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Get a 65-inch Fire TV for $430, plus more TV deals as of Aug. 24
UPDATE: Aug. 24, 2022, 5:20 p.m. EDT This story has been updated with the latest 4K and 8K TV deals.
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The Samsung 85-inch Q900A QLED TV is a huge Neo QLED masterpiece that’s super affordable compared to its competition — $2,599.99
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The LG 65-inch NanoCell 90 4K TV has double the pixels of a 4K TV and utilizes smaller-than-usual LEDs for more precise contrast — $879.99
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The Toshiba 65-inch C350 4K Fire TV offers crisp details on a big screen (and on a budget) — $429.99
$599.99(save $170)
Large 4K TVs no longer have to cost an exorbitant amount of money. These high-quality TVs featuring punchy colors, decipherable shadows, and smooth transitions are actually affordable for regular consumers. And to make them even more budget-friendly, we’ve gathered up the best deals on 4K and QLED TVs from top brands like Samsung, LG, Sony, and more.
Samsung TV deals
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Our pick: Samsung 85-inch QN90A Neo QLED TV
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Why we love it
A massive TV that was once $5,000 is barely over $2,500 for a limited time. The “Neo” part of its name represents an upgrade to Samsung’s QLED technology, which is made up of thousands of sand-sized LED particles that light themselves. Now, the bright and colorful quantum dot display is even more vivid with even more precise brightness.
More Samsung TVs on sale
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Samsung 32-inch The Frame QLED TV — $499.99
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Samsung 43-inch The Sero Rotating QLED TV — $1,099.99
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Samsung 55-inch Q60A Series QLED TV — $699.99
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Samsung 55-inch Q80A Series QLED TV — $999.99
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Samsung 65-inch TU8300 Curved 4K TV — $647.99
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Samsung 65-inch The Frame QLED TV — $1,599.99
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Samsung 65-inch QN90B Neo QLED TV — $1,897.99
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Samsung 65-inch QN900A 8K TV — $2,999.99
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Samsung 75-inch Q70A Series QLED TV — $1,599.99
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Samsung 75-inch QN90B Neo QLED TV — $2,999.99
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Samsung 85-inch Q60B Series QLED TV — $1,897.99
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Samsung 85-inch Q70A Series QLED TV — $2,199.99
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Samsung 85-inch Q900A Neo QLED TV — $4,999.99
$8,999.99(save $4,000)
LG TV deals
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Our pick: LG 65-inch NanoCell 90 4K TV
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Why we love it
In 2021, LG dropped a mid-range line of 4K TVs featuring its NanoCell technology, which amps up color depth and contrast using an extra light filter of nanoparticles. In 2022, that line is becoming more affordable. The 90 Series features full-array local dimming.
More LG TVs on sale
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LG 55-inch 8- Series QNED TV — $849.99
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LG 55-inch C2 Series OLED TV — $1,499.99
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LG 65-inch 80 Series QNED TV — $999.99
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LG 65-inch C1 Series OLED TV — $1,596.99
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LG 65-inch A2 Series OLED TV — $1,699.99
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LG 65-inch B2 Series OLED TV — $1,899.99
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LG 77-inch G2 Gallery Series OLED TV — $3,799.99
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LG 75-inch UQ9000 Series 4K TV — $896.99
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LG 83-inch C1 Series OLED TV — $3,999.99
$4,499.99(save $500)
Sony TV deals
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Our pick: Sony 65-inch A80K OLED TV
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Why we love it
The A80K, Sony’s 2022 mid-range OLED drop, is a perfect example of why OLED is worth the splurge. Zippy response times, detailed blacks, and makeshift surround sound with Acoustic Surface+ full-screen speakers make it a great investment for sports fans — just in time for football season.
More Sony TVs on sale
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Sony 50-inch X80K 4K TV — $599.99
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Sony 55-inch X80K 4K TV — $629.99
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Sony 55-inch X90K 4K TV — $1,099.99
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Sony 65-inch X80K 4K TV — $749.99
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Sony 65-inch A90J OLED TV — $2,599.99
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Sony 75-inch X85K 4K TV — $1,399.99
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Sony 77-inch XR A80K OLED TV — $2,999.99
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Sony 85-inch X80K 4K TV — $1,799.99
$2,299.99(save $500)
Other TV deals from TCL, Vizio, and more
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Our pick: Toshiba 65-inch C350 4K Fire TV
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Why we love it
Make the move to a bigger screen just in time for football season. Toshiba’s Regza Engine 4K offers a crisper look at details that regular full HD typically blurs, like tiny scores or the ball itself. Plus, you can log into your Amazon account and see all your apps — just the way you arranged them on another Fire TV or Fire Stick.
