Chapter 1977 The Disgusting Dragon Mother

The luck of the winners in life is definitely something that no one can envy.

Back then, Mike Longbottom, HBO's president in charge of project development, went to work out and met two weirdos in the gym. Instead of working out, they were immersed in writing and drawing with pens and paper.

Mike Longbottom felt that the two weirdos looked familiar. After a closer look, it turned out that they were David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, who had just come to the company to propose a proposal. The two were taking notes on the script that was about to be turned over. Cronbottom was immediately moved.

Because of this beautiful coincidence, the "Game of Thrones" project was quickly approved at HBO.

Look, this is bullshit luck. Just by flipping through a notebook in the gym, you can meet a noble person and solve the biggest problem. But you buy lottery tickets every day and don’t win 5 million. Who’s to blame? Is it your fault for not working hard? If not, let’s blame the director!

After HBO passed the approval, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss began to prepare for the pilot episode, but the process was not smooth. First, they encountered a Hollywood writers' strike, which delayed a lot of time. After the pilot episode was filmed, the effect It was also so, so bad that HBO had to spend a lot of money to reshoot the pilot episode.

How bad was the original pilot? According to Kit Harington, who played Jon Snow, his performance in the pilot episode that was killed was so bad that the producers often threatened him, "If you keep complaining, we will release the pilot episode." Go online.”

On April 17, 2011, "Game of Thrones" officially launched on HBO.

The average production cost per episode of the first season of "Game of Thrones" was US$5 million. At that time, the average production cost of mainstream American TV series was only US$2 million.

However, this money is still not enough to make "Game of Thrones" a success. "Game of Thrones" did not directly show large-scale war scenes until the "Battle of Blackwater" in the second season. This episode was written by Martin himself. The battles in the three dimensions of sea, land and air are very spectacular, but turning words into pictures requires burning a lot of dollars.

David Benioff and D.B. Weiss went to HBO to ask for money. HBO executives generously asked, "Is it enough to give you another 500,000?"

"not enough!"

"Is it enough to add another 1 million?"

"It's still not enough..."

In the end, the two secured an additional investment of US$2 million from HBO, although their psychological expectation was US$2.5 million.

Facts have proved that this money invested is very valuable.

After the "Battle of Blackwater", "Game of Thrones" became an instant hit, and HBO's audience subscriptions grew wildly.

Because the series was so popular, in 2014, Prince Charles and Prince Philip personally visited the set of "Game of Thrones" in Northern Ireland.

The crew also invited the Queen to sit on the Iron Throne, but the Queen responded coldly, "No, thank you."

Because the British king is not allowed to sit on the throne of another country, even the throne in the TV series.

Later, as "Game of Thrones" became more and more popular, HBO became more and more daring to spend money on it. Later, the production cost of a single episode of "Game of Thrones" has exceeded 10 million US dollars.

Of course, as the soul of the entire show, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are the chief writers and executive producers of the entire show, and they are involved in the creation of every episode.

Their way of working is to first write the outline of the entire season, and then they will take care of both script writing and preparatory work. Before filming starts, the scripts for the entire season have been written. Once the filming of the entire season is completed, they will I will immediately start writing the outline for next season and supervise the post-production work at the same time.

Moreover, these two people have strong confidence in their scripts. The actor wants to change the script? If it doesn't exist, you can't even change a single word.

Of course, there are several screenwriters who contributed to the script of "Game of Thrones", including original writer George R.R. Martin.

Martin initially agreed to write one episode for each season, but stopped writing after the fourth season. His reason was to concentrate on finishing the script, but he did not do what he said. Martin did praise some of the characters in the play as better than the original ones. More three-dimensional and deeper.

Except Dragon Mother!

This character is very different from the Dragon Mother in the original work. It may be because there was no support from the original work in the later stage, resulting in the screenwriter not having enough control over the character, which allowed Dragon Mother to completely let herself go after riding the dragon.

However, according to the logic of the TV series, this kind of "blackening" is also understandable. To quote the little devil Tyrion in "A Dance with Dragons", "I understand that she has been running around throughout her childhood and lacked food. Wearing, the dream and vision of revenge keep her alive.

I knew her running from one city to another, full of fear and living in constant fear.

Except for a crazy brother, she has no relatives...

In the end, the brother sold her for a Dothraki army.

I learned that somewhere in the steppes, her dragon was born and she was given a new life. She must be very proud.

How could she not be proud? Besides pride, what else does she have left?

She must be powerful too, how could she not be?

The Dothraki despised the weak, and if Daenerys had been a weak woman, she would have met the same fate as Viserys.

