The Reel Rejects - REJECT RECAP: House of the Dragon 1x2 "The Rogue Prince" REVIEW!

Episode Date: August 29, 2022

THAT ENDING!! House Of The Dragon Episode 2 Reaction, Recap, Breakdown, & Full Review for the Game Of Thrones spin-off adaptation of "Fire & Blood" by George R.R. Martin as Rhanerya Targaryen earns her seat as Queen, Daemon (Matt Smith) wages war, the Cradfeeder is introduced, & so many turns & twists! #HouseOfTheDragon #GameOfThrones #HBO #HBOMax #MattSmith Become A Super Sexy Reject For Full-Length T.V. & Movie Reactions + HOUSE OF THE DRAGON Watch Alongs! https://www.patreon.com/thereelrejects Support The Channel By Checking Out Our High-Quality Merch: http://shopzeroedition.com/collections/reel-rejects-merch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-reel-rejects/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's going on? Podcast, the reject list. We'll come up with a nickname for you guys. Ears of the Reject Nation. Listeners of the Reject Nation. Hughie, we're going to watch House of the Dragon. If you want to catch a reaction that's up on YouTube.com slash the real rejects. But if you just want to hear a review, stick around. Let's get to it.

I love the visuals on this crab guy. Yeah. Whoa. Wow. Things are moving fast. I know. We're already a six-month jump. I mean, when I say fast, I'm not saying rushed.

No. I don't know. Moving at a, they're getting to the point. Yeah. Yeah, I love it. I don't know. Let's talk about it. Yeah.

I love it. Good political soap opera. Absolutely. Yeah, right. It's got both the elements. firing on all cylinders just that constant percolating build of everything and just i love watching shit build it and to watch it like just crumble i love the chaos that you could feel is coming around the corner i think like the great days of game of thrones had always done that so well and uh

this show's like doing it just right off the jump from the first episode into here alliance is switching around like everything just gone into disarray all because of this one thing with the air and I really love the ending reveal with Corlis, Cordes, Cordes Cordyceps. Corlis. Corlis Corlis Valerion. With Corlis.

With Corlis because in the early part of this episode it's like he's the one warning of a war but he never thought that he'd be helping to bring the war. It's like, you're not going to listen to me. Friggin' then I'm just going to go start it off myself because it's headed that way anyway.

I think that's such a great reveal and the alliance between him and dame makes so much sense and you know with the way the the first episode was moved at a bit of a faster pace but i liked how this one was more deliberate but really let you simmer in a lot of the tension and let you really simmer in a lot of the unspoken emotion a lot of the time there's a lot of good visual language just working off of the actor's reactions to things like what's going on internally and you could pick up on it without them having to say it

and I thought that was so strong which so a lot was able to be more powerfully communicated without it having to be spoken and I think that is such a great testament to the directing and the writing of this and of course like God

like what this cast is so phenomenal and the Game of Thrones was so shitty before that yeah they were all bad Why none of them turn into iconic characters? They're all terrible. And it never got better.

Nope. No one's name comes to mind every time I hear the theme song. I just think that when you come into, when you are like we're not, we didn't read the book, Fire, Blood, and Ice, and in the name of the father. And the songs of all that stuff. Yeah. We didn't read it. I mean, got some information on it, you know, just to kind of prep some mentality before

going into the show but i'm not like looking for spoilers yeah things are like let's just give me some little history before watching this and some reminders of game of thrones um but what this show has succeeded at so well just right away is another ensemble show with a whole bunch of characters i'm really interested in and a lot i'm worried about and everyone's so multi-layered like the the king of saris yeah what a dumb move for him to be like oh I don't want to cause strain between

you and my daughter I'm marrying your best friend and then I'm going to throw in a random bomb of not only that it's like it's your best friend it's a total left turn and I'm taken now as my stand to marry for love again even though yeah all this has been about not

wanting to replace his lost love well I think the way the Targaryens I've always sort of been painted as you know, especially the ones who are not as involved with knowing like the true history of Targaryans from the books

and stuff is a way a lot of it can be translated or interpreted as you know, like the very surface version. I've always known there's more to it than this, but the very surface version is kind of ruthless, horny people who do their own family. That's just kind of with the

