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@alricfremanosrs1509 Жыл бұрын
The lucerys/ Aemond dragon chase scene felt like two rich kids racing super cars, then one bumps the other at 180mph and accidentally causes a lethal wreck.
@Acromion11 Жыл бұрын
Very good take on that scene!
@vjbd2757 Жыл бұрын
House of the Dragon proves that you do not need half a billion dollars to make a very good fantasy show.
@jsw973 Жыл бұрын
In contrast, Rings of Power proves that you can still make 1 billion dollars look like a cheap high school drama project
@justincarter1217 Жыл бұрын
Think the fact george rr martin was helping out with the show also gave them a HUGE leg up
@KseRes Жыл бұрын
It was never about the money, it's about getting talented people who can get along and want to make cool good stuff! :)
@frankie3010 Жыл бұрын
@@KseRes no, it was about making money. People don't feed their families with art
@KseRes Жыл бұрын
@@frankie3010 You can make shitty art to feed your family, someone will buy it. So my point still stands.
@theeightbithero Жыл бұрын
What’s so interesting to me about the house of the dragon is that if we just take that show by itself, there are episodes everyone agrees are good and there are episodes everyone are like, “eh… this part of an episode wasn’t good, but it gets particularly good at at this particular point.” It’s like it reveals that people do actually know good art when they see it.
@dylanbell268 Жыл бұрын
There was only one point I went, “wtf” in a bad way, but they brought themselves back in a great ending l
@GioTummy3463 Жыл бұрын
Sorry but the level of explicit sex and depravity ruins whatever good aspects the show has to offer...But that's just my opinion.
@theeightbithero Жыл бұрын
@@GioTummy3463 I agree. The more porn they remove going forward, the better.
@ni9274 Жыл бұрын
@@GioTummy3463 it’s soft compared to got.
@GioTummy3463 Жыл бұрын
@@theeightbithero It's really not needed. The show is good without it. There are ways to get it done tastefully and artistically without being so raunchy and depraved. It doesn't serve the story either. Just gratuitous shock value .
@isoghai2061 Жыл бұрын
How is it a child can deliver one line " lose eye and gain dragon" and its better than anything said in 8 episodes of rings of power?????
@seth7174 Жыл бұрын
Marcus seemed a little nervous, I hope he knows we enjoyed his addition to the conversation. Good pick Shad!
@sirrantcelot Жыл бұрын
I know now. But yeah I'll work on the nervousness.
@lobomedina6312 Жыл бұрын
@@sirrantcelot You have a nice presence. Very likable and genuine. Near the end of the vid you loosened up, could tell you were having a good time which of course means your audience is gonna have fun as well. You went from being kinda "fidgety" to natural, expansive gestures that complimented the points you were making. I've watched myriad HotD reaction/analysis; this one with you and Shad is my absolute fave. Before I performed with my metal band, did some breath exercises and the yoga "fish pose". It opens the chest and throat. As a battle tactician/weapons expert, you're probably familiar with the warrior poses. They promote confidence. *Doing a whole body "shake out" is a real stress buster as well. Make funny faces, shake out tension, make space for relaxed energy. Good work, good ser!
@crapsound Жыл бұрын
@@sirrantcelot Looking forward for more KW with you and Shad!
@jsw973 Жыл бұрын
I'm a massive Tolkien fan, which is exactly why I'm not even gonna think about watching amazon's billion dollar insult to the man. I would say I can't believe I'd watch a show about ASOIAF history much more than the second age of Tolkien (imo the most interesting age), but then again RoP definitely isn't about that, or any age of Tolkien's legendarium. Its like if a billionaire tried to LARP as a wizard but didn't even bother with buying costumes, and just showed up in a full business suit claiming he spent thousands of dollars for his costume, insulting everyone who said he doesn't look like a wizard.
@sarahgould5435 Жыл бұрын
Not quite. The billionaire would at least look professional. Maybe if he came in wearing golf gear.
@ryanmaass5360 Жыл бұрын
Oz will be missed, but Marcus is his own man and seems like he knows his stuff. Good to see!
@seanp8220 Жыл бұрын
No way Oz is gone
@kaisercollins3097 Жыл бұрын
@@seanp8220 I hope not but I haven’t seen him I miss him
@evan7391 Жыл бұрын
@@seanp8220 he has his own channel called Team Oz. He and Shad are on good terms.
