As an entertaining survival adventure with dragons, Damsel also has to face comparison with other fantasy stories. And no story has had more prominent dragons than Game of Thrones, which as a series is about to launch a dragon war in its sequel, House of the Dragon. Instead of hiding from this pop culture legacy, the Netflix film clearly follows the Westeros model in one scene:
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Game of Thrones parallel: Elodie’s Daenerys moment in Damsel
After Elodie (Millie Bobby Brown) escapes the dragon’s lair, she unleashes her wrath against the royal family and their palace. Just like Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) in King’s Landing unleashes dragons on the city of rulers, Queen Isabelle (Robin Wright), Prince Henry (Nick Robinson) and Co. also fall victim to the flames of Elodie’s fire-breathing lizard. The princess’s empowerment even goes so far that for a brief moment Elodie is with the dragon flying above her himself visually takes wing.
The fans are so divided in their reaction to the Game of Thrones moment in Damsel
While some on Netflix are celebrating Damsel’s Game of Thrones moment, others are scratching their heads at the scene in question:
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Elodie really said ‘Dracarys, b***!’ said. [Also ihrem Drachen den Befehl zum Feuerspeien aus Game of Thrones gegeben.]
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Yessssssssssssssss. That moment where Elodie and the dragon go outside after burning everything down.
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All of the major dragon scenes in Damsel were adapted from the Game of Thrones books and series copied. And they didn’t even try to hide it!
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Netflix wanted its own Daenerys moment so badly in this shot of Damsel, and so it has one big crash landing laid down.
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The ending of Damsel shows how Game of Thrones should have ended.
Ultimately, everyone has to decide for themselves whether the combination of the two fantasy formats is successful or less convincing. Would the alternative ending of Damsel have originally given the scene a different twist?
Podcast on Netflix’s epic sci-fi series 3 Body Problem (from the Game of Thrones creators)
Have the Game of Thrones makers achieved their next big success with 3 Body Problem? In the podcast we discussed Netflix’s sci-fi series extensively and without spoilers:
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3 Body Problem is the adaptation of one of the most exciting science fiction works of recent years: The Trisolaris trilogy by Chinese author Cixin Liu. In the podcast we clarify whether the series can delight sci-fi fans and whether the drastic changes to the original were really necessary.