twbrn t1_j2c7tpz wrote
I was pleasantly surprised by how quickly they moved the plot along in the first season. Knowing the source material, I know there's a lot more action to come, but it might have been tempting for them to try and drag out the events leading up to where the season left off, if only to guarantee themselves more content for later seasons. I'm glad they didn't go that way.
DisneyDreams7 t1_j2dkgwa wrote
A lot of people were disappointed with the timeskip, even George R R Martin hated it and said it was rushed.
twbrn t1_j2drkwm wrote
No, he did not. People need to stop making shit up and putting it in his mouth.
> Very briefly, however, I think Ryan has handled the “jumps” very well, and I love love love both the younger Alicent and Rhaenyra and the adult versions, and the actresses who play them. (Truth be told, we have an incredible cast, and I love all of them). Do I wish we’d had more time to explore the relationship between Rhaenyra and Ser Harwin, the marriage of Daemon and Laena and their time in Pentos, the birth of various and sundry children (and YES, Alicent gave Viserys four children, three sons and a daughter, their youngest son Daeron is down in Oldtown, we just did not have the time to work him in this season), and everything else we had to skip? Sure.
> But there are only so many minutes in an episode (more on HBO than on the network shows I once wrote for), and only so many episodes in a season.
https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2022/10/11/random-musings/
QueasyStress0 t1_j2e8pj1 wrote
Not only that, but I find the idea of George not appreciating the qualities of a time skip really weird, considering he is probably wishing he had gone with the original plan of time skipping asoiaf to Daenerys arriving in Westeros, back when he could.
Then again, television and book writing are two completely different things.
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