Let's keep Charles Vickers has Sauron throughout all seasons. It is like he was born to play and act has Sauron. He has brought Tolkiens villain with great effort.
Just realized that Celebrimbor was giving Sauron the title of 'Lord of the Rings' to belittle and mock him saying he's a small man who ultimately had dominion over a bunch of magic rings, and simultaneously a prisoner of them.
Annatar had given Celebrimbor the title of Lord of the Rings originally. When Celebrimbor was actually a slave to their creation being forced with no alternative through outside pressures. In much the same way, Sauron has started down this track and it has become his only option. This plan to use the rings is either going to work and grant him the glory he sought or is going to lead him to ruin. In that sense Sauron's fate is the same as Celebrimbor's. So turning that title, with all its false glory, that veiled a prideful downfall back onto the person that first weaponized it was kind of perfect. That idea is going to echo in Sauron's mind for the rest of time whether he is revelling in success or not.
Fun fact: Charlie Vickers simply started crying outside of the script and they chose to keep it. He's so into the character and portrays that to perfection.
Season 2 was fantastic. Charlie Vickers was fantastic as Sauron/Annatar and does a brilliant job showing us who Sauron is, how he speaks, his mannerisms. That Finale with Durin v the Balrog and Gil-Galad raising his sword, man them scenes were something else! Bear McCrearys music was simply beautiful. Hats off to Amazon on Season 2. I really want season 3 asap😂🙌🏻
"No this is woke garbage. No TRUE Tolkien fan would like this" god the hate this series gets is so undeserved. Sure its slower, but it weaves a very interesting story (its not like Tolkien wrote action packed page turners). Sauron is such a cool villain.
Why isn't there any farewell footage of Sam Hazeldine? He played a quite important role in this season...he made Adar to carry the show, actually. He would deserve more praise!
Charles Edwards and Charlie Vickers delivered some phenomenal acting! Episodes 7 & 8 was Celebrimbor’s time to shine, in the most bitter tragedy. Bravo! Exceptional visual and auditory storytelling. 💍💍💍
This was an awesome season! Annatar and Celebrimbor really shined! The Numenor and Khazad-Dum storylines are getting interesting too! And all of the visuals were fantastic again! Can't wait for season 3!
Seriously, Celebrimbor was THE MAN this episode! Season 2 was already 🔥 but the finale was EPIC!!!!!!! Love the actors, love the writers, love the composer, love everyone who was involved with bringing this to life!!!!!!!! See you all s3!
I like the intro music,its fantastic. There are aspects of this show that are fantastic..but others fall a little short. it feels heartbreaking to me because I can totally see what they were going for in a lot of the scenes only to be undercut by dialogue or puzzling character choices. I feel like if they could give the scripts a few more passes in the writing room and find a way to convey the scale of the world it would help tremendously.
Some questionable writing and direction aside, most of the casts did really well in their roles. Particularly Charlie Vickers. Kudos to the crew behind the scenes too.
True but Galadriel is still woefully miscast though, and are we really gonna have to wait til S3 for Arondir to give us that all coveted second facial expression? 🤔😅🤦
Absolutely amazing season! Charlie and Charles absolutely stole the show with the main focus on Eregion and the sack of it. Please make season 3 sooner than 2 years, also consider starting the campaign for awards for Charlie Vickers and Charles Edwards, absolutely phenomenal acting throughout season 2.
I really enjoyed season 1 but season 2 was sooo much better! In every aspect but especially those two. Phenomenal acting from Charles and Charlie, I loved every scene in Eregion. Hope they get all the awards! Can´t wait for season 3💗💗💗
my favorite thing about LOTR was having a favorite charator, (as a kid) which mine was Legolas/Gandolf/Frodo, but when i got older, it completely switched, into Sam, when you realize he was the main charactor. It ends with him getting the girl, having the kids, closing the door with a mission accomplished, without his morals the story would have ended in tragity. I love that about those movies, the unexpected supporting charactor, was actually the main charactor.
Please change your writing and management staff. There are tonnes of things that are shown to us in the series, but then concluded without being clear what happened. For example; Arondir is wounded by a sword, but we do not know how he recovered and how he got up. Dwarves come to help, but they probably come to eregion with teleportation technology.
Plzzz come back with season 3 soon… we all are waiting for it now🥹 its gonna be real tough waiting for it after such a banger season. Hats off to all the cast & crew.
The finale wasn't my favorite, but the season as a whole was still incredible! I'm very sad to see Charles Edwards go. His performance this season was perfection! 🤌
I really enjoyed the series. Been watching both Seasons from start to finish for the first time and it was very enjoyable, gratifying and entertaining. Looking forward to S3. Hope they flesh out Elrond Durin, Elrond Galadriel, King Gil Galad, Elendil, Isildul especially
I love the show. It was a beautiful finale. Whiners forget that P Jackson also deviated from the lore (e.g., Sauron does not wear armor in lore; go cry). Apart from the timeline and some unnecessary details, I don’t see much deviation. I hope season 3 will be ready earlier.
Galadriel rewritten as an antagonistic Girl Boss character causing conflict and making terrible decisions... The orcs humanised with babies and not wanting to fight (soooooo... Deserters dashing away from war to get back to their families get murdered by Elves, then?)... Tom Bombadil becoming sagelike Yoda... Fast Travel points unlocked across the world for people to effortlessly pop up wherever the plot needs them to be... Oh yeah, not much deviation there.
