I’m guessing some folks are show only watchers, so book readers should hide future spoilers when appropriate.

  • dornad@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I have not had a chance to watch the episode yet! I’ll have my breakdown ASAP!

    Great first episode! For me the “graphicness” of the GoT theme switcheroo joke didn’t land, but THIS was a great first introduction to our heroes. I felt that they were really faithful to the Novella and expanded in the best way possible.

    This would totally be a series that I would devour if they dropped the entire thing in one seating a-la Netflix, even more than HoTD.

    Observations

    • Lyonel Baratheon kicked so much ass. I think this show will excel in augmenting the supporting characters.
    • Having Dunk talk to the horses is a great way to translate his inner monologue from the written medium into the visual medium of the series.
    • I didn’t know I would appreciate The Antlered DRunk and The Laughin’ Storm together.

    Spoiler Zone

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    I like how they’re hinting at the ambiguity of Dunk not being knighted. It is not spelled right away.

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    I am also glad that there’s breadcrumbs about the fan theories from this era sprinkled thru the episode.

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    I am wondering how are they going to handle The Storm King’s Rebellion during Aegon’s reign if Daniel Ings is in his 40s

    • MimicJar@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      This would totally be a series that I would devour if they dropped the entire thing in one seating a-la Netflix, even more than HoTD.

      Most of the reviews of the show I’ve seen are from people who DID get all the episodes in advance. One thing they’ve mentioned and I expect to hold true is that 30min once a week might be a little slow. Luckily the stakes are overall so much lower that it hopefully won’t be so bad.

      (But I completely agree.)

    • MimicJar@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago
      Lyonel Baratheon spoilers

      I had only been thinking of Dunk and Egg novella spoilers, I completely forgot about “The World of Ice & Fire” spoilers.

      I have to imagine one of the 12 stories George has notes on involves more of that story.

      With the stuff they’ve already added that’s a much more interesting future story now.

  • MimicJar@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    4·
    3 months ago

    That was a great start to a series and to the story. I’m guessing it will be a divisive choice but cutting to Dunk taking a shit mid GoT theme was a brilliant choice. Made it clear from the start what the tone of the show is.

    Also the master of games was great, I don’t know if we’ll see much of that character again but he really owned the scene.

    Future Egg spoilers

    I thought the first episode would end with the Egg reveal. I figured that might be their big “Ah ha” moment that got people talking. I like the choice to end where it did, just letting Dunk and Egg be Knight and Squire and nothing more for the evening.

    Future Dunk spoilers

    I like how they’re handling Dunk not being knighted. Just Dunk saying something, cut to when that thing happened, but curiously not actually saying it happened.

    • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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      3 months ago

      That’s a good point about that scene. When it happened my reaction was “and why was that needed?!” But I can see your point. It was a strong counterpoint between the idealized gallantry of the nobility and the harsh, unpleasant nature of every day life for those further down the totem pole.