House of the Dragon (GoT prequel)

[Fez909]

Might as well have a thread on this as it's bound to be a biggie.

Bit more info from the man himself has come out since the last bit of news (including the likely name): 11 Very Interesting New Details About The "Game Of Thrones" Prequel That George R. R. Martin Just Revealed

Sounds like it could be decent. But it'll probably be a disappointment

Apparently it's already filming.

 

[moochedit]

Been cancelled according to various news sites. One below:

Mirror Online: 'Troubled' Game of Thrones prequel with Naomi Watts is binned and won't be aired.
'Troubled' Game of Thrones prequel with Naomi Watts is binned and won't be aired

 

[Orang Utan]

Game of Thrones Long Night Prequel Show Cancelled By HBO

 

[moochedit]

Also slightly off topic but the star wars films that the GOT producers were going to make are cancelled.

The Guardian: Game of Thrones creators Benioff and Weiss drop Star Wars movies for Netflix.
Game of Thrones creators Benioff and Weiss drop Star Wars movies for Netflix

 

[Orang Utan]

Also slightly off topic but the star wars films that the GOT producers were going to make are cancelled.

good. it needs to stop now. too much content. this is what Scorsese meant when he said the Marvel movies weren't cinema.

 

[skyscraper101]

Shite

 

[moochedit]

good. it needs to stop now. too much content. this is what Scorsese meant when he said the Marvel movies weren't cinema.

Agreed. I will watch the new star wars film when it comes out but i don't have very high expectations for it.

I would think the "suits" are probably a bit nervous about the backlash both GOT and Star Wars have had recently. Both these cancelled projects were green lit before the backlashes started.

 

[moochedit]

After killing off "the long night" hbo announce "the house of the dragon"....

Screen Rant: Game of Thrones: Targaryen Prequel Show Coming To HBO Max.
Game of Thrones: Targaryen Prequel Show Coming To HBO Max

 

[moochedit]

First teaser trailer for house of the dragon released...

 

[moochedit]

August 22nd release date (uk date - one day earlier in US)....

Game of Thrones spin-off House of the Dragon to be released in August

There's not long until the first GoT spin-off hits our screens!

www.digitalspy.com

 

[moochedit]

Another trailer...

 

[moochedit]

And yet another trailer...

 

[platinumsage]

I've just seen the LOTR prequel trailer too, can't decide which will be best or worst, or whether either of them will be any good.

 

[Orang Utan]

Looks a bit wiggy

 

[moochedit]

I've just seen the LOTR Prequel trailer too, can't decide which will be best or worst, or whether either of them will be any good.

I think with LOTR i'll wait until whole series is out and then see what the internet thinks about it to help me decide whether to bother or not.

 

[moochedit]

I hope HOTD doesn't turn out to be the "phantom menace" of the GOT universe * fingers crossed it's good *

 

[donkyboy]

TLOTR trailers look boring, tbh. I've only seen the first movie and bits and pieces of the other two. Never sat down for a full viewing. Not sure I'm going to be sat there watching the series

HOTD, I will give it a go since I was a big GOT fan-though once the show ended, all my interest in the show ended immediately with it.

 

[Me76]

I'm excited.

I got into GoT late, so series 6 was the first one I watched live after catching up.

It's not my preferred way of watching things as I like to binge and not have a week in between, but once you're in on something as big as that was you kind of have to otherwise you are excluded from so many conversations.

I would imagine this will be the same for the first couple of weeks at least. If it's shit and reaction is poor then I can save it up.

 

[moochedit]

I think i would be more excited for HOTD if there hadn't been so many other shows to occupy me this year like better call saul, westworld, star trek picard and strange new worlds, bobba fett, obi wan, ozark and peaky blinders (although i wasn't impressed with how the last 2 ended).

Also Star Wars Andor starts not long after HOTD begins.

Got S8 i was counting the days left

Still hope HOTD is good.

 

[platinumsage]

Apparently this will be “woke” because it won’t have much nudity or sex.

 

[moochedit]

Apparently this will be “woke” because it won’t have much nudity or sex.

Later seasons of GOT toned down the sex/nudity compared to the earlier seasons so not totally surprised by that.

Will lose them some viewers though

 

[moochedit]

6 days to go Hope it's good as I need something to fill the gap in my life since better call saul, westworld and strange new worlds have all finished!

 

[moochedit]

Empire give it 3 out of 5 stars based on the first 6 episodes they've seen

House Of The Dragon: Season 1

HBO's Game Of Thrones prequel series follows the Targaryen family as it approaches civil war in Westeros. Read the Empire review.

www.empireonline.com

 

[Steel Icarus]

I'm worried it's going to be rubbish. The Targaryens have never really interested me all that much and once you've seen one dragon...but we'll see.
I twigged fairly early on with GoT that it was heavily influenced by some actual history but I'm not sure what this bit will relate to.

 

[Orang Utan]

I’m here for the wigs and terrible dialogue

 

[moochedit]

The Guardian review is more positive than empire. 4 out of 5. Although it does contain a few minor spoilers...

House of the Dragon first look review – this epic Game of Thrones prequel is a roaring success

The long-awaited follow-up to the fantasy drama is here – and it’s every bit as great as its predecessor in its heyday. It’s fun, fantastic-looking and seems set to get us hooked all over again

www.theguardian.com

 

[moochedit]

By the way any chance of a thread rename editor or Lazy Llama ? (As it is now called "house of the dragon" not "longest night".) Cheers

 

[moochedit]

Cheers Lazy Llama

 

[ska invita]

Game of Thrones was great when it was based directly on George Martin's stories, but became a lot less so at the end when his stories ran out and they had to make it up themselves - still watchable but nowhere near as good. That's my expectations for this show

 

[Me76]

Set up to record.

In all my other favourite series I save them up to binge watch

With this, like when I caught up with GoT at series 6 I will be watching on the Monday. I'm quite excited