Bonus Ep: They've Made a Huge Tiny Mistake
A Cast of Kings - A House of the Dragon Podcast
Decoding TV
4.4 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
In this bonus episode for A Cast of Kings, David Chen, Jessie Earl, and Kim Renfro discuss which elements from House of the Dragon episode 3 were changed from the book.
Why does the show keep increasing the stakes of characters’ actions beyond what they intend? How propaganda-driven is Fire and Blood anyway? And what is the net effect of this on the story being told in the show? Listen to hear us discuss all these questions and more!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey cast of Kings listeners it's David Chen as you may or may not be aware all season long we've been |
| 0:04.6 | posting bonus episodes over at decoding TV.com where we compare the book Fire and Blood to the show |
| 0:10.0 | House of the Dragon well what you're about to hear is a bonus episode that we recorded |
| 0:14.8 | covering episode 3. So this episode's about a week old or so. And the only reason I'm posting it here |
| 0:20.0 | on the main feed for free is because I thought it was a cool conversation. |
| 0:23.2 | I think it is really interesting how the book is interacting with the show this season and I am so |
| 0:28.6 | grateful to my co-hosts Kim and Jesse for discussing it with me each week. |
| 0:33.0 | Anyway, enjoy the episode and if you want to hear more episodes like this, become a paid subscriber at decoding TV.com. |
| 0:38.0 | I want to give a big shout out to all the folks who have become paid members this year. |
| 0:42.0 | You are the reason we're able to keep doing |
| 0:44.4 | this podcast. You're aware most of the money for this podcast comes from. I pay everyone who I work with, |
| 0:49.2 | my co-host, my video editors, and so on. And so if you have become a page member and many of you have I am really grateful thank you so much and to everyone else I hope you like the coverage we've been doing so far and enjoy this chat |
| 1:01.2 | hello everyone welcome to a cast of Kings bonus episode |
| 1:04.0 | where we talk about some of the differences between |
| 1:07.0 | the book and the show |
| 1:09.0 | and also just reflect on random stuff that's happening |
| 1:12.0 | in the world of Game of Thrones. |
| 1:14.2 | I'm David Chen here with Kim Renfro and Jesse Earl. |
| 1:17.2 | This conversation will be in regards to season 2 episode 3 of House of Dragon. |
| 1:22.3 | Well actually you know what maybe let's reach a little bit |
| 1:24.2 | further back and talk about one of the reactions I've heard you know now we are |
| 1:30.8 | recording this and the first couple of episodes are out and one of the reactions I've heard is that like |
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