Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is finally here and it's the first review. Wow, were the actors right! If nothing else happened from the marketing of Rings of Power, we were all prepared for this, although I wasn't prepared for the sheer amount of dodgy lines and lack of ANYTHING happening. While filming this I had only watched episode 1. Let's see how episode 2 turns out tomorrow! What did you think of the episode/review? Let me know your thoughts below, and as always, thanks for watching :)
Galadriel: "You have not seen what I have seen." Elrond: *was orphaned at a young age, entire house slaughtered, adopted by his house's murderers, watched one of his pseudo dads die and the other become swallowed by grief, his twin brother chose a mortal life and died, his wife was captured and tortured by orcs until she was so traumatized she had to leave Middle-earth, then watched his only daughter choose the same fate as his brother* Elrond: M'kay
Wait... are you talking about Rinks of Powder, or She-Bulk? Cause this contrast seems very familiar... almost like the same formula being re-implemented in two different genres..
"We got Henry Caval as our lead in a very popular fantasy show"... "Yes yes... buuuutttt... what if we sideline him in his own show and replace him with a princess who is the key to everything... and more powerful than him"... "Errrr"....
It began with the forging of the great films. Threads were given by Tolkien, immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Rights were granted to Jackson, great miner and craftsman of the mountain of lore. And nine, nine hours were gifted to the race of men, who above all else, desire quality. But they were all of them deceived, for another show was made. In the land of Amazon, in the fires of Mount Prime, the Dark Lord Bezos forged in secret a master flop. And into this show he poured his money, his greed and his will to dominate all film. One show to ruin them all.
Galadriel: "You have not seen what I have seen." Elrond: "I watched the first episode of Rings of Power." Galadriel: "I did not know. I am profoundly sorry."
The odd thing is they've actually nerfed Galadriel here. She's above all these people talking down to her. She's not a Pleb in the second age. She's one of the oldest Elves left in Middle Earth, from (arguably ) the highest royal line of elves there is. She's the aunt of Gil-Galad, the king who talks down to her, and the Mother in law of Eldrond who is hundreds of years younger at the very least.
I truly hate what they've done to the elves. They went from elegant, almost angelic-like beings, to humans with slightly pointed ears. Reminds me of how orcs were created, honestly.
I despise the anti-white racism of routinely introducing whites in a scene as wildly racist. Never seen something like that in real life, ever. On tv? Constantly.
Considering how slowly elves begin to show signs of aging and the fact that Galadriel looked like a little child when she was getting bullied that would have to mean that happened hundreds if even thousands of years ago, so that means she's been holding a petty grudge against men for literal centuries. Great character development.
Showing Galadriel as a snot-nosed brat literally brawling in the mud shows such a tone-deaf lack of understanding of what makes the character great that nothing else about her could make her more Guy-laddie-dude-riel, and less the Lady of the Wood. But how can a Stronk Induhpendent Wahmen prove her stronkth and emoshunal maturity save by pure and utter sexism? She's intersectional! She must hate the Type B's! And the Type A's for that matter! Jesus, I know quality writing is, like, harder than writing dogshit, but....no, actually. It would be harder to write something this nauseatingly bad, something that traduces the source material this much. I'm not a bitter, vengeful, or violent person, but I have begun to hope that the showrunners, writers, executive and regular producers, and ideologically possessed actrons all get horrific cholera and literally shit themselves to death. While vomiting themselves half to death.
When her brother was talking about the stones and boats, all I could think of was the part from the Holy Grail when they’re discussing things that float and John Cleese says, ‘Very small rocks’ 😂😂
Arent the elves suppossed to be able to walk unhindered in snow? i seem to remember that legolas was able to walk on top of the snow in the fellowship?
"Why do elves have short hair?" Screenwriters: "Because in the real world people don't have the same haircut." Also screenwriters: Make all elves have short hair.
The village idiots: oh the show is amazing, stunning, 10/10, the writing is superb The show: one of the most intelligent elves in middle earth, jumps into the monster ridden sea(which don’t exist) attempting to swim for hundreds of miles because she is an independent strong woman….rescued by a man Also the show: a elite company of elves warriors who most likely fought in the wars against morgoth, are to frozen in fear to move and fight against a snow troll but is taking down by a single female jumping around like Astro boy Yep, brilliant!
I understand you mean the one they showed may not exist. However, not meant to be I'm defense of the show, does Tolkien not cover the Unknown Things? Aren't a number of them bound to dwell in the deep ocean? The Hobbit even spoke of this; during Chapter 6, I believe. The "Riddles in the Dark" portion, when Bilbo happened upon a subterranean lake, where Gollum sat. Along with blind cave fish, Tolkien mentioned the possibility of things much older dwelling in those waters.
The whole premise of Galadriel returning to Valinor, even having Gil Galad SEND her there, it really highlights just how little the writers care about Tolkien and the actual lore regarding his characters. Galadriel was BANISHED from Valinor. She CANNOT return there and not even the High King can overrule the Valar. Her banishment was only lifted at the end of the THIRD Age. These 'writers' make me sick.
And of course she had to back away from the male elf holding his hand out for her to come with him..... wtf lol I really wish she'd just gone now and that was the end of the season....
Following Tolkien's work as written is racist because he was a white male. We just want to use the IP because it's popular. If you dont like that you can find your own billion dollars and buy it back.
Technically all elves could return after morgoth is defeated, though there is conflicted notes from Tolkien as whether Galadriel needed to repent of the rebellion first or not. Any elf could go to valinor. No one needed Gil-galad to give them approval for it. A lot just wanted to stay in the land they suffered so long in and labored so hard. And Valinor an actual location in space and time. You dot need a light vagina to pass through to get you there... UGH.
@@jerbganderwood8433 not really. Galadriel was banished until she learnt to get past her desire to have the One Ring. That's why the whole Galadriel and Frodo scene happened in LoTR 1.
The difference in quality between Peter Jackson’s trilogy and this is crazy insane. Judging that the movies had a smaller budget and cgi from computers 20 years ago. Incredible. This proves that competent writers, strong headed directors, and talented cinematographers can realize what simply throwing money at a project cannot.
"..every line I miss in this show is just another brain cell saved.." made me laugh. I then imaged how many brain cells would be saved if the entire show was performed through the art of 'Mime'.
What was with the female elf telling Elrond that only Elvish lords were allowed to attend whatever council Gil-Galad had called? His lineage was far greater than 99% of the elves in Lindon. He was a descendent of Finwe, Thingol and Melian (a Maia), of Lúthien, etc. He was an elvish lord. And what was with the elves being an occupied army over the race of men? where did that come from?
Also the Herald to Gil-galad and Isildur in the Last Alliance. Seeing both of them are dead,he's the only one that saw what Sauron was capable of in physical form.
@@anttibra I'd argue that he was the most important at the time,as he was the one that saved the surviving Noldor,by bringing the Valar to deal with Morgoth.
I much prefer Tolkien and Jackson’s portrayal of Elves as being the angelic beings that they are. Not the buzzcut wearing gender and ethnically ambiguous simp that is pursuing single mommas. The R.O.P elves certainly don’t bring the term “angelic” to mind
The Elves look so generic and bland. I’m not impressed and very disappointed having Jackson’s beautiful rendition of the elves for comparison. Elrond he is just looks like a prep not the wise and seasoned Lord of Rivendell that Hugo Weaving portrayed. Galadriel is okay, Clark does look the part, if Galadriel was not already 5,000 years old. But Cate Blanchett has created Galadriel is a way that no other actress can compare to and that’s due to Jackson’s master filmmaking.
@@michaelenglekingjr.8715 There's nothing elvish about them. They're humans with pointy ears and that's it. Vulcans from Star Trek are more elvish than this ffs...
Well, they needed to squeeze in the inevitable mixed race couple that 95% of the time involves a white woman, and having a black being banging a white female Harfoot just lacked the same punch for this crowd.
"Shadow Creature Spider-woman" is a pretty reasonable description of Ungoliant. (The spider's name is Ungoliant.) And, yeah...Ungoliant killed the trees by draining them of their light, like a spider drains a bug. It's absolutely fantastic they show the elves all sailing to Middle-Earth. Guess we'll just skip those "problematic" and "unimportant" bits like the First Kinslaying and the Helcaraxe. Definitely not something that helped define Galadriel's character and cemented her opposition to Feanor and his sons... I can't handle these idiots showing dragons in the first battle shown in Beleriand. Dragons weren't around at that point. I mean, it's certainly possible that the battle they showed was one of the battles that had dragons...but why start in the middle or end? LOL. Orcs multiplied under Sauron after the War of Wrath?!?! No. No they didn't. At least not until well into the Second Age. In fact, in several sources, Tolkien indicated that Sauron initially tried to repent his evil, but he was afraid of the judgement of the Valar so he hid from them. He didn't actually return to his evil ways for quite a while. And he certainly wasn't increasing the numbers of orcs as soon as the War of Wrath ended. So many other asinine things in this abomination of a television series... I'm glad I'm not watching it.
“It’s not going to float; it’s going to sail.” I did not think it was possible for a script writer to reach that far up their own ass and smell the hand afterwards in hopes of writing something that “sounds” intelligent. I give the dialogue throughout both episodes a 1 “I can change him” out of 10.
Galadriel being bullied as a kid reminds me; they did the exact same thing with Spock in the JJ Abrams reboot. Is the concept of an enlightened race too much to comprehend for modern writers?
Amazon's LoTR reminds me of Jurassic Park. Hammond spent all that money creating dinosaurs, but skimped on security. Amazon spent all this money on visuals, but couldn't be bothered to pay good writers.
Pretty much. And they still didn't get the elves right. In the movies they had a sort of fae like glamor which wore off when it was just Legolas and the humies but when they found elves in numbers that glamor would return.
The worst part is that half of the visuals aren’t even as good as the original trilogy. I also can’t stand that the “hard foots” have berries growing out of their heads, and the elves have short hair.
With her hatred of Sauron, how do they explain how she wasn't there to face him in the final battles. Why does she stay behind in all of the Battles after? You would think she would be there with Elrond and Isildur, right? And Elrond is Her Son in-law.
You can almost hear D & D saying: "Well Dany kind of forgot about the iron fleet.." in the background. The others forgetting about sauron and his multitude of orcs is even more impressive.
