The Genius of Galadriel
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Galadriel is the most perfect character in the history of film and television. Here's how Amazon's The Rings of Power forged the one genius to rule them all.
#ringsofpower #lordoftherings #galadriel #review #breakdown #videoessay
Has anyone considered that Sauron became Sauron out of sheer frustration from living with Galadriel for a few months? Thanks Galadriel.
I whole heartedly believe Sauron was on his way to Valinor to turn himself in, then he was afflicted by Galadriel and just dragged along until he figured he'd save the elves and maybe she'd let him go, so he did and she tried to kill him, and the at that point he realized that if he went back, she'd follow and everyone in Valinor would have to suffer her for eternity and so he made the ultimate sacrifice and decided to become the Dark Lord to make her stay in exile. Sauron, the true hero of Middle Earth.
Excellent point. 😂
A narrator that manages to turn Sauron himself the only likeable character of the whole show must have misunderstood something
Rofl, was thinking the exact the same thing watching this. Since Halbrand's actions, or plan(???) doesn't make ANY sense throughout the season this is the explanation I prefer.
@@Ackalan you mean valinor true hero of valinor
"realising they are not only stuck in the ocean, but now stuck in the ocean with galadriel, they scream for help" holy hell
😂😂😂
If there ever was a reason to intentionally drown oneself, this is it.
The sea is always right ..
I'd rather join the orc army than being stuck with her
Bodom!!!
"There is no patriarchy in middle earth, only a galadriachy" that line had me rolling 😂😂😂
😂😂😂+1
😄😄😄😄🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
that line has singlehandedly made me want to get amazonprime and watch this series.
@@zitools #Mee_too!!!!
omg what's the timestamp?
Whenever Arondir shot at the white orcs with his bow and said “this is payback for the transatlantic slave trade” it literally sent shivers down my spine. What a moment
Really, this racist drivel gets over 200 thumbs up? What a world!
How did Arondir sort out the blacks in Africa who were capturing and selling the African slaves?
😂😂 and I am not even white just sane enough to get the humor
Brr, they almost trip over to make the world less tolerant, polarizing and spreading racism, the nwo is tru to their natsi ideology.
The whole theater gave a standing ovation
That moment when Galadriel said "Where was Tolkien when we wrote the script?" was really inspiring.
Galadriel on her never ending quest to speak to the Manager.
🤣🤣
#Karendriel
Brilliant!
hahahaha... so good
nailed it
can we just appreciate how he condensed 7 episodes - or roughly 6 hours of screen time - in just 15 minutes without losing meaningful details of the plot?
damn, this comment made me lol, and I mean actually laugh out loud.
I haven't seen more than 10 minutes of the RoP but I 've watched all the "Woke Critic's" videos... That's entertainment!
Except for the Harfoots, but you said 'meaningful' details of the plot, so I guess you're still technically correct.
Meaningful details? I hope you're being ironic.
in this case, there's no merit to that x)
The worst part to me is that not only have they destroyed her character by making her things she isn't, but they've also stripped her of one of her greatest abilities. The ability to see through deceptions and illusions. Galadriel was the first to see through Anatar and perceive his true identity, but Saurbrand has completely escaped her detection. Awesome... Just awesome
Gladriel is definitely one of the characters ever
halbrand isn't sauron though soo meeh....
@@thepleasureroom9646 He is. Undeniably so.
She isn't even tall. 🤦🏻♂️
Yes, the problem is not that they made this one too perfect. They made her not perfect enough (actually not perfect at all... for an Elf). Probably fearing that the audience wouldn't be able to accept a character with all possible virtues and hardly any ligt-grey spot of pride. They should have taken the risk!
That scene where Galadriel took over the Brotherhood of Steel and then threatened to fire all the devs at Bethesda so they would change the name to the Sisterhood of Steel was so gratifying. You go girl.
When Galadrial plays Bethesda games, they don't even crash.
It said that during operation anchorage Galadriel talked General Jingwei into killing himself, winning the war
That time when Galadriel herself won both NCR and the Legion in the Hoover Dam... Literally chills
Trash
When Galadrial completed Fallout 1 with Dogmeat alive, I felt bliss for the first time
This satire commentary only gets an A. The A+ is only reserved for Galadriel.
