‘House of the Dragon’ Is Already Repeating the Same Mistakes as ‘Game of Thrones’

[hewontgo]

‘House of the Dragon’ Is Already Repeating the Same Mistakes as ‘Game of Thrones’ https://t.co/rGkzlLLBcq pic.twitter.com/o1vKCUjAIe
- IndieWire (@IndieWire) November 2, 2019
On the same day that news broke about the cancellation of a female-led, female-written, female-directed “Game of Thrones” prequel pilot. HBO announced that it had sent a new

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[nevermademe]

wow that comment about the writers explains so much

eta: not even in an 'ugh men' kind of way, but you had a room full of people who's life experiences are probably very similar trying to write a story that is as grand and diverse as game of thrones.

[vulcan_rhapsody]

Nothing about this sounds the least bit appealing.

Will they ever address the fact that the Targs are basically white supremacists in the GOT universe? Computer says no.

[hateistoodark]

I mean the Starks of old were genocidal colonizers and no one brings it up.

[helyanwe89]

How are they different than the other nobility? The First Men set up a feudal system, the Andals came in and tried to take it over and then intermarried with the First Men. The Kings of Winter (Starks) were brutal conquers originally who put down all the other Kings in the North and the same is true of a lot of the other families.

[scriptedending]

I really think we're gonna start to feel the effects of the new leadership at HBO sooner than later, and not in a good way.

[houndooms]

lol figures

[su_metal]

HBO ain't shit like most if not all production companies.

They prefer to throw away millions of dollars in two men who know absolutely shit about directing/writing instead of an experienced female director/writer.