@firewolf2930 Жыл бұрын
I agree on both points
@mihaitha Жыл бұрын
I didn't feel that Aemond's personality shift from kid to adult was wrongly portrayed. Just think about it: he grew up being constantly tortured by both his brother and cousins for not having a dragon. Then he manages to tame and ride one of the largest and fierce dragons alive, and as a result he loses an eye at the hands of his cousin. So he grows up resentful about his injury, knowing his older brother is going to inherit the crown despite being both unfit for the job and unwilling to take the burden, and having his ego inflated by the knowledge that the most badass dragon in the land is at his direct command. I think the cynical, rude asshole that is adult Aemond is spot on.
@anthonywarren9885 Жыл бұрын
Those are Aemonds nephews. Not cousins
@AaronGuest Жыл бұрын
@@anthonywarren9885 They are technically both.
@donkeysunited Жыл бұрын
And the dragon isn't 100% under his direct command, as we saw in the final episode. But that's another story.
@josephnarvaez9507 Жыл бұрын
@@AaronGuest Targaryens lol
@matus19971 Жыл бұрын
@@AaronGuest no they're not lol. Aegon, Aemond and Daeron are brothers to Rhaenyra, albeit by a different mother, same with Haelena being her sister. Lucerys, Jacaerys, Joffrey, Aegon and Viserys are the sons of Rhaenyra, therefore they are the nephews of Aegon, Aemond, Haelena and Daeron. They are however cousin's to the girls they are betrothed to through the fact that their "father" "was" the brother to the mother of Baela and Rhaena, but they are also their stepsisters (due to the marriage of Daemon and Rhaenyra) as well as great cousins due to Daemon being their father and brother to their grandfather Viserys. In other words the girls are also cousins and nieces to their stepmother Rhaenyra. Hope that clears it out for you 😂 (To depict all other relations I only use the characters that are prominent in the show so as to avoid confusion when talking about a child named Aegon, without giving spoilers)
@Truejustice420 Жыл бұрын
Good writing is when you can have almost a whole season of a TV show of people just talking to each other and it being completely captivating truly speaks to the quality of the show
@pabooth88 Жыл бұрын
You can't starve out the Crabfeeder. It's in his name. These guys had an essentially endless supply of crab in that cave.
@janeathome6643 Жыл бұрын
What's most important about the casting changes is that the personality traits tracked across time and the quality of the acting was stellar.
@zonefreakman Жыл бұрын
It's interesting seeing people's different reactions to the time skips and how the characters changed. To some people it was jarring and they didn't understand how the characters developed. Such as some say adult Rhaenyra as too stiff and unemotional compared to her teenager self. For myself I saw her as more grown up and mature, that showing less emotion doesn't equate to worse acting or a character assassination. Emma D'Arcy did an amazing performance. I was concerned about the time skip, but I enjoyed both portrayals of the young and adult actors.
@AndrzejGieraltCreative Жыл бұрын
Gonna miss Oz and his anti-communism tangents/rants, but it's amazing how naturally you and Marcus work together and have seemingly instant chemistry in the discussion. Great to see!
@snepping1885 Жыл бұрын
what even happened to oz?
@ShieldWife Жыл бұрын
I would like to know too. I really like Oz, is he gone for good?
@ilari90 Жыл бұрын
@@ShieldWife Oz had personal issues and had to leave the group, but he has his own channel Team Oz now, so go and subscribe!
@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation Жыл бұрын
Oz was needed back in the Emerald City so he had to leave
@ilari90 Жыл бұрын
@@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation Hopefully in the land of his name and not with Tim McManus in the Oswald Penitentiary.
@benlewis5312 Жыл бұрын
Sir Marcus has potential. Good stage presence for someone who’s a bit nervous (watch what you are doing with your fingers mate) but he will grow into the role well
@BlueBeat008 Жыл бұрын
Agreed, I felt the constant dealing with the sweaty palms lol
@firewolf2930 Жыл бұрын
i agree, he'll get better... i got full on Ricky Bobby's first interview vibes watching his left arm
@sirrantcelot Жыл бұрын
Yeah I'll do my best to work on that. Cheers for the comments.
@badandy9716 Жыл бұрын
Great addition. These two could be brothers!
@MariaC497 Жыл бұрын
My best friend hasn't seen HOTD and didn't really care much about it. I texted her one picture of Aemond and now we are having a watch party this weekend!
@kingofmee1 Жыл бұрын
My thought process for Rhaenys' actions in episode 9 was, the opportunity to take them all out right now is worth the sacrifice of some people's lives to stop a war, but then when she saw Alicent standing her ground facing down a Dragon to protect her children, she thought about her own children and how she couldn't save them and she couldn't bring herself to burn the greens and so she fled kings landing.
@theawesomeman9821 Жыл бұрын
I still don't like her for killing civilians in vain
@Acromion11 Жыл бұрын
I don't get why so many people have problem with that scene. Or did I miss a part where Rhaenys is supposed to be compassioned and decent human being?
