House of the Dragon: Condal Promises Armies Won't Teleport Around Westeros (EW Interview)

It looks like HotD will clearly show the logical progression of the military movements which is a very good thing. Ryan has really done well so far, kudos to him! Can't wait to see the second season and hoping it will be good if not better

Very encouraging to hear Condal focusing on practicality , realism and logistics with such aspects. Probably not Condal's intent but could be viewed as a subtle dig at GoT which the later seasons seemed to clearly shirk some of those aspects and the audience had to limit expectations in those respects. Respawning and teleporting armies , along with teleporting dragons and armies as well seemed to be par for the course with later GoT. Also, was it the wight hunt episode which really featured some ridiculous teleporting and covering of ground even on foot. Making those compromises really makes the universe seem small and really kills the immersion when we have to question such choices. Not related but felt TRoP was quite guilty of this as well. There was a lot of we could call it basically teleportation on TRoP as well. Compared to the Jackson LotR trilogy the way PJ highlighted the physical journey / trek itself and how long distances took to travel really made the universe feel expansive and huge. TRoP's 8 hour first season felt quite the opposite as their choices made the universe seem quite small. Good to see Condal making sure not to mimic the mistakes of other series.

People seem to ignore the key aspect of war: logistics. Even up the World War II only 30% of the German army was motorized. That means that 70% of the German army was marching with horses across the entire Soviet Union, which is a gigantic land mass. And they marched ridiculously long amounts of time with little sleep. It took them over a year to even get to Caspian Sea. Now imagine a world without railroads and cars, with only some major road systems to march along.

Robert quickly raising an army may also be result of how recent the war of the nine penny kings was and left plenty of veterans eager for a fight.

Would be nice if you can put the interview links in description.

Thank the Gods there will be no army teleporting! All that Fast Travel in the later seasons of GOT was ridiculous!

Don't forget supplying food as well, along with the various diseases that are associated with amassing a huge number of people into a single concentrated area together. Napoleonic era French armies couldn't properly supply them with food, so their armies had to literally live off the land and steal and forage. The thing that decimated the Grande Armée during the invasion of Russia wasn't the battles, as Tsar Alexander I did not want to fight Napoleon in a head on battle, but to slowly starve, disease and eventually freeze with winter the Grande Armée using scotched earth tactics and eventually waiting for winter for them to leave.

Thanks for the video

This is very important ***SPOILERS*** It's important because Stark army is the last to arrive (Theres even a theory that Kregan intentionally didn't arrive early, same with the Arryns), Baratheons take their time fighting another Vulture king and arrive almost by the end in Kingslanding and the whole Hightower army marches slowly, turning rebellions down all the way from OldTown to Tumbleton and actually never arrived in Kingslanding. Even by boat, the Triarchy took its precious time debating before aiding Aegon/Greens

This is so good to hear. Realism is the reason I like the world of asoiaf so much

I Think Ryan Condal Wouldn’t Be Saying This In A Published Interview If He Wasn’t As Annoyed With How Bad GOT Went Down As Everyone Else.

I mean army Teleportation fits best in hotd considering the bs the actual war was and the constant army spewing from the riverlands or the Blackwood head giving done by george

Well they teleport in Fire and Blood so wouldnt blame him

This why Daemon was the smart one during The Black Council.

I wonder in the near future if or when the asoiaf books are finished can it be animated instead

Maybe at worst time skips happens between episodes as a way to "teleport", just like there was time skips between episodes in season 1 but not really time skips in the episode itself.

I rewatched House of the Dragon and it's crazy just how good it is. I tried to rewatch GoT for the first time since season 8 ended to satisfy my Westeros craving and it does not hold up. Especially when you compare both shows. I think the problem with GoT is there's far too much going on and none of it really gets a satisfying pay off.

What do you think about Condal saying we’re getting 2 huge battles? If we’re not supposed to get the Gullet this szn?

good

oh wow we are so spoiled 99