RINGS OF POWER Episode 7 Breakdown | Ending Explained, Review And Lord Of The Rings Easter Eggs
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- RINGS OF POWER Episode 7 Breakdown | Ending Explained, Review And Lord Of The Rings Easter Eggs. We review, recap and explain the new episodes of The Rings Of Power on Amazon Prime Video. This discusses Melkor / Morgoth, Adar, Sauron, The creation of Mount Doom, our Halbrand Theories, Galadriel, Elrond, Durin, The Stranger, Elendil, Isildur, Numenor and a lot more.
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Ok so the penultimate episode of Rings Of Power Season 1 has just released and throughout this video we're gonna be breaking it down, pointing out all of the lord of the rings easter eggs and giving our review on the episode as a whole. Episode 7 ends with the awakening of a Balrog as well as a 1990s text reveal that confirms The Southlands are now Mordor.
The Balrog has the exact same design as it does in the Peter Jackson movies and though there were many designs of them in the source material and lore they've leaned into that.
Now it's said in the original trilogy that the dwarves unearthed the Balrog because they dug too deeply and hastily into the mines when trying to unearth more Mithril. However Balrogs at beasts that have been around for a long time and they ended up joining Melkor in the unrecorded times.
They originally lived in Utumno but they ended up fleeing after the Wars for Sake Of The Elves and from here they travelled to Angband where they hibernated until the Years Of The Tree.
After Ungoliant destroyed them the spider turned on Morgoth and he screamed to the point that it woke the Balrogs up. They go through this constant state of either being awake or hibernating however there is no mention of them during the second age which is where the show predominantly takes place. The show changes the timeline a lot and whereas the Balrog awakens here it wasn't until the third age where the one in Khazadum rose up. We've talked about this on other breakdowns and how it wasn't until Durin the Fourth was King that the first one attacked. This Balrog ended up killing him however I think for the show that it will kill his father and then he will take up the mantle. This will still allow it to have the nickname Durins Bane even though the characters and events have been swapped around.
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Agree completely with everything you said. The show is truly terrible. Acting, dialogue, pacing, bland characters etc. Keep up the honest reviews! This show is utter shite 💩.
Heavy spoilers not thumb nail spoilers. I really like the show.
Although it is not my favorite show, I can’t see why anybody could be
Bored of the rings.
If there's anything this show has taught me it's that I want a friendship as strong and Elrond and Durin!
the only good part of the show imo lol
Yes this is one of the best parts of the season. Durins emotional parts in this episode also got me in the feels.
💯
Yep agreed the best part of the show and isildur with his buddies other than that it’s all empty and void of anything worth remembering
This show has taught me never to get my hopes up for shows
The soutlands left the chat
Mordor joined the chat
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@@heavyspoilers I'd be like that sometimes 😁
What is the Soutlands?
@@poppletop8331 I'll do YOU one better, WHO is the Southlands?
Dialogue scenes with Elrond and Durin are incredible. Could watch a "slow" episode like that if those two are on the screen together more.
I was so confused why it turned into a powerpoint presentation at the end. Mordor revealed as a slide transition is not something i saw coming😂
Yeah, I think they should have cut off the scene after Adar said that it's not the Southlands anymore. At this point everyone knows it shall henceforth be known as Mordor so it was kinda pointless to flash it to us on the screen.
i laughed so hard. someone in production had to tell the showrunners this is the dumbest way to introduce mordor of all time.
It was pretty tacky imo. And technically, it's not Mordor until someone names it that. Adar just says that it's not the Southlands anymore, but no one has actually called it Mordor yet, so that name change wasn't even earned...
Yeah that definitely felt out of place
Yeh that was poorly done moment
I think isildiur’s horse will go and find him due to the horse bonding scene last episode and will be a call back to Aragorn bonding with Theoden’s son’s horse in two towers, which later came to save him when he fell off the cliff.
That's exactly what I thought as we know he's still alive lol
That horse was called Brego, apparently...
Most likely. And it would be sooooo hysterically bad. 😂
@@DanceySteveYNWA Indeed it was! Brego and Berek.
This is a good call. They spent time like an episode or 2 ago saying that there is a bond between horse and rider and there is like some kind of telepathy ass shit going on.
I don't think Berek fights so hard and runs so fast back to the town if he doesn't feel that telepathic tug meaning Isil is still alive.
Halbrand heading away with Galadriel to talk to the Elf King puts him in a great position to start influencing the elves to craft the rings of power - if he is in fact Sauron
God I hope you are wrong... I'd hate to see Halbrand actually be Sauron
Or meet the real Sauron and receive one of the rings himself, becoming the first nazgul and fueling even more Galadriel's thirst for vengeance.
@@arthurdent3651 Yeah my money is still on Halbrand eventually becoming a Wraith.