Galadriel - in books - a brilliant strategist, politician and one of main pillars unifying Elven race not only by sheer authority but by very fact of how much beloved she was by her subjects. One of (if not the) most powerful mystics in Arda. Galadriel - in Amazon - definitely not strategist, makes fun of politics, is an outsider of Elven society (somehow? It makes no sense along with her title) and seems able to fight with a sword (as long as opponent is extra permissive with all her blind-spots and unnecessary motions) but there seems to be not even iota of mysticism to her. One is utterly powerful and awe inspiring. Other... is basically a 'bad example'. Guess which is which?
Take note at 12:59, the elvers are climbing up the sheer ice, when literally two feet to the left there is a a clear and simple stone path to climb up. It's hilarious.
I recently watched "Fay" review this and she made an excellent point: Middle Earth was created to replace the Anglo-Saxon myths. What is an origami boat doing in a European fantasy? There's no care put into the world building in this show, and given the world was already built for them, it's not asking a lot.
Also how the hell can Galadriel be bullied?! She is basically a princess of her house. She has enough ball to refuse her uncle Feanor, aka the most important elf of his time. She is special since the day she was born because of her uniquely gold and silver hair. By all mean she should have royalty treatment. But I guess all of that is meaningless to the show runner if she can't wield a sword.
Yeah, but Muh Intersectionalism means the fuckin' idiots who vomited this shit out are incorrigible racists (and sexists! but that's not as relevant here...) who think white people are the literal source and origin of all evil in history. Having a show based on "white" myths? (And I know race and color have fuck-all to do with Tolkein or his motivations, and the entire subject of race is dealt with in LotR in like 8 words..) That would be Muh Huwhite Supremacy. Having an all-English cast? Muh Huwite Supremacy. Creating Huwite Male characters who aren't 1) weak 2) totally subordinate to female characters 3) useless in all ways save making female characters look amazing by comparison (theoretically, anyway) 4) evil (only straight while male who isn't a bipedal dung-beetle is Halbrand, aka Sauron)? Muh Patriarchal White Supremacy. Can't have that. That's their idea of Satan. This show is only bad for two reasons, basically. The all-pervading nature of the politics crammed into it so said politics can be crammed into us.... ..and the utter lack of care at a high level to make a quality product because of all the ways that would violate their politics (like hiring based on merit instead of race, respecting the lore rather than gutting it to cram intersectionalism/Marxism twice-removed/racial supremacy/sexistic supremacy/their contempt for us fans insofar as we're white, male, straight, and not Marxists blindly following its newest incarnation of Wokism...etc, etc, ad nauseam). On the off chance you think I'm being less than totally literal and truthful as best I can, I can point you toward some creators on YT who can demonstrate what I've been, well, ranting about. :)
Man writes mythos to replace a lost one which was overwritten by the dominant culture of the day.... has his mythology overwritten by the dominant culture of the day.... 😔
Not only that, there's the worst peice of CGI in that whole battle. The 1 random female elf tried to hit the ice-troll with her torch, but it's so slow, like we know it's not there and she gets yeated. Apparently, Elves are useless in this unless they're a blonde, emotionless 9 headed female.
Gil-Galad was an Elven-king Of him the harpers sadly sing The last whose realm was fair and free Between the mountains and the sea His sword was long, his lance was keen His shining helm afar was seen The countless stars of heaven's field Were mirrored in his silver shield But long ago he rode away And where he dwelleth none can say For into darkness fell his star In Mordor where the shadows are
I'm 62 years old, and I'm SO SICK of the cliched scene where a snotty little boy talks down to a girl. I've been watching this same scene now for 50 years. - The thing to realize is.....that scene will never go away no matter how we behave in real life.
Someone should make a video reviewing the “positive” comments of this show so far. Its actually quite comical. The negative reviews go into vast detail about how it disgraces Tolkiens work and feels cheaply made and on the other end its “I cant believe this show is getting hate, clearly these are not fans and only internet trolls fueled by racism. It looks so pretty 10/10” I recall even seeing one stating its the best adaptation of the century. Lets act like PJ’s adaptation never happened 😂😂
''The negative reviews go into vast detail'' lol Most negative reviews are ''weeeehhhhh, strong woman, black elf, beardless dwarf, diversity'', ''it is woke'', ''it desecrates Tolkiens work'' and ''PJ, please give me a bj''.
I somewhat agree. Every positive review I read just talks about how good it looks, which is true, but it’s absolutely style over substance. The dialogue is painfully below average, and from that, the acting ranges from ok to pretty bad lmao. Where are these assessments in the positive reviews? They’ll just say “intriguing characters” but I struggle to understand how you could find this kind of writing compelling.
It is pretty. I will give it that. The cinematography is nice, and it looks pretty good. That's it. I liked the music when I heard it on UA-cam, but it doesn't stand out in the show and I don't feel anything like I do with most movies, even if they have more generic music.
Y’all rude for not acknowledging her Ze/Zem pronouns! After Morgoth’s reassignment surgery Ze is officially known as Mrs. Goth Many stunning such brave!
This is way more entertaining than the show itself. I thought I was done with this show but watching your commentary makes it really enjoyable. I hope you will do the entire series (even if you don't get 1 billion dollars for it).
Oh I'll definitely be covering the entire series, I also do these for various other series. But so far I've done all 3 of Rings of Power, there should be a playlist in the description of them.
"Many that live deserve death and some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them?" My favourite quote from The Lord of the Rings. $1 billion dollars later and the best Amazon can come up with is pure unadulterated waffle
Please try and understand. They don't actually want us to enjoy this. They want us to hate this - up to a point, that point being we still have to watch it. They want to destroy Tolkien for us while still making money. The only way to win is not watch it, even as a hate watch. They have to learn that any money spent on these hate projects will be money lost. I'm sure it will happen here.
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 STUNNING, MUCH BRAVIERYIST!
The tragedy is that it could all have been so good - for example Finrod was the first one of the Noldor to meet human beings, and centuries later it is Finrod (brother of Galadriel) who breaks the chains binding him and kills a wearwolf with his bare hands - dying in the process, to save a human being. And not any human being - but Beren - the ancestor of both Elrond and Elros - the first King of Numenor. Think of that as a flash back when Galadriel is talking to Elrond or the men of the West - "you would not even exist if it was not for my brother's self-sacrifice" - being the UNSPOKEN message. Instead, we get the mess that Amazon has served up.
I believe you meant Finrod 😅Since Fingon is one of their cousins, and the fourth High King of the Noldor in Exile, who dies in the Nirnaeth. Finrod was Galadriel's eldest brother, the fairest and kindest of the Noldorin Princes, and the King of Nargothrond. The two were friends, but they definitely weren't the same person.
@@paulvmarks No worries, sir -- and no need to disparage yourself lol I'm a young woman and I suffer plenty of mental slip-ups all the time even with the supposed advantage of tender(er) years :D
I would like to point out that one of Galadriel’s defining characteristics was her compassion. This show makes her willing to leave her own soldier behind, these show runners are truly honouring Tolkien’s legacy
Maybe the writers played Warcraft 3 and plagiarized Maiev's Shadowsong arc... Or they're so mediocre that even with all their efforts they'll look like someone else's copy.
She was born in Eldamar in the Year of the Trees 1362,[7] being the fourth child of Finarfin, prince of the Noldor, who named her Artanis; but she was surnamed Alatáriel, so she was later known by the Sindarin form of this name Galadriel, chosen by her.[8] Her mother was Eärwen, princess of the Teleri, who named her Nerwen ("Man-maiden"), and she grew beautiful and taller even for the women of the Noldor, being strong of body, will, and mind, "a match for both the loremasters and the athletes of the Eldar in the days of their youth."[9] Indeed, "she was then of Amazon disposition and bound up her hair as a crown when taking part in athletic feats". Actual information from Tolkien's written words.
I'm not gonna lie at the start I was like oh cool.. well we've never seen elven children before.. but that quickly turned into fuck the little cunts.. i hope ungoliant murderes them all...
I loved the part when Galadrial asked to speak to the manager, because she was the bestest ever, and then the harfoots, err hobbits, rolled around in the dirt and twigs because they are allergic to being clean... bestest ev-ar....
Elrond 🧝♂️ the son of Earendil who sailed into the west and got the sympathy of the Valor to intercede for them and fight Morgoth. Earendil whose father was human and mother was an elven princess. And Elwing, Elrond’s mother whose grandparents stole back a Silmaril from Morgoth. Elrond (half elven) whose twin brother chose to be a human (and was Aragon’s ancestor) and whose family has suffered beyond belief, is getting told off by Galadriel 🧝♀️. Galadriel whose daughter gets married to Elrond. What???? Why! These writers have no concept of the real story. This is sad fan fiction.
5:46 Actually, someone is already dead. Finarfin, the father of Finrod and Galadriel, is the son of Finwe and his second wife. The first one, Miriel, mother of Feanor, died and "entered the hall of Mandos". So, they had a way to say it... " to enter the hall of Mandos".
I loved the ending when Soyron was like “I am all the Sith!” Just to be countered by Guyladriel and her infinity gauntlet when she said “and I… am… Iron Man!” Truly inspirational it had me at the edge of my seat!
My reaction to the first episodes was a combination of Elronds reaction when the black tongue of mordor was being spoken in Imladris(visible distaste and discomfort), Aragons reaction when he thought Merry and Pippen were dead and kicked a helmet(raging anguish and pain), Gandalfs You shall not pass line to the Balrog(me to this series), King Theoden when he had to bury his son(utter grief), and Merry and Samwise's lament at having to even be in this situation in the first place
Should we point out that as I recall, Elrond and his brother were given the choice. After being part of the army that faced down Saurons BOSS, of chosing between human or elven heritage. And Elrond chose Elf while his brother chose human. So, having faced the literal 1st evil. Melkior, he who sowed discord into the world BEFORE IT'S CREATION even, and his legions of which Sauron was a minor persona. "You have not seen what I have seen" is a bit .. on the nose.
After becoming a fan of Disparu earlier this year has made it to where I need this man to narrate bad shows for me. This has been the most anticipated review for 2022
@@MostSaneGiggukFan get tour tounge out of his ass mate ffs .The guy is an asshole. I get people are pissed with all the lore changes which is BS And wrong plus all this "Woke nonsense. But regardles of how good or bad this show could be peole like this idiot was always gonna bash it.Its been 2 episodes ffs .He even bitched about a paper boat a child makes .Peace im out and unfuckingsubbed
Elves did have a word for death (qwalme-) and Elves had died. That was the point of the Halls of Mandos. Galadriel was only born, because her Gandfather's first wife (Miriel) had died (and was refusing to be re-embodied).
