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I agree that all those classic 80s/90s thrillers with quality directing, casting, art, and really good practical effects (Predator, Alien, Aliens, Blade Runner, etc.) have an immersion that is difficult to recreate these days. CGI tends to immediately give the message 'this isn't real'.

Yea, it was really hyped up. I saw it maybe 2 weeks after it came out ? I don't recall. Overall I had a good time but felt that it dragged in parts. I was in late middle school. Don't remember exactly how old. In retrospect the prequels were better than what came after, even though at the time they were heavily criticized for not being as good as the original trilogy.

I wouldn't be surprised if the kid had a place in the lore. I have the book now and as described by others it's very different from a Song of Ice and Fire. It is like GRRM's version of the Simarillion, a history book with little prose. I read the wikia for Fire and Blood last night. It surprises me that Alicent is actually a main character. So far she is lightweight as you say. The aged up version (Olivia Cooke) is actually an antagonist of the story. So far the young version seems more like a side character. Lord C, Otto Hightower, Sir Cole are also supposed to be main characters (instead of the side characters they appear to be now). I guess we'll see if the showrunners manage to develop them properly. My personal favorite scene of Ep 4 was the reconciliation right at the start and Daemon's conversations after that. It was touching. But unfortunately, it didn't last. Not the biggest fan of what happened afterwards but the audience seems to have liked the episode.

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Downloaded a copy of "Fire and Blood" book 1. I want to know more lol.

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Episode 5 might be Milly's last episode before she is replaced with an aged up version. After checking the Fire and Blood book, it looks like Season 1 will use up to 7 chapters. The first 11 chapters for some reason has been skipped by the showrunners. After Season 1, there are only 5 chapters left. My guess is that Season 2 will finish book 1, and maybe some more. It is unclear if they will use the first half of the book for season 3 or skip it entirely.

I watched episode 4 HOD. Weaker episode than 1-3. Well directed but didn't like the story as much. I feel like the intrigue in this one is too cliche and simple. Not really up to GRRM standards IMHO. The focus remains on the Targareans. in looking at the Fire and Blood book it appears that Season 1 is actually taken from the halfway point of book 1. This is odd to me. This means that there is a massive time skip that doesn't cover the first half of the book and the pre-history to what we see here. I don't know if they are going to ignore all of that or they will cover that in a later season. Seems out of order. Maybe they chose to do the 2nd half of the book because it was better for filming.

I watched episode 4 HOD. It's a well directed episode with good production values but I liked it less than Episodes 1-3. I was expecting an episode that could expand more on the other characters but the focus remains squarely on the Targareans and their problems. Like in previous episodes, King V continues to be a bad king, not really knowing what's going on and continuing to drag out his issues with his daughter. He is really slow at keeping up with politics. The stuff that happens in this episode is also somewhat cliche', and at this point dwelling on Princess R's/King V's issues is getting somewhat repetitive. Hopefully episode 5 will not be a continuation of this. The Actress that plays Lady Alicent is decent but not good enough for dramatic chops. Daemon remains interesting as he continues to be an unhinged badboy.

Also it seems like the Crab leader This story moves at lighting speed, and the characters are pretty much supporting background for the leading characters.

I never saw their procedures, of course all three girls are older now. Honestly I can barely tell a difference. Megan Williams looks very similar to how she did years ago. Nadine looks a bit more mature but is still perfect, same with Scarlett. Scarlett was more baby faced when she started.

@Stromboli1 are you caught up too with the show?

I'm giving the show a bit of chance with the characters as it's only been 3 episodes. But the problem is that the book is a lore/history type book and not a real, highly character-centric prose book like a Song of Ice of fire. It is probably missing GRRM's quality dialogue. It takes some time for the side characters to grow. \ Have you noticed how the characters in Fire and Blood are kind of repeats of GOT? Alt Shift X spots them. Lord C has some resemblance to Tywin but is different. Robert Baratheon like King V are both bad kings with problems. Princess R is like Arya stark. GRRM, in an interview said that he was disappointed that HBO did not do a proper King's Hunt in Season 1 and we get a big one in Fire and Blood. A negative aspect, which is part of its narrow scope, is that the show is REALLY fast. Years pass between episodes. The timeline has multi-year jumps. The makeup artists did a good job in aging up all the characters. Milly gets older and older and Matt Smith gets more and more wrinkles. His lover even gets small wrinkles too and looks older. She is the only bad actress that I detected in the show, but she has a beautiful face.

Both movies are pretty good. Predator 1 is a classic, a perfect film.

are you still not a fan of Matt Smith? TBH I like his acting, I think he's a good lead character. I also like Milly Alcock. It sucks that she will be replaced with an 'older' and less attractive actress in later episodes. King V is very well acted as is Lord C. I am caught up with the show after a terribly stressful week, the worst week for me in some time. I rate Ep 1-3 a 4.5 out of 5 stars, with Game of Thrones S1 being 6 out 5 (unicorn status). The show as I mentioned before is much more narrow, few iconic characters, serious instead of funny/serious and much less ambitious than GOT. Outside of the leads so far the rest of the cast have disappeared into the background. But is very well written, directed, and has great visuals. Really quite elegant. Seems to be a blend of a lot of real props and CGI. The original GOT S1 had more real props. Without knowing the book, I think King V will get killed somehow. He is the archetypical compassionate but weak king. And he is extremely depressed and moody, which does not bold well while he faces his ambitious court. Looking forward to Episode 4 tonight. the Alt Shift X episodes 1-3 are very good and give additional info,and show how Fire and Blood repeats archetypes established in the original. Same Same but different. @Matt! what do you think of the Show ep 1-3 so far?

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Beautiful girl and a good actress in house of the dragon!

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