Galadriel in the movies and books: Compassionate. Wise. Ageless. Ancient. Empathy and perception are her superpowers. Magic. Speaks softly with eyes hard enough to split a mountain. Patient. Caring. Pursues beauty and light. (In The Hobbit) Stands up to Sauron to defend Gandalf, not out of hatred of her enemy, or her own thirst for revenge, but to defend someone she cares for. And she SHOWED how much power she has. Galadriel in the show: Vicious. Selfish. Immature. Ignorant. Dismissive. Impetuous. Hot-headed. No magic. Doesn't care about anyone. Misses things like the mark's meaning, Elendil's good character, and Halbrand's identity CONSTANTLY. Impatient. Uncaring. Pursues vengeance. Screams all her emotions out loud and TELLS everyone how much wisdom and power she has with the same vacant look in her eyes at every turn. Because... "character development?" Fuck off, show.
There is an old old joke. I won't bother with it but the punch line is "YOU CAN'T GET THERE, FROM HERE" This Galadriel isn't anything like the great and noble Elf Lady of Lothlorien in the books.
Personally I don't mind the change. I am tired of perfect female protagonists. She has flaws, and they aren't trying to spin them as positives... it makes her more interesting.
@@charitybrook6279 I'd agree if they felt like intentional flaws and not downsides from trying to create a ridiculous high fantasy character for reasons only relevant to the real world. Hot-headed and flawed is fine but childish, rude and entitled is just painful to watch.
It's not the same chatacter to me. Its a chatacter using her name. And to me, the arrogant, gruff, tactless shit talking warrior trope isnt interesting. Its horrifically generic and basic. There's so little substance or dimension to her. She couldbe portrsyed as the oldest elf in the show with more unspoken power and wisdom than most other beings. What would have been more interesting would be seeing the real Galadriel navigate the issues of a hostile queen, a vicious snow troll, a deceiving stranger, a kingdom on the road to ruin... if I wanted a bitter, selffish asskicker girlboss lashing out at the world, Id watch Loki.
Loved the bit where the bloke is giving his speech about the elf and says, "For by the calluses on my hands." holds his hands up and it looks like he has never done a hard day's graft in his life.
I loved the part where Galadriel said, "We have the mightiest armies in all of middle earth! What do you have that could defeat us?" Sauron just cracked his neck and said, "Magic, Mutherf*cker." Then Frodo said, "Crap. we're gonna need a bigger ring." so Gandalf told the Ents "run forrest run!" Then Don Lemonlas said, "We Haz RANGS!" while wearing a BLM shirt. Then Ursula said “Ahh, so you think darkness is your ally? But you merely adopted the dark; I was born in it, molded by it. I didn’t see the light until I was already an octopus, by then it was nothing to me but blinding!” Then She-Hulk said, "You either die a Hero or live long enough to see yourself become the Crustacean." And then Halbrand said, "YEW TUKE ARR JOBS!" and Kicked an elf into a well while shouting, "THIS. IS. NUMENOR." But Then Ursula Replied, "I am INEVITABLE!!!" only for Ariel to impale her with the boat while saying, "And I am all the Jedi! ... On a Boat." Much Stunning. Much Bravery.
Perhaps he and his relatives work hard as members of the light-bringers guild; day and night they toil, bringing oil and other combustible materials to the numerous lamps, lanterns, torches, sconces, pyres, braziers, pans and hearths in halls and rooms and secret passages throughout the city which, by some statute it seems, must at all times be lit lest someone at any moment need a light.
I am SO SICK of Hollywood acting like being feminine is inferior and robs women of "agency". I'm a military wife and a stay at home mom and I chose these things, I wasn't oppressed into them. I am strong and work damn hard, but because I am not a CEO apparently I contribute nothing of value to society.... My kids are healthy and loved and my son learned to read at age 3 because I have leaned into my role as a mom during this season of our lives.
I am a scientist by occupation and have no kids (by choice) and I completely despise the intersectional feminism. I am still a feminine woman through and through, love to nurture my nephew and I didn’t become a mom because it’s a much harder job than the one I have. My shout out to all moms for their courage and strength.
Being a proper mom even in first world countries has become a luxury for most of the working population. Both incomes are usually needed and even if not i agree that society and even family make you feel like you should be working instead of caring and loving and nurturing your own flesh nd blood that took you so much strenght and pain to bring into this world
You forgot the talk about a very important point. Since she arrived at Númenor all she wanted was a passage to middle-earth and when finally, Queen grants her exactly that and gets her out of jail she just attacks guards and sneaks into the king's room. Even when she gets EVERY SINGLE THING, she demands she still lashes out with violence and threatens people.
@@TheMASTER4real women never settle for what they ask for, you have to take it. with force if you must imposing your will on others, thats true power. -honestly its crazy that the writers could even imagine this is a likeable character, shes just a karen barking demands at people. i half thought they would have a public execution this episode instead she was rewarded
@@BBL_TomTanks No that's not true. Al-Pharozn clearly states that 'by queen's orders she's to be shipped to the elves' referring Lindon. Numenorians have no means to take someone to Valinor they don't even know the west of the island, Isildur makes that clear too.
Little known fact: the actress that plays Galadriel has been in LOTR before! She was originally used as the inspiration for Gollum's facial expression animations.
Numenor was this epic tragic tale by Tolkien, about how men stopped accepting their eventual deaths as their fate and tried to rebel against their very nature as they were created by Eru, and become immortal. That is what drove the King's Men, the bad guys, to reject elves out of jealousy of their immortality, and which eventually caused them to attack the Undying lands themselves. Yet in this show, none of this very essence of the tale of Numenor is even mentioned. Instead, the motivating factor for the evil Numenoreans is fear that elves will immigrate and steal their jobs, like some caricature of anti-immigration movements of the present day. They should just have given them MAGA hats to wear if they're going to be this blatant. What a monumental insult to Tolkien.
It amazes me that Tolkien despised adaptations of his work and his family said that he would have hated the movies. Yet as far as I can see, they really do keep the essence of what he wrote and try to stay as truthful to his tales as is possible in the limitations of film. But we have a show like this which just writes its own versions of events and claims that Tolkien would have loved it?!?!
FVD: Good observation; Numenor falls and is destroyed because of Trump supporters, not because it's sacrificing children or worshipping the devil or adopting the ways of the pervert, or pumping themselves up with pride and envy.....no, no, no....it's because of those fuckin red hats, because they are unwelcoming to immigrants, and refuse to worship LGBTQ+ and accept gender studies into their churches and schools. What could be more obvious??
Sauron thought he was right as well. The fact they cannot see the irony in all of this is frustrating. But hardly surprising from a big monopolized corporation.
She looks like an orc that found an enchantment that allowed her to have the appearance of an elf, but she is unable to hide the hate in her heart so it shines through the illusion. she is actually a Saron spy and the real Galadriel is being held hostage. Now that would be a twist.
"There is a tempest in me!" ie, she's a child. Really, why is she acting like her brother is the only death? Why is she acting like her revenge trumps everything else? Yeah I get the importance of defeating Sauron, but why is that incompatible with using logic and common sense? Paradoxically, as it happens with narcissists, she is so absorbed in her own troubles that she fails to consider for even a moment that other people have troubles too.
@@TheKpa11 No, in that case we're just wallowing in a massive sea of shit. They don't touch everything anyway, they can't turn to shit old movies, the past is out of their hands.
Galadriel managing to shove four Numenorean guards into her cell (without even using any magic at all, by the look of it) and then make her way to the King's Bedchamber - without being detected by anyone on the way - really was jaw-dropping.
"From her earliest years, she had a marvelous gift of insight into the minds of others, but judged them with mercy and understanding, and she withheld her goodwill from none, save only Feanor." - J.R.R. Tolkien This description of the true Galadriel makes Amazon's pathetic version even more laughable 😂 Keep up the good work, Gary!
I... didn't like the Hobbit; at all; But that scene where she shows up at Rivendell and has a mind-conversation with Gandalf is infinitely better than all the hours of this tripe.
Mediæval Europeans would place castles near rivers in order to gather tolls; otherwise castles would occupy the high ground . Far-sighted elves, when placing watchtowers for the specific purpose of keeping an eye on the populace, place a watchtower not on the highest available place with the greatest available view but at the foothills of mountains which restricts most of their view.
My hometown was founded as a small village supplying the castle watching over 3 of the main trade routes ( Frankfurt, Prague and Venice) and in Germany back in the 1100s to collect tolls. And developed very fast to a place of trade itself, making it one of the most important cities in medivial Germany. Towers where in watching distances for a greater area to cover around Nuremberg. They where placed of cause on hills, to increase the viewing range. You are right on the money with your post.
It's hilarious how Halbrand is the voice of reason in Guyladriel's plot. At this point I want him to be Sauron and I'll root for him all the way to the end (except if I'm watching the actual LotR adaptation).
@@Soletssee No. Halbrand is sauron, he lectured us how to master people by using their fear is basically the idea behind the rings of power. He is too wise for his age. Also when Miriel says "maybe he walks among us" camera shows Halbrand.
@@Soletssee Sauron infiltrated Numenor and corrupted it from within. The Nazgul that were from Numenor were kings or lords of Numenor. Halbrand being in Numenor is setting up Sauron’s arc in Numenor. Unless their is another immigrant to Numenor that will end up being Sauron. Making Halbrand just a red herring. Which would be exceedingly lame. Halbrand is Sauron. Unless Amazon tries to retcon Halbrand’s arc in the next season.
@@user-lh5my4ws8j Naw... show is trying to hard to make you think Halbrand is Sauron, which means he is not. Hollyweird thinks 'big plot twist' and 'subverted expectations' are good writing, so they set up your expectations just so they can do the opposite.
@@nathanmorgan3647 How general audience thinks Halbrand is Sauron at all? They don'T know any characteristic of Sauron or even he had shapeshifting ability lol. Show clearly bait general audience with Meteor Man and Adar.
Oh and the preview for the next episode shows Guyladriel teaching Numenorians how to fight....Numenorians....The people who were so mighty and fearsome that Sauron's army literally ran away when they just looked out at them....They need Guyladriel to teach them to fight....And btw weren't Numenorians on average like 7ft tall and these mighty looking people? These Numenorians in the show all look average. There's nothing mighty or impressive about them.
That's how this show works anyone looks useless and is useless probably the only crack unit are the Amazon's of human or that would be better than all sissy men on the show.
