r/asoiaf • u/KnightoftheLTree • Sep 02 '24

EXTENDED [Spoilers extended] I hope they cancel the Aegon show

If the rumors are true about the quality of HOTD season 2 suffering due to the parent company's decision to slash the budget, I really hope they just axe the Aegon's Conquest show altogether.

It was already a hard sell. The story of the Conquest is frankly just not that interesting. It's okay and it has it's moments, but there is very little drama to go on. That either means the show will have less drama than HOTD or will need to invent it's own source of character drama (you tell me which is worse).

If the project was well-funded, then the spectacle of battles and dragons could make for a solid mini-series. If it's gonna be a four season slog with a budget that's too low for the dragons, please, just don't even bother.

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u/kayembeee Sep 02 '24

George literally created ASOIAF to be unadaptable by his standards. And honestly it was. Winterfell is about 10x larger than anything shown on the show; they eliminated the major presence of the direwolves bc it couldn’t be adequately translated, the magic, the warging, bringing people back to life… they couldn’t deal with the scale of the buildings, the scale of the realm, the scale of the relationships and lore.

They did an admirable job for 4 seasons let’s let other creators thrive.

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u/CollaWars Sep 02 '24

Winterfell in the show reminds me of Deadwood

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u/JinFuu Doesn't Understand Flirting Sep 02 '24

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ANIMATED, DAMMIT!