The Bard of Banefort Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 I think this also puts to rest the idea that the Jon Snow story was planted to draw attention to HOTD. I guess people aren’t that interested in merch for unreleased shows, because I saw very few people talking about Day of the Dragon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takiedevushkikakzvezdy Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 3 minutes ago, The Bard of Banefort said: I think this also puts to rest the idea that the Jon Snow story was planted to draw attention to HOTD. I guess people aren’t that interested in merch for unreleased shows, because I saw very few people talking about Day of the Dragon. I guess HotD isn't very hot after all. Although interest might pick up closer to the premiere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaith Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 I wonder if Rose Leslie may return as Ygritte in new dreams or visions. If it's her husband's projects she's likely to want to support him in some way. Also more likely we will see Val or Discount Val. I don't really think HOTD is failing. The numbers on trailers alone is pretty good, and it hasn't even aired yet. HBO has always been upfront on the possibility of working on multiple spin-offs at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard of Banefort Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 I think that the first season of HOTD will probably do well, although it has the economy working against it at the moment. That said, I don’t believe Twitter numbers. There’s enough of an overlap between the Twitter and YouTube demographics that there wouldn’t be that much of a discrepancy if there wasn’t some manipulation involved. I think that a certain subculture was born out of the last few season of GOT that has fun hating the show, similar to how there’s a similar subculture around hating Star Wars (and now LOTR). Both started out of genuine anger and disappointment, but I think for a lot of people it’s just fun at this point. I suspect a lot of people will hate-watch the GOT spin-offs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard of Banefort Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Takiedevushkikakzvezdy said: I guess HotD isn't very hot after all. Although interest might pick up closer to the premiere. I think a lot of people are probably confused as to who the characters are. Most people probably think older Rhaenyra is younger Rhaenyra’s mother, especially since Matt Smith is playing both younger and older Daemon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystical Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Jon Snow spin-off. This snooze fest of a character portrayed by this snooze fest of an actor...yawn. Well I'm sure plenty of girls and gays will tune in because all they care about is 'the pretty'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takiedevushkikakzvezdy Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 21 minutes ago, The Bard of Banefort said: Most people probably think older Rhaenyra is younger Rhaenyra’s mother, especially since Matt Smith is playing both younger and older Daemon. Good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaith Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Going to be hard to be hate-watch something if it doesn't turn out to actually be bad. Maybe people are confused about the cast now (that's fine, the story's not out yet - a lot also found it hard to put names to faces early in GoT) but that likely won't be the case after the show communicates a likely timeskip where the actors are replaced I also don't really want to believe in a conspiracy of HOTD being popular rather than a lot of people at least intrigued by what a fresh new take on the setting would be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard of Banefort Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Vaith said: Going to be hard to be hate-watch something if it doesn't turn out to actually be bad. Maybe people are confused about the cast now (that's fine, the story's not out yet - a lot also found it hard to put names to faces early in GoT) but that likely won't be the case after the show communicates a likely timeskip where the actors are replaced I also don't really want to believe in a conspiracy of HOTD being popular rather than a lot of people at least intrigued by what a fresh new take on the setting would be Most of the newer Star Wars stuff is good (in my opinion) and there are still tons of people determined to hate all of it. HOTD might be great. But I think there will be a portion of fans who are going to be determined to hate it no matter what. Because for whatever reason, that is enthralling for some people. As for the Twitter numbers. . . eh, it’s Twitter. I don’t think it’s a conspiracy to say that things are a little off there in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dragon Demands Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Well now the real question is if they leaked out the accurate Jon Snow rumors on purpose, to boost HotD buzz, or if this leak is actually a hindrance overshadowing HotD. (shrug) I was wrong. I’m intrigued if it is indeed true that this was Kit Harington’s own idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dragon Demands Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Guys, remember that IMDB statistics show more interest in HotD than the LOTR prequel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takiedevushkikakzvezdy Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 45 minutes ago, The Bard of Banefort said: Most of the newer Star Wars stuff is good (in my opinion) and there are still tons of people determined to hate all of it. HOTD might be great. But I think there will be a portion of fans who are going to be determined to hate it no matter what. Because for whatever reason, that is enthralling for some people. I mean, "great" is very subjective depending on what you're looking for as a viewer. There are people who genuinely love GoT season 8, John Campea being one prominent example. It doesn't mean that people who criticise it don't have legitimate issues with it. Same with the new Star Wars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard of Banefort Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 17 minutes ago, Takiedevushkikakzvezdy said: I mean, "great" is very subjective depending on what you're looking for as a viewer. There are people who genuinely love GoT season 8, John Campea being one prominent example. It doesn't mean that people who criticise it don't have legitimate issues with it. Same with the new Star Wars. I agree that there are plenty of things to criticize both GOT and Star Wars for. My point is that some people genuinely do enjoy hate-watching. That’s it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard of Banefort Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 41 minutes ago, The Dragon Demands said: Guys, remember that IMDB statistics show more interest in HotD than the LOTR prequel. Why does that matter? They release on different days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dragon Demands Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 I’m not comparing, just someone said interest on HotD was low Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnS Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Today at 5 PM Eastern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takiedevushkikakzvezdy Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 15 hours ago, Ran said: George is very fond of the young actors of GoT, and I think he could never find it in his heart to say no if one of them pitched a project to him so long as it made at least a modicum of sense. A "modicum of sense" is a pretty low bar, especially for a premium network like HBO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaith Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 21 minutes ago, Takiedevushkikakzvezdy said: A "modicum of sense" is a pretty low bar, especially for a premium network like HBO. I hope that if it's Kit's idea, it's very much getting closure and redeeming his character. He has spoken about dealing with alcoholism, depression and going to rehab, and the notion that he couldn't play Jon Snow again being apart from that. Maybe it's a way for him to reclaim "his" Jon from Benioff and Weiss. Knowing Kit I'm going to be charitable to him and assume it's something like that rather than 'Game of Thrones Season 9'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Anna Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 7 hours ago, Vaith said: I don't really think HOTD is failing. The numbers on trailers alone is pretty good, and it hasn't even aired yet. HBO has always been upfront on the possibility of working on multiple spin-offs at once. Agreed. The show hasn't even started yet. I think it's way too speculative right now to say it's not going to be popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divica Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 22 minutes ago, Vaith said: I hope that if it's Kit's idea, it's very much getting closure and redeeming his character. He has spoken about dealing with alcoholism, depression and going to rehab, and the notion that he couldn't play Jon Snow again being apart from that. Maybe it's a way for him to reclaim "his" Jon from Benioff and Weiss. Knowing Kit I'm going to be charitable to him and assume it's something like that rather than 'Game of Thrones Season 9'. The problem here is that kit's interviews and his previous series gunpowder are very far from inspiring confidence. And I don t see how a Jon snow spin off can be anything else than a GOT8.5... If they won t show us the consequences of what happened in Got why make this? What I can agree is that other Got important characters won t appear in every episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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