I’ve been watching the appendices of Peter Jackson’s LOTR extended additions. The devotion and love for the source material and all the work and attention to detail Weta was able to achieve is just astounding. I think Tolkien himself, wouldn’t have liked everything, but I think he would have appreciated how hard they worked in order to capture the essence of his work for film. Also, hail Alan Lee, his work is half of the films greatness. Orthanc, Rivendell, dwarrowdelf, Lothlorien, Minas Tirith. None would be realized so beautifully without him.
Classics remain so no matter how much time passes. This is why people are going back to the classics. And Jackson work is now something people go back to fondly and really appreciate it. Especially after this train wreck of the Woke Rings of Power.
J. J. Abrams and his cohorts at Bad Robot are a plague on entertainment, particularly cinema. They have infested the greatest film franchises, raided them, and run them into the ground. Today, these hallowed franchises are little more than low-grade fan fiction. The extremists at Bad Robot are greedy political hacks, half-witted ambulance-chasing activists who do not understand storytelling. They have systematically peeled every scab off every social wound trying to heal in the last 50 years, giggling while they did it, thinking themselves noble. They are what is worst in men. The studios? To hell with them, too: they let these frauds in. Someone needs to tell that plagiarizing fool J. J. Abrams, his maniacal footsoldiers, and Amazon that even $1B cannot buy you a soul.
How’s that go about modern Western women? They want the power of men, the privilege of women, and the accountability of children. You really see it in all of these feminist characters.
In fairness, I live in urban America, the heart of the western world, and I don't know a single woman that acts like the women that hollywood is putting on TV. This whole girl boss archetype they've been pushing for a decade was invented purely in the minds of a bunch of idiot writers in LA. These depictions have absolutely no resemblance to reality, which is the core issue with them.
In this latest episode, Galadriel looks into a Palantir and sees the destruction of Numenor. That is against the lore. If I were the Tolkien Estate, i would sue.
I dont like this series too, but many, many great movies did some scenes totally against lore from the book, for example shining, that is not the problem. Bad writing here in general is the main issue
@@arwenstrong2818 they dont have anybody left that knows the lore, just a bunch of great great grandkids sponging off the work the great man and his son tried to carry on in his absence, I hope karma isn't kind to any of them and the shitcunts involved in this shows production
Why is nobody talking about Anarion? He's been mentioned once, but instead of seeing him we get to see Sisildur going to college and dating boys. This show is a travesty.
Favorite billion dollar moment is Theo hiding in a freaking well, and making a huge splash and gasp when coming out of the water. That orc would’ve found him SO quick
You forgot that he ducked under the water a split second before the orc looked in the well, but the water was absolutely still, not even a slight ripple. Edit, just remembered, didn't the same orc just chuck a bucket in there and hit him on the head? Must have been the magic water stilling bucket of Rhun.
@@antonytye3484 I genuinely don’t understand how some people look past this stuff! 1 BILLLION dollars 😂 Such incompetence by an editing team and directors is inexcusable. Why don’t people care about the quality of their entertainment?
@@butkusaurelius3419 I've put a list on another comment, it's so bad, I don't want to be put through it again to correct/update/research or give more specifics on crap stolen quotes from the movies either, makes me shudder thinking of it, cringe worthy. It doesn't even look good, the cgi is pretty poor, it's all so small scale, nothing good to say about this show, dreadful and amateur.
Loved the part where Arondir met Colonel Kurtz. Kurtz : Where are you from, Arondir? Arondir : I'm from Ohio, sir. Kurtz : Were you born there? Arondir: Yes, sir. Kurtz : Whereabouts? Arondir : Toledo, sir. Kurtz : How far are you from the river? Arondir: The Ohio River, sir? Kurtz : Uh-huh. Arondir : About 200 miles. Kurtz : I went down that river once when I was a kid. There's a place in that river - I can't remember - must have been a gardenia plantation at one time. It's all wild and overgrown now, but about five miles, you'd think that heaven just fell on the earth in the form of gardenias.
I mean Celebrimbor having nothing todo with the Dwarves is bloody frustrating! Celebrimbor's name is written upon the secret door leading into Khazad-dûm, and the password to get in was the ELVISH word for friend, Mellon, showing the friendship between Celebrimbor, Durin and all the Dwarf Lords of the kingdom!
"The eleves are taking our lands, they're taking our trade, they don't tire, they don't age!". Then I yelled at the screen YOU ARE NUMENOREONS, YOU AGE AT A SLOW PACE! ARAGORN WAS APPROXIMATELY IN HIS LATE 80'S WHEN HE WAS CROWNED KING AND HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S IN HIS 40'S! Then I remembered Chuckle F*cks wrote this 💩
Guyadriel would have been the "villain" in the Mean Girls and frankly it is upsetting that she got villainous characteristics, get everything she wants and she is suppose to be a hero character. Modern Hollywood are styck in this agenda cycle.
Man walks randomly into a crowd where someone’s protesting somehow magically has 20 plus women waiting with drinks to be served after his speech lmfao felt like I was at the pantomime what a joke
Wait... are you saying if Galadriel just went to the holy land and never jumped in the sea, Sauron would have drowned and Numinor wouldn't have drowned?
@@FightCollective - If they actually intended it to be that way from the beginning to humble galadriel, I might actually think it was brilliant, but you KNOW they will never bring it up.
@@TheEldritchGod Yeah it'll be a forsight on their part rather than a cunning plan to prove that the white male patriarch was right all along and if we had only listened to them life would be so much better.
I just love how Galadriel is depicted as the stereotypical young talented soldier that still has many things to learn. Its a male stereotype that even for men got old and is now just slapped onto a female to act as something new, while completely contradicting what a thousands of years old, wise person would probably act like. I dont care about the basic idea of making Galadriel a talented warrior since im a "casual", but why not make her overcome the enemy with smart combat tricks instead of brute force. Would fit way better and wouldnt produce scenes like her just pushing 3 fully armored numenorian guards into a cell, without even using weapons by the way. This is not a superhero show where she-hulk throws around people due to her superstrength.
In this weeks episode Galadriel buys a new suit of armour, oh wait that was She Hulk, and next week she becomes the new Little Mermaid, all these rubbish shows blend into one.
Btw, did I miss something, or Elrond really teleports between the elven and dwarven cities? I have no sense of time in this show. Did Elrond travelling and Guyladriel being thrown into jail happen at roughly the same time?
Ikr and it's so easily fixed. This is supposed to be a billion dollar show and they can't do a 5 second scene of a map, showing locations and some traveling/scenery footage?
Don't forget a journey that takes a Dwarf a couple of hours to make takes an Elf a couple of days, so he must be part Dwarf based on the illogical world of Amazon TV.
The distance between Kazah-Dum and Eregion is (roughly) twice the distance between Hobbiton and Bree. It's a couple of day's travel, at least. But Elrond and Celebrimbor walk back and forth. With no provisions. Or horses. Like they're popping to the shops. And this is the distance that stopped Elrond from seeing his best buddy for 20 years? Come on, show.
Speaking of removing femininity. Did you notice the dress that Galadriel was wearing? The top compressed her chest to the point of making her look androgynous. So the lady of light looks like the transboy of battle. Disgusting
It’s wonderful that through this utter garbage, people are picking up the books. I had tried reading The Hobbit when I was thirteen and couldn’t get through it but when the film came out, I had decided to give it another go. And boy, as bad as The Hobbit films were for many at the time, it led me to reading all the books which I am so glad for.
@@jesslind Yes. In the whole fantasy genre, there is nothing like this. And for LOR in particular to be defiled is abhorrent. I read The Hobbit early in high school and enjoyed it immensely. The Lord of the Rings was tougher, especially The Two Towers. But when I returned to LOR a decade later, I was twice as thrilled. I put aside my Hobbit and dug into this heroic tale. There is a fantasy writer whom I believe surpasses Tolkien: Homer. I think Tolkien would be pleased at the comparison.
@@skzion2 I’m fairly certain he wrote The Hobbit for his kids, so it’s definitely not as epic as LOTR, but still a good beginning to the whole story. I still haven’t gotten around to reading through The Silmarillion, and I’m thinking I’ll actually listen to the audiobook version. A wonderful comparison that I agree Tolkien would’ve loved to hear. 😊
Did you notice how CHEAPLY they covered the 3 action sequences that would have improved this episode? 1. Any sort of martial arts to show how Galadriel overcame the guards and got them into the cage. 2. Galadriel scaling the king’s tower or even show an actual window breaking 3. Any of the dwarves battling to survive the tunnel collapse. I can’t believe how the most expensive show of all time is the cheapest when it comes to showing anything important
if the Queen regent knows not only the future, but that Guyladriel arriving is the first sign... why aren't they relocating? When she says "I want you gone, and this crisis ended", does she really think vanishing the sign will make the future not happen? What messed up understanding of prophecy is that?
Dear Amazon writers, a Hero loves his people, and his people love and revere him. He is willing to sacrifice his life so others can live free of the tyranny posed by the villain. A woman who hates her people, and is despised by them increasingly as the story unfolds, is a Tyrant. She is consumed by attaining power and bending her her people to her will. She sees her people as weak, ignorant simpletons, in desperate need of her superior intellect and leadership. In other words, she is a sociopathic narcissist, who destroys everyone who gets in her way. Are you trying to make a Tyrant into a hero? How TF do you plan to do this? Wouldn't it have been much easier to make your character a budding hero from the beginning, instead of a man hating 100 lb girl who has contempt for an entire realm?
Every time they attempt some sort of profound flowery language it makes me cringe. I guess the rule of: " A character can only be as smart as the writer" can also be used as: "A character can only be as eloquent as the writer". Half of the episode I wanted to yell: "Get on with it!" I swear so much of meandering and pointless slow mo, I could make my second breakfast and not miss anything
The Irony is, I think I would have liked if they took Mad Tvs, Lord of the Bling, and actually made a tv show out of that. It would have been fun and curiously interesting to see what comes next.
The show puts me to sleep...I've tried, and it just bores me to tears. Galadriel is awful. I have no idea why they decided to just make her so damn unlikeable. Everyone looks pissed off all of the time, everything moves at a snail's pace...it's borderline unwatchable.
Because whamens don't understand men. They think being an azzhole is how male bosses act, they think that's strength. They think that attitude is what gets respect.
It's crazy and just so sad that the show is this bad, "borderline unwatchable" should be the headline for the show. I've seen a lot of bad things but at least they're somewhat watchable.
I enjoyed the first few epidodes, but any potential they promised has been squandered. The narrative monentum has gone AWOL. The first few episodes were around ftfteen minutes or so overlong, but the pacing in the last few episodes has been utterly atrocious.
Thanks for taking the bullet, for many/most of us, and watching this dumpster fire so we won't even be tempted to watch. Also, TY for putting out these entertaining reviews that call out Amazon's horrible agenda driven production and not holding back while using your platform to defend Tolkien's legacy.
