re: House of the Dragon S1E3--Official Thread; “Second of His Name”

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This show is missing a Tyrion Lannister. It's getting to be a soap opera/drama and the dialogue is lacking. It also feels relatively small compared to GOT. What I mean by that is we've been introduced to relatively few characters. Maybe it's due to the face that ASOIF is written from multiple perspectives. I'm not sure how the source material for this was written, but by Episode 3 of GOT, we've been introduced to: Ned Catlyn Rob Jon Sansa Arya Bran King Robert Cersei Jamie Joffrey Tyrion Tywin Little Finger Varys Jorah Daenerys Viserys Kal Drogo At this point in HOtD we've really only seen significant dialogue from: Viserys Alicent Rhaenyra Daemon Otto Corlys Criston Cole

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Word of advice, if you are expecting the same breadth and depth from the story built around the lore GRRM wrote to supplement his 3 decade magnum opus, I feel you are setting yourself up for disappointment for this or any future ASOIAF story.

And man, I hope they never adapt Dunk and Egg, I can’t imagine how much people will be whining about how everything feels so much smaller and lower stakes…

This part of the story, at its core, is a palace intrigue show and the overall work is about one family. Expecting the sprawling epic of the GoT is misplacing expectations.