Yes, Feanor’s mother died in childbirth and Finwe married a Vanyar elf as he desired more children. Presumably, living with the Valar and being able to converse with them, including Mandos, they would have had complete knowledge of death.
@@knotengajin7359 That and Elves had died (accidents or killed) before coming to Aman and also I vaguely recall Tolkien mentioning deaths by misfortune in Aman as well (as he developed his Mythology).
even if the elves themselves were effectively immortal.... they still saw other things die. They had to, you know, eat stuff on occasion, so it's not like the concept would be alien to them. The writing in this show... it's trying so hard to be deep and epic, but really it's just mind-numbingly stupid in overly wordy ways....
I have no intention of EVER watching this show. But I've been refreshing UA-cam anxiously awaiting this review. Disparu will give me weeks of entertainment, this show will not.
You're not missing much. They spoon feed the viewer every city name when it pops up in strange writing like you're watching balamory. Ever actor, bar the actress who plays Nori has no emotion and delivers every line like they're playing a sarcastic version of themselves and, because there's no real focus on any 1 character, it just feels like a bbunch of people cut together into one film. I think the Hobbit would have been a fail without Ian Mckelen. Having him tie everything back together really made it easier to view and more palatable. In this, it's like Narnia had sex with the Burrowers and this plopped out.
You really should watch it. It's actually really good despite what @disparu has to say. Maybe you should form your own opinion instead of folowing the one some random internet stranger has. If you really like the LorR universe you'll love this show. If you don't at least like it you may probably not as much of a fan you thought you'd be. It's Middle Earth in all it's grace and i FUCKING LOVE IT!!!
6:27 Ungoliant is the name of the spider creature who sucked the trees dry of light. She also tried to devour Morgoth, but his Balrogs with their flaming whips stopped her. She went to the south, gave birth to Shelob, and devoured herself right out of existence.
Think of all the things they could've shown that they didn't from the first age and prior. The creation of arda, the destruction of the lamps, morgoth corrupting the landscape, ungoliant, Morgoths trial before the gods, his imprisonment, glaurung, ancalagon the black, utumno, balrogs, gondolin, the valar fighting morgoth... nope. We got a bunch of kids, a shadow making trees turn black.and bodged battle scenes and aftermath.
@@johnmorris1009 I don't really think they have the rights to any of that. They have the rights to the appendices in the back of Return of the King, and I think that's it. They are pretty much making up everything, which shows, painfully so.
Ancalagon, ma boi! They really squandered potential, rather than rights. They could have at least hinted at stuff, like Ancalagon was mentioned in the hobbit and they have the rights to that.
Having the elves who lived in harmony with nature carve up living trees with whom they could speak and had fellowship to create homages to their dead is the very antithesis of JRR Tolkien's works.
I love how you can search up "lotr elves" and instantly see the difference between those guys and the ones in rings of power. It's almost laughable how they managed to downgrade everyone.
My favorite part was when Galadrielelelelelel jumped on a boat, sang "I am Moana!" And sailed off to defeat Te Fiti. It was so moving, I cried for 10 hours straight.
I didn’t watch this episode, nor do I plan to watch any of them, but I started rewatching the Peter Jackson trilogy. Did anyone else get creeped out when Bilbo’s face changed when he saw the ring?
No elvish word for death? Feanor's mother Miriel Serinde died giving birth to him. Did the showrunners even read the parts of the Silmarillion this show is focused on?
Bro the part when Galadriel says " I got a jar of dirt" and Sauron said "enough" and the flyingMordor goes after the whitepearl in a awesome sea battle was incredible
They banked on the Tolkien fan base to make them millions, then called us names like racists etc, then told us we didn't matter, and yet went out of their way to "include" everyone but us, and at the end of all that abuse...they gave us trash entertainment. You reap what you sow...
Critics and audiences alike are falling over themselves to declare that Rings Of Power is a show released in September 2022. It starts, it ends, it even has credits!
I've seen show 1. Apart from the expected failures, the most astonishing thing about the show was the dialogue. It was as if the writing was the result of giving some failing GCSE students a project to write in the style of Tolkien. Utterly embarrassing. Does anyone know if Amazon publish ALL reviews on Prime? I've given my 1 star review and am hoping my comments appear on their site.
@@amandag5072 Yes...none are showing! I wonder why...I'm quite proud of mine. The best bit of creative writing I've done since leaving school. At least it's guaranteed to be better than the writing on the show
I think a failing GCSE student would accidentally make it less cringe. I teach in SE Asia--used to teach English, but now it's a bit more complicated...and I've had 8th-grade students who'd never been in the UK, USA, Canada, NZ, or Australia--not even S. Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, etc.--who could have written a better, more engrossing screenplay with vastly better dialog as a side project. It may be the worst dialog I've ever heard. They crank the melodramatic pseudoprofundity up to fucking 11 in every syllable.
Fun fact: in the books, by the time Galadriel was born, The light was still coming from Laurelin and Telperion, the golden and the silver tree, in a cycle of seven hours of light from one tree and then seven hours of twilight from both trees then seven hours of light from the other tree, and then again seven hours of twilight from both. So a day was about 42 hours until Ungoliant, with the help of Morgoth, withered both trees. The destruction scene was wrong because without the trees the only light that remains, until the creation of the moon and the sun, was what was coming from the night stars. Also, the scene before, the one with the two trees still alive, was also wrong because they are active on full power only one at a time and the times they were both awake the light emitted was dim not bright as they have shown.
I loved how Princess Disa whispered in her husband's ear "I'm the first female dwarf on screen". To which he replied "Huh, sorry honey but there were about 6-7 female dwarfs seen in the 1st two episodes before your character was first seen on screen". That was priceless! She's not even the first female dwarf on screen in her own series.
@@davydenko19919 Actually, there's more than that in cinematic history, off the top of my head; You had a few female dwarfs in the original LOTR trilogy, then you had even more in the Hobbits movies (between 5-7 of them), a whole dwarf family in "Willow", one in the original "Total Recall" movie, plus some in "Charlie and the chocolate factory" and in "The Wizard of Oz" of course. There's about another 7-8 other movies that included Dwarfs, oh like the "Mini-Me" in Austin powers and so on and so on. I'm sure I could come up with at least 7 or 8 more movie titles if I put my mind into it, but you get the gist of it I'm sure.
Iirc they're trying to spin even that now, saying something like "first female dwarf of color"... These people just can't take the L and learn from it...
@@davydenko19919 i mean, i'm kind of ashamed that the species has regressed to the point where some of them legitimately give a fuck about something this mind-bogglingly inane.... but here we are...
I loved the scene when the exhausted male elves turned to Guyladriel and she just pulled down her silvery sunglasses and said "where we are going we don't need roads!" Slam dunk!
Just finished the first two episodes and all I have to say is that how could this turn out to be even more stupid than I anticipated is beyond me! Forget the writing, we already knew it will blow, as a matter fact I think everything that can be said about it, was already said in advance. How about that? But the production... dear god above, the production! When every episode of this stink bomb has a multi-million dollar budget, but we saw fan films years ago that were put together with more expertise than THIS, it goes to show you: money can't buy talent, and this is were the woke mob fails and will continue to fail regardless of how badly they keep skreetching that they are the intellectuals.
@@Hiraghm I was going to say something that echoed your statement, along the lines of; artists, ~true artists~ while willing to rent out their talents (for the right price) are typically (to the point of it being almost universal) fiercely defensive of both their own artistic output and vision along with those of others. They tend to not be on board with butchering the hard work and imagination behind legendary artistic output like that of Tolkien's Middle Earth.
Not to mention how bad the writing is to send Glad on a 'quest,' fail, then come back so they can shoehorn in some elf stuff before sending her back out again on the same quest. Awful. There is NO chance that RoP is even 1/10th as entertaining as Disparu's review.
I interpreted that childhood scene this way: Galadriel has always been a sociopath who beats other children so they're grown to hate her. That is based on her adult personality.
Lenny Henry being cast keeps throwing me off. I mean I expected it to be this awful, but seriously, why cast a second-rate stand up comedian from the 80’s who has done nothing but advertising Premier Inns and visiting Africa once a year for Comic Relief?
I only watch Korean television now. They still know how to write character and story driven shows, and the acting and cinematography are second to none. They haven't been infected with the toxic waste that is Western wokeism, and I hope and believe they never will be. A century of invasions, occupation, slavery and mass starvation tend to make a people highly resistant to foreign BS. Netflix is investing heavily in Korean TV production while Amazon remains clueless.
Sweet Home was LITERALLY almost shot for shot accurate with the comic! THAT is what we need, not changing lore to make our own "mark" on IP's with a built in fan base. Korea knows what's up
Exactly! They live for millenniums! Shouldn't they havde more important things to worry about. But no. Have to have them fighting like normal human children
Elven Children were celebrated by Elf society because of how rare they are. They celebrated Childhood. That scene alone desecrated that whole aspect of the elves.
@@troyelam8978 not really, because Elves don't mature the same way humans do, seeing as they're inherently resistant to change. They were effectively created perfect for the world they were born to, so even a very young elf wouldn't be especially child-like in human terms.... they just don't change much as people over the course of their lives This is kind of why human mortality is called a gift, humans live and grow in much more dynamic ways then an Elf ever could A Tolkein-accurate Elf child would be disturbingly adult-like to a human
I've heard that Rotten Tomatoes was deleting negative reviews, but I didn't know that IMDb was doing the same thing. When I went to the IMDb website yesterday morning, there were 120+ reviews posted, most of them negative. The score was ~6.0. I refreshed later, and there were only 74 reviews, and the score had gone up. I couldn't find any of the negative reviews I'd seen earlier. The new ones were largely positive. The score kept going up, but the number of reviews remained the same. This morning there were only 30 reviews and the score was over 7, but now there are 74 reviews again, and the score has dropped a little to 6.5. It made no sense until I found out today that Amazon owns IMDb. (I still don't know why Rotten Tomatoes is messing with their ratings and reviews, though.)
We had no word for death. Yeah right: "For by after-knowledge the wise declare that Melkor, ever watchful, was the first aware of the awakening of the Quendi (elves), and sent shadows and evil spirts to spy upon them and waylay them. So it came to pass, some years ere the coming of Orome, that if any of the elves strayed far abroad, alone or few together, they would often vanish and never return; and the Quendi said that the Hunter had caught them, and they were afraid." A passage from the Silmarillion referring to the time of Galadriel's great grandfather. Pretty sure they had a word for death... Tolkien also said that Balrogs were in Middle Earth before the Valar discovered the first defenseless elves on the shores of Cuivienen.