interpretation of it. And you know, even when they're talking, there's a lot of that coldness still present because you know we got to do work you got to do the politics you got to do the king's duty i think they do capture a lot more of that nuance of of of emotion uh with these characters like i love the way they i think there was like three scenes between the king and and uh ranara uh yeah i think about three and each one was like them learning to talk to each other yeah and all the different things that are said at least individually in that awkward space between them as they try to

actually connect and the things that yeah you like you can see the roadmap of how all this goes wrong in the silences between them and i think that's a really compelling testament to both the actors and the writing well i think that last scene was so strong because i really did show you know in a whole episode where one of the main focuses was we got to find this guy king who's a queen who's he going to marry and then you have this really sweet moment of like oh that love that he had for her because obviously he was heartbroken devastated by the loss of his wife uh but it was nice to just be reminded of okay yeah no they really he really did love her yeah and it wasn't just some marriage out of duty that he had to do like he that woman he really loved and then to be manipulated

He's this guy with like a bunch of choices He never knows which direction it takes I'm gonna try to make the right one I'm gonna fall my heart Ah damn it And I see he doesn't always been manipulated By this whole situation And it's it's crazy

Like this fight for the throne And yeah there's just so much going on Yeah But what I really The thing that was teased to me That I'm really most looking forward to Is the thing with Rainerus Rainerus

Rainerus Reynus Reynus Reynus I can't quit you, Reynus. Rainira and Raina and Reynus, they need to have more scenes to get. Like, I'm excited to see how, I feel like that you, you know, we were anticipating some kind of, you know, growing feud between them, obviously, because the position Reynus is in. But now that, you know, Rainier has been slighted in this way, I feel like that could drive them together.

Well, I think there's a, maybe, which would make it even more. complex you know if if her husband is like working with damon and then she's talking to renara who is obviously so loyal the whole thing is it's that good tugging pool of like duty versus where my what i'm feeling yeah you know and whether that be i don't agree with this position this alliance or whatever it may be like renara for example might be like fuck my dad um but i'm not going to go like side with damon try to kill him but i don't know you know yeah like it's it's all it's i like where it's weaving in and out but specifically that relationship you know because uh rainis has uh always seriously wouldn't have her george or martin to kind of change up

the name yeah guys just to say it's a little too similar you get a full chart with faces just like flash cards learn them all um with uh With Rainis, because she's someone who is scorned and is so said in her ways about here's how it is. And there's a lot of truth to what she speaks because she has the experience of not inheriting what should have been hers. She has the knowledge and the wisdom and the years and the pain of it all. And then you've got someone like Renara who's, you know, while someone ahead of her age and intelligent, she's still a little bit more optimistic that she could maybe make things a little bit different

you know so I think there's the things of what she can inspire hopefulness of things that could change of Renera and then Rainis who can you know every once in a while be like so you told you I've lived through the sort of political machinations of this world enough to be like you shouldn't be surprised when the world yeah bends you over a bit but also then yeah Renera can be like But hey, you know, without all of that baggage, look what we could do, you know.

So I think there's a lot they could learn from each other and a lot they could have fights about and real debates about. So I think there's a lot of richness if done well, which that one scene with those two performers, it just demonstrated like, man, there's a lot of great things that could come from just these two interacting with each other. Absolutely. So I love that. I mean, every scene here I thought was like this is like a tour to force of action. to me yeah the scene in the with the dragonstone and like that was the centerpiece of the episode like like they wait to see damon till that moment yeah and i and i'm so excited to see how they continue to develop him because the person he shows up as in you know in public when dealing with the king or

the king's you know small table people like he's he's one version and then when you see him in private he's a different guy and i really loved their meeting on the bridge and the way she's just like giving him the opportunity right there. And, I mean, you know, it's there, obviously. Like, there's that family tie that's going to make things more complicated. But I love what is under the surface of Matt Smith's performance, too, because, yeah, you see all the wheels turning. And you could tell that maybe, even though at this moment, they have so many reasons to be divided, I feel like there's some kind of unlikely, I don't know if it's a union, but I feel like there may be some unlikely harmony between Reneera and Damon to come. Maybe.

