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House Of The Dragon Review – This Game Of Thrones Prequel Is Gorgeous, Opulent Television

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George RR Martin ‘s world makes through our screens with total assurance and charisma. While it’s captivating, it’s also bloody, it’s the greatest hits of Westeros in its most gruesome. The premiere season of House of the Dragon (Sky Atlantic) is simply breathtaking. For over an hour, it slams through the elements that created the predecessor show. Game of Thrones , so powerful on the tiny screen, particularly when it was at its best form. It’s the best-loved collection of Westeros at its most intense. Families make vows they can’t keep, as they sex and betray one another both in secret and out of the eye. There’s jousting, playing and even fighting. There are dragons obviously. There’s a drunken orgy with an axe in facial features, Caesarean that is not anesthesia, bleeding wounds, cut limbs and organs too. George RR Martin’s world makes its way back onto our screens with complete assurance and grace. It’s as captivating as it is terrifying....