My favorite part is when kid Galadriel boots that little snot into the ravine while shouting "This is Sparta!" Truly a great day for cinematic history.
To be fair, I think The Wheel of Time still sets a record for breaking the lore of the source material and going woke in less than 1 minutes. Rings of Power gets woke in 1 min 30 sec and breaks the lore in 5 minutes when it's explained that Morgoth destroyed the Two Trees (SPOILER: It was Ungoliant)
I heard that in next episode she is going to rescue a young slave boy from a desert planet and train him to be a space wizard. Rumor has it, that young slave boy grows up to be Sauron!
Hold on... Did you just Imply that a girl needed to be rescued? BURN THE HERETIC! (You are Jeff Dumpster and I want to set you on fire. DID YOU SEE WAT I DID THAR?)
Hold up … This may just me being confused because I’m hearing about it through reviews only … but did they seriously associate Galadriel rejecting Valinor and jumping into the sea to that chat about looking up or down to find the light? Because, if they did, then by the show’s own logic, Galadriel chose evil. She looked down. She was blinded by the light she saw in the depths (namely, her revenge) and dove in after it. Then, when you consider that Valinor is basically Elf Heaven, and factor in that Tolkein’s Catholic perspective as an integral force that shaped his work … our heroine literally chose to go to Hell just for the chance to spite a guy who was already doomed to go there. Maybe the show will acknowledge and explore this, but I doubt it. They’re probably going to imply that Galadriel chose to do good and that going to Valinor was the evil choice. Setting aside how that would mean that her story ultimately ends in her choosing the evil choice after Lord of the Rings, that would also mean that they are demonizing the Valar (the good guys). What moral high ground would she then have to hunt Sauron? Is it purely for revenge? Again, I get that this problem may just be me misunderstanding what I’m hearing in reviews. If someone can provide me with more context that will smooth things out, that would be appreciated.
It was also great to get to see Elrond do some fighting as well. He has a wicked spinning back kick and I loved how every time he landed one he yelled "ROADHOUSE". That was a nice tribute to Patrick Swayze who I hear was a big Tolkien fan. Nice touch Amazon. Kudos to you.
The way Galadriel is written is the same exact wrong-headed way supposedly “strong” women are always written. You hear it all the time when women say “if a woman acts bossy she’s called a b**ch”. Yes, if you act like a b**ch, then you’re a b**ch. I’ve worked for several men who were complete a-holes because they acted just like this character and I hated every moment of it as did all my co workers, male and female. If a male character was portrayed as insufferable as Galadriel is in this show, not a single person would say “what an awesome manly man”. Good grief modern, woke writers are just complete morons.
Another great video! The Shadow Spider-Thing is Ungoliant. Truly something to behold, she was the size of a small city. Too bad they got this show off on the wrong foot without the rights to key plot elements.
My problem was the characterization, in the movies, elves had this glow and aura about them that made them look different. You notice that in the Hobbit as well, how Legolas, Tauriel and Legolas' father gave off a different aura than Bilbo and the dwarves, you could tell them apart by a single look. The difference between elves in the series and in the movies, is that in the series they look like humans with long ears, they don't have that nobility and majesty in them that the movies show.
By the way... a boat doesn’t sail when it doesn’t have a sail. Her swan 🦢 boat 🚤 was floating down a river with lots of currents. So she was literally wrong.
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Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is finally here and it's the first review. Wow, were the actors right! If nothing else happened from the marketing of Rings of Power, we were all prepared for this, although I wasn't prepared for the sheer amount of dodgy lines and lack of ANYTHING happening. While filming this I had only watched episode 1. Let's see how episode 2 turns out tomorrow! What did you think of the episode/review? Let me know your thoughts below, and as always, thanks for watching :)
Your review is so much better than the stupid show, lol. You had me rolling.
i loved the part where Boromir said: "One does not simply WOKE into Mordor!"
@@melodyprojekt 💩💩💩
Morbid Clark in her/ hers first and last lead role as GUY-LAD-REAL.
Ungoliant is the she spider with Morgoth/Melkor
Galadriel: "You have not seen what I have seen."
Elrond: *was orphaned at a young age, entire house slaughtered, adopted by his house's murderers, watched one of his pseudo dads die and the other become swallowed by grief, his twin brother chose a mortal life and died, his wife was captured and tortured by orcs until she was so traumatized she had to leave Middle-earth, then watched his only daughter choose the same fate as his brother*
Elrond: M'kay
Wait... are you talking about Rinks of Powder, or She-Bulk? Cause this contrast seems very familiar... almost like the same formula being re-implemented in two different genres..
Didnt this like happen after the fact?
"We got Henry Caval as our lead in a very popular fantasy show"...
"Yes yes... buuuutttt... what if we sideline him in his own show and replace him with a princess who is the key to everything... and more powerful than him"...
"Errrr"....
@@madebymonkeys5641 Unfortunately, that was true to the books. The witcher series was a total bait and switch.
@@FSGoingStraight The parts about his wife and daughter happened after this point in his life, the rest had already happened.
It began with the forging of the great films. Threads were given by Tolkien, immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Rights were granted to Jackson, great miner and craftsman of the mountain of lore. And nine, nine hours were gifted to the race of men, who above all else, desire quality. But they were all of them deceived, for another show was made. In the land of Amazon, in the fires of Mount Prime, the Dark Lord Bezos forged in secret a master flop. And into this show he poured his money, his greed and his will to dominate all film. One show to ruin them all.
Truly underrated comment.
This should have more likes 😂
Amazing comment
Great, that hits the nail!
THIS is gold.
"Do you know why the ship floats while the rock sinks?"
*"Because the rock is heavy?"*
"... Alright, listen here, you little-"
Lol fat people would get offended.
xD
Whatever the writers were smoking in the room must have been good 💩. 😂😂😂
Wrong counter. Check out what buoyancy is.
Most boats are way heavier than stones.
You're not a clever one either.
@@ChristmasLore if the stone and the boat are the same size, the stone will be heavier.
Galadriel: "You have not seen what I have seen."
Elrond: "I watched the first episode of Rings of Power."
Galadriel: "I did not know. I am profoundly sorry."
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I saw episode two as well....
Guyladriel: ive Seen final episode.
The odd thing is they've actually nerfed Galadriel here. She's above all these people talking down to her. She's not a Pleb in the second age. She's one of the oldest Elves left in Middle Earth, from (arguably ) the highest royal line of elves there is. She's the aunt of Gil-Galad, the king who talks down to her, and the Mother in law of Eldrond who is hundreds of years younger at the very least.
Was he already married to her daughter? Anyway she was older and wiser.. And they didn't even mention her husband...
Don't forget being one of the most powerful sorcerers in middle earth. She literally does not need armor or weapons due to her power.
haven't galadriel been taught by all valar at one point, but we need to show strong female with swoed
With Gil-Galad and Celebrimbor all looking older than her lol
Making Galadriel the main protagonist of the show was a terrible idea.
I truly hate what they've done to the elves. They went from elegant, almost angelic-like beings, to humans with slightly pointed ears. Reminds me of how orcs were created, honestly.
The last thing I thought the elves would do is bully someone
They are all quite ugly and weak looking too. Galadriel has a rather harsh, cold face. And she’s short or appears short.
And don't get me started on the short hair
@@Hero_Of_Old yes.... haircuts are horrendous. looks like its from riverdale
Yo that's a damn clever comparison. Well done🤘
I cried when Galadriel said “somehow, Voldemort has returned” as she strikes down the final horcrux with her lightsaber
I despise the anti-white racism of routinely introducing whites in a scene as wildly racist. Never seen something like that in real life, ever. On tv? Constantly.
@@johnstrawb3521 Hating on white people: The accepted racism of the 21st century 😒.
Id rather watch that version
nailed it xD
this comment made my day
Considering how slowly elves begin to show signs of aging and the fact that Galadriel looked like a little child when she was getting bullied that would have to mean that happened hundreds if even thousands of years ago, so that means she's been holding a petty grudge against men for literal centuries.
Great character development.
At the time of the second age, Galadriel was around 5000 years old.
So literal millenia then.
And I don't mean men as in the race I mean as in the sex.
Showing Galadriel as a snot-nosed brat literally brawling in the mud shows such a tone-deaf lack of understanding of what makes the character great that nothing else about her could make her more Guy-laddie-dude-riel, and less the Lady of the Wood.
But how can a Stronk Induhpendent Wahmen prove her stronkth and emoshunal maturity save by pure and utter sexism? She's intersectional! She must hate the Type B's! And the Type A's for that matter!
Jesus, I know quality writing is, like, harder than writing dogshit, but....no, actually. It would be harder to write something this nauseatingly bad, something that traduces the source material this much. I'm not a bitter, vengeful, or violent person, but I have begun to hope that the showrunners, writers, executive and regular producers, and ideologically possessed actrons all get horrific cholera and literally shit themselves to death. While vomiting themselves half to death.
I mean, most Women that I've met definitely know how to hold a grudge.
@@williamcronshaw5262 ain't that the truth!
When her brother was talking about the stones and boats, all I could think of was the part from the Holy Grail when they’re discussing things that float and John Cleese says, ‘Very small rocks’ 😂😂
Good to see I’m not the only one who finds this comparable to Monty Python.
@@childofthetrueaslan8588 except Monty Python is actually good lol
what are rocks but large grains of sand? :p
Also, since the boat looks like a swan, I thought of "What also floats in water?" " A DUCK!" x'D
@@monkeybusiness673 So it means that Galadriel is indeed a witch. She is even called such by Gimli in FotR :p
Arent the elves suppossed to be able to walk unhindered in snow? i seem to remember that legolas was able to walk on top of the snow in the fellowship?
Silly kid, assuming this show cares about lore XD
"Why do elves have short hair?"
Screenwriters: "Because in the real world people don't have the same haircut."
Also screenwriters: Make all elves have short hair.
also i guess they forgot middle earth isn't real life. but i guess they already knew that when they cast black dwarves and elves and hobbits
Sir, Sauron might be somewhere about with Orcs with calculators.
Nah, it'll be fine.
They never replied to that important point did they
But i thought inconsistencies and unfathomable story and lore changes are ok because it's fantasy. They can't pick one excuse.
Real reason: wigs are expensive.
The village idiots: oh the show is amazing, stunning, 10/10, the writing is superb
The show: one of the most intelligent elves in middle earth, jumps into the monster ridden sea(which don’t exist) attempting to swim for hundreds of miles because she is an independent strong woman….rescued by a man
Also the show: a elite company of elves warriors who most likely fought in the wars against morgoth, are to frozen in fear to move and fight against a snow troll but is taking down by a single female jumping around like Astro boy
Yep, brilliant!
