House of the Dragon isn’t GARBAGE??

*WARNING: SPOILERS FOR HOD... not really GOT though.*
I loved House of the Dragon! It's not perfect, but it's one of the most fun shows I've gotten to watch with a group again. Can't wait for season 2!
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#houseofthedragon #hod #hbo #gameofthrones #showreview

[@JackSather]

Apologies in advance for not dressing up exactly as Aemond. I had the costume before realizing him and I both have moon shaped heads with extremely pointy chins… there’s always next season

[@Tom_Bombadil3000]

Eyepatch perhaps?

[@bubbie2982]

Can I have kiss? I don’t watch the show, just love your content

[@nathan43082]

Matthew Needham plays Larys Strong

[@amirhb7531]

That choke scene tho hot af

[@MelhussedJr]

🥶

[@lustrazor44]

Larys so desperate for them feets he burned his family. Also how could you not mention Viserys last walk to the throne? It’s the best scene in the show.

[@JackSather]

How it was before the internet 💀

[@devilik3692]

was epic and sad

[@heartlessbowser8056]

“Aegons dream” is in reference to aegon the conqueror. it has nothing to do with the kids, Alicent thinks the king is talking about they’re son but he really wants rehenera to be queen because he thinks that part of his bloodline with birth “azor ahai”(Dani or Jon snow not sure until George finishes the books), because of the prophecy written on the Targaryen knife the king always has on him.

[@rokasrokasrokas]

Dude, you do amazing work. Don't stop. The editing, the humor, the passion (of the Christ). I legit watched all of your content in one day. Continue what you're doing, and I think you'll get the recognition you truly deserve.

[@Pitman856]

where did he go? 😢

[@shinigami1357]

(Of the Christ) is killing me 💀

[@lukebocko]

How did you not talk about the Scene when the kids get in a fight and one loses an eye and then Alicent cuts Rhaenyras arm. Such an important, and significant moment that shows that blood had been spilled and the fight had begun along with great character development.

[@TheTruthTalker_]

How did he not talk about when Mike Ehrmantraut showed up and started making a pimento sandwich, like gosh

[@kkrup5395]

@@TheTruthTalker_ Mike Ehrmantraut is the real azor ahai fr fr

[@lukebocko]

@@TheTruthTalker_ kid named finger

[@Oligarchhotshot77]

This is probably my favorite video of yours so far. Not because I love GoT and HOTD, but because the quality is great and I love your personality and personal brand of funny-ness. Keep it up dude.

[@JackSather]

Glad to hear 🙂

[@Zeyad54yearsago]

@@JackSather The video is so good, but you clearly do put a lot of effort in every video especially when you record outside of your house and that's to be appreciated

[@Dmitry2184]

4:20 i think it's not just about showing difficulty of childbirth bringing royalty into the world - i think this shows the place of all women in the world of GoT, and medieval in general - just vessels for production of countless princes, nobles and kings.

[@lebowski3748]

Nah its just a female producer that loves birth scenes.

[@lebowski3748]

@@moon-moth1 Why would you bring feminisim into this? Also... i like your book. Can you write me one for: "Quentin just has a food fetish." Can you include "toxic masculinity and the role of the modern women in our society." In it? Thanks.

[@byunbaekhyun4010]

Ignore the troll in your comment.

[@byunbaekhyun4010]

EXACTLY. Like aw? That was too much 🥺? Lol. That stuff is REAL.

[@daemontarg000]

The pregnancies are more brutal in the books especially Laenas and Rhaneyras. Viserys is not just drunk he is in pain in ep 3

[@lunicornart]

I get why reading the books can seem daunting, but I truly recommend giving the audio books a try! I listened my way through the entire series while taking the bus back and forth to school. If you like the show the books will give you more insight into the characters and introduce you to plot-lines that were cut, etc.

[@croozerdog]

I like how uncomfy the birth scenes make me, it's as harsh as showing the violence and intrigue. It was a real part of medieval times and rarely showed in full because it makes us dudes uncomfy.

