House of the Dragon: Season 1 4K UHD (2022)

[pulpmattman]

I think the latter season GoT hate was wildly overblown, but I agree that it became too fast paced, so I appreciate that this show seems to be taking its time again and breathing. Helps that it's focused on a single house.

[bergman864]

Originally Posted by sfmarine

Second season is a go which isn't surprising to me. I'm hopeful that it will get a good 4-5 seasons and we work our way up to to the Mad King and Robert's rebellion.

With that being said...I'll be purchasing season 1 as well.

A 2 or 3 season Robert's Rebellion would make for a good spinoff. If House of the Dragon reignites the franchise I see no reason why we can't get a second or third spinoff.

I don't want this series to rush to incorporate more Westeros history than it needs to.

[Quint van der Vaart]

Info from HDmoviesource :


House of the Dragon: The Complete First Season 4K Blu-ray
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
HBO | 2022 | Season 1 | Rated TV-MA | Release Date TBA (Anticipated Dec 20, 2022)

Video
Codec: HEVC / H.265
Resolution: 4K (2160p)
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10
Original aspect ratio: 1.78:1

Audio
English: Dolby Atmos
French: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1

Subtitles
English SDH, French, Spanish

Discs
4K Ultra HD
Blu-ray Disc
Four-disc set
UPC 883929802999

[Pieter V]

Amazon.com

[PissedOffPeoN]

Will the Atmos track have to be selected before you start it and not default to 5.1 this time?

[PissedOffPeoN]

Originally Posted by DaGodfadder

On a personal note, my greatest ‘4K experience’ so far has been watching the entire GoT series in 4K - my first time ever watching the series.

It was glorious.

I watched the series on an LG C9. My previous tv was a crt from the early 1990s, so you can probably imagine the look on my face while I watched this show.

WOW! how long did you have that CRT for?

[BluLobsta]

This is great news!

[BluLobsta]

Originally Posted by DaGodfadder

On a personal note, my greatest ‘4K experience’ so far has been watching the entire GoT series in 4K - my first time ever watching the series.

It was glorious.

I watched the series on an LG C9. My previous tv was a crt from the early 1990s, so you can probably imagine the look on my face while I watched this show.

Yeah, I had a 27-inch Sony Trinitron (CRT) for almost 25 years until I joined this forum in 2008 and went HD (now 4K). What a great picture that thing had.

[Jonathan McLeod]

Expect pre-orders to go up 23rd October - 3 weeks time just after the last episode of the series airs. If, as is looking likely, the only 4K option is going to be a Steelbook, I hope it's not stacked like the Season 8 one of Game of Thrones was.

[unberechenbar]

Is the pre-order price expected to drop or is $60 the normal price for TV shows on UHD?

[Jonathan McLeod]

Price looks about right to me. Remember it includes the Steelbook tax.

[unberechenbar]

Originally Posted by Jonathan McLeod

Price looks about right to me. Remember it includes the Steelbook tax.

Ok thanks. I've never bought any shows on UHD before so I'm not familiar with their pricing.

[Farerb]

Originally Posted by Jonathan McLeod

Expect pre-orders to go up 23rd October - 3 weeks time just after the last episode of the series airs. If, as is looking likely, the only 4K option is going to be a Steelbook, I hope it's not stacked like the Season 8 one of Game of Thrones was.

You can already pre order it.
If it does turn out to be a steelbook then I'll cancel my order.

[krismate]

Originally Posted by Bzoonoo

There's plenty more of the season to go but so far I'm not impressed. Hopefully it gets better but I'm amazed at how many are all in. I'd like to know those that are, complained about got s6-7....

Later seasons of GoT are filled with bad character writing and non-sensical plot points. So many of the great characters in the earlier seasons become completely unrewarding to watch in S7 and S8. Season 1-4 (some in S5 and S6 too) had many great character arcs and buildups that have very satisfactory payoffs. Season 7 and 8 have practically none.

Not only that, season 7 and 8 decided to completely destroy & contradict some character's amazing arcs from earlier seasons.