@reverendrico5631 Жыл бұрын
@@Acromion11 you can’t miss what isn’t present.
@Acromion11 Жыл бұрын
@@reverendrico5631 exactly
@andorea11 9 ай бұрын
@@Acromion11it's about like a character or not
@rontrezbeaugard8212 Жыл бұрын
This. Show. Slapped. Welcome Marcus
@TheArtalex Жыл бұрын
The new Knight does his Job well!☝🏻🏛
@_Uh_Oh_ Жыл бұрын
Yeah can tell he is bloody anxious/nervous but he does well - congrats on your new job Marcus
@firewolf2930 Жыл бұрын
Welcome Marcus! It is great to get another Knight at the table. Although I do hope The Lady still makes a cameo here and there. (Post viewing update) I really love how well versed in this world Marcus is. That perspective was something that I was missing in the reviews.
@reinsaxony4623 Жыл бұрын
Idk where this idea that Viserys I was a good king/leader comes from. He's canonically one of the worst Kings of all times, rivaled only by Aegon IV the Unworthy and Aerys II the Mad King. I don't even think Maegor the Cruel was as bad as him, not even close. His decision of naming a girl heir caused the extinction of the dragons and the bloodiest war ever fought in Westeros. He heard complains about it for decades, people warned him, but he never listened. He knew he got elected over a heir coming from the female line with a difference of 20-1. 1000s of Lords voted. Even then he still insisted to the bitter end to keep Rhaenyra as heir despite having 3 sons.
@selfcorruptor Жыл бұрын
Marcus has some huge Oz-sized shoes to fill, but so far so good. Marcus seems very knowledgeable not only in fantasy but in history as well. Shad truly has found quite the fitting sidekick. Can't wait to see Nathan join in and experience the Media Murdering trio hard at work!
@neilstinston1457 Жыл бұрын
That would be a fun panel with the 3 of them!
@Krommer1000 Жыл бұрын
Loving Marcus's references to antiquity. Caesar, Brutus, Alexander, Achilles, to name a few. Great first major appearance. Looking forward to more.
@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation Жыл бұрын
When I first heard this show was coming I fully anticipated it to be terrible. Just like GOT Season 8, and just like seemingly every other media adaptation coming out currently. What a relief it is... to have been wrong. 😁
@danielgrunwald5002 Жыл бұрын
*creepy Larys stare*
@Peterski Жыл бұрын
same here, I had no interest in this show after the horrible ending of GOT... but I watched 2 episodes out of curiosity and got hooked
@NotAGoodUsername360 Жыл бұрын
The fortunate thing is they have GRRM alive and available for consulting and has enough experience TV writing to call unforgivable bullshit out while also giving the team plenty of leash to improve on his writing.
@lobomedina6312 Жыл бұрын
@@NotAGoodUsername360 Agreed. Now if only he'd done similar with Derp& Derpier. Plus there were KZfaqrs who wrote brill alt endings that made sense within the context of the narrative. Yeah they (*D&D) ran outta source material, but the ASoIaFverse and its characters were already well established. No excuse.
@neth77 Жыл бұрын
Disagree, i never expected it to be bad, i expected it to be great like early GoT. There were plenty of signs such as: 1. GRRM is heavily involved 2. There is Book material to use 3. The people who did Season 8 aren't involved
@Peterski Жыл бұрын
They did film King's Landing in Spain, actually. Croatia was used for the original GOT but for the last two seasons they used the same Spanish locations too: Cáceres and Trujillo.
@sirrantcelot Жыл бұрын
I did not know that, cheers for the comment.
@rafraf893 Жыл бұрын
Viserys' title of "peaceful" is meant to be an ironic dig at him for being the person most directly responsible for the war; with the title being particularly condescending coming from Otto of all people. That wasn't supposed to be heartwarming. Do you think the leprosy was a metaphor for something? Viserys' story demonstrates how avoiding conflict and peace are not the same thing, and how good intentions mean much less from a position of power with disproportionate consequences. Even as a family guy, his track record is mixed if you really look at it. Still my favorite character of the season tbh, that is what good writing does.
@HierophanticRose Жыл бұрын
The costumes, the tourneys, the hunts, the camps, the pavilions... THE TAPESTRIES!
@anggorogedewaseso169 Жыл бұрын
Welcome, Marcus to the Knights Watch!! we are excited how do you express the cathartic rants :D
@quirelll Жыл бұрын
Such a great chemistry!