Grades are a tool or the patriarchy. Galadriel is infinite +.
😆😆😆... Genius!
Galadriel’s performance is beautiful she cries at her own performance. What an inspiration
Stunning. Brave.
Six stars!
11/10
Better than perfect.
@@mustang607 perfecter than perfect
So Guyladriel constantly leaves everyone who accompanies her to die as she bails on them time and time again. What an extraordinary leader.
A true leader knows when to retreat
A true leader knows that if you never leave witnesses of your horrible decisions alive, everyone is left to assume you only made good decisions, which is why you're still alive ;)
Mission over expendable minions. Truly an inspiration for the children.
@@Lordeightbane well Amazon claims a " true female leader " retreats all the time. After all if no one is left alive, no one can accuse her of being a souless hag. A +
The ones who die will go to heaven, so why stop them from dying?
The part where galadriel painted her face half white/half blue and screamed "they may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!" to inspire her troops gave me chills
and when she moonshines the orcs? stunning!
She throwed the ring of power 3 times into the depths of Mordors lava . Until she decided to give it to a lonely hobbit and his cousin . Best girl
And then in the end when Galadrial says to the troops "You have bleed with meeee, now pull out your tampons and bleeeed with meeeee.. again".. Teared me up like the weak white male I am.
You mean when she painted her face half African half Asian.
😂😂🤣
That scene where Galadriel took a dwarfish axe, tore down the locked room door and shouted with a manic grin " Heeere's Galadriel~! " gave me goosebumps.
This one sounds pretty legit
😂
My favorite part is when she said "Its Galadrielin' time" and proceeded to Galadriel all over everyone.
“She makes Mary Sue sound like Mary Who?” I love it.
I always wonder if one of these woke true believers saw this channel, would they know it’s satire or would this fall in line with exactly how they interpret what they’re watching? I absolutely love this channel.
Remember the boiling NPC head meme? I reckon it’s something like that when they watch this channel. 😆
It’s satire!?
It will be the latter, they are lunatics remember and cannot think for themselves.
They would believe it was real.
It would melt their mind I think.
When Galadriel looked Adar in the eyes and said “Say Hello To My Little Dagger” I truly felt the spirit of Tolkien writing shine.
That shining is called Planck Radiation and it's normal when something burns with so much rage that it reaches 6700°C ;)
@@Darkmatterdwarf galadriel is so smart she knew about Planck radiation when society was using bows and arrows.
Things are dire when you can't tell if it's real or not without watching the series.
It's like the writers took the vision of corrupted Galadriel from when she was offered the ring and decided that's actually alright for them. "All will love me and despair!"
I think they just copied rey;)
“All shall love me and despair!”
You forgot to mention when Halbrand was saving her from the water, he dived down and was pulling an unconscious Galadriel to the surface but the the writers were like no this will lower her girl power levels so she miraculously wakes up from almost drowning, gets on the boat first somehow then helps him up to keep her superiority.
Continuity? What’s that?
😂😂😂😂🎶
There's so many TV shows and movies nowadays that have the same holes in them like when the characters have world breaking abilities for no reason, or they don't have an ability again that they had once that saved the day but came about unexplained, characters forgetting that they said something in an earlier episode that contradicts what they say later. Or how unnatural characters act, getting hysterical over nothing, preaching political lies, or being completely backwards etc.
@@ShareAMeal77 i hear you. It got sloppy at the end but for most of its run Game of Thrones was top notch at keeping track of their details and staying consistent. Details matter. It can separate the gems from the garbage
you described a typical scene in Sthephen Segal mivie
When Galadriel said "Look at me, look at me, I am the captain now" was awe inspiring.
The part where Galadriel said: “It’s about drive, its about power, we stay hungry, we devour!” was absolutely gut wrenching, made me cry goosebumps
When she said: “it was you Fredo” 😢
what is this from?
@@benjaminthibieroz4155 The Rock rap or somthing like that
Put in the work, put in the hours and take what's ours 😂
@@benjaminthibieroz4155 "Face Off" by Tech N9ne. This is from the last verse of the song by the Rock.
The worst/best part is that your voiceover is exactly what was said in the script meetings.
Well, Amazon writers at least got one thing right in regards to Galadriel - The C is always right.
