup

I have to agree. Not only is it from Zynga, but it's a literal predatory casino, the advert for which makes up nearly 1/3 of the length of this video. It seems an incredibly odd choice of a sponsor to take by Chris.

@@DefinitelyAPotato He did it for money, silly.

She didnt really stand out to me at all. If anything the highlighted/standout character was Daemon

I am not familiar with Fire & Blood, but I wouldn't be surprised if they injected flash backs into some of the future episodes. I haven't seen Emma D'Arcy act before, but I love Olivia Cooke, so I am actually excited to see the adult versions of Rhaenyra and Alicent :)

Yeah replacing Milly Alcock with Emma D'Arcy is going suck as she won't be as good imo

@@CosmicPotato Oh Cooke is one of my favorite actresses working today. She fits into this world perfectly.

@@Micolashcage1 don’t tell me that at the end you didn’t get chills

Second this completely, would love to see Chris review BCS, get the feeling he would've loved it. Also very promising start to HotD.

Season 6 was so well executed!

Better

Mate this exact comment too

Chris just said Better Call Saul as an example of prequel done right, really wanna hear his thoughts

George RR Martin loves them gray characters

The boys ok bro u can stfu now dude wtf wrong with u

I saw your comment in so many The house of the dragon videos😂 I agree with you though😊

@@6Helena7 I need to spread the word because I still remember the the outrage some folks had when Matt Smith was cast for Daemon 💯😆

Shut up

I cannot wait to see the Battle Above the God's Eye!!!

@@AllTheArtsy For real !! Show watchers are in for a badass ride, ofc they're gonna hold on to that til season 3. Until then we'll just have to hope the show watchers can handle the blood & cheese moment 😈

I didn't need max to watch this. And I agree. Liked it alot. But I doubt it has the impact of GOT. The characters in that were just something else. Idk. Also it just had IT. But I still feel like it could be great. GOT seasons 1-6 great? I doubt it

it did more likely for those who were using Fire TV

The fucking app crashed. Of course it will have the same impact.

You don't know if it'll have the same impact?? Does this mean it was that good, that it still has a chance to be in the same league as GoT?

I thought it was very stupid that they burnt the dead bodies knowing that Targareans are immune to fire. That was unacceptable and very very dumb. Do they think their viewers are idiots?

The Clone Wars also upsets the anti-prequel narrative as well. The fact you know how it ends gives its most dramatic moments that much more weight. The foreknowledge of Revenge of the Sith basically looks like a foreboding shadow over the entire series and all of its characters which lends a lot of subtextual tragedy to it. The series deliberately plays into what the audience already knows about what immediately follows itself to more deeply inform the motives and actions of the established characters and to make you question what will become of everyone and everything you didn't see before. It's more engaging as a series specifically because it knows its a prequel.

Cope. You fanbois will accept anything. Good little consumers

Yeah same with Better Call Saul.

Idek now why people are acting like they know everything about HOTD, yeah the ending is in place, as obviously as it is, but the puzzle piece to complete the whole story is even shaky on the source material. It's a history book, there are LOADS of differing accounts. We don't know what exactly happened between these characters, and who they are, in that regard. We just know them in the eyes of historical accounts.

Also a bit of a throwback to Oberyn Martel

If the mystery knight decided to kill Daemon instead of telling him to yield, could he have done that to a prince without consequence?

@@TheChromePoet interesting question. Probably not hence why he didn't kill him

Right? What's with that?

There was a time when expectations From game of thrones was above the roof. And now there's a time when expectations form got universe was underground. Though first episode was so good.

A neat little detail in that birth/battle scene is that the jousting arena is somewhat shaped like a vagina. Really drives home Aemma's point earlier about birth being a woman's battlefield in this society.

@@underscore_5450 one more for you. That's not particularly a detail but that's a trademark miquel Spochnik style. During that birth procedure when the cut aemma'a womb. The scene is followed by daemon falling from his horse. ( indicates a fall ) And then when the birth procedure is finished and finally the baby born crying and follow by daemon celebrating his victory over Criston Cole. ( RISE) And when the baby stop crying the scene is followed by daemon's loss in a battle after he thinks he won just like viserys he think he got an heir but for a little time. ( indicates a killer fall)..

