#an hbo production has no excuse tbh

[fandomshatewomen]

When it comes to the House of the Dragon casting with the age difference between Alicent and her kids I'd say the casting of who plays the kids is were the error happened, maybe they should have cast someone a little older for Alicent but 29 year old playing a 35 year old isn't too bad, like it could have been worse. The kids tho are supposed to be 19, 17 and 16. The actor for the 19 year old is 28, one year younger than the actress for Alicent, 17 year old is played by a 24 year old actress and 16 year old is played by a 26 year old. Why is it so hard to cast age appropriate actors, the PJO show did it, the ATLA show did it as far as I know.

I don't watch House of the Dragon so thanks for the context!

The pattern with using mid-20s actors to play mid-teens characters is so odd to me like sure I get that labor laws significantly limit stuff with minors (AS THEY SHOULD! LABOR LAWS ARE IMPORTANT!) but like, they really couldn't find a few 18-22 year olds with young faces who can passably recite lines? Really? Be serious

I'm not saying that every British teenager who wants to be an actor is gonna be Dev Patel or Tom Holland but at this point it's like these casting directors don't even try lmao

mod dyr

[laboratorioautoral]

I honestly don’t get it when people say that “if it didn’t happened in the show, it’s because it won’t be end game in the books tbh.” I mean...Really, guys?! If you read the books at all you should have realized by now that the show doesn’t care a shit about coherence, narrative construction or character development, as long as they can add some “spicy moments” to shock value, or mindless fan service.

GRRM himself refers to the show as “their story”. He also said that at this point they could have aliens invading Westeros that he wouldn’t have a say in it. Ha also said that he now longer watches it (and if you believe the retraction note that followed it, the only thing I have to say is...Oh sweet summer child. What do you know about lawyers and contracts? What do you know about contractual penalties?).

It’s incredibly simplistic and naive to believe that Martin has any control over the show. Yes, he wrote one episode per season until season 4 and that was all the influence he had. He doesn’t even write episodes anymore and the show is directly influenced by audience rates, public opinion, budget and a bunch of important people in the HBO board, when in the books Martin only has to please himself and every now and then an editor. He has no obligation to please the readers and why should he? The readers came once and ever since they wait for the series to finish. His name is already known and his work is already appreciated. He can and he will do whatever he feels to be needed to finish the plot in the way he wants.

So...Let me crash your feeble excuses to defend a show that has long lost its soul. D&D’s baby is poorly written. Most plot lines don’t even make sense anymore. Characters were butchered or simply deprived of their depth. It became a collection of shocking moments, expensive CGI effects and dialogues based on punchlines exchanges. The only thing the show still handle with dignity is the visual production, CGI and costumes, but that alone doesn’t make it good.