4:04 Watching this in retrospect really shows how absolutely genius the screenwriters are. Who would have thought that a person passed out from swimming for days could be brought back to full charge just by pouring 5ml of water on her lips, when she's covered in water? Pure genius!
Do you know what the worst part of jumping into amazons RoP oceans is?
You can never get out by yourself, since you can only swim to your left.
Because the sea is always right.
This is a good one😂@@random.3665
Ah yes, I love whenever a character in any entertainment has to overcome challenges, and it's barely an inconvenience.
Oh really?
Female characters that have ascended beyond what it means to be a Mary Sue are TIGHT!
A country that dislikes elves? Nah, they’ll fight for me and die for me after I show them how much disrespect I have for their people and queen. Did Sauron, the one my revenge boner is for, reveal himself then I allowed him to leave? Nah, season two is coming, I’ll sort it out then.
Some might even say super easy
The actress had to overcome the challenge of playing Galadriel, and she is a natural.
I love how Galadriel - after Hellbrand unsuccessfully dodges a hail of bullets - turns to the agent and with absolute triumph exclaims “Dodge this!” and put a well placed arrow in his head. Stunning and brave.
God, you just reminded me how cool Trinity was.
Hellbrand? what a subtle name
Dostoevsky & Melville could only dream of writing such a wonderful character. Truely a beautiful, perfect one-dimension character.
My impression of why Dostoevsky written one-dimensional characters is because that character is a representation of philosophical concept or embodiment of a particular characteristic found in a personality. Kind of makes sense to interpret his books in that way for when characters interact.
you are a skilled writer and you make this show sound far better than it actually is
Very astute observation Rumford
It’s called sarcasm. That’s what makes his videos so good.
@@faustsiftar7683 observation level: Galadriel
@@rumfordc carful what you are saying Guyladriel may come for you cause ......
no body compaarse to guyladriel !!!!
Loved the part where the narrator was presenting Galadriel's escape from prison: "Galadriel, the goddess who crawled through 500 yards of shit and came out clean the other end." Just beautiful.
Galadriel used to be called Andy.
I just had a thought. What if the real Galadriel is in a dungeon somewhere and Sauron has been masquerading as her this whole time. Would make more sense and be hilarious!
Too interesting and it would actually make the show better so of course they are not going to do that.
" I'm a Sith Lord, I approve this message."
Jar Jar Binks
@@MrEpicAndroid does he wake up clutching a Galadriel full-body pillow?
And is having a Tyler Durden multiple personality break?
Remember when TV shows, movies and books didn't all try to make you as depressed as possible? Remember when even anti-heroes were so well written that one could empathize with the struggle that the protagonist faced?
This show makes me actively depressed.
Check out House of the Dragon, though it takes place in a far more depressing world, it is good enough to offset any and all negative emotions produced by subjecting yourself to the rings of power.
Easy solution: don't watch it. I watched the trailer and immediately knew I would spare myself the misery of watching this show.
I feel you man. WindowCat said it right: just don't watch it, spare yourself the disappointment and keep your old good memories of the story intact. It's what i do too; this also works with modern Star Trek and Terminator franchises.
Her character arc is a straight line to the top HAHAHAHA! Good one
More like a horizontal line from the max
@@oberlurch-handimations8628 lol yes already at MAX from the start and just staying there till the end
"Her character arc is a straight line to to the top" 🤣🤣
"She decides to lead and his fellow fellow male elves..Melves" xD
When Galadriel said "Luke, I am your father" I really felt that.
*mother
Fun fact the line is "no I am your father" not " Luke I am yout father" Mandela effect
@@discovermajidbirthing person
@@discovermajid
Galadriel's sperm can impregnate males, you foolish mortal.
How do you not know that?
Nah, trust me @@discovermajid
This was wonderful. I howled as she faced down a PYROCLASTIC FLOW as though the Volcano's regret were imminent.
Pyroclastic flow is between 800 and 2000 degrees. It doesn't burn you. It vaporizes you.
Contrast that with regular fire at around 500 degrees or dragon fire (assuming some kind of alcohol or similar) at potentially between 300 and 600 degrees or so.
If she could survive pyroclastic flow head-on, even Smaug's most halitosis-laden belching would be little more concerning than a balmy day at the beach for her.
