No idea why people act like GoT had battles every episode and was fast paced action lol

I don't think Joe remembers that GoT has always been 99% drama, 1% action

Season 1 "They're rushing too much, these time jumps are ruining the pacing" Season 2 "Skip to the battles, there is too much character development and motivation set up, I want flashing lights."

do you guys not pay attention when watching shows first of all Dragonstone is across the bay from kings landing Aegon even says it in episode 2, plus you see Rhaynera take a boat it doesn't take that long to get to kings landing and second they didn't sneak into the red keep it was the Sept why do you think Rhaynera was disguised as a septa which is also why Alicent didn't have her guards was because she was praying

Joe clearly doesn’t remember Game of Thrones well at all otherwise he would know battle scenes were actually a rarity and the majority of episodes were paced exactly like what we’re getting now.

Didn’t move the plot forward? What in the hell did you watch? 😂

HBO please do not listen to AJ about the theme tune!

Guys, Dragonstone is right next to King's Landing lmao

People complained that GoT seasons 7&8 was too rushed, with little character.... people are now complaining that HotD isn't showing enough battle scenes. Jesus, can't win with fools these days. We are building up to the war, like GoT built up to the War of the Five Kings.

I appreciate angry joes and teams opinion. But I was sitting there thinking this was high tier GoTs

The ONE THING I liked about the conversation with Rhaenyra and Alicent at the end of this episode is that it FINALLY ADDRESSED the stupid CONTRIVANCE of Alicent completely misunderstanding the “prophecy” that Viserys was RAMBLING about while on his deathbed towards the end of last season because that had been bothering TF outta me.

"They made up a whole suit of Valarian armor for this show?" Alex, you FILTHY casual

The fact that Joe keeps bringing up the book really frustrates me. He acts as if the books are 100% accurate even though it’s literally just people’s biased accounts on what happened. George Martin has even come out and said this is the most accurate the story is

These guys missed the mark completely. This story isnt about action and battles its about the generational trauma and aftershock of pointless war

i have my issues with this episode but people keep making up problems that straight up weren't there because they've been trained like dogs to nitpick the fuck out of every piece of media that comes their way.

I don’t get the complaints for this episode. This episode seems like a classic game of thrones type of episode. Like I understand wanting more action: we all love it. But the buildup is just as important and intriguing in its own right. The conversation at the end was great. I hate that we get these short ass seasons, but at least we get an actual hour. This whole episode was great to me

Alex would say, " it episode 3 already. We need to start wrapping things up before the finale in 5 episodes"

We literally saw the strongs burn to death and the plot with the criminals in season one what is alex talking about

These guys finally lost it... plus, there's only an hour in its time slot. This is HBO, not a streaming show. There were at least 7 important things happening in this episode. To say it did not move the plot forward is CRAZY!!!!

Battle of burning mill is not really significant and it doesn't contain any main characters like Daemon or Rhaenyra so there was no need to show it.

NGL the whole reason we got season 8 of GOT was because of people wanting nonstop action and battles like you guys. This whole fucking series is about set up, backstabbing, court politics, tragedy, and betrayals, not battles.

Every episode this season are BANGERS, not only against their current competition, but overall some scenes are graced with such spectacular acting it feels like watching Shakespeare come to life through the fiery passion of authentic professionals. It is absolutely magical to watch.

Dragonstone is actually quite close to king's landing. It's called "King's landing" bc this is the first spot Aegon the Conquerer landed on from dragonstone when he started taking over Rhaenyra and Damon getting to King's landing quickly is more believable than Danaerys taking over Dragonstone right next to Cersei and walking in silently without expecting any defenses or danger and then proceeding to travel to the North constantly

he knows nothing abt the lore lol what a joke

"is not in the book" said the guy that has never read a single book of ASOIAF before 😂😂😂 fml

The convo at the end was a bit of a payoff because she heard the Kings final words, which will confirm her next moves to war!! It was her birthright to rule, no more second guessing

29:00 Dude.. Joe.. Can you even accept you havent read the books ? If you did you will know instantly who was the woman/witch in harrenhall

No offence and not a dig but thinking maybe this show and first four seasons of GOT just aren't for you guys? Maybe just stick with Disney and the pew pew stuff?

