The Reel Rejects - HOUSE OF THE DRAGON 2x07 Breakdown & Review

Episode Date: July 29, 2024

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we got dragon riders g we got dragon riders we got dragon riders what'd you think what'd you think i thought it was a fantastic episode it was exhilarating top build matt smith damon continues to be the most intriguing part of season two we could save that for later but uh yeah I thought that was a very, very engrossing, horrifying. I love like the multitude of emotions you're experiencing there. It's obvious who's going to be selected to ride them two dragons. How cool would it be if they both died? And it was like, I guess we're focusing on these other two random people we've never met before.

I was saying they're crunching the numbers going like, because I did kind of ask that genuinely. I was like, are they trying to do a thing where we carry? about two of these people and and in order to throw us off you know they've done that with two of them to give us a mislead or is it's just going to pay off that it's just the both of them uh yeah no it was it was obvious who it would be maybe if they had a little bit sometimes they like skip through time on certain things like last episode they chose adam with the moment of sea smoke and they're riding off then like okay i guess they just met on the beach now yes solve that meeting ground Someone must have sent them a text message or something to call them a meeting here right at the beach.

But the scene itself of choosing, of the choosing with the dragons, like the buildup to it was great. I love the radical decision making, how there was so much politics involved of like, hey, this is kind of sacrilegious what you're doing. And on top of that, too, you have the personal conflict with Jace and Renera leading it. into this decision like everyone's kind of against her on this even though she's really left with no other choice and then to get the moment where the bastards all do show up and she's speaking with all them leading into the dragon's pit sequence uh it was horrifying it was like exhilarating horrifying full of wonder at the same time majestic to behold whilst uh yeah kind of giving flashes of things like you cited clever field at one point you know i thought a little bit about godzilla minus one it felt

truly monstrous and rewarding by the time hugh was able to claim that dragon man yeah that was that was really it was really great like i love how all the odds are stacked up against you at the same time you the people plus the lowborn the lowborn um yeah no it was it was really great i feel that people are going love this episode at least these final moments yeah yeah would have to agree you now since i talked about the good stuff now you talk about corlis and damon and laris you know and then physical therapy agon yes you get all the good stuff man i left you the real meat of the t-shirt i want you chew on no this is the shit but i don't care about dragons g no white walkers for me i just want to talk about the politics uh uh no uh no i

I mean, can I, I need to levy a quick, a quick question. I am your man to answer any of these questions that you were about to post. Adam and Alan, to what degree of aware, like, what degree of awareness do they all have of each other? I guess is my question in terms of Corliss being aware that he's their dads. I think he's very aware. And them being aware that he's also, because I get it more from the kids. Okay. The brothers are very much aware.

of who they are they made that clear all right because yeah like and and uh yeah no he knows who they are but i think there was a conversation about because adam did not dawn that they're the hair color that there was a little bit of you're my weaker bastard son yeah sure i'm not gonna really pay mine to you okay yeah just keep keeping keeping things in line uh i mean i did appreciate the i want to backtrack a tiny bit first act um the dam and stuff was it interesting it's just it was this was an episode full that moment that the whole scene there with the tully was very very uh very gripping yeah yeah yeah what's his name sir oscar or whatever uh yeah yeah i mean i feel like a lot a lot happened in this episode this was an episode full of great

moments and great flourishes in terms of the the just thematic eye of the camera in unison with what the story's doing uh i am curious how people are going to take the last stretch of it only insofar as you get this really gripping and impressive sequence with Hugh and then you go into the old sequence which is like kind of silly in a way like I appreciate it in that it is like the exact opposite thing happens he just stumbles in here meets this other dragon for the first time you know steps on some eggs falls over the dragon's like you know what man I like you can stick around and And he cowarded his way into this dragon.

