Everything Too Dark For House of the Dragon Season 1

This is a video series where we plan to go through all the changes between George R. R. Martin’s book ‘Fire and Blood’ and the newly released TV series ‘House of the Dragon’ on HBO.
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Timecodes
0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Episode 1
21:12 - Episode 2
37:31 - Episode 3
56:38 - Episode 4
1:33:09 - Episode 5
2:00:12 - Episode 6
2:32:20 - Episode 7
2:56:51 - Episode 8
3:17:56 - Episode 9
3:37:09 - Episode 10
Artists:
Thumbnail: Olga Shvetskaya (Left) & Manulgirl Art (Right)
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Jose Daniel Cabrera Peña: artstation.com/thrax
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Stefan Kopinski: stefankopinski.com
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Hikaru Yagi: artstation.com/yagi
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Daniil Yuminov: artstation.com/daniil1235
Amuelia: amuelia.tumblr.com/
Patrick Jensen: artstation.com/patrickjensen
Antonio J. Manzanedo: artstation.com/ajmanzanedo
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Nachomolina: deviantart.com/nachomolina
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Ryan Cassidy: artstation.com/ryancassidy
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Darek Zabrocki: artstation.com/zabrocki
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Florian Biege: artstation.com/florianbiege
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[@kimmico123]

This video is absolutely insane, not only did you beautifully compare the show to the book side by side, you credited the artists for art used, you even pointed out how scenes were directed and produced in the show and how the scenes where made, AND you even pointed out little facts from the actors themselves in certain scenes! WOW

[@aegorbittersteel2154]

Wooooo time to put this on in the background and Live life. Thanks for the amazing work.

[@videobooks3]

Thanks for listening!

[@bri.surgeries-life]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@tiffanyhill-rice5126]

the squeal i just squealed! will be playing this in the background while i write.

[@manomancan]

That's my night time listening set; thank you for your hard work mate!

[@videobooks3]

Enjoy!

[@scooter677]

@@videobooks3do you not like the series? Or just really prefer the books. Not meaning to insult I am just curious as for me (not having read all the books) I am really liking the series and don’t see anything majorly wrong with it so far

[@luvprue1]

I simply hate , hate Otto. If Daemon was as bad as his reputation he would have had Otto killed when Otto first started making trouble for him. He also should have had Alicent fall out a window .

[@vlovksy1]

The Hightower totally deserved to be burned by Rhaenys's dragon as Daemon suggested.

[@ganelle]

dang this is the longest KZbin video I have ever watched. must have taken a lot of work

[@ayoung283]

This is amazing, thank you for a 4 hour video ❤

[@rimonshamon8607]

thank you soo much for this , wonderfully put together.

[@Stroozberry]

Thank you so much for the video! My only complaint is that it ends abruptly :) looking forward to more!

[@nylaedwards6986]

You mentioned that all of King Jaehaerys' sons are all dead - that is just in the HBO show. In the books, he has one surviving son (Vaegon aka "Vinegar Vaegon" who is a maester at the Citadel. He is involved in the Great Council but isn't considered a suitable candidate.

[@videobooks3]

Oh wow you're right, and we mentioned that in our other House of the Dragon video as well 😂

[@indiadecoseytillman]

You're the best. I've needed this. ❤️‍🔥

[@HatashiLuvsU]

I can’t wait to sit and watch this whole thing. Thanks!

[@farrahakram4395]

Thank u 4 this is a work of art ❤

[@human5000]

Amazing video🖤🖤 Keep up the great work!❤

[@aziz-dailycommentsandmore9086]

I am glad you got the recognition you deserve, been here since shingeki no kyojin theories and was sad to see low view counts.

[@byttercandy]

This is a great video. I was glued to the screen for 4 hours, even though I read the book and watched the show multiple times. I like how unbiased you are towards either party. I don’t agree with Alicent demanding „an eye for an eye“, but I still feel for her. Watching her breakdown and attack the Blacks after Aemond got injured always makes me cry. „Where is sacrifice, where is duty?“ Ahh, I just absolutely love this show. 💕 Can’t wait for the new season.

[@DukeJimbob]

We're gonna get an eye for an eye in 2x1

[@lisab5263]

nice work, thank you for not making me re-watch season 1

[@dinah259]

Awesome work!!

[@Chu9947]

Wow his is amazing. Great content man.

[@danf3369]

Bro I always felt bad for the random guard who was killed by Daemon to stage Laenor's death.

[@Matick-]

Perfect voice to fall asleep to.

