TMC
08-17-2023, 09:43 PM
https://whatculture.com/tv/10-things-you-somehow-missed-in-house-of-the-dragon?rf=homepage
Dreams didn't make us kings. Dragons (and hidden detail) did.
BY GABRIEL SHEEHAN
AUGUST 17TH, 2023
To say that Westeros is back with a bang would be an understatement of criminal proportions.
Following the almighty damp squib that was Game of Thrones' conclusive season, House of the Dragon's maiden voyage blasted the cynics out of the water with ten episodes of magnificent television. In a similar vein to Better Call Saul's post-Breaking Bad exploits, the argument is there to be made that HBO's latest George R.R. Martin adaptation actually surpasses the original series in terms of quality.
In addition to a raft of Emmy-worthy performances, Machiavellian scriptwriting and the usual blood-and-guts carnage viewers have come to expect from this universe, House of the Dragon's first season is littered with pieces of hidden detail. Many of these subtle inclusions are loving callbacks to Game of Thrones, but the show has also managed to implement numerous Easter Eggs related to the original source material; Martin's Fire and Blood.
Many of these references are plain as day, such as the return of the Valyrian steel catspaw dagger or the continual references to "A Song of Ice and Fire". However, digging a little deeper reveals a litany of inscrutable detail. Numerous elements included by the showrunners are so imperceptible that even a die-hard fan of Fire and Blood might have missed them.
Dreams didn't make us kings. Dragons (and hidden detail) did.
BY GABRIEL SHEEHAN
AUGUST 17TH, 2023
To say that Westeros is back with a bang would be an understatement of criminal proportions.
Following the almighty damp squib that was Game of Thrones' conclusive season, House of the Dragon's maiden voyage blasted the cynics out of the water with ten episodes of magnificent television. In a similar vein to Better Call Saul's post-Breaking Bad exploits, the argument is there to be made that HBO's latest George R.R. Martin adaptation actually surpasses the original series in terms of quality.
In addition to a raft of Emmy-worthy performances, Machiavellian scriptwriting and the usual blood-and-guts carnage viewers have come to expect from this universe, House of the Dragon's first season is littered with pieces of hidden detail. Many of these subtle inclusions are loving callbacks to Game of Thrones, but the show has also managed to implement numerous Easter Eggs related to the original source material; Martin's Fire and Blood.
Many of these references are plain as day, such as the return of the Valyrian steel catspaw dagger or the continual references to "A Song of Ice and Fire". However, digging a little deeper reveals a litany of inscrutable detail. Numerous elements included by the showrunners are so imperceptible that even a die-hard fan of Fire and Blood might have missed them.