House of the Dragon isn't perfect (the amount of time jumps doesn't do it for me) and definitely isn't as good as GoT S1-4 but it so far has good buildup with fairly good writing for the characters, however, some better than others. The main characters who get a lot of screen time get a lot of time to flesh out their characters and build up arcs.

[Show spoiler]Unfortunately, there are some smaller characters who have quite an impact on the events of the story and are connected heavily to the main characters but do not get enough time on screen to build their characters up before being killed off.

[OutOfBoose]

I'm obsessed with the series and I'm definitely getting this.

[chas speed]

Originally Posted by krismate

Later seasons of GoT are filled with bad character writing and non-sensical plot points. So many of the great characters in the earlier seasons become completely unrewarding to watch in S7 and S8. Season 1-4 (some in S5 and S6 too) had many great character arcs and buildups that have very satisfactory payoffs. Season 7 and 8 have practically none.

Not only that, season 7 and 8 decided to completely destroy & contradict some character's amazing arcs from earlier seasons.

House of the Dragon isn't perfect (the amount of time jumps doesn't do it for me) and definitely isn't as good as GoT S1-4 but it so far has good buildup with fairly good writing for the characters, however, some better than others. The main characters who get a lot of screen time get a lot of time to flesh out their characters and build up arcs.

[Show spoiler]Unfortunately, there are some smaller characters who have quite an impact on the events of the story and are connected heavily to the main characters but do not get enough time on screen to build their characters up before being killed off.

If you don't like the ending of GOT blame Martin, not the producers. It still ended better than the original Star Wars trilogy (dancing teddy bears save the day), The Sopranos and the film The Wizard of Oz.

[Farerb]

Originally Posted by chas speed

If you don't like the ending of GOT blame Martin, not the producers. It still ended better than the original Star Wars trilogy (dancing teddy bears save the day), The Sopranos and the film The Wizard of Oz.

Except Martin had nothing to do with that ending. He said he wasn't involved with the last four seasons of Game of Thrones.

And better than The Wizard of Oz?!?

[chas speed]

Originally Posted by Farerb

Except Martin had nothing to do with that ending. He said he wasn't involved with the last four seasons of Game of Thrones.

And better than The Wizard of Oz?!?

They went with what Martin told them about how he wanted it to end. You might want to do a little research in the future. This has been confirmed by all sources. Martin has said a lot of things over the years and constantly contradicted himself but the producers sure as hell didn't make up the ending on their own. Martin also said he couldn't write for the TV show anymore because he had to finish the books. Do you believe that?! If the producers had changed the ending you would have been screaming bloody murder about that too. Yes, I think the ending of GOT is better than the ending of "The Wizard of Oz". Unlike GOT "The Wizard of Oz" book had been finished before they made the movie and they did not go with the original ending. It was not all a dream in the book and I guess it was nice of the film to end before Margaret Hamilton came back to destroy her dog, but she was certainly coming back. It would have been very easy for them to include a line about the sheriff saying her dog could stay if they kept it on a leash, but they didn't bother. The director had left the film by that point and was making "Gone with the Wind" and Dorothy's life was so miserable in Kansas to the point that she would not have wanted to go back. These were all things that had been done better in the book.

[Farerb]

Originally Posted by chas speed

They went with what Martin told him about how he wanted it to end. Martin has said a lot of things over the years, but the producers sure as hell didn't make up the ending on their own. Yes, I think the ending of GOT is better than the ending of The Wizard of Oz. Unlike GOT The Wizard of Oz book had been finished before they made the movie and they did not go with the original ending. It was not all a dream in the book and I guess it was nice of the film to end before Margaret Hamilton came back to destroy her dog, but she was certainly coming back.

They didn't have any obligation to follow Martin's notes. He said his ending differs from the show's in many ways.

[chas speed]

Originally Posted by Farerb

They didn't have any obligation to follow Martin's notes. He said his ending differs from the show's in many ways.

Yes, but the ending itself wasn't changed. Don't you think it's a little strange that Martin has basically given up on finishing the books? If he had ended it completely differently don't you think he would have finished years ago to get his ending out there. I'm sure if he ever decided to finish the books he could probably do a better job of selling the ending. God knows he has had a lot more time to do it then the producers had. They didn't have several decades to work out the problem.