George R.R. Martin Disappointed with House of the Dragon Season 2 Changes...

a special thank you to each of our subscribers who make this channel possible here's today's story as promised in his August 30th blog post Game of Thrones Creator and Author George R R Martin has gone into detail about what he thought went wrong with HBO's House of the Dragon season 2 calling out specific changes from his original work and what Game of Thrones prequel shunner Ryan condal has adapted George RR Martin found himself disappointed with changes made in House of the Dragon season 2 and worries about the butterfly effect of them going forward chiefly The Game of Thrones and Fire and Blood author lamented the changes to the infamous blood and cheese scene that played out in the season 2 premiere on his Block in the episode a former King's Guard and a rat catcher sneak into the red keep to take a son for a son in payment for the death of Prince Luke they find helina FIA Sabin with her and Aon Tom Glen Carney Twins and force her to reveal which is the prince and the King's air after pleading she eventually caves and the pair removed the child's head off camera in the books the Assassins find the queen not just with her twins but also with her younger son mailor cheese makes Elena pick which of her two sons the heir to the throne or the younger boy will die after attempting to offer her own life she reluctantly chooses the younger mailor cheese makes sure to tell mailor his mom picked him to die before he his blood kill the other boy anyway Martin thought his moment had more heft than what appeared on the HBO show as I saw it the Sophie's Choice aspect was the strongest part of the sequence the darkest the most visceral Martin wrote Wednesday I hated to lose that and judging from the comments online most of the fans seemed to agree the author added that he protested with showrunner Ryan condal about the changes but eventually relented when Ryan condal first told me what he meant to do ages ago back in 2022 might be I argued against it for all these reasons he said I did not argue long or with much heat however the change weakened the sequence I felt but only a bit and Ryan had what seemed to be practical reasons for it they did not want to deal with casting another child especially a 2-year-old toddler kids that young will inevitably slow down production and there would be budget implications budget was already an issue on House of the Dragon it made sense to save money wherever we could moreover Ryan assured me that we were not losing Prince ER simply postponing him Queen helina could still give birth to him in season 3 presumably after getting with child late in season to that made sense to me so I withdrew my objections and acques to the change now Martin is worried about the possible butterfly effect of not having Mailer in the show he admits many tweaks could be minor but the possibility for them to snowball feels real the author then ominously says more changes being pitched for the upcoming Seasons could create even more issues and there are larger and more toxic butterflies to come if House of the Dragon goes ahead with some of the changes being contemplated for seasons 3 and four he warned however Martin wasn't wholly negative about season 2 after the big midseason episode The Red Dragon and the gold he took to his blog to praise one of the finest dragon battles ever put to screen has there ever been a Dragon Battle to match it he asked I seem to recall that rain of fire had a few scenes where a dozen Dragons Were Wheeling through the skies so okay maybe that was a bigger scene with more dragons on screen but a better battle I don't think so our guys knocked this one out of the Castle season 3 of House of the Dragon is still likely a few years out perhaps Martin's criticisms will be a bit more heard George RR Martin found himself disappointed with changes made in House of the Dragon season 2 and worries about the butterfly effect of them going forward chiefly The Game of Thrones and Fire and Blood author lamented the changes to the infamous blood and cheese scene that played out in the season 2 premiere on his Block in the episode a former King's Guard and a rat catcher sneak into the red keep to take a son for a son in payment for the death of Prince Luke they find helina FIA Sabin with her and Aon Tom Glen Carney Twins and force her to reveal which is the prince and the King's air after pleading she eventually caves and the pair remove the child's head off camera in the books the Assassins find the queen not just with her twins but also with her younger son mailor cheese makes Selena pick which of her two sons the heir to the throne or the younger boy will die after attempting to offer her own life she reluctantly chooses the younger mailer chees makes sure to tell maor his mom picked him to die before he has blood kill the other boy anyway Martin thought his moment had more heft than what appeared on the HBO show as I saw it the Sophie's Choice aspect was the strongest part of the sequence the darkest the most visceral Martin wrote Wednesday I hated to lose that and judging from the comments online most of the fans seemed to agree the author added that he protested with showrunner Ryan condal about the changes but eventually relented when Ryan condal first told me what he meant to do ages ago back in 2022 might be I argued against it for all these reasons he said I did not argue long or with much heat however the change weaken the sequence I felt but only a bit and Ryan had what seemed to be practical reasons for it they did not want to deal with casting another child especially a 2-year-old toddler kids that young will inevitably slow down production and there would be budget implications budget was already an issue on House of the Dragon it made sense to save money wherever we could moreover Ryan assured me that we were not losing Prince maor simply postponing him Queen Helen could still give birth to him and season 3 presumably after getting with child late in season 2 that made sense to me so I withdrew my objections and acques to the change now Martin is worried about the possible butterfly effect of not having Mailer in the show he admits many tweaks could be minor but the possibility for them to snowball feels real the author then ominously says more changes being pitched for the upcoming Seasons could create even more issues and there are larger and more toxic butterflies to come if House of the Dragon goes ahead with some of the changes being contemplated for seasons 3 and four he warned however Martin wasn't wh negative about season 2 after the big midseason episode The Red Dragon and the gold he took to his blog to praise one of the finest dragon battles ever put to screen has there ever been a Dragon Battle to match it he asked I seem to recall that Reign of Fire had a few scenes where a dozen Dragons Were Wheeling through the skies so okay maybe that was a bigger scene with more dragons on screen but a better battle I don't think so our guys knocked this one out of the Castle season 3 of House of the Dragon is still likely a few years out perhaps Martin's criticisms will be a bit more heard that's all for this story We upload videos every day covering many different subjects so hit that subscribe button to stay informed thanks for watching