House of the Dragon - Time jumps (No Spoilers)

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I am 8 episodes into this one

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keep watching

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Has there been talk of this being a one off series?

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Will return in two years

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Time jumps have me not really giving a frick about any of the characters too.

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This isn't the show for you if you don't like any of the characters, it has been fantastic.

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Time jumps have me not really giving a frick about any of the characters too.

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I found them incredibly distracting, especially with the swapping of actresses. Once you get past that and used to the new ones then it flows better.

This show is an example of sub par filmmaking and production paired with good writing (for the most part) and interesting story development. It made me appreciate what DnD did with the first 5 seasons of GOT, because they were excellent producers. They just sucked at story telling, which showed after they passed up the books. If they were showrunners on this one but allowing Martin to oversee the story and writing the this show would have been so much better.

It's a good enough show, but it is very flawed.

WTF kind of frickery arse nastiness did Viserys have?

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Midget Death Squad

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I would ask why are you getting down voted for speaking the truth but there are posters here who think this show does no wrong. It has plot holes and pacing issues but don't tell them that. It's not a bad show, but is flawed as you say.

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House of the Dragon - Time jumps

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yep, it became mostly unwatchable for me for that reason alone, one scene a child is born, come back after a commercial break and the child is now 30 yrs old and getting married or becoming the new queen.

it matters not how careful you are to never miss a second of anything and you are still lost trying to follow and unfollowable story line jumping 15-20 years ahead constantly

Another issue with the time jumps is that:

Rhaenarya
Aemond
Lucerus
Laenor
Laena
Viserys

All very aged by time jumps

Alicent - aged very slightly ( I realize it is a different actress...she just looks like a slightly older version of the young Alicent)


Otto
Daemon
Corlys

No aging at all

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it matters not how careful you are to never miss a second of anything and you are still lost trying to follow and unfollowable story line

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Maybe you are, others were able to follow along just fine

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jumping 15-20 years ahead constantly

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The whole first season spans 20 years, where were they jumping ahead 20 years constantly?

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It also make things fairly confusing when trying to keep up with the characters and who is whom.

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I knew there were time jumps coming so I paid attention...they go out of their way to use the new actors name immediately to let you know its them

My big takeaway is that it seems like to continue a HotD show they will have to jump time to a whole new generation...eventually getting us to Daenerys' story


ETA: People downvote on this site if your comment isn't completely aligned with their thought

Yeah I guess I need to watch the last two before making that comment.

I got panned in another thread but a lot the characters completely flip-flopped in personality and motives with the time jumps. I get that people change with age, but it takes you out of the story when this happens. Rhaenyra kinda sucked and Alicent was great and then it flipped. Now I don't care for either. Hard to like a show when you can't pull for any sides. At least for me it is.