Remember he is also a smith now since his time in numenor, but he seems to know smithing even before starting there. Would make it very easy for Galadriel to vouch for him as a smith and then send him to work with Celebrimbor.
He can be either Sauron or a Wraith now, he didn't look to upset about his land being ashed up, and his wound looked self inflicted 🤔
Elrond and Durin might be my favorite friendship in the show. They’re great together.
🤦♂️ I mean if you had to pick one I guess, but it is so contrived. He was gone for 20 years and now they are best friends again?
Only chemistry coming close is Prince Durin and his wife. But that’s kinda unfair since they’re married
@@Wayne-cq5wg I am not really sure why everyone points to them? I find prince Durin likable in every scene except those with her. He is just a little simp doing whatever she says. And their lines to each other are sooo cringe.
@@user-iv5wy6dn9p That's 100 percent accurate to being married. If Mom's not happy, nobody's happy No one cares about cringe when you're talking to you wife.
@@GregorySnipe 🤦♂️. Is your wife reading this? Grow a pair bro
Looks like they don’t know how hot volcano ash is…
"But they set the harfoot's home alight so fuck them" laughed on this one
I’m really hoping that when Halbrand is taken to the elves next episode that he will be introduced to Annatar while there, which would be a fun way to undercut the theory that Halbrand is Sauron! It would also be an interesting way to start building a relationship between Sauron and Halbrand if the show writers do decide to make Halbrand the Witch King.
🤔🤔 mmhmm I love this 🤭😊
Not gonna mention the line where the Orcs are looking for Galadriel and Theon and he says "What is it? What do you smell?". A callback to the original trilogy of the Uruk-Hais asking the same question with the response of "Man-Flesh"
This is the 100th time they have literally ripped lines from the original Lord of the Rings. It's SO cringe every time it happens. Lazy, shitty, amateur writing.
So my only issue with the pacing criticisms is how much Tolkien fans BEGGED for longer content. Its one of the continuing criticisms of PJs series is that it cuts out too much. Now we have a show that is absolutely showing the importance of dialogue and world building, and folks are upset that its not getting to the juicy bits more quickly.
I'll agree with you that the series does a good job of having the time for dialogue. I do feel for the pacing criticism though. Like Galadriel's discussion about Celeborn. She said he was dead. And 30 seconds later, well, we just never heard back from him. Whereas other scenes that we were emotionally connected, like Isil's fireman scene, like, they see it fall, then we see them miles away (maybe?) and ... did they look for people to help? Did they just assume he's dead? Something happened offscreen and it's never discussed until the horse runs off and we guess Berek will find Isil. It starts and ends well enough, but the time taken in discussions that don't move forward then feels like it stole from the moments we want to see? Idk if that makes sense. I generally love the show but there is a lot of disconnect and I personally think it could be improved with a few things here and there.
The dialogue is a morass of inane, pseudo intellectual, wannabe poetic drivel, that either makes zero sense, has zero context, or contradicts the speakers actions and/or story arc. There have been several episodes that absolutely nothing happens. Episode 4? Nothing...
Episode 5? Zero..
Nothing except excruciating, drawn out scenes, with wooden dialogue going over and over the lame, lore flouting excuse for plot.
The world building is virtually non existent, with time, space, distance treated like a children's play, people teleporting all over the place, even the "Harfoots" unable to root the actors into the environment in an organic, believable way. The show makes the world feel extremely small.
Dialogue?! Dialogue being good is usually the prerequisite lmao what drugs you on mate?
Berek wasnt released into the wild not cause he wants to find Isidirl but rather he didn't want Numeror to find out he is Sauron!!
Lol.
I been watching this show since day one and I can’t put a face to none of those names you mention.
What a twist!
Best comment, you made me laugh today!
I agree with most of what you’re saying, but I liked him turning away and crying. It was a show, don’t tell moment. It expressed the depth of his heartbreak over losing Isildur and how he’s losing the heart to fight without him.
I think Isildur will be the one who convinces him to fight Sauron in the last alliance.
Best parts of this show; (1) Durin and Elrond friendship (2) the stranger and the halfooots (3) the uruks, believe it or not!
Gotta disagree with the Halfoots, I find those bits boring. I mean, episode 6 was the best yet, and they werent in it... 🤷♂️
"This mass of ash, gas and rock fragments can travel at speeds approaching 125 mph (200 kph). And with internal temperatures of 752 to 1,472 degrees F (400 to 800 degrees C), it can pretty much bake anything in its path." I guess some of them were part Targaryen huh...
Same with Sam and Frodo
@@cixelsyd-much4756 hahaha Hobbits are so small they are fire resistant
@@cixelsyd-much4756 Jackson's playing with reality wasn't as bad as this.