You’re wrong dude. This was one of the better episodes.

Yeah thinking these guys so out of touch now

An episode without action? omg no... come on game of thrones had loads with out any action. Didn't show the battle? you mean the battle of people we dont know and have no real context or stake in? oh no... Didn't move the plot forward? what the hell are you on about? this episode moved things forward more than any episode this season. Why are we nitpicking things that are soo tiny they just really dont matter at all. I felt this was a very strong episode, honestly better than last week. Had some great scenes, and some great setup for things to come.

Cant wait for Alex complaining the whole episode~ Im sure this one will be great!

I’m a bit confused how these episodes are getting rated in the same range as the acolyte episodes. These shows aren’t even comparable when it comes to acting, production and story telling.

I thought him standing up like that completely naked, not being fazed at all and telling them they can have her then just walking off was pretty alpha. That was definitely a giga chad moment.

Sounds like they really loved the last two seasons of og GOT

AJ will never learn the difference between Rhaenys and Rhaenyra.

“Why did his family disown him?” then immediately answers his own question with the following sentence.

This is a great episode as it seems like a normal Game of Thrones joint. It's like you've forgotten there's lots of drama before they kill or do something major. If they go at this breakneck speed then you won't care about the kills, losses, and outright murders. If they didn't spend the time then you wouldn't care. Maybe you guys have watched to many Disney shows to understand that this show is actually excellent.

Joe please stop putting spoilers in your thumbnails

That shot where they show all the death at the battle of burning mill looked amazing, it kind of makes you imagine just how bloody this war is going to get.

I swear, last season you lot were sayin you hope this series has good story telling and not just straight action and just dragons fighting dragons… now you’re complaining that the story telling is taking a bit long?

Its a shame they didnt show the battle? You mean the battle with no named characters, no dragons, and no stakes? Geez, what a shame they didn't waste 10 minutes of my life and a dumptruck full of money on something utterly pointless. Plenty of battles to come with named characters AND dragons, we can skip the bullshit ones.

They do understand that these got series are all about character drama and not battles? This isnt an action show

Stop talking about the books. It should be irrelevant to your enjoyment of the show.

There were so few people in Harrenhal because Daemon landed on one of the towers. He got in behind their defenses.

Alex with another hate watch. Just tell him to stay home during these reviews

No show, anime, or movie has ever done a 1:1 with the books, that's just how it is, whether its budget constraints, or time constraints bc there's so much the writing can do then showing can do. itll never happen.

When you say " in the books ..." are you referring to Mushrooms version, Maester Munkun or Sept Eustace's version of the story ?

I beg you, please look at a map of Westeros. Dragonstone to Kings Landing is not taking 5 days.

Larys killed his father and brother and burnt down like 80% of Harrenhal. Whatchoo mean he hasn’t done anything

Remember how GoT was? Slow build ups to the final 2 episodes where crazy shit happens.. Edit: also aint no way you rated any episode of Acolyte higher than this excellent show

Anyone thinking the show is dragging would really love season 8 of game of thrones!

There isn’t that much battles during the dance of dragon. The war is about two years long. There is like 5 major battles ( and I count the dragon battle over the god’s eye in this). Most of the Dance IS back stabbing and plots. I don’t think they need to go fast, 4 seasons should be enough to cover it all but I still wish they did 10 episode season so they can have more episode like this one, not more battles. Game of thrones had about 1 big battle by season and it was almost always the ninth episode. So that was 8 episode of plotting and story building. And now you’re getting bored after 3 episodes… I love you guys, but we don’t need that show to become season 8 of Got (all spectacle and no story)

Dragonstone and King's Landing are close to each other. Probably not even a 6 hour flight on dragonback. That's why they are constantly patrolling because they are right next to each other.

