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30 million people watched episode 5 of House of Dragon, Westworld season 2 maxed out with 9 million Roland00 Send a noteboard - 22/09/2022 09:34:13 PM

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In this series there's no one we can really like. Doctor Who does a terrible job acting and plays someone too distant to be likeable for being bad. Resting bitch face girl looks like she's 14 and is ugly and unlikeable. Young queen is stupid and naive. Old king is stupid and naive and grossly negligent or criminally reckless in his decisions. The baby is still just crying and shitting. The black guy is tangential and his wife is tangential and their kids are sort of without any real definition. Old Hand was really clumsy in his obvious machinations, New Hand looks like Jack Black wondering where the fast food delivery is. Kingsguard friend with benefits seems really stupid - first he breaks a bunch of oaths, then he seems to think he can marry resting bitch face girl, then he seems to realize he can't, but then he beats the husband's lover to death at the wedding feast for no apparent reason (this is why we can't have nice things), then he's going to off himself but doesn't because Young Queen sees him - seriously, make up your mind already.

Where is the person I'm supposed to sympathize with? Feed them all to the dragons, not just the girl.


Hopefully when the war kicks off, we'll get some decent people. I think in this one, they are counting on the appeal of Game of Thrones, but with higher production values to draw people in.

I don't necessarily need to sympathize with anyone in a story, so it could be just me. Bad people doing bad things for bad reasons and coming to a bad end can be enough to make a point I can get behind.


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