Three episodes into House of the Dragon and - it pains me to say this - but I'm finding it kind of boring. No, not kind of - I'm finding it really boring. Don't get me wrong, I think it's still a quality show - and absolutely appointment viewing for Sunday night. But I'm not excited by it and I'm not drawn into it in the same way that I am for other prestige shows. I think it lacks the heart, the empathy and the humor of early seasons of Game of Thrones. It's too serious, too dark, and has some pacing problems - something that was a serious issue in later seasons of Game of Thrones. Not even the action scenes are doing it for me. But I will continue to watch the show. Whereas I haven't watched any of the Rings of Power on Amazon Prime Video yet. This should be right up my street - for example, I own and enjoy all the Lord of the Rings films on Blu-ray. But for some reason I am not feeling much urgency to watch this series yet. Perhaps it is because it's on a streaming service. Perhaps it is because I don't want to conflate the Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings universes by watching TV shows from both at the same time. Perhaps it is because I saw a really bad trailer for Rings of Power. But I feel like I should be watching - and enjoying - this massively expensive show, so I can't really explain my hesitancy...
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