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House of the Dragon (TV Series)

House of the Dragon

2022

Ryan Condal (Creator), George R.R. Martin (Creator) ...

Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Milly Alcock, Emma D'Arcy ...

7.5

18,320

TV Series. Adventure. Drama. Fantasy. Action. Mystery TV series (2022-). First season: 10 episodes. Story set 172 years "before Daenerys Targaryen," and in the ninth year of the reign of Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine), a king whose line of succession is in jeopardy. His wife Aemma (Sian Brooke) is pregnant, though there is no guarantee she will give birth to a male heir. If she does not, then the Iron Throne will fall either to Viserys' brother Daemon, an impulsive and potentially ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Lucy Mangan The Guardian	"The long-awaited follow-up to the fantasy drama is here – and it’s every bit as great as its predecessor in its heyday. It’s fun, fantastic-looking and seems set to get us hooked all over again (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Lorraine Ali Los Angeles Times	"While honoring the legacy and look of the original series, the spinoff wisely adopts subtle changes in tone and approach while introducing a fresh world of characters and storylines"	POS
United Kingdom	John Nugent Empire	"[It] has a lot to prove, and it makes an admirable attempt in its first few episodes. But for better and for worse, it has not escaped the shadow of its predecessor — at least, not yet (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Darren Franich Entertainment Weekly	"Two performances stand out [-Alcock and Smith-], and a third turns extraordinary [-Considine-] (...) 'House of the Dragon' doesn't soar immediately, but no House was built in a day"	POS
United Kingdom	Stephen Kelly BBC	"A rich, textured work, sharply written and handsomely directed (...) It's pure Games of Thrones – just not in the way you remember. (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Mike Hale The New York Times	"As an exploration of the social contract in a decadent monarchy and an allegory for a grab bag of modern ills (...) is reasonably smart. That seriousness of purpose doesn’t translate into engaging drama, however"	NEU
United States	Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"The location shots are beautiful and lush, and the strong cast includes familiar veterans along with some greatly talented relative newcomers"	POS
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"A visually epic production, but an oddly limited story (...) It's disconcerting to see 'House of the Dragon' becoming less distinctive and more beholden to 'Game of Thrones' as it goes along, when it ought to be the opposite"	NEU
United Kingdom	Michael Deacon Telegraph	"HBO’s beautifully shot, big-budget prequel drops us right back into the sex, politics and extreme violence of Westeros (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Ben Travers IndieWire	"A tale of ruinous misogyny (nevertheless shaped by its men), the Targaryen-led spinoff leans hard on 'GoT' customs without forging much of its own fire"	NEU
United States	Meghan O'Keefe Decider	"The new HBO series captures the grandeur of 'Game of Thrones'‘s later seasons, the elegant interpersonal drama beloved in the earlier ones, and puts its female characters front and center like never before"	POS
United States	Daniel D'Addario Variety	"The early plotting is well-captured (...) There's much to praise in this show's telling a new story that still chimes familiar themes. But the show can, at times, be more easily admired than watched"	NEU
United States	Therese Lacson Collider	"Between the dragons, the strength of the actors, and the twists and turns of the plot, I'm eager to see where we will be taken next"	POS
United States	Kelly Lawler USA Today	"Sorry, but 'House of the Dragon' can't touch 'Game of Thrones' greatness (...) [It] hasn't nailed the sweet spot of being familiar yet new, enriching the old story rather than copying it (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Nick Hilton The Independent	"The dynamics of court, and the characters within it, are well drawn. Smith, in particular, gives a satisfyingly ambivalent performance as a slightly creepy uncle with a tremendous bloodlust"	POS
United States	Verne Gay Newsday	"[It] often does work well as straight history. It's that fantasy part that's missing (...) or that epic sense of wonder that made 'Thrones' so thrilling through the first seven seasons (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Shane Ryan Paste Magazine	"'House of the Dragon' is very good (...) It works because they didn't try to do too much (...) One thing that really matters is the cast, and the cast is stellar"	POS
United States	Alan Sepinwall Rolling Stone	"The highly anticipated prequel supplies all the palace intrigue of its parent series, with none of the wit or energy"	NEU
United States	Richard Lawson Vanity Fair	"Sometimes the series overreaches in its effort to be bloodier, sexier, more risqué (...) But it is, for the most part, just fine to be back in Martin’s robust and intriguing history"	POS
United States	Aaron Riccio Slant	"'House of the Dragon' is more interested in fan service than it is in developing scenes that ring true for its characters (...) Hollow and brittle (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Tom Long Detroit News	"It’s all very efficient, well-made television, but just as it’s lacking in fun it’s lacking in fire"	NEU

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