@@vercoda9997 Do you know the Tom Bombadil from the original LOTR? From the cut scenes? In the book it is even a funnier character. Tom Bombadil is a character like a teletubby. Sorry but you seem to learn the stuff from PJ movies.
Funny enough, all the haters out there have gone very quiet. This is an amazing season and an amazing show. It is so refreshing to watch "not the usual staff of Hollywood" actors. Can't wait for season 3 🙂
They are absolutely not quiet. They're still out here, trolling and being keyboard warriors, pretending to understand or care about Tolkien, when really they're just hating for the sake of hating.
Although I found the finale to be overstuffed and rushed (and therefore lacking some of the long, emotional beats I was hoping for) This season absolutely slayed and this show is SUCH an amazing gift! Bravo to the entire cast and crew 🎉🎉🎉🎉 thank you for this treasure
Actors are amazing, cinematography is amazing, music is amazing... but they've got (Dumb and Dumber 2) for writers. Shame. Almost had the full formula right.
Personally I loved season 2, I'm not a tolkien expert by any means and fully understand why pureists think its a disgrace, but just as a piece of entertainment, I thought it was great and definetely a step up from season 1. Sure there are improvements needed, narratively and in execution, but i think overall there is more good than bad, and I hope that we get a 3rd season🔥 On a side note though, Adar was the most interesting character in my opinion so although he's gone I hope he may yet appear in some form. I thought Sam Hazeldine really delivered in his performance especially after the Joseph Mawle re-casting.
So over 200 million people have watched this show on Amazon globally. Yet on all social media platforms, the vocal minority screams like women in a horror movie that the show is awful. Well, that is not true.
@@Ninjaned Yeah I read liked the character too so I know how to feel. We saw a glimpse of really good chemistry with Elrond and Galadriel. And I wanted more interaction or even a duel with Sauron. They betrayal by Gulg was interesting because when I saw him being dragged "wounded" I knew "it's a trap!" Then I thought wait he's really dying? Then again: ok he's going to betray him. Kinda wish Adar saw it too and killed him, stopping the revolt before it started. To show his competence and survival instincts
Does anyone else feel like these interviews are not filmed in front of a live audience, even though they add applause sound effects to make it seem that way?
Aside from all the valid critiques from so many people in so many videos, one of my biggest ones is how everyone is trying to pretend like this is so amazing. There ARE such things as objective meters by which a story can be measured, and this show falls short of all of them. From ignoring basic logic and the laws of physics, to poor editing that is extremely jarring, the cliche dialogue, even to the music which somehow after 2 seasons still has no notable theme in it. The show looks like its run by amateur film makers.
Perfect casting and awesome season! Much better than the first season... We hope for an improvement for the three remaining ones. There are some aspects in the plot and the script which can be improved yet!🧡
Shout out to amazon. It wasn't easy to make a huge franchise with a massive community to make a second age series to a flop. Big thanks to Simon Tolkien for making it happen...
How people can give this show anything but praise is beyond me. I admit, I wasn't completely sold on the first season - but that's nothing new. I don't know how many shows I've seen that start off kind of "meh" because they have to, to establish the characters, the world, the themes and whatnot. Season two is honestly - to me - up there with Breaking Bad and the earlier seasons of Game of Thrones. These happen to be my favorite shows of all time. Charlie and Charles played Sauron and Celebrimbor to absolute perfection. Adar, Elrond, Galadriel, the two Durins, Disa...amazing. all of it, amazing. Sure, the story of Gandalf, Tom Bombadil, the dark wizard and the hobbits might be a bit slow, but I don't mind. It fits the story. If that storyline would've gone bananas at the same time as the one with the creation of the rings it would've been utter chaos - in a really bad way. Oh, and Numenor. Holy crap, what a set-up for what's to come! I can't wait to see how the writers, directors and the rest of the crew are gonna expand on and tackle the fall of Numenor, by the manipulating hand of Sauron. The only two "bad" things are: 1. I will miss Celebrimbor so damn much, you have no idea. 2. The same goes for Adar. My god, what a character. To everyone involved; from the bottom of my heart - thank you for telling this story. And please, for the love of all that is good and just - don't let the haters get to you. We, the fans, are out here and we are the majority. Don't let the vocal minority put you down. We love what you are doing and we are all going to be here for it - more than ever in season 3! Final words: Charlie Vickers IS Sauron, and I am prepared to fight anyone who disagrees with me on this. What a legend!
This show should in theory have everything going for it,fantastic actors and production value and an obviously passionate crew.' I just have problems feeling the scale that this story should convey,a lot of the dialogue could use some work as well. That being said I can enjoy this as a stand alone thing inspired by Tolkiens works with a slight post modern twist..it doesnt bother me at all
I hope every show and movie looked this BEAUTIFUL AND NOT COUNTING THE LAST EPISODE because filters were used but it makes sense why it was used. I don't get a beautiful natural vibe of shows and movies these days because they over use filters and colour grading. Blue sky doesn't look like blue, blue water looks like muddy water. Small shows and movies like Dawson's Creek, The Last Samurai, Thin Red Line, Days of Heaven have natural cinematography than bigger movies and shows these days but this show is exceptional.
