Positivatee

That must be true, since we already established that it goes for words of any length.
 
 

https://xkcd.com/853/
 

And most are silent. QUEUEING = Q-ING

England just got a new PM. Have they ruled out foul play? 

England just got a new PM. Have they ruled out foul play? 

This is a terrible day for Canada, and therefore, of course, the world. 

This is a terrible day for Canada, and therefore, of course, the world. 

This is a terrible day for Canada, and therefore, of course, the world. 

Can I just say it? 
 
I was so damn giddy and happy to have a proper title sequence. I don't care if it's the same title song. I don't care if it's not a real map. I don't even care it wasn't real blood. 
 
I'm just so damn happy to hear that iconic song right after the HBO static. 
 
Doo Doo, Doo-Doo Doo Doo... Doo-Doo Doo Doo... Doo-Doo Doo Doo... 

The king's conversation with his daughter highlights two tragedies with the Targaryen family that stretches across both TV series. 
 
After having his dream, Aegon conquers Westeros to protect it from the rising threat of the invaders from the frozen north. He knows Winter Is Coming. The Iron Throne becomes a means to use Dragon power to defend the realm, but they keep this secret close to the family. Why incite a panic against an invisible, far away threat?  Over the generations that follow, this quest passes into legend as no offensive gestures are taken. 
 
Had the Targaryens been clever and forthright, they could have stationed dragons at Winterfell and periodically flown sorties over the Wall to incinerate anything that looks like a threat. Maybe they did that for a while, but abandoned it due to supply lines, cost, morale, lack results, and a change of royal leadership. For generations, the Wall and its magic protect the realm. 
 
We know there will be a civil war in the family over how this king selected an heir. That's the selling point of the show: the Dance of Dragons. The Song of Ice and Fire will be forgotten by the winning faction. Years later, Robert's Rebellion forces the surviving Targaryens into exile with no knowledge of the Dream and the Song. 

The exiles will see the Iron Throne itself as the prize, never knowing it is an obligation to defend the southern world from an icy fate.
 
The families who fill the power vacuum at King's Landing know nothing of the icy threat. The Starks and the Night's Watch have their legends and rumors, but even they don't recognize the true threat until it's practically too late.
 
Dany's tragedy is that she wants the glory of the Crown, believing that is her family's birthright. She sees Jon Snow's cry for help against the White Walkers as a distraction. 
 
Her priorities were reversed 180.
 
The second tragedy is how quickly the S8 showrunners used Ninja Arya to dispatch this 300 year old threat in a single episode. Their priorities were also in the wrong place. 

The king's conversation with his daughter highlights two tragedies with the Targaryen family that stretches across both TV series. 
 
After having his dream, Aegon conquers Westeros to protect it from the rising threat of the invaders from the frozen north. He knows Winter Is Coming. The Iron Throne becomes a means to use Dragon power to defend the realm, but they keep this secret close to the family. Why incite a panic against an invisible, far away threat?  Over the generations that follow, this quest passes into legend as no offensive gestures are taken. 
 
Had the Targaryens been clever and forthright, they could have stationed dragons at Winterfell and periodically flown sorties over the Wall to incinerate anything that looks like a threat. Maybe they did that for a while, but abandoned it due to supply lines, cost, morale, lack results, and a change of royal leadership. For generations, the Wall and its magic protect the realm. 
 
We know there will be a civil war in the family over how this king selected an heir. That's the selling point of the show: the Dance of Dragons. The Song of Ice and Fire will be forgotten by the winning faction. Years later, Robert's Rebellion forces the surviving Targaryens into exile with no knowledge of the Dream and the Song. 

The exiles will see the Iron Throne itself as the prize, never knowing it is an obligation to defend the southern world from an icy fate.
 
The families who fill the power vacuum at King's Landing know nothing of the icy threat. The Starks and the Night's Watch have their legends and rumors, but even they don't recognize the true threat until it's practically too late.
 
Dany's tragedy is that she wants the glory of the Crown, believing that is her family's birthright. She sees Jon Snow's cry for help against the White Walkers as a distraction. 
 
Her priorities were reversed 180.
 
The second tragedy is how quickly the S8 showrunners used Ninja Arya to dispatch this 300 year old threat in a single episode. Their priorities were also in the wrong place. 

The king's conversation with his daughter highlights two tragedies with the Targaryen family that stretches across both TV series. 
 
After having his dream, Aegon conquers Westeros to protect it from the rising threat of the invaders from the frozen north. He knows Winter Is Coming. The Iron Throne becomes a means to use Dragon power to defend the realm, but they keep this secret close to the family. Why incite a panic against an invisible, far away threat?  Over the generations that follow, this quest passes into legend as no offensive gestures are taken. 
 
Had the Targaryens been clever and forthright, they could have stationed dragons at Winterfell and periodically flown sorties over the Wall to incinerate anything that looks like a threat. Maybe they did that for a while, but abandoned it due to supply lines, cost, morale, lack results, and a change of royal leadership. For generations, the Wall and its magic protect the realm. 
 
We know there will be a civil war in the family over how this king selected an heir. That's the selling point of the show: the Dance of Dragons. The Song of Ice and Fire will be forgotten by the winning faction. Years later, Robert's Rebellion forces the surviving Targaryens into exile with no knowledge of the Dream and the Song. 