Tolkien invented languages to support the races in the legendarium. Have the tv-show had any of the languages represented in any way? Have they bothered to learn any lines of elven or dwarven or other?
Her best line was "Mother, forgive them for they know not what they do!" Or when she picked up her ancient razorsword that was forged by the legendary Gil Lette herself, took it to the local bbq and raised it in the air, shouting: "Boys will be boys? Men must do better!"
oh my god I just watched the part where she magically locks the guards in her cell. They just end up in the cell like she used force push or like they decided to walk in, then she gently pushes the last one in and locks the door hahahaah Honestly, there has to be some merit in how the show gets worse and worse. It's like Cyberpunk where the cops spawned behind you, but in reverse. Or like the rebel lady tapping the stormtrooper's helmet and the two guards falling down for no reason. What has happened to entertainment? (rethoric question)
They keep mithril as a treasure inside a mystery box, a guarded secret. Elrond has to swear on his family honour to keep it a secret. But after a minute, when giving this precious ore of mithril back to the incredibly secretive and protective dwarf... "Naahh, you can keep it...". Honestly, how can the writing be so bad...
Something funny or at least unexpected. I started watching The Fellowship of the Ring on Amazon. I've seen it many times, Peter Jackson did a great job on LOTR. The unexpected thing is that I enjoyed this movie, am enjoying it even more than the other times I've watched it. WHY? Because of the Rings of Power episodes. Makes me appreciate the LOTR movies many times more than I would have, having already seen them many times.
Haha same for me. Been rewatching the original trilogy this week and it felt like discovering an oasis after walking through a bland, boring desert for hours. This dumb show has made appreciate the original trilogy even more. As if I needed another reason to rewatch these movies every year.😄
I watched all three recently felt the same way. Started playing Shadow of War (Shadow of Mordor was amazing imo), and am loving it. Those video games have a way better story for Celebrimbor and the forging of the ring than RoP.
After 4 hours I have arrived at a conclusion as to what RoP is. You know when a youtuber takes all the cutscenes from a game and strings them together? And you sit through them confused since all the context, the meat and bones of the story is missing and all you get is flashy CGI scenes that make no sense by themselves? That is RoP.
The Nerdrotic Rings of Power series is gold. I tune in for these reviews with the same excitement that I had hoped for the show itself when it was first announced. Thank you🤙🙏 Don Lemonlas and Guyladriel doesn’t fail to put a smile on my face.
I thought about this aswell, but we are 4 episodes in and I can't for the life of me imagine a 2 hours cut of this series that would be interesting enough. So far I only liked the intro sequence about Morgoth lol. Thats like 4 minutes. Can't really make much with that
That's what *really* annoys me though. In the lore Numenor was associated specifically with the worship of Illuvatar. They worshipped him on the Highest Mountain in the island, they were the only men who knew about the one God. The friendship with the Elves & the Valar was meant to be just a consequence of that. Then the worship of Melkor and human sacrifice followed when Sauron convinved them that was the way to gain immortality, before invading Valinor. Nerdrotic has that one point wrong: it wasn't just the invasion of Valinor that caused the destuction. It was the whole package. In the lore it was Elendil and his family who saw what was coming and made plans to leave. His father. Amandil, foresaw the destruction in his Palantir, and even left to try to go to Valinor a few years before the fall to tell the Valar what Sauron and Pharazon were doing. They stole his Palantir and give his dad's role to Miriel.
when Miriel said to Galadriel "That's the boldest proposal i got THIS WEEK!!!!!" i thought wtf... please tell us some of the other bold proposals? Building a bridge to Valinor? Universal Healthcare? Please, tell us!!!
1:51:54 Guillermo del Toro did not flake out on making The Hobbit movies. He lived and worked on The Hobbit in New Zealand for almost two years. But when the studios saw the artistic direction he was taking, i.e. Not a replica of LOTR, they pushed him out. And then brought in Peter Jackson last minute to re-create the LOTR magic. We all know how well that turned out. By the way I’ve read that Guillermo’s vision was beautiful. So sad that we never got to see it. He was heartbroken to have to leave. He compared someone asking him about The Hobbit with someone asking about his wife dying. Does that seem like someone who just "flaked?" I suggest you watch Lindsay Ellis’ brilliant docuseries about The Hobbit on RUclips. School yourself before you make such a moronic statement again.
The best thing about this series is that it’s on every week. It gives us a full 7 days to laugh and slate this crap show… loving the review Nerd, keep it up!
The orc threatening to take off the boys arm was so obviously a throwback to “a little off the flank” combined with Merry and Pippin squirming away from Grishnakh. Yes, I’m master of the obvious, but Amazon doesn’t seem to think so.
The difference with the Orc saying it in Lord of the Rings film was that he was trying to convince the other orcs. Why would the Orc in Rings of Power bother saying that to the human. They also made a big deal out of the sword only for it to be useless.
The shit with the numenoreans pissed me off. In the books, the elves were down to a handful of territories until the numenoreans rocked up and absolutely throttled Sauron-even taking him alive. No way in hell would she have done that so easily.
I do agree with you about this show overall, butttt the reason the orcs chased Don Lemon and the kid is because they know the kid has the hilt. That hilt is very similar to the rise of skywalker dagger by the way. It better not be Saurons sword or something dumb like that.
So no action scenes showing them rescuing the dwarves. Hmmm. Must be because the majority of that budget was used to pay for the IP. They barely had anything left to actually shoot competent and compelling action scenes (nor pay good stunt/fight choreographers to make them good). If changes are afoot for season 2, maybe they should "time jump" and make Guy-ladrial older and recast her with a competent actor? lol!
A funny and sad fact, listen! I went into a comment section of another youtube clip about the rings of power and there was a guy who defended this show against all people! He was writing like 3000 words per reply to like 50 people. Imagine he is not alone, imagine how many people waste their day typing and defending this garbage tv show.... HOLY MOLY!
Lots of people are easily entertained. They dont need any depth, substance, or structure in the story. They just want to see some cool cgi and theyre good
I am rly curious to see what 3000 words per reply looks like, for defending this travesty. It can't be anything show related cause you really can't say anything good about it, othet than CGI, good music scores and good sweeping shots of landscapes. An educated guess would be that he attacks and blames the viewers instead of providing his own opinion. Then again, I could be wrong since the world is full of delusional people.
@@aLeXx1314 You are curious? Here are some examples: ,,How funny, all the people who have actually read Tolkien's books are giving positive feedback in any debate group I see. Like all impartial and expert criticism, it also did the same. It seems that Haters are people who have never read Tolkien in their lives, as well as those who think Tolkien are the movies created by Peter Jackson, as he literally created a new universe on top of the universe created by Tolkien. The good thing about wasting my time here is how ridiculous the arguments used by haters are, and that you show that you know absolutely nothing about Tolkien's universe." ,, ... but your biased pursuit of attacking the Amazon series, blinds you to the Movies that were infinitely worse in relation to all their arguments, but we know the reason, you are biased and partial." ,,And again you cannot accept that a female character is stronger than a male character. His fragile masculinity as has been said is his weak point. It limits you." ,,And why do the elves in the original movies look like homosexuals? Tolkien never described them like that." ,,Galadriel crossing the ocean? The distance from Elves Island is the same as the English Channel, only 33km, and this channel is crossed by several bathers. If you had done your homework right, you wouldn't be ashamed of yourself." PS: And he said that the troll fight was good xD Are these examples of this specimen enough?
From a casuals perspective that didnt read any books and only watched the movies and some lore videos here and there, i can understand people kinda liking the show in some way. But that being said, there are SO MANY weird decisions and plot holes that, objectively speaking, the show cant be the 10/10 that some people trying to make it look like. Its always this weird defending as if any criticism of the show is a direct attack on people liking the show and conversations often drift away from facts and get insulting.
@@ChopSueyyy Exactly....That's what Amazon wanted anyway from beggining by making all characters near Galadriel so weak and by changing colors of Elves, Dwarves, Hobbits. Sexism, racism = more attention, more money. Humans like this guy mentioned are just pawns that are making the perfect moves in the Amazon game.
Question just occurred to me... Is this garbage adaptation deliberately designed to TURN OFF a new generation of viewers to ever actually reading Tolkein?? I say this because Jackson's adaptation inspired countless new readers of Tolkien. And we can't have more of people being inspired by the literary masterpiece that extols traditional virtues. Whatchya think?
I suppose you are right :) But I think they never expected that this will backfire :) there is still hope - becouse well, as far as I can see it on YT comments I would say that there are many ppl who wanted to read the books before watching of TV show to be prepared a bit about the lore :) and also those who did not liked the TV show and thats why they wanted to compare it with the books - so IMO there are two groups of potential fans . Even some normies ( not fantasy fans ) who find this show lacking in many aspects started to read Tolkien books. See how evil destroys itself? :) Thank you Amazon for so many reinforcements for Tolkien army :) - Tolkien fandom stands alone. - Not alone. Fandoms ! - To the King ! :)
It’s great to see Elrod shaping up to become Celehimbo’s twink lover. Hot steamy action right beside the smithy. Annatar (Analtear?) will be voyeuring.
I started re-watching LotR after 3 episodes of this... on HBO (and would rather watch your review of 4 than the actual episode). I ordered the LotR and Silmarillion books... from Barnes and Noble.
Look at the amount of plot and character development across a large cast in season 1 of Game of Thrones. By the time you go from Ned beheading the deserter to being beheaded himself, you sit back and go holy shit, look how we got from there to here. It's a real journey. Rings of Power is 50% done and I feel like we haven't left Winterfell yet.
@@chongli3007 Some people watch for a good laugh, others don't watch they rely on Nerdrotic, or Hypnotic or others to tell them how it's going. Also, I think some watched because they genuinely wanted to give the show and chance and people secretly hoped it would get better..
Script notes from the Amazon top brass: "Could you make worker unions be the main bad guy in this? Also, never show ANYONE taking a bathroom break EVER."
In the UK amazon sack you from their warehouses if they deem you spend too much time in the toilet, one guy I worked with years back had cancer and had to pee alot, he got let go because of it.
He was not suppose to be a workers union he was suppose to be Far Right talking about people coming in and taking their jobs. The problem was there was no Elves in the city so how could they come and take their jobs. One elve hardly qualifies.
I gave up about 10 minutes into episode 3, im just in to watch the trainwreck now and watching reviews as people slowly lose their mind over how bad it is, I can't believe it's actually worse than the trailers.