So far the whole show was excellent and completely to my liking. I must say that I hate the three Peter Jackson Lord-of-the ring-movies, especially Gandalf, Frodo and Gimli are abysmal in the movies. But The Rings of Power is so beautiful, the characters are so perfect to their roles, I love everything about it. Never doubt that you created an absolute masterpiece! I thank you for it with all my heart.
Why didn't you give Adar a little more time?! It would have been a great chance for telling his story and then watching the character develop... Imo the last scene was heartbreaking. Finally finding good inside him again and then getting killed by his beloved children. He deserved better... Also I really love Sam's version of Adar very much. Excellent cast choice here! Anyway, Adar will be missed... 💔
Before we judge adaptations, we need to acknowledge the depth of Tolkien’s creation. He didn’t just write stories; he crafted entire races, cultures, languages, and mythologies from scratch. The show strays far from the original source in several key ways: • Galadriel was never a sword fighter. She was a powerful sorceress who studied under divine beings. Yet, do we see her using magic in the show? • Her mission wasn’t one of personal revenge against Sauron. She pursued him because he was the right hand of Morgoth, the embodiment of evil. Galadriel was one of the few beings who could never be deceived by Sauron. She would have seen through his lies and disguises from the start. As for Númenor: • The Númenóreans weren’t just ordinary humans. They were a superior race tall, strong, highly intelligent, and known for their love of horses. Yet, the show portrays them inaccurately. • Númenóreans didn’t ride horses into battle because they were too tall and heavy, but they deeply cherished their horses and would never bring them to war. • Many of the key protagonists in Númenor shouldn’t even exist in the timeline the show portrays. These discrepancies make it hard for fans of Tolkien’s work to fully embrace it. I can keep going Remember, in Season 1, Galadriel’s brother is portrayed as dead, but that’s inaccurate. In Tolkien’s lore, elves like him could be given new bodies if they wished, meaning he didn’t have to remain dead. This is another example of the show taking liberties with the source material, which frustrates fans who are familiar with the deeper aspects of Tolkien
@@sweetbitter2 The point is, Galadriel wouldn’t go on a revenge quest because, technically, her brother isn’t dead-he’s just taking a break from all the chaos in Middle Earth
Beautiful, spectacular ending to season 2. Must say i have watched LOR for twenty years and I never realised how incomplete the story was until ROP. Im just a bit torn about my feelings toward Sauron. The creator of the character and the talent of the actor brought much needed action and drama to season two. Despite his evil intentions, he is such a complex character, captivating and serene at times that I have developed an unwanted crush on him. Sick as he is, I will never think of him as just a villain anymore.Thumbs up to whoever casted the actor. Season one was entertaining, but slow to grasp, and it lacked the one thing that made LOTR an unforgettable saga, and that was heart and good character development. Season two was much better, way better. Isildur is starting to grow on me and so is Elrond and the dwarfs and everyone. I'm getting emotionally attached and invested in the characters and their journeys end and that is what I was looking for in season two and the creators delivered. So thanks.
Reviewers largely hate this show, which has lost a spectacular amount of viewers across its two-season run. I haven't watched it, but I've seen an awful lot of clips of it, and followed a lot of reviewers, and Christ, it seems bloody awful. From the insulting Generic Oirish Idiot accents used for the Harfoots (memorably described by one unimpressed Irish TV critic as 'Famine Cosplay' accents), to insultingly rewriting Galadriel as some kind of rote Girl Boss antagonistic character, to humanising the orcs (who just want Famleeeee time with their babies), the utterly pointless drawing out of The Stranger's identity as Grand-Elf... Grandelf... Gandalf!, the Yoda-ising of Tom Bombadil (soooo... He's Not really Tom Bombadil, then?), lazily writing lines to tie characters and scenes and plots to things that Peter Jackson did (and did much better) in His films (memberberries time!), characters seeming to fast travel about to easily and quickly be wherever the plot needs them to be rather than taking weeks or even months to travel just one way across the world, and so, so, so much more, it looks like the showrunners have largely taken a big, steaming dump across Tolkien's lore and legacy. Again, I haven't watched the series, but from the many, many clips and episode reviews I've seen, and reviewers' analyis, it's clear that this is all a deeply disrespectful take on Tolkien's lore, rewarded as such by its plummeting viewership. These two actors, however, have been universally praised as being great for the show (they're two out of the four same actors/relationships which are constantly praised, even by the show's harshest critics). The script and plots haven't been great for them, but they clearly did their best with what they were given, so well done to them both. It'll be interesting to see if Amazon do indeed make the full five seasons, as claimed...