[@TheMrBADGAS]

Haven't even started the video, but I just wanted you to know Jack that when you upload, I genuinely smile

[@JackSather]

😄

[@inyourgranmaass3605]

Gsy lord

[@ghost_wizard_rain]

hey man, youve genuinely become one of my absolute fav creators on this site over the past year, keep it up man love seeing when you upload, all your vids have been dope, keep being you dude youre awesome

[@JackSather]

Thanks so much :)

[@HussainAl--Khalil]

The thing with the pregnancy scenes are that that’s probably how they really went in the real world comparison of it. In the medieval times I’m sure it was hard to have birth as smoothly as they are now. Mortality rate was probably way lower so I took it as a way to address the true reality of giving birth for women and sometimes the child not surviving and others the mother not surviving. As a guy I kind of appreciated it cause it’s something we never go through so we kinda can take it for granted what some. Have to go through when giving birth. That’s why they felt so visceral. Just my take on it.

[@matthewjalovick]

Damn bro! I’m dying here without your content!

[@Akiraspin]

Two complaints I have: Aegon is not nearly as much of a degenerate in the book at this time in the story. He was never a rapist or a drunk louse. He was a "fun loving" prince just like Viserys was before him. He liked parties, laughing, and making friends. Instead they wanted Joffrey 2.0 so we'd root for Rhaenrya.... Who coincidentally is way more callous, selfish, and egotistical in the books. This is going to cause problems later in the series because the book makes it very clear from the beginning that both candidates for the throne *if isolated* from their relatives would have actually made decent monarchs.

[@jacksutherland1]

The qualityt of HOT D is just UNREAL. I was so fed up with S8 that I was like "whatever" when they dropped the trailers for this show. But the first episode was enough to get me back on board. And it just got better and better after that. This is what you get, when you hire actual writers that actually love and respect the source material. I am hyped AF10K for season 2!

[@porkupineenjoyer6583]

Viserys was actually not referring to rhaenyra's aegon on his deathbed he was talking about aegon the conqueror. Also great vid Mr Sather as always but she's called Alicent not alisaant lol

[@JackSather]

While editing it was crushing me saying it wrong every time 😂 So many names, I knew I was gonna screw something up

[@porkupineenjoyer6583]

@@JackSather happens to the best of us haha

[@ccronk]

Three possibilities referenced in the show… wait and see I guess 😉

[@a.w_.]

"that weird youth pastor breathe-in before every sentence" wow this unlocked a memory

[@undeadmau95]

Hey man Great content as always and I'm here to support the boy Just want to mention that when the creator studio inevitably hits you with a low rating for the video, do t freak It's really hard to break out of the bubble you usually reside in on KZbin People who come to you for video game essays and reviews may not click with this video But don't be discouraged! You gotta stick with doing what your heart tells you to do Your style of comedy, editing and pacing is so unique, I know I will watch whatever you put out, and I'm sure there are many others that will as well I'm not omnipotent so maybe this video goes crazy with the views? Just in case though, want to give my outside perspective, and hopefully it doesn't sound like a sleight against you ❤️❤️❤️

[@JackSather]

Nah man, really well said, i’m not freakin just yet- but the last few vids have been a shot to the ol’ ego. I do LIKE all of them, so I don’t feel like i’m doing something wrong, but maybe I need to dig deep for the next one 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@undeadmau95]

@@JackSather And that's just a natural feeling my guy, your RDR2 video was met with likely such unprecedented success in your eyes it may tempt you to chase the dragon It's not ego at all brother, it's a great achievement you should be proud of, but you can't measure everything from here on out against that I know you have to please the algorithm overlords, but I'd rather see you make your passion projects than feel trapped in one genre We can't all be Jimmy Beast I don't have all the answers, I just wanted to throw my ten cents in for what is hopefully seen as the support its intended as

[@coryhenshaw2462]

@@JackSather wait why?? Is it viewer amounts? This is my first vid ive seen of yours and I really like it

[@JD-qq8fz]

18:24 Jack then transforms from Targaryen to Atreides in one swift motion

[@JackSather]

😂 LOVE DUNE ty

[@XKathXgames]

About the births. They were done through a female perspective so I get that you might not get it, but it's actually about showing that this can be as terrible and painful as war and violence. So yeah not a bit much more like hey look THIS is how bad it can be, how bad it mostly was during those times and sometimes can be now even with our medical advances.