Mary who?
@@eschelar Mary sue you and talk to the manager
Cataclysmic, world altering eruption? Nah, it’ll be fine. I’ll just wash the dust off later.
The VOLCANOS regret omg 😂
My respect for your straight faced sarcasm grows with every video
Yes it's actually impressive 🤣
There was sarcasm?
What are you talking about. He actually means it
@@zer0rez_ lol
That scene where Galadriel took on a hailstorm of arrows, ballista bolts and trebuchet fireballs and came out with little more than a paper cut was good, but what made it perfect was the elf who told her she was bleeding, and GaLaDrIEl replied with ‘I ain’t got time to bleed’.
Galadriarchy!!!
I couldn’t stop laughing. This was brilliant and I loved every second of it.
Well, Amazon at least got one thing right in regards to Galadriel - The C is always right.
Galadriel surviving a pyroclastic storm is literally the dumbest thing I have ever seen
i dont know, jumping ship to certain death to try and swim across an entire ocean without any backup plan is peak dumb.
The pyroclastic flow shows how dumb the writers are, while the former show how dumb the character is
I love how she couldn't even be bothered to look away instead she just stares directly into it
I've got an explaination for this that I've learned from fans of the show. Ahem, here goes... If you believe in a world of magic and magical creatures like elves, giant spiders and dragons why not that an Elf can survive being flash roasted by a volcanic firestorm. Checkmate! Who could argue with such magnificent logic!😆
@@kelpie1533 - Galadriel is not the only person to survive the volcanic cloud, indeed most of the survivors are not even elves.
That bit where she said, "It's Gladrin' time!" Genius writing.
"with a smile that Joker would be proud of"
God, I died here...
The writing process is to check boxes and make the story fit. Then these writers go with the first idea they get because they don't know where ideas come from and are afraid they won't get another one. Then to make things super easy for them they ignore time and space. This is known as the J.J. Abrams school of writing.
yeah i wrote it numerous times. JJ Abrams hand signature is all over this show.
@@rgerber the stink is all over it
Its called autistic writing.
If you want Sauron to win, then yes it fits the bill 100%
JJ Abrams spent ten years training the showrunners of RoP. And during that time, they never received a single credit on a single show or film.
It's brilliant! It's like having all their creative writers and directors are former interns of worm tongue and mouth of sauron. Captivating
" She makes Mary Sue look like Mary Who" 🤣🤣🤣
That was an excellent video. Had me laughing all the way through it. 😄
Her character truly is genius. She's written like a bad character to make us think she's a bad character, but then they reveal....that she truly is a bad character, rather than making a predictable "this is actually a good character" plot twist.
Legendary twist. I’m literally shaking.
I offer you my blade, for you and your scriptwriting abilities are far beyond showrunners could ever dream.
And my ax!
He carries the fate of us all, if this be indeed the will of Waldo Vargas, than Gondor will see it done.
I've not seen one episode of RoP, but I've enjoyed all the critical videos... 1 billion well spent, as far as I'm concerned.
This is "chef's Kiss" perfect. Sir, you are a gentleman and a scholar.
More comedy gold. I salute you. Maybe you could do an episode on the genius of the dialogue in ROP. I think a focused distilled video of all that amazing dialogue might break the internet.
The scene where Galadriel curves the bullet around the haystack, striking Westley and causing him to roll down the hill while shouting "As you wish" has been worn out on my VHS copy of the series. Tears me up every time.
Dude you have the VHS copy?? I didn't know it out yet. I pre-ordered the flip-book version, which looks pretty dope to me. But some day I will own the VHS copy!
Fucking premium comment
When Galadriel took an arrow to the shoulder and still managed to rally the French troops is my favorite moment in Middle Earth History.
good thing she didn't take an arrow to the knee - otherwise all her enemies would've instantly become guards.
This is so well written all the show writers should take notes.
Yeah. Terrible Writing Advice style
Well, that’s pretty much what they did write. Only they weren’t being ironic.
Loved the part when Isildur said when talking about Galadriel “No, she wasn’t the Boogie Woman. She was the one you sent to kill the f*cking Boogie Woman and the patriarchy”. Get chills every time.