Mystic se creature to swim in thoose waters tho but i get what you saying and I hate the writers..
I understand you mean the one they showed may not exist. However, not meant to be I'm defense of the show, does Tolkien not cover the Unknown Things? Aren't a number of them bound to dwell in the deep ocean? The Hobbit even spoke of this; during Chapter 6, I believe. The "Riddles in the Dark" portion, when Bilbo happened upon a subterranean lake, where Gollum sat. Along with blind cave fish, Tolkien mentioned the possibility of things much older dwelling in those waters.
The whole premise of Galadriel returning to Valinor, even having Gil Galad SEND her there, it really highlights just how little the writers care about Tolkien and the actual lore regarding his characters. Galadriel was BANISHED from Valinor. She CANNOT return there and not even the High King can overrule the Valar. Her banishment was only lifted at the end of the THIRD Age. These 'writers' make me sick.
And of course she had to back away from the male elf holding his hand out for her to come with him..... wtf lol I really wish she'd just gone now and that was the end of the season....
Following Tolkien's work as written is racist because he was a white male. We just want to use the IP because it's popular. If you dont like that you can find your own billion dollars and buy it back.
Technically all elves could return after morgoth is defeated, though there is conflicted notes from Tolkien as whether Galadriel needed to repent of the rebellion first or not.
Any elf could go to valinor. No one needed Gil-galad to give them approval for it. A lot just wanted to stay in the land they suffered so long in and labored so hard.
And Valinor an actual location in space and time. You dot need a light vagina to pass through to get you there... UGH.
I was so confused when that plot appeared. Like, wtf?
@@jerbganderwood8433 not really. Galadriel was banished until she learnt to get past her desire to have the One Ring. That's why the whole Galadriel and Frodo scene happened in LoTR 1.
The difference in quality between Peter Jackson’s trilogy and this is crazy insane. Judging that the movies had a smaller budget and cgi from computers 20 years ago. Incredible. This proves that competent writers, strong headed directors, and talented cinematographers can realize what simply throwing money at a project cannot.
One million dollars per minute in RoP. Incredibly cheap looking result
"..every line I miss in this show is just another brain cell saved.." made me laugh.
I then imaged how many brain cells would be saved if the entire show was performed through the art of 'Mime'.
What was with the female elf telling Elrond that only Elvish lords were allowed to attend whatever council Gil-Galad had called? His lineage was far greater than 99% of the elves in Lindon. He was a descendent of Finwe, Thingol and Melian (a Maia), of Lúthien, etc. He was an elvish lord. And what was with the elves being an occupied army over the race of men? where did that come from?
Also the Herald to Gil-galad and Isildur in the Last Alliance. Seeing both of them are dead,he's the only one that saw what Sauron was capable of in physical form.
Not only that, Elrond's father was Eärendil the Mariner, arguably the most famous elf in elven history.
@@anttibra I'd argue that he was the most important at the time,as he was the one that saved the surviving Noldor,by bringing the Valar to deal with Morgoth.
I much prefer Tolkien and Jackson’s portrayal of Elves as being the angelic beings that they are. Not the buzzcut wearing gender and ethnically ambiguous simp that is pursuing single mommas. The R.O.P elves certainly don’t bring the term “angelic” to mind
The Elves look so generic and bland. I’m not impressed and very disappointed having Jackson’s beautiful rendition of the elves for comparison. Elrond he is just looks like a prep not the wise and seasoned Lord of Rivendell that Hugo Weaving portrayed. Galadriel is okay, Clark does look the part, if Galadriel was not already 5,000 years old. But Cate Blanchett has created Galadriel is a way that no other actress can compare to and that’s due to Jackson’s master filmmaking.
Sure but you would need to explain the elves of the kinslaying and the war of jewels. They didn’t sound too angelic.
@@michaelenglekingjr.8715 There's nothing elvish about them. They're humans with pointy ears and that's it. Vulcans from Star Trek are more elvish than this ffs...
Well, they needed to squeeze in the inevitable mixed race couple that 95% of the time involves a white woman, and having a black being banging a white female Harfoot just lacked the same punch for this crowd.
Ever read the Silmarillion? The Noldor are far from "angelic".
"Shadow Creature Spider-woman" is a pretty reasonable description of Ungoliant. (The spider's name is Ungoliant.) And, yeah...Ungoliant killed the trees by draining them of their light, like a spider drains a bug.
It's absolutely fantastic they show the elves all sailing to Middle-Earth. Guess we'll just skip those "problematic" and "unimportant" bits like the First Kinslaying and the Helcaraxe. Definitely not something that helped define Galadriel's character and cemented her opposition to Feanor and his sons...
I can't handle these idiots showing dragons in the first battle shown in Beleriand. Dragons weren't around at that point. I mean, it's certainly possible that the battle they showed was one of the battles that had dragons...but why start in the middle or end?
LOL. Orcs multiplied under Sauron after the War of Wrath?!?! No. No they didn't. At least not until well into the Second Age. In fact, in several sources, Tolkien indicated that Sauron initially tried to repent his evil, but he was afraid of the judgement of the Valar so he hid from them. He didn't actually return to his evil ways for quite a while. And he certainly wasn't increasing the numbers of orcs as soon as the War of Wrath ended.
So many other asinine things in this abomination of a television series... I'm glad I'm not watching it.
They made it sound like the War of Wrath happened immediately after the elves arrived in Middle Earth even though that is very inaccurate.
Also, if memory serves, Galadriel didn't sail to Middle-Earth: she was part of the force that crossed the land bridge in the north.
@@Disillusioned_JELly The Helcaraxe.
Now we know why they got rid of the Tolkien scholar, he tried to have them make a sensible adaptation instead of the abomination we got.
“It’s not going to float; it’s going to sail.”
I did not think it was possible for a script writer to reach that far up their own ass and smell the hand afterwards in hopes of writing something that “sounds” intelligent. I give the dialogue throughout both episodes a 1 “I can change him” out of 10.
Po from the Legends of Kung- Fu Panda said something similar...
"It's not lying! It's not telling the truth."
Galadriel being bullied as a kid reminds me; they did the exact same thing with Spock in the JJ Abrams reboot. Is the concept of an enlightened race too much to comprehend for modern writers?
Vulkans have always been extremely arrogant. We've had examples of them being bullies back in DS9.
They stood around as they were secretly hoping the troll would kill her.
Amazon's LoTR reminds me of Jurassic Park. Hammond spent all that money creating dinosaurs, but skimped on security. Amazon spent all this money on visuals, but couldn't be bothered to pay good writers.
Woke feminazi garbage and good writers are incompatible. So there is that.
Pretty much. And they still didn't get the elves right. In the movies they had a sort of fae like glamor which wore off when it was just Legolas and the humies but when they found elves in numbers that glamor would return.
Scary part is they think the one's they've hired ARE the good writers
The worst part is that half of the visuals aren’t even as good as the original trilogy. I also can’t stand that the “hard foots” have berries growing out of their heads, and the elves have short hair.
And the dialog is cringe-terrible. The poor actors, having to utter that crap and not break up laughing
With her hatred of Sauron, how do they explain how she wasn't there to face him in the final battles. Why does she stay behind in all of the Battles after? You would think she would be there with Elrond and Isildur, right? And Elrond is Her Son in-law.
Been episode lol the fuck do you know? Nothing.
You haven’t seen what she’s seen
@@Tazio_01 not the entire series. Or even a full season, that’s for damn sure lol. Imagine all the fake outrage.
You can almost hear D & D saying: "Well Dany kind of forgot about the iron fleet.." in the background. The others forgetting about sauron and his multitude of orcs is even more impressive.
@@johnmorris1009 I wanna his goddamn werewolves.
Galadriel - in books - a brilliant strategist, politician and one of main pillars unifying Elven race not only by sheer authority but by very fact of how much beloved she was by her subjects. One of (if not the) most powerful mystics in Arda.
Galadriel - in Amazon - definitely not strategist, makes fun of politics, is an outsider of Elven society (somehow? It makes no sense along with her title) and seems able to fight with a sword (as long as opponent is extra permissive with all her blind-spots and unnecessary motions) but there seems to be not even iota of mysticism to her.
One is utterly powerful and awe inspiring. Other... is basically a 'bad example'.
Guess which is which?
The former description is Galadriel while the latter is Guyladadriel.
Take note at 12:59, the elvers are climbing up the sheer ice, when literally two feet to the left there is a a clear and simple stone path to climb up. It's hilarious.
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That was a punchline in Almost Heroes.
I recently watched "Fay" review this and she made an excellent point: Middle Earth was created to replace the Anglo-Saxon myths. What is an origami boat doing in a European fantasy? There's no care put into the world building in this show, and given the world was already built for them, it's not asking a lot.
Also how the hell can Galadriel be bullied?! She is basically a princess of her house. She has enough ball to refuse her uncle Feanor, aka the most important elf of his time. She is special since the day she was born because of her uniquely gold and silver hair. By all mean she should have royalty treatment.
But I guess all of that is meaningless to the show runner if she can't wield a sword.
@@wangwang2211 At a time when everything was basically perfect. Yep. I'm with you.
Yeah, but Muh Intersectionalism means the fuckin' idiots who vomited this shit out are incorrigible racists (and sexists! but that's not as relevant here...) who think white people are the literal source and origin of all evil in history.
Having a show based on "white" myths? (And I know race and color have fuck-all to do with Tolkein or his motivations, and the entire subject of race is dealt with in LotR in like 8 words..)
That would be Muh Huwhite Supremacy.
Having an all-English cast?
Muh Huwite Supremacy.
Creating Huwite Male characters who aren't 1) weak 2) totally subordinate to female characters 3) useless in all ways save making female characters look amazing by comparison (theoretically, anyway) 4) evil (only straight while male who isn't a bipedal dung-beetle is Halbrand, aka Sauron)?
Muh Patriarchal White Supremacy. Can't have that. That's their idea of Satan.
This show is only bad for two reasons, basically.
The all-pervading nature of the politics crammed into it so said politics can be crammed into us....
..and the utter lack of care at a high level to make a quality product because of all the ways that would violate their politics (like hiring based on merit instead of race, respecting the lore rather than gutting it to cram intersectionalism/Marxism twice-removed/racial supremacy/sexistic supremacy/their contempt for us fans insofar as we're white, male, straight, and not Marxists blindly following its newest incarnation of Wokism...etc, etc, ad nauseam).