[@jariushoffman2884]

Petition for Jack to replace Henry as Geralt, anyone?

[@JAlexandrG]

Your delivery is hilarious. I watch tons of reviews and similar content but you're truly unique. You've got a Mark Normand thing going that cracks me up. Keep up the good work. Sub'd

[@srydeka]

Omfg the youth pastor breathing edit had me dying

[@Tom_Bombadil3000]

Don't wake me until season 2 drops. Farewell.

[@ikirutv]

Jack please upload soon. It’s felt like years since we’ve had another upload. (Not because you’re slacking because you’re the best KZbinr)

[@JackSather]

Soon! I am making something :)

[@ikirutv]

Bro please never stop what you’re doing you’re going to be huge one day I know it. Still to this day I don’t know why you have more subs. Every video is formatted perfectly, the humor is great. They’re also very informing AND you dress up every video :D

[@merakimerakimeraki]

lovely as always mate

[@silverwolfe3636]

Well this video didn't age too well after the trash fire that was Season 2.

[@kingpick240]

Great video man, keep up the hard work! Love the editing and your commentary is top notch!

[@byunbaekhyun4010]

That birth scene that was "too much" actually happened during similar times in our own human history. Birth can be violent, traumatic, and cruel especially for women in past histories who were treated and seen solely by what was between their legs.

[@JackVice]

I hear those Zelda tunes in ur audio mix. You’d look kickass in a tunic btw. Looking forward to that eventual tears of the kingdom vid.

[@theqcgamer]

Man the intros always so good and catchy keep up the good work

[@JackSather]

Thank you!!

[@kaleb51]

bruh u need to upload,,,,,we need dem videos

[@nerdoutreachprogram5358]

The things they changed from the book were all excellent choices by the show runners. Can’t say the same for GOT but thank god they made all the right decisions in HOD as far as what to add. The final episode with Vhagar disobeying Aemon after the little dragon provokes her is absolute perfection, and a scene made just for the show. The book is not a novel but a history book, so there were no witnesses to what happened in the sky after they left Storms End.

[@alexanderforbes1452]

I'm okay with the killing of the prince being unintentional and the dragons just getting out of control, but I didn't like the small counsel guy's death being accidental. In the book Cole slits his throat. Like you said it's a history so what actually happened may be different, but I like the idea of it being a deliberate murder, shows how far Cole has come since the beginning. Too many important things being accidents or chance will make it start to feel cheap, I think.

[@NoEditNarrator]

Is that a Yeungling I see Mr. Sather?! Good taste, good content, good show!

[@flanagon360]

Childbirth scenes are tame AF, wait till you see it for real 😉 i was surprised about all the warnings then me and my wife watched it and where like "easy mode"

[@DoNotCallMyBrother]

Jack you forgot to talk about the time in Episode 3 i think when Veserys is talking about Dragons with Rhenyra that the “Control” they have is all a mascaraed in a way, there is no controlling those beasts, an then the end of season, Both Amond an lil strong boy lost control of their dragons

[@wooper6187]

Yo Jack! Love your vids man, for some reason KZbin never EVER recommends me them tho and I’ve been subbed for a while. Just thought I would let you know!

[@JackSather]

They’re after me! Haha thanks man I appreciate the info

[@nightman6925]

You’re videos are amazing, keep it up!