I am a life long Tolkien fan and could not make it past few episodes. The show feels like someone took Tolkiens life work and shat on it. The skill it takes to make all these characters lame is amazing
I genuinely feel for Morfydd Clark, an absolute dream part which sadly she doesn't seem to be able to fill, too young to challenge the script writers, having to deliver her lines totally dead pan, is it her choice or is that the direction, don't know but its going to be hard for her recover from this disaster.
Cate Blanchett was almost at the same age as hers when she played Galadriel in lotr, but thank god Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh did her justice.
Yes, but face it - the writers didn't exactly give Clark much to work with. Even the luminous Cate Blanchett couldn't breathe life into this turd of a script.
She's 33. Closer to middle aged than youth.
@@wzx6x6z6w wow. You wouldn't think it
@@Venejan blanchett is still a great enough actress to do much better work. There's truth to the saying that a great actor can make the phone book sound interesting.
I couldn’t stop crackling at the awe of Gala-drieel! 🤣
Her “I have a dream” speech *left* (no pun intended) me speechless.
Rings of Power’s Galadriel is, without question, the single best character ever committed to film.
the part where 'while galadriel sees through the walls' just killed me xd
it was so hilarious that it made not only my day but also rest of my life xd
Still doesn't seem like that plastic armor they wear in the second age of Amazon's middle earth is going to do much in battle. But Galadriel's plot armor is invincible.
You are incorrect. Galadriel is plot's armor.
*claps with standing ovation*
Finally, someone who knows that this is a MASTERPIECE!!
-J.P. and McKay
“The Fork in the Orc”… So many LOLs for real.
The sarcasm levels in this one video is enough to fuel a rocket to another solar system if not even galaxy
In Episode 9 Gandalf wakes up and says "that was a weird dream".
Galadriel is insanely perfect, especially for the niece of Faenor. In fact, she's written to be so beautiful, so powerful, so magical by Tolkien that she works best as a periphery character and not at all like a lead character. To make Galadriel a believable main character, one has to endow her with a bunch of qualities and traits Galadriel does not have. To make Galadriel a main character is to always invite power-characters, 'mary-sueing,' so on and so forth, because characters as powerful as Galadriel are meant to serve as allies, counsel, or an obstacle to a hero's journey: Not BE the hero of a journey. ANY focus on Galadriel is bound to be a failure by the very design of the character by Tolkien and their purpose in the overall narrative.
You my friend, understand Tolkien's work
You've hit it right on the head. Galadriel was always meant to be the mythological 'Goddess' that renders aid and wisdom to the Hero. It's integral to who she is. You just can't make that into a main character without completely altering it. It just doesn't work.
She's not always like that. One can always write her Journey to become who she is by the time she meets our Heroes. If they're good enough writers.
@@nulnoh219 The time in which she is not that person is the middle half of the First Age. Rings of Power is in the Second Age. Context.
@@Shamino1 Aye she has a husband and Elrond is married to her daughter... if anything her kids and/or grandkids might have made better mains.
This show gives people hope! If you ever think in your life you did a bad job at something, just remember that Amazon did something worse with Rings of Powaaah.
"Middle Eath's ultimate jailbreaker is out before teatime" had me lol
That's what happens when _THE MESSAGE_ is more important than _THE STORY._ 🤯
This stunning-and-brave review of god-mode Galadriel is truly a delight for any real Tolkien fan. 11 out of 10.
MELVES!!!!!!!! That had me in hysterics! Thank you! Seriously, thank you! I have enjoyed this several times already. I watch it about once a day when I am eating! Smashing job!
haha the sarcasm on this video is just top notch. subbed
Finally! I have found someone who UNDERSTANDS. Thank you for lifting the veil from the eyes of the vile haters and revealing the true superiority of the characters and storytelling of this MASTERPIECE. Thank you for the truth.
The recorder version of “My Heart Will Go On”! Perfection 😂
A+ for this masterpiece of satire! Well done!
The mockery is strong in this one!
Chuck Norris wishes that he was Galadriel.
God I love sarcasm when it hits well and Rings of Power is the perfect target.
This is the best, it's almost like you read the writer's minds
Hahaha this is so well done. I genuinely was laughing for most of the video.
