House of the dragon has nothing that made GoT so appealing and attractive. There is just one single storyline, no shocking events, no drama, no characters to identify with, no mysteries, no battles, no violence, no sex, no mysticism, nothing at all. Nothing to like, nothing to be puzzled or intrigued by. I only watched through episode 6 out of a misplaced sense of loyalty towards GoT.

Acting is poor and flat, photography at times a disaster (half of episode 5 and 6 I couldn't even see what was going on) and direction is that of an amateur. If you have the opportunity to show the glory of Harrenhall before it was destroyed by dragon's fire, then please do! A two-second shot is not enough.

Nobody can take this seriously. Let's hope that the showrunners will come up with some sort of punchline in the end: "Haha, we fooled you into getting a subscription to HBO! Got you (!)." I could appreciate that.