I wasn't expecting GOT, as a reader of GRRM I was still impressed with GOT because they took the time to make it 'real'. I didn't expect House of Dragons to be GOT as it came before Aegon the Conqueror (Fire and Blood) HOD has as many and more complex characters as GOT. If Amazon can spend over $80 million an episode for LOTR's Rings of Power, why is HBO cheating us? It's not just the bad acting, fake wigs, or the bad CGI (the dragons are cool); but they started in the middle of the story!! I feel cheated because they're not telling the WHOLE story. Aegon the Conqueror married 2 of his sisters and thus began the Targaryen Dynasty. They don't explain that the Velaryon's (as in Corlys) are close blood relations to the Family before they left Valeria or explain 'The Doom of Valeria' Spend some money HBO!! You have it!