Alright copy paste guy

@@maskquerade3236 lmao I saw this exact comment on another video what a drop kick

The Velaryons actually comment on it... that after a century of peace most of these knights don't even know what they're doing, so they don't know how to moderate their efforts and probably see these tourneys as an end all thing, worthy of risking their lives. They have nothing else left so they're overdoing it. If there were wars going on this wouldn't be happening, they would have mercy on one another because they would have better opportunities for glory. Honestly the writing is so far great... they're covering their bases, being very careful to maintain logic, which D&D completely dropped after season 4.

I feel like the song of ice and fire reference is something that Rhaenyra will carry with her. Meaning she’ll feel the pressure of knowing that she might have to unite all the kingdoms. Or maybe it was jsut a throw away line and I’m reading too deep into it. S

lol right. All these high born lords are being killed and it's no big deal.

@@Bayard1503 Still not a normal thing. Knights aren’t berserkers. There are a bunch of people you’d piss off by killing other knights.

@@rafaellelinner6501 it will definitely be an extra weight on Rhaenyra’s shoulders. Fire & Blood being written as a ‘historical record’ is actually a great advantage for this series, as they get to add stuff like this

Same

After the Breaking Bad review, we all wait for it.

Who cares about a series from a fucking lawyer lmaoo

BB and BCS have created in my opinion the best universe in TV show history from what I know. If anybody else knows another set of TV shows that have a main TV show that are followed by a prequel/sequel that are also equally as outstanding as the main TV show I would like to know so I can watch them What I mean by this is that both the main show (BB) as well as its prequel are absolutely masterpieces to almost every degree. I myself have not really seen that with other shows where the combination of a main show followed by a prequel or sequel together create an all around excellent and complete universe. Usually one is good and the other one is terrible I am not saying that other shows are not good or anything but I am saying as a whole (the combination of BB and BCS) there is no better TV universe from what I know myself

The wigs were very distracting. Even the womens’ wigs, which should be easy to pull off, looked so stiff and ill fitting. GOT did such an amazing job with Daenerys wig I thought it was her real hair. So it can be done.

It felt like it was all just to have that casino sponsorship money. Yuck.

finally, someone with a brain. I was looking for this comment.

Yup. Shilling for a literal GoT branded casino game by Zynga? Fuck that.

Near the events of GoT? What it’s set 172 years before. No where near.

@@juniornisthal2216 Near meaning a somewhat close association with the original show it doesn't only refer to time.

@@originata3748 yeah this isn’t somewhat close 😂😂 that’s like saying the napoleonic wars were near the events of world war 1

@@juniornisthal2216 Even slightly more since it´s 172 years before Dany was born which is time when Robert´s rebellion was going on.

It's cool that Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings both have prequels out at the same time to duke it out with each other. It's like two houses fighting over a throne. The high fantasy genre throne which is currently held by Elden Ring the Great.

Was talking to a friend about this earlier - I reckon they've probably got a Robert's Rebellion show being developed already.

No this show is just about the dance of dragons. It’s a show about a civil war and will end with aegon III

@@arch1017 nope, Martin is completely against a Robert Rebellion show

That's kinda what I'm hoping for. A glimpse of the Mad King

That won't happen. Almost 200 years is too much to cover. This show will end with Dance of Dragons and/or Daemon's death at God's Eye.

why not watch for yourself and form your own opinion lol

How can you agree with something if you haven't watched it yet?

@@whatcomesafter9389 Where does it say that I don’t form an opinion of my own though? If 9 out of 10 people say the Emoji movie sucked and I usually have the same opinion as them when it comes to movies, I’d rather spare myself the disappointment than go “Yeah, you’re right. It sucked. Waste of time.” Doesn’t mean I never go and see something regardless. Key words in my previous comment being ALMOST and USUALLY. Why don’t you actually read something before replying lol

@@Mark-mu4pj Meaning after watching it myself I usually agree with the points he made in the video. Obviously I can’t agree with someone’s take on a movie if I haven’t seen it myself.

@@amannyelattal5695 Yeah that makes sense lol, you just said before watching is why i commented.

GoT from Season 1-6 is the greatest show ever. If you like this, you’ll love Thrones.

If you liked this, you’d really enjoy Game of Thrones. Even if it doesn’t stick the landing, a large portion of it is phenomenal television unlike anything you’ve ever seen.

Thats pretty cool indeed

@@officialthomasjames I'd say seasons 1-4 are some of the best television you can find.. 5-6 are still very watchable and really good. But quality drops in those seasons.. season 7 was just a sign of things to come.. 8.... 8 shouldn't have happened. Absolutely atrocious.

