‘House of the Dragon’ outrages fans with dark episode: ‘Abomination’

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several pivotal scenes that were filmed on a beach at night, including Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) having sex with his niece Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) right after his wife’s funeral, and also Aemond (Leo Ashton) claiming a dragon.But many viewers couldn’t see the action playing out, because the scenes were so dim.“No f – – king way are they serious with the lighting in this scene.

I can’t make out a single feature,” one viewer tweeted.The flurry of tweets prompted HBO to respond to complaints about screens being dark, as one fan pointed out.“We appreciate you reaching out about a night scene in House of the Dragon: Episode 7 appearing dark on your screen,” the statement sent to many people read. “The dimmed lighting of this scene was an intentional creative decision.”i love got/hotd but I think the franchise has a very real problem with insufficient lighting for night scenes.

I know they are going for historical accuracy/sometimes nearly full-dark is for dramatic effect but when you frequently can barely see what’s happening it’s frustratingThe lighting on this show is truly an abomination #HOTD pic.twitter.com/MXkjosXDY9Half this episode of #hotd is so dark you can’t see anything.