Yeah, a little bit. And I am very curious to see what some of the responses to that will be. Because, again, I'm sort of of two minds right now. Part of me is like, well, what would you want? A second extended POV scary dragon sequence, but now with no one around, like, also cool. You know, I appreciate the contrast. I'm going to need a two on it. But I am happy.

Like, when you see him in the later moment, when he's just out for the joy ride, And you have that sort of mystery of like, what's going on here? You know, is he, is somebody like coming to King's Landing to make a statement or is this, yeah, just sort of like a, you know, firing a flare up in the air? Or is he just out to, you know, try it out. Take the old dragon for a spin. But by then, you know, I feel like I was pretty chuffed and excited and kind of with the spirit of the, you know, swash buckling nature of a moment like that. So, you know, the ultimate outcome I do appreciate it. I think the execution was so strong throughout everything else

that it kind of took me aback the way that it unfolded with Old. But, yeah, I really enjoyed the way that this episode captured everything. And there are a lot of great dual images and the way they're able to shoot conversations. Like that one bit at the top, we were both, I think you especially kind of commented on where Laris is talking to the other guy and they're discussing his scoop about Adam's drag. you know and the rider being selected you have that shot behind them he's telling him all the leaks in

Deadpool and Wolverine that's right he's on all the juicy cameos spoiling everything for amid he's like I don't know if he's going to want to hear this but yeah that shot behind them where he delivers the crucial piece of information and we the audience are left to literally the perspective of an eavesdropper or you know one of the sort of various whispering voices on the wind was nice and then later on in the episode to get that, you know, bit where Reneera is putting the word out to, you know, all the bastards in Kings Landing to come this way. And then you literally get,

and, you know, more of those kinds of angles, you know, ensue as you get to watch the whispers travel. Right. And, yeah, just the way they did all that stuff, the way they handled the feeling of that in the tone

and the execution along with all the acting and stuff, I thought was great. And, and yeah, like, that bit at, at Heron Hall. with Sir Oscar

or whatever his name is Lord Oscar or yeah something or other it was really Junior Junior the dog's name called the dog Indiana

but yeah I think it's a Game of Thrones thing that happens sometimes and now a House of the Dragon thing where like you'll have a particularly young character who has to kind of be in a leadership position in this

like act beyond their years and I thought that kid whoever that kid was did an excellent job because you see him and you know we've had characters much closer to us in his exact position and so at first you're kind of you know like phe you know like who's this kid what's he going to do and then watching as he completely takes control of that situation and sort of uses damon and the leverage and really like shows everybody in this as this whole situation transpires using you know each little new piece of either protest or you know show of hand that comes his way to kind of, you know, guide the situation and leverage everybody and making

Damon, you know, really put his money where his mouth is and stuff. Like, it was a really cool scene and that actor captivated me almost immediately. And I hope we get to see him again because I thought that was just, you know, I mean, it's funny that Damon's perhaps one of his most interesting episodes is also largely due to other people's presence. But it is fun to watch his wheels turn. And then you get another great moment with Vassaris. Always nice to see paddy concedine right um well the you when david interacts with him he treats him like a boy and the boy does seem like he's maybe out of his element and maybe not that strong and then you watch slowly as that scene progresses that this kid actually does really know what he's doing

and is constantly surprising damon yeah and daming vastly underestimated the prowess of this little kid so i thought that was a really cool like unveiling scene to thrust you in a damon's perspective and be like, oh shit, maybe this kid actually really knows what he's doing, and maybe I don't really know what I'm doing. And everything seems to kind of keep driving home further, that he doesn't really quite know what he's doing as much as he thinks he does, whereas Renera, while has a lot of obstacles thrown her way, she keeps to continue to prove to people why she is not just in name deserving of the crown,

but can't earn a via through her ability of foresight and being willing to make the unpopular decision. And I thought was such good contrast. And, you know, clearly the writers love taking our characters now and putting them in solitary situations away from the rest of Ensemble because that's what they did with Allison, who's just having a really good, you know. She's having a soak.

