House of the Dragon Season 2 Ep 5 Recap

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

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[@keinbockaufillusionen464]

Take as long as you want with these, but please dont stop making them. I feel like its the only honest take on the series on the entire internet.

[@christianlovelock3910]

Savage Books just uploaded a good (and honest) video. He also has some good videos on GoT like Mr Culture Vulture.

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Thank you, I’m glad you like them :) Yeah, a lot of people seem to be going where the wind blows on this show. I’m glad to know there are other people out there who keep it real.

[@sardonically-inclined7645]

I will never get tired of the Bobby B editing

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

I'm glad you like it. As long as people keep sneaking into KL, Bobby will be there

[@belis6349]

Bro that BAAASTAAAAAAAAARDS-Cut gets me every time 😂

[@sabgogo7393]

oh let's give the dragons to strangers so they can help us in war , im sure they wont betray us and use the dragons for their own benefits .

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Nah, they wouldn't do that, right...? Right...?

[@accountname3533]

It just show how unthinkingly I’ve watched this show 😂. Great recap

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Haha, glad you liked it :)

[@kedrprao]

People who never read the book would think that Corlys Velaryon couldn't wipe his arse without women around him. Completely wasted the legendary sea snake.

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

The undertones are barely undertones, eh...

[@alphagerudo]

Instead of Daemon mother son incest scene waste of air time.. why they couldn't have Corlys (after receiving a hard NO from his grand daughter to being his heir) walk down to Alyn his son thank him for his hard work & loyalty name him hier. OR blacks having a small memorial for Rhaenys as they did for luke!! Ryan's version SUCKS

[@khfan4life365]

Completely wasting the actor too. It’s infuriating.

[@khaled7688]

He was basically useless in season 2 😂

[@domesticdragon8645]

And yet the audience laps up this torrid sand as if from a mirage in the desert. Great video as always. The edits get more hilarious with every recap. Keep it up.

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Thanks! Glad you think so :)

[@nbcjify]

i like the comedy in your edits. great job!!

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Thank you, glad you like it :)

[@Anti-CornLawLeague]

Oh and Helaena followed Aemond into the throne room just to have an Alys Rivers moment.

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Helaena emoting at random places is such a strange thing to have her do after what she's been through... Quite different from her dialogue with Alicent. Love a human conversation.

[@eb7446]

But being cupbearer is a pretty big deal. She was sitting in on and listening to every small council meeting. I presume Viserys wanted to her learn what ruling was. And that was before Viserys ever named her heir. So it's sort of weird to diminish it s "pouring wine for the noble male council members".

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Rhaenyra even admited she gets it when speaking to Lucerys in S1E10. It's like the writers didn't even watch their own show - which might even be true, if the writer strike is the reason for this fluctuating dialogue.

[@zlkanglwrth2776]

Yeah

[@Shirraz87]

Glad I wasnt the only one bothered about how they took their sweet time getting Aegon back to Kings Landing, despite how critical "the next few hours were." Flying aside, to see his box part of their "Melys R ded" parade, and going so damn slow was nuts!

[@sardonically-inclined7645]

All praise to the Prince Regent and certainly some respect for the Lord of House Bracken.

[@Yoshy777able]

"How the council tables turn" NOICEEEEEE

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

😉🥂

[@simlyss]

I never realized how good Robert Baratheon was for sound bites🤣🤣🤣

[@sun_and_sage]

Hahaha Crisbow's tequila partay 😂

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Arriba!

[@christianlovelock3910]

Well now I feel stupid for not noticing the Riverlands were mountainous. They really couldn't have picked somewhere a little more flat? Love your videos, I look forward to them as much as the actual episodes. I mostly enjoy them (the episodes) at the time, but I'm constantly watching for bad writing. Fair play for catching so much of it.

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Thanks Chris, glad you like them :) I try my best to highlight what's interesting about the story, but with so little build up, and so many inconsistencies, there's only so much I can do x) Hope season 3 is better haha

[@christianlovelock3910]

@@CultureVultureMedia1 Yes! There's no excuse for inconsistencies. I recently watched a video by Savage Books which also really highlighted the lack of character building most of the characters have had, particularly the dragon riders and their dragons. They really needed to take this a little slower, but it seems they just wanted to skip ahead to the exciting parts. Or they lacked the skill/capabilities to flesh out the story and characters. Looking forward to your next video!

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

@@christianlovelock3910 cool, me too! ;) I’ll have to check out Savage Books. Sounds like a real one!

[@faisalkamal4319]

I like how ned and bobby b destroying the show

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Only voices of reason if you ask me ;)

[@vasileseicaru8740]

note for the video on episode 7: here in episode 5, Renata's son Jack Harris suggested that they pick potential dragon riders from among the Tragarien bastards. But in episode 7 which aired yesterday he complains about his mother's decision to have more bastards riding dragons, since he himself is a bastard, and that threatens his status as heir to the throne by making other bastards his equals. Which is sound reasoning... but... on the other hand, he's the one who suggested it in the first place. Looks like another case where the writers forgot what they wrote two episodes ago, unless i'm missing something

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

I was tearing my hair out when this happened xD Will make sure to make a big deal out of it.

