I saw a Daily Mail article quoting people who tweeted that they were disgusted by the violence and nudity and thought it was over the top. I thought it was a relatively mild Game of Thrones episode. Anyone who was shocked by the violence or nudity in this one episode has never seen Game of Thrones. The Mountain crushing Pedro Pascal's skull in Season 4 is by far the most horrifying moment in TV or movie history.
I will say the Iron Age caesarean scene was pretty gruesome, all the more because the wife in labor didn't know what was happening to her.
Surprised I liked it, and there's no woke crap in it, or social justicey stuff, and a relatively non-diverse cast (no diversity for diversity's sake), except for the one black dude, who was really good. He actually took Daemon's side, which seemed to be the less moral position with respect to how the show is framing Daemon.
This almost makes me want to check out the Lord of the Rings thing on Amazon, in the hopes that it may be better than it looks. But I just can't see how turning Galadriel into Strong Female Warrior could possibly turn out good.
Gratuitous nudity is an HBO hallmark. They've been doing it for over 40 years, since the day when HBO was the only channel out there that would show nudity on TV. People have come to expect it.
It's kinda funny about the violence. I have several streaming channels and the only one that ever lags or freezes up is HBO on occasion and when my wife and I were watching HOTD, the picture froze up right on the scene of the dude's bloody nutsack. Wife and I had to stare at the little spinning wheel on TV for way too long.
I will say the Iron Age caesarean scene was pretty gruesome, all the more because the wife in labor didn't know what was happening to her.
She figured out exactly what was going to happen to her which made the scene even more gruesome!