Some of the comments in this thread along with those on Reddit I've seen don't seem to jive with what I've heard from people in my environment who generally seemed to love the show - some known stretches in writing notwithstanding of course.
Television The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) was joined by comedian Ali Woods to look back at the best and worst moments of a rollercoaster season with the annual United Hour Awards.
Has Ten Hag been sacked yet? We're not sure and we hope not, but it's looking more likely as the days pass.
Who should replace him and why is it taking so long to make a decision?
This thread reads like a discussion of why United are so poor... if the Glazers had licensed more source material, if Galadriel had passed to Højlund, if Erik could write better scripts, if Gandalf hadn't put in a laughable performance...
Made a good show?
In some sense. It had a horrible completion rate (ie people who watched all the eps) iirc.
Yeah, I'm glad more people seemed to enjoy s2 as it will hopefully drive them to the books. But from what I've read of the story changes they made in s2, I'm sticking to my garbage tier writing comment.
See above.
I had the same reactionThe "I am good" moment though...feck me that was pathetic. I burst out laughing at the time and it still makes me laugh now.
I get the complaints from people, but I went into the show not expecting a LOTR trilogy masterpiece, so I've enjoyed watching it.
Looking forward to season 2 and if it's an improvement on season 1.
Looking forward to season 2 and if it's an improvement on season 1.
It's the best thing about it too. Galdariel has something so incredibly irritating about her just from these few minutes. And that Sauron actor and his wig is comedy gold. That smirk he forces himself into. Where did they find that guy?
Oh no.
The book reader part of me is slightly geeked they finally introduce him on the screen, but just one look at the actor has me gravely concerned they ll do it justice.
Ffs Tom Bombadil...
In a 2nd age TV series....
Well, on the bright side they'll probably have Goldberry as a character
In a 2nd age TV series....
Well, on the bright side they'll probably have Goldberry as a character
I'm morbidly curious, that's for sure.
I'm ok with that. He's ageless right? So I see no reason why he wouldn't be skipping about during the 2nd Age.
Must admit I had in my mind that he'd look different though.
Must admit I had in my mind that he'd look different though.
Tom Bombadill will not translate well to the screen. If season one is anything to go by, this is going to be a steaming pile of shite lit on fire.
I love how open minded people are when it comes to this.
I can't help but feel that they made a catastrophic casting error with Galadriel. Not because of bad acting or anything, it's just she so totally has exactly the wrong aura, just like Cate Blanchett had exactly the right one. Not remotely ethereal or haughty - the first thought is rather she seems exactly like the kind of gal who wouldn't be out of place behind the counter of a rowdy bar, and who could handle the rough ones with firm aplomb. The idea of her as elfin royalty just does not compute, at all.
Well, you know, it's Tolkien. What to expect.I think the casting is far less of an issue than the general character conception, which was just very silly. Though you probably do want someone more like Debicki.
Debicki certainly would have been my dream casting for Galadriel. know it sounds very superficial but if only Mordydd Clark would have been notably taller I think I would have overlooked the rest much more. At least having someone statuesque would have given the impression of being a powerful ethereal person who is very old already some more credence and I could have pretended the bratty behavior is her going through her only a few hundred years old teenager like years. I don't think Clark is a bad actress by any means, she just has to work with what she's given.
There's that too, I agree.
Okay I decided to re-watch these and frankly they're not that bad. Honestly enjoyed the first 6 episodes.
Got the last 2 episodes to go through again. I think it was too harshly bashed to be honest.
The female Eminem mage is still a no-no for me though
Got the last 2 episodes to go through again. I think it was too harshly bashed to be honest.
The female Eminem mage is still a no-no for me though
Okay I decided to re-watch these and frankly they're not that bad. Honestly enjoyed the first 6 episodes.
Got the last 2 episodes to go through again. I think it was too harshly bashed to be honest.
The female Eminem mage is still a no-no for me though
Did you enjoy the slow motion house riding?