On the off chance you think I'm being less than totally literal and truthful as best I can, I can point you toward some creators on YT who can demonstrate what I've been, well, ranting about. :)
"Cultural Appropriation" is only bad if we dont need it to get our ludicrous points across.^^
Man writes mythos to replace a lost one which was overwritten by the dominant culture of the day.... has his mythology overwritten by the dominant culture of the day.... 😔
So let's get this right she killed a frost troll within seconds but it had taken the whole of the fellowship to kill a cave troll in Moria hmmm
Not only that, there's the worst peice of CGI in that whole battle. The 1 random female elf tried to hit the ice-troll with her torch, but it's so slow, like we know it's not there and she gets yeated. Apparently, Elves are useless in this unless they're a blonde, emotionless 9 headed female.
Yep….just like one native Indian girl killing a Predator, on her lonesome.
Cave trolls are bigger and Galadriel is supposed to be the most powerful elf isn’t she .
@@jordenrisley6761 She isn't supposed to even be a warrior.
@@thatoneLerrydude except she is in this show . Stop complaining .
Gil-Galad was an Elven-king
Of him the harpers sadly sing
The last whose realm was fair and free
Between the mountains and the sea
His sword was long, his lance was keen
His shining helm afar was seen
The countless stars of heaven's field
Were mirrored in his silver shield
But long ago he rode away
And where he dwelleth none can say
For into darkness fell his star
In Mordor where the shadows are
Yeah, and in this turkey, they made him look like somebody's dad. The ONE elf with long hair...and he looks like somebody's middle-aged dad
it should have said "where the shadows lay... to keep in rhyme lol.. though that is a pretty cool bard song
Gil galad spoke like an old queen! Camp as Christmas.
@فادي أكبر I didn't know "lay" rhymes with "star." Good to know.
@@FireFlanker1 king/sing, free/sea, keen/seen, field/shield, away/say, star/are
Ah yes, 'knife-ear'... A Dragon Age slur in LotR. Guess it's not just a fan fiction but a cross-over fan fiction!
I'm 62 years old, and I'm SO SICK of the cliched scene where a snotty little boy talks down to a girl. I've been watching this same scene now for 50 years. - The thing to realize is.....that scene will never go away no matter how we behave in real life.
It’s interesting to see that that boy who bullied the young Galadriel, becomes her inferior later on. Says all we need to know about this character.
Correct, it’s there for social programming and very little else
Finally, this is where our waiting ends! Disparu's review i mean, not the 1 billion dorra dumpsterfire
Someone should make a video reviewing the “positive” comments of this show so far. Its actually quite comical. The negative reviews go into vast detail about how it disgraces Tolkiens work and feels cheaply made and on the other end its “I cant believe this show is getting hate, clearly these are not fans and only internet trolls fueled by racism. It looks so pretty 10/10”
I recall even seeing one stating its the best adaptation of the century. Lets act like PJ’s adaptation never happened 😂😂
''The negative reviews go into vast detail'' lol
Most negative reviews are ''weeeehhhhh, strong woman, black elf, beardless dwarf, diversity'', ''it is woke'', ''it desecrates Tolkiens work'' and ''PJ, please give me a bj''.
I somewhat agree. Every positive review I read just talks about how good it looks, which is true, but it’s absolutely style over substance. The dialogue is painfully below average, and from that, the acting ranges from ok to pretty bad lmao. Where are these assessments in the positive reviews? They’ll just say “intriguing characters” but I struggle to understand how you could find this kind of writing compelling.
It is pretty. I will give it that. The cinematography is nice, and it looks pretty good. That's it. I liked the music when I heard it on UA-cam, but it doesn't stand out in the show and I don't feel anything like I do with most movies, even if they have more generic music.
Check out nerd of the rings he gives a fair review of the whole thing
Sounds like reviews people have been paid to make lol
When Morgoth finally had the seven silmarils and exclaimed "It's Morgin' Time!" before snapping his fingers...
I felt that
Morgoth is so misunderstood. I think I could change him
You underestimate the might of Morgoth sir
Y’all rude for not acknowledging her Ze/Zem pronouns! After Morgoth’s reassignment surgery Ze is officially known as Mrs. Goth Many stunning such brave!
This is way more entertaining than the show itself. I thought I was done with this show but watching your commentary makes it really enjoyable. I hope you will do the entire series (even if you don't get 1 billion dollars for it).
Oh I'll definitely be covering the entire series, I also do these for various other series. But so far I've done all 3 of Rings of Power, there should be a playlist in the description of them.
"Evil does not sleep, it waits." I did not realize that evil and Chuck Norrs were so similar.
"Many that live deserve death and some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them?"
My favourite quote from The Lord of the Rings.
$1 billion dollars later and the best Amazon can come up with is pure unadulterated waffle
This honestly isn’t any different quality wise if a studio executive gave their child a billion dollars and let them write the script.
They are trying if thousand monkeys write the script can they write lord of the rings..😜😜
Depends. Some children have great imagination and talent. They could come up with something better.
Please try and understand. They don't actually want us to enjoy this. They want us to hate this - up to a point, that point being we still have to watch it.
They want to destroy Tolkien for us while still making money.
The only way to win is not watch it, even as a hate watch. They have to learn that any money spent on these hate projects will be money lost. I'm sure it will happen here.
This feels like a way to get some of his divorce money back.
I'm pretty sure most children would manage to devise something better than this...
I love when gandalf tells the ents "Run forrest! Run!" So brave.
Clever
I died
Ahahahhaahah one of the best of this trend yet, you do know what you're Tolkien about ;)
Life is like a bag of chestnuts
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 STUNNING, MUCH BRAVIERYIST!
The tragedy is that it could all have been so good - for example Finrod was the first one of the Noldor to meet human beings, and centuries later it is Finrod (brother of Galadriel) who breaks the chains binding him and kills a wearwolf with his bare hands - dying in the process, to save a human being. And not any human being - but Beren - the ancestor of both Elrond and Elros - the first King of Numenor. Think of that as a flash back when Galadriel is talking to Elrond or the men of the West - "you would not even exist if it was not for my brother's self-sacrifice" - being the UNSPOKEN message. Instead, we get the mess that Amazon has served up.
I believe you meant Finrod 😅Since Fingon is one of their cousins, and the fourth High King of the Noldor in Exile, who dies in the Nirnaeth. Finrod was Galadriel's eldest brother, the fairest and kindest of the Noldorin Princes, and the King of Nargothrond. The two were friends, but they definitely weren't the same person.
@@littlejune131 I do indeed mean Finrod thank you for correcting the mental slip of an aging man.
@@paulvmarks No worries, sir -- and no need to disparage yourself lol I'm a young woman and I suffer plenty of mental slip-ups all the time even with the supposed advantage of tender(er) years :D
"is it that, how the hobbits found their weapons? maybe those elfes just dropped some on their way home!" - Im dying :D :D
I mean Galadriel left all those helmets in a pile in the middle of nowhere. Maybe it's their form of littering lmao
It’s clearly the writers educating us in the importance of charity.
I would like to point out that one of Galadriel’s defining characteristics was her compassion. This show makes her willing to leave her own soldier behind, these show runners are truly honouring Tolkien’s legacy
And really don’t understand humans(elves-whatever)
Maybe the writers played Warcraft 3 and plagiarized Maiev's Shadowsong arc... Or they're so mediocre that even with all their efforts they'll look like someone else's copy.
Wisdom, for me Elves are incredibly wise. These are all stupid.
She was born in Eldamar in the Year of the Trees 1362,[7] being the fourth child of Finarfin, prince of the Noldor, who named her Artanis; but she was surnamed Alatáriel, so she was later known by the Sindarin form of this name Galadriel, chosen by her.[8] Her mother was Eärwen, princess of the Teleri, who named her Nerwen ("Man-maiden"), and she grew beautiful and taller even for the women of the Noldor, being strong of body, will, and mind, "a match for both the loremasters and the athletes of the Eldar in the days of their youth."[9]
Indeed, "she was then of Amazon disposition and bound up her hair as a crown when taking part in athletic feats".
Actual information from Tolkien's written words.
@@totallynottrademarked5279, There is not a word about the lines and scenes that were shown in the show.
Can't have a strong female character without her having been bullied as a child can we? Christ.
What's wrong with that?
@@MegaSpideyman It’s the most cliché trope. There are so many other ways to craft a powerful female character.
Gotta have those ridiculous Stephen King Bullies at all times. Stunning.
I'm not gonna lie at the start I was like oh cool.. well we've never seen elven children before.. but that quickly turned into fuck the little cunts.. i hope ungoliant murderes them all...
@@NefariousKoel couldn't have been Steven King it was missing the child sex
I love the part when Galadriel raises her lightsaber and says “You’re a wizard Harry”. Made me cry tears of joy.
The fact that you're writing this comment under every video doesn't make you funnier
I loved the part when Galadrial asked to speak to the manager, because she was the bestest ever, and then the harfoots, err hobbits, rolled around in the dirt and twigs because they are allergic to being clean... bestest ev-ar....
It's the thought that counts
@@Tom-sr1jo I don't mind people making these kinds of comments, but i keep seeing the same ones, which is getting stale.
I get what you're trying to do but these kinds of comments are dumb trash, like saying first. Grow up.
Elrond 🧝♂️ the son of Earendil who sailed into the west and got the sympathy of the Valor to intercede for them and fight Morgoth. Earendil whose father was human and mother was an elven princess. And Elwing, Elrond’s mother whose grandparents stole back a Silmaril from Morgoth.
Elrond (half elven) whose twin brother chose to be a human (and was Aragon’s ancestor) and whose family has suffered beyond belief, is getting told off by Galadriel 🧝♀️. Galadriel whose daughter gets married to Elrond.
What????
Why! These writers have no concept of the real story. This is sad fan fiction.
5:46 Actually, someone is already dead. Finarfin, the father of Finrod and Galadriel, is the son of Finwe and his second wife. The first one, Miriel, mother of Feanor, died and "entered the hall of Mandos". So, they had a way to say it... " to enter the hall of Mandos".
I loved the ending when Soyron was like “I am all the Sith!” Just to be countered by Guyladriel and her infinity gauntlet when she said “and I… am… Iron Man!” Truly inspirational it had me at the edge of my seat!
Then Ozzy showed up with a sick guitar solo.
Then she weeps to her sword, "I'll never let go," before dropping it into the icy waters of the north Atlantic. Powerful moment.
