House of the Dragon - Fire and Blood series announced and ordered

Clarkey7163

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/game-thrones-prequel-house-dragon-gets-hbo-series-order-1250974

Is this basically just a ASOIAF/GOT fans best dream? 

You have:

- Miguel Sapachonik as the show runner
- An entire swath of stories to tell, all already laid out by GRRM from head to toe
- More awesome dragons, especially seeing Balerion come to life
- Perhaps the most politically twisty/turbulent political time ever for Westeros around the Dance of Dragons?

Freddy

You left out incest! Tons of incest in this era.

Killert0ast

My only concern is the writers. You can have all the budget in the world but without good scripts this could be terrible.

asmallcat

My main concern is fatigue. I don't think I need more GoT in my life right now lol, especially not a story we all know the end of. 

JaimieT

Yeah, I'm done with prequels. I think like 1% of all already-good writers can handle the suspense issues that come with prequels. That includes this dumb idea that referencing the original is compelling for plot or character development. Also: "Game of Thrones was dealing with an existential threat, so what we really need now is to move to a situation where an existential threat can never be taken seriously!"

rhcoop

Clarkey7163 said:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/game-thrones-prequel-house-dragon-gets-hbo-series-order-1250974

Is this basically just a ASOIAF/GOT fans best dream? 

You have:

- Miguel Sapachonik as the show runner
- An entire swath of stories to tell, all already laid out by GRRM from head to toe
- More awesome dragons, especially seeing Balerion come to life
- Perhaps the most politically twisty/turbulent political time ever for Westeros around the Dance of Dragons?

I was excited for the age of heroes just to see the empire of the dawn and the 4 forts and that stuff, but I'm excited for this if we get more than a glimpse of Valeria before the Doom.

Balerion better be gigantic. 

CapeGabe

All I want out of GoT is the finishing of the books. I won't go out of my way to watch a prequel  but would watch one if it seems to be getting great reviews from critics whose opinions I trust. A rare creature these days as there seems to be a ton of corporate shills as critics now.

RyanReeseman

I hope they do this in an anthology style and hit all the significant moments during the Targaryen dynasty.

asmallcat

CapeGabe said:

All I want out of GoT is the finishing of the books. I won't go out of my way to watch a prequel  but would watch one if it seems to be getting great reviews from critics whose opinions I trust. A rare creature these days as there seems to be a ton of corporate shills as critics now.

Yeah, it really does seem nowadays that finding a critic that actually gives me a decent idea whether or not I'll like something is increasingly difficult in a sea of paid shills and people whose sole purpose seems to be contrarian why-this-bad-thing-is-actually-good or why-this-good-thing-is-actually-bad takes.