@tanvir254 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the review Shad
@woutervanbinsbergen3368 Жыл бұрын
Regarding the "Snafu" in Ep. 9: Why not take the scene from the book and alter it a bit?: Aegon gets crowned, flies around KL on Sunfyre, while crowds cheer. Suddenly Rhaenys' dragon bursts out of the OTHER exit from the Pit (not murdering thousands). She flies up, whilst Aegon (newly boosted by the crowd's acceptance) attempts to block her escape. They engage in a few feints in the air, until a roar shakes the air and Aemond and Vhagar rise into the air. Focus on Rhaenys' resignation and have a short slash vs Aegon/Sunfyre by Meleys and then a sprint before Vhagar's talons snap shut on her. She outruns them over the Blackwater and escapes into the cloudbanks --> Scene and episode end. We would've gotten: Cool dragonf(l)ight, celebration disrupted (Aegon pissed off) and the ominous foreshadowing of dragons dancing in the air with Vhagar's obvious menace as a highlight leading into Ep. 10. Also: No illogical mass murder ór confusing restraint when facing likely enemies (hello, your granddaughters are engaged to Jace and Luke! And they must likely die to keep Aegon as king).
@rayous5480 Жыл бұрын
53:08 anyone else catch that Shad said Daylen instead of Daemon, he's been working too hard the man deserves some sleep, his universe is merging with his book :P
@firewolf2930 Жыл бұрын
yea i loved that slip
@Nifava Жыл бұрын
The fact that so many people were ready to hate House of the Dragon, anticipated "the message" inserted in it, "the message" was indeed present durig the whole season and the same people still liked it so much is a testament that audiences are really desperate for quality shows.
@sourstuff Жыл бұрын
29:25 Diza was basically made into a Sith. She even had the orange/red eyes to go along with it, ha!
@Simmesty Жыл бұрын
38:49 I heared some one say that the books are supposed to be a retelling of history by one of the meisters after the events of the dance of dragons. (cannot confirm as i haven't read them) And historic retellings are not always accurate to the actual events themselves, to anyone outside the council chambers it might indeed seem like Alicent was all-in for taking power.
@janeathome6643 Жыл бұрын
It's actually three different perspectives. Which is why GRRM has said that the show's take is supposed to be canon.
@CharlesZane_ Жыл бұрын
Yep, and the three accounts are clearly biased in different ways, which the maester acknowledges. Septon Eustace is on team green and puts a religious tone to most things. Maester Orwyle is also team green and is heavily biased so much so that anything green is justified for one reason or another. Then there’s Mushroom, the dwarf fool that is mostly team black and is pretty vulgar and claims to have been personally involved in things that he definitely would not have been.
@aoshishinomori5566 Жыл бұрын
@@CharlesZane_ didn't mushroom say he had a three way with daemon and rhaenrya at one point?
@Tepalus Жыл бұрын
Honestly, I started HotD because of YOU, Shad! I did not want to watch it and was just like "Yeah, Shad probably will rant about it", but you changed my mind. THANK YOU :)
@taherkagdi2781 Жыл бұрын
I never thought I would see real life Alicent reviewing House of the Dragon. But hey, its his first day, Alicent got over her habit of picking the skin of her thumb he will too as he gets less nervous. Good job on the first day.
@sirrantcelot Жыл бұрын
Hahaha, an interesting comparison. I'll work on that.
@taherkagdi2781 Жыл бұрын
@@sirrantcelot Take your time it was only a joke. Though it seems you are nervous when I look at your hands, you never let that nervousness reach your face or voice. Its an amazing feat in of itself. Keep up the good work.
@walkir2662 Жыл бұрын
01:30 in and Marcus has already convinced me. Wil lwe ever get to see that TLJ review?
@willmosse3684 Жыл бұрын
Viserys’s predecessor, Jeaherys the Conciliator, was supposed to be the best king. We saw him at the very beginning as an old man when the Great Council was held at Harrenhal to decide the succession between Rhaenys and Viserys. In terms of was there a good king in Game of Thrones, I think Robb Stark was pretty good, but he screwed up royally (pardon the pun) by marrying that field nurse rather than the Frey girl, which led to his downfall. But if you rate Viserys as a good king because of his intent, despite mistakes he made, then I think you have to count Robb Stark a good king on the same basis. Though one thing George Martin is getting at, and he is fond of saying, to paraphrase his precise quote, “being a good man is not enough to be a good king.”
@sircrim8694 Жыл бұрын
Good work Markus ! Keep your head up, your doing a good job !
@Transformers217 Жыл бұрын
“House of the Dragon” is a great show and a very good adaptation. You can have diversity, but still stay faithful to the spirit of the book.
@ghostwriter3175 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for extending the campaign.
