Unlike its predecessor, House of the Dragon is already well planned. Unlike its predecessor, Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon is already well planned. With George RR Martin working closely with the House of the Dragon team, fans can trust Martin to make sure the showrunners don’t spoil another TV classic.
George RR Martin, everyone’s author of ‘Game of Thrones’, recently said on his website, “It will take four full seasons of ten episodes each to do the Dance of the Dragons justice, start to finish. He further praised those involved with the show saying, “I want to congratulate Ryan Condal and Miguel Sapochnik, as well as the cast and crew, for the job they’ve done.”
The House of the Dragon is different. It is based on only two books, namely; Fire and Blood and a bit on Dance of the Dragons. There is only one writer for House of the Dragon compared to two for Game of Thrones. Now that the four seasons of House of the Dragon are already planned, fans can expect the series to run smoothly and in keeping with the original books.
Four seasons may not be enough for House of the Dragon
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In the first season itself, we saw several time jumps, in which a very important element, the relationship between Rhaenyra and Harwin Strong, was ignored. Even the growing years of the Targaryen children were ignored, unlike Game of Thrones, where fans grew up with the characters. The show also didn’t focus on many important characters, like Daemon Targaryen’s first wife, Rhaena Royce, and Daeron Targaryen, the third son of King Viserys whose birth was not shown. Daeron is believed to be in Oldtown, the family seat of his mother, Alicent Hightower.
All those time jumps could have been avoided if HBO’s budget was even higher than the $20 million per episode! Anyway, we could have more seasons or more episodes per season. George RR Martin said, “If House of the Dragon had 13 episodes per season, we might have been able to show all the things we had to ‘jump through time’…even if it would have risked some viewers complaining that the series was too “slow”. ‘, that ‘nothing happened’. As it stands, I’m thrilled that we still have 10 hours each season to tell our story.
And he will tell his story for three more seasons.
Pros and cons of House of the Dragon having four seasons
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We all remember that the fourth season of Game of Thrones was the most action-packed. Joffrey died in the second episode, the infamous trial by combat of Tyrion Lannister, the war between the Night’s Watch, the savage army of giants, mammoths and beast-like men. Game of Thrones became a cultural phenomenon in the first four seasons. It was at its zenith, and perhaps House of the Dragon should only have four seasons, so it doesn’t lose its relevance. Another benefit of this is that the story will be focused and many unnecessary scenes that don’t add much to the story will not be shown.
However, the problem will arise when the story starts to be heavily rushed as the four season limitation is already set. Just as we see it happen in the first season of House of the Dragon, the next three seasons won’t be much different. Additionally, the series cannot delve too deeply into all the characters and will only focus on the main ones.
All in all, having a pre-planned budget and storyline will do more good than bad for the show. This will result in House of the Dragon having a concise story, all neatly wrapped in 40 hours of high-quality content.
