Drinks & Dragons: The House of the Dragon Pilot

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Happy Wine Wednesday! Podcast fave Maddie returns this week to
discuss the pilot episode of HBO's House of the Dragon. 
This is a long one, so pace yourselves! And to help with your
listening experience, check out the chapter markers below.
 Keep an eye out for a short bonus episode next week in
which Maddie and I discuss book spoilers.  REMINDER: We
drink, we know things, we use LOTS of adult language, and we have
a really good time.  Cheers!

0:00 Intro and Drinking Selections


10:01 Our engagement with the source material.


13:08 Maddie discusses how the HotD source material differs from
the GoT source material.


17:54 How does the HotD opening scene stack up against GoT's
opening scene? Also - no opening title sequence? We have
thoughts!


29:34 Thoughts on music from the episode and the magic of Ramin
Djawadi.


39:01 How the discussion of character introductions will flow.


40:48 Rhaenyra


56:14 Daemon


1:16:32 Criston


1:31:34 Alicent


1:45:03 Rhaenys


1:55:23 Corlys


1:59:57 Rant about racism in the fandom.


2:11:42 Kurt Sutter would love this.


2:30:56 Other standouts.


2:33:22 Appreciation for the set design. 


2:35:33 Maddie notes Iron Throne differences.


2:38:35 High Valyrian sounds a little different in HotD.


2:39:39 Miscellaneous Targaryen thoughts.


2:47:36 More praise for the pilot.


2:51:29 Was there anything from the pilot that didn't work for
us?


2:57:17 Does HotD work best as a show that comes after the
audiences introduction to Westeros after 8 seasons of Game of
Thrones? 


3:10:34 How bad does one smell after riding a dragon? Also,
Maddie is a WHOLE vibe.


3:16:22 W


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