...a precedent set by GoT/GRRM/ASOIAF...and HBO for footing the bill, but they made enough bank to pay John Oliver... everyone is happy...

The sets in England are mind blowing!

I think I recognise some of the natural scenery, and I did hear they were filming some scenes there.

@@datgrrl5698 this show is way bigger than got. if you rewatch got, especially the first four seasons, they look like soap operas compared to this

@@datgrrl5698is that an HBO joke or am I slow

Frrrr

Absolutely loved this scene man

Baela is quickly becoming a favourite character of mine, she's so fuckin cool

Best scene of the episode. The Velaryons always deserved more screen time.

@@ade9499 baela and Rhaena are Targaryens

Alicent kinda sucks this season ngl. She just belittles and undermines her children at every moment instead of trying to help them.

She's not figuring out what Aemond had done (at least not *just* that). She's thinking everything she's done was for nothing. She sabotaged Rhaenyra's ascension for her son just so she herself would be put on the side because of her sex the same way she did Rhaenyra.

@@guisas123 Which means she was only doing this for personal power and doesn't give a shit about her kids. Horrible mother.

@@SuperCrow02Yeah no shit she’s not a perfect person

@@SuperCrow02 well one son is a rapist and the other is a murderer so yeah she hates who they have grown up to become. It doesn’t make her any less responsible… but yeah she hates them

Yeah shes a cool character. Its honestly a shame she killed all those people in 109 and never had to face much consequence for it because barring that, her character arc wouldve been top tier

@@ajandu_marvelshe doesn’t do that in the books. To be fair, she couldn’t leave her dragon behind with war looming either

@@ajandu_marvel She died. What consequences would you want for her, to die again? And as much as I hate how much the small folk weren't even seen as an afterthought, this is literally a war. Over 900 people died in total because of the battle of Rook's Rest. Who's going to take consequences for that? Come on now.

@@EmpressJusticeTarot you’re acting like they couldn’t have written in some consequences in the five hours of content they had between her doing what she did and her going to rooks rest. Come on now.

@@dshepherd107the books are vague and from third party narratives. The show has a lot of freedom to play with in context

Troooo

@@marsonfill They don't know why they originally hated each other, but they've treated each other badly enough to make them hate each other for those reasons currently

his character is like 15. Thats already very young😄

Wales seems to be beautiful.❤

Yep. It was just tagged on at the end to no great effect. We needed to see Rhaena’s reaction given her upcoming arc with Sheepstealer.

We seen no reaction from anyone this show sucks at it

@@ade9499 Sheepstealer is Nettles dragon. Morning is Rhaena’s dragon

​@monie3558 they might give rhaena nettle's storyline

Matt smith is GOAT

He's a great actor, but in my opinion, he's given one of the weaker performances ever since the show started. Emma, Rhys, Paddy, Olivia, Tom, Eve... all put him to shame. All make him look not as engaging. Though I suspect it's because the writers hate Daemon and want him to be a villain. That may affect his acting.

made so much sense when they pulled him out, I went back and forth in my mind that it was the corpse of Rhaenys but not showing the people of Kings Landing his burnt body was a nice touch!the end scene is a bit cool though, thinking they can get new riders!

@@johnbernhardtsen3008 Unfortunately, seeing how her dragon crashed down on her back, and Rhaenys was belted in, there won't have been much of her left under there,

Yeah when Sunfyre falls out of the sky you can see him angle himself to fall on his (injured) stomach to protect Aegon from the fall showing how much the dragons care for their riders

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Your country is absolutely gorgeous!

That’s why I always laugh when people complain about it looking bad or the show I lazy about costumes or whatever. Like yes, characters will wear the same clothes in multiple scenes, but the amount of detail that goes into every piece of clothing is great. Like people were saying Aegons armor looked bad, and people can have opinions. But watching the people that built it talk about the process and thought behind it makes me respect the outcome a lot more. I really wish everyone would watch these behind the scenes episodes cause they really show just how hard these people work

@@maggierappa417 They would still trash it. People don't care bro. Just look how much effort almost anything takes! Plus they seem so passionate. The only thing I can complain about is some of the dialogue. Like the characters would never say that or how is it so cringe

😂😂😂

they messed her up tho😭😭

@@bellaorman2870 wdym? 😬

@@demymon they messed alyssa’s character up. she has heterocromia one blue eye and one green and golden blonde hair.

Yup. She was beautiful, how I imagine a Valyrian princess would be. However, Daemon has some issues. Serious issues. And so does Aemond. I mean, I know Aegon is gonna make me hate him in the future but rn I feel for him. Also, the final showdown between Daemon and Aemond is gonna be just awesome- probably two of the darkest characters in the whole show going head to head in a deathmatch. I can't wait to see that scene.