@@mikem9001 how would you know
@@mikem9001 If you don't like the show just don't watch it, you likely have serious mental issues to be hate watching the show. How is it fine if Jackson does it , but somehow bad if Amazon does the same thing?
In the Lord of the Rings films, Bill being sent away and told he will find his way home makes a lot more sense when you know how it happened in the books, with Gandalf essentially putting a spell on Bill so he gets back safely.
"You will have to choose between Bill and your master.’ (Gandalf)
‘He’d follow Mr. Frodo into a dragon’s den, if I led him,’ protested Sam. ‘It’d be nothing short of murder to turn him loose with all these wolves about.’
‘It will be short of murder, I hope,’ said Gandalf. He laid his hand on the pony’s head, and spoke in a low voice. ‘Go with words of guard and guiding on you,’ he said. ‘You area wise beast, and have learned much in Rivendell. Make your ways to places where you can find grass, and so come in time to Elrond’s house, or wherever you wish to go. There, Sam! He will have quite as much chance of escaping wolves and getting home as we have.’
i literally burst out laughing when elendil started crying lmao
😂
Why?
Me too,
like wtf lol
@@joeterzio7175 for the record, I'm a softy and I cry a lot during movies. This was just bad. The acting, the framing and it just seemed out of nowhere? If I remember correctly, the queen was talking about returning to defeat the orcs and this man just turns around out of nowhere and starts making an ugly cry face lol. It's just comical and stupid. Just like most of this series has been.
The text change was dope and reminded me of chapters changing. I think we’re so bored that we are dissecting everything.
Things I learned from Episode 7: Mithril heals black rot. Leaves awaken Balrogs. Pyroclastic flow (clouds of fire and red hot ash) doesn't always kill. "Celeborn WAS his name" so he's dead, so Arwen won't be born
Eh? How come she won't be born, I thought her Dad was Elrond??
@@SK4M_Freal Her mother is Galadriel and Celeborns daughter.
This show is fkn mess. The show runners need a year or so to go and study the source material properly cause they clearly don’t understand it. But they’ve already started filming S2 so what do I know. 😂 🤷🏾♂️
@@SK4M_Freal her mother is Galadriel and Celeborn daughter Celebrían
They just set up a storyline that Celeborn is missing.
After seeing how the harfoots treat their own throughout the show, the dad's speech to rally them after getting their homes destroyed fell really flat for me. They talk a lot about being a community, but their actions show that they are more than willing to let people fall behind if they run into trouble.
I'm torn about Halbrand after this episode. He might indeed be Sauron (the showrunners want us to believe so i think), and going to the elves as Galadriel's friend might be a clever way to gain their trust; however it's also possible that he is good and he might get to meet the real Sauron at Lindon and this way also get a ring of power and slowly become one of the nazguls (which would be another tragic loss inflicted to Galadriel by Sauron).
But the elves mistrusted him, if he doesn’t get shunned and get taken in by celeibromor itll be so wrong
Sauron never enters Lindon. You mean Eregion.
@@cubablue602 thats why, where do you think they’re headed 😂
Galadriel did not trust him in the books
@@anisothmen3712 yet she trusts helbrand in the show
I’m honestly trying to enjoy the show, so I’ve decided to stop thinking of the show as a work of Tolkien and to view it as a world separate from the books.
By doing this, I was becoming really emotionally involved in this episode. I was so glad to finally be experiencing Galadriel’s transformative character arc, because her acting like a Karen was truly making the show hard to watch.
Unfortunately-like the last episode, I was into it until the end and then the writing messed it up for me again. This time it was how the Harfoots decided to go look for the meteor man. I understand Nori and Poppy going, but the others all thinking it’s a good idea was so implausible. Harfoots/hobbits are terrified of danger, and they are going to chase down the guy being followed by the evil people who just burned down their village. What? I think the writers were doing such a good job with the Harfoots until this decision. Tolkien’s races all act in unique ways, and I don’t think the writers understand this concept.
Next, Isildur goes missing and his dad, Elendil, just left him for dead without looking for him, not wanting to stay and insisting that they return to Numenor. Then, clearly heartbroken, he leaves a horse to find him. What? Sorry funny writing.
Then, right after that, Halbrand is seriously injured and they decide to take him to elven healers, and Halbrand jumps on a horse and gallops away like he’s totally fine. What?
These three little things at the end, happening one after another snapped me out of the mood. I really wish Amazon gets better writer for the next four seasons, because I really want to enjoy this show. Wish you all the best 🙏
YOU DID A GREAT JOB ON THIS REVIEW!! PLEASE KEEP IT COMING!!
