I know everyone hated GOT's last season of the series but up to season 6 it was a groundbreaking and fantastic series. As much as I'd like to love this prequel, it's not anywhere near as great as GOT. The dialogue is flat, special effects mediocre, the story line is dull and the acting falls flat on dull dialogue.

David Benioff and DB Weiss were a far superior writing and creative team. As much as I like Miguel's direction in GOT, it's not doing it for me with House of Dragon. I'll keep watching but my expectation's are much lower. There also seems to be gratuitous violence in the show. It's not needed. I really hope that the Addison of Alan Taylor will help the show.