@dupeesfashionconsultant4204 Жыл бұрын
Yea it's like in game of thrones where all of season 7 and 8 we are constantly told by every character who meets Sansa says she's been taught and is the smartest person on earth now they say it over and over....yet Sansa never once displays any type of intelligence at any point...in fact she consistently shows how unintelligent she is
@randomstuff6355 Жыл бұрын
In regards to why Ser Crispy Creme didnt age too much... You have to remember that salt is a pretty good preservative
@HernandezProAccounting305 Жыл бұрын
Over 500k for your comic, I love to see it and the new guy is a great addition to the show
@Maxion435 Жыл бұрын
Just finished the video. Very good discussion and Marcus is very well spoken which makes him a good addition to this channel.
@antigonostiggokarchedonios4788 Жыл бұрын
I honestly think Shad´s love for HOTD prooves a point I and some KZfaqrs like the German David Hain have made for some time. Politics in media only matters when it comes to bad media. If the movie/show itself is good, nobody gives a crap even if it is politics they not agree with. I mean HOTD is a pretty liberal show and let´s be real Shad is extremely conservative ( at least by my European standards). Yet he still loves it. Similar I as a liberal really enjoyed the new Top Gun despite it being basically a progapanda and recrutiment video for the US Navy.
@JuanRodriguez-im6ul Жыл бұрын
Absolutely! Themes are only what product is about, it's not what it "is". If the execution is competent, you can profoundly disagree with some aspects of it, and still enjoy it and admire it
@khamok6916 Жыл бұрын
Basically this. In the long run, people tend to pin the blame on stuff like woke narratives or race/gender swaps of characters only if the show sucks. And this in turn gives bad show writers a scapegoat in which they blame bigotry on why their show did badly.
@KNIGHTSWATCH Жыл бұрын
it's not about politics, politics has been in media for ages, it's about lecturing to the audience, and making a subversive regressive agenda the main priority in a show that's supposed to be for entertainment. HOTD is actually very anti woke in many instances as we talk about in this review.
@bars5555 Жыл бұрын
Fellow European and I guess social democrat, I feel the same. We lived for years with consumerism and military propaganda being forced down our throats but I feel like the fake moral grandstanding of corporations these days is far more sickening since they have corrupted the whole idea of equality. Instead of being about equal opportunity it feels more like cynical box ticking to please a tiny minority of a tiny minority on twitter.
@StellaTZH Жыл бұрын
I agree, honestly I started to watch Shad's videos because I was interested in all the medieval contend and he’s super entertaining and I love the enthusiasm he has for the topic. It’s just recently that I started to watch his reviews, too - after years of consuming his other contend. So it’s just now that I noticed how conservative he really is and some points he makes are really a bit much for my liberal European self. Like using woke in a derogatory or insulting context, the whole women are nurturing men protect thing, the immediate negative reaction to what he calls girlboss moments or the idea that there must be a woke agenda behind a show if there’s a strong female protagonist not in the mold of the kind of strength he attributes to female characters. I still like watching his content but sometimes I wonder if the things he says are meant the way they come across to me or if it’s me misinterpreting them.
@thatdarnkitteh Жыл бұрын
Marcus doesn't know what this channel is about, walking in with those guns!!!! 💪💪
@caromatla5597 Жыл бұрын
it's now official we have shad m brooks as shad of the presant and we have markus (sorry if i spelled the name wrong) as shad of the past.
@sirrantcelot Жыл бұрын
All good, but it is with a c 😉
@thebenc1537 Жыл бұрын
Nobody noticed the queen showed her feet to Larys in an earlier scene. They only remember the obvious one.
@zonefreakman Жыл бұрын
I caught that on the rewatch knowing to look out for it.
@thebenc1537 Жыл бұрын
@@zonefreakman me too!
@Kernwadi Жыл бұрын
"Objectivity is objective, in my subjective opinion." -Bilbo Baggins
@throgoy Жыл бұрын
Marcus is great, he kinda reminds me of Oz
@firewolf2930 Жыл бұрын
almost like Oz and Nathan had a baby
@bongajacobs7144 Жыл бұрын
Always love the content
@jaketheberge1970 Жыл бұрын
One thing I wish they touched on is Westeros view on kinslaying considering some events that occur. Basically kinslaying is considered the biggest sin you can commit and anyone who does is branded with the title. You are considered cursed and damned by the new gods and the old. That's another good reason the greens survived the coronation and why Aemond's fucky wucky at the end are important.
@zonefreakman Жыл бұрын
I've heard that being shared around by fans of the book. Although they should have implemented it in the show so that it was more clear why Rhaenys hesitated and decided to not burn them all.