She must still be fierce, as evidenced by Astapor, Yunkai and Meereen. She traveled across the steppes and the red wasteland, experienced attacks by assassins, conspiracies and witchcraft. She lost her brother, husband and son. She trampled the city of slave traders under her feet with her slender sandaled feet. "

Tyrion is a little devil known as Martin's biological son. As one of the few protagonists with high IQ and upright views in the original book and TV series, Tyrion has a high opinion of Dragon Mother. In another character in "A Dance with Dragons" She was once mentioned in the POV as "Aegon the Conqueror with a Nailed Hair".

In the original work, Martin did not describe Long Ma's previous exile life, so readers and viewers, especially the latter, would feel that she had not suffered much, but the other children at least did not suffer from lack of food and drink.

Therefore, if we understand it from this logic, it can be understood that Long Ma is "black" in any way.

Going a step further, when the Game of Thrones trio was discussing Yang Cheng, he actually noticed these three people.

Regarding Dragon Mother, I believe that every fan who has watched the show, especially male viewers, will find it difficult not to be impressed by Dragon Mother's physical charm.

In particular, the continuous and revealing scenes in the first season made people's hearts swell. This may be the biggest contribution made by the producers in the entire show.

When you see two little white rabbits jumping and flying, it seems that you can tolerate all the stupid things this woman commits. Having a body is enough, why do you need a brain?

Yang Cheng is no exception. Although he is not as hungry as an otaku, he still has the most primitive impulse towards beautiful and fair things.

Most of the motivation for watching this show was for Dragon Mother.

Now that we have seen the real person, why can’t we step forward to fulfill the fans’ ‘wishes’?

Putting aside the polite crowd, they walked straight towards the Game of Thrones trio with Dragon Mother as the core. In their slightly shocked and nervous expressions, they chuckled and said, "Meet Dragon Mother, or should I say Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea? "

After Long Ma was stunned for a moment, she covered her mouth and smiled, "Just call me Amy~"

David Benioff, who was slightly inferior just now, took the initiative to reach out to Yang Cheng, "It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Yang. I am David Benioff, the producer of Game of Thrones~"

"Good evening David, it's an honor to meet you. I love this show so much~"

David smiled mockingly, "Thank you, for not scolding me in person is already the greatest compliment."

This is a bit against my will, but for Vanity Fair, I have to be hypocritical, and someone will carry the fancy sedan.

Regardless of the well-made pictures and the large-scale contributions of the actresses, this drama was actually not successful from the perspective of plot and character setting.

For example, Dragon Mother, a good heroine, turned into a Mary Sue idiot that everyone hated.

Of course, the actor himself has nothing to do with it. It is definitely the fault of the screenwriter. If you think about it carefully, Dragon Mother's path to power is basically not achieved by her personal efforts or resourcefulness, but entirely relies on Mary Sue's halo as the protagonist.

If she had to give her a halo of intelligence, she might just use a 'honey trap'.

Well, if that's the case, then her ruse worked.

But actually? She became Khaleesi because she married the Horse King. The dragon eggs were given by the Doge of Venice. She was born with true dragon blood. To put it bluntly, it was the golden finger given to her by the screenwriter and the writer. The first army was cheated. ; The second army is even more bloody, because the boss on the opposite side just gives it away for free if he likes the heroine, not to mention that the enemy spies lurking around him rebel because they fall in love with him.

Conquering the city relies on a bloody battle between a few men who love her, and she can become the queen without even lifting a finger.

This is in line with the setting of 'Storm Queen', everything depends on the waves.

Furthermore, the character of Dragon Mother, if it weren’t for the White Rabbit toffee, would definitely be the kind of disgusting one that would make people smash the TV after watching it. You must know that personality charm is very important for a leader, and a good leader must Be able to unite all the forces that can be united and make people feel that it is worthwhile to follow you.

And Long Ma behaves like a fool with no ZZ IQ, and has a cold temperament and is ungrateful. She likes to listen to one side and believe the other. In comparison, Cao Cao's character is the same, but at least he knows how to be cowardly and minimize the negative impact on himself. to the lowest.

But Dragon Mother is not like this. She is the Queen of Storms and does not need to look at other people's faces.

In short, this character depends entirely on the White Rabbit toffee, otherwise he will not survive for 3 episodes.

However, they are not the same, and Yang Cheng is not a die-hard fan of the drama. It is enough that she is beautiful and has a good figure. What is the character issue? Is she sick?

"Amy, are you still filming Game of Thrones recently?"

"No, there is a new movie coming out soon. If Mr. Yang is interested, can you come to the premiere and have fun together?"

Emilia Clark is from the UK and graduated from the London Drama Center of 'Chou Ming Ming Zhao Ding Zhu'. She has a professional background, so watching her act feels like watching a Broadway play. .

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