She's on a walkabout. She's just on shrooms right now. She's at Coachella right now. She's going to Burning Man. She's doing a great time. She's like, I'm taking it easy right now and finding myself, you know. I really like that, too. Taking a mental health break.

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That was my father's name. Because we haven't read the book, we don't know, we didn't know that was going to happen or where any of this was going to progress. So I thought this season, when it started off, it was going to be like,

all right, Agon the Dick season. This is where we're going. Yeah. And I love how much of a slingshot is taken to where we're now where it's like oh the one to fear really is amen is Prince regent and yeah and agon's just sad and he's scared feel pitiful and scared that his life is going to be taken away at any moment in constant pain always I do want to get to know adam and Allen a little bit better I am kind of craving that right now agree because

especially with having the C-smoke moment I'm like come get to know we spent a lot of time building up Hugh and oof like so much more I feel like we spent so much more time with them than we have with Adam and Alan. I feel like they've left their connection with Coralists to be much of their characterization. Yeah, yeah. And I really, I really like what they did with Hugh. I mean, it seems like it must have been obvious of who he actually was. I just thought he was just one of the civilians we're focusing on in the city.

And being the eyeline into the poverty that the people are struck with at this moment and why they'll be wanting to form their alliance with Renara. That's what I thought his purpose was serving the entire time. And I thought maybe he might rise to some other type of leadership role, but I didn't expect that. So I do love the clarity on it because he really does seem like a real fucking man. Yeah. He's always been a gripping performer.

I feel like the wife has always kind of been relegated to just being in that room. And always being the one to receive that. and have to suffer through the bad news. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, no, totally. I hope for some vindication for her, I don't know, he said that thing about, I have a dragon, you know,

our lives change forever. So maybe good things are on the way for her. Yeah, I do think that sometimes the amount of cast that they have here can hinder, perhaps what might be of stronger impact when, like, looking back on what we've experienced. Because in the immediate moment,

there are some, there's so many great, like, immediate moments upon reflection. it's like okay might have been cooler if we maybe saw a couple of the other bastards so that way there was a little bit more as to okay there's only two so yeah maybe one of these people might actually die make it or yeah die or put to some other you know use still a gripping scene and i still love especially love emma darcy's performance in this entire episode horrific because she is um there's like fear there's hope there's having to uh carry herself as like strong despite uh you know a worry um you know coming up against her especially in that whole dragon moment like she has to

carry herself a certain way like literally before she confronts um i don't know confronts but faces the the bastards she is being told off in front of them yeah i was a terrible idea yeah yeah yeah you're

dishonoring everything you stand for and i i mean they don't more than likely don't speak valerians so probably don't know what happened but at the same time she's being told off

like literally right in front of them and then now she's like yeah you all have to kind of take a leap of faith in your trust and you know like and really

still encourage them to go into what is ultimately like a like a yeah yeah it's going into a doomed scenario

going into a mission more likely to result in your death because there's a bunch of you and she's like we're going to throw them all

at you. And like the horror of that moment, you know, instead of like literally, that was one of the moments that I was surprised by in that sequence was the horror of like all the guards are forcing them to stay here, you know, against their will, even though some of them are like, oh, I don't remember, I changed my own hour. Like, say, the guards forced them to stay there. That was, that was probably the ickyest moment of Renair's decision making that I thought, you know, once like, if they'd want to change your minds, let them change your minds.

Because is that the dragon rider you want anyway? Yeah, you have official, I mean, who knows? I mean, if they didn't do that, then both wouldn't have stumbled his way. I mean, yeah. I mean, yeah, there are lots of ways to look at that. And partly, I don't know, you could even chalk it up to just a lack of communication. Like, hey, if everyone freaks out, maybe don't trap him any. You know, because like that, and you're going to lose, you're going to get your soldiers cooked to too.

but yeah i mean i think that was a i guess what else do you do like instead of going one by one and risking everyone losing heart yeah you just throw them all out there and see what happens and then too i mean to be callous about it you also just clean up uh any of your you know non-chosen prospects and that's all taken care of so like this was 10 episodes you could have done a whole episode dedicated to just that agree yes that whole lot the last 15 minutes here you could have in a whole episode, dedicated to it. Yeah, and then you could have spent a little more time. Like, you could have put Ulf, like, off in the catacombs in some weird way for longer.

