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It seems modern productions don’t like true evil. Sauron is clearly beyond redemption in Tolkien’s view. His downfall at the end of _The Lord of the Rings_ is not a sad thing, it’s a triumph for all the free peoples. IIRC, even in Tokien’s world, Sauron is not initially evil, but turned evil by Melkor, however, that doesn’t mean he’s not truly evil in the Second Age.

I just hate how my GF and her family like this show. It’s so bad. I’m not even good at recognizing bad writing, but boy how often have I thought: Wait what!?

Tolkien: hobbits are a representation of the bucolic goodness and gentle nature of humanity ROP: evil little f**let’s go brrrrr

I haven't watch this show (because i don't really care), but should i watch it to see just how bad it actually is or is so bad that it's painful to watch?

lol my stop point even at hate watching the show was the wights. At that exact point it became just stupid enough to become completely intolerable

This was a great analysis- I almost didn't tune in due to the thumbnail, I usually assume images altered to make faces look stupid means the content will be, too. Just saying - but, good stuff.

Best breakdown of Rings of Power I've seen yet! Would love to see a similar style of video for the Wheel of Time.

"Black woman!" is not sufficient reason to merit any value.

I have been in the presence of the most immature adults, and I can see how emotional immaturity can stunt a person's growth because all the adults in my life are little brats.

I stopped the video almost right away (I thought the movie was well shot but with a very disappointing ending) - it's not that the director hates the previous film or fans of it. It's just that it was a dead end : what was going to happen : full Joker and Harley on the loose ? With no Batman (yet) in this reality ? Would Phoenix commit for another film or 3 ? Of course not. So they went with the easy way out, but at least, it wasn't "just in his head".

Turns out the Eagles saw the events of “Rings of Power.” That’s why they wouldn’t help Frodo carry the Ring to Mordor. 🦅

I mean you can poke holes in most fantasy or just movies/shows in general if you really go looking but this is just ridiculous. Also never watched the show this is all I need. It's funny hearing that they didn't have the rights to the silmarillion. The fact that they're re-writing the story and somehow think they can do better than the original is hilarious. Also I like how when there was something you actually enjoyed a bit you'll mention it, It's no all just shitting on the show

Great example of how to critique without being a bully.

20:45 Or you're stupid?

Elrond speaks highly of you. Durin: No he doesn't. He forgot I existed for 20 years until he wanted something from the dwarves.

They sent a messenger to Eregion, he got waylaid in the dark forest. Why was the messenger going through there and not a safer route? Don't know. Why didn't they send multiple messengers by different routes? Don't know. Also, I think the story is that the elven rings are so corrupt that even looking at them warps the mind into wanting to protect them.

Just like for the sepuels of star wars I´ll just pretend, that the rings of power never existed.

The rings look terrible... They look like children's toys LOL

I think David did not create the xenomorphs, he just made some similar organisms using engineer's research.

I’m just glad that it’s over. Sony’s Venom can’t hurt us anymore….. Until he shows up in Kraven 4: The Final Stand

The problem with the show is that all of these events are happening at the same time when they are supposed to happen in consecutive order. Sauron is at the center of each event, but he can't be in two places at once, so someone else has to lead the Orc army to Oregion, the Dwarf King has to drive himself insane, and Al-Pharazon has to decide he hates the Valar on his own. The format Amazon chose for the show is what's destroying it. In Season 2, it's very clear that the showrunners got an order from the Powers That Be at Amazon to re-align the show with Tolkien's lore. They probably got the rights to the Silmarillion too. Unfortunately, they screwed up the lore, and specifically the sequence of events, so much in Season 1 that there is no logical and natural way to get back to the lore. All they can do is make THEIR fan fiction more and more convoluted and confusing.

I sequel to Joker I think would’ve been a great idea, its execution was poor.

I really didn't like the interview of them talking about how the dark side is "cool" or whatever because it just shows how they lack the grey morality behind the force. I think a great example that really delved into the gray areas behind the force is Star War: Knights of the Old Republic 2. The character Kreia did a really good job at having you question your motives behind your actions. For example, you can meet a beggar at the beginning of the game, you are forced to either give him some money and get lightside points or threaten him and earn darkside points. Either way, Kreia questions you no matter what decision and the game shows you the consequences. Giving the money makes the beggar a target for a thief while threatening the beggar makes him angry and attack another person. The game lets you be as cartoonishly evil or good as you desire but it shows you that there are consequences for acting this way and has you question whether those decisions are worth it. So I'm not against writers exploring a more nuanced perspective of the force, like George Lucas said in the interview, the light side is selfless and the dark side is selfish but you can delve into WHY a character acts selfless or selfish. Another great example is once again KOTOR but in the first game, where one of the teachers at the dark side academy is a Twi'lek who became a Sith to free slaves like herself but became corrupted by a desire for power that she forgot her original goal. The Force may only have two sides but the people who use it don't have to be.

Your video sucks. You're clearly a troll and not worth watching. Doubt you've even read Tolkien. Please just go away before i report you.

The Venom movies have been some of the most boring films I've seen in my life yet they're constantly propped up as dumb fun by many, and for the life of me I've never seen it. I could watch genuinely funny and/or entertaining movies instead of watching these lazy Sony products

I would really like to know where that quote frome George rr martin was taken from, since I can't find any interview 31:30

I initially liked Halbrand and thought they could have made an interesting arc with their version of Galadriel where she learns to be less bullish from Hal.... But that would have only worked if he wasn't Sauron 💀 and if they actually, you know, nurtured a character arc

I’d love the know the justification for a race of people that live miles underground but have black skin… 😂

Thank you for putting into words the reason I can't be bothered to watch the second season, even though I downloaded it, weeks ago. 'Lord of the Rings' was the first epic fantasy book I ever read, but that was some forty years ago, so I don't remember all that much of it. My impression that 'Rings of Power' is not true to the original story is very vague, and I am not prepared to put in the effort it would take to better define it. Glad you did the work for me, so I can invest my energy into more worthwhile endeavours.