​@@bellaorman2870 I think she appeared like this to Daemon bc he doesn't remember show she looked like, he was too young when she died

LETSGOOOOO "When the Hammer shall fall upon the dragon, a new king shall arise, and none shall stand before him."

That scene between him and his wife was a showcase for some quite powerful writing and acting.

I love his actor so much in Warrior, but his character hasn't shown much "character" so far. Hopefully he switches it up next episode.

Sadly, this episode was heavily inconsistent. Very weak. And not only because it's a cool down episode, as the shallow like to masquerade it as, but just an overall weak one for the show. The editing at the end of the episode was just messy and downright pissed me off.

@@Δ-Δ-Δ-Δ What a load of absolute bollocks lol overreacting much? lol

@@marksaunders3723 I disagree.

@@Δ-Δ-Δ-Δ Nah, mate. Disagree all you want, but you're still full of it! lol

@@marksaunders3723 👍

They don’t care who the dragon. It’s just the fact they killed a dragon when the common folk basically see them as gods. Remember that Targaryens are seen as higher than anyone in Westeros and so are the dragons.

@@MT-xq4km No? The dragons are not seen as gods in Westeros and the theory of Targaryen "specialness" was believed buy no one and was used as justification for the to marry each other

@@andreascovano7742 are you deaf? Someone literally says they thought the dragons were god in that scene. 💀 The common folk aren’t sad, they’re shocked and scared cause they see this as a bad omen

@@MT-xq4km Yeah, and it's BS lore wise. That is why the show is shit. You can't use the show to self justify itself.

@@andreascovano7742 what makes you thinks it’s bs lore wise. George R R Martin never disproved it and it makes sense anyway 🤷‍♀️ Targaryens were definitely seen as special. It literally says so in Fire and Blood.

Cost cutting measures surely

Right at the start, just a very short scene of Corlys alone mourning Rhaenys. And later when he is contemplating over the hand of the queen pin.

Because they don't have the space to keep a set that big standing for one scene in season 2. They had to build a complete Harrenhal set and increase the size of Dragonstone. I thought that would be obvious! Way to reveal you have no idea how production works on these shows...jeez!

OMG.... that's right. What am I missing here.....plz don't tell me no one bothered to check this

Watch the Dracarys scene again-- at 10:38 see how Aegon lifts his left arm to protect himself, while Sunfyre turns his head to protect Aegon's right side, and the left side gets exposed to the dragonfire.

Because South Africa doesn't resemble medieval Europe.

@@marksaunders3723 Fair enough, but although the ASOIAF universe was based on medieval Europe, it still isn't actually medieval Europe. It's a fictional universe, and King's Landing certainly isn't like London in any way. South Africa could certainly work for some locations. I wish they'd used it for Dorn in Game of Thrones, for example.

@@queenlilaerys13 South Africa doesn't have castles still standing that can still be used and the European climate. And Spain is a lot closer and a lot cheaper than SA as a stand-in for Dorne. GRRM based Westeros on medieval Britain and Europe, so why would they film in SA, that clearly doesn't resemble it in any way?

@@marksaunders3723 There is at least one castle still standing, and as far as I'm aware they don't always film at actual castles. Again, whether it was based on medieval Britain or not, it's still a fictional world with fictional countries, and they don't do most filming in Britain anyway. But yeah, Spain would potentially be cheaper. I could still see it working though, but we can agree to disagree.

@@queenlilaerys13 Actually, nearly all the filming is in the UK. The studio interiors are at Leavesden in Watford, most exterior stuff has filmed in Wales, Cornwall, Hertfordshire and the Lake District and they do actually use certain castles for battlement scenes. Caceres in Spain is King's Landing. SA just doesn't have the right look and now would look completely out of place as a Westeros stand-in and far too expensive. Sorry.

Wtf for?!!! lol

Aegon the Conquerer had a set during the Conquest, so they had that one set at the beginning of their Reign over Westeros in book canon at least, dunno if Aegon II was meant to have that same set or not

@@Imsohighrightnow2 Nope, in book cannon Aegon had a Valyrian steel circlet (little tiara-like crown). Euron Greyjoy has the only known set of Valyrian steel armor. It's a big deal because, just like the swords, the upgrade is a destabilizing advantage to the bearer. If the Targaryens had such armor, It would have been written about just like Dark Sister and Blackfyre. Rhaegar would have worn it at the Trident. It might have given him the winning edge over Robert Baratheon.

@@the_rzh Well, the armour exists in show canon, mate, and you're the only person i've seen complaining about it. Even the hardcore book fan channels haven't complained about it lol Way to nitpick, champ.

Except the Dance of Dragons has virtually no 1 v 1s, apart from the Cargyll fight. Most of it is big set piece battles and dragon fights, so i'd lower your expectations, mate.