I'm embarrassed to admit this but I have seen Game of Thrones more than 200 times and love it except for the last season, so I was so excited to watch House of the DRAGON because it would not take much to make this a sensational show.

THEY FAILED MISERABLY!

GOT was so good because the character development was fantastic and viewers were in love with some characters while we despised others.. and some we were undecided about from the first episode.. The acting and cast were second to none except for a few actors who aren't that great but viewers didn't notice sub par acting because the supporting cast carried everyone..because they are so darn good.

House of the Dragon has shockingly bad actors especially Millie Alcock and it was obvious because the rest of the cast wasn't much better and they had a terrible script that didn't help.

It's really bad when every single character could be killed off and I would have been happy because maybe they might introduce someone interesting.. and not the boring mob we had to endure watching.

The storyline is ridiculous and doesn't exploit GOT's popularity by focusing on the dragons.. I would have loved to see how the original Targaryens raised and trained dragons because Danaerys didn't have a clue.. There were so many mistakes and things that didn't make sense and the storyline was all over the place.. and we didn't even see any crazy Targaryens often mentioned in GOT.. because of the in breeding.. I would have loved to see things like babies being tested to see if they are fireproof because not all Targaryens are fire proof.

The story could have been sensational but it certainly was not.. So no character development, a shockingly bad storyline and sub par acting .. Well done ruining what could have been a fantastic show. As for the good reviews they are clearly posted by people with beer goggles on who are either very young or people so excited they didn't even watch the show properly..