I was amazed when House of Dragons was given ratings as high as Game of Thrones. One was the best cinematic event ever the other a slow moving soap opera.
The ratings for season two of HDM followed the same route. Initial season great season 2 worthless. I can now see why the theater version of book one ( The Golden Compass ) did not carry the story to the end. Studio answer was, the latter part was " too dark ". Real answer studio knew book 2 was a stinker so idea was to have most of the second theater film be the end of book one and at least have part of another really good film.
Now it's time for book three and it looks like the united nations. Political correctness already all but destroyed the project . Follow this by having Lyra go from being a child to an older teen and you have an almost hopeless mess. But wait, there's more : the first season had strong relationships between good characters, strong dialogue and a great interaction between humans and their Daemons ( by far the best element of the story ), an easy to follow plot line and a great claustrophobic atmosphere. Season three reminds me of 70's US television's attempts to science fiction ...lousy.
I rate season 1 a 9, season 2 a 5 and season 3 so far a 2. Overall watch season 1 and that's enough.
The ratings for season two of HDM followed the same route. Initial season great season 2 worthless. I can now see why the theater version of book one ( The Golden Compass ) did not carry the story to the end. Studio answer was, the latter part was " too dark ". Real answer studio knew book 2 was a stinker so idea was to have most of the second theater film be the end of book one and at least have part of another really good film.
Now it's time for book three and it looks like the united nations. Political correctness already all but destroyed the project . Follow this by having Lyra go from being a child to an older teen and you have an almost hopeless mess. But wait, there's more : the first season had strong relationships between good characters, strong dialogue and a great interaction between humans and their Daemons ( by far the best element of the story ), an easy to follow plot line and a great claustrophobic atmosphere. Season three reminds me of 70's US television's attempts to science fiction ...lousy.
I rate season 1 a 9, season 2 a 5 and season 3 so far a 2. Overall watch season 1 and that's enough.