I really liked the series. The fantasy is simply stunning. Therefore, I will only say "Keep up the good work, Amazon" .Tolkien's epic in this series is already a little distorted, so we need to fantasize a little more in the third season. Why not? So, let's imagine that Sauron needs a new body to carry out his dark plan in Numenor. But unfortunately in Numenor he is already known as the King of the South. And he also became a blonde with a cute bow on his head 😊. Of course, this is inconvenient for him, so he urgently needs a new image. So he finds his new body in Morgoth's secret dungeon. Morgoth tortured the elves in this dungeon. Adar came out of there in the form of an Uruk. Celeborn is imprisoned in this dungeon. Sauron magically replaces Celeborn's body with his own. Sauron, having received a new body and appearance, goes to Numenor. And this new body will be destroyed along with Numenor. But Celeborn in the form of Sauron will escape from the dungeon and come to Gladriel. Gladriel thinks that he is Sauron. And then there will be a small battle... etc. But only Celeborn and Elrond know Gladriel's real name, the name given to her by her father "Artanis"... The name Gladriel is given to Artanis by Celeborn when she is very young dancing under the light of the trees Telperion and Laurelin.. If the third season continues with this scenario, it will be a little crazy, but interesting, right? In the end, Gladriel must somehow give birth to Celebrian, the future wife of Elrond, right?😅
Loved Celebrimbor and Sauron the most, as well as King Durin. Numenor feels quite stale and I hope that improves, every time it came on screen I just felt bored and sad. Otherwise I love the show!
Spoiled kids who dont get a toy at a store do not throw as big of fits as the internet minority for this show. If they make a season three. Amazon should disable their social media comments across all platforms. To said people cant freak out as hard. Its really weird.
I can't believe how many people say they loved this piece of crap. It is really a mockery of Professor Tolkien's work. They have incredible settings, good actors, but the plot completely lacks the essence of Tolkien. And I know they're going to say "we didn't have the rights", but by God, in the book of appendices there is the count of years and a story about the Númenóreans, couldn't they do something close to that?🤦♀️
Even without mentioning Tolkien, LOTR or anything related to the source material, it's A W F U L. Everything Peter Jackson did, did better, more than 20 years before with a fraction of the budget.
Let's keep Charles Vickers has Sauron throughout all seasons. It is like he was born to play and act has Sauron. He has brought Tolkiens villain with great effort.
Just realized that Celebrimbor was giving Sauron the title of 'Lord of the Rings' to belittle and mock him saying he's a small man who ultimately had dominion over a bunch of magic rings, and simultaneously a prisoner of them.
yes
Annatar had given Celebrimbor the title of Lord of the Rings originally. When Celebrimbor was actually a slave to their creation being forced with no alternative through outside pressures.
In much the same way, Sauron has started down this track and it has become his only option. This plan to use the rings is either going to work and grant him the glory he sought or is going to lead him to ruin.
In that sense Sauron's fate is the same as Celebrimbor's. So turning that title, with all its false glory, that veiled a prideful downfall back onto the person that first weaponized it was kind of perfect. That idea is going to echo in Sauron's mind for the rest of time whether he is revelling in success or not.
OH GODD, CHARLIE VICKERS IS THE PERFECT ACTOR FOR SAURON. When he cries, it was beautiful,i got emotional.
Yessss!
Fun fact: Charlie Vickers simply started crying outside of the script and they chose to keep it. He's so into the character and portrays that to perfection.
@@anja2875 yea i knew that ,its been widely spread on the net,thats proof how good he is and invested in his role
Charles Edwards was my favorite thing about the show so far. Such a wonderful series. I can not wait until Season 3 comes out!
Vickers was a revelation in this series. Impeccable acting, especially with his eyes! Charles Edwards too.
Season 2 was fantastic. Charlie Vickers was fantastic as Sauron/Annatar and does a brilliant job showing us who Sauron is, how he speaks, his mannerisms. That Finale with Durin v the Balrog and Gil-Galad raising his sword, man them scenes were something else! Bear McCrearys music was simply beautiful. Hats off to Amazon on Season 2. I really want season 3 asap😂🙌🏻
Same. I want this show to be renewed for season 3 but with longer episodes
Да ладно) второй сезон неоднозначный по своей бессмысленности некоторых моментов
I agree with you 100%
"No this is woke garbage. No TRUE Tolkien fan would like this" god the hate this series gets is so undeserved. Sure its slower, but it weaves a very interesting story (its not like Tolkien wrote action packed page turners). Sauron is such a cool villain.
@@punkressph1 trash show
Why isn't there any farewell footage of Sam Hazeldine? He played a quite important role in this season...he made Adar to carry the show, actually. He would deserve more praise!
Charles Edwards and Charlie Vickers delivered some phenomenal acting! Episodes 7 & 8 was Celebrimbor’s time to shine, in the most bitter tragedy. Bravo! Exceptional visual and auditory storytelling. 💍💍💍
This was an awesome season! Annatar and Celebrimbor really shined! The Numenor and Khazad-Dum storylines are getting interesting too! And all of the visuals were fantastic again! Can't wait for season 3!
Khazad-Dum has always been interesting to me.
I cant believe im saying this...but season 2 was really good and im looking forward to season 3
Seriously, Celebrimbor was THE MAN this episode! Season 2 was already 🔥 but the finale was EPIC!!!!!!!
Love the actors, love the writers, love the composer, love everyone who was involved with bringing this to life!!!!!!!!
See you all s3!
Эпичная каша) когда нужно заканчивать сезон, а все 7 серий снимали не пойми что)
I like the intro music,its fantastic. There are aspects of this show that are fantastic..but others fall a little short.
it feels heartbreaking to me because I can totally see what they were going for in a lot of the scenes only to be undercut by dialogue or puzzling character choices.