@@RanMouri82 lol i think you're thinking about the wrong movie. wasn't it the blue pill that she dropped into the icy waters?
you forgot Negrolas dead ass headshotting Soyron with a triple kickflip spinning no look 360
@@canadianeh4792 🎶🎸🎶
My reaction to the first episodes was a combination of Elronds reaction when the black tongue of mordor was being spoken in Imladris(visible distaste and discomfort), Aragons reaction when he thought Merry and Pippen were dead and kicked a helmet(raging anguish and pain), Gandalfs You shall not pass line to the Balrog(me to this series), King Theoden when he had to bury his son(utter grief), and Merry and Samwise's lament at having to even be in this situation in the first place
I got chills when Galadriel told Mr Ditkovich "You'll get your rent when you fix this damn door!"
rent?
@Productive Elf She will put sand in Saron's eyes
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So good.
😂😂😂😂
Should we point out that as I recall, Elrond and his brother were given the choice. After being part of the army that faced down Saurons BOSS, of chosing between human or elven heritage. And Elrond chose Elf while his brother chose human. So, having faced the literal 1st evil. Melkior, he who sowed discord into the world BEFORE IT'S CREATION even, and his legions of which Sauron was a minor persona. "You have not seen what I have seen" is a bit .. on the nose.
They have absolutely no idea how elves are supposed to work in Tolkien's world.
It is defamatory and violative of a sacred IP
My favourite part is when Morgoth got jealous of the Valar and said to them "It's Morgin time" then he Morged all over them.
After becoming a fan of Disparu earlier this year has made it to where I need this man to narrate bad shows for me.
This has been the most anticipated review for 2022
That’s why I subbed to him, he sacrificed his own time to review these bad shows for us.
@@MostSaneGiggukFan I think it's more to do with seizing the opportunity and knowing he will get record ratings. All the channels do.
@@seanp8220 also he sacrifices his time to watch bad shows so we don’t have to because it’s his
@@MostSaneGiggukFan get tour tounge out of his ass mate ffs .The guy is an asshole. I get people are pissed with all the lore changes which is BS And wrong plus all this "Woke nonsense. But regardles of how good or bad this show could be peole like this idiot was always gonna bash it.Its been 2 episodes ffs .He even bitched about a paper boat a child makes .Peace im out and unfuckingsubbed
Elves did have a word for death (qwalme-) and Elves had died.
That was the point of the Halls of Mandos. Galadriel was only born, because her Gandfather's first wife (Miriel) had died (and was refusing to be re-embodied).
Yes, Feanor’s mother died in childbirth and Finwe married a Vanyar elf as he desired more children. Presumably, living with the Valar and being able to converse with them, including Mandos, they would have had complete knowledge of death.
@@knotengajin7359 That and Elves had died (accidents or killed) before coming to Aman and also I vaguely recall Tolkien mentioning deaths by misfortune in Aman as well (as he developed his Mythology).
Do you really think the writers would actually take the time to research that?
even if the elves themselves were effectively immortal.... they still saw other things die. They had to, you know, eat stuff on occasion, so it's not like the concept would be alien to them.
The writing in this show... it's trying so hard to be deep and epic, but really it's just mind-numbingly stupid in overly wordy ways....
@@petriew2018 There we’re monsters in the world when Elves arrived and thus they feared the Valar at first, so yes.
"How did you get those boats ?"
Feanor : "oupsy"
Celebrimbor's dress looks like he mugged Professor McGonngal for it.
I have no intention of EVER watching this show. But I've been refreshing UA-cam anxiously awaiting this review. Disparu will give me weeks of entertainment, this show will not.
That's exactly my opinion 💯
Same 😅
Same I will never bother with this, but I've been so excited for it to come out so it could get roasted lmao
You're not missing much. They spoon feed the viewer every city name when it pops up in strange writing like you're watching balamory. Ever actor, bar the actress who plays Nori has no emotion and delivers every line like they're playing a sarcastic version of themselves and, because there's no real focus on any 1 character, it just feels like a bbunch of people cut together into one film. I think the Hobbit would have been a fail without Ian Mckelen. Having him tie everything back together really made it easier to view and more palatable. In this, it's like Narnia had sex with the Burrowers and this plopped out.
You really should watch it. It's actually really good despite what @disparu has to say. Maybe you should form your own opinion instead of folowing the one some random internet stranger has. If you really like the LorR universe you'll love this show. If you don't at least like it you may probably not as much of a fan you thought you'd be. It's Middle Earth in all it's grace and i FUCKING LOVE IT!!!
6:27 Ungoliant is the name of the spider creature who sucked the trees dry of light. She also tried to devour Morgoth, but his Balrogs with their flaming whips stopped her. She went to the south, gave birth to Shelob, and devoured herself right out of existence.
Think of all the things they could've shown that they didn't from the first age and prior. The creation of arda, the destruction of the lamps, morgoth corrupting the landscape, ungoliant, Morgoths trial before the gods, his imprisonment, glaurung, ancalagon the black, utumno, balrogs, gondolin, the valar fighting morgoth... nope. We got a bunch of kids, a shadow making trees turn black.and bodged battle scenes and aftermath.
@@johnmorris1009 I don't really think they have the rights to any of that. They have the rights to the appendices in the back of Return of the King, and I think that's it. They are pretty much making up everything, which shows, painfully so.
Ancalagon, ma boi! They really squandered potential, rather than rights. They could have at least hinted at stuff, like Ancalagon was mentioned in the hobbit and they have the rights to that.
Yep, that sounds like progressive girl boss behavior to me.
So Morgoth pulled his Uno-Balrog-reverse card on the spooky spidercreature that sucks light out of trees?
When Galadriel drifting on the make-shift raft and shouted, “WILSON!! WILSOONN”. That give me chills.
these are killing me, best memes in ages
Having the elves who lived in harmony with nature carve up living trees with whom they could speak and had fellowship to create homages to their dead is the very antithesis of JRR Tolkien's works.
I love how you can search up "lotr elves" and instantly see the difference between those guys and the ones in rings of power. It's almost laughable how they managed to downgrade everyone.
My favorite part was when Galadrielelelelelel jumped on a boat, sang "I am Moana!" And sailed off to defeat Te Fiti. It was so moving, I cried for 10 hours straight.
I didn’t watch this episode, nor do I plan to watch any of them, but I started rewatching the Peter Jackson trilogy. Did anyone else get creeped out when Bilbo’s face changed when he saw the ring?
Yeah its pretty creepy, but a good scene!
Yes. If I remember the book right, it was similar in it too - it was an unnerving moment for Frodo to see Bilbo like that.
That jumpscare still scares me everytime.
can make that scene into a phone wallpaper with a caption "DON'T TOUCH MY PHONE!"
@@tama_ochi haha
I genuinely smiled when I saw Disparu's ROP review video dropped. This is gonna be epic. 😆
No elvish word for death? Feanor's mother Miriel Serinde died giving birth to him. Did the showrunners even read the parts of the Silmarillion this show is focused on?
I’m still not convinced the show-runners are fully literate…..
@@yourenotmarywelcome8693
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If they did, THEY CANNOT USE IT…
@@Ramsey276one They can't use the basic concept of death?
@@goyasolidar most of the Silmarillion, I believe
XD
Bro the part when Galadriel says " I got a jar of dirt" and Sauron said "enough" and the flyingMordor goes after the whitepearl in a awesome sea battle was incredible
They banked on the Tolkien fan base to make them millions, then called us names like racists etc, then told us we didn't matter, and yet went out of their way to "include" everyone but us, and at the end of all that abuse...they gave us trash entertainment. You reap what you sow...
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Then have the audacity to try and clean house and remove any ability to review it XD
I like the part when Amazon forgot to buy the silmarillion DLC so the elves went straight to the Middle earth 7:30 instead of Beleriand.
14:58 Galadriel “crazy eyes” kinda reminds me of Greta Toonberg. The whole “how dare you” face.
Elves weren't the first to appear. It was actually the dwarves. Elves were the first to wake up
Yeah, and Eru was pretty pissed about that
Critics and audiences alike are falling over themselves to declare that Rings Of Power is a show released in September 2022. It starts, it ends, it even has credits!
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It also looks pretty. That's the jist of most reviews.
It is certainly a show that has actors in it.
I loved the part when Disa turned to Galadriel and exclaimed, “I pity the fool” as they carefully navigated the Kessel Run.
D. A. Baracus
That was the one they did in less than 12 parseltongues, right?
I've seen show 1. Apart from the expected failures, the most astonishing thing about the show was the dialogue. It was as if the writing was the result of giving some failing GCSE students a project to write in the style of Tolkien. Utterly embarrassing. Does anyone know if Amazon publish ALL reviews on Prime? I've given my 1 star review and am hoping my comments appear on their site.
So far, it looks like Amazon are withholding the reviews.
@@amandag5072 Yes...none are showing! I wonder why...I'm quite proud of mine. The best bit of creative writing I've done since leaving school. At least it's guaranteed to be better than the writing on the show
would be better to let an AI write the script.
The showrunners have no credit work on IMDB they are literal amateurs.
I think a failing GCSE student would accidentally make it less cringe.
I teach in SE Asia--used to teach English, but now it's a bit more complicated...and I've had 8th-grade students who'd never been in the UK, USA, Canada, NZ, or Australia--not even S. Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, etc.--who could have written a better, more engrossing screenplay with vastly better dialog as a side project.
It may be the worst dialog I've ever heard. They crank the melodramatic pseudoprofundity up to fucking 11 in every syllable.
Fun fact: in the books, by the time Galadriel was born, The light was still coming from Laurelin and Telperion, the golden and the silver tree, in a cycle of seven hours of light from one tree and then seven hours of twilight from both trees then seven hours of light from the other tree, and then again seven hours of twilight from both. So a day was about 42 hours until Ungoliant, with the help of Morgoth, withered both trees. The destruction scene was wrong because without the trees the only light that remains, until the creation of the moon and the sun, was what was coming from the night stars. Also, the scene before, the one with the two trees still alive, was also wrong because they are active on full power only one at a time and the times they were both awake the light emitted was dim not bright as they have shown.
When Samwise with a fryingpan is a better fighter than a squad of elite elven warriors.
I loved how Princess Disa whispered in her husband's ear "I'm the first female dwarf on screen".
To which he replied "Huh, sorry honey but there were about 6-7 female dwarfs seen in the 1st two episodes before your character was first seen on screen". That was priceless!
She's not even the first female dwarf on screen in her own series.
