‘House of the Dragon’ Review: Waiting for the Fire Breathers

 

 "Diplomacy versus violence. Dignity versus unbridled passion. Duty versus the selfish desire for revenge.

Wait, wasn’t this supposed to be about dragons?

the story doesn’t take on a real life. It’s neither interesting enough to pull us consistently into the flow nor weird enough to rattle our chains. The production is solid but static — it has the board-game feel that marks the franchise. The fetish for geography and architecture is there, but without the earlier show’s visual grandeur. And the audience’s emotions are still manipulated through melodramatic choreographies of events rather than genuine, organic surprise.

The consequences of these tendencies can be seen in plotting that is sometimes perilously thin. To provide some action and suspense in the early episodes, there is an alternating series of secret incursions, all of which succeed only because of a complete and hilarious lack of security at both castles. "

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‘House of the Dragon’ Review: Waiting for the Fire Breathers – DNyuz