I feel like if they could give the scripts a few more passes in the writing room and find a way to convey the scale of the world it would help tremendously.
@@Славян-о8фкаша у вас в голове, пересмотрите сериал и все встанет на место🤷🏻♀️
Some questionable writing and direction aside, most of the casts did really well in their roles. Particularly Charlie Vickers. Kudos to the crew behind the scenes too.
True but Galadriel is still woefully miscast though, and are we really gonna have to wait til S3 for Arondir to give us that all coveted second facial expression? 🤔😅🤦
Absolutely amazing season! Charlie and Charles absolutely stole the show with the main focus on Eregion and the sack of it. Please make season 3 sooner than 2 years, also consider starting the campaign for awards for Charlie Vickers and Charles Edwards, absolutely phenomenal acting throughout season 2.
Why does he sound like he’s talking at 2x speed lmao
Who?
I really enjoyed season 1 but season 2 was sooo much better! In every aspect but especially those two. Phenomenal acting from Charles and Charlie, I loved every scene in Eregion. Hope they get all the awards! Can´t wait for season 3💗💗💗
my favorite thing about LOTR was having a favorite charator, (as a kid) which mine was Legolas/Gandolf/Frodo, but when i got older, it completely switched, into Sam, when you realize he was the main charactor. It ends with him getting the girl, having the kids, closing the door with a mission accomplished, without his morals the story would have ended in tragity. I love that about those movies, the unexpected supporting charactor, was actually the main charactor.
Such an amazing actors and I am so obsessed with Charly Vickers performance. Just watching the series to see sauron.
Thought it was going to be Sauron season. Nah, it was Celebrimbor season. Tour de force by Edwards, one of the best performances of this year.
Season 2 was amazing. It was way better than season 1. I can't wait for season 3 to come out
As everyone
Ur comment made me vomit this show is a catastrophic failure.
Sauron carries this show in his back,Excited to see whats next for him ,Halbrand will be back !!!
Thanks for brightening up this September. 2nd season was fire 🔥, way better than the first one. Charlie Vickers was born to play Sauron 😅
By fire U mean Burning Tolkien's legacy then yes... Read a book
@@Mitch-nx2ic I have read 🙂
@@shtarkloff no U haven't Ur a fake Tolkien fan.
@@Mitch-nx2ic No, I have 🙂 Even Silmarillion
@@shtarkloff No U haven't.
I hope Felicia stays as a prominent interviewer, but I also really wanna see her as an elf in the show too!
i would like to order all season only with Charlie Vickers.
Awesome season! Can't wait season 3! ❤ R.I.P Adar, King Durin and Celebrimbor.😢
The show deserves Oscar nominationS!!!
never read the books only seen the movies and this series and i am fine with that,i enjoyed em all very much,thank you.
I really wished they would have let Adar live longer!!! He was my fav character❤He was the best in the show!!!
Please change your writing and management staff. There are tonnes of things that are shown to us in the series, but then concluded without being clear what happened. For example; Arondir is wounded by a sword, but we do not know how he recovered and how he got up. Dwarves come to help, but they probably come to eregion with teleportation technology.
Plzzz come back with season 3 soon… we all are waiting for it now🥹 its gonna be real tough waiting for it after such a banger season. Hats off to all the cast & crew.
2 YEARS WAIT :(
Season 2 was a big improvement to Season 1.
When you’re gonna officially renew the third season ?
They already have but haven't announced it yet
The finale was the best episode of the season for me. Great pacing, great music great acting!
The finale wasn't my favorite, but the season as a whole was still incredible! I'm very sad to see Charles Edwards go. His performance this season was perfection! 🤌
Vickers is carrying this show so hard.
My only critic is WE NEED MORE EPISODES. There's so much more that can be told. :)
Please make longer seasons 😩
I really enjoyed the series. Been watching both Seasons from start to finish for the first time and it was very enjoyable, gratifying and entertaining. Looking forward to S3. Hope they flesh out Elrond Durin, Elrond Galadriel, King Gil Galad, Elendil, Isildul especially
The fall of Numenor, making the one ring and the Ring wraiths. So many existing storylines they can bring in season 3.
@Loki-g3k Season 3 can't come soon enough. Hopefully it will take less of a break and shorter time to produce
Despite the changes, its far better than s1. Now i really want a s3
08:51 Best quote from Benjamin Walker
Why do the showrunners/writers have a contest amongst themselves of who can talk the fastest?
It's such a big sign of being nervous and being out of their depth. They're clearly isn't fit for the job, everything about them gives off bad vibes
@@maha10perhaps not everyone is good at public speaking or for videos. does this show need more mass yes however don’t correlate the two
Because it's all edited together like a tiktok for some reason
@@McBeefyHero They talk like that in all interviews.
They were a great duo on screen
I love the show. It was a beautiful finale. Whiners forget that P Jackson also deviated from the lore (e.g., Sauron does not wear armor in lore; go cry). Apart from the timeline and some unnecessary details, I don’t see much deviation. I hope season 3 will be ready earlier.
