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House of the Dragon: The Rogue Prince (2022)
it's official. this series is terrible.
Abandon all hope, ye who enter this trash series.
After last week's show, I was still hoping things would improve. Sometimes the pressures of setting up a narrative can cause the opening episode to be less than inspiring. But no, sadly hbo clearly has the world's most mediocre minds working on this project.
Essentially it's a soap opera where everyone wears their favorite cosplay outfit. There's a lot of insipid talk about relationships, feelings, marriage. But there's very little storytelling. One of the characters they changed the race, which I'm assuming was to placate the PC brigade. But the physical contrast of the literary character with the actor is so great that it takes you out of the narrative, sort of like watching Conan O'Brien play a samurai in a Japanese film... But the main issue is that this show just isn't really good. It's like watching the fantasy of a teenage girl being played out on screen. I suppose there's a market for such a product. But from a pure storytelling perspective, this is some rather disappointing fare.
Billions: Rock of Eye (2022)
RIP BILLIONS
This show used to be SO GOOD. But now it's pretty much unwatchable. At this point it's clearly just being made (ironically enough) for money. All of the best/most interesting characters have been replaced with the least interesting/untalented characters/actors. What a hatchet job.