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SporadicSheep t1_iuaaqg1 wrote

Reply to comment by porchpooper in ‘House Of The Dragon’ Author George R.R. Martin Muses On The Many Ways The Series Could Have Started by HumanOrAlien

If you're going back that far you may as well just start with the conquest tbh.

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The_Brian t1_iuabn8c wrote

Have to think that, at some point, HBO is going to put the whole Targaryen dynasty on screen in some form or another.

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stomach t1_iuawpgy wrote

well, if the US doesn't melt down this november or the one in 2024 causing cascading economic catastrophes across the globe, halting most of what we consider societal normalcy, then yeah. i kinda think we'll see the whole targaryen dynasty on screen from HBO in some form or another [nervous laughter]

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Lizardchuckle t1_iuakrj8 wrote

The conquest would only really work for a mini series or something. The conquest is like 2 battles - 1 of which is essentially a trap where they very easily win. They breeze through everything because of dragons, Aegon wins over the admiration of everyone very easily, every minor conflict they instantly solve with dragons, the only campaign that is drawn out is Dorne and that's mostly them burning down empty castles because the Dorne's refuse to fight them.

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really-shiny-panties t1_iuano30 wrote

Whereas with Maegor the cruel…you got a clusterfucked situation where multiple factions have a single objective

SURVIVE!!!

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antonjakov t1_iuasivb wrote

i wish they would discuss maegor more - i think they should be more open to flashbacks. his story really highlights some of the topics that become relevant again with daemon and rhaenyra, like the second son complex and succession crises

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DisneyDreams7 t1_iubkzxq wrote

This is a dumb take. By this logic Breaking Bad could only work for a mini series since it is a simple plot which can be seen to a reasonable conclusion. If you have good writers, then you could make it into a full series

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