These writers have obviously never read a book let alone LotR

You suck, mate

Elves look like shit tho

21:30 you really have no idea how delving works and id look into it. You can just dig willy nilly into the side of a mountain with hand tools and not except a ton of rock to come falling down. It takes careful planning and math especially if you just experienced and earthquake due to a volcano erupting.... The writing needs beefed up and im not saying its clear of flaws no show is but this point was very confusing to me and made it sound like you didn't watch it maybe? The ring showed him where it was safe to dig.... since you know they used stone singers before then and they stopped hearing where to dig ... They don't delve like we do cause they are not humans, they are dwarfs, its a spiritual connection to stone.. but again it just sounds like you didn't watch or absorb what was happening here. But i agree about the one ring thing for sure. 22:30 Also here i think you missed that him saying that was manipulation as well, he knew if he did it in his presence his curiosity would over take him and he would help anyway. Which they show when he almost does help ultimately surrendering when he realizes he had betrayed his king and was trying to save his own ass. Not the best portrayal but its consistent.

As bad as the Acolyte may be, I'd hesitate to call it the WORST entry in Star Wars to date . . . The Rise of Skywalker is still a thing that exists. In many ways, it set the stage for stuff like the Acolyte.

oof follows along until you say "Gilgalad".........

If this show was an old school Role playing game, the gamemaster would be publicly flogged, hung drawn and quatered, for a shocking clusterfuck, scenario, campaign. The dialogue is so dull and broken. The simple, irish, travelling harfwits/harfoot psychopaths, are like a twisted version of an old Beneton advert. Sad excuse for entertainment and just not Tolkien........

It's such a shame. They could have used all that budget to adapt something else (with quality) or just make their own stories to mess up.

Sorry man = Saruman

Only for everyone who wants to go never to the ocean swimming again, the Penisworm is actually a real animal that look exactly like in this video, only he is much, much smaller. When he bites you, its kind of impossible to rip him of again, without hurting yourself, bc, like in the video, his bite works like a stapler. Its fking discusting.

When looking at season 2 episode 1, first 15 minutes, where they explain how Sauron end up on this craft at sea in the first place, the meeting szene with galadrial is just duble the stupidity.

You know you don't have a leg to stand on when you call people that enjoy something 'idiots'. Hardstuck at 8k subs.

You are inconsistent Rings of Power everyone is dumb but the people are not Prometheus. Maybe the ideas are interesting in Prometheus but the outcome was rubbish.

Just call him young Ned Stark..

Great video

In the Legends books the Force could be used to wipe memories--some people were better at it than others, like Alema Rar--but still, your point stands. It's not within canon, but that didn't stop Leslie. The Acolyte is bad fanfiction. My 9-year-old brother invents better SW stories.

I still find it baffling how my dad actually liked this show

Plus the wardrobe,props, and sets look cheap as hell. This isn't xena, scamazon!

is it bad i actually excited for a season 3/4/5, i already accepted this is not LOTR, this is some evil fanfiction. But the reviews and analysis are just so hilarious to watch

This shouldn’t surprise anyone. Kathleen Kennedy is a child, employing other children to write and direct her projects. This is why the first trilogy went the way it did. Serious Hollywood people, accustomed to working with childish people, found the Kennedy so difficult to work with that they exited the project. This is the same reason they can’t get the Rey movie made. Because Hollywood creatives, accustomed to working with childish and difficult people, find Lucasfilm people so childish and difficult to work with that they leave. It makes perfect sense that Leslie Headland is the same as all the rest.

Is it just me, or is Season 2 just particularly... gross? No, not because of the betrayal of the original lore while still having the pendulous adamantium balls to call itself _Lord of the RIngs._ No, this is on a different level. I mean just... gooey... squicky... gory... messy... dirty... and just... literally nauseating. Amoeba Sauron. The repeated weaponization of that spiky crown that makes me wonder if it's spreading orc hepatitis. The blood rings. Celebrimbor lopping off his own thumb like he's trying to escape a _Saw_ trap. Celebrimbor's doe-eyed too-precious-for-this-Middle-Earth forge worker getting her skull caved in. Those elven guards whom Sauron hypnotized into gutting each other _without reacting._ Even Elrond making out with his mother-in-law. Just all kinds of things that seem tailor-made to put you off your lunch. That's... that's not just me, is it? It's not anything I ate? Yeah, I know Sauron was involved in a lot of those, and Sauron is very, very, very evil, but... back in the day, it's as if Sauron's evil was a lot more efficient. He acted with a ruthless purpose. In fact, from everything I've heard, indulgent dawdling was one of Sauron's major accusations _against_ the peoples of Middle Earth and why he sought to bring them to heel in the first place. All these irrationalities like freedom, courage, love... yeeeuch! What was Illuvitar thinking? That kind of sentiment. But RoP S2 in particular features a more indulgent Sauron, like he's sadistically playing with his food. If that was, in fact, the point, that's a _horrible_ misread. Sauron isn't some 40k chaos god (what with 40k being like LotR's spiritual nephew), but it seems as if that's what he's being reduced to.