@thevictoryoverhimself7298 Жыл бұрын
I really don’t get why he thinks thousands and thousands of people died when the dragon burst through the floor. Dragons aren’t slugs they stand on feet. Maybe some got squished underfoot and maybe some fell into the hole, but I’d put the casualties at dozens, not hundreds or “thousands and thousands”. There was no indication whatsoever that a majority of those in the room were injured or killed.
@RaMraM-zm1el Жыл бұрын
The Rhaenys moment might come back to bite them in the end. Depending on how they frame it. I just can't say it because it might be a spoiler.
@Psyanigh Жыл бұрын
1:11:40 Same! I was looking forward to the eye when they'd announced Euron Greyjoy because his eye was described exactly like my left eye. I was stoked for the funny comparisons those I know woulda made, but when he made his debut in the show I was staring at him like wait...what?? So all these years later, seeing Aemond's eye was a nice reveal that I hadn't expected.
@isakaldazwulfazizsunus7564 Жыл бұрын
The way the show presents it, Aemond just wants to scare the shit out of Lucerys, but then Arrax panicks and Vhagar decides to kill Arrax like a cat that just saw a ball pass him by. But there's an issue with Aemond protesting before the kill, like he understands what Vhagar is going to do.
@user-nv2wt4hi8t Жыл бұрын
Very cool to have Marcus on this overview, Shad. Keep going on strong, boys.
@Edwin-tk5kv Жыл бұрын
Omg Marcus is amazing! Great pick!
@thomasphillips885 Жыл бұрын
Looking forward to seeing Marcus get more comfortable in front of the camera in the future! Great stuff!
@Tallorian Жыл бұрын
Glad to see that the new recruit to your company of knights is a chap with charisma and wit, you two really work well together. Great start, sir Marcus!
@ZamWeazle Жыл бұрын
Shads head canon for the end scene Is actually agreed by most as to what actually transpired. 👍
@badgamemaster Жыл бұрын
Seeing Rings of Power like how Marcus did takes a lot.... I guess I was right in saying that he has the spirit of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus......
@jennyjustjenny7634 Жыл бұрын
For me it's a 10/10. Rhaenys moment in episode 9 for me is in no way out of her character or unnecessary. Sure, she killed civilians but! she also used this moment to show that she would go places she herself never thought of to protect the family, realm and throne. She stood up for herself as the queen who never was and her niece, the true queen. That's the first time in the show she actually does a thing in her favor instead of doing what is best for her husband. By doing this im front of so many people she showed that a) Alicent never cared about them, she only invited them to justify her son as king cause he doesn't have any other justification and b) Rhaenys also doesn't care about the games Alicent plays.. she plays her own rules. 🤷♀️ I just loved this moment.. it is, like you said, the violence that is necessary to avoid greater violence. That was a public statement of the queen who never was that people should always stay true to their oaths. 🤷♀️
@reverendrico5631 Жыл бұрын
Well, I mean she just doesn’t care about the little people. Don’t need to pretend it was more than that.
@vladimiralexanderlagos1477 Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed the chemistry with your new member to the team. He seems like a great choice. Really looking forward to his growth as a member of the Watch.
@JamieHitt Жыл бұрын
I really like videos talking about HotD and RoP,… But that being said, lol, these conversations are going to start sounding rather dull, rather soon. Sadly, there’s only so much we can discuss about a series after the season has long ended. It’s kind of like delivering a eulogy days/weeks/months after the funeral. The only thing I dread more than drawing this procession out any longer… Is imagining the long list of videos that will be generated after season two of The Wheel of Time premieres. And God help us all when we see Hemsworth take over in Witcher. Lol.
@MatthewLoom Жыл бұрын
Don't worry. There will be plenty of discussion when teasers for season 2 start dropping.
@dustinosborn4068 Жыл бұрын
I personally have had multiple personality changes as I’ve aged. I don’t see a problem there.
@e.c.winner7252 Жыл бұрын
I like Marcus 😊 As a new subscriber, I didn’t realize that Marcus hasn’t been around longer! Please more Marcus content!
@dresdyn100 Жыл бұрын
Great rundown guys! Welcome Marcus! Marcus is a little nervous but that'll fade with time 😀- Just remember to look at the camera thingy 🙃
@Moshugaani Жыл бұрын
Welcome Marcus! You seem like a great guy. :)
@eternalpadawan1 Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad to be wrong. Markus was very enjoyable to watch. He had fountains of knowledge and great insights. I look forward to seeing more of you Markus and am truly sorry for m negative comment on your introduction video. Stay on watch 👊
@bababo0oey297 Жыл бұрын
Marcus did wonderful! His presence felt completely natural and was appreciated!
@abelbabel8484 Жыл бұрын
Love Marcus, great addition!