[@Plinnehboi]

Seriously, a gritty, highly realistic fantasy game ripped straight out of RDR2 has basically been my dream game since I saw the trailers. I wish Rockstar is listening

[@JoesphKolbe13]

Great take on the new show. I really enjoy your videos and hearing your perspective. That being said, am I the only one who didn’t like HOD? I was very disappointed. It was painfully uninteresting at times.

[@patshackley367]

Dude. Love your channel. Love gaming and love good telly. Keep it up. Cheers

[@slimeprivilege]

i kept my expectations rock bottom for obvious reasons and came out of it loving every minute of it. for Alicent's motivation i saw it as a kind of "my son becoming king is the least that's owed to me" after being wed off to Viserys at a young age and being pretty unhappy with the arrangement with him as her betrothed(dull bedroom scene comes to mind), and her son not even being first in line for succession through all of that? was pretty easy motivation in my eyes

[@STOKEZGAMING]

Mannnnnnn I am extremely disappointed with this channel because... I BARLEY FOUND IT. like I'm tired of watching reviews of media and I saw one of why obi wan sucked and I was like oh well I'm bored I guess I'll watch it and man am I glad I did you are extremely entertaining and funny. Also I'm glad I didn't watch the show I definitely wasn't missing out on anything but near the end when I heard you were concerned for house of the dragon I knew I had to check your review for it since I knew you were gonna love it and man I feel the exact same way about this show. Also I watch this show with my mom too since I got her into game of thrones like early 2022 so it was awesome watching this show with her but definitely awkward asf😂😂😂😂

[@gravitee0]

love your content man, keep em coming

[@chantintin10]

5:22 it's actually baby helaena who was on the way when they were celebrating aegon's second nameday/birthday

[@justApigeon.]

The step stones give the quickest access to Essos I believe.

[@JackSather]

Ah, thanks haha

[@lostsoul3987]

Seeing Jack with his goofy ahh cosplays is definitely going to be expected in every other video he posts. And I love it.

[@justsomeguy6817]

Hope all is well, miss your videos

[@_Darth_Vader_]

Jack coming in with the HOTD!

[@teddyrosekidd]

Game of thrones is about the entire world of westeros. House of the Dragon is about 2 families going to war with eachother and only about their tale. Which I prefer for this series. Having a wide scale story is cool but for this story that they are telling, focusing on a bunch of main characters would detract so hard from the story being told. I'm happy that they decided to focus only on the Targarean family and not a bunch of other characters. Im here for the dance of the dragons, not westeros 100 years before game of thrones.

[@Oakshield2]

Best thing about Hot D is that it's going to be all Martin's writing. No Hollywood hacks will have to take over and ruin it. It's in the "past" compared to the main Ice and Fire books and the future is known, so Martin probably has had that down for decades, there is already a lot of information on all reigns and even though he only released the first part of the Targaryen generational story, which contains so much material they can use, it's not a daunting task to release the next one like writing Winds of Winter is being for him. Plus the stories are short and focused, The Dance of the Dragons can be nicely shown in 2 seasons with no need for filler.

[@illiaanfgc]

Yo that Tywin impression is actually goated wtf

[@justcast1429]

I hope you do a video about the Andor series imo best Star Wars content as of yet

[@johnchief270]

If you had a eye patch on and the worlds largest Dragon with you I'd have mistaken you for Aemon

[@mysteryman4013]

First off, my little new SOIAF friend. House of the dragon is known and said as “ Hot D.” Thank you very much

[@boie5419]

Planning on doing a video on Andor?

[@diego42297]

The Larys foot fetish reveal was so wild lol

[@CMWinter]

I've never watched GoT and honestly, I know I never will as I'm not into TV shows, but I'm always down for a Jack video. My only TV commitments are Walking Dead and the MCU shows - videos on those, please.

[@dersatansschuh4426]

You chose two of the most disappointing franchises my man

[@CMWinter]

@@dersatansschuh4426 You're not wrong.

[@hypnotoad885]

Hey Jack, wondering what the odds are of us seeing a Witcher video in the future? Whether about the show or the games (or both) I think it would be a great topic that I would love to see you cover. Lots of love xoxo

[@JackSather]

Not impossible!