I am in episode 4 and it is torture at this point. The bit where the orc starting praying for another dying orc was sad because tolkien would never have allowed that.
What truly insults me is the fact that this life once again rewards the mediocre and ignores the excellent. These hacks were paid a fortune to create this trash. While truly talented people like Peter Jackson was paid how much for the original trilogy??? A pittance compared to the 1 billion budget of this travesty. Hacks and amateurs are once again rewarded. It is disgusting.
I can't take it anymore ... there is NOTHING compelling in the whole show - not one scene, not one character - the musical score roars and NOTHING happens, a cresendo of failure! It makes Waterworld seem amazing by comparison. Sheesh!
I have a thought. What if they are pushing so hard for everyone to think Halbrand is Sauron, just to pull a 'it was actually this guy all along' and Halbrand is just an asshole Aragorn? But not an Aragorn-like character, actually Aragorn. Like they are just copy-pasting Aragorn from LotR, because they are doing the whole 'the rightful king but doesn't want it and is running away' thing. And I can see these show runners being petty enough to go 'See, we told you that wasn't Sauron!" And then at the end of season 2 they go 'Sike, we fooled you, it really was Sauron!'
I think that's more likely. He may end up being corrupted by Sauron in the end and become one of the Nazgul. Or he may literally just be a knock off Aragorn.
I laughed so hard when the Adar mercy killed the Orc and then the rest of the Orcs spoke some words in a ritualistic manner and gently carried him away. I was like " Did they really try to humanize the spawns of true evil"? When I watch this show It's like I'm watching something disgusting, yet I can't look away (mainly for shits and giggles as it all crashes and burns).
Rings of Power uses mystery boxes to artificially extend the narrative, which is exactly how to not use them. Attack on Titan is THE prime example of mystery done right. Constant setup and payoff which leads into larger setups and payoff. The entire thing is one massive mystery box, making sure you know everything and nothing at the same time. Every answer brings more questions than before. THAT is incredible writing.
Thanks! OMG, you made me laugh so much. Best ever video about the show, better than original poop show. Damn, do your own audio or text script of the show "translation" of dialog man! I would read it definitely
OK writing before watching this video, I don't know if I want to invest time in this show anymore but it's like a train wreck and I feel I can't stop looking and tbf I never laugh so hard in a long time when they thought a Warg with Pug eyes would be terrifying.
God yeah that's just how I feel. I'm repulsed but compelled to watch to see what they do next. Even if somethings terrible if its 'based on' LOTR I feel like I almost have no choice but to watch.
To anyone who wants to enjoy The Hobbit films, there is a fan edit called "The Tolkien Edit". It cuts all 3 movies into one 4 hour long movie and it cuts out all the stuff that wasn't in the book. No love triangle, no Legolas, shortens the barrel scene. It's the only version I know, and I enjoyed it quite a bit
I have to say, I am disappointed so far with Amazon's Ring of Power. You mentioned the dwarven kids and that made me think back to Willow which cost 35 million to make and did a much better job of showing a dwarven society including his kids. I don't like that so far Duran's wife is the only dark skinned dwarf that I've seen. I did notice the other female dwarf but if you are going to have a dark skinned dwarf then at least attempt to explain why they are "rarely" seen (but I really like her character). The same awful dynamic occurs in Numaria where the Queen is dark skinned but I don't remember seeing any others (including her dad as you mentioned). As a black man I have noticed that ALL of the "black" or dark skinned female characters have white men(smh). By the way...why would the orcs let the dark skinned elf go AND give him a bow and arrows 🤣😁😂? It's absolutely pathetic that he had to be let go, there isn't a single male hero in this entire show so far...helll there isn't a hero period.
Numenor - its island of two tribes of mortal men whose lords got intermarried for centuries. One tribe got fair hair and white skin and blue eyes and the other tribe got dark hair and white skin and grey eyes. The second was more bulky in stature. And both were mortals but with many more years than average mortals. They lived up to 200 - 500 years. The dark hair tribe got less years. The Queen Miriel should be actualy married to Farazon by now. In the books Farazon was her cousin ! and usurper who taken the crown from legal heir - Miriel - by forcing her to marry him. He was the most evil of Numenor's kings. And the main reason for Numenor's fall. Now she is the evil queen and Farazon is just her counselor or smt :) And in the book Miriel is described as "fairer than pearls and ivory" :D She got dark hair and very pale skin. Miriel's actress should be casted as Haradrim's queen or Umbarian's queen. Showing Haradrims and Umbarians relations with Numenor would be interesting. :)
@@TallisKeeton thanks, its probably evident but I I didn't read the books and know nothing about the lore. Thats actually a bad thing for someone like me because this show assumes the audience knows who these people are or are based on.
I liked the moment where Guyladriel screamed "I am no man" and killed the witch king there and then whom even Gandalf feared. You would never get boss girl moments like this in the Peter Jackson films.
Galadriel in the movies and books: Compassionate. Wise. Ageless. Ancient. Empathy and perception are her superpowers. Magic. Speaks softly with eyes hard enough to split a mountain. Patient. Caring. Pursues beauty and light. (In The Hobbit) Stands up to Sauron to defend Gandalf, not out of hatred of her enemy, or her own thirst for revenge, but to defend someone she cares for. And she SHOWED how much power she has.
Galadriel in the show: Vicious. Selfish. Immature. Ignorant. Dismissive. Impetuous. Hot-headed. No magic. Doesn't care about anyone. Misses things like the mark's meaning, Elendil's good character, and Halbrand's identity CONSTANTLY. Impatient. Uncaring. Pursues vengeance. Screams all her emotions out loud and TELLS everyone how much wisdom and power she has with the same vacant look in her eyes at every turn.
Because... "character development?"
Fuck off, show.
There is an old old joke. I won't bother with it but the punch line is "YOU CAN'T GET THERE, FROM HERE"
This Galadriel isn't anything like the great and noble Elf Lady of Lothlorien in the books.
Bad writing. Bad costumes. Bad acting from third rate actors.
Pathetic.
Personally I don't mind the change. I am tired of perfect female protagonists. She has flaws, and they aren't trying to spin them as positives... it makes her more interesting.
@@charitybrook6279 I'd agree if they felt like intentional flaws and not downsides from trying to create a ridiculous high fantasy character for reasons only relevant to the real world. Hot-headed and flawed is fine but childish, rude and entitled is just painful to watch.
It's not the same chatacter to me. Its a chatacter using her name. And to me, the arrogant, gruff, tactless shit talking warrior trope isnt interesting. Its horrifically generic and basic.
There's so little substance or dimension to her. She couldbe portrsyed as the oldest elf in the show with more unspoken power and wisdom than most other beings. What would have been more interesting would be seeing the real Galadriel navigate the issues of a hostile queen, a vicious snow troll, a deceiving stranger, a kingdom on the road to ruin... if I wanted a bitter, selffish asskicker girlboss lashing out at the world, Id watch Loki.
Loved the bit where the bloke is giving his speech about the elf and says, "For by the calluses on my hands." holds his hands up and it looks like he has never done a hard day's graft in his life.
I loved the part where Galadriel said, "We have the mightiest armies in all of middle earth! What do you have that could defeat us?" Sauron just cracked his neck and said, "Magic, Mutherf*cker." Then Frodo said, "Crap. we're gonna need a bigger ring." so Gandalf told the Ents "run forrest run!" Then Don Lemonlas said, "We Haz RANGS!" while wearing a BLM shirt. Then Ursula said “Ahh, so you think darkness is your ally? But you merely adopted the dark; I was born in it, molded by it. I didn’t see the light until I was already an octopus, by then it was nothing to me but blinding!” Then She-Hulk said, "You either die a Hero or live long enough to see yourself become the Crustacean." And then Halbrand said, "YEW TUKE ARR JOBS!" and Kicked an elf into a well while shouting, "THIS. IS. NUMENOR." But Then Ursula Replied, "I am INEVITABLE!!!" only for Ariel to impale her with the boat while saying, "And I am all the Jedi! ... On a Boat."
Much Stunning. Much Bravery.
Spoken like a true railway man here in the UK 🇬🇧
Perhaps he and his relatives work hard as members of the light-bringers guild; day and night they toil, bringing oil and other combustible materials to the numerous lamps, lanterns, torches, sconces, pyres, braziers, pans and hearths in halls and rooms and secret passages throughout the city which, by some statute it seems, must at all times be lit lest someone at any moment need a light.
Haha classic politician. 'In it together' vibes.
@@TheEldritchGod great copy pasta
I am SO SICK of Hollywood acting like being feminine is inferior and robs women of "agency". I'm a military wife and a stay at home mom and I chose these things, I wasn't oppressed into them. I am strong and work damn hard, but because I am not a CEO apparently I contribute nothing of value to society.... My kids are healthy and loved and my son learned to read at age 3 because I have leaned into my role as a mom during this season of our lives.
You and me both
If there were more people like you, the world would be a better place to live in, without being too dull to want to live in. Keep at it.
Wow, reading at the age of 3. You're a wonderful mother. very impressive, congratulations!
I am a scientist by occupation and have no kids (by choice) and I completely despise the intersectional feminism. I am still a feminine woman through and through, love to nurture my nephew and I didn’t become a mom because it’s a much harder job than the one I have. My shout out to all moms for their courage and strength.
Being a proper mom even in first world countries has become a luxury for most of the working population. Both incomes are usually needed and even if not i agree that society and even family make you feel like you should be working instead of caring and loving and nurturing your own flesh nd blood that took you so much strenght and pain to bring into this world
You forgot the talk about a very important point. Since she arrived at Númenor all she wanted was a passage to middle-earth and when finally, Queen grants her exactly that and gets her out of jail she just attacks guards and sneaks into the king's room. Even when she gets EVERY SINGLE THING, she demands she still lashes out with violence and threatens people.
Hollywood is so far out of touch with normal human experience that they literally don't know what morality is.
Exactly so how is this empowering to women
@@TheMASTER4real women never settle for what they ask for, you have to take it. with force if you must imposing your will on others, thats true power. -honestly its crazy that the writers could even imagine this is a likeable character, shes just a karen barking demands at people. i half thought they would have a public execution this episode instead she was rewarded
Except she wasnt getting sent to Middle Earth, they were sending her to Valinor...that place she tried swimming across an ocean to get away from
@@BBL_TomTanks No that's not true. Al-Pharozn clearly states that 'by queen's orders she's to be shipped to the elves' referring Lindon. Numenorians have no means to take someone to Valinor they don't even know the west of the island, Isildur makes that clear too.
Little known fact: the actress that plays Galadriel has been in LOTR before! She was originally used as the inspiration for Gollum's facial expression animations.