[@pwnagenuss]

4 hours omg, not expecting this

[@w00tec]

you gain a loyal follower from this masterpiece

[@NicoRosu-jt7bw]

If you’re ever in London you’re invited over for dinner, thank you for this x

[@jemmstone468]

The injustice in the story is devastating. I understand that this is not real; however, after watching Game of Thrones, House of The Dragon and reading a few books, I cannot help but viscerally feel the tragedy. The Hightowers are grifters and while the Targaryens were not perfect, they made far better rulers.

[@ThatElfTorunn]

A couple of points. Lucerys - *Looseris* Jacerys - *Jasseris* Jace and Luc - *Jase and Luke*

[@suzyjak6177]

huh ‽

[@jp5125]

@@suzyjak6177 his pronouciation is off on many characters' names

[@Pinkyy1105.]

The pronunciation of Laenor

[@camramrod358]

Just watched all 4 hours. Man I’m ready for season 2 but also I just purchased Fire and Blood ( I know I know) and I’m excited to read it.

[@videobooks3]

Remember when reading not to trust the maesters who wrote it 😂

[@camramrod358]

@@videobooks3 I only trust ONE maester… Samwell Tarly.

[@videobooks3]

@@camramrod358 I trust Maester Aemon and Marwyn 😂

[@camramrod358]

@@videobooks3 Aemon I’m on board with.

[@TaeSunWoo]

I didn’t know shorts could be this long Based

[@jordanford9320]

not to be too graphic but the best way (in the show) for leynor (i bothched that) and rhaynera to cover up their misdeeds would be to have harwin, rhaneyra, leynor and whoever he's attracted to. Do the deed and when hes about to "finish" he inserts himself into rehynera and his child is conceived and no one is the wiser

[@suzyjak6177]

But then we wouldn't have a book, now would we ‽

[@dekuuchiha9990]

I just can't buy into Alicent just hating Rhaenyra for that night out with Daemon. She just seems to absolute hate her, it doesn't make sense to me.

[@angelstarrknitght]

IMO a huge part of it is the age difference of alicent and rhaenyra. In the show they aged alicent down and aged rhaenyra up. But in the books rhaenyra is only 9 when her dad remarries to alicent who is 18-19. Personally for me that changes the dynamic a lot.

[@dekuuchiha9990]

@@angelstarrknitght right I agree 100% I read Fire&Blood. But in the show the motivation/reasoning for her hatred(prior to the kids fued) just doesn't make sense.

[@rexibhazoboa7097]

well its obviously not just that. Hell, it was never about that even. It was the implication behind it and even then, that was not enough for Alicent to hate Rheanyra. Rheanyra's future actions PLUS the implications plus their environment together is what made Alicent hate her. Since its so hard for most viewers to understand this, it's safe to say the writers either did a bad job at showing Alicent's character or they purposely did not want the audience in her head which seems like a stupid decision.

[@Astartes-6969]

My sister is a major fan of the Books and show, i am too but she's more of a fan. She loves HOTD but hates the stuff they left out. Also she hates most of the changes in GOT show.

[@jordanford9320]

Yeah, if you watch the show first and then read the books you will retroactively hate the show. 😂😂

[@mum-your]

@@jordanford9320 everytime you look at something, you feel like book did it better

[@jordanford9320]

@@mum-your the only time I personally thought the movie was better was shaw shank redemption

[@samfights]

Thank you!! do you have a summary of "a storm of swords"?

[@videobooks3]

We still need to finish off A Clash of Kings first, but this was to get ready for House of the Dragon Season 2 😅

[@samfights]

@@videobooks3 😅 I'm 70% of A Clash of Kings reading the comic books. Unfortunately, there is none for "a storm of swords".

[@slothhouseproductions4231]

Bro made a 4 hour video for mobile, wtf

[@justinehelene4831]

Likely fatal for Aemma....I mean. Before the 20th century certainly Fatal. And it was almost never done on a live mother historically but reserved only as a last attempt to rescue the fetus after the mother died. Just a fun fact lol Love this channel thanks for your work ❤

[@MYSTERIOMUSIK]

THE FACT THAT THIS VIDEO IS 4 HOURS OMG

[@Sarah-tm4jw]

I love how even today if a man and a woman are in line for say....president or CEO... Even if the woman has a leg up over the man, more experience or education or seniority, people will still weigh it out and lean towards the man every time. I had to edit this to say great job on the video! Is this AI or is this all you?

[@videobooks3]

It's me 😂

[@CindyA715]

I disagree that Daemon wanted the throne for himself. He absolutely wanted to be *acknowledged and recognized by his brother, *considered *important and close to the throne, keeping his high level of prince-hood he had lived all his life. A role of power and high level of authority, yes, but in support of the king and the throne, not the throne itself.

