I can’t really watch Star Trek anymore but about once a year I can watch the Omega Glory episode. Peak Shatner and just great fun.
That’s exactly what a guy named Satan would want us to believe!!!!Halloween Ends was one of the dumbest movies I've seen in a long time. I wasn't expecting much so I had my expectations set low and woof this was way worse than I could have ever expected.
Easily my least favorite HotD episode and it comes down to one major sticking point I have with one of the characters that just hung over the entire episode.
Edit: Also another pretty big issue I have with another character.
Edit 2: And another really dumb "spectacle" decision
Are you talking about making Alicent a victim all of a sudden?
What was the other issue?
Yeah I agree about the spectacle at the end too.
There was some other stuff I didn't like. Definitely my least favorite episode too, still ok, kinda hard to follow the last one but yeah.
Yup. I can't stand what they're doing with Alicent and remove her agency. Alicent seemingly pushing for Aegon because it was Viserys wish rather than her doing it because it's what she has wanted to do for at least 16 years is dumb. The idea that the version they've established wouldn't have been involved in the plots makes no sense. Alicent should be at the forefront of the plot. Alicent should've been shown to understand that Viserys wasn't talking to her but she'd still use it an excuse. Instead she looks like an idiot and everyone sees that she's an idiot for legitimately buying the words of a delirious dying man. Especially a delirious dying man who has stood by Rhaenyra for 20 years and who just strutted out there while on deaths door in order to defend her. The removal of Alicent's agency to make her look "good" is a complete butchering of the character.
The other character issue I have is Aegon. Like there's a great sympathetic character there. He's gotten pushed into a position that he has never wanted by a mother who hates him and he also has a father who ignores him. The reception he got at his coronation was the first time he's legitimately felt loved. You could see how that love corrupts him and drives him to do awful things during the Dance in an effort to not lose his position and lose that love. Instead they've made him a rapist piece of shit that you just can't feel sympathy for.
Aegon and Alicent should be swapped. The sympathy felt for Alicent should be gone and she should be outright shitty. Aegon should be the sympathetic one.
Rhaneys being there to begin with doesn't even make sense. She obviously would've left when her granddaughters left. I guess if they needed to have Rhaenys verbally beat down Alicent then fine. In that case Erryk should've been shown to take Viserys and then they escape. Even could've kept an escape on Meleys but the idea that Rhanenys stares them down with Meleys and just leaves is weak as f*** to me. Rhaenys would burn the f*** out of them rather than put Baela and Rhaena in danger due to the impending war.
I enjoyed the stuff outside of those things and the ending but I feel so strongly about the character issues that it casts a massive shadow over the episode as a whole for me and it sucks because I've loved basically everything up until the miscommunication to finish off last episode. RIP to Lords Caswell and Beesbury. The best men.
Yeah I was going to say she's been planning this for a long time. That whole scene with Rhaenys talking to Alicent about men and not doing things for herself was kinda silly. From the get go she's been manipulating the king and she's got two other dudes wrapped around her finger.
I don't know anything about the books so maybe he's different but I'm OK with how Aegon has been portrayed. He's pretty much been a piece of shit every time we see him. I do get what you're saying about him not being loved but I didn't really think about it at all until the scene in the carriage on the way to the his ceremony.
Rhaenys killed a shit ton of people for no reason, bursting through the floor was kinda dumb. They could have just had her steal the dragon, land on the steps right in front of the door, fire up the dragon but not letting loose and then fly off.
Thanks guys for using the spoiler tags for HotD. Since I didn't read the books, I don't know how it ends. I do have a strong suspicion.
I thought last night's episode was really good. I can't wait for a couple specific characters to get killed.
I haven't read a comic book since about 1980 but I have seen all the Marvel movies. Unless they are going in an entirely new direction, the Abomination would not be the Thing. If you are referencing the scene where Wong gets Abomination out of the cell I think they are just buddies for whatever reason. Abomination doesn't seem to be the angry mercenary anymore but he doesn't seem to be a hero either, more of an antihero or just a guy who will use the Abomination persona for his own personal gain. At least that's my thoughts.If anyone more familiar with canon can explain the postcredits of she-hulk to me it would be greatly appreciated.abomination is the thing?
Because I can't think of another reason.
Regardless, solid series.
The more I think about the episode the more I hate it. Too much illogical nonsense.
So the writer said Rhaenys doesn't act because it's not "her war". It quite literally is her war though. Her granddaughter is in line to be Queen.[/ISPOILER]
Up until the final scene of episode 8 I had almost no complaints and thought it was going incredibly well
Completely agree. I was on board too as the previous episodes actually had some decent writing. DECENT WRITING I SAY!?!? its shocking these days... truly shocking to see anything being decently written.
except for Dune......and EverythingEverywhere
Up until the final scene of episode 8 I had almost no complaints and thought it was going incredibly well. Pretty much all the book changes were positive
This episode did make look Alicent look either dumb or naive.IIRC everything in those tags was for ep 9 and mentioning earlier stuff but it was so soon after release that I didn’t want to openly go into detail on things. I’ll just say my main gripe with this episode and the final scene of last episode is how they’re handling Alicent. I’ve loved basically everything up to that final scene last episode.
I am curious where you think this is headed.
This episode did make look Alicent look either dumb or naive.
Last episode she basically disowned Aegon and seems to realize what a piece of shit and terrible King he would be, but the ramblings of a drugged up and dying man and suddenly she's like "Well, guess I have to put him on the throne". Aegon himself realizes what a crock of shit that is and laughes at how stupid it sounds. Also, she's shocked when the small council is talking about wiping out Rhaenyra and her kids as rivals to Aegon's claim when Otto has been in her ear for years saying Rhaenyra would do the same to her and her children? Does she not realize by now how this shit works?