LOL!
I thought she was doomsberg
she's absolutely gorgeous though
That's a lie. Gollum had a wide range of expressions, he didn't just scowl and grimace the whole time.
@@Tasmanaut come to my country. Every itch on the streets looks EXACTLY like her.
Numenor was this epic tragic tale by Tolkien, about how men stopped accepting their eventual deaths as their fate and tried to rebel against their very nature as they were created by Eru, and become immortal. That is what drove the King's Men, the bad guys, to reject elves out of jealousy of their immortality, and which eventually caused them to attack the Undying lands themselves.
Yet in this show, none of this very essence of the tale of Numenor is even mentioned. Instead, the motivating factor for the evil Numenoreans is fear that elves will immigrate and steal their jobs, like some caricature of anti-immigration movements of the present day. They should just have given them MAGA hats to wear if they're going to be this blatant.
What a monumental insult to Tolkien.
It amazes me that Tolkien despised adaptations of his work and his family said that he would have hated the movies. Yet as far as I can see, they really do keep the essence of what he wrote and try to stay as truthful to his tales as is possible in the limitations of film. But we have a show like this which just writes its own versions of events and claims that Tolkien would have loved it?!?!
FVD: Good observation; Numenor falls and is destroyed because of Trump supporters, not because it's sacrificing children or worshipping the devil or adopting the ways of the pervert, or pumping themselves up with pride and envy.....no, no, no....it's because of those fuckin red hats, because they are unwelcoming to immigrants, and refuse to worship LGBTQ+ and accept gender studies into their churches and schools. What could be more obvious??
well said
Tolkein: tale of timeless moral themes
Rings of girl power: MAGA BAD 😡
@@garym6315 where is the sarc tag?
In the alternative, what alternative universe are you in?
I turned this show into a drinking game. Every time Guyladrial flares her nostrils, I took a shot. Amazon, you owe me a new liver.
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Liar! you would be dead by the end of the first episode.
It’s kind of fitting that amazon misinterpreted a story about hubris, greed, and ego…
Sauron thought he was right as well.
The fact they cannot see the irony in all of this is frustrating. But hardly surprising from a big monopolized corporation.
She looks like an orc that found an enchantment that allowed her to have the appearance of an elf, but she is unable to hide the hate in her heart so it shines through the illusion. she is actually a Saron spy and the real Galadriel is being held hostage. Now that would be a twist.
A Canterlot Wedding?
Don’t give them ideas
Favorite line in the show: Disa sings, and Elrond goes: "What...was that?" Exactly what I was thinking at the time!
"There is a tempest in me!"
ie, she's a child. Really, why is she acting like her brother is the only death? Why is she acting like her revenge trumps everything else? Yeah I get the importance of defeating Sauron, but why is that incompatible with using logic and common sense?
Paradoxically, as it happens with narcissists, she is so absorbed in her own troubles that she fails to consider for even a moment that other people have troubles too.
Reveals a lot about the scriptwriters...
"There is a tempest in me!" - what are you, a teapot?
She ate Taco Bell or Waffle House.
The only possible answer: "They make a vibrator for that."
It's completely NOT her character as Tolkien presented her. She should be exceptionally empathetic.
At this point I am honestly hoping Sauron destroys/crushes everyone, then he wakes up and it was all a dream.
It was all a dream
I use to read lord of the rings
Frodo baggs and wizzy G up in the limousine
And of course we get an Irmo Lorien (Vala of Dreams) cameo in the end laughing his ass off XD
I mean we know Sauron IS going to crush everyone eventually but we probably won't be allowed to see any of this.
Quick put Patrick Duffy in the shower.
But who is the dreamer?
Modern hollywood storytelling is like a reverse Midas' touch: every good thing they touch turns to shit.
Well if the incredibles quote of “And when everyone’s super, no one is”
Does that mean if everything is s**t than nothing is?
@@TheKpa11 No, in that case we're just wallowing in a massive sea of shit. They don't touch everything anyway, they can't turn to shit old movies, the past is out of their hands.
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My favorite bit of the show is when Guyladriel says, "I'm getting too old for this shit."
Galadriel managing to shove four Numenorean guards into her cell (without even using any magic at all, by the look of it) and then make her way to the King's Bedchamber - without being detected by anyone on the way - really was jaw-dropping.
Let alone being able to FIND the King's bedchamber all on her lonesome in this huge monumental city/palace... I'd get lost with a GPS!
And then the queen threatens her with more guards waiting downstairs, as if they’re a threat?!? Dumb fuckIng show
"From her earliest years, she had a marvelous gift of insight into the minds of others, but judged them with mercy and understanding, and she withheld her goodwill from none, save only Feanor." - J.R.R. Tolkien
This description of the true Galadriel makes Amazon's pathetic version even more laughable 😂 Keep up the good work, Gary!
I... didn't like the Hobbit; at all;
But that scene where she shows up at Rivendell and has a mind-conversation with Gandalf is infinitely better than all the hours of this tripe.
Mediæval Europeans would place castles near rivers in order to gather tolls; otherwise castles would occupy the high ground .
Far-sighted elves, when placing watchtowers for the specific purpose of keeping an eye on the populace, place a watchtower not on the highest available place with the greatest available view but at the foothills of mountains which restricts most of their view.
Really?? Ffs how can’t they do one thing right
LIES! They did it because of whamenism! Elfinism! And BLM!
That’s how you can tell they haven’t spent time in Central Europe. It’s cool to see old castles on top of the highest hills
My hometown was founded as a small village supplying the castle watching over 3 of the main trade routes ( Frankfurt, Prague and Venice) and in Germany back in the 1100s to collect tolls. And developed very fast to a place of trade itself, making it one of the most important cities in medivial Germany. Towers where in watching distances for a greater area to cover around Nuremberg. They where placed of cause on hills, to increase the viewing range.
You are right on the money with your post.
They are literally garrisoned in the Watchtower, yet haven't noticed a desolation of Smaug on their doorstep.
It's hilarious how Halbrand is the voice of reason in Guyladriel's plot. At this point I want him to be Sauron and I'll root for him all the way to the end (except if I'm watching the actual LotR adaptation).
Either Adar or meteor man is Sauron. Halibrand may be a Nazgul.
@@Soletssee No. Halbrand is sauron, he lectured us how to master people by using their fear is basically the idea behind the rings of power. He is too wise for his age.
Also when Miriel says "maybe he walks among us" camera shows Halbrand.
@@Soletssee Sauron infiltrated Numenor and corrupted it from within.
The Nazgul that were from Numenor were kings or lords of Numenor.
Halbrand being in Numenor is setting up Sauron’s arc in Numenor.
Unless their is another immigrant to Numenor that will end up being Sauron.
Making Halbrand just a red herring. Which would be exceedingly lame.
Halbrand is Sauron.
Unless Amazon tries to retcon Halbrand’s arc in the next season.
@@user-lh5my4ws8j Naw... show is trying to hard to make you think Halbrand is Sauron, which means he is not. Hollyweird thinks 'big plot twist' and 'subverted expectations' are good writing, so they set up your expectations just so they can do the opposite.
@@nathanmorgan3647 How general audience thinks Halbrand is Sauron at all? They don'T know any characteristic of Sauron or even he had shapeshifting ability lol. Show clearly bait general audience with Meteor Man and Adar.
Oh and the preview for the next episode shows Guyladriel teaching Numenorians how to fight....Numenorians....The people who were so mighty and fearsome that Sauron's army literally ran away when they just looked out at them....They need Guyladriel to teach them to fight....And btw weren't Numenorians on average like 7ft tall and these mighty looking people? These Numenorians in the show all look average. There's nothing mighty or impressive about them.
That's how this show works anyone looks useless and is useless probably the only crack unit are the Amazon's of human or that would be better than all sissy men on the show.
Not “on average”. Elendil’s nickname was “The Tall”, and he stood 7’1”. So he’s probably 6-8” taller than the average Numenorean
They look like plain old peasants. The elves are better dressed. Nothing special.
When she demands to see the king, I realized something...she was demanding to see the manager 😂
I’ve been watching the appendices of Peter Jackson’s LOTR extended additions. The devotion and love for the source material and all the work and attention to detail Weta was able to achieve is just astounding. I think Tolkien himself, wouldn’t have liked everything, but I think he would have appreciated how hard they worked in order to capture the essence of his work for film. Also, hail Alan Lee, his work is half of the films greatness. Orthanc, Rivendell, dwarrowdelf, Lothlorien, Minas Tirith. None would be realized so beautifully without him.
Classics remain so no matter how much time passes. This is why people are going back to the classics. And Jackson work is now something people go back to fondly and really appreciate it. Especially after this train wreck of the Woke Rings of Power.
J. J. Abrams and his cohorts at Bad Robot are a plague on entertainment, particularly cinema. They have infested the greatest film franchises, raided them, and run them into the ground. Today, these hallowed franchises are little more than low-grade fan fiction. The extremists at Bad Robot are greedy political hacks, half-witted ambulance-chasing activists who do not understand storytelling. They have systematically peeled every scab off every social wound trying to heal in the last 50 years, giggling while they did it, thinking themselves noble. They are what is worst in men. The studios? To hell with them, too: they let these frauds in. Someone needs to tell that plagiarizing fool J. J. Abrams, his maniacal footsoldiers, and Amazon that even $1B cannot buy you a soul.
Exactly true. Bravo!!!
Bad reboot 🤬🤬
Fantastic and eloquent. Top tier comment. Bravo.
This should be pinned.
How’s that go about modern Western women? They want the power of men, the privilege of women, and the accountability of children. You really see it in all of these feminist characters.
That’s about as accurate a statement about the modern day woke women as it gets
"oh my people! Children are your oppressors, and women rule over them"
@@cosmictreason2242 shoutout to the prophet Isaiah.
In fairness, I live in urban America, the heart of the western world, and I don't know a single woman that acts like the women that hollywood is putting on TV. This whole girl boss archetype they've been pushing for a decade was invented purely in the minds of a bunch of idiot writers in LA. These depictions have absolutely no resemblance to reality, which is the core issue with them.
Straight to the point. Natural 20 on d20 :)
In this latest episode, Galadriel looks into a Palantir and sees the destruction of Numenor. That is against the lore. If I were the Tolkien Estate, i would sue.
I dont like this series too, but many, many great movies did some scenes totally against lore from the book, for example shining, that is not the problem. Bad writing here in general is the main issue
@@worlddd7777 Not every change is the same. Some are a lot more piss taking than others. It is a problem.
@@worlddd7777 Yeah, but their deal with the Tolkein Estate specifically says they cannot contradict any LOTR related lore.