[@uberawnsom]

​@Jack Sather I don't see this happening

[@Storymaker1995]

Great Video! I feel like HOTD cannot really be compared to GOT though. HOTD is great, but the scale is just so tiny compared to GOT. HOTD as whole is more like a single plot line from GOT.

[@christianskold4669]

Started watching your videos 2 hours ago and I haven´t stopped... Subbed

[@JackSather]

Wow thank you so much!

[@knxckz7578]

dude i literally just finished binge watching all your videos a few hours ago lmao love your stuff

[@johnathanflannagan2407]

Def one of those channels I wish had more videos. Love the vids, first one I saw was the Ubisoft one, hilarious. & your suit/clean look was very refreshing

[@RockNRolla1212]

4:07 I was in the 5th grade when they showed us a sex education tape 📼 of a woman giving birth. I'm talking full breach and shot of the vag. Pubic hairs, blood et al. So I think I'm in the minority when I say; I wasn't bothered at all by the birth scenes.

[@pedrosiqueira5235]

Dude what happened to my boy’s channel? He was getting 1mil+ plus in some videos and 100k+ consistently and after the “how I started on KZbin” my dude can’t go over 45k views… It’s almost like no one cared and stopped watching after that video 😪

[@Attic_Man]

Looks like Habie247 when he did his unlisted face reveal

[@xliquidflames]

That's the first time I've heard someone call it "hod" because, and I know this is childish, but I get a kick out of calling it "hot d." "Why are you so tired today?" "I was up late last night getting in on some hot d. Yeah, I missed it the night before so I had to get it in before I went to bed. Oh, man, it was _so good._ I thought last week's was good but this one blew me away." Dude, I knew Larys Strong was a snake the moment he showed up. He's this show's Littlefinger. He's playing the game but from the shadows. One of the things that people hated about the last season of GOT is how quickly people got from one castle to another. That's when all the "jetpack" memes started. I mean, the queen does say that Storm's End is a short flight away. I think they're very aware of this problem so they will keep dropping hunts that travel is quick when you have a dragon. But I agree. I hope when it is a longer journey, like King's Landing to Winterfell, that it takes a while and we get to see more of the world and its people.

[@elateride]

When viserys thought he was talking to rhenarys, the aegon he was refering to was aegon the conquerer, who forsaw the Prince that was promised. Viserys thought that was rhenarys, and wanted her to be Queen/king.

[@mrcheesemunch]

I was dead certain that I wouldn't like this show and only really watched for "something to watch" but damn it was actually really good. My only real complaints are that the time jumps were a little weird and didn't feel super necessary. And the actors changing with that was also odd, considering most of them stay the same but magically don't age? Why not just use makeup to age-up Rhaenyra? Her original actress is like 30 and they made her look 17ish. As well as that the whole pregnancy thing felt kinda miserable, yeah it's medieval times and infant mortality is high but it felt like basically every episode had someone dying in childbirth or having a stillborn or whatever, at times it felt like some kinda speedrun to kill the most children in one season. That said everything else was fantastic, what a comeback! The dragons looked incredible, they feel so alive. I thought for sure the CG would be really cheap since there's tons of dragons and that's obviously expensive to animate but all the little touches they add, like the tips of wings skimming the water, they just add so much. I actually mostly liked the last season of Game of Thrones, it didn't kill the series for me but at the same time I was fine for it to be over and House of the Dragon completely pulled me back in to the world. Meanwhile Rings of Power, practically every shot looks like it's in a greenscreen room and the plot is slow and boring...ahhh Amazon, well done, you made Lord of the Rings dull. LORD OF THE RINGS.

[@Strider258]

I feel a Witcher vid coming… in my scrot I say. Or God of War, whatever tickles your fancy.

