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We know for sure that the Dark force user... I mean THREAD user.. is not a male.

Its prolly harvey weinstein!

My money is on Trinity/Indara. Remember how we were all outraged that she was killed in the pre-title by a mere butter knife? Well . . . it was a fake! Why? well, it's been done before, many times. And.... Carrie Anne Moss. You don't hire that kind of actor and kill them off in the first 5 minutes (ok, Samuel L Jackson in Deep Blue Sea notwithstanding). Tim Robbins in Silo --- villain. So, the only really well know actress... of course she's the villain!

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I’m praying the master is jar jar binks

Kathleen Kennedy is the sith. Or Rian Johnson.

it's aight

And how the fuck were they supposed to have a child who'd maybe be 5-6 act that out?

Glad you guys are giving our boy Bazil so much love. Hopefully next weeks episode we get zero double H's. Hamsters Harmed. Check your washers and driers for little critters before running a load of laundry folks! 😢

Nice review

Fun discussion ty :)

Qamir is the masked acolyte. But the big bad sith is one of the two witch moms.

Hope that Alicent , Sir Licks-a-Lot and Lord Stumpfoot meet a swift demise.

Who do you think is The Master?

No matter which Star Wars show is on, I am always scared of their bad wigs!

I've become one with the Force

almost FIRST

What could Sol have done back at the coven village? That we'll still forgive him as an audience?

I'm so happy my favorite podcasters are back🙂 You've been missed. Thanks for being one of the few podcasts that isn't bashing the show for silly reasons. I rate the episode 7.5 quadruple Fs...Fiery fevered flashback frenzy. And the podcast is 10 triple Cs...carefully curated comedy

HOTD just plays these moments differently to GOT & to me personally, that feels more like the bleakness of the world of Asoiaf than the spectacle of GoT ever was. Less about shock, more about creeping unease. Part of watching GoT was about watching other people reacting in horror, surprise, etc. With HOTD I don't feel the pull to watch people shouting at the screen because it would only feel forced to me. It's not how HOTD moves. HOTD had so many moments in S1 where it could have gone for a sharp stab a la GoT but instead made sure to play things out slowly. It's less interested in specific displays of brutality & more interested in the impact on the bigger picture. GoT (& Breaking Bad) was a show geared towards dramatic Moments. House of the Dragon (& Better Call Saul) is more about everything around those moments & plays them out in a way that feels slower, less brutal & more bleak & dread. GoT had so many moments where it stabbed you, even if you saw the knife coming beforehand. HOTD is more interested in digging its nails into your skin & slowly pulling a wound open. The freefolk brain crying about helaena not screaming and throwing up has no understanding of the poignant beauty of that scene. Watching people not being able to process anything but cerseification of female antagonists & screaming about evil stepmom for 2 years, I've been saying the show is wasted on a worthless fandom too dumb to appreciate a sophoclean tragedy.

All these "bring back D&D" posts just makes me know that a lot of so-called purists didn't hate GoT's cheap, gawdy, shock value spectacle writing, what they hated was their self-insert (whether Dany, Jon or Stannis) not sitting the throne. I LOVED the restraint on B&C. This episode was peak bleak, dread soaked gothic horror. A diff kind of creeping horror, the haunting soundtrack with the cutting & sawing noises creates a terrible beauty! The "emotional impact" the MCU brain wanted was heavy-handed head chopping gratuitous violence. But nsettling silenct horror will always be more disturbing than gory theatrics. The book's B&C is an overly sadistic creative writing exercise of cartoon villains (makes sense considering it's made by fictional 'historians'). The extended psychological torment of Helaena strains credibility as B&C had no personal vendetta against her & were risking their own skin lingering around the Red Keep playing games during a war. The TV version exchanges gore for dread, presents it as a straightforward hit, with the grim realism underscoring the obv urgency & perilous stakes B&C was in. This was almost scarier, it shows “history” would make it seem like every act in the Dance is a Machiavellian countenance that furthers propaganda againt the oppostion. When in reality it’s some plebs willing to do anything for Dameon’s scraps. Which is spine chilling in a separate way & showcases the banality of evil. It's almost more sickening & unsettling even if understandably less gory. They're continuing the theme of deconstructing how history is shaped & distorted by the biases of the Maesters over time. helaena’s freeze response was on point for her character, instead of screams and thrashes the utter pain and horror in her eyes alone made the whole performance.

I was a little disappointed

You guys are great! Plus that Joffrey song is a banger 🤣

There was no way the production team was going to traumatize those child actors to give us a accurate Blood and Cheese scene.

I’m a little weirded out hearing how much more/less brutal the violence & torture of CHILDREN should be with this scene. I think it was brutal enough the way they portrayed it.

Phia did that reaction EXACTLY the way the I think the character Helaena would react (sans the blood curdling scream - but I'm ok with that). I totally connected with it as true to the character Helaena that has been established on the show.

What did you think of the premiere of House of the Dragon s2?

Team Smallfolk getting their sheep back!

Blood and Cheese was better on the show - less blood, more cheese

second!

first!

Who should be on Mae's list? Season 2 of the Acolyte! The best thing about this show is that it brings back the Power of two of Double P (or the Power of ...many with Matt).

Do they need kyber crystals to power their dildos?

The power of 1, the power of 2, the power of the pussycat

When Mae locked Osha in her room, I thought, "The writers are genius! This is where they reveal Mae stole Osha's identity, and we've had the twins' identities swapped this whole time. This highlights how the 'bad twin' can become good and the good twin can turn to the dark side, and we all are who we choose to be-" but then they didn't do any of that 😄 Fleeting thought that probably doesn't even make sense in-story, but would've made for instant replay value to rewatch the first two episodes knowing Osha was Mae and vice versa.

New haircut? Out of the country? EXCUSES!!!

Team Osha i guess? I struggled with the depiction of the kids in ep 3. They were too bratty and annoying to care much about 😬. I guess when you grow up as the only 2 children on your planet what do you expect 🤷🏻

Thoughts on THE ACOLYTE? Comment below

The trailer shows Kalnacca attacking Torbin - Either the witches are controlling Kalnacca OR Torbin is evil

team jecki

Love Sol - hope he's the truly guilty one!

I got into this series because of this channel. Love the content. I hope you get the proper views this deserves

Any flashback must be sprinkled in season 2 as a discovery by Juliette or another character thru another hard drive, film projector, or a journal because if they do just a flashback story, it will kill the shows momentum and all the character development they made in season 1. However, if they do go this route, then they must be careful not to overextend or deviate from the books main storyline so it doesn’t have a negative impact.

I don't like or watch Disney anymore but this series is really goooood!! Best of Disney

Book vs show comparison video much longer and boring than the series vs the book hahaha

Is this satire?

I had the unique opportunity to fully watch the show not having read the books. Then after the finale I went and blasted through Wool/Shift/Dust. First couple episodes of the show were great, but then it got worse and worse, I felt so justified that all the parts I hated were made up by the showrunners. All that being said... if you enjoyed the show fully you probably also enjoy watching paint dry.

I finished season 1 finale, thought to myself that the story was so interesting I had to read the books. Finished Wool/Shift/Dust and now reflecting back on the show it was a pretty bad adaptation, even while watching it as a non-reader I was like "what the heck is all this random drama" and felt vindicated when reading the books to find out it was Hollywood bloat. I really hope they correct the storytelling in season 2, I cannot stand a repeat of the pacing in season 1.