They only have the rights to the LOTR appendices, so they surely aren’t allowed to stray so far as to make continuity errors for it?
@@arwenstrong2818 they dont have anybody left that knows the lore, just a bunch of great great grandkids sponging off the work the great man and his son tried to carry on in his absence, I hope karma isn't kind to any of them and the shitcunts involved in this shows production
Why is nobody talking about Anarion? He's been mentioned once, but instead of seeing him we get to see Sisildur going to college and dating boys. This show is a travesty.
Favorite billion dollar moment is Theo hiding in a freaking well, and making a huge splash and gasp when coming out of the water. That orc would’ve found him SO quick
Lol! Thank you! I had the same thought. Not super stealth. Also, why not wait until morning before leaving the well??
You forgot that he ducked under the water a split second before the orc looked in the well, but the water was absolutely still, not even a slight ripple.
Edit, just remembered, didn't the same orc just chuck a bucket in there and hit him on the head? Must have been the magic water stilling bucket of Rhun.
@@antonytye3484 I genuinely don’t understand how some people look past this stuff! 1 BILLLION dollars 😂
Such incompetence by an editing team and directors is inexcusable. Why don’t people care about the quality of their entertainment?
@@butkusaurelius3419 I've put a list on another comment, it's so bad, I don't want to be put through it again to correct/update/research or give more specifics on crap stolen quotes from the movies either, makes me shudder thinking of it, cringe worthy.
It doesn't even look good, the cgi is pretty poor, it's all so small scale, nothing good to say about this show, dreadful and amateur.
Right! Wtf
Morfydd Clarke looks a hell of a lot like Gollum in that thumbnail, quite fitting.
When she was riding the horse on the beach she was like a special type of Gollum.
Horrible casting choice, she could never beat Cate Blanchett the OG Galadriel.
Let it sink in we are only 4 episodes into this yet but it feels like we have been riding a turtle for 8 million years.
Loved the part where Arondir met Colonel Kurtz.
Kurtz : Where are you from, Arondir?
Arondir : I'm from Ohio, sir.
Kurtz : Were you born there?
Arondir: Yes, sir.
Kurtz : Whereabouts?
Arondir : Toledo, sir.
Kurtz : How far are you from the river?
Arondir: The Ohio River, sir?
Kurtz : Uh-huh.
Arondir : About 200 miles.
Kurtz : I went down that river once when I was a kid. There's a place in that river - I can't remember - must have been a gardenia plantation at one time. It's all wild and overgrown now, but about five miles, you'd think that heaven just fell on the earth in the form of gardenias.
I mean Celebrimbor having nothing todo with the Dwarves is bloody frustrating! Celebrimbor's name is written upon the secret door leading into Khazad-dûm, and the password to get in was the ELVISH word for friend, Mellon, showing the friendship between Celebrimbor, Durin and all the Dwarf Lords of the kingdom!
Not in this show lol
The show is thousands of years before that.
@@bighands69 there is no indication of the time period the show is set, and with them throwing the lore away they messed up the whole story
"The eleves are taking our lands, they're taking our trade, they don't tire, they don't age!". Then I yelled at the screen YOU ARE NUMENOREONS, YOU AGE AT A SLOW PACE! ARAGORN WAS APPROXIMATELY IN HIS LATE 80'S WHEN HE WAS CROWNED KING AND HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S IN HIS 40'S! Then I remembered Chuckle F*cks wrote this 💩
When he said “coked up son taking out your Ferrari”
did anyone else think Hunter or just me? 😂
Guyadriel would have been the "villain" in the Mean Girls and frankly it is upsetting that she got villainous characteristics, get everything she wants and she is suppose to be a hero character. Modern Hollywood are styck in this agenda cycle.
they're like that irl too... look up things like 'starter husband' (Better Bachelor released a vid about it a few days ago)
What a total disaster. I am genuinely sad for all of this.
The writers need to be named, shamed, and then have their fingers chopped off so they never write again. No, really, their crime is this despicable.
Why? It's better than the movies
@@reek4062 hahaha, good one, almost got me.
It was a great episode, but besides Sissildur I loved when that guy shouted "This is NúMAGA country!" most.
Man walks randomly into a crowd where someone’s protesting somehow magically has 20 plus women waiting with drinks to be served after his speech lmfao felt like I was at the pantomime what a joke
Wait... are you saying if Galadriel just went to the holy land and never jumped in the sea, Sauron would have drowned and Numinor wouldn't have drowned?
Hah... So the Elf king in the first episode was right about Galadrial bringing about the evil by looking for it.
@@FightCollective - If they actually intended it to be that way from the beginning to humble galadriel, I might actually think it was brilliant, but you KNOW they will never bring it up.
@@TheEldritchGod Yeah it'll be a forsight on their part rather than a cunning plan to prove that the white male patriarch was right all along and if we had only listened to them life would be so much better.
I just love how Galadriel is depicted as the stereotypical young talented soldier that still has many things to learn. Its a male stereotype that even for men got old and is now just slapped onto a female to act as something new, while completely contradicting what a thousands of years old, wise person would probably act like. I dont care about the basic idea of making Galadriel a talented warrior since im a "casual", but why not make her overcome the enemy with smart combat tricks instead of brute force. Would fit way better and wouldnt produce scenes like her just pushing 3 fully armored numenorian guards into a cell, without even using weapons by the way. This is not a superhero show where she-hulk throws around people due to her superstrength.
similar to what disney did to Mulan in the live action remake ...
In this weeks episode Galadriel buys a new suit of armour, oh wait that was She Hulk, and next week she becomes the new Little Mermaid, all these rubbish shows blend into one.
@Neon Thunderbird Don't forget the Orks have now become Vegans under the reborn Sauron
@Neon Thunderbird you havent read the books clearly
@@amarjitsingh2415 yeah Sauron literally takes a fair and unassuming form to manipulate people. It’s like his main thing that he does effectively 😂
Btw, did I miss something, or Elrond really teleports between the elven and dwarven cities? I have no sense of time in this show. Did Elrond travelling and Guyladriel being thrown into jail happen at roughly the same time?
Ikr and it's so easily fixed. This is supposed to be a billion dollar show and they can't do a 5 second scene of a map, showing locations and some traveling/scenery footage?
Don't forget a journey that takes a Dwarf a couple of hours to make takes an Elf a couple of days, so he must be part Dwarf based on the illogical world of Amazon TV.
The distance between Kazah-Dum and Eregion is (roughly) twice the distance between Hobbiton and Bree. It's a couple of day's travel, at least. But Elrond and Celebrimbor walk back and forth. With no provisions. Or horses. Like they're popping to the shops.
And this is the distance that stopped Elrond from seeing his best buddy for 20 years?
Come on, show.
@@Asgardsteve1 that's because dwarves are excellent sprinters.
@@jchancel76 It must be the long Gazelle like legs
Speaking of removing femininity. Did you notice the dress that Galadriel was wearing? The top compressed her chest to the point of making her look androgynous. So the lady of light looks like the transboy of battle. Disgusting
It’s wonderful that through this utter garbage, people are picking up the books.
I had tried reading The Hobbit when I was thirteen and couldn’t get through it but when the film came out, I had decided to give it another go. And boy, as bad as The Hobbit films were for many at the time, it led me to reading all the books which I am so glad for.
Boy, any new reader of the books will be horrified by the show.
@@skzion2 Indeed, their eyes will be wide open to the complete wreck these hacks have done to Tolkien’s works.
@@jesslind Yes. In the whole fantasy genre, there is nothing like this. And for LOR in particular to be defiled is abhorrent.
I read The Hobbit early in high school and enjoyed it immensely. The Lord of the Rings was tougher, especially The Two Towers. But when I returned to LOR a decade later, I was twice as thrilled. I put aside my Hobbit and dug into this heroic tale.
There is a fantasy writer whom I believe surpasses Tolkien: Homer. I think Tolkien would be pleased at the comparison.
@@skzion2 I’m fairly certain he wrote The Hobbit for his kids, so it’s definitely not as epic as LOTR, but still a good beginning to the whole story.
I still haven’t gotten around to reading through The Silmarillion, and I’m thinking I’ll actually listen to the audiobook version.
A wonderful comparison that I agree Tolkien would’ve loved to hear. 😊
Did you notice how CHEAPLY they covered the 3 action sequences that would have improved this episode?
1. Any sort of martial arts to show how Galadriel overcame the guards and got them into the cage.
2. Galadriel scaling the king’s tower or even show an actual window breaking
3. Any of the dwarves battling to survive the tunnel collapse.
I can’t believe how the most expensive show of all time is the cheapest when it comes to showing anything important
Law suit coming, embezzlement or incompetance?
The combat sequences have all been atrocious. Haven't seen this one yet, but that tracks.
So true...
OK, watched it. Painful. They just yadda yadda that entire fight scene.
Thank you for sacrificing your sanity and free time so that we don’t have to.
if the Queen regent knows not only the future, but that Guyladriel arriving is the first sign... why aren't they relocating? When she says "I want you gone, and this crisis ended", does she really think vanishing the sign will make the future not happen? What messed up understanding of prophecy is that?
It is the writing of a person that has no common sense.
Thought the same
Dear Amazon writers, a Hero loves his people, and his people love and revere him.
He is willing to sacrifice his life so others can live free of the tyranny posed by the villain.
A woman who hates her people, and is despised by them increasingly as the story unfolds, is a Tyrant. She is consumed by attaining power and bending her her people to her will.
She sees her people as weak, ignorant simpletons, in desperate need of her superior intellect and leadership. In other words, she is a sociopathic narcissist, who destroys everyone who gets in her way.
Are you trying to make a Tyrant into a hero?
How TF do you plan to do this?
Wouldn't it have been much easier to make your character a budding hero from the beginning, instead of a man hating 100 lb girl who has contempt for an entire realm?
Amazon: What can we do to make people root for Sauron?
Showrunners: We give you Guyladriel!!
Every time they attempt some sort of profound flowery language it makes me cringe. I guess the rule of: " A character can only be as smart as the writer" can also be used as: "A character can only be as eloquent as the writer". Half of the episode I wanted to yell: "Get on with it!" I swear so much of meandering and pointless slow mo, I could make my second breakfast and not miss anything
There are a LOT of things nowadays that I just watch the reviews of, like Star Trek and Star Wars for instance.
Guess who came for second breakfast.
The Irony is, I think I would have liked if they took Mad Tvs, Lord of the Bling, and actually made a tv show out of that. It would have been fun and curiously interesting to see what comes next.
And get actual Cosby to play Gandalf.