I mean, I like your point of what you're saying, because the first episode is the way that you capture Damon is through the perspective of how people see him. And then this one allowed for a little bit more private, intimate moments and perhaps some of the more deeper sides that even Rainera could pick up on about him. You know, I could see that he is just a hurt boy. Yeah. Like he's a hurt violent boy. But he's still a little bit more into the, the, the, the. the system at hand like i love that bit with corliss where he's like i can talk all the shit i want about the king but you can't yeah yeah exactly like that's not something i would have

necessarily expected based off the first episode i i think that's really well fleshed out and and the way the way auto is like rizsafon's always been great yet ever since the nodding hill days uh he's always been great but the way these layers just get peeled back from him because whenever he's put in a position i really notice this about his performance especially in this episode whenever he's put in a position where he has to argue or there might be a conflict of interest amongst counsel he kind of the body language and his tone of voice becomes a little bit meek yeah you know like it's like he doesn't really seem like you'd be the strongest guy i don't want to speak out of turn yeah yeah he takes

on it feels so natural like, ah, you're a bit of a wimp, aren't you? Like, it's what it seemed so endearing about him in that first episode made him like so likable. They're like, oh, you're the nice one on the team. But then you see that he's actually like the most cunning one of the strings up there. One, that's the thing too is, absolutely.

And that's the most gratifying thing across these two episodes thus far is like it does feel a bit faster pace like you said, but it also feels like a return to the form of, yeah, like the scenes where certain characters are meeting and the tension that comes out of and the debates and the all the different political considerations you know that stuff is all as thrilling as when dragons show up at dragonstone and so yeah and uh and yeah with hutto high tower it's like that only you know we're two episodes in but that doesn't feel rushed to me that that you would have the seed planted and you would watch this machination you get the knowledge that okay we're six months ahead now and clearly that seed he planted with alison is working because yeah now he's a

for the moment, going to join their two houses. And that could have felt rushed, and it feels more like a punch here. Take advantage of the man's grief. Yeah. Really preyed on that. It's really smart. You learn a lot in the autumn.

Yeah, man. If there's one thing Game of it throws a great at is giving you characters to add to the, if you idolize this guy, you're missing the point. How to be horrible and influence people. But effectively. Yeah, that's a good.

That's a, that's a, who plays renara because she's phenomenal yeah that it's millie alcock right now i i guess i can only assume we're going to get some sort of time jump well i love that this does feel like chapters that unfold like every episode feels you call it like chapter one chapter two and and and and with her even at the very beginning not speaking up i mean trying to speak up and just being shunned and be like if we're going to find a guard you're just something less than um but sometimes it does feel like She is so much more logical than everyone else.

I know. Well, wouldn't you want to get a guy who's fought in battle? Like, that just makes sense, doesn't it? That should be your first question. Solid consensus. I don't know why. They got the requirements. Yeah, yeah.

And even her being like, maybe we should show just a display of power using our dragons or something to, you know, at least force these pirates to maybe take us a little bit seriously. And I love that, you know, I guess to kind of stand in for instead of the looming threat of White Walkers, you have the looming threat of this, like, feral pirate gang who's like leaving people out to be eaten by crabs crab

crab battle crab battle that's the next one I'm going to have to commit to memory crab battle I just keep going to crab metal's knife I remember they talked about him in last episode I was like oh yeah cool character but then the way you see him does does evoke a little bit more of that like a more messed up pirates of the care

yeah when you're in davy jones locker yeah like oh this is the R rated version of what gore vinsky probably would want to do like the really messed up high visual effects budget um but it feels so grimy and an ugly yet you want to you want to keep watching and it's i want to see more of this twisted icky get nautical body horror stuff it looks awesome it's cool to look at it's a really cool to look at and you're like okay uh corlis wants you know to fight but maybe it'll lead to an alliance like what they can use oh with the pirates yeah oh maybe yeah i mean if if they they speak the language of the sea together so i'm sure that and i bat pirates would probably have a reason

to be vexed about dragons so i don't know i mean i just love a show that feels so cold yet so goddamn heartbreaking that's i know right i love a show that can do both at the same time because yeah like everyone's so layered and and and it seems like ronero's like the only good person The only good, well, that it's, only good. I feel like I'm missing someone here, but Rainer is like the only good person. Well, that's the thing is, Renara seems like the only good person who also is at least smart and cunning enough about the world she lives in, whereas, like, I feel like King Vassaris is a good guy. And he's the one where I'm like, you're just too nice a guy for that. You're not cut out for this world.