More TVs from TCL, Vizio, and more on sale
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Insignia 43-inch F30 Series 4K Fire TV — $229.99
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Insignia 50-inch F30 Series 4K Fire TV — $279.99
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Hisense 50-inch A6 Series 4K TV — $269.99
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Insignia 50-inch F50 Series QLED TV — $279.99
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Hisense 55-inch U6G ULED TV — $378
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Hisense 55-inch U6GR ULED TV — $429.99
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Toshiba 65-inch C350 Series 4K Fire TV — $429.99
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Hisense 65-inch U7G ULED TV — $798
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Toshiba 75-inch C350 4K TV — $629.99
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Toshiba 75-inch MM50 4K TV — $729.99
$849.99(save $120)
God’s Celestial Ambassador- The Life and Times of Dr. Frank E. Stranges, Part XXXVI – (Under Fire)
God’s Celestial Ambassador: The Life and Times of Dr. Frank E. Stranges – Part XXXVI
By Raymond A. Keller, PhD, a.k.a. “Cosmic Ray,” the author of the international awards-winning Venus Rising Series, published by Headline Books and available on Amazon.com, while supplies last.
Venus Rising: A Concise History of the Second Planet
Final Countdown: Rockets to Venus
Lady Columba Venus Revelations
Flying Saucers and the Venus Legacy
Under Fire on Several Fronts
The Reverend Doctor Frank E. Stranges of Van Nuys, California, came under fire on several fronts following his strong condemnation of the Condon Report which he pronounced after its release to the general public in early 1969. He was catching flack not only from the United States government, that sponsored the Condon Report and perpetuated the UFO cover-up, but also from the government’s lackeys in the news media and even from fellow ufologists, perhaps jealous of the doctor’s successes and trying to make a name for themselves at the expense of the now famous evangelist.
By the Spring of 1974, it became apparent that retired Marine Corps Major Donald E. Keyhoe’s National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), headquartered in Washington, D.C., was losing a considerable degree of influence in the UFO community for its severe infiltration by government agents and its weak stand against the bogus Condon Report, the closure of Project Blue Book, and its efforts to obfuscate the fact about actual close encounters of the third kind (CEIII) taking place around the world. On the other hand, Dr. Frank E. Stranges’ group, the National Investigations Committee on UFOs (NICUFO), was gaining influence, picking up those members who had dropped their NICAP membership in favor of the Van Nuys, California group’s more strident stance against the overall UFO conspiracy underway.
In advance of a NICUFO convention to be held at the Convention Center in Anaheim, California from 28 to 30 June 1974, on 8 June 1974, an editorial in the News-Press Daily Review of Burbank, California, announced that, “UFO buffs- those dedicated searchers of the skies- will gather this month to exchange news of recent developments. Dr. Frank E. Stranges, the sponsor of the UFO convention, is considered one of the leading experts in his field!”
Digging Up Alleged Dirt
NICAP was leading the attack against Dr. Frank E. Stranges and his NICUFO organization. In the weeks prior to the Anaheim convention, NICAP issued an “info-packet” to the newspapers throughout Southern California seriously attacking Dr. Stranges’ credibility as a UFO investigator.[1] NICAP’s Board of Directors could not find a contemporary scientist willing to speak out and condemn Dr. Stranges, however, so they dragged out some alleged statements made by the deceased meteorologist and physicist Dr. James E. McDonald (1920-1971) of the University of Arizona at Tucson back in 1968.
Dr. McDonald’s interest in the UFO phenomena went back to 1954. While driving through the Arizona desert at night with two meteorologists, McDonald spotted a UFO. None of the two other scientists accompanying him could readily identify it. Overall, it was a rather unspectacular sighting of a distant point of light moving across the vault of the heavens. Remember that this was three years before the first satellite, Sputnik, was launched by the Soviet Union. The fact that this object behaved like a satellite would spur McDonald’s interest in UFOs.
By the late 1950s he was quietly investigating UFO reports in Arizona. He also joined NICAP in 1959. It was then the largest and most prominent civilian UFO research group in the nation. Given his training in atmospheric physics, McDonald was able to examine UFO reports in greater detail than most other scientists, and was able to offer explanations for some previously unexplained reports. Using his security clearance with the United States government, he also uncovered a number of well-documented UFO reports from the United States Air Force (USAF) Project Blue Book, which he judged deeply puzzling even after stringent analysis. The preponderance of NICAP members with deep government connections would forever cast doubt on the sundry pronouncements made about UFOs by those in this organization.