Galadriel rewritten as an antagonistic Girl Boss character causing conflict and making terrible decisions... The orcs humanised with babies and not wanting to fight (soooooo... Deserters dashing away from war to get back to their families get murdered by Elves, then?)... Tom Bombadil becoming sagelike Yoda... Fast Travel points unlocked across the world for people to effortlessly pop up wherever the plot needs them to be... Oh yeah, not much deviation there.
@@vercoda9997 Do you know the Tom Bombadil from the original LOTR? From the cut scenes? In the book it is even a funnier character. Tom Bombadil is a character like a teletubby. Sorry but you seem to learn the stuff from PJ movies.
Funny enough, all the haters out there have gone very quiet. This is an amazing season and an amazing show. It is so refreshing to watch "not the usual staff of Hollywood" actors. Can't wait for season 3 🙂
They will find themselves on the wrong side of the history of adaptations of Tolkien's work
They are absolutely not quiet. They're still out here, trolling and being keyboard warriors, pretending to understand or care about Tolkien, when really they're just hating for the sake of hating.
Although I found the finale to be overstuffed and rushed (and therefore lacking some of the long, emotional beats I was hoping for) This season absolutely slayed and this show is SUCH an amazing gift! Bravo to the entire cast and crew 🎉🎉🎉🎉 thank you for this treasure
Season was great. One of the best tv show of the year for me. I really hope season 3 will be better in the same way season 2 was better than season 1.
Vicker and Edward such a great artist
this season was amazing😍waiting for season 3..
@@Moonchilddbk why
Actors are amazing, cinematography is amazing, music is amazing... but they've got (Dumb and Dumber 2) for writers. Shame. Almost had the full formula right.
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Personally I loved season 2,
I'm not a tolkien expert by any means and fully understand why pureists think its a disgrace, but just as a piece of entertainment, I thought it was great and definetely a step up from season 1.
Sure there are improvements needed, narratively and in execution, but i think overall there is more good than bad, and I hope that we get a 3rd season🔥
On a side note though, Adar was the most interesting character in my opinion so although he's gone I hope he may yet appear in some form. I thought Sam Hazeldine really delivered in his performance especially after the Joseph Mawle re-casting.
I love this series. I don't care what people say. Hoping season 3 will be announced soon.❤
Killer season 2. Loved it all and yaay for the dark lord
this show like this interview rattles through everything so quickly, you don't take any time to curate these stories. what a shame
Well done, everyone!
Season 2 was fantastic! I'm excited for whatever you have to show us in the future
Bring to us all the seasons You need to tell this marvellous story!!!
So over 200 million people have watched this show on Amazon globally. Yet on all social media platforms, the vocal minority screams like women in a horror movie that the show is awful. Well, that is not true.
As a woman who screams in horror movies that image will stick with me in journeys through the depths of darkest Reddit.
Killing off Adar before S3 was a mistake
Better of than killing him off at Episode 1 in a rushed edit
@@SlayerSeraph I see your point but imo the rushed death in E8 wasn't good either.. they should bring him back for flashbacks
@@Ninjaned Yeah I read liked the character too so I know how to feel. We saw a glimpse of really good chemistry with Elrond and Galadriel. And I wanted more interaction or even a duel with Sauron. They betrayal by Gulg was interesting because when I saw him being dragged "wounded" I knew "it's a trap!" Then I thought wait he's really dying? Then again: ok he's going to betray him. Kinda wish Adar saw it too and killed him, stopping the revolt before it started. To show his competence and survival instincts
@@SlayerSeraph 💯💯💯 sadly he was just a side character in the show... Though I'd love to watch a prequel show of Adar in first age..
Does anyone else feel like these interviews are not filmed in front of a live audience, even though they add applause sound effects to make it seem that way?
Aside from all the valid critiques from so many people in so many videos, one of my biggest ones is how everyone is trying to pretend like this is so amazing. There ARE such things as objective meters by which a story can be measured, and this show falls short of all of them.
From ignoring basic logic and the laws of physics, to poor editing that is extremely jarring, the cliche dialogue, even to the music which somehow after 2 seasons still has no notable theme in it. The show looks like its run by amateur film makers.
Loved the finale! ❤ Was gutted to lose Celebrimbor and Adar since the actors were so amazing! So excited to see where it goes from here 🎉
Perfect casting and awesome season! Much better than the first season...
We hope for an improvement for the three remaining ones.
There are some aspects in the plot and the script which can be improved yet!🧡
Amazing performances, but they needed a better confrontation with Galadriel
The only disappointment I have with this show is that I will have to wait for another 2 years to see the next season
Season 2 was way better than season 1
well done guys, season 2 raised the bar, my fave this year❤🔥
Shout out to amazon. It wasn't easy to make a huge franchise with a massive community to make a second age series to a flop. Big thanks to Simon Tolkien for making it happen...
We need season three!!!❤
How people can give this show anything but praise is beyond me. I admit, I wasn't completely sold on the first season - but that's nothing new. I don't know how many shows I've seen that start off kind of "meh" because they have to, to establish the characters, the world, the themes and whatnot.
Season two is honestly - to me - up there with Breaking Bad and the earlier seasons of Game of Thrones. These happen to be my favorite shows of all time.
