I have HBO Max (plan on cancelling once I see all the older shows I want to see) and I don't care to see House of the Dragon considering it is based on a show that will go down in history for one of the biggest crash landings for a popular show. As much as I blame GRRM for most of the issues with Game of Thrones and can't believe HBO would even work with him again, I did enjoy the Ice and Fire books (along with some of his sci-fi). I was wondering if the Fire and Blood book is worth the read if I can find a used copy of course.
Also, I'm surprised they don't tell these actors/actresses of these shows to shut up. These women droning on about how it is all about feminism really make me want to tune in I tell ya.
At least before the first power narrative took over GOT you had some equality of evil characters with men and women being bad
They are trying to cover their writing, directing and acting inadequacies through virtue signaling. Not a surprise that no show takes risks and there are no original concepts.
It wasn't only GOT that ...well got shittier season by season, i had to quit watching The Expanse, The Orville, Walking Dead and many other shows because of decline in quality. HotD looks to start really low.
Walking Dead was huge in the earlier 2010s. In 2018 I quit the show because it was a chore to get through. I decided to finish the comic books and in the comics I was pleasantly surprised that it ended with a good father. I started watching the Expanse but not sure if I should continue because I’ve heard the same things you said. At least Orville gave me what I wanted from Nutrek. A new crew going on adventures. Why they have to attach it to Spock is beyond me. But I get what you are saying.
Problem with the Walking Dead is that they drag out something that ought to take one episode to resolve and turn it into 3 episodes. The trick to watching the show is to wait for the season to end and watch it on DVR and skip ahead a lot of the talkies, especially ones with the women, you won't miss much.
These days, skipping the parts with women is almost required to make shows watchable.