“World’s Most Renowned Expert”
When Dr. Frank E. Stranges had presented two lectures on UFOs in Tucson, Arizona, sponsored by NICUFO, back in 1968, McDonald was allegedly in attendance at both of them. McDonald noted that the UFO lecture program described Dr. Stranges as “perhaps one of the world’s most renowned expert on space phenomena.” Since Stranges did not have a degree in any of the so-called “hard sciences,” McDonald did not regard him as either a peer or an expert on anything dealing with the identification of aerial phenomena. Of course, when dealing with a subject so wholly subjective, who can one consider the real “experts” except those who experience it.
Bogus Photographs?
McDonald was also largely unimpressed by the selection of allegedly authentic photographs of UFOs displayed by Dr. Frank E. Stranges. On 25 November 1968, McDonald wrote a letter to the editor of the Tucson, Arizona, Daily Citizen newspaper, critical of Dr. Stranges and his Tucson UFO presentations, particularly emphasizing the supposedly poor selection of photographs in the slide show. “Many of these were old familiar photos of the most dubious genealogy,” noted the meteorologist, adding that, “I’d guess that half of those were projected backwards on the screen. Such information as Stranges had about the photos was often ludicrously garbled as he whipped along in his breezy style.”
In defense of Dr. Frank, it should be noted that the photographs and the explanations for each one came from the archives of the leading UFO photographic expert of that time, August C. Roberts of New Jersey, from whose UFO photographs collection many of the leading magazines had published examples. As to the so-called “breezy style” of Dr. Frank, one should keep in mind that those attending the UFO program in Tucson were just interested individuals, not scientists requiring detailed technical explanations for every photo. McDonald, on the other hand, was used to presenting programs on UFOs before scientific bodies such as the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Credentialing
McDonald’s background in the hard sciences also precluded him from recognizing Dr. Frank’s academic credentials, gained largely through various Christian institutes and seminaries, as previously noted in this series. McDonald, like many other scientists, did not take theology or theologians seriously, at least when it came to evaluating sundry aspects of the UFO phenomenon. Dr. Frank would point out, however, that Jesus called his apostles and disciples out of all walks of life. Jesus himself was a craftsman and his chief apostle, Peter, a fisherman on the Sea of Galilee. Unlike the scribes and Pharisees, the early preachers of the gospel lacked any academic standing whatsoever, yet they fulfilled their commission from Jesus and boldly went forth to all peoples spreading the good news of salvation. And when it came down to ufology, Dr. Frank was privileged to meet with Venusian commander Valiant Thor, whom he came to understand was the representative of an angelic force dispatched from God to aid the advancement of all humankind. Scientists like McDonald and others assisting Keyhoe and NICAP were not disposed to accept any of the so-called “contact cases,” let alone any like Dr. Frank’s with such strong religious implications.
Airport Anxiety
Probably the most serious charge dug up and hurled against Dr. Frank and his reputation in the article by reporters Branch and Klinn appearing in the Anaheim, California, Register, 26 June 1974 edition, was the revelation of the evangelist’s criminal record. It seems that at about 8 a.m. on 15 September 1972, at the Riverside, California, Thermal Airport,[2] a tarmac worker became suspicious of a light plane preparing for take-off with a badly-bent propeller. The pilot was Jim Hays, 45, of Los Angeles, and his sole passenger that morning was none other than Dr. Frank Ernest Stranges, the famous preacher from Van Nuys, who was then 44 years old. The plane was not permitted to take off until it could be inspected by authorities at the Thermal Airport. During the inspection, marijuana was discovered in the cargo hold, twenty blocks of the substance, to be exact, with a street value estimated back then of some $120,000. Both Hays and Stranges were charged with “possession and transportation of marijuana for sale” at the Riverside courthouse on 4 September 1973 and sentenced to eight months in jail and three years of probation. Dr. Frank has maintained his innocence all along, insisting that he did not personally know Hays or anything of the pilot’s association with drugs or drug trafficking. Dr. Frank had previously contracted with Hays to fly him to various evangelical meetings throughout the Western states. His association with Hays was strictly on a professional basis, hiring him as a competent pilot to get him safely to various meetings. The problem with Branch and Klinn’s article is that they garnered all of their negative information concerning Dr. Frank E. Stranges from secondary sources. In the case of the marijuana bust, the information came from a small article that appeared on the back pages of the Riverside, California, Press-Enterprise newspaper of 16 September 1972, and subsequent court proceedings the following year. In no instance did either of these reporters take the time to actually interview Dr. Frank or any of the NICUFO team to get the other side of the story.