[@miaferri1260]

theres no need to compare the books with the tv they are their own great works, besides that absolute blasting video

[@josh6386]

He forgot to credit Chapt GPt for writing the script for the video

[@muggleintheupsidedown]

“It remains unhatched,” is written in the place of at least 3 spots lol that aren’t saying that😬

[@jp5125]

everytime he says "Alley Cent", sheesh

[@user-jr5zy9ps1t]

I'm to wait u mean 😂😂😂

[@user-rx6sv2ey4p]

Olenna is truly the best character in asoiaf come on left and RIGHT hahahahahapabaahaabhabahbahabha

[@anthonyparillo7832]

Bruh it’s criston not Christian

[@anthonyparillo7832]

Amazing work tho didn’t mean to dismiss the effort, it was just irking me lol

[@connormcmurphy4276]

@25:04 “-in the *upcoming* series, House of the Dragon, there *will* be 17 dragons-…”, Uhm…the upcoming series that you are currently analyzing after it’s already long since come out? See, this is what I’m always saying about this guy. His channel is decent, and he’s a good enough narrator…but sometimes he says shit that is so off the fuckin ball bizzare, that I genuinely have to wonder if this isn’t just AI narraration. If u pay attention, there’s dozens of these little faux pas scattered throughout his videos…even his shorts. I like to watch just to try and find them, it’s like a little treasure hunt to find the dumb gold nugget.

[@nasyiahjohnson476]

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[@jordanford9320]

1:27:05 the dagger scene that is exclusive to the show. You think george is taking so long with winds because he wants to set that up (the heated dagger with a messeage which may be "tyrions" dagger) and now hes rewriting things to make that play out. I only as because he mentioned hiw cool it was. And how he wished hed thought of it. Idk just a hypothesis ive had. He is a "garden writer" after all

[@hamoodyman9239]

Why would you make a 4 hour video in portrait what

[@videobooks3]

So people can watch on their phones

[@simonevivian4524]

you had me hooked until you said "the two females' instead of 'women' 🙃

[@Maegorthecrueltargaryen]

Thing is fire and blood reads like history book with certain biases so the information is very unreliable thus what the show runners made could be considerd as what actually happend.

[@Darkness-ie2yl]

your premise annoys me

[@videobooks3]

Sorry 😅

[@NoCountry4Casuals]

"too dark" for the show oh "these 2 characters never had this convo", "this guy wasn't in the book", "that guy never had a footfetish" 9/10 click bait, n1 fam

[@videobooks3]

I said it somewhere else but Rhaenyra's pregnancy, all the underage stuff including Viserys' wife, the rumours, etc.

[@krillin7653]

Honest question here, so who is suppose to be the likable character? I personally can’t stand any of the characters and find the show fairly hard to watch.

[@Toaster7]

In the books we don’t really see who’s good and who’s bad, it’s more of a history of what happened. But in the show I would say they’re displaying the blacks as the more likable side. In my opinion Daemon is the most likable character in the show.

[@krillin7653]

@@Toaster7 I wouldn’t say the blacks are likable but from the show’s perspective I would agree that yes Rhaenyra’s claim to the throne is 100% and that the Hightowers are absolutely in the wrong throughout. Character wise though I can’t find a likable trait amongst any of them. I get Daemon is kind of set up to be this “cool” character but he just comes off as an angsty man child. I really liked Crab Feeder as a character but they breezed by that storyline with time jumps and a lackluster ending opting to not show his death. I did kind of like Rhaenys as a character but I changed my mind after she entertained the idea of her small child marrying King Viserys. I really loved the first few seasons of GOT and I still plan on watching HotD season 2 but I might end up giving up the show. I prefer less dragons and more character development. Rhaenyra is just such a hard character to like in my opinion. I find her extremely insufferable.

[@Toaster7]

@@krillin7653 I just think the show is painting the blacks as the more likable side. Rhaenyra is the main character in the show so far, and she appears to have the most likable traits such as delaying immediately going to war, trying to make amends with Alicent, and also just being a better mother overall when compared to Alicent. Although Rhaenyra is far from good, most of the bad she has done is considered normal for Targaryens, I think you just have to remember the game of thrones world is quite cruel. I think the reason Daemon is my favorite character from the show right now is because of his loyalty. He is very loyal to his family, and even though he may appear unhinged and sporadic, he will always be there for his house which I think is a great trait.

[@anthonywarren9885]

So what is too dark for HBO??? You just reviewed season 1. So your channel is full of crap.

[@videobooks3]

The deformed babies, underaged marriages and pregnancies are pretty dark 😅

[@anthonywarren9885]

This guy butchers everyone's name as if it's on purpose.