Feeling sorry for:
1. Snow troll who was just defending their home, ruthlessly murdered by the home invaders
2. Balrog trying to sleep through hibernation, waking up due to people disrespectfully littering into their bedroom
3. Celeborn who so wanted peace, quiet and be free from insufferable Guyladriel that he understandably faked his own death for a 1,000 years, and was in such haste to do so that he hurried the armour fitting at the smiths (I mean, who wouldn’t)
4. The homeless, outcast and oppressed orcs who just want a home to call their own, being met with threats of genocide at every turn …
5. Guyladriel who genuinely has the look on their face of someone with an eternal tempest within their bowls…
Miriel has literally been blinded by her trusting the elves
Pharazon is gonna use this to take over for sure
Not only were there survivors but there seem to be more characters than ever before. Pyroclastic flow kills.
Not in a fantasy.
@@brittney4u932 but it destroys magical undestructable rings?
It destroys what it needs to for the sake of the plot.
It's so pathetic to see the "Acktually" morons spreading negativity. It's a FICTIONAL fantasy show. It's annoying
@@AlexKrossLore apparently frodo & sam didnt disintegrate either when entering the place as well. 🤷🏾♀️
I loved this episode, and the text "Southland" -> "Mordor" was really cool. Each to their own 🙂
Personally I like it when this series takes it slow. They focus on character chemistry etc. They take their time explaining things.
Ppl nowadays are so impatient, because we are used to fast paces and instant reactions on social media and in games. Ppl aren't used to series' telling a story in a slow way.
I am loving this 🙂 The visuals are amazing. Galadriel's horse galloping on the shore, and the slow motion was beautiful etc. And in my opinion it resembled her being mentally in a cage for a very long time, encaged by her rage. Cantering on the beach gave her a glimpse of long lost freedom.
I 100% respect your opinion on the show. If u like it, im happy for u. But cmon, dont try and attach the criticism to lack of attention span. Some of my favorite shows are really slow. Some of my favorite books are really slow. I despise this show but it has absolutely nothing to do with it being "slow" or my attention span. Thats a serious low blow. Why does it seem so impossible to dislike this show simply because it has flaws?
@@snuffcarl Yea of course ppl are allowed to dislike the show, no matter their reason 🙂
I just thought I'd leave a positive comment, because seemed like all the other comments were about how ppl disliked the episode. Which is fine, ofc. Would be horrible if everyone like the same things.
I am glad we even have a series focusing on a world of elves, dwarves etc. I'm not looking at it as a work of Tolkien, or as a prequel of LoTR. (Because THEN I would be disappointed). I embraced early on an attitude, that this is just an independent show, which is about a fantasy world which I sometimes very much need and long for 🙂
There are no interesting movies in theatres at the moment, and no interesting series' except for House of the Dragons. So Rings of Power is all that the tv offers at the moment, and it is so much better than nothing.
Wow, long explanation 😂 So sorry.
@@johanna_na fair enough! Seems like you took the right approach from the start for sure
This is nowhere near the LOTR trilogy. This show has nothing on HOTD either, atleast not yet.
They need to change much in the coming seasons including pace, dialogue & more importantly, focusing in on the right characters
Celebrimbor is the most important character in forging the Rings of Power and he’s been relegated to basically an afterthought so far.
Elrond, Gil Galad, Elendil and Isildur need more screen-time as they were the ones leading the fight against Sauron in the 2nd Age.
All in all, they’re instilling Feminist and Woke Ideas into a Fantasy that was written ages ago. It is going to be a disaster if they keep going in the same direction.
@@snuffcarl 😊
You didn't mention the confirmation that Pelargir already exists at this time as a Numenorean colony. Which would actually mean that Numenor had been visiting ME already. Strange it wasnt mentioned in ep 6 as the ships were going to the Anduin.
Agree. She said a past colony, but I thought that was odd too. So who is living there? Southlanders? Elves? Numenorians?
I assume it was founded during the war against Morgoth and now I guess southlanders have taken over it
Is this show pre or post black numenoreans? Given how much they've deviated from the source material it's hard to keep track.
“Do you know why a ship floats?”
There. Right there I knew this was gonna be a PoS show. Such terrible goddam writing
When Galadriel said she'd take Halbrand back with her to the elves and more than certain he's Sauron now. He's found his way in, infiltration 2.0. He's going to start influencing them to makes the rings now that they don't have access to milthril, he's probably going to sell the rings as a way to substitute milthril for their own survival. Like the dwarf king said, they're trying to cheat death and that will always come at a price..
I think they are already trying to make the rings
@@Devakiinable They haven't finished the forge yet, and in the lore, it's Annatar/Sauron that helps them create the rings. Of course, this show throws the lore out the window when it wants, but there's still no indication that they've started on the rings yet. If they had, they probably wouldn't be so insistent on getting all the mithril they could to...well...whatever they were going to do with it.