And then he encounters Ghalm. Yeah, yeah, he finds the one ring, goes invisible, runs off, then runs into a dragon. And then he has to give him fine gold for the dragon. Yeah. And the dragon's like, hey, well, you found my gold. I want my arkansas. I give you one wish. Yeah, now that you get the arkestone.

Yeah. I like that Masaria also has basically become. Reneira's council. Like, I love that we keep cutting back to the council now and it's just like, it's all them bickering.

And Rineera is just chatting it with Masaria figuring this stuff out, which I think is interesting. And I wonder if that'll get drug out into a sort of mutiny situation of any kind to complicate matters

because I'm sure the council can't be thrilled about, they have to have some idea and I'm sure they're not thrilled. Like if Jace knows. And I like that scene too because as much as it is easy to be on Renera's side of that scene.

I thought they at least wrote the debate between her and Jace in a way where it. I understood both ideas and you do kind of get that extra pang of sympathy for like, oh yeah, you are, you know, a prince, but also people have been reminding you of, you know, your contentious standing in this world all your life.

And so, you know, that being another, this being another brick in that wall, you know, it made sense. And I liked at least having, you know, it made sense. also is just a means of getting a little bit more personal friction going on. We're so silly.

Lars totally believe the whispers about the dragon, but he doesn't want... He doesn't want that guy. He doesn't want Aymond to succeed. There you know. I don't know why people have already commented it. It's not for a kid. Yeah, he doesn't want AIME to

it's not just that he wants the... It's a whole thing where he was talking to AGO last episode. Like, he's signed with Agon. If he shows it in this episode, if he's like, he's on Agon's side. There's just so many. rich details. There's so many things happening

that. Like, oh yeah, of course. He doesn't want the heat of the moment. He doesn't want aiming to succeed. Well, this is one of those shows. This is like a this, I feel like a Game of Thrones or a House of the Drive. Like anything in this world works, I mean, you know, I feel as a viewer. There's so many times in these reviews where we figured out, and I'm like,

people have already commented. Yes. And then I go to the comments and I'm like, yep. Yep, here it is. They didn't make it to this point in the video. Yeah. I feel like as much as yes, you want as a viewer to get everything on the first watch. I do appreciate a show like this does feel like something we're like, oh yeah, I bet I'll get way more and things will feel more premeditated when I go back

and look at it again versus the immediate moment of the excitement of watching it the first time. I do like Damon's story for what it does for Renera of the agency it gives her, because especially with the way last season ended, it seemed like, you know, Damon being the general of Renara's army would just kind of handle business. and it's forced her nera to handle a lot more on her own without damon so i think that's been really cool uh it's just with like damon's storyline i'm not sure it seems like it's all about him relinquishing leading to this journey of yes the grieving but also getting to this journey of realizing i maybe i actually don't want the crown sure and i'm like i guess we need this

it's so back and forth on it you know i guess we have established him as particularly determined and hungry so i guess yeah we need to do a protracted letting go sequence to make that believable i guess so because yes this seems to be the main thing it's uh aiming for right now but yeah main thing it's aim and for nicely touch ha ha ha ha ha ha any other thoughts before we go no man that That was a fantastic episode. It was a fantastic. It was some hot D. I tell you what.

Leave us your hot T-H-O-G-H-T-S down in the comments below. Everything that we missed or didn't pick up on soon enough. Please. And we'll catch it for the final next week. Love y'all. Be well. Cheers. Adelia Chamberlain.

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