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House of the Dragon’s season finale leaks — beware of spoilers

Similar to Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon‘s season finale has leaked ahead of its release and can easily be found on the darker corners of the Internet.

In a statement sent to multiple publications, including Variety, HBO says it’s “disappointed that this unlawful action has disrupted the viewing experience for loyal fans of the show.” The network states that it’s “aggressively monitoring and pulling these copies from the internet” and that HBO and HBO Max subscribers will stream a “pristine version” of the finally available “exclusively in 4K’ on Sunday.

Of course, this means that fans of the show should be wary of spoilers appearing on social media, though George R. R. Martin’s Fire and Blood book follows House of the Dragon‘s first season pretty closely already. This means if you really wanted to see how the first season ends, that information is just a quick Google search away.

The incest-filled TV show’s Canadian stream on Crave has not been without issues. For instance, during House of the Dragon‘s premiere many eager viewers were unable to watch the TV show, and some found Episode 7 “Driftmark” far too dark to be able to view properly (which was also an issue with some Game of Thrones episodes).

House of the Dragon‘s final episode is set to air this coming Sunday, October 23rd at 9pm ET/6pm PT on Crave. Crave subscriptions start at $9.99/month for a Mobile plan, which includes access to HBO content. A $19.99/month Crave Total subscription is required to stream content on other supported devices, like Android, iOS, Apple TV, PlayStation, etc.

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Source: Variety

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Did you find the last House of the Dragon episode dark? We have a few theories

If you couldn’t see House of the Dragon’s most recent episode, ‘Driftmark,’ because it was too dark, you aren’t alone.

A quick search on Reddit, Twitter, TikTok or any social media platform reveals that viewers encountered significant issues while watching the episode. This isn’t the first time this has happened, either. In 2019, Game of Thrones’ ‘The Long Night’ was also a blurry mess for many viewers.

This isn’t a coincidence either, as both episodes were helmed by the same director, Miguel Spochnik. So why did this happen? According to HBO Max’s official Twitter help account, the ample darkness in the episode was an “intentional creative decision.”

There’s a bit more to it than that, though.

First, if you watch the behind-the-scenes feature tied to the episode, most of Driftmark was shot during the day and adjusted to look like it was set at night. It’s also important to remember that Spochnik isn’t shooting the episode for your smartphone, tablet or even television and instead is calibrating it to an OLED reference monitor that’s likely far brighter than your standard LED or LCD television.

There’s also the issue of the sometimes poor bitrate Bell-owned Crave streams at on specific platforms. I typically watch Crave content on the Apple TV and have experienced very few issues with House of the Dragon, but I know that’s not the case for those watching via game consoles and other streaming devices. In fact, the TV show even streams in 4K on the Apple TV.

Backing up this theory, I didn’t encounter any issues while watching Driftmark and was confused by viewers’ furious tweets. The episode’s dark scenes had a weird blue aura over them, which I assumed was tied to the fact that it was shot during the day, but other than that, I could view everything perfectly. For additional context, I’m currently using a new Hisense U8H LED TV, which doesn’t feature an OLED panel but still offers a decent 1500 nits of peak brightness and Dolby Vision.

With this in mind, unless you want to turn the brightness up on your TV to watch certain episodes of House of the Dragon (which also might not even work), you’ll need to buy a new TV.

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Source: @HBOMaxHelp

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House of the Dragon suffers from green finger blunder

House of the Dragon, the Game of Thrones spin-off made by HBO, just had a funny visual effects issue on its most recent episode.

During the third episode titled ‘Second of His Name,’ which aired on September 4th, viewers noticed a VFX blunder during the episode. King Viserys, played by Paddy Considine, is missing two fingers on his left hand; however, in one scene, you can clearly see the fingers wrapped in a green covering that should have been digitally removed in post-production.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, a source has told them that the episode will be corrected and should be hitting streaming platforms later this week.

Years ago, during Game of Thrones, we once saw a blunder in the last season of the series. That scene featured a Starbucks cup on the table. This had to be fixed and added to streaming services as well.

The Hollywood Reporter, reports that co-showrunner Ryan Condal said before the release of House of the Dragon that the team was careful to stop this from happening again; however, I guess they were too busy looking out for Starbucks Cups, and not paying enough attention to green fingers.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter 

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Where to watch House of the Dragon in Canada

More than three years after Game of Thrones ended, HBO is officially set to release its second series in the world of Westeros, House of the Dragon, on August 21st.

Set two hundred years before Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon follows the beginning of the end of House Targaryen and the events leading up to the deadly Dance of the Dragons. The series was co-created by George R. R. Martin, the writer of the A Song of Ice and Fire books upon which Game of Thrones (with Colony‘s Ryan J. Condal) is based and stars Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Fabien Frankel, Sonoya Mizuno and Rhys Ifans.

It’s worth noting that it remains unclear if House of Dragon will stream in 4K on Crave.

Canadians looking to check out the prequel series can do so through Bell’s Crave streaming service, the Canadian home of Game of Thrones. The first episode will premiere on Crave on August 21st at 6pm PT/9pm ET, with new episodes dropping every Sunday at 9pm ET. The series’ first season will run for 10 episodes.

It’s worth noting that as part of its big marketing campaign for House of the Dragon, Bell is running a Crave promotion. From August 17th until September 6th, new, reactivating and upgrading Crave subscribers can get an annual Crave Total subscription for $149.90 CAD plus tax, $50 off the regular price. For context, a monthly Crave Total membership costs $19.99/month.

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Crave ‘can’t confirm’ if new Game of Thrones spin-off will stream in 4K

HBO Max’s Game of Thrones spinoff House of the Dragon is airing on Bell’s Crave streaming service on August 21st at 9pm ET/6am PT.

On HBO Max in the U.S., House of the Dragon will stream in 4K resolution; however, that might not be the same situation on Crave in Canada. MobileSyrup reached out to Bell regarding House of Dragon’s streaming quality, and we’ve learned that the upcoming TV show’s resolution is currently up in the air.

“At this time, we can’t confirm that HBO’s House of the Dragon will be available in 4K on Crave. Our team is working on it and we hope to have an update soon,” said a Crave spokesperson.

We’ll hopefully learn more about the situation before the official launch of the HBO Max Original series.

For those wondering if Crave even offers 4K, Bell soft-launched 4K content on Apple TV and then proceeded to release 4K content on Android TV, FireTV and Chromecast platforms. Back when 4K content was first announced, titles like Wonder Woman 1984,  Zack Snyder’s Justice League and Godzilla vs Kong were some of the first movies/TV shows to stream in 4K on the above platforms.

House of Dragon takes place 300 years before the events of Game of Thrones and tells the story of the House of Targaryen.

House of the Dragon stars Paddy Considine, Olivia Cooke, Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy and Fabien Frankel, Rhys Ifans, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best and Sonoya Mizuno. The series will feature ten episodes.

For everything coming to Crave in August, follow this link. You can find notable content coming to other streaming services like Netflix and Prime Video here.

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