HBO responded to the writer’s comments George R.R. Martin who criticized the creative choices made in “The House of the Dragon” . He is responsible for the book “Fire & Blood” from 2018, which gave rise to the series.
In a blog post that appears to have since been removed, Martin raised several questions regarding the showrunner’s decisions. Ryan Condal and by HBO in the adaptation.
According to Variety and screenshots of Martin’s comments, his criticisms stemmed primarily from the choice to omit Helaena Targaryen (Phia Saban) and King Aegon’s (Tom Glynn-Carney) infant son named Maelor.
Not having the child on the show lessened the emotional impact of some pivotal scenes that were part of this season and will be again in the future, according to Martin.
The comments come after Martin wrote in another post last week that he had planned to publish a list of his thoughts on “everything that went wrong” with “House of the Dragon.”
On Wednesday (4), HBO issued a statement in response to Martin, who serves as co-creator and executive producer of the series.
“There are few bigger fans of George R.R. Martin and his book ‘Fire & Blood’ than the creative team behind ‘House of the Dragon,’ both on the show and at HBO. Often, when adapting a book for the screen, with its own format and limitations, the showrunner is forced to make difficult choices about the characters and stories the audience will follow,” the statement read.
“We believe that Ryan Condal and his team have done an extraordinary job and the millions of fans that the series has accumulated over the first two seasons will continue to enjoy it,” the statement continued.
“Fire & Blood” is in the same universe as the popular book series by “A Song of Ice and Fire” Martin’s, which spawned eight seasons of “Game of Thrones” . The standalone novel tells the story of the Targaryen dynasty.
In his blog post on Wednesday, according to Variety, Martin noted that the ramifications of Maelor’s elimination would likely only be noticeable to readers of the book, writing that viewers who have never read the book “would still find the scenes heartbreaking.”
Condal, for his part, previously acknowledged the decision to write Maelor out of the show during an appearance on an episode of “The Official Game of Thrones Podcast: House of the Dragon.” He said that due to the character’s young age and the passage of time, “we had to make some compromises in rendering this story so that we didn’t have to recast the entire cast multiple times.”
“It had a ripple effect. And we decided we were going to lean into that and try to make it a strength rather than interpret it as a weakness,” Condal added.
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This content was originally published in HBO defends changes in “House of the Dragon” after criticism from George RR Martin on the CNN Brasil website.
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