Completely forgot he was in that. I recognized him as Simon Ross from the Bourne movies.
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Completely forgot he was in that. I recognized him as Simon Ross from the Bourne movies.
THAT'S where I've seen him. Thanks! It's been driving me mad trying to remember. I should have just checked out Paddy's IMDB page.
I have to say I didn't really enjoy the time jump. Felt like we are starting the show over in some ways. 4 episodes left to do something special.
Yes! When I started the episode and quickly realized that a rather big (10 years I believe) jump happened I was quite upset. It isn't necessarily the jump itself, but how it went about without any sort of heads up.
Since the thread title already has *Spoilers*
I get that they must be playing the long game or doing some sort of plot twist, but I personally do not like the way they are going about Rhaenyra. I was loving her build up at the beginning of the show with her being different and not liking the "norm" and her best friend then preceding to follow the "norm" after it is in her interest. I guess I will have to see what ends up happening and seeing if Rhaenyra goes back to herself, because between this time jump and change of character I don't know how much longer I will watch the show.
I feel the same way. I've had a hard time enjoying the characters on quite the same level as GoT, but at least Rhaenyra was interesting. The time shift itself didn't bother me much, but I really hope we see something more from Rhaenyra than what we got from this last episode.
Exactly! Honestly with the time jump to the ages that they are supposed to represent now, we would have been better off with flashbacks highlighting the feelings towards each other rather than build up so much then just jump 10 years with (so far) not really any idea what happened. So now we are basically playing catch-up and fill in the blank when we would be doing that anyway if they just went the flashback route or maybe one episode dedicated to being a flashback explaining the main points.
Consider:
Beside that, the leap ahead 10 years is only something you would see in a 10 episode season, short changed again. A book would never do this, at least I don’t think so.
- The King (blond), the Queen (brunette)
- King’s kids blond.
- Rhaenyra (blond) and Husband (blond), Her boyfriend (brunette) accused/actual father.
- Rhaenyra’s kids brunette so far…
Beside that, the leap ahead 10 years is only something you would see in a 10 episode season, short changed again. A book would never do this, at least I don’t think so.
I remember reading somewhere that GRRM said in his world, dark or black hair is genetically dominant and blonde is recessive.Consider:
I understand this emphasis on hair color as it played a role in the previous series, but males don’t genetically control hair color in offspring do they? Maybe everyone in GoT thinks they do?
- The King (blond), the Queen (brunette)
- King’s kids blond.
- Rhaenyra (blond) and Husband (blond), Her boyfriend (brunette) accused/actual father.
- Rhaenyra’s kids brunette so far…
Beside that, the leap ahead 10 years is only something you would see in a 10 episode season, short changed again. A book would never do this, at least I don’t think so.
But also, in the books, I believe the Hightowers have silver/blonde hair.
Consider:
I understand this emphasis on hair color as it played a role in the previous series, but males don’t genetically control hair color in offspring do they? Maybe everyone in GoT thinks they do?
- The King (blond), the Queen (brunette)
- King’s kids blond.
- Rhaenyra (blond) and Husband (blond), Her boyfriend (brunette) accused/actual father.
- Rhaenyra’s kids brunette so far…
Beside that, the leap ahead 10 years is only something you would see in a 10 episode season, short changed again. A book would never do this, at least I don’t think so.
I wouldn't be surprised they were only budgeted or it was only supposed to be one season and based off the reviews and viewership of the series, a second season was given the green light.
I can think of a couple of books that have time jumps in there, they weren't ten years worth of jumps, but one was a few years... I haven't read any of the GOT books so I don't know if they do or not. It doesn't sound like it from your comment.
No time jumps in GOT and the books were nice and fat. A time jump can work, let’s say they want to show what led up to something else, we frequently try see this in movies, frequently shown as a flashback, but what happened in this show feels like it was just warming up and then a tme jump, which gives me dejavu to the GOT show which felt more like an outline line when compared to the books. As good as HBO‘s GOT was, it still felt short changed, combined with that horrible final. 🤢
For HoD, it feels to me with just 10 episodes to play with, that not enough happened to have wasted half the season with a prequel. 🤔
I have a feeling they, being the show runners, felt it wasn't enough either, hence the time jump. I wonder if they knew they would be getting two seasons upfront, if the time jump would have happened. They could have played out this season with all of the characters and the time jump could have occurred at the start of season two.
The time jumps are jarring, but we've barely scratched the surface of Dance of the Dragons. I think there's enough source material there for 3+ seasons. I just hope they don't rush the good stuff later.
I was worried about the change in lead actresses but I've been pleasantly surprised. Especially in Emma.
Next episode's trailer looks intriguing and I want to know what happened to the now missing Vhagar!
Next episode's trailer looks intriguing and I want to know what happened to the now missing Vhagar!
Driftmark Episode 7- Some significant events yet the story felt like it dragged to me. I’m not yet vested.
Driftmark Episode 7- Some significant events yet the story felt like it dragged to me. I’m not yet vested.
What... this was a great episode! We are on board! Can't wait to see the warring (even if it is the of the word kind) between ALL of the families. I have a feeling we are going to lose one or more of the characters by the end of the season!
A case where “artistic dark” is not necessarily better.
So what did we learn from this week’s episode? Don’t attend any family get togethers. You will either literally get your face smashed in, be scared for life or someone will steal your dragon!
Episode 7 was an all timer for me. Up there with the great GoT episodes.Driftmark Episode 7- Some significant events yet the story felt like it dragged to me. I’m not yet vested.
I noticed it was dark but I didn’t lose much/any detail in my picture. Made me feel good about my calibration settings.
The Long Night was almost unwatchable for me. Had to rewatch on my iPhone that had an OLED screen. Though it was better when it finally released in 4K HDR years later.
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Since I'm beyond fascinated with the dragons, especially Vhagar, these were fun media finds. Be sure and watch full screen.
Oddly, this episode was filmed in broad daylight, and then a filter was applied over it. The Long Night was filmed at night. That probably makes a big difference in the way lighting was applied to actors’ faces.
That scene with Rhaenyra and Daemon on the beach, I couldn't make out any faces or expressions. Just two black outlines walking along.
Just watched tonight’s latest episode. Have to say how sharp is Damien’s sword? Razor sharp. Also the special effects for the ageing king we’re superb. He really looked at deaths door.
However shouldn’t Damian be getting a bit older?
However shouldn’t Damian be getting a bit older?
I'm convinced both Ser Crispin and Daemon have portraits in their attics.
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