lordmorpheus2000 t1_j24n0na wrote on December 29, 2022 at 5:05 PM

Reply to comment by SilverSuferNorr in 2022 Was a Ridiculously Good Year for TV. These Are the Very Best Shows by colorfulnina

Haven’t seen Wednesday so can’t comment on that but HOTD isn’t overrated. Its not a masterpiece or anything like GoT S1-4 but its easily ten times better than anything in S5-8 and easily the best fantasy shows out of all the plethora of fantasy shows these days. Its pretty good imo. And a mostly faithful and respectful adaptation.

SilverSuferNorr t1_j24vru3 wrote on December 29, 2022 at 6:01 PM

I think HoTD easily beats Wednesday but the 2nd half drag. Wish they stayed with the beginning a little longer.

lordmorpheus2000 t1_j24wrqe wrote on December 29, 2022 at 6:07 PM

Second half drag? Bro they gave us so much backstory from like 20 pages! The first eight episodes before >!viserys’ death!< is like the prologue in dance of dragons and probably only like 20 pages. Its like a layout of the events leading up to it. And they translated it to screen pretty nicely. The real story of the dance of dragons begins after that and its pretty good we got the prologue since ryan and grrm wanted to do it and convinced hbo to. Hbo reportedly wanted to start the show right after >!viserys’ death!<

SilverSuferNorr t1_j24yp0a wrote on December 29, 2022 at 6:20 PM

Yup it drag. The best performances was of course Paddy. The rest was predictable. And I hate using that word but it was.

Predictable doesn't mean bad btw it was just things were literally falling into place with characters doing the most weirdest things seemingly to get themselves killed.

For instance, the one guy berating the King daughter in open court and not expecting to be killed? Wtf lol

So many instances of that nonsense. Nah first half was better and could had more development had they stuck with it more.