Like…wasn’t he almost dead? Then he walks out, hops up on a horse, not into a cart and rides for…med..di…cine??
@@froggybug all the more reason he's Sauron, faking it!!! Its like when kids lie about being too sick for school but spend the whole day jumping hoops at home.
Thank you for your break down. Well done! The only change I’d make is “one step forward” and a marathon backwards.
After Adar’s speech in Ep 6 and the power of the Orcs chanting Nampat and Udun, Adar deserved to say Mordor. And the Orcs deserved to chant it. And extra icing on the cake would’ve been a translation of what Mordor means. I don’t mind researching nampat and UDUN but they literally worked the entire season for Mordor.
They'll make up for it with the Balrog, Sauron's introduction, and the fight between Gloop & Gleep, and Homeless The Grey
Liked: Galadriel’s dialogue sounded much more like the Galadriel we know from the 3rd age, Elrond and the Dwarves scenes are as great as always and the writing for them was top notch, and the stranger/harfoots scenes were enjoyable.
Dislikes: the shot of Elendil crying was just so strange, the way it was shot looked like something from a soap opera/daytime show. Also, the text changing from Southlands to Mordor should’ve been done on a map, as they’ve used maps in the show already, it would’ve been a better way to use that idea.
You don't find the harfoots saying things like 'nobody gets left behind' and then proceeding to leave people behind bother you at all lol?
Totally agree with your take on the series although I would have loved the montage part of the first episode with Galadriel’s brother Finrod to be the whole first season. Oh well, at least HOTD and Andor have some writing/story/dialogue I can actually enjoy. Thanks for the breakdowns!
HOTD? That one is just about women's repressed nobility. Basically, a soap opera with with dragons and sex. Also, reminds me of the movies like The Favorite, Mary Queen of Scotts, etc... Andor is great though!!
I wonder if the characters saw the text change and will start calling it Mordor instead of the Southlands
Pretty sure I contracted eye 👁 cancer and cured my insomnia simultaneously by watching this show. Thanks Amazon!
If I had a pound for the amount of times I slept off.
Ouch. Weaponized puns. 🤣🤣🤣
@@kevinjones4001 Hey man, this eye cancer the show gave me is serious. Need to sue the show runners before I go completely blind.
one does not simply change into mordor
Bro
I'm quite conflicted about this show. As a Tolkien fan, I know that they have strayed very far from the original source and I know I should be mad about it like every other fan of the lore, but somehow each episode still pulls me in. The whole Celeborn being dead really took me by surprise. I didn't see that coming. But reading the comments here gives me hope that he, in fact, might just be missing. Yeah and that scene where the name of the Southlands was changed to Mordor was really cheesy. I would have preferred if they just left that scene out and let us, the viewers, presume that it would henceforth be known as Mordor. It's pretty self-explanatory at this point so they really didn't have to do that.
I'm confused by the celeborn thing as well.. It's weird that he would be missing for so long. When I look it up, I can't find what was mentioned in the trivia for this episode. I only see that he was with Galadriel since they wed. 🤔🤔🤔
This shows budget is excessive but I see it in every episode. The amount of work that has gone into this show from all departments is amazing . I would have loved to worked on this just to see the scale of it on a daily basis. The army of people involved for the costumes department , prosthetics, hair , makeup , props and ADs just to get the amount of background performers ready to shoot. All these large scenes with “extras “ are insanely expensive. Add in all the VFX shots and spfx for these scenes and you can see dollar signs adding up very quickly.
I recall saying to a friend that I felt like you could see the edges of the sets in some scenes, which was not totally wrong as some shots feel a bit confined, but every out door shot feels expansive to counter that feeling. I also agree about FX. They can range from blatantly obvious to stuff you never notice, but cost millions per on screen second just so you'd never know it was an effect.
Almost 600 million for 8 episodes.
Berek actually reminded me of Aragon’s horse from the Two Towers; he doesn’t listen to the riders of Rohan and is let go, only to go off and find Aragorn
I think the horse will rescue Isildur like Aragorn in the two towers after he fell in the river.
Elrond as jazz from bel air being thrown out 😂😂😂bruh your sarcasm is just of another level
I actually really enjoy the story and the show in general. This episode was super revealing and entertaining. Most people don't enjoy the little things in a story but this show gives it to us. We see the characters develop, active world-building, a diverse cast, pretty accurate storytelling minus a few picks, and beautiful scenery with amazing clothing, weapons, and armor. As for the pacing of the story. How often in your life do things progress quickly in the grand scheme of a lifelong adventure? They truly don't, even with quick moments. This whole season so far not only built up the world we don't fully understand during the second age but, it also gave us every detail and small moment for us to fully immerse ourselves in the world. It's a full dive into a DnD campaign without constant instant gratification. People expect to see big things happen right away without proper storytelling and detail but, that's just a result of our world now everyone wants instant gratification without being patient to understand the depth of the story. This show has depth, development, you name it. Now of course it's not perfect but, for what we get access to this show is exciting and dope. As seasons further progress people will look back and realize this was an amazing show. Flaws and all.
