At no point did I state so, so calm down a bit, alright?I am not some paid by Amazon bot!
At no point did I state so, so calm down a bit, alright?I am not some paid by Amazon bot!
Until the show actually airs, all we have is trailers and commentary from interviews, so naturally it's going to be complaining about the same shit we already know. And then it'll turn into that even after the show airs as we endlessly bash on it just like we are still bashing on The Last Jedi years after that movie came out. Hell, some of us are still bashing on the prequels, because for us, that's the only entertainment we can derive from them.I am asking people at least try to go a least a little deeper in their criticism than 'Muh black hobbits' 'muh culture war' 'muh rings of power is woke' we shouldn't be complaining about the same shit we already know in an endlessly repeating loop with no sustenance added I want a more Indepth analysis of this shit as to why it conflicts with Tolkiens vison beyond the culture war itself, not repeated one off single paragraph comments.
so naturally it's going to be complaining about the same shit we already know.
The world was young, the mountains green,
No stain yet on the Moon was seen,
No words were laid on stream or stone
When Durin woke and walked alone.
He named the nameless hills and dells;
He drank from yet untasted wells;
He stooped and looked in Mirrormere,
And saw a crown of stars appear,
As gems upon a silver thread,
Above the shadow of his head.
The world was fair, the mountains tall,
In Elder Days before the fall
Of mighty kings in Nargothrond
And Gondolin, who now beyond
The Western Seas have passed away:
The world was fair in Durin's Day.
A king he was on carven throne
In many-pillared halls of stone
With golden roof and silver floor,
And runes of power upon the door.
The light of sun and star and moon
In shining lamps of crystal hewn
Undimmed by cloud or shade of night
There shone for ever fair and bright.
There hammer on the anvil smote,
There chisel clove, and graver wrote;
There forged was blade, and bound was hilt;
The delver mined, the mason built.
There beryl, pearl, and opal pale,
And metal wrought like fishes' mail,
Buckler and corslet, axe and sword,
And shining spears were laid in hoard.
Unwearied then were Durin's folk;
Beneath the mountains music woke:
The harpers harped, the minstrels sang,
And at the gates the trumpets rang.
The world is grey, the mountains old,
The forge's fire is ashen-cold;
No harp is wrung, no hammer falls:
The darkness dwells in Durin's halls;
The shadow lies upon his tomb
In Moria, in Khazad-dûm.
But still the sunken stars appear
In dark and windless Mirrormere;
There lies his crown in water deep,
Till Durin wakes again from sleep.
Watched the first episode.
It's bad. Not even "it's so bad it's good". It's just not entertaining to watch. Almost all of the characters are unlikeable, either being boring as doorknobs or being actively unpleasant. The only characters I didn't dislike were the hobbit girl and the black elf archer, and even then they're not likeable, just not aggravating like the others. Dialogue is bad and there were at least a couple instances of extremely juvenile exchanges. I certainly wouldn't expect noble elves to be casually making light of human-elf relationships, or a guy literally saying "your mom cut herself, didn't she? Haha that's probably why your dad left" (I'm not joking this literally happened).
The show looks visually unappealing. The costumes either look like the artists didn't even try, or look like cheap cosplays. There are compositing problems and the CGI monsters are weightless. Also, outside of the scenes that take place at Lindon, the show has this grey desaturated look. There are also disconcerting extreme close up shots, and the camera can never seem to sit still for more than 2 or 3 seconds. In some cases there were shots that lasted barely half a second and it very disorienting. Also, the music is forgettable.
It was an hour long episode and nothing happened except a guy falling out of the sky at the end, presumably a Maia. Won't watch anymore. They had an hour to get me to care about any of the characters or interested in the plot, or even hook me with the promise of spectacle, and failed. Why bother watching this show when I could go to Youtube and watch an episode of Bonanza that has entertaining characters and tells a compelling story from beginning to end in 45 minutes? Also that show actually looks good with the colors and set design and decent cinematography.
What boggles my mind is that this is a $700 million show. This is like, the most expensive show in the history ever, since Game of Thrones. You'd think that there would be top of the line talent on this show. Good cinematographers. Good actors. Writers who would make the dialogue not cringe. The best costume designers. The best in the CGI industry. Good musicians. Where did the money go?
If you compare this to House of the Dragon, that show at least didn't have most of its cast being unlikeable. At least the sets looked pretty decent (even if I wished they were better lit). At least the compositing of the backgrounds was good enough. At least the dialogue wasn't embarrassing. At least some of the costumes looked good (even if they don't come through because of the color grading that sucked the colors out of everything). At least there was some stuff that was vaguely interesting in the first episode like the king's hopes and dreams being shattered. Music was trash in both, though. Seriously, why can't Hollywood hire decent musicians?
I refuse to give Amazon money & time by watching this, and frankly I probably won't even waste my time watching this like a Corsair of Umbar would. But from what I've heard from multiple sources, it is true that the show starts with young Galadriel being bullied by other Elf boys who sink a paper boat-turned-swan that she makes & getting into a fistfight with them, even though the Elves' time in Valinor during the Years of the Trees was supposed to be their paradisaical Garden of Eden period and violence of any kind was unheard of among the Eldar until Morgoth helps Ungoliant destroy the Two Trees, murders the Noldor king Finwë & runs off with the Silmarils (followed by the Noldor massacring their fellow Elves, the Teleri, to steal their ships and pursue Morgoth to Middle-earth - cue the best-known events of the First Age). This really sets the tone for how she will be, in the words of the same reviewer who said Elrond's gay now, both a Mary Sue & a Karen going forward.I galadriel a badass warrior chick raging against the patriarchy? are the elves all gay?
Are Tolkien elves even stated to have pointed ears? Because AFAIK, 'elves have pointed ears' is a later invention.
LAS(1)- *lasse leaf: Q lasse, N lhass; [...] (Some think this is related to the next and * lasse 'ear' . The Quendian ears were more pointed and leaf. shaped than [?human].) (HoME 5, Etymologies)
Good to know, thanks.They do. Hobbit ears are described as "slightly pointy and elvish", contrasted to completely round human ears. Also, I managed to find this:
Ahhh...I see...the negative reviews can't be really bad because the show was bad. They are the result of politically motivated hacks who are racist. Gotcha...Apparently, Amazon has suspended reviews entirely. MSM is hard on the case doing damage control and explaining that actually people love it and it's just an organized group of review bombers ruining things for everybody.
'Rings Of Power' Is Getting Review Bombed So Hard Amazon Suspended Reviews Entirely
Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is getting slammed essentially everywhere that accepts fan reviews: On Rotten Tomatoes, while its critics score is 84%, it has a 36% audience score.www.forbes.com
Apparently, Amazon has suspended reviews entirely. MSM is hard on the case doing damage control and explaining that actually people love it and it's just an organized group of review bombers ruining things for everybody.
'Rings Of Power' Is Getting Review Bombed So Hard Amazon Suspended Reviews Entirely
Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is getting slammed essentially everywhere that accepts fan reviews: On Rotten Tomatoes, while its critics score is 84%, it has a 36% audience score.www.forbes.com