It did have its moments to be fair but also had some terrible writing at times and decisions.
However you can see where the money went and it's always good to look at
So you're saying that her breaking out in Eminem's new Houdini/abracadabra song would have been fitting?The female Eminem mage is still a no-no for me though
Actually the female eminim mage was an addition i actually liked.Okay I decided to re-watch these and frankly they're not that bad. Honestly enjoyed the first 6 episodes.
Got the last 2 episodes to go through again. I think it was too harshly bashed to be honest.
The female Eminem mage is still a no-no for me though
Ignoring the dumb comparisons, this quote from 2022 gives me a teeny-tiny sliver of hope that season 2 will at least be an improvement on the 1st.
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Tiny bit better but still crap
There is so much unwritten about that massive period of LOTR history that it seems like they have missed a very open goal. There are many important characters barely hinted at that they could have developed into whatever they wanted. They just lack imagination and the writing
Criminal what they have done to Galadriel. The ultimate female lead, who literally rhe whole elven, dwarven and human world defer to reduced to an angsty teenager running about the world looking angry and wafting a sword about, in some of the most ludicrous fighting stages ever filmed. Galadriel doesn’t need a sword, she’s one of the most powerful beings on middle earth. Even the maiaI read the wheel of time as a teenager and had to wait years for the final books after the author died. I re-read them again prior to the release of the tv show. To say I was disappointed is an understatement. You have a world that arguably rivals the LOTR for scale, history and characters and they produce that utter shoite. It was diabolical. The second season was a tiny bit better but it is still far from good.
When you listen to the producers blathering about how their focus for the second season will be on a made up bisexual relationship rather than the masses of stuff in the books then you know what to expect.
You left out that she almost shagged Sauron.Tiny bit better but still crap
There is so much unwritten about that massive period of LOTR history that it seems like they have missed a very open goal. There are many important characters barely hinted at that they could have developed into whatever they wanted. They just lack imagination and the writing
I read the wheel of time as a teenager and had to wait years for the final books after the author died. I re-read them again prior to the release of the tv show. To say I was disappointed is an understatement. You have a world that arguably rivals the LOTR for scale, history and characters and they produce that utter shoite. It was diabolical. The second season was a tiny bit better but it is still far from good.
When you listen to the producers blathering about how their focus for the second season will be on a made up bisexual relationship rather than the masses of stuff in the books then you know what to expect.
This bothers me a lot from a lore point of view.
In LACE and Morgoths ring, it’s explained that Elves love essentially only once. The love they have for their partner is so intense and permanent that there simply isn’t capacity to have another there. Also to shag someone as an elf is basically the same as marrying them.
The only two exceptions to this are both considered absolute aberrations. Finwes decision to remarry after mirriels refusal to be rebodied requires a debate by the valar whether such a thing should even be permitted and it led directly to the tragedies and kinslaying throughout the silmarillion.
The second time it happened was gwindor, findiulias and Turin and it led to the death of all 3.
But had she shagged before then? She couldnt have shagged Celeborn since he doesn't exist.
She ultimate virgin prize for Halbrand
He exists, in season 1 she said he died (somehow).
They met in Doriath when she was Melians pupil, and courted for 500 years before marriage. Celeborn was one of Elu Thingols people
Wouldn't you attribute all of those deaths directly to the curse of Húrin?
Is Celeborn not presumed dead in the show, rather than confirmed dead?
Yeah, he went off to war and never came back. It was very funny that she spent the entire season raging at her brother being killed, and then drops "also my husband is probably dead" 7 episodes in. He'll be back at some point and blame it on a thousand-year fugue state.
Also not sure what's worse - their daughter Celebrian has already been born but just nobody talks about her, or she's not been born yet so this Elrond will be hanging around his future wife when she's a kid.
Annatar will take the form of Celeborn and shag Galadriel in a prolonged HBO sex scene.