Tuesday, August 30, 2022

House of the Dragon, season 1, episode 2 review

We’re back in the Red Keep, half a year later. From the beginning, this show is dealing in different time horizons than does “Game of Thrones”. So far, it works…mostly. We’ll get to the problem later. The new status quo is quickly established. Daemon has installed himself as Prince of Dragonstone, and Viserys refuses to act against him. Only when Daemon also steals a dragon egg and proclaims a marriage to his paramour, with whom he claims having a child – the inciting incident of the episode – is he finally willing to act. Otto keeps him from going himself – it’s dangerous, you see – and goes in his stead.

Friday, August 26, 2022

House of the Dragon review, Season 1, Episode 1

Game of Thrones is back! Or, at least its 172 year distant prequel is. House Targaryen is at the height of its power, and as the voiceover in the first episode reminds us, the only thing that can bring down the House of the Dragon is itself. You can see Robert Baratheon protesting a bit, but then, he didn’t have to contend with dragons. And dragons are the centerpiece of this new show, as our very first sequence tells us, when Rhaenyra descends from the clouds on her golden dragon Syrax.

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Rewatching "The Americans", season 6

Things have been going slower, but I since I received a diagnosis for Long Covid in the meantime, I guess "The Americans" for me will therefore be forever linked to the global pandemic. Cheery times! But oddly fitting, given the material. I finished the final season, so let's make this a proper send-off, shall we?