Thanks for the video Paul! Bummer so many people aren't enjoying the show! I definitely have been.
Im loving it, wont lie. Wasnt sure at first but its really grown on me. I feel blessed to have this and HOTD running at the same time! 🙌
lol
@@Matt67012 lol indeed. RoP is absolute trash. HotD is actually a good show - surprisingly
@@Matt67012 Something funny mate?
Dude.....at least let me finish watching the episode first! 😅 Do you do everything that fast? Everything? 😏😅
He litteraly has the time zone at his side. In the uk its probably sunday in the morning when he posted this video
He is so fast with everything. Great efforts Paul
Cackled too loud and hard "feminem" 😂🤣😂 perfection
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@@dorianderseed I love you 😂🤣😂😚🤌
Totally agree that more people, including some characters who's names we actually remember, should have died in that eruption. The whole situation felt like there were no real stakes. Why create new characters if not to heighten the drama and create real risk when we already know how most of the characters stories end???
@ 11:00 I couldn't disagree more. I think that moment from Elendil was absolutely incredible. That is what a father looks like when he loses a child. Not a single silent tear. And when that father hears that thousands of other fathers are about to lose sons.
fair enough
Agreed
His crying didn’t bother me at all.
Completely agree with your review. I don’t want back to back action - but I do want something more than weepy dialogue.
I myself have been a massive Tolkien fan since young. ( I was read the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings as a child) then I read all the books as a teen and young adult.
I have to say I love this show. , Sure it has its faults or should I say I would have done a different thing in certain scenes. All this aside it's fantastic. Nori , poppy the stranger. Elrond. The dwarves (totally amazing) . The cinematography is stunning , the sound track equally delightful.
I don't understand people's hatred for it. An illness of the present age .
People don't hate the show, so much as despise it. It pretends to be "Tolkien" in order to get fans to watch it, but we aren't fooled. It bears little or no resemblance to Tolkien's books or his world.
Tf u on about, this is unbearable
What show are you watching 😂
Agree!
All these low-test beta males having a whinge about the slightest change. Just sit back and enjoy the show… bloody quality! Yes, pacing is a bit off. But I enjoy a slight detour of the main plot as well as minor alterations to the small plot details. Keeps us on our toes of what’s to come..
@@TheNevets7777 The show is shit high-test alfa male buddy, it has nothing to do with the lore changing.
many people burned, the houses burned, the trees the earth burned galadriel and some lucky ones did not burn anything, not even their hair.
Galadriel spends 1000 years searching for Sauron and Celeborn? mmm naaa that dude is dead. Tell me...where is Celeborn, for I much like to see him
Queen Miriel tells Elendil that she does not want them to know that she is blind so as not to show weakness but then appears with a blindfold on her way to Numenor hahahah it´s a pure comedy
I really love this show more then house of the dragon. In my opinion GOT was the best show ever but House of the Dragon just doesn't fit well to me, so right now Rings of power is my favourite show. I understand it is slow paced but there is room to improve in second season. You can see they are trying very hard to make good visuals to project the Tolkien world so guys please lets not cancel this show by complaining (you know how complaining results in executives deciding the fate of the show)
Stop it stop 😂 how tf you gonna compare HOTD with that BS called ROP those scenes with Aemond trying to tame Vhagar , the kids fighting , Alicent trying to get one of Luke’s are far better than 7 whole episodes of ROP
Yeah. I had made up my mind that I was never going to watch anything related to GOT ever again after they messed up the final season. I have been watching the episode breakdowns for HOTD and it genuinely seems good, but I'm just too bitter that I just don't want to watch it. As for this show, I always knew it was going to suck because of all the backlash it received even before it aired, but you know what, I've kinda enjoyed it weirdly. As a Tolkien fan, I know they've strayed so far from the books but whatever.. I still find it quite entertaining to watch.
@@joasbenjamin6804 are you going to tell me what to like and what to not like? I don't like HOTD and I like ROP period.
My hands were sweating watching scenes in GOT like when Jon saw a dragon for the first time etc.. with HOTD I get nothing from the actors trying hard, especially the King whatever his name is. I just can't artificially like it because you said stop it
@@s_shaleh Exactly I enjoy it as Sci-fi genre exploring different locations and the lore, some people don't like because there are no dragons (yet) in it :)
@@sharezrus trying hard 😂😂🤣🤣😂🤣
Its a good show. Idk if you just expect more action. I get a lot of people talking like that, but the slow pacing feels good. Feels like how the books read.