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(Editor’s Note: Following the publication of the Condon Report, the continued role of the United States Air Force in investigating the UFO phenomenon came under question in many high circles of governmental power. For Dr. Frank E. Stranges’ position on this issue, you won’t want to miss the next installment (Part XXXVII) of Cosmic Ray’s series, “God’s Celestial Ambassador: The Life and Times of Dr. Frank E. Stranges,” on this website. – Lon)
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Need a new tablet? Amazon’s Fire HD 8 Plus is on sale for just $60.
SAVE 45%: A solid budget-friendly pick for Amazon devotees, the Fire HD 8 Plus tablet is on sale for only $59.99 as of August 22. That’s $50 off its usual $109.99 MSRP.
The iPad is not the only tablet in town. If you’re an Amazon devotee, consider the Fire HD 8 Plus instead. It plays well with other Amazon services and it’s much easier on your wallet — especially on sale.
As of August 22, you can scoop up the Fire HD 8 Plus tablet for just $59.99 at Amazon. That’s 45% off its regular price of $109.99.
The Fire HD 8 Plus works best as a pure streaming and Kindle machine. It’s about the same size as an iPad mini with an eight-inch 1280 x 800 screen, and it supports Amazon’s Appstore. (It doesn’t support Google Play or Apple’s App Store.) According to Mashable tech reporter Alex Perry, it doesn’t exactly play well with third-party apps, and its overall performance is relatively weak. But if you rely on Amazon for literature, entertainment, and retail, it performs respectably.
You’ll get up to a half a day of battery life, which is certainly enough to read, stream, and shop to your heart’s content. The HD 8 Plus supports wireless charging (unlike its non-plus sibling) and has an upgraded 3GB of RAM. Otherwise, the HD 8 and HD 8 Plus are identical.
One feature we do particularly like about Fire tablets: You can use them hands-free with Alexa. Even if it’s asleep, the HD 8 Plus will recognize your voice instructions — tell it to pull up recipes, stream A League of Their Own, play your morning playlist, video-chat your mom, and more.
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How ‘House of the Dragon’ is different from George R.R. Martin’s ‘Fire and Blood’
The Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon is finally here, bringing George R.R. Martin’s massive fantasy tome Fire & Blood to the small screen.
Fire & Blood tells the history of House Targaryen as they ruled over Westeros, including events like Aegon’s initial conquest and the civil war knowns as the Dance of the Dragons. House of the Dragon focuses on the Dance and the events leading up to it, including the rivalry between Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen and Queen Alicent Hightower. However, just like with the TV adaptation of Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon makes several changes from the source material in order to make the transition from page to screen. Don’t worry, book loyalists: Change can be a good thing, and in House of the Dragon‘s case, a grand majority of the adaptation choice work to enhance the narrative instead of detract from it.
From structural differences to missing characters and more, here are the biggest changes House of the Dragon has made so far.
A history book vs. a TV show
Credit: Courtesy of HBO
Starting out, the biggest difference between Fire & Blood and House of the Dragon is each work’s individual structure. Fire & Blood is written as a history book by the fictional Archmaester Gyldayn, whereas House of the Dragon is a narrative TV show that adapts only a small portion of the centuries-long history covered in Fire & Blood.
Throughout Fire & Blood, Gyldayn discusses his differing sources for his work, especially during the section dealing with the Dance of the Dragons. These sources include conflicting reports from Maesters and Septons, as well as a court jester named Mushroom. Each source gives us a slightly different take on key moments that take place behind closed doors, Rashomon-style, with Mushroom’s accounts tending to be the most lascivious and extreme. While characters like Mushroom do not figure into House of the Dragon, it will be fascinating to see which course of events House of the Dragon chooses to portray, as it will have to take a definitive stance on some of Fire & Blood‘s more ambiguous moments.
An exciting element that comes with adapting a history book (albeit a fictional one) is the chance to play around within the historical framework. Fire & Blood rarely delves into scene-level detail, which means House of the Dragon gets to add new scenes or embellish events that are already in the book. So while book readers may know the general story arc of House of the Dragon, they won’t be able to anticipate some of the more granular, character-focused scenes. It’s a good way to keep viewers on their toes, and to keep this adaptation somewhat unpredictable.