[@0hMyLife]

fr

[@carastone3473]

GRRM himself has stated that if anything is canon, it’s the SHOW because the show is us watching the events as they “actually unfold,” so to speak. If you’ve read the book, then you should understand that it’s an ‘in-universe’ history book of sorts, written by multiple UNRELIABLE SOURCES who have reason to skew events in an effort to make themselves & their side look better. The book itself tells the reader this over and over…and yet people continue to compare the book to the show and make statements like ‘the show runners don’t understand the character…’ GRRM is one of the writers and, according to Martin himself, is VERY involved with the show.

[@videobooks3]

I agree, but I think they completely misunderstood book Daemon's character and having him murder his wife was so out of character compared to his book counterpart 😅

[@RS-bn1ty]

@@videobooks3personally I have no idea what book Daemon is all about but really the only thing that seemed out of his character was choking Rhaenyra, it was proven time and time again Daemon cares very much for his family and would do things for them that are unthinkable to most so him choking her was out of the blue at least for me but I guess you could explain his outburst to everything that happened but yet again still gives him no reason to do it and it just seems out of everything he’s dealt with this is what made him upset and lash out viciously

[@OhYeah211]

Too dark for HBO? I haven't started watching this yet, but your thumbnail is laughable

[@videobooks3]

I said it somewhere else but Rhaenyra's pregnancy, all the underage stuff including Viserys' wife, the rumours, etc.

[@quercingtime]

Feels like the show actually is better than the book

[@mrl9910]

i never understood the love for the books. I have read the first 2 books, and it's borderline ridicoulous, 80% of the character is either big or large, while another 80% (often the same ones) is underaged. rob, ned, john, even one of Johns's friends, they are all described as being large in stature. The barrier's Mormont is big, Daenery's Mormont is big, Stannis, Robert, Renly, they are all big and tall. Sandor, Gregor, and their father that was cited, are all big. Osha is tall. Khal Drogo is tall Hodor and another guy that was cited are all big and tall What is the damn avarage height? 2 meters? Sometimes the characters act all retarded and lose brain cells in order to push the plot forward, betraying their personality. The violence and the sex scenes are never described, the author flees from them like a coward. In the tv series such scenes are showed, and that makes it not suitable for kids to watch it, but the books are borderline a kid's show. Death and violence have no pathos, what's appealing about violence in movies is the fact that it is revolting, scary, and morally wrong. Here violence has borderline no consequence, the first character introduced, in the second page, was already considering to kill off his superior. If violence proliferates it loses it's gravity. And in losing gracity it loses pathos. The book also has no real phylosophy, no meaning, i told one friend that there will never be a sequel because Martin wrote the books to gain success and make money, and since he got both of them, he is no longer motivated to write any more. It is a description of events, mechanical, monotonous, withouot a soul. It is exactly what i would expect an Ai to write about. there is one thing i seriously recommend it for: In its mechanicalness, as long as the translation in your language is well done, it is perfect to improve your own vocabulary and to learn how to use an advanced puntuaction. Whenever i hear "the books are better", expecally with Martin's ones, i turn off the video immediatly.

[@7BG6]

Sorry everything with this cast is SOOOO forced 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@LauraGS564]

no it is not.

[@bronco788]

House of the dragon failed to compete with GOT because they tried to be to pg 13 to satisfy some of the poor actresses. Plus the fact of the wokeness picking actors didn't help. It's on HBO and you're hiding nudity, which by the way is a big part of GOT, and that is what drew in fans and lack of lost fans for HOTD. People that say it doesn't need it are full of it. I mean be real you're putting incest in the show. And if there was no wokeness then why did they change a character to be black when clearly in the book they are white.

[@schadenfreude6274]

All these problems would have been easily solved if Viserys married his own Daughter Rhaenerya and produce a Male Heir. Since Aegon Targaryen married both his Sisters, there should be no problems with Fathers marrying their Daughters too. 🙂

[@soupisgood44]

soooo..... what was "too dark" for season 1? This entire video was basically a recap of the tv series, and all we learned was that it wasn't too different from the book, if not a bit darker than the book. Misleading title, should just title it "house of dragon season 1 recap."

[@videobooks3]

I said it somewhere else but Rhaenyra's pregnancy, all the underage stuff including Viserys' wife, the rumours, etc.

[@jordanford9320]

"in the end she trusts her children more than her own husband" I have kids and I'm happily married to my partner. And I still trust my kids more than them and they trust my kids more than me. We had a mutual understanding that the kids come first. That's not to say I don't trust them it's only to say the level of trust I have for my children is that much more. I know not all families are alike I was just giving a counter point to that statement 🫡

[@nasyiahjohnson476]

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