Love the honesty.! I don’t need to waste my time on shows that most channels lie about so thank you.! This is what I come here for 💪🙏
I truly dont get the excessive criticism of this show. A story is being told by the screenwriters and episode directors… they’ve made certain decisions in how they tell their story probably to suit elements of the tale that may come during later seasons. Why criticise so much when you’ve only seen a fraction of the big picture? I truly hope that Amazon doesn’t give in to all the negative critiques and end the show after its first season. I for one am enjoying the season…
Really digging this series!!! Barely any complaints from me!
Thanks for your videos dude!
If there was to much action "not enough character development", character development in a show " not enough action"
Sigh… like you said, two steps back. This was their chance to ramp things up but well… it ramped down 😅 and I get this is a world of fantasy but apparently no one in this show runs on oxygen and are highly resistant to scorching heat 🙃 thanks for the breakdown Paul, I always appreciate your thoughts as well 😊
Oh yes the elves that live for ever and the humans that live for 300 years. The world with the big magic dragons and mystical rings. Of course! Yeah not being able to breath after a volcanic eruption is insane. Honestly the fantasy has gone too far now
Nah if you watch it again you'll see burned people in the background cast and even a dude that was completely burned and about to die. As for breathing, I didn't see enough struggle with that so it's probably an acting point that they should have pointed out. I personally enjoyed the episode and was excited to watch it. Anyway, just scrolling commenting on fellow fans posts. Enjoy your day.
@@obiwongaming3139 Nah if you watch it again you'll see insane plot armour that makes absolutely no sense with the volcanic explosion that was shown.
@@mikem9001
Stfup there was plenty of dead people. Wonded people, even the Queen got blind you idiot
@@mikem9001 exactly especially Galadriel 😂😂
A unexpected showing of who Sauron is could save this 6/10 series.
I need that Andor breakdown!
"Characters talk too much" "its too slow" you guys familiar with Tolkien? Ever heard of Treebeard, the Council of Elrond? Tolkien wasn't concerned with action and battle.
People these days just can't handle constructive criticism.. Your vids are great and I for one, enjoy your honesty. 👍
I'm enjoying the show, but I appreciate that your criticism of it is directed at the actual execution of it, like with the pacing and writing, and not other external choices about it that have been spoken about very loudly and make me roll my eyes.
Deesa TRULY sounded evil as she was convincing young Duron to continue to dig and help the elves. I wonder is she’s a plant, or another incarnation of Sauron.
I've always kinda sensed that she was evil too. Maybe it's the way her amber eyes glow in the dark.
Yes, I'm a bit worried about her. Support your husband, yes, but that speech was very strange
I mean they’ve had children together so I very very much doubt she’s an incarnation of Sauron 😂😂
@@NaturallyMe2011 exactly. it seemed extremely strange
It's great to have you back bro no offense to the other dude but you're the best. I can't believe they put a million dollar slideshow , in this show
I think King Durin sealing the hole will save them from the Balrog, cause Moria needs to open during the War of elves and sauron. The show is too slow to have a Balrog already
King Durin literally just woke up the Belrog
I also feel like it’s too early
@@cassiecarpenter Several thousand years too early, according to Tolkien. But he was thrown out by the writers long ago....
They're already alluding the Numeor falling and playing with their fall thousands of years early. The timeline for this show is bad, it's treating 2 thousand years of history as if it happened in a few months.
You might know this already but the balrog earns the name of “Durin’s Bane” for a pretty specific reason. And picking this specific mountain for the show to be where mithril is found, they have to use that Balrog for this show, maybe next season since they already signed on for more seasons, but they have to use it or else they’ll get a bunch of negative feedback on what could have been.
Durin, the stranger and nori are best actors. Superb acting. Award worthy actors.
I love watching your videos because you're always honest about your opinion instead of sugar coating for Amazon. This episode was a total dud, and it's weird to think this is the episode that sets up the finale.
I enjoyed this episode. Lots of good character moments, and the slower parts you seem to dislike allowed for some good character development, especially for Galadriel, who has seen the error of her ways. Elrond and Durin are the stars of the show and shine (like Mithril) in this chapter.. love 'em. There IS a lot to cover in the final instalment though, many loose threads.
Same here
It felt like this episode was the end of season 1.
If they take a page out of the walking dead, the last episode will drop a bunch of cliff hangers
Everyone is entitled to their opinions, but I could not disagree with yours more when it comes to this show. Everyone that I know that is watching this show seems to be on the same page as me as well, and many of us are watching the episodes independent from each other, then talking about them after the fact. I am A Song of Ice and Fire book reader that loved first 4 seasons of GoT, but felt like it dramatically declined after that, yet know many others who loved the whole thing. I feel like I am finally on the other side of that table now, having never read LotR or any of its extensions, and only watching the movies and now show. I absolutely have been loving this show, but have no source material to compare it to. Crazy how divided the opinions have been on this show though.