@@saar144 he needs a job.... just don't put him in charge of potions class at hogwarts :/
The show puts me to sleep...I've tried, and it just bores me to tears. Galadriel is awful. I have no idea why they decided to just make her so damn unlikeable. Everyone looks pissed off all of the time, everything moves at a snail's pace...it's borderline unwatchable.
Because whamens don't understand men. They think being an azzhole is how male bosses act, they think that's strength. They think that attitude is what gets respect.
It's crazy and just so sad that the show is this bad, "borderline unwatchable" should be the headline for the show. I've seen a lot of bad things but at least they're somewhat watchable.
Same here! I couldn’t keep my eyes open the last two episodes lol snooze fest
I enjoyed the first few epidodes, but any potential they promised has been squandered. The narrative monentum has gone AWOL. The first few episodes were around ftfteen minutes or so overlong, but the pacing in the last few episodes has been utterly atrocious.
Thanks for taking the bullet, for many/most of us, and watching this dumpster fire so we won't even be tempted to watch. Also, TY for putting out these entertaining reviews that call out Amazon's horrible agenda driven production and not holding back while using your platform to defend Tolkien's legacy.
Tolkien invented languages to support the races in the legendarium. Have the tv-show had any of the languages represented in any way? Have they bothered to learn any lines of elven or dwarven or other?
Loved when Galadriel screamed "it's Gal-ing time" and then began twerking into Pharazôn's face.
Her best line was "Mother, forgive them for they know not what they do!"
Or when she picked up her ancient razorsword that was forged by the legendary Gil Lette herself, took it to the local bbq and raised it in the air, shouting: "Boys will be boys? Men must do better!"
oh my god I just watched the part where she magically locks the guards in her cell. They just end up in the cell like she used force push or like they decided to walk in, then she gently pushes the last one in and locks the door hahahaah Honestly, there has to be some merit in how the show gets worse and worse.
It's like Cyberpunk where the cops spawned behind you, but in reverse. Or like the rebel lady tapping the stormtrooper's helmet and the two guards falling down for no reason.
What has happened to entertainment? (rethoric question)
She gave them the Obi wan Kenobi slap.
she also "pushed them" against a closed door, which was then suddenly opened in her direction, after they all went into the cell...
That scene was just absurd
@@querry999 haha I didn't even catch that. The quality is... appaling.
Because she is a strong woman and they are weak males
"We ain't had nothing but maggoty wokeness for three stinking episodes..."
Urukai
The 2 Towers
How the fuck could an elf be told lies about Middle Earth, when he probably lived through the events
They keep mithril as a treasure inside a mystery box, a guarded secret. Elrond has to swear on his family honour to keep it a secret. But after a minute, when giving this precious ore of mithril back to the incredibly secretive and protective dwarf... "Naahh, you can keep it...". Honestly, how can the writing be so bad...
how else is the plot supposed to happen without massive coincidences and contrived events guiding the characters torwards it?
Something funny or at least unexpected. I started watching The Fellowship of the Ring on Amazon. I've seen it many times, Peter Jackson did a great job on LOTR. The unexpected thing is that I enjoyed this movie, am enjoying it even more than the other times I've watched it. WHY? Because of the Rings of Power episodes. Makes me appreciate the LOTR movies many times more than I would have, having already seen them many times.
Haha same for me. Been rewatching the original trilogy this week and it felt like discovering an oasis after walking through a bland, boring desert for hours.
This dumb show has made appreciate the original trilogy even more. As if I needed another reason to rewatch these movies every year.😄
I watched all three recently felt the same way. Started playing Shadow of War (Shadow of Mordor was amazing imo), and am loving it. Those video games have a way better story for Celebrimbor and the forging of the ring than RoP.
@Gone Awry you said that twice
@Gone Awry you said that twice
@@Neeeg Interesting.
I love it when Gary does his lispy fruit impression. Living in California he was able to perfect it lmao.
ELF WORKERS TAKING OUR JOBS
weird how no diversity was needed during that scene.....
After 4 hours I have arrived at a conclusion as to what RoP is. You know when a youtuber takes all the cutscenes from a game and strings them together? And you sit through them confused since all the context, the meat and bones of the story is missing and all you get is flashy CGI scenes that make no sense by themselves? That is RoP.
That is a hilarious analogy. Totally agree
"Tolkien's Lore has been reduced to Easter Eggs." 👍
The Nerdrotic Rings of Power series is gold. I tune in for these reviews with the same excitement that I had hoped for the show itself when it was first announced. Thank you🤙🙏
Don Lemonlas and Guyladriel doesn’t fail to put a smile on my face.
He doesn't know what he's talking aboot
After a day of work and a glass of a wine, I can't stop laughing .... Gary keep it up!!!
@@reek4062 Found the amazon shill
@@gigigiggs11 its very easy to detect them lol
@@rio20d they must bow to Bezos🙇♂️🙇♂️
Once episode 8 is out, I fully intend to try and re-edit this series just to see if I, a nobody, can make what little story there is flow better
You ain't got much to work with tbf lol
Falcon and winter soldier: You gotta do better
@@TheKpa11 No pressure XD
I thought about this aswell, but we are 4 episodes in and I can't for the life of me imagine a 2 hours cut of this series that would be interesting enough. So far I only liked the intro sequence about Morgoth lol. Thats like 4 minutes. Can't really make much with that
I think you'll end up with about a 20 minute thing, because there's so little going on. But I wish you luck making some sense out of this ... show
“He’s catching arrows like catching misinformation on CNN “ -pure gold xD Made my day Gary!
Happens at 1:05:55
Gary's delivery is perfect. 🤣💯
"There is a tempest in me."
Is that like "I too can command the winds, sir, there is a hurricane in me!"
Cate Blanchett (Galadriel), Elizabeth
That's what *really* annoys me though. In the lore Numenor was associated specifically with the worship of Illuvatar. They worshipped him on the Highest Mountain in the island, they were the only men who knew about the one God. The friendship with the Elves & the Valar was meant to be just a consequence of that.
Then the worship of Melkor and human sacrifice followed when Sauron convinved them that was the way to gain immortality, before invading Valinor.
Nerdrotic has that one point wrong: it wasn't just the invasion of Valinor that caused the destuction. It was the whole package. In the lore it was Elendil and his family who saw what was coming and made plans to leave. His father. Amandil, foresaw the destruction in his Palantir, and even left to try to go to Valinor a few years before the fall to tell the Valar what Sauron and Pharazon were doing.
They stole his Palantir and give his dad's role to Miriel.
Elendil the Tall who is supposed to about 7' 11" isn't even the tallest guy in most of his scenes 🤣
when Miriel said to Galadriel "That's the boldest proposal i got THIS WEEK!!!!!" i thought wtf... please tell us some of the other bold proposals? Building a bridge to Valinor? Universal Healthcare? Please, tell us!!!
Marrying Sauron. There's a reason he's locked in their dungeon :')
thank you for these reviews..it's far more entertaining to listen to you than to watch the show which I have successfully avoided..
So true…there’s literally only 3 episodes out and these mouth breathers are losing their minds lmao.
@@jonathansoko1085 Where did the op state his opinion? Your comment is almost as cringy as this show's writing.
@@ZCPollock 4*
@@ZCPollock the show is really bad lol
@@jonathansoko1085 yeah just give your money to amazon and consume shit
Love your mentality pal
I remember all those guards going into cellar happily😂😂
1:51:54 Guillermo del Toro did not flake out on making The Hobbit movies. He lived and worked on The Hobbit in New Zealand for almost two years. But when the studios saw the artistic direction he was taking, i.e. Not a replica of LOTR, they pushed him out. And then brought in Peter Jackson last minute to re-create the LOTR magic. We all know how well that turned out. By the way I’ve read that Guillermo’s vision was beautiful. So sad that we never got to see it. He was heartbroken to have to leave. He compared someone asking him about The Hobbit with someone asking about his wife dying. Does that seem like someone who just "flaked?" I suggest you watch Lindsay Ellis’ brilliant docuseries about The Hobbit on RUclips. School yourself before you make such a moronic statement again.
The best thing about this series is that it’s on every week. It gives us a full 7 days to laugh and slate this crap show… loving the review Nerd, keep it up!
The orc threatening to take off the boys arm was so obviously a throwback to “a little off the flank” combined with Merry and Pippin squirming away from Grishnakh.
Yes, I’m master of the obvious, but Amazon doesn’t seem to think so.
The difference with the Orc saying it in Lord of the Rings film was that he was trying to convince the other orcs. Why would the Orc in Rings of Power bother saying that to the human. They also made a big deal out of the sword only for it to be useless.
Stopped watching this show after episode 2, i find these reviews way more entertaining than the show itself, keep up the good work!
Truth!
The shit with the numenoreans pissed me off.
In the books, the elves were down to a handful of territories until the numenoreans rocked up and absolutely throttled Sauron-even taking him alive.
No way in hell would she have done that so easily.
I do agree with you about this show overall, butttt the reason the orcs chased Don Lemon and the kid is because they know the kid has the hilt. That hilt is very similar to the rise of skywalker dagger by the way. It better not be Saurons sword or something dumb like that.
'tempest in me' is easily one of the funniest shit that was uttered in a serious, big budget film/tv show!
That was just her magical vibrator that accidentally got turned to "High Speed."
it's just a rip of the line from Elizabeth: The Golden Age when Cate Blanchett (hmm) says it.
So no action scenes showing them rescuing the dwarves. Hmmm. Must be because the majority of that budget was used to pay for the IP. They barely had anything left to actually shoot competent and compelling action scenes (nor pay good stunt/fight choreographers to make them good).
If changes are afoot for season 2, maybe they should "time jump" and make Guy-ladrial older and recast her with a competent actor? lol!
A funny and sad fact, listen! I went into a comment section of another youtube clip about the rings of power and there was a guy who defended this show against all people! He was writing like 3000 words per reply to like 50 people. Imagine he is not alone, imagine how many people waste their day typing and defending this garbage tv show.... HOLY MOLY!
Lots of people are easily entertained. They dont need any depth, substance, or structure in the story. They just want to see some cool cgi and theyre good
I am rly curious to see what 3000 words per reply looks like, for defending this travesty. It can't be anything show related cause you really can't say anything good about it, othet than CGI, good music scores and good sweeping shots of landscapes. An educated guess would be that he attacks and blames the viewers instead of providing his own opinion. Then again, I could be wrong since the world is full of delusional people.
