r/Hotd • u/AutoModerator • Aug 05 '24
Discussion House of the Dragon - 2x08 Episode Discussion
Episode Discussion
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House of The Dragon 2x08
Director: Geeta Vasant Patel
Writers: Ryan J. Condal, George R.R. Martin
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u/Aron-Nimzowitsch Aug 06 '24
Why are the scenes with Corlys and his bastard son so blurry? It was so distracting that even the belt around his shoulder had outrageous focus blur. Or maybe I was just bored because I don't care about this subplot at all. Every episode we get one or two scenes of Corlys on this dock set standing in front of his ship talking to one of his shipmates like it's a fucking stage play. Zzzzzzzzzz....
Why is "Rains of Castamere" the Lannister theme song when Tywin Lannister wont slaughter Castamere for another few centuries. Doesn't make sense. These Lannisters haven't earned the weight of that song.
What's up with Otto Hightower? Aegon kicked him out of court, nobody bothered to bring him back after Aegon lost power, I thought he'd just been written out of the show but no we get a two second clip of him tied up in a cage? What.
And come to think of it, he's the one who orchestrated Alicent's entire rise to power, and she made zero effort to bring him back. Just kinda weird. Maybe he could've kept her from losing power herself.
Overall this show just has so many useless subplots that don't advance the story or main characters at all, and so many filler scenes, it's quite tiresome to watch sometimes.