The exiles will see the Iron Throne itself as the prize, never knowing it is an obligation to defend the southern world from an icy fate.
 
The families who fill the power vacuum at King's Landing know nothing of the icy threat. The Starks and the Night's Watch have their legends and rumors, but even they don't recognize the true threat until it's practically too late.
 
Dany's tragedy is that she wants the glory of the Crown, believing that is her family's birthright. She sees Jon Snow's cry for help against the White Walkers as a distraction. 
 
Her priorities were reversed 180.
 
The second tragedy is how quickly the S8 showrunners used Ninja Arya to dispatch this 300 year old threat in a single episode. Their priorities were also in the wrong place. 

I was not familiar with the subject matter going into it. I'm not familiar with much of Neil Gaiman's work, but I enjoyed Stardust, Good Omens, and his Doctor Who episode. 
 
I later learned that the Lucifer Morningstar in this series had the same comic roots as Tom Ellis' character in the show Lucifer. They were not able to resolve the universes together, so this interpretation stands alone, and the casting choice is delightful and not unprecedented (Dogma). 
 
And as someone who never read any of the Sandman comics, I have no issue with the gender swapping. I feel like they did a good job trying to get as much representation as possible. There seems like a lot of gay characters, but there are probably just as many hetero characters also, and neither side is exclusive to good vs evil. There's good gay and evil gay, but also good and evil hetero. It's inclusive. 
 
We need a S2 though. That was way too small of a Mark Hamill appearance. 

The show is wonderful. If we do not get a S2, I will be sad but I enjoy what we have. It's a slow burn.
 
The episode with Dream's sister and her work was very emotional. Especially *that* moment. 

There are worse things that you can see. By a lot. Keep in mind that it runs the gamut from sweet, mysterious, and whimsical to full on horror show.
 
@Positivatee I was going to post that you don't need to know anything about the comics. The show started where the comic did and actually did not throw you into the deep end as much as the comic did.
 
The gender / color swapping in 99.99% of the cases has not mattered. (I'm hedging my bet.) If it was a white dude in the comics now it's a ___ in the show. I didn't even complain with Constantine because a) there was precedent and b) they did such a great job.
 
Let's face it, the comic was really "woke" even for 1990.
 
The only place where I raised my eyebrows a little bit was during the most horrifying episode that is an adaptation of the most horrifying issue. There was one awful thing that they decided in a sea of horrors and depredations and violations that THIS was too far and we won't do it, and that was who gets "partnered" up with who. It's a real nightmare of an episode anyway. Maybe there's worse out there. I'm not a horror fan and this story has probably been magnified in my imagination with age.
 
It's a great show. Watch it.

That's so sad. I was ready for another great super-hero animated series.

I thought it was a strong episode. A great way to get back into the Game Of Thrones world. A world which I love being in.
 
Some standout moments
- The birth scene was terrible to watch, but very true to how it would go without any sedation.
- Dragons, Dragons, Dragons. I love them! The effects and different designs on them were very good as well.
- It was also wonderful to hear the characters speak in Valerian. That really makes the show something special.
- Viserys has physical wounds on his body from sitting on the Iron Throne. We even get to see him cutting himself. The throne is litarelly destroying him. Another great touch of what it means to sit on that Throne. And that it really is, in more ways than one, the most dangerous place to be in.
- The thing about GoT which was so great was all the political aspects, which it lost in the final season especially. I love that that is the main 'thing' about this series. It's basicly The Crown & Succession in Westeros.
- The cast is very good. Standouts for me were Rhys Ifans, Matt Smith & Milly Alcock.
- I also thought it was a nice touch that at the end they talked about a threat from the North. In this way the show cements itself in GoT lore and to know that this threat is used to be something only the Targaryen's know makes sense. Because no one knows of it in GoT, and that's because all the Targaryen's are gone. 
 
Djawadi's music is indeed very much rooted in the world of GoT, which completely makes sense, because it excists in the same world.
The themes he reprised this episode were the Main Title (not sure yet how I feel about that), The Dragons Theme & a variation on House Baratheon's theme. Which after 8 season and this episode feels like more of a Crown/Iron Throne theme.
The single that was released is very good. Again using the piano to great effect to let the audience know something is going on that is not 'normal' to this world. Just like with Light Of The Seven, Winter Is Here & The Night King.
 
I loved this episode and can't wait to see where the season is going.

I don't like grain. It's rough and coarse and it gets everywhere. 

I don't like grain. It's rough and coarse and it gets everywhere. 

I don't like grain. It's rough and coarse and it gets everywhere. 

We are enjoying the show. I could watch this Morpheus all day. 
 
It's nice to see David Thewlis playing a bad guy again. 

I don't like grain. It's rough and coarse and it gets everywhere. 

I don't like grain. It's rough and coarse and it gets everywhere. 

I hated Troy because it omitted the Greek gods and goddesses. I understand wanting to ground the story in the real world, but Achilles' heel does not make sense without the supernatural.

I love The Neverending Story.
 
Air Force One is jjngoistic crap. It and its score are tainted. 
 
Rest in peace, Herr Petersen. 

I watched the show as it aired on Hulu, but made sure to set my computer to watch it again on D+ just to boost the viewing numbers.