@@aLeXx1314 You are curious? Here are some examples:
,,How funny, all the people who have actually read Tolkien's books are giving positive feedback in any debate group I see. Like all impartial and expert criticism, it also did the same. It seems that Haters are people who have never read Tolkien in their lives, as well as those who think Tolkien are the movies created by Peter Jackson, as he literally created a new universe on top of the universe created by Tolkien.
The good thing about wasting my time here is how ridiculous the arguments used by haters are, and that you show that you know absolutely nothing about Tolkien's universe."
,, ... but your biased pursuit of attacking the Amazon series, blinds you to the Movies that were infinitely worse in relation to all their arguments, but we know the reason, you are biased and partial."
,,And again you cannot accept that a female character is stronger than a male character. His fragile masculinity as has been said is his weak point. It limits you."
,,And why do the elves in the original movies look like homosexuals? Tolkien never described them like that."
,,Galadriel crossing the ocean? The distance from Elves Island is the same as the English Channel, only 33km, and this channel is crossed by several bathers. If you had done your homework right, you wouldn't be ashamed of yourself."
PS: And he said that the troll fight was good xD
Are these examples of this specimen enough?
From a casuals perspective that didnt read any books and only watched the movies and some lore videos here and there, i can understand people kinda liking the show in some way. But that being said, there are SO MANY weird decisions and plot holes that, objectively speaking, the show cant be the 10/10 that some people trying to make it look like. Its always this weird defending as if any criticism of the show is a direct attack on people liking the show and conversations often drift away from facts and get insulting.
@@ChopSueyyy Exactly....That's what Amazon wanted anyway from beggining by making all characters near Galadriel so weak and by changing colors of Elves, Dwarves, Hobbits. Sexism, racism = more attention, more money. Humans like this guy mentioned are just pawns that are making the perfect moves in the Amazon game.
guyladriel went full Karen demanding to speak to the king/manager 😂
Question just occurred to me...
Is this garbage adaptation deliberately designed to TURN OFF a new generation of viewers to ever actually reading Tolkein??
I say this because Jackson's adaptation inspired countless new readers of Tolkien. And we can't have more of people being inspired by the literary masterpiece that extols traditional virtues.
Whatchya think?
I suppose you are right :)
But I think they never expected that this will backfire :)
there is still hope - becouse well, as far as I can see it on YT comments I would say that there are many ppl who wanted to read the books before watching of TV show to be prepared a bit about the lore :) and also those who did not liked the TV show and thats why they wanted to compare it with the books - so IMO there are two groups of potential fans . Even some normies ( not fantasy fans ) who find this show lacking in many aspects started to read Tolkien books. See how evil destroys itself? :)
Thank you Amazon for so many reinforcements for Tolkien army :)
- Tolkien fandom stands alone.
- Not alone. Fandoms !
- To the King !
:)
It’s great to see Elrod shaping up to become Celehimbo’s twink lover. Hot steamy action right beside the smithy. Annatar (Analtear?) will be voyeuring.
The perfect seal clap is from Adam Sessler during frosks g4 rant. The perfect meme.
Why would a "just an elf" like Adar, say a line like "I'm not a God, at least...not yet". That's something only Sauron could say.
They're trying to make the audience guess who Sauron is I think.
I started re-watching LotR after 3 episodes of this... on HBO (and would rather watch your review of 4 than the actual episode). I ordered the LotR and Silmarillion books... from Barnes and Noble.
So Guylathriel is why you'd deliberately miss your flight if you see she's in the assigned seat next to you
Look at the amount of plot and character development across a large cast in season 1 of Game of Thrones. By the time you go from Ned beheading the deserter to being beheaded himself, you sit back and go holy shit, look how we got from there to here. It's a real journey. Rings of Power is 50% done and I feel like we haven't left Winterfell yet.
I miss GOT seasons 1 to 4 until it crashed into oblivion
Then Guyladriel is as wise as Geoffrey.
Why do you even watch?
What do you mean? We have already hit season 8 fast travel territory
@@chongli3007 Some people watch for a good laugh, others don't watch they rely on Nerdrotic, or Hypnotic or others to tell them how it's going.
Also, I think some watched because they genuinely wanted to give the show and chance and people secretly hoped it would get better..
Script notes from the Amazon top brass: "Could you make worker unions be the main bad guy in this? Also, never show ANYONE taking a bathroom break EVER."
In the UK amazon sack you from their warehouses if they deem you spend too much time in the toilet, one guy I worked with years back had cancer and had to pee alot, he got let go because of it.
He was not suppose to be a workers union he was suppose to be Far Right talking about people coming in and taking their jobs. The problem was there was no Elves in the city so how could they come and take their jobs. One elve hardly qualifies.
I gave up about 10 minutes into episode 3, im just in to watch the trainwreck now and watching reviews as people slowly lose their mind over how bad it is, I can't believe it's actually worse than the trailers.
I am in episode 4 and it is torture at this point. The bit where the orc starting praying for another dying orc was sad because tolkien would never have allowed that.
@@bighands69 The writers are legit insane.
What truly insults me is the fact that this life once again rewards the mediocre and ignores the excellent.
These hacks were paid a fortune to create this trash.
While truly talented people like Peter Jackson was paid how much for the original trilogy??? A pittance compared to the 1 billion budget of this travesty.
Hacks and amateurs are once again rewarded.
It is disgusting.
I can't take it anymore ... there is NOTHING compelling in the whole show - not one scene, not one character - the musical score roars and NOTHING happens, a cresendo of failure! It makes Waterworld seem amazing by comparison. Sheesh!
Rings of Garbage is the biggest stinking bowel movement ever by Jeff Bozos.
I have a thought. What if they are pushing so hard for everyone to think Halbrand is Sauron, just to pull a 'it was actually this guy all along' and Halbrand is just an asshole Aragorn? But not an Aragorn-like character, actually Aragorn. Like they are just copy-pasting Aragorn from LotR, because they are doing the whole 'the rightful king but doesn't want it and is running away' thing. And I can see these show runners being petty enough to go 'See, we told you that wasn't Sauron!"
And then at the end of season 2 they go 'Sike, we fooled you, it really was Sauron!'
Yeah Sauron is probably one of the Harfoot’s or some shit just to subvert our very low expectations.
I think that's more likely. He may end up being corrupted by Sauron in the end and become one of the Nazgul. Or he may literally just be a knock off Aragorn.
How about he becomes Gollum?
I laughed so hard when the Adar mercy killed the Orc and then the rest of the Orcs spoke some words in a ritualistic manner and gently carried him away. I was like " Did they really try to humanize the spawns of true evil"? When I watch this show It's like I'm watching something disgusting, yet I can't look away (mainly for shits and giggles as it all crashes and burns).
they are just missunderstood :(
Sauron did nothing wrong.
@@stanleyclark923 are you mad???
HE SAVED GUYLADRIEL!!!
They're black people, it would be bigoted to portray them too negatively.
they probably carried the corpse right to the kitchen...
Rings of Power uses mystery boxes to artificially extend the narrative, which is exactly how to not use them.
Attack on Titan is THE prime example of mystery done right. Constant setup and payoff which leads into larger setups and payoff. The entire thing is one massive mystery box, making sure you know everything and nothing at the same time. Every answer brings more questions than before. THAT is incredible writing.
It's a sin to compare AOT with this abomination.
Thanks! OMG, you made me laugh so much. Best ever video about the show, better than original poop show. Damn, do your own audio or text script of the show "translation" of dialog man! I would read it definitely
OK writing before watching this video, I don't know if I want to invest time in this show anymore but it's like a train wreck and I feel I can't stop looking and tbf I never laugh so hard in a long time when they thought a Warg with Pug eyes would be terrifying.
God yeah that's just how I feel. I'm repulsed but compelled to watch to see what they do next. Even if somethings terrible if its 'based on' LOTR I feel like I almost have no choice but to watch.
Looked more like a Chihuahua, but I agree with you.
I watched a bit of ep 1 and just couldn't...I come to the different channels now and hear about all the bullshit I'm missing out on
@@thewitcher2742 either way it's a bug eyed dog 😊
To anyone who wants to enjoy The Hobbit films, there is a fan edit called "The Tolkien Edit". It cuts all 3 movies into one 4 hour long movie and it cuts out all the stuff that wasn't in the book. No love triangle, no Legolas, shortens the barrel scene. It's the only version I know, and I enjoyed it quite a bit
Find that on "The Bay"?
Where can we watch it? Link?
I have to say, I am disappointed so far with Amazon's Ring of Power. You mentioned the dwarven kids and that made me think back to Willow which cost 35 million to make and did a much better job of showing a dwarven society including his kids. I don't like that so far Duran's wife is the only dark skinned dwarf that I've seen. I did notice the other female dwarf but if you are going to have a dark skinned dwarf then at least attempt to explain why they are "rarely" seen (but I really like her character). The same awful dynamic occurs in Numaria where the Queen is dark skinned but I don't remember seeing any others (including her dad as you mentioned). As a black man I have noticed that ALL of the "black" or dark skinned female characters have white men(smh). By the way...why would the orcs let the dark skinned elf go AND give him a bow and arrows 🤣😁😂? It's absolutely pathetic that he had to be let go, there isn't a single male hero in this entire show so far...helll there isn't a hero period.
GUYladriel is the hero we don't need and no one deserves.
hahahahahahahaha, now you know how we feel when they keep pairing black men with white women in advertising
@@chrispekel5709 oh we notice that too, just like the dark skinned elf here.
Numenor - its island of two tribes of mortal men whose lords got intermarried for centuries. One tribe got fair hair and white skin and blue eyes and the other tribe got dark hair and white skin and grey eyes. The second was more bulky in stature. And both were mortals but with many more years than average mortals. They lived up to 200 - 500 years. The dark hair tribe got less years. The Queen Miriel should be actualy married to Farazon by now. In the books Farazon was her cousin ! and usurper who taken the crown from legal heir - Miriel - by forcing her to marry him. He was the most evil of Numenor's kings. And the main reason for Numenor's fall. Now she is the evil queen and Farazon is just her counselor or smt :) And in the book Miriel is described as "fairer than pearls and ivory" :D She got dark hair and very pale skin. Miriel's actress should be casted as Haradrim's queen or Umbarian's queen. Showing Haradrims and Umbarians relations with Numenor would be interesting. :)
@@TallisKeeton thanks, its probably evident but I I didn't read the books and know nothing about the lore. Thats actually a bad thing for someone like me because this show assumes the audience knows who these people are or are based on.
I liked the moment where Guyladriel screamed "I am no man" and killed the witch king there and then whom even Gandalf feared. You would never get boss girl moments like this in the Peter Jackson films.
"They took our jobs!"
"They took er jerbs!"
"Too-kourderbs!"
- Numenor's workers