Damn… at least you guys are consistent with how much you don’t pay attention to what you’re reviewing.

Harrenhal is almost impregnable by land, that's why they don't need a lot of people to defend it, but you surely need a lot of people to take it if you don't bring a dragon with you. Also, Harrenhal is a ruin and house Strong is actually not that strong so that's why there's not a lot of people there.

Well, the episode is called “The Burning Mill” not “The Battle of Burning Mill” so its not like they robbed us of a promised scene

I enjoyed the added content. Alicent realizes she messed up and rhynaera can finally start doing shit, knowing her dad supported her. Daemon was funny.

“In the books it’s different” same guy who just falsely corrected himself about The conquer burning harrenhall. “Not aegon Baelon” 😂😂😂😂😂

Harrenhall is supposed to be practically a Skelton crew right now these guys don’t understand anything

Imagine rating this the same as acolyte 😂 exactly why I unsubscribed ages ago

So you gave this the same rating as an episode of The Acolyte? Get out of here!

Setup and politics and dialogue and individual character moments is what made GoT great and also what makes this show great. I do not want to have battles every episode if that would be a case the show would simply be less good.

Did they talk about the dragon girl chasing Cole into the trees..?

"They could use a different theme song" Bruh no absolutely not what

I gotta disagree. To me, this episode was the payoff of the first two so far. Major plot points moved forward, the main armies are starting to mobilize without clashing, and the principal characters realized they're too far along to avoid full-blown war. Also, the characters and performances are amazing, not to mention the cinematography. Aegon is the standout for me in this season the way Daemon was last season. The actor playing Aegon is really dancing around the line of making you hate him and empathize with his circumstances. This episode was a 9/10 for me and continues to build great tension with a satisfying amount of release.

That end scene was amazing! Not sure what you're smoking Joe.

I think the final scene between Alicent and rhaenera will be better on a second watch after the season ends. These two basically realize this whole war has started over a misunderstanding, rhaenera learns her father never actually changed his mind, and the two of them realize that neither side will relent so war is the only option. Hopefully this means the two are gonna stop being naive and actually start fighting to win than resorting to half measures

Season 1 and 2 from game of thrones which are the the seasons that build up the show and why i fell in love with it with all the politics and backstabbing... The battles where also non Existing besides 1 wich was the Battle of the blackwater at kings landing... All the other battles between the lanisters and the starks for example were exactly the same like this episode where you also only see the aftermath... Like for example the battle where Tyrion gets knocked out... Thats game of thrones guys.. i love it that they are building things slowly in Hotd aswell and i though you would have appreciated it aswel since you criticized the pace of Got season 7 and 8.. 😅 I just hope we don't have to wait another 2 years for the next season because that's just way to long.

Not the most exciting episode but still very good. With such a cringe stinker like Acolyte still ongoing & the impending continuing trainwreck known as Rings of Power on the horizon, its so great to have an actually good quality show like House of The Dragon around to remind those other inferior programs how its done!

That fellatio part caught me off guard I was watching that sht with half my family, my 85 year Grandmother was mortified

I get complaint about Rahnerya fast traveling to kings landing but riding from old town takes much longer than taking a boat from dragonstone

I like Rhaenyra, but what did she expect out of that conversation? It seemed like a move out of denial, than it really was about finding peace

Yall seem to forget what you’re watching…you’ve been marvelbrained…

Did anyone else get FromSoftware vibes when Daemon was exploring Harrenhal?

One thing I must put a spotlight on was Caraxes roar. That thing almost laughs and cackles. Love it.

They literally explain why its easy to get into the area before going.

I’m legit surprised y’all weren’t high on this episode. I really enjoyed it. For me the order of best goes 3, 2, 1. I feel like I can see the board being set. Also I wanted to add that I really like the king slowly playing with power and being very self aware with it.