@hoagie9391 Жыл бұрын
Your new squire's arms look like they are about to burst out of his mail. I approve.
@PrincessPattyPumpkin Жыл бұрын
I like the new guy, he's quite personable and witty. One thing he should do, though, is to try not to slouch so much. If he would just practice sitting up straight, he would really shine. Great choice, otherwise.
@sirrantcelot Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback I'll try to work on that in future videos.
@kristenstoumann8345 Жыл бұрын
yeah a consultant in battles, and in other matter too things too, I think would be a grand idea.
@Syposaurus Жыл бұрын
Hey Shad, loved how you talked about how violence, blood, and horrible stuff can actually affect you in a different way than just negative. You're absolutely right, it strengthens you and makes you more aware of what the world can be like at its worst. Personally I've kind of taken that train of thought to the next level seeing I work as a mortician, putting people back together and/or restoring their bodies so they can have an open coffin at their funeral. You see some horrible situations and people who have died in bad ways but because im now, after about 3 years into the job, more used to it (and i guess always pretty much have been), i can now put that to work.
@machinagirl Жыл бұрын
I thought this was a very “strong” first season. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was well written and well acted. I was quite impressed. For the most part this was a very solid first season.
@gshann73 Жыл бұрын
There was an episode of The Dog Whisperer where the host was called to a Rottweiler rescue. He wasn’t there to solve a problem with any Rottweilers. He was there because the owner/managers tiny purse dig (Chihuahua perhaps) was terrorizing the much larger dogs that could have ended it with a single snap of the jaws. A small beast trying to assert dominance over a much larger animal is not unheard of.
@alesd2120 Жыл бұрын
Great storytelling and attention to detail, world immersion and character closeness for the viewers. Superb show overall! (On the nudity - have you noticed the wall paintings in the royal - Targaryen - bedchambers? Oversized and very explicit everywhere... Was it rather disturbing or natural for a world where "producing heirs" and dynasty survival is of of the utmost importance?)
@peaceandloveusa6656 Жыл бұрын
One thing I will say is House of the Dragon made a race swap that was *better* than the canon. Making the Blackfire race black served a *narrative* function. It made the fact that Rhae's children were bastards even more obvious. Not only were they not white haired, they weren't even mixed race! This really helped to emphasize the "they clearly aren't his children" aspect of the story. I honestly love this change of the story after originally being indifferent to it.
@reverendrico5631 Жыл бұрын
1. Velayron, not Blackfire. 2. The choice to make the Velaryons have white hair has had narrative consequences. Not the choice to race swap them. The narrative, the script, nothing actually acknowledges that the Velaryon’s are black. The show only acknowledges that they have White hair, where in canon Corlys, his sons, his daughter and even Rhaenys all have dark hair, white skin and violet eyes. Mostly because of some storm lander blood in them. But no, the race swap didn’t have any narrative effect because it hasn’t affected the script at all. It was just a racist producer that wanted less white people. The show doesn’t treat it like it’s even real. That said, despite hating the reason for the race swap and being annoyed by the minor issues it creates, the actor playing Corlys owns that roll. Dumbass as he is, he’s a damn fine actor and commands the screen in all his scenes, unless Daemon is around, but Daemon steals from everyone.
@skrublordnord69 Жыл бұрын
“I will sit the throne today.” - Viserys Targaryen
@kristenstoumann8345 Жыл бұрын
is it not said that the sword long claw should have many similarities to the sword Blcakfyre? that the may even be the same sword just disguised with first a bear and then a wolf?
@mikewaterfield3599 Жыл бұрын
Personally I love how Amazon kept swearing their abomination would be so much better than Martin’s work. Well side by side with a third the budget for more footage HBO is the obvious winner.
@Spiceodog Жыл бұрын
I kind of loved the after episode things
@chriso0015 Жыл бұрын
As a scientist, I find the case of Rings of Power and House of the Dragon to be very similar to the structure of a very simple experiment. The variables that differ between the 2 include writing, characters, visual design, etc. The fact that they are so different despite (from an outside perspective) looking quite similar, speaks volumes.
@mikeforester3963 Жыл бұрын
44:15 Except after the last brutal fire bombings of Tokyo between March and August 1945 the Emperor of Japan was ready to surrender. Thus the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was nothing but sheer criminal violence on behalf of future post-war geopolitics.
