shrikar-v

A vapid rendition from all the actors, the writers continue to underwhelm by watering down key characters, focusing on pointless details while glossing over opportunities to develop characters in meaningful ways. The show is directed like a day time drama rather than in the vein of Game of Thrones. It ranges mostly from boring to slow burn to underwhelming.

Everything feels awfully dragged out. This show somehow manages to even make dragons boring. The actors all make the flowery language seem extremely foreign and it all comes off as quite fake.

Matt Hardy is wildly one dimensional as Daemon while Rhaenyra's portrayal is tepid and uninspiring. There was really no need to be watering down GRRM's Rhaenyra by making her seem forgiving and craving peace the whole time.

Honestly, with so much production value, there needs to be better directing to get the most out of the show. There are so many pointless, empty scenes and lines that add nothing to the drama and the story development. I feel like I watch 20 minutes worth of content for an hour.. and I don't get why.. are they lacking a screenplay? Or is the director failing to deliver the slow burn effect they're going for?

I think the last 3 episodes especially seem especially dragged out. There are all these scenes of Daemon brooding or saying strange things, I understand that they want to convey he is war mongering but I think we need better writing..

What a dull affair, not to mention underacted and overproduced.

To begin a season expecting us to just automatically be invested in the future of these rather dull characters was.. confident to say the least. It was so melodramatic and hardly possessed the depth to warrant it. I found myself perpetually bored.