Charlie and Charles played Sauron and Celebrimbor to absolute perfection. Adar, Elrond, Galadriel, the two Durins, Disa...amazing. all of it, amazing. Sure, the story of Gandalf, Tom Bombadil, the dark wizard and the hobbits might be a bit slow, but I don't mind. It fits the story. If that storyline would've gone bananas at the same time as the one with the creation of the rings it would've been utter chaos - in a really bad way.
Oh, and Numenor. Holy crap, what a set-up for what's to come! I can't wait to see how the writers, directors and the rest of the crew are gonna expand on and tackle the fall of Numenor, by the manipulating hand of Sauron.
The only two "bad" things are:
1. I will miss Celebrimbor so damn much, you have no idea.
2. The same goes for Adar. My god, what a character.
To everyone involved; from the bottom of my heart - thank you for telling this story. And please, for the love of all that is good and just - don't let the haters get to you. We, the fans, are out here and we are the majority. Don't let the vocal minority put you down.
We love what you are doing and we are all going to be here for it - more than ever in season 3!
Final words: Charlie Vickers IS Sauron, and I am prepared to fight anyone who disagrees with me on this. What a legend!
Im gonna miss the show a lot and im pretty sure a lot of people will too.
This show should in theory have everything going for it,fantastic actors and production value and an obviously passionate crew.'
I just have problems feeling the scale that this story should convey,a lot of the dialogue could use some work as well.
That being said I can enjoy this as a stand alone thing inspired by Tolkiens works with a slight post modern twist..it doesnt bother me at all
Please cast Charlie Vickers as Teleporno (Celeborn) the husband of Galadriel, i fooking love Charlie,he is Amazon best Player
I hope every show and movie looked this BEAUTIFUL AND NOT COUNTING THE LAST EPISODE because filters were used but it makes sense why it was used. I don't get a beautiful natural vibe of shows and movies these days because they over use filters and colour grading. Blue sky doesn't look like blue, blue water looks like muddy water. Small shows and movies like Dawson's Creek, The Last Samurai, Thin Red Line, Days of Heaven have natural cinematography than bigger movies and shows these days but this show is exceptional.
So far the whole show was excellent and completely to my liking. I must say that I hate the three Peter Jackson Lord-of-the ring-movies, especially Gandalf, Frodo and Gimli are abysmal in the movies. But The Rings of Power is so beautiful, the characters are so perfect to their roles, I love everything about it. Never doubt that you created an absolute masterpiece! I thank you for it with all my heart.
Loved season 2 so epic thought everyone did an incredible job already can’t wait for the next 😊👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Why didn't you give Adar a little more time?! It would have been a great chance for telling his story and then watching the character develop... Imo the last scene was heartbreaking. Finally finding good inside him again and then getting killed by his beloved children. He deserved better...
Also I really love Sam's version of Adar very much. Excellent cast choice here!
Anyway, Adar will be missed... 💔
Before we judge adaptations, we need to acknowledge the depth of Tolkien’s creation. He didn’t just write stories; he crafted entire races, cultures, languages, and mythologies from scratch.
The show strays far from the original source in several key ways:
• Galadriel was never a sword fighter. She was a powerful sorceress who studied under divine beings. Yet, do we see her using magic in the show?
• Her mission wasn’t one of personal revenge against Sauron. She pursued him because he was the right hand of Morgoth, the embodiment of evil. Galadriel was one of the few beings who could never be deceived by Sauron. She would have seen through his lies and disguises from the start.
As for Númenor:
• The Númenóreans weren’t just ordinary humans. They were a superior race tall, strong, highly intelligent, and known for their love of horses. Yet, the show portrays them inaccurately.
• Númenóreans didn’t ride horses into battle because they were too tall and heavy, but they deeply cherished their horses and would never bring them to war.
• Many of the key protagonists in Númenor shouldn’t even exist in the timeline the show portrays.
These discrepancies make it hard for fans of Tolkien’s work to fully embrace it.
I can keep going
Remember, in Season 1, Galadriel’s brother is portrayed as dead, but that’s inaccurate. In Tolkien’s lore, elves like him could be given new bodies if they wished, meaning he didn’t have to remain dead. This is another example of the show taking liberties with the source material, which frustrates fans who are familiar with the deeper aspects of Tolkien
But Finrod never reincarnated. What's your point?
@@sweetbitter2 thats how i know u never read the Books, First he didnt….later on he got a new Body
@@sweetbitter2 The point is, Galadriel wouldn’t go on a revenge quest because, technically, her brother isn’t dead-he’s just taking a break from all the chaos in Middle Earth
@@Ghostleeee I have read the books. You were just confusing as well.
Who did he say Adar was gonna be? He said it so fast. Did he say Goldor Inglorion from the book?
I have seen several of the same comments, this is not honest behavior, it means that all the money is spent on advertising and fake accounts.
It was so good!! Congratulations on the season
Beautiful, spectacular ending to season 2. Must say i have watched LOR for twenty years and I never realised how incomplete the story was until ROP. Im just a bit torn about my feelings toward Sauron. The creator of the character and the talent of the actor brought much needed action and drama to season two. Despite his evil intentions, he is such a complex character, captivating and serene at times that I have developed an unwanted crush on him. Sick as he is, I will never think of him as just a villain anymore.Thumbs up to whoever casted the actor.