@Bw899804 Жыл бұрын
Love the show
@xanovaria Жыл бұрын
I am glad to hear you guys mention men in a positive light
@peaceandloveusa6656 Жыл бұрын
One contrary point I would make about our takes on media as a whole = Everyone *should* experience nudity at some point in their lives. (They do not reproduce without it.) However, ideally, most of us should *not* experience violence. I have experienced violence, and I will say, my being numb to it did not make me "better suited" to the situation, only more efficient in it. I resent not batting an eye to violent depictions far more than I resent not batting an eye to sexual depictions. This is, of course, my own bias as a critic, though I will say House of the Dragon is much more tasteful in their depictions of nudity as a whole than Game of Thrones. GoT took more liberties than made sense to convey the story, in an obviously exploitative manner, while HotD opted for more narratively relevant depictions, which I can appreciate.
@rahulgandharva7325 Жыл бұрын
Been watching your channel for a while and appreciate your show reviews. Just curious, in places like the USA where gun ownership is much more accessible, does your stance of the man having to protect his family change? Since your size would now not matter with a gun in the equation?
@noahtesoro800 Жыл бұрын
Actually can you do a video comparing the two swords to determine if Dark Sister and Longclaw could be the same weapon?
@H3li0s Жыл бұрын
that skin tight chainmail must be hard to move around in. painfull to
@kriegsmensoldier8996 Жыл бұрын
Thats not chainmail, thats just a long sleeve shirt made to look like that.
@perseusveil9376 Жыл бұрын
Curiosity: Book Viserys was paying for Daemon's Stepstones campaign since the beginning.
@vaibhavkumarr5190 Жыл бұрын
Y are Marcus' hand shivering
@henningmadsen9510 Жыл бұрын
King's Landing is filmed in Dubrovnik, which is a Croatian city, in GoT. I am not sure if it's the same for HotD.
@NWMoors Жыл бұрын
They changed to Plasencia in Spain for HOTD and for later GOT seasons.
@ANA-il6js85 Жыл бұрын
No, we became far to expensive for them and also way to much tourists, so i think i read that some place in Spain is HOTD Kings Landing 👍🏻
@Skywalker-lz5qj Жыл бұрын
As for the cave I'd have the emphasis be on the archers. Establish that the troops in the cave get their information about when tho send out their infantry from the archers or scouts relaying info between the two. The episode already established that the arrows were an issue for dragon riders in the opening scene so the mission should be having the entire army start sailing to gain the archers attention while daemon sneaks up behind the archers. They're standing in a line with no armour so you could potentially film it in a believable way where he cuts them down before they can draw their swords and get a clear shot off. it would then be more believable to me that the crab feeder would send troops after daemon or that now a dragon could go and breath fire into the cave now that the threat of the archers is removed.
@tylerthomas7609 Жыл бұрын
Welcome to the Watch Marcus!
@g00se99 Жыл бұрын
I thought the action in HotD was the weakest element. Which speaks volumes for the story. The beach fighting scene didn't work for me at all. Bu I can easily overlook it because I liked the characters and the writing. The dragons were done spectacularly well.
@FBOConcrete Жыл бұрын
Hey new guy you did a good job keep it up bro
@ShieldWife Жыл бұрын
Great review guys. I do have one issue, which isn’t about the show or your review of it, but the description of the end of WWII. Japan was actually seeking a conditional surrender, but the USA and UK would only accept an unconditional surrender. This was a particularly terrible prospect for the Japanese because they have the world’s oldest dynasty and they feared that an unconditional surrender would cause them to lose it. So the options weren’t just between a bloody invasion or dropping nuclear bombs, but accepting a conditional surrender was also an option for the Allies which makes the mass murder of hundreds of thousands of civilians far more questionable. I do agree, though, about how bad the scene with Rhaenys was.
@dorvinion Жыл бұрын
There is also that the military advisors said not to do it but Truman's political advisors overruled them. It was a political decision, not a tactical military decision. Most of the leading Generals and Admirals who had charge of the European and Pacific wars are on record of having opposed it if they knew of the plan beforehand, or in the days/weeks shortly after when it became known just how destructive it was.
@zonefreakman Жыл бұрын
Everyone believes that only "the other side" are capable of propaganda and historical brainwashing, rather than their side or government being capable of it. It's a safety blanket. I've heard Shad say things like the bomb was necessary before, and I do wish he would read up a bit more about that.
@a.r.mproductions5616 Жыл бұрын
Yeah they wanted unconditional surrender because there was a lot of anger and emotions involved Pearl Harbor and all the island fighting. They felt that conditional surrender was worthless.
@ShieldWife Жыл бұрын
@@zonefreakman Yeah, I was taught the same thing growing up. If defeating the enemy faster is the justification for killing enemy civilians, then basically anything can be justified in war.
@dorvinion Жыл бұрын
@@a.r.mproductions5616 A conditional surrender is exactly what occurred despite the demand for unconditional surrender, and the dropping of the bombs. Publicly it was called unconditional, but privately, assurances were given regarding the status of the emperor.
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