George RR Martin, the author of “Fire and Blood” from which “House of the Dragon” was adapted, recently expressed his support for the creative decisions surrounding the show’s time jump. The author is the brain behind the entire “Game of Thrones” series, which spans eight seasons.
HBO’s decision to use a time jump in “House of the Dragon” led to some public backlash, but Martin recently revealed that he approved of the way it was handled.
The author, however, revealed that, like other fans, he would like to see more emphasis on some relationships, but the studio does not want the series to be called “slow.”
Read on to learn more.
George RR Martin Supports Time Jump In ‘House Of The Dragon’
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In a recent blog post, Martin talked about a number of things, one of which is the widely contested time jump in “House of the Dragon.” Since its premiere this year, the series has released eight of its ten scheduled episodes. The episodes that were released went through the events of two decades and saw a transition from younger actors to older replacements.
The author revealed that he thought the time jump was important to the development of the series and praised Ryan Condal, the actor of “House of the Dragon”, for the way he handled it.
“I want to deal with the ‘time jump’ in RUHAM NAGA as well. Not with any official statement,’ but with some reflections on the matter,” Martin wrote. “However, in short, I think Ryan has handled the “jump” very well, and I love the romance of both the younger Alicent and Rhaenyra and the grown-up versions, and the actors who play them.”
He Wants To Explore More Relationships
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Martin went on to say in his blog post that while he applauded how well the time jump was handled, he wished some of the relationships between the characters were given more attention. The writers also explained that Queen Alicent Hightower had four children with King Viserys instead of the assumed three and that the fourth was not worked out this season.
Martin shared, “Do I wish we had more time to explore the relationship between Rhaenyra and Ser Harwin, Daemon and Laena’s marriage and their time in Pentos, the birth of various and sundry children (and YES, Alicent gave Viserys four children, three son and a daughter, their youngest son Daeron is in Oldtown, we don’t have time to work with him this season), and everything else we have to skip? Sure.”
‘House Of The Dragon’ Needs 13 Episodes To Avoid Time Jump
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Martin, however, revealed that despite the desire for more detailed scenes, “there are only so many minutes in an episode” and “only so many episodes in a season.” He remembered decades ago when the show had up to 39 episodes and how it dropped over time to 22 episodes, then 13 episodes, and now 10.
Martin says, “When I was a kid, shows had 39 episodes a season. By the time I was writing for BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, it was down to 22. Cable was getting smaller. THE SOPRANOS had 13 episodes per season, but just a few years later, GAME OF TRONES only had 10 (and not that, the last two seasons).”
The author of “Fire and Blood” further revealed that if “House of the Dragon” has up to 13 episodes for each season, it will probably show most of the neglected scenes.
He said the studio didn’t want to risk the series being labeled as ‘slow’
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According to the author, in adding up to three extra episodes to the first season, the studio ran the risk of viewers labeling the show as “too slow” and complaining that “nothing happened.” Martin added that he’s glad the prequels were given at least 10 hours per season because things could have been worse.
“Actually, I’m so glad we still have 10 hours per season to tell our story,” he wrote. “(RINGS OF POWER only has 8, as you may have noticed, and my AMC show DARK WINDS is doing a 6 episode season). I hope that will continue to be true.”
The author added that he thinks “House of the Dragon” needs at least four seasons, each consisting of 10 episodes for a proper retelling of “The Dance of the Dragons”. This will give a total run time of around 40 hours.
“It would take four full seasons of 10 episodes each to do Dance of the Dragons justice, from start to finish,” added Martin.
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