[@JackSather]

Would love to do a Witcher video one day… it’d need time

[@Strider258]

@@JackSather it’ll be great as always :)

[@JackSmith-m9l]

Man, I just came to this after your Witcher 3 vid and boy I'm glad I did..... I'm becoming steadily convinced it's infact not the wiskey(my wife's out of town and I'm in full bachelor mode, what can I say 😅)...and this is indeed great content! You're covering all of my faves, and the humor and production value are engaging as hell!

[@mr.niddles]

My man's looking like Geralt over here

[@MadRhymeAssosiateSCG]

The NakeyJakey of KZbin

[@Slender_Man_186]

So the big thing with the step stones is that, basically, whoever controls them can completely cut off sea trade between Lannisport and Kingslanding.

[@kingk.ripple]

crooked foot comments shant be tolerated good sir. i put my crooked foot down on this.

[@jayjayrex4202]

Did this man say "StormHold", its "STORMS END!" home of House Baratheon Birth place of Robert and his true Heir Stannis The Mannis

[@ikirutv]

LETS GOOO JACK SATHER UPLOAD!! also make a god of war video now.

[@BeggarsNight]

Hah, yea don’t worry about it “opening up” from here on. The number of characters in this conflict is stupid huge in virtually every part of the continent.

[@war2theren227]

I loved HotD. I think the reason the world feels small compared to GoT is because we aren't really focusing on multiple characters perspectives. I think that will change in the upcoming seasons as our POV characters move around more.

[@erikb9517]

You would literally love the Book for the show. "Fire and Blood". Its relatively short but soooo good man. It will make you appreciate the show even more just to see how close it is to the text but the text goes a step further in most cases.

[@jimjamsam3482]

you should read the books just to be apart of the fandom. such a fun community and still going strong

[@amirhb7531]

This guy sometimes just randomly changes the thumbnail and title of his videos a month after they've been released XD

[@BubblegumCrash332]

Seasons 1 thru 4 is God level tier tv. One of the GOATS

[@BladeOpotato]

That later baby scene REALLY got to me. Couldn't even watch after a couple minutes. Great review, bro! Also, sick hair!

[@carlfrenette]

Dude, I watched you sit down and say "hello" like 40 times.. Gold. lol

[@daspicklerick]

I like the Zelda music with your Targaryen aesthetic, I see what you did there

[@brettbannister5560]

I think the pacing and timing of this show was terrible. Imagine if episode one of GOT was right when Ed gets his head cut off. It just feels like they are so excited to tell the end of the story that they spent no time telling the beginning or middle. I stopped watching around episode 4/5, because I couldn’t stand the “who’s Rhanera fucking now?” Story line and that the only things you see happen are bad shit. Every scene is life or death, and I think the best part of GOT was showing the good times, the quiet times, and then even in the good, really bad shit can happen. Instead HOTD was just bad thing after bad thing after bad thing, and I never really grew to care about the characters.

[@Marco-wz3pz]

Here for the algorithm

[@_MrPasta_]

Can we have an update video for Red Dead Redemption 2 online

[@Ddfftt]

Jack upload !!!

[@mattconrad6544]

Love your videos

[@glowerworm]

It's a royalty soap opera right now. At least until war starts happening.

[@chrisrubin6445]

Lucerys looked dishevled and wet enough to me to suggest hed been flying in the rain for a few hours atleast, which seems reasonable, though i wouldnt want to watch multiple hours of Luke flies down the narrow sea.

[@VIC-jk2qd]

I loved the first season and the dragons had nothing to do with it. Really hoping they don’t have another press run hyping them up

[@s1mmegc981]

about time to rewatch this when season 2 comes out in a few days

[@soggybreadst1cks812]

ngl I think house of the dragon is better and the stuff that is coming in the books is only going to make it better I am so excited for the magical world of game of thrones to be expanded. The dragons are so fucking cool and all the tricks and turns are incredible I love house of the dragon.

[@christinathea5737]

Thank you for bluntly admitting to simply not read.

[@xrphoenix7194]

Alicent, Jack, it's AlicEnt

[@astroguster5522]

Dope Tywin impression, Jack.