Scholarship table
Several points that help (a bit) to make sense of it:People meet and develop relationships on the internet all the time.People Teo knew - including his own brother - vouched for her. They we’re only “boyfriend/girlfriend” for about a year. That doesn’t completely explain it, but she wasn’t his girlfriend “for years.” But yes, he was surprisingly naive. I think MUBorrow’s post gives some fair insight into that.
House of the Dragon is going to be wild.
I thought it was a really solid first ep. Hoping the show really delivers.
House of the Dragon was a really solid start. Looking forward to the story, as well as how they go forward. Listening to the HBO podcasts, it sounds like this main conflict will play out over the course of one season. Will they dig into other Targaryean stories in other seasons so they are all related but self-contained like True Detective was, or will this just be a shorter duration show, or will we go from House of the Dragon to maybe House of the Wolf focusing on a season of old Starks, then House of the Lion looking at historical Lannisters, and so on? Curious what the long term plan is for Westeros.
I'd be surprised if the Targaryean realm was only a season and then other houses got similar treatment, only given how vaunted and larger than life the Targaryeans and their legacy were.First episode was really good. CGI on the aerial shots of Westeros kind of sucked, surprisingly, but otherwise it was a great jolt of excitement back into the franchise.
HotD ep. 1 was fine. I've read the source material, so I know what to expect. It'll probably be fine.Honest opinion is that people will be disappointed with the show because it only focuses on the Targs. Sure, they're the most exciting because of dragons... but there will be far less intrigue than in GOT... which is what made the show great.The world is already built so there needs to be excellent story telling... and with GRRM having a major role I am hopeful.
Love it. Episode four of the second season was the best one yet. It's been picked up for a third season too. There has been a spate of shows that did better than anticipated in their initial planned run that got extended that really fell out in the additional season (Flight Attendant's second season was bad, the final season of Who Killed Sara was dreadful). Only Murders has bucked that trend. Just finished the first season of Barry last night. Man, did it get dark at the end.
Curious what you and Wades thought of Only Murders in the Building now that the second season ended. I thought the second half was good. I don’t think it hit the high bar the first season set, but was still really good overall.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
I just finished S3E1 of The Boys. I'd love to see a behind the scenes look at the writers room on that show: "We haven't drenched Hughie in blood and guts for a while...anybody got any creative ideas for a new way to explode a body?"
I bet everybody in that series, from the director to the writers to the cast, has a blast making the episodes. My favorite current show.
Have you seen The Boys Presents: Diabolical? I stumbled across it by accident. It's a series of short animated episodes all written by different writers and done in different styles. It's also on Prime. I've watched the first two and laughed out loud several times.
I haven't. I saw it existed but I was skeptical of the "maybe trying to wring too much out of a great thing" deal. With your recommendation, I'll give it a try.
The Rehearsal. It's bananas. I was dumbfounded over and over.