It's more like, you're making some choices. I don't really agree with. But I get it, though. Like, I get it. Yeah. No, he's not, yeah, it's not bad. I feel like they gave a little bit of a stark. touch to them. Yeah, exactly. And like Allison's not bad. I guess there's more of that.

Well, no, she's in a rough position. And yeah, you can see so much conflict coming out of that. But yeah, she's not conniving. There's a lot of good people. Yeah, yeah. There's a cluster of good people. Kristen, Sir Kristen, seems like an all right guy. Yeah. You know, I mean, but hands down, whenever Matt Smith is on screen, he just, he really just steals the show. Finally, they got him to like a true project worthy of his talents after doctor. Yeah. And so it's a lot. antithesis yeah right the exact opposite character it's like he does the things you like

about Matt Smith but in the most icky like I don't trust this guy at all kind of package yeah what horrific thing is he going to do next week because he's phenomenal whenever he's on screen and I do like because you like to see him relish but I love when you do get more of those

quieter moments where he's just observing and you're watching them so I really love that that little wind and refin yeah a ref and touch where you're like they're not talking but i know what they're thinking yeah now it's good let's get a synth score in the next episode slow motion walking away from but the dragon that's good the dragon um reveals i because i think i feel like we're gonna get like a cool battle next week there's got to be yeah i think next week's gonna be a bitch in battle it's gonna be really

hard to keep this video monta but the the the the the the thing with the dragon I thought that was handled so well at Dragonstone where you it's like okay is that is that Damon's dragon coming up oh she's just gonna try like unleash fire on them and then for her to the way they handled the reveal that it was her on there oh that was seven coming through the clouds like jaws yeah I like when they choose to speak valerian yes the choice of that always feels very apt very deliberate yeah it's great great moments to choose when to speak in it's it's always like this is real talk right now yeah we're not the common folks should be privy to this conversation yeah you're gonna do it in the ancient tongue a real conversation yeah this is for adult speak like when you hear like all my Latino friends when they start like yelling at each other in Spanish like oh there's a real better excuse myself the conversation we're having right yeah um well they're good and they're good at selling it like it's like they really understand the language too.

Yeah, I'm like, I don't know it, but it sounds cool. It sounds like they really learned it, maybe. Everything about this is awesome. There's a lot of great things to come, and I feel like next week's going to be a banger. Oh, yeah. That one's going to have some real violence. Some hardcore, yeah.

Some snotical and some fiery violence. And the last thing I'll say is, like, Wood Damon and the horror. No. Miseria. Maseria, yes. Got the names filled up here. Miseria. And David and Messeria,

like, even her speech that I was very much touched by. And that's just another thing that drives home the whole thing that would him

and Otto Corbius. Corpus Corlis. Corlis we're talking about because the king got to marry

someone he loves. Lost her and he still gets to choose who he wants. for remarriage and damon is just like stuck with a woman he clearly does not like yeah he can't even have he can't even just have her yeah you could see that while he was being very manipulative on a lot of many accounts uh and using her there is that thing that seems

like he actually does like her and at the end of the day if he were to choose who to marry it'd be her yeah i mean you see that dual life of like no they have a real bond he actually cares about what she has to say, but also he's clearly entwined in the Game of Thrones. And I like that this show, the books, I'm sure, like, these stories bothered to give credence to characters like that, because I thought her speech was really great. And she's like, yeah, I don't care about, like, statecraft and power. I just don't want to be afraid anymore. I don't want to be used for everybody else's means.

Like, that's the furthest reason from why I decided to be with you. And even that, even that little brief thing, especially on the heels of a love seeing that people didn't see very pleased by last week uh i like that they got some good emotional sparks this week but yeah guys thank you so much for being here uh this is uh an awesome awesome show uh you can check us on patreon thank you to helix for sponsoring this video be sure to leave a like subscribe and hey uh let's do a patreon lord brian of house perry how's it going buddy just wanted to wish you well has come for me, as you can see, by the snowy backdrop of bleak, uncaring coldness.

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