I hope that this series convinces you to give GOT a watch eventually. The thing I adored most about this episode was how reminiscent it was of early GOT in it's quality and atmosphere. GOT sadly doesn't have a great final season as I'm sure you've heard, the internet has made that undeniably clear, but the first 6 seasons are, on all accounts, truly phenomenal television! I definitely feel that if you enjoyed this episode you'll enjoy those early seasons of GOT very much! And lets hope that HOTD follows up with the amazing story it's pilot episode has promised us!

My very first thought was that the arena seemed to be designed to look like a vulva. Later my theory was basically confirmed as the similarities seemed intentional. When the hand commented that the day has turned ugly and the melee combatants started killing each other in the center where the birth canal would be, it lined up with the pregnancy complications at the same time. Given the queens comments earlier that the bedchamber is her battleground, the juxtaposition couldn't have an accident. So you heard it here first, it wasn't your imagination, the arena was in fact a vagina.

My guess is budget issues. After GOT tanked, everyone lost interest. Aegon’s conquest would be very demanding from a budget standpoint and they probably didn’t want to throw down because there was no telling how many viewers would care enough to tune in. It’s a shame.

Aegons conquest might work better as a high budget 2 and a half hour movie due to it seeming to be more action versus political intrigue.

@@jb-dn5fy yeah that’s a good idea. I just think that we surely have to see that happening at some point. A film would be good. It will feel weird to have a third show that’s before dance of dragons, so you may be correct in the movie thought! I just want to see Balerion as the size he was towards the end as his skull is massive! Who’d you think would be a good casting for Aegon? Boyd Holbrook perhaps?

It’s just something about being emersed back in this world

ThTs just it. GOT WAS the best series ever created UNTIL s8. Let’s hope this one stays as decent, if not better, than this first ep. It did feel weird being back in this world but they’re off to a good start

Pretty sure the series was already running on fumes by s7. 8 was the vehicle dying and lying in a ditch in the middle of nowhere.

The first 4 Seasons were perfect. Season 5 was still good, but nowhere near as good. Season 6 is a step up from Season 5 but not still not quite as strong as the first 4. Season 7 is better than 5 but not as good as 6. As for Season 8…it’s probably the most disappointing final Season to any TV show ever. Disgusting.

No it really isn’t. A story based around building characters is not the same as a story based around pushing political agendas and forcing in diversity in a time period and scenery that made no sense to include them. Every episode all I expect to hear is how all men are bad and how they need women to guide and lead them. This wasn’t really the case in medieval times which is what this shows time period is trying to portray.

@@igorrodrigues8939 Did we watch the same fucking episode?

@@igorrodrigues8939 i hope you realise this is based on a book that's already written with direct involvement and guidance from the writer of said book, there's no fucking political agenda being pushed just because there's one black character and a female heir

@@hectorvegasduque2234 yeah I did. All I saw was a bunch of weak and angry males. And brave and oppressed women. Men bad. Women good. So boring. Miss the old game of thrones with actual interesting characters that feel like they are from the time period they are supposed to portray. Shows nowadays can’t just tell a story the best they can. They have to change things to appeal to a certain sort of people.

@@robbie4364 To be honest my biggest problem is that this shows pilot episode just doesn’t compare to GoT pilot. Loveable characters from the get go like Tyrion, Ned, Rob and so on. And characters you love to hate such as Cersei. These characters don’t compare apart from maybe Matt smith. They’ve still got 9 episodes of this season so it can change. But my expectations are low.

His advertisement took up almost 1/3 of this review

@@mschell8022 Yeah that too.

Can't blame him for taking some easy money.

Worth it. And honestly HBO Max is the best streaming service right now, in my opinion, great selections. Get it before the new boss of WB makes it shit haha

Far better. I’m feeling pretty good about the whole thing now lol

Yea GOt original pilot I actually didn't like it and stopped watching after that until like season 6 again I started again. This one was fire

I have to disagree. Hod pilot was really great but dont compare it to got pilot. Got started with a sense of world building & the character introductions & the situation itself. Hence it started with a tense slow start to immerse viewers into the world & make it feel so real. In Hod pilot it was really easy to jumpstart the show since everybody watching it will be familiar with the world & history.

@@Dolphins_are_our_Overlords that's fair. It will be hard to match the characterization of GOT. From children to old people had significance and felt so real, so many grey and unique characteristics. We will see if that can even be remotely achieved by HOD