My favorite part of this is that her swimming form is probably the worst in the universe. I want to believe they found someone to advise on this and then just ignored the advice because 'Bro, you're such an idiot. You just don't understand how strong she is.'. Like fr, her form makes the already impossible task like 10x harder and shittier.
Even the swordplay she demonstrates is amateurish. Hell an amateur would at least know what they were doing was wrong but they simply have no direction and formal teaching, Galadriel would straight up teach that asinine mockery of martial arts to a bunch of soldiers and send them to die against a goblin with a stick because facing any other opponent with that swordsmanship would be a tragedy in the making
They had a Tolkien expert on staff then fired him. I’m pretty sure they did that with every expert because the writers wanted THEIR vision not what is believable or not.
Legend has it that after "training" the swimming expert adapted his swimming technique to hers.
Unlike the Rings of Power, this video is a masterpiece.
This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels
Best sarcasm I’ve seen in years. This channel is gold and hopefully will blow up soon
I’m still trying to make sense of why they would write her character to be the polar opposite of Peter Jackson’s version. His was wise & thoughful. Amazon’s version is just crazy.
They had no choice: they are supposed to adapt Tolkien's works, not Jackson's. Tolkien's Galadriel was very similar to Jackson's in LOTR (I mean the book), but for a looooooooong time before (and very soon after) she welcomed the fellowship... the book version was the polar opposite to what Jackson would ever dare to make. It became obvious for all Tolkien's fans when they had to watch the second part of The Hobbit. Sadly, he could only adapt his own LOTR-success instead of Tolkien's lore.
No wonder that the heirs of Tolkien didn't let the whole process start before making sure Jackson wouldn't be allowed to come closer than 10 miles or so 😀 Though they'd better had been less strict.
female power bro
Well, Amazon at least got one thing right in regards to Galadriel - The C is always right.
"cry's at her own performance" that one made me laugh pretty hard
The fable about the ship that floats and the rock that sinks did it for me. This is high art that a select few will ever truly understand
I'm so glad someone on the UA-cams finally concedes to Galadriel's greatness! You sir, are a genius.
This will be the best comedy show ever........if we have this narrator on every episode 😂🤣
This was incontroveritibaly perfect, thanks for the great work.
Finally someone who recognizes how truly great and awe inspiring this show is =)
That part when Galadriel kicked Chuck Norris' ars and shouted "I now identify as Galadriel Norris" gave me chills. What a moment, so brave so strong!
Not since Crazy Frog has a character being so annoying...sorry I mean, amazing.
“She d o e s have time… for a coronation…”😆
That circle of men at 8:49 were so chivalrous to take turns attacking her so she could defeat them all.
I picture the show runners watching this and thinking "Finally! This reviewer GETS IT!"
That off-key Titanic theme was truly brilliant.
However, I do feel that you did the mighty queen Galadriel a disservice by not highlighting how she managed to locate a suit of elven armour in a size 5 randomly lying around in a Numenor storeroom. That or she had it magically stored up her ass the entire time up till then.
She just stared at a bunch of steel ingots and they formed into her armor out of fear
There's a saying in my country: "all the evil towards good" - roughly translated. It means that no matter how shitty a thing is, there's some good in there somewhere.
Rings of power is a tragedy, but content, like this video, inspired by it is a fucking masterpiece.
And, hopefully, to something even greater. The end to the butchery of tolkien's works at least, as one example.
Also, which country is this saying from?
@@abooga8 Romania
What's the name of your country?
@@AlwaysBonpoint Romania, he said it above.
What’s the purpose of making a show about someone who’s 100% perfect?
Finaly i can take my Lord of the rings trilogy and put them into a blender. This is the series im gonna watch every year from now on to my death
Morfydd Clark will have this character haunt her career forever.
Sauron was on his way to Numenor to start a quiet life as a smith named Halbrand, helping out the commonfolk in an attempt to atone for his past. He even says multiple times that he's trying to right the wrongs of his past and to correct his hubris. Then along comes Galadriel and drags him into her war through emotional blackmail and manipulation. Eventually, he gains a taste of the admiration and power that leading an army can bring him and relapses into his old ways. Had Galadriel been a normal person and treated him with compassion and respect like one does a broken man wishing to atone, he'd just have been "Halbrand the Smith, beloved by Numenor" instead of "Dark Lord Sauron."