Season one was entertaining, but slow to grasp, and it lacked the one thing that made LOTR an unforgettable saga, and that was heart and good character development. Season two was much better, way better. Isildur is starting to grow on me and so is Elrond and the dwarfs and everyone. I'm getting emotionally attached and invested in the characters and their journeys end and that is what I was looking for in season two and the creators delivered. So thanks.
Great episode and very good show, we can’t wait till season 3!! ❤❤
Next season, create for dwarves the Golem (from Jewish mythology) to fight dragons. It can be a machine
We need absurdly long hour of bts footage and making of like in the PJ's trilogies. Pretty please?
Wasn't the Balrog awakened in the Third Age, not the 2nd Age?
Of course
They’ve had to condense stuff due to their being 5 seasons and probs because they want to show quite a few different events
Reviewers largely hate this show, which has lost a spectacular amount of viewers across its two-season run.
I haven't watched it, but I've seen an awful lot of clips of it, and followed a lot of reviewers, and Christ, it seems bloody awful.
From the insulting Generic Oirish Idiot accents used for the Harfoots (memorably described by one unimpressed Irish TV critic as 'Famine Cosplay' accents), to insultingly rewriting Galadriel as some kind of rote Girl Boss antagonistic character, to humanising the orcs (who just want Famleeeee time with their babies), the utterly pointless drawing out of The Stranger's identity as Grand-Elf... Grandelf... Gandalf!, the Yoda-ising of Tom Bombadil (soooo... He's Not really Tom Bombadil, then?), lazily writing lines to tie characters and scenes and plots to things that Peter Jackson did (and did much better) in His films (memberberries time!), characters seeming to fast travel about to easily and quickly be wherever the plot needs them to be rather than taking weeks or even months to travel just one way across the world, and so, so, so much more, it looks like the showrunners have largely taken a big, steaming dump across Tolkien's lore and legacy.
Again, I haven't watched the series, but from the many, many clips and episode reviews I've seen, and reviewers' analyis, it's clear that this is all a deeply disrespectful take on Tolkien's lore, rewarded as such by its plummeting viewership.
These two actors, however, have been universally praised as being great for the show (they're two out of the four same actors/relationships which are constantly praised, even by the show's harshest critics). The script and plots haven't been great for them, but they clearly did their best with what they were given, so well done to them both.
It'll be interesting to see if Amazon do indeed make the full five seasons, as claimed...
Does this come in standard
I really liked the series. The fantasy is simply stunning. Therefore, I will only say "Keep up the good work, Amazon" .Tolkien's epic in this series is already a little distorted, so we need to fantasize a little more in the third season. Why not? So, let's imagine that Sauron needs a new body to carry out his dark plan in Numenor. But unfortunately in Numenor he is already known as the King of the South. And he also became a blonde with a cute bow on his head 😊. Of course, this is inconvenient for him, so he urgently needs a new image. So he finds his new body in Morgoth's secret dungeon. Morgoth tortured the elves in this dungeon. Adar came out of there in the form of an Uruk. Celeborn is imprisoned in this dungeon. Sauron magically replaces Celeborn's body with his own. Sauron, having received a new body and appearance, goes to Numenor. And this new body will be destroyed along with Numenor. But Celeborn in the form of Sauron will escape from the dungeon and come to Gladriel. Gladriel thinks that he is Sauron. And then there will be a small battle... etc. But only Celeborn and Elrond know Gladriel's real name, the name given to her by her father "Artanis"... The name Gladriel is given to Artanis by Celeborn when she is very young dancing under the light of the trees Telperion and Laurelin.. If the third season continues with this scenario, it will be a little crazy, but interesting, right? In the end, Gladriel must somehow give birth to Celebrian, the future wife of Elrond, right?😅
Sauron and Celebrimbor was the best part about this season
Loved Celebrimbor and Sauron the most, as well as King Durin. Numenor feels quite stale and I hope that improves, every time it came on screen I just felt bored and sad. Otherwise I love the show!
Loved it so much HYPE FOR S3!!!🌟
This series is really amazing and fucck the haters
Spoiled kids who dont get a toy at a store do not throw as big of fits as the internet minority for this show. If they make a season three. Amazon should disable their social media comments across all platforms. To said people cant freak out as hard. Its really weird.
Great season finale! Season 2 was amazing, loved it. Can't wait for season 3! 👏🏼😍🔥💍✨
@8:54 the Gil-galad actor (Benjamin Walker) sums up this show perfectly.
The atrocious creative disaster and crime against imagination that the rings of power is, is unfathomable.
S2 was really EPIC And so high quality❤
Why does he speek so fast
I can't believe how many people say they loved this piece of crap. It is really a mockery of Professor Tolkien's work.
They have incredible settings, good actors, but the plot completely lacks the essence of Tolkien. And I know they're going to say "we didn't have the rights", but by God, in the book of appendices there is the count of years and a story about the Númenóreans, couldn't they do something close to that?🤦♀️
Even without mentioning Tolkien, LOTR or anything related to the source material, it's A W F U L. Everything Peter Jackson did, did better, more than 20 years before with a fraction of the budget.
They are coding Alkabeth I assume, Probably parts of s3 and s4.
Estuvo increíblemente asombrosa la segunda temporada, la amo, bravoooooo.....👌👌👏👏👏❤️❤️
Perfect episode 8