Now we're a few episodes into both The House of the Dragon and The Rings of Power it's time to attempt a comparison. Dragon was a little slow getting started but has gradually shown all the strengths of Game of Thrones apart, perhaps, from the leavening of humour provided by Tyrion and Bronn. Its strength is that the large cast of characters and their various intertwined story lines are held together by the single issue of the successor to King Viserys. Rings, by contrast, has an even larger cast and more storylines but lacks - so far at least - any coherent focus to hold them all together. You can see where all the money went, but to what purpose? Much tighter scriptwriting needed.
Dragon has one stand-out performance in Milly Alcock as Rhaenyra. For me she just beats Morfydd Clark's feisty warrior Galadriel, and not least because her part is much better written. Not only does Galadriel have some pretty awful dialogue to deliver, but it's also a bit too much of a stretch to see her as the same character as the Galadriel of LOTR
So far, Dragon is well in the lead. I look forward to watching a new episode, but I'm already feeling that keeping up with Ring is more of a duty than a pleasure. Tempting to turn to The Sandman on Netflix instead...
Good boules at Tower last night. Played one very long game and lost it 11 - 13. The heated gloves are back!
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