Game Of Thrones fans the day has finally arrived since the very first episode of House Of The Dragon has indeed launched and well you all just knew that I was going to check out this episode the very first chance that I got. This is a show that i've been super excited to see and well let's just say that i'm little disappointed and so then join me as I give you my spoiler filled first impressions of the show that is the first piece of expanded media from the Game Of Thrones TV series with the series in question being called simply just "House Of The Dragon" enjoy.
The plot of this episode is nine years into the reign of King Viserys I Targaryen his brother finally shows his face in Westeros and a shocking choice is made. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad with this episodes plot doing a very good job of setting up alot of it's characters in ways that feel very naturel and organic in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this episode is Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen and Paddy Considine as King Viserys I Targaryen. Also starring in this episode is Rhys Ifans as Ser Otto Hightower , Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon , Eve Best as Princess Rhaenys Targaryen , Fabien Frankel as Ser Criston Cole , Sonoya Mizuno as Mysaria , Milly Alcock as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen , Sian Brooke as Queen Aemma Arryn , Emily Carey as Alicent Hightower , Michael Carter as King Jaehaerys I Targaryen and Graham McTavish as Ser Harrold Westerling.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. Which for a Game Of Thrones is to be expected and it's good to see that this series seems to be carrying n the tradition of having some very good acting in it's episodes in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Doing the CGI for this episode is Visualskies , MPC Episodic , Outpost VFX an the legends and the greats that are currently over at Pixomondo. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good but there was one or two very dodgy looking CGI shots which do stand out quite a mile in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
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To me this show thus far at least seems to be alot more like Game Of Thrones season one interms of it's directing but not interms of it's writing. Since even tho this episode is very well written it feels alot like the writing that we'd get in Game Of Thrones season five through to eight with scenes not really going anywhere for the vast majority of the episode and characters personalities not really being explained or even explored in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
I have to admit that so far this show seems to be repeating an awful lot of what was done in Game Of Thrones season one. Which I don't really mind since this is only the first episode but when you have alot of scenes in this episode that where done so much better in Game Of Thrones season one then you have to wonder why those scenes were even included in this very episode since all they serve to do is remind you of a much better product in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
If there's one thing that Game Of Thrones is famous for it's shocking deaths of characters however those deaths usually come a bit later on in the season. However this show kills of Queen Aemma Arryn within the first thirty five minuets to forty minuets of this first episode and as such her death looses all of it's emotional impact just because we really haven't had the time to form a connection with this character and as such I thing that this characters death as shocking as it is would have worked alot better if it happened in episode nine of this shows first season in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and two minuets and forty nine seconds. Which is a great amount of time for this episode to last since even tho the world that this show takes place in was already set up and established in Game Of Thrones it still has a whole bunch of characters to set and to establish and that's only something that can be done and done well due to this episodes long running time since it allows the episode to breathe and for the characters to be introduced in a more organic and naturel way in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
So now then since there is an awful lot of action in this episode that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode and well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured to us in this very episode was in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. Since this episodes action felt very raw which they do explain since they do say that the soldiers in this episode haven't been in a war and so they don't know how to fight properly which was a nice little addition to the story and to the action in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
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Overall this wasn't a bad first episode and so far this show does seem to be an awful lot better then Game Of Thrones season eight but that's not really saying all of that much in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very post and since this is only my first impressions of the show I won't be giving this show a rating since any show can have a good or bad first episode but I will do a review of this show at some point in the future.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post from the official Game Of Thrones fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful the official Game Of Thrones fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on freaking the official Game Of Thrones fandom wiki page are all fairly freaking high in freaking quality and as well as being very fairly freaking high in definition.