...

Hammock Parties · 07-20-2022, 01:11 PM

OH YEAH!

All the dragons roar as one.
The #HOTD trailer has arrived. pic.twitter.com/ug7ESvpg8U
— House of the Dragon (@HouseofDragon) July 20, 2022

**BigRedChief** · 08-09-2024, 11:08 PM

Showrunner says they cut off the episode before the battle to reduce costs. Looks like It’s $20 million an episode but they only do 6 episodes, not 10 or 8.
———————————————————————-

Most House of the Dragon fans were not very pleased about the extremely anti-climactic season 2 finale this past weekend, given that it felt like it should be leading into a big battle next week, not two years from now.

Showrunner Ryan Condal has responded to that feedback and offered some level of an explanation to journalists at a virtual press conference. What it ultimately comes down to? Budget, and the use of it spread across multiple seasons.

“One of the challenges of making television at any scale [is] nobody has infinite time and resources. When you’re a showrunner, you’re always in the position of having to balance storytelling and the resources that you have to tell that story.”

Condal says that he wants to give the Battle of the Gullet the “time and space” that it deserves. Though some fans would argue the “time” would have been the entire eight episode season. But here, you can see the results of what may change when you cut down ten episodes of season 1 to eight in season 2, no doubt yet another budget-based movie with episode costs estimated at under or around $20 million an episod

dlphg9 · Yesterday, 12:15 AM

****ing HBO is as much to blame as the writers for the decline in quality this year. Making the writers to cut back to 8 episodes instead of 10 was a huge mistake. They told them to cut it back a month before they began shooting, so then they had to rewrite things.

I had seen something that showed what had went on with the script and everything. It seemed like a huge cluster****.

Hopefully they can get 10 episodes this season and it really shouldn't take them 2 years to get to season 3. There were the strikes that ****ed up everything.

**Tribal Warfare** · Yesterday, 12:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigRichard

Such a disappointed end. I had such high hope. Such a turd.

They had approximately 8 1/2 hours to tell a full arc and decided that it costed too much when they had carte blanche

Urc Burry · Yesterday, 07:35 PM

I listen to the guys at BaldMove for their recaps. They’ve been pretty adamant this is an HBO thing. And they usually don’t hold back on the writing.

Even besides the fact. There’s just no reason we should have to wait 2 years for a new season. This is a show that had zero chance of being cancelled. They should have been filming multiple episodes at the same time.

dlphg9 · Today, 02:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urc Burry

I listen to the guys at BaldMove for their recaps. They’ve been pretty adamant this is an HBO thing. And they usually don’t hold back on the writing.

Even besides the fact. There’s just no reason we should have to wait 2 years for a new season. This is a show that had zero chance of being cancelled. They should have been filming multiple episodes at the same time.

They don't even have the script done.

07-20-2022, 01:11 PM
Hammock Parties I'll be back. Hammock Parties's Avatar Join Date: Nov 2002	House of the Dragon OH YEAH! All the dragons roar as one. The #HOTD trailer has arrived. pic.twitter.com/ug7ESvpg8U — House of the Dragon (@HouseofDragon) July 20, 2022
Posts: 283,063

08-09-2024, 11:08 PM	#931
BigRedChief Has a particular set of skills BigRedChief's Avatar Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: On the water	Showrunner says they cut off the episode before the battle to reduce costs. Looks like It’s $20 million an episode but they only do 6 episodes, not 10 or 8. ———————————————————————- Most House of the Dragon fans were not very pleased about the extremely anti-climactic season 2 finale this past weekend, given that it felt like it should be leading into a big battle next week, not two years from now. Showrunner Ryan Condal has responded to that feedback and offered some level of an explanation to journalists at a virtual press conference. What it ultimately comes down to? Budget, and the use of it spread across multiple seasons. “One of the challenges of making television at any scale [is] nobody has infinite time and resources. When you’re a showrunner, you’re always in the position of having to balance storytelling and the resources that you have to tell that story.” Condal says that he wants to give the Battle of the Gullet the “time and space” that it deserves. Though some fans would argue the “time” would have been the entire eight episode season. But here, you can see the results of what may change when you cut down ten episodes of season 1 to eight in season 2, no doubt yet another budget-based movie with episode costs estimated at under or around $20 million an episod
Posts: 79,570

Yesterday, 12:15 AM	#932
dlphg9 MVP dlphg9's Avatar Join Date: Oct 2010	**ing HBO is as much to blame as the writers for the decline in quality this year. Making the writers to cut back to 8 episodes instead of 10 was a huge mistake. They told them to cut it back a month before they began shooting, so then they had to rewrite things. I had seen something that showed what had went on with the script and everything. It seemed like a huge cluster. Hopefully they can get 10 episodes this season and it really shouldn't take them 2 years to get to season 3. There were the strikes that **ed up everything.
Posts: 17,576

Yesterday, 07:35 PM	#934
Urc Burry Veteran Join Date: Jan 2011	I listen to the guys at BaldMove for their recaps. They’ve been pretty adamant this is an HBO thing. And they usually don’t hold back on the writing. Even besides the fact. There’s just no reason we should have to wait 2 years for a new season. This is a show that had zero chance of being cancelled. They should have been filming multiple episodes at the same time.
Posts: 2,476