Presenting its first episode last Sunday, Dragon House was well received by fans and critics alike, with many feeling that the spin-off show redeemed the final season of game of thrones. In reaction to the reception, the studio renewed the show for season 2, four days later.
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The show follows House Targaryen, approximately 200 years before the story of Daenerys Targaryen. The series stars Paddy Considine as King Viserys Targaryen and the eleventh incarnation of Doctor Who, Matt Smith as Demon Prince Targaryen.
HBO skipped The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad?
Despite not having lived through the Hays Code era, studios are still hesitant to greenlight movies with visceral and gratuitous violence, Disney being the prime example. Despite championing art over money and funding some interesting choices, HBO has passed up major productions due to excessive violence.
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HBO would have let the post-apocalyptic series pass The Walking Dead and breaking Bad because of the violence. Both shows were well received for their writing and acting, but also featured a lot of violence and gore.
What if we did Game of Thrones?
This revelation baffled many fans as their crown jewel game of thrones and now its sequel Dragon House also features a lot of violence, gore, and nudity, contradicting their previous stance.
His new show, Dragon House also shocked fans as there was footage showing a rocky pregnancy followed by a medieval caesarean which ends up killing the queen. The scene was also intercut with loads of violence and blood filling the screen.
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Considering the series is far less family-friendly, the decision has fans baffled. Whereas The Walking Dead Surely has its fair share of visceral violence, HBO always takes the crown with some of its critically acclaimed shows such as The Sopranos and Thread which regularly displayed disturbing scenes of violence, gore and gore. In case HBO picked up both breaking Bad and The Walking Deadit would have uniquely dominated the television industry with some of the greatest shows ever made to date.
Dragon House is now streaming on HBO Max.
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