A tournament and a birth
The first episode of House of the Dragon is built around two key events: the birth of King Viserys and Queen Aemma’s son, and the tournament to celebrate it. Scenes of fighting, like the brawl between Prince Daemon and Ser Criston Cole, are juxtaposed directly with Queen Aemma’s painful labor, hammering home her earlier point to her daughter Rhaenyra that childbirth is a woman’s battlefield. While Aemma’s labor and the tourney introducing Criston do not happen at the same time in the books, the choice to bring them together is a smart one. We get the thematic parallels mentioned previously, as well as a good, old-fashioned Game of Thrones-style tournament. The lavish celebration also signals just how important a male heir is to the realm: If Aemma has a son, peace will likely continue. If not, questions about the line of succession will fester.
Aemma’s death during childbirth isn’t detailed in great amounts in Fire & Blood. However, Viserys’s dilemma about whether to kill Aemma in order to make sure his son is born actually happens to other characters in the book. Much earlier in the Targaryen dynasty, Queen Alyssa Velaryon, mother to King Jaehaerys, experiences a similarly painful birth. The maester tending to her tells her husband, Lord Rogar Baratheon, that there’s still a chance they can keep the child, but Alyssa is sure to die; Rogar chooses to save the child. The fact that House of the Dragon is drawing from events like this throughout Fire & Blood to enrich its narrative is fascinating, and proof of the flexibility the show has given its source material’s historiographical nature.
Childhood friends
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House of the Dragon makes the excellent decision to center Rhaenyra and Alicent’s friendship right from the start. The rift between them is what brings about the Dance of the Dragons, so it makes sense that House of the Dragon begins developing their relationship in the very first episode.
In Fire & Blood, Rhaenyra and Alicent aren’t particularly close before Alicent marries King Viserys, but in House of the Dragon, they are fast friends. Their in-show childhood bond promises to make their fallout even more heartbreaking, which is sure to give later episodes even greater emotional weight.
A song of ice and what now?
During the first episode’s final moments, King Viserys drops a truth bomb on Rhaenyra. Their ancestor, Aegon the Conqueror, conquered Westeros not just because of ambition, but because he had a dream. That dream foretold the end of mankind, brought on by a terrible winter — White Walkers, anyone?
There’s nothing in Fire & Blood that suggests Aegon had this dream, but given that the book rarely delves into its characters’ thoughts, there’s nothing saying that Aegon didn’t have this dream either. Perhaps this was Martin’s intent all along. However, I’m not a fan of this particular storytelling tweak. It’s way too neat a connection to Game of Thrones, and after the adverse fan reactions to Season 8, House of the Dragon needs as much of a fresh start as it can get. Plus, the reveal of Aegon’s dream — which he called A Song of Ice and Fire, eliciting a massive eye roll from me — shifts focus away from the politics of House of the Dragons in favor of reminding us of a Big Bad we already know is coming. Heck, we already know that the Night King fails to conquer Westeros, so why bother tying it back to Aegon? In a series that has so far made many smart adaptation decisions, this is the only one I outright disagree with. We don’t need “winter is coming,” round two — House of the Dragon already has plenty of great characters and plot points to choose from.
We’ll be updating this article weekly with more changes between Fire & Blood and House of the Dragon, so be sure to check back in after each episode airs!
House of the Dragon premiere crashes HBO Max streaming, mostly on Fire Sticks
Besides unreleased and disappearing content, there have been plenty of complaints about the HBO Max streaming apps since they launched. Still, they’ve generally held up well under the stress of premieres for content like Tenet, Wonder Woman, The Matrix, or Westworld, but for HBO there may not be anything like a Game of Thrones premiere.
Tonight’s debut of the show’s spinoff, House of the Dragon, is the first taste of a new GOT experience inside HBO Max, and while many people trying to stream the premiere episode are watching without a problem, others said the app crashed on them, or froze up once it got past the pre-show teaser trailer.
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The DioField Chronicle is shaping up to be real-time Fire Emblem meets Final Fantasy
Square Enix have made a vast array of RPGs over the years, but rarely have they ventured into the realm tactics and strategy games. A couple of big names come to mind, the obvious one being Final Fantasy Tactics, Tactics Ogre if you count their PSP remake of Quest’s SNES original, and most recently, Triangle Strategy on the Switch. Outside of that, though, it’s all a bit barren, which is why the real-time tactical sword-swinging of their upcoming strategy RPG The DioField Chronicle is such an interesting landgrab for them. To say they’re pushing into new territory would be an understatement.
Happily, judging by the sizable first chapter of the game (currently available to play for free on Steam until the game’s release on September 22nd), it’s clear that Square Enix and their development partners at Lancarse have a lot of smart decisions here. With its focus on individual hero characters instead of nameless military units, mixed in with the magical pizazz and flashy summons of its Final Fantasy games, The DioField Chronicle could just be the Fire Emblem-shaped hole PC players have been looking for.