I think the dance of the dragons takes place over 2 years so there will only be very slight aging with the characters at this point with the children maybe seeing some growth from season to season
I could see them doing 1 more time skip, but not as long of one, like 1 year. After the storming of the dragon pit and subsequent happening which i won't type here.
Yeah, that would make sense. I don't think we'll see recasting in the same way to age folks up though.
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I think the dance of the dragons takes place over 2 years so there will only be very slight aging with the characters at this point with the children maybe seeing some growth from season to season
I hear you, but I think they can get around that with the actors they now, sort of like they did with Emily Carey and Mily Alock in the first half the season.
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this should happen in hotd going forward also as characters get spread out and conflicts are waged in different locations . if you liked that then you'll probably enjoy future seasons
I'm guessing the first season being strictly a setup piece for the war was a conscious decision by HBO after the backlash from GOT. Cheap to produce compared to GOT that shot all over the world, and if HOTD tanked they could pull the plug without wasting too much money. Now that it's a hit I'm thinking the budget for season 2 onwards is going to be much higher
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I'm guessing the first season being strictly a setup piece for the war was a conscious decision by HBO after the backlash from GOT. Cheap to produce compared to GOT that shot all over the world, and if HOTD tanked they could pull the plug without wasting too much money. Now that it's a hit I'm thinking the budget for season 2 onwards is going to be much higher
from what i've listened to of the audio book, it will need to be lol
I'm guessing the first season being strictly a setup piece for the war was a conscious decision by HBO after the backlash from GOT. Cheap to produce compared to GOT that shot all over the world, and if HOTD tanked they could pull the plug without wasting too much money. Now that it's a hit I'm thinking the budget for season 2 onwards is going to be much higher
It was hilarious how often CGI and set pieces were reused; the stairs of Dragonstone might have a co-star credit.
It was hilarious how often CGI and set pieces were reused; the stairs of Dragonstone might have a co-star credit.
They shot that in 'the Volume', which is the new tech that Lucasfilm spearheaded during Mando Season 1. Strange New Worlds has done something similar with their use of the screen projection vs blue screen etc.
And I agree with the Dance starting properly, we'll likely be moving around locations more around Westeros. For instance, Jace was sent to treat with both the Vale and North. Daemon mentioned Harrenhal etc.
Finally got around to watching this show. Utterly brilliant. Superior to almost every season of GoT. If not always in storytelling, then certainly in authenticity, look and feel. The amount of scheming and double crossing is quite impressive. I think I might even say it’s superior to the source material. So many good performances too. They better not #### this up like they did GoT.
It actually got better as the season progressed. The only misstep was the episode with nonsensical battle in the stepstones with Mankind.
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I don't think it will be too relevant to House of the Dragon, but I'd say it is 50/50 that it will ever come out. Same for Patrick Rothfuss and the third book of his Kingkiller trilogy- which is kind of a similar situation. Last book in both series came out in 2011 and fans are completely fed up with the delays. The cynical side of me is speculating that it is hard to put in the time and effort needed for these kinds of novels when you now have so much success, fame, and opportunities elsewhere (for easier work).
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I don't think it will be too relevant to House of the Dragon, but I'd say it is 50/50 that it will ever come out. Same for Patrick Rothfuss and the third book of his Kingkiller trilogy- which is kind of a similar situation. Last book in both series came out in 2011 and fans are completely fed up with the delays. The cynical side of me is speculating that it is hard to put in the time and effort needed for these kinds of novels when you now have so much success, fame, and opportunities elsewhere (for easier work).
I'll put money down on it being finished posthumously.
Only when his drafts and scribblings arounds the book conclusion come into the possession of someone else will the thing finally be finished.
Beyond the fame and easier work thing, it feels like grrm weaved too complex of a web in that series to figure out a neat ending that redeems the show ending and he probably just grew beyond it. It's like anything that we started and only half finished 1-2 decades ago and try to revisit, but we can't recapture whatever vision we had for it at the time.
It's also a really really good book. Although FWIW, I also loved the appendices at the back of the LOTR books, so maybe it's just for lore hounds.
Follows the Targaryen family through multiple generations (way more than the show), with tons of surrounding details.
I really enjoyed the audio book. The narrator/narration made me feel like I was getting a history lesson in Oldtown.
Made for a fun couple of days where every one had to suffer listening to a old frail guy's voice describing death and destruction in a nonchalant manner.
