After long hesitation, I decide to give this a dry. The show is alright. All the familiar trophes and characterizations from GoT are there: b*****d children, s*x and violence. There are just some things that bother me, which lower the score.
First of all, Milly Alcock, if I remember her name correctly, just doesn't work. Not only does she look very apart from the adult Rhaenyna, over all she has the constant look of snobbiness on her face. Emma D'arcy seems like a different characters. Olivia Cook as Alicent has the annoying trademark of hers, the sad face, constantly on. Matt Smith has the standard "I'm a mean guy" - look on all the time. He should prehaps go back to acting school to get some variety.
Second of all, since there are less families compared to GoT, the variation of the characters is non existent. Pretty much all Targaryens and Velaryons share the same wig and people have such similar names that it's some times confusing to remember which is which.
Third of all, similar plot points with GoT make it feel like HotD tries the same gimmicks with less success.
Maybe Targaryens just aren't my cup of tea. White hair people marrying their close relatives get pretty dull pretty fast.
First of all, Milly Alcock, if I remember her name correctly, just doesn't work. Not only does she look very apart from the adult Rhaenyna, over all she has the constant look of snobbiness on her face. Emma D'arcy seems like a different characters. Olivia Cook as Alicent has the annoying trademark of hers, the sad face, constantly on. Matt Smith has the standard "I'm a mean guy" - look on all the time. He should prehaps go back to acting school to get some variety.
Second of all, since there are less families compared to GoT, the variation of the characters is non existent. Pretty much all Targaryens and Velaryons share the same wig and people have such similar names that it's some times confusing to remember which is which.
Third of all, similar plot points with GoT make it feel like HotD tries the same gimmicks with less success.
Maybe Targaryens just aren't my cup of tea. White hair people marrying their close relatives get pretty dull pretty fast.