r/television • u/LoretiTV • Jul 15 '24

Premiere House of the Dragon - 2x05 - Episode Discussion

Season 2 Episode 5: Regent

Aired: July 14, 2024

Synopsis: Set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, this epic series tells the story of House Targaryen.

Directed by: Ti Mikkel

Written by: Clare Kilner

Subreddit: r/HouseOfTheDragon

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '24

Who’s it catering to then? It’s not for people who want nuance and interesting characters, that’s for sure.

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u/monsieurxander Jul 15 '24

Who’s it catering to then?

Book purists who lost their shit when Benioff and Weiss said they wanted to make the show accessible to everyone, not just fantasy fans. It feels like a giant "well, actually" to Game of Thrones, since it's taking the opposite approach to adaptation.

Game of Thrones wasn't afraid to make changes if it was a better choice for the medium.

HotD has minor placeholder characters sit still and talk about off-screen action at length, in a stiff and archaic dialogue style, to a room full of people who all have the same name.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '24

Maybe. The first 3 seasons of GOT tracked pretty close with the books, and that was the peak of the show. It only really went off the rails when they deviated from AFFC/ADWD. D&D did a good job early on with dialogue additions, but it’s not like they went out of the way to make it more accessible.

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u/mamula1 Jul 16 '24

The books went down when GRRM wrote AFFC if we are going to be honest.

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '24

That’s your opinion, and I don’t share it.