I thought this whole show was a tragedy, just realised it is a comedy and I am already enjoying it 😂
Yea, but its not funny.
As someone who is not familiar with the back story, I really like the show.
Agree with all your points… sadly. 😢 I had such high hopes for this show… anyways… another one bites the dust.
Brilliant breakdown, always 👍🏼
I legit laughed when Galadriel said her husband was dead😂 this is just a billon dollar sandbox. I halfway “enjoy” this if I smoke my “herbal herb” and forget Tolkien dedicated his life to this. On the other hand you could do a HOTD video on all the dragons that will be in the show
He’s gonna appear in a later season. It will take a hell of an explanation, but they will have one.
@@lberghaus I just wanna see halbrand break her heart and show his true form
She didn't say he's dead, only that he went to war and never returned
@@blankspace6687 then your saying Galadriel is a hoe🤣I mean wouldn’t surprise me if they made a love triangle with her Sauron and him
@@blankspace6687 for kin she’s lost she puts him in the same category as Finrod her brother. She believes he is dead.
Listening to your views I can kinda see where you're coming from but as a common layman I honestly enjoy the show. It will probably come across as critical but I do think that if you spend your time assessing the cinematic shots etc. you going to lose the fun as you're not letting yourself escape into a fantasy world.
Just my 2 pence, either way I do still enjoy your insights too
Man… I have to agree. It’s like having a girlfriend that really surprises you and makes your day better than your dreams and then the next day she turns into some of your worst nightmares. W video
I appreciate your honesty.
Possibly the funniest episode of them all, I lost it when he tried to cry and then next scene the queen's wearing a fucking blindfold looking out to see. 🤣🤣
Scene
I want to like this series more than I do.
What's so off-putting about a father crying over his dead son? I really don't understand that criticism mate
The sexual tension between Halbrand and Galadriel has been building through the show. So Galadriel smashing the canon to bits by saying Celebron is dead means we’re probably gonna see why that intimacy coach was hired in the first place. If/when that happens, it will be an absolute disgrace, along with all the canon destroying things they’ve done already. This is pure vandalisation of Tolkien!
If they go down that line, they will alienate what little audience they’ve kept throughout this 1st season.
@@manan612 Oh absolutely. I was already thinking of checking out but that would seal it for me.
A few weeks ago, I would agreed. But that this point a Halbrand/Galadriel relationship is completely logical within the story they have written. Its what they have been building to all along. And its not any worse than most of what they have already done.
yeah I still think they need to fire anyone who had anything to do with this show especially the writing team
I respect your negative opinions of the show because at least you have solid points to back them up. Frankly, I don’t even watch the show I just watch the breakdowns so I’m just taking your word for it.
The horse rescuing aragorn was one of the worst scenes in lotr. So glad they are recycling it. What a masterpiece.
The final episode is approaching both impatient and worried I hope the last episode will be explosive 🔥 Season 2 is already in production The Showrunners have 2 years to read 📖 Tolkien's books ;)
I don’t see any chemistry between Galadriel and Halbrand. She seems to need no one. She is rock hard.
Your 100% right.. the audience is smart yet the show is treating like eejits
I wish people weren’t so impatient with shows anymore. How are shows supposed to go on for 5 seasons if uiu want them to finish a story in season one. This show is phenomenal. Sure it would be great to see more action but that’s not what the story was about in season 1. Now that Mordor is around i imagine more episodes will be filled with fighting.
Hang in there. Uour channel is good, solid and honest. I appreciate your honesty...
Durin & Elrond were the highlight of the episode followed by Mordor. Don’t care about Celeborn and definitely don’t care about the Harfoots.
You don't care about Celeborn 😂🤣
@@wolfmauler yea not a Tolkein fanatic 😂 and in the movies he wasn’t interesting or of importance
Did they really think that throwing a PowerPoint transition over text with cool font would really do it for the "Mordor" name reveal?!
Dude, if people are really saying things like that then they can just stop watching your videos. You may give your honest opinion, but you’re never disrespectful about anything. Except Ryan Arey, but he deserves it. Anyways, keep up the great work and ignore those clowns.
It's funny how Tolkien fans simultaneously hate the show for compressing the timeline and speeding up the story, and for being too slow and not being action packed. All I know is that I'm enjoying this show way more than The Hobbit trilogy, so that's something.
Here I will sum up this episode: "zzzzzzzzz"
Episode??? Whole season one you mean