Wow what an achievement 6-7 female dwarf characters in all of cinimatic history… we must be proud of our achievement there
@@davydenko19919 what? You wanted more obnoxious female dwarves like her?
@@davydenko19919 Actually, there's more than that in cinematic history, off the top of my head; You had a few female dwarfs in the original LOTR trilogy, then you had even more in the Hobbits movies (between 5-7 of them), a whole dwarf family in "Willow", one in the original "Total Recall" movie, plus some in "Charlie and the chocolate factory" and in "The Wizard of Oz" of course. There's about another 7-8 other movies that included Dwarfs, oh like the "Mini-Me" in Austin powers and so on and so on. I'm sure I could come up with at least 7 or 8 more movie titles if I put my mind into it, but you get the gist of it I'm sure.
Iirc they're trying to spin even that now, saying something like "first female dwarf of color"...
These people just can't take the L and learn from it...
@@davydenko19919 i mean, i'm kind of ashamed that the species has regressed to the point where some of them legitimately give a fuck about something this mind-bogglingly inane.... but here we are...
I loved the scene when the exhausted male elves turned to Guyladriel and she just pulled down her silvery sunglasses and said "where we are going we don't need roads!" Slam dunk!
And then the music from CSI: Miama started.
YEEEEAAAAAAAAAH!
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And then Indiana Jones comes in and begs Guyladriel to help him to find the lost arc
Just finished the first two episodes and all I have to say is that how could this turn out to be even more stupid than I anticipated is beyond me! Forget the writing, we already knew it will blow, as a matter fact I think everything that can be said about it, was already said in advance. How about that? But the production... dear god above, the production! When every episode of this stink bomb has a multi-million dollar budget, but we saw fan films years ago that were put together with more expertise than THIS, it goes to show you: money can't buy talent, and this is were the woke mob fails and will continue to fail regardless of how badly they keep skreetching that they are the intellectuals.
money can buy talent... but you have to actually be shopping for talent, and recognize it when you see it.
@@Hiraghm And not fire it when it disagrees with you.
Ya they're only as intellectual as their "feelings" allow them to be
@@Hiraghm I was going to say something that echoed your statement, along the lines of; artists, ~true artists~ while willing to rent out their talents (for the right price) are typically (to the point of it being almost universal) fiercely defensive of both their own artistic output and vision along with those of others. They tend to not be on board with butchering the hard work and imagination behind legendary artistic output like that of Tolkien's Middle Earth.
Not to mention how bad the writing is to send Glad on a 'quest,' fail, then come back so they can shoehorn in some elf stuff before sending her back out again on the same quest. Awful. There is NO chance that RoP is even 1/10th as entertaining as Disparu's review.
I interpreted that childhood scene this way: Galadriel has always been a sociopath who beats other children so they're grown to hate her. That is based on her adult personality.
Also known as being a woman
Lenny Henry being cast keeps throwing me off. I mean I expected it to be this awful, but seriously, why cast a second-rate stand up comedian from the 80’s who has done nothing but advertising Premier Inns and visiting Africa once a year for Comic Relief?
dIvErSiTy
He's a repulsive individual who apparently chases beached whales
I only watch Korean television now. They still know how to write character and story driven shows, and the acting and cinematography are second to none. They haven't been infected with the toxic waste that is Western wokeism, and I hope and believe they never will be. A century of invasions, occupation, slavery and mass starvation tend to make a people highly resistant to foreign BS. Netflix is investing heavily in Korean TV production while Amazon remains clueless.
Have you seen The Guest?
@@alichinoalichino2283 The movie with the murdering soldier
Sweet Home was LITERALLY almost shot for shot accurate with the comic! THAT is what we need, not changing lore to make our own "mark" on IP's with a built in fan base. Korea knows what's up
America is defiantly in the "Good Times make week men" phase. When your worried about your next meal, do you really care what pronoun someone uses???
"Doesn't sleep, he waits" is literally a chuck Norris meme.
First thing I thought off when I heard it.
Even as children, elves can't be as petty as humans. They're not just humans with special aesthetics.
Exactly! They live for millenniums! Shouldn't they havde more important things to worry about. But no. Have to have them fighting like normal human children
Elven Children were celebrated by Elf society because of how rare they are. They celebrated Childhood.
That scene alone desecrated that whole aspect of the elves.
The movies gave us lothlorien, and liv Tyler shining like a beacon. This gave us a load of mostly ugly humans in cut price elven cloaks.
@@anothercat1300 Wouldn’t there be a young enough age where the elves do actually act like children?
@@troyelam8978 not really, because Elves don't mature the same way humans do, seeing as they're inherently resistant to change. They were effectively created perfect for the world they were born to, so even a very young elf wouldn't be especially child-like in human terms.... they just don't change much as people over the course of their lives
This is kind of why human mortality is called a gift, humans live and grow in much more dynamic ways then an Elf ever could
A Tolkein-accurate Elf child would be disturbingly adult-like to a human
I've heard that Rotten Tomatoes was deleting negative reviews, but I didn't know that IMDb was doing the same thing. When I went to the IMDb website yesterday morning, there were 120+ reviews posted, most of them negative. The score was ~6.0. I refreshed later, and there were only 74 reviews, and the score had gone up. I couldn't find any of the negative reviews I'd seen earlier. The new ones were largely positive. The score kept going up, but the number of reviews remained the same. This morning there were only 30 reviews and the score was over 7, but now there are 74 reviews again, and the score has dropped a little to 6.5. It made no sense until I found out today that Amazon owns IMDb. (I still don't know why Rotten Tomatoes is messing with their ratings and reviews, though.)
We had no word for death. Yeah right: "For by after-knowledge the wise declare that Melkor, ever watchful, was the first aware of the awakening of the Quendi (elves), and sent shadows and evil spirts to spy upon them and waylay them. So it came to pass, some years ere the coming of Orome, that if any of the elves strayed far abroad, alone or few together, they would often vanish and never return; and the Quendi said that the Hunter had caught them, and they were afraid." A passage from the Silmarillion referring to the time of Galadriel's great grandfather. Pretty sure they had a word for death... Tolkien also said that Balrogs were in Middle Earth before the Valar discovered the first defenseless elves on the shores of Cuivienen.
My favorite part is when kid Galadriel boots that little snot into the ravine while shouting "This is Sparta!" Truly a great day for cinematic history.
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pointed ears spartan 😂
Legol-enoidas fights in the shade 😎🤣
To be fair, I think The Wheel of Time still sets a record for breaking the lore of the source material and going woke in less than 1 minutes. Rings of Power gets woke in 1 min 30 sec and breaks the lore in 5 minutes when it's explained that Morgoth destroyed the Two Trees (SPOILER: It was Ungoliant)
The best part is when Galadriel tells the man who kidnapped her daughter "I will find you, and I will kill you." We were all stunned by her bravery.
When she told the kidnapper she had "a very particular set of skills," I was like 'damn, this chick is a BADASS!'
I heard that in next episode she is going to rescue a young slave boy from a desert planet and train him to be a space wizard. Rumor has it, that young slave boy grows up to be Sauron!
Hold on... Did you just Imply that a girl needed to be rescued?
BURN THE HERETIC!
(You are Jeff Dumpster and I want to set you on fire. DID YOU SEE WAT I DID THAR?)
I mean, that actually happened to Celebrian The daughter she should have right now with the husband she married at the end of the first age.
Galadriel does have a particular set of skills...
Hold up …
This may just me being confused because I’m hearing about it through reviews only … but did they seriously associate Galadriel rejecting Valinor and jumping into the sea to that chat about looking up or down to find the light?
Because, if they did, then by the show’s own logic, Galadriel chose evil. She looked down. She was blinded by the light she saw in the depths (namely, her revenge) and dove in after it. Then, when you consider that Valinor is basically Elf Heaven, and factor in that Tolkein’s Catholic perspective as an integral force that shaped his work … our heroine literally chose to go to Hell just for the chance to spite a guy who was already doomed to go there.
Maybe the show will acknowledge and explore this, but I doubt it. They’re probably going to imply that Galadriel chose to do good and that going to Valinor was the evil choice. Setting aside how that would mean that her story ultimately ends in her choosing the evil choice after Lord of the Rings, that would also mean that they are demonizing the Valar (the good guys). What moral high ground would she then have to hunt Sauron? Is it purely for revenge?
Again, I get that this problem may just be me misunderstanding what I’m hearing in reviews. If someone can provide me with more context that will smooth things out, that would be appreciated.
Sorry to necro your post. You have pretty much got their stupid scriptwritting correct
This analysis is a lot more detailed and thorough than any of Disparu’s contemporaries. I’m impressed. My compliments.
It was also great to get to see Elrond do some fighting as well. He has a wicked spinning back kick and I loved how every time he landed one he yelled "ROADHOUSE". That was a nice tribute to Patrick Swayze who I hear was a big Tolkien fan. Nice touch Amazon. Kudos to you.
Lulz 😅
At least he realised his mother wasn't a whore
When gawladrrriel stormed Mordor and yelled 'its order 66 time',slaying all the hobbit larves, I got goosebumps
The way Galadriel is written is the same exact wrong-headed way supposedly “strong” women are always written. You hear it all the time when women say “if a woman acts bossy she’s called a b**ch”. Yes, if you act like a b**ch, then you’re a b**ch. I’ve worked for several men who were complete a-holes because they acted just like this character and I hated every moment of it as did all my co workers, male and female. If a male character was portrayed as insufferable as Galadriel is in this show, not a single person would say “what an awesome manly man”. Good grief modern, woke writers are just complete morons.
Another great video! The Shadow Spider-Thing is Ungoliant. Truly something to behold, she was the size of a small city. Too bad they got this show off on the wrong foot without the rights to key plot elements.
My problem was the characterization, in the movies, elves had this glow and aura about them that made them look different. You notice that in the Hobbit as well, how Legolas, Tauriel and Legolas' father gave off a different aura than Bilbo and the dwarves, you could tell them apart by a single look. The difference between elves in the series and in the movies, is that in the series they look like humans with long ears, they don't have that nobility and majesty in them that the movies show.
When Galadriel used the power of All the Jedi to defeat Lord Voldemort it was literally top notch writting.
Bad reviews of Rings of Power becomes a new art form. Love it.
Absolutely love the part where Galadriel goes: “I am not in danger, Skyler. I AM THE DANGER”. A truly inspiring moment.
"you gonna talk about how you got those boats, luv?" nice.
By the way... a boat doesn’t sail when it doesn’t have a sail. Her swan 🦢 boat 🚤 was floating down a river with lots of currents.
So she was literally wrong.