Mark my word when the fighting begin people are going to miss this talking and political era than just some flashy fast paced action scene, just like people now miss the first 2 seasons of GOT because of this as well.

The book is a historical retelling from a 3rd party who wasn't there. There's going to be differences and R.R. said the show is what actually happened. Even with that being said, there's some major changes that can't be written off as "Maester Geldyne got it wrong and wasn't there"

I love that they are using the iconic GOT theme song for the intro

The GoT franchise has always been 98% politics. 2% peak medieval action

Daemon's taking of Harrenhal was supposed to show the strength of Dragons. How you literally can just show up, and people will pledge to your house. Him just sneaking in wasn't in the book.

The death of Jaeharys notwithstanding, there really shouldn’t be any HOTD fans left who are willing to support Team Green after Alicent just up and leaves when she’s told point blank that what she thought Viserys said was wrong.

Other Joe: 7 Alex: 6 Angry Joe: 6

The Alicent and Rhaenyra scene was solid. It set the stage for Rhaenyra to have motivation to steel her heart for war. Aegon also had a vision (and mediated for 7 days, or so the faith of the Seven influenced authors say) and then went to conquer the 7 kingdoms. The scene shows that Alicent is not Rhaenyra's equal as a ruler. Alicent thought Aegon mean her son Aegon II without thinking it could be Aegon or Aegon III.

I had way way more of an enjoyable time watching this week's HOTD episode than this week's Boys episode (god that farm stuff dragged on) and obviously Acolyte (when is that not mid or total shit?). So uhhhhh, this review is asinine as far as taste. You guys are too obsessed living in a tabletop gaming mindset and it very much translates to how you view a show with medieval elements. Like it doesn't really surprise me even. I'm not surprised you guys (especially AJ) would go the caveman route reviewing an episode like this.

These guys have become insufferable when it comes to this show. Not paying attention to the plot and getting things wrong, nitpicking the fu*k out of pointless things just for the sake of coming off as "proper critics" and they are hypocrites. They criticized season 8 of GOT for just focusing on battles with no character development and now they wish that for this season. This was a shitty review

I'm starting to think this channel isn't a reliable source for reviews. They totally don't know anything about this show it GOT for that matter.

I actually thought not showing the Bracken vs Blackwood fight gave more impact to the scene. Going from a bunch of young men squabbling, straight to a field completely filled with dead bodies shows the devastating consequences of war. It was an effective way of mirroring what's about to happen to house Targaryen itself, without investing too much time and resources in filming a battle that isn't necessarily crucial to the main plot.

Angryjoe at episode 3 RoP: give it a chance you guys. Stop hating on it AJ at epi 3 HotD: this is boring, why invest in character development. Want my action, so I can complain then about the lack of context

I disliked this video because it was good, and you guys have no clue what you're talking about. This isn't John Wick.

I keep trying to figure out who this Colton guy is.

Lol “Brackenwoods” is just asking for both sides to hate you. Next time Joe is gonna be saying he’s on “Team Bleen.”

Dragnstone is actually right next to Kingslanding. It’s about a 2 day boat trip, it’s in the same bay of water, Black water bay. Gendry took a row boat from dragonstone to kingslanding

you're crazy. this episode was perfection.

It is a great episode they wanted to give queen Rh a solid reason to go all in a war cause it will be ruthless af so I didn’t mind the meeting

"Too much talking, I want battles". Basically "hey, give us GoT season 7" 😂 And why are you guys so concerned about the amount of battles in the book, like absolutely every detail should be addressed in season 2? Is season 2 the last one? I dont get it

If you're gonna nitpick stuff, you'll find an issue with EVERYTHING. Nitpicking and being a contrarian doesn't make you a good critic.

Maybe it’s just because I haven’t read the books, but I loved this episode , and thought the opening scene was incredibly effective