[@vasileseicaru8740]

@@CultureVultureMedia1 yup. please do. And don't forget to add the guy who shouts "bastards", obviously. Good job on all these videos. Very entertaining

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

@@vasileseicaru8740 Thank you, I'm glad you like them :)

[@gingeminge]

The people thinking dragons "was gods" was a silly line. Most of them would know of the legendary dragons that are dead eg Balerion. The small folk are more scared of Rhaenyra's retribution, hence why they're scrambling to leave the city (along with having no food). I hope the pace of the show picks up, there's only 3 episodes left 😢 would love to finally see Rhaenyra get out of Dragonstone, and Daemon's shroom trip in Harrenhall to end 🙄 (then again, I have a theory on that) Great episode again guys! Keep up the great work! ❤ Theory: I believe, and I may be mistaken, that Daemon's death after the battle over the Gods Eye he's presumed dead but his body is never found. I wonder if he disappears onto the Isle of Faces and lives out his life with the strange Alys Rivers...? Probably not, but I like the idea, considering they're keeping him at Harrenhall doing basically nothing but tripping 🍄

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

What do you mean, Rhaenyra went to Storm's End that one time - oh and let's not forget when she snuck into King's Landing ;) I like your idea of Daemon living on in exile. It'd be more like him to go out blazing though 👀

[@hmm_1228]

Yeah literally Meraxes was killed and so was Quicksilver but none of the smallfolk went OMG GODS CAN BE KILLED?! TF?? Meleys also should've provoked cheers from crowd after the Dragonpit implosion

[@ChromeBoii]

Good video. Commenting to hopefully add visibility.

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

You're a G, ChromeBoii, glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@Maria-xq1iw]

Tus videos son geniales, muy divertidos.

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Muchas gracias, me alegra!

[@somanyquestions7194]

Firstly, great video as always. Secondly I really liked season one but I’m not enjoying this season. I enjoy scenes but I feel after just one season they managed to make every character one dimensional.

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Thank you, glad you liked the video :) Don't hate me, but I'll argue that this show never had much to offer in the first place. Although, the last couple episodes have been so full of contradictions, I'm starting to think the writers are having beef with each other over where this is all going x)

[@janoswappler246]

your videos are very good

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Thank you very much! Glad you like then :)

[@strawberryfrogforever]

Ty I passed tf out during this episode (and the next lol)

[@masked_gm5959]

Cool CinemaSins, but with extra steps

[@LoveGreatVocal]

Having now read most of the Fire & Blood and knowing how Dance of the Dragons went down it makes be incredibly mad to see how they wasted the potential and instead of giving us an exciting and shocking season, full of action, they gave us one battle, lots of uninteresting dialogs and Daemon with his damn visions. I feel like every single change they did was strikingly stupid.

[@zartoshtasady5893]

house of the train ur dragon 🐉

[@Titantro]

Yes Crisbow is back!

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

I bet he'll cause the death of/kill Gwayne, then Alicent avenges him. What do you think? :P

[@Titantro]

​@@CultureVultureMedia1 he is probaly gonna kill someone!

[@erpurushottam]

I thought they carried "the queen that never was " after all she is older sister of kings dad..🤣🤣but they carried king 😂😂

[@laureng2226]

Lmao this video is amazing

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Glad you liked it!

[@robertocortes1386]

A very good video, but where is my New review of the series?

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

You got it, mt friend 😎

[@JumpmanLane]

Shut up , Sansa ! OMG

[@beks7712]

This is soooooooo fuunnny

[@martsy882]

Love your videos but maybe a spoiler alert before them would be nice for the non book readers.

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Thank you, glad you like it! Don't you think I'm pointing out things that are already aluded to by the show itself? Or is it spoiler teritory? Either way, I'll be more mindful of it.Thanks for the feedback :)

[@martsy882]

⁠Sure, I agree that these things are implied by the show and the vigilant viewer can piece together what's going to happen. But I still feel confirming them in your recap can take away from the excitement of uncertainty. Keep it up though and thank you for considering this!😊

[@MarcoTulio-mi1ov]

great again kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

Glad you liked it 🔥

[@thevikingbear2343]

Next Week in Westeros Got Talent...

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

"Two dragons fly straight at each other, then the bigger one sneak-attacks from below" Cue Golden Globe music.

[@alphagerudo]

Exactly, when Jace sat mopeing about bastard when really he is a Targaryen......Like Jon was 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[@thevikingbear2343]

People who think HOTD is slow have never watched the good seasons of GOT. We can make fun of this show like Culture Vulture does, without ever impying the action heavy seasons 5-8 of GOT are somehow better than the political drama of seaspns 1-4 of GOT.

[@CultureVultureMedia1]

In my review of HOTD Season 1, I pointed out how the narrative is unfolding slowly, while still feeling rushed. The themes are so shallowly explored (when they're not spelled out by heavy-handed dialogue), which makes it a strange mix of the worst of both worlds. As someone who's watched my fair share of GoT, I recommend watching the early seasons paralell with HOTD to see the stark contrasts in pacing; especially how much time elapses before dialogue starts in a given scene, and, of course, the quality of the dialogue, not to mention the disparity in inconsistencies.