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- Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power honest reviews are out about episodes 1 and 2. The media embargo for Amazon Prime Video has dropped and now the truth is out. Entertainment Weekly has hyped up LOTR: Rings of Power for months only to now call it a catastrophe! With more reviews coming from the general public in the next few days, and the full release soon on Amazon prime video. Can Rings of Power ever succeed when these are the first opinions of its fans?
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The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power honest reviews are out and they are FAR worse than I ever expected. Critics normally fawn over this stuff just like they have on rotten tomatoes, but even Entertainment Weekly who have marketing Rings of Power for MONTHS ripped it apart. What do you think of the reviews so far? Did you expect they would be this scathing about the first 2 episodes of Rings of Power? Let me know your thoughts down below, and as always, thanks for watching :)
The EW review blew me away and its a hilarious brutal burn (everyone should read it), but it did gain the publication some credentials with me. Despite all the access and flattering Amazon laid on them, in the end, when it was time to do their job, they did. BIG burn and wish other large media would follow suit. Daily Mail was another.
I personally think they are starting to read the room and are getting out in front of it. If it fails, they want to blame it on anything other than them being disloyal to the source material and hostility toward the fans, and are planting the seed now.
My expectations have been subverted.
*Sighs*
I like you a lot but you need to "redefine" your teeth mate, those look like Sauron's army.. :(
I’m kinda impressed entertainment weekly destroyed it completely apart
The World has changed, I feel it in the water, I feel it in the Earth. I smell it in the air. It began with the forging of the great books. Ideas were given to J.R.R Tolkien, immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Film 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 and honesty. 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 massive flop. And into this show he poured his money, his malice and his will to dominate all shows. One show to ruin them all, one show to bind them, in the Land of Amazon where the shadows lie.
Top drawer.
How tf does this comment only have 8 likes?!
Have one "best comment on the internet of the day" for this. 👍
Pin this comment please.
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Peter Jackson, interviewed in GreenCine December 2002: "There are certainly themes Tolkien felt were important. We made a promise to ourselves at the beginning of the process that we weren't going to put any of our own politics, our own messages or our own themes into these movies. What we were trying to do was to analyze what was important to Tolkien and to try to honor that. In a way, were trying to make these films for him, not for ourselves."
Lindsey Weber, Executive Producer of Amazon's "Rings of Power", interviewed in Vanity Fair February 2022: "It felt only natural to us that an adaptation of Tolkien's work would reflect what the world actually looks like."
I think, that tells it all.
Thank you for providing me with something I should tell my family to stray them away further from this abomination!
thanks for the admission Joachim, you are mad they cast too many blacks in "your" fantasy on screen.
@@ubuu7 I always fancy my chance for Nelson Mandela's role. And you can't play racist card on me! I'm Asian!
Disgraceful! Communistic Crap! The reels should be burnt before they air if that’s the production sentiment.
@@ubuu7 Make your own stories and stop erasing White people's culture.
“Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin good forces have invented or made”
JRR tolkien
Those evil POC how dare they exist 😡
So it's not hiding anymore. Ouch, that hurts ! ^^
Uh, that is not a direct quote from Tolkien.
ill take sad childish witeboi with a quote tolkien never said for 100
@@Rymc2 Well he did not SAID it but it's a rewrote short quote from Frodo in the return le the king. So i guess he totaly agreed with it.
Poor sad boy. You can go and cry somewhere else now. I won't judge. Lol
"The shadow canot make not real new things on it's own. I don't think it gave life to the orcs. It only ruined and twisted them." Enjoy. :)
Trying to appeal to Tolkien fans, without following a Tolkien story, is like trying to scuba dive without oxygen.
Good analogy. This is true. I wish they hired directors and writers passionate and somewhat knowledgeable though. I wonder if most even read the book
The fact that they fired the Tolkien expert early in because he did not want to make it "Lord of the Woke" should tell you everything.
And you know this for a fact ? Could you cite the source
@@MsFingolfin Uninformed people demanding sources are so ridiculous 😂
@@MsFingolfin Links aren't allowed, look up tom shippey is out at amazon. Was not 100% confirmed and the reason was also not 100% confirmed. (As far as I am aware)
Also I don't think asking for proof is bad, but this is not hard to find.
That says more about the average "Tolkien expert" and the nerd rage around this than about the show itself.
233 likes (at time of posting) for a comment saying something that noone has ever said. Butt-hurtness of the highest order. It's pathetic.
I like the part where Galadriel was told the armor was perfect and she said “It will be…. when it fits a woman.”
this guy needs to BRUSH HIS TEETH! some of that brown might come off. holy shit your teeth are nasty as fuck
And when she said "it's Galading time" and galaded all the orcs. Truly spectacular
wait for real?
It's a great joke don't get me wrong... but it gives a massive headache and makes me want to strangle babies
@@Avarice21 Yes. She also hissed, "Get away from her, you B!T(H!" before charging at Mothra.
I loved the scene were Sauron asked Optimus Prime "is that an big wrench in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"
I cried, so stunning and brave.
Best joke so far .
It's actually a very large screw driver
Lmao
Sincerely that a better writing that what we can see in Rings of Amazon
I died laughing when Galadriel walks in to the Kitchen and catches Elrond with the Apple Pie.
"this one time at elf camp...."
"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And that process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right"
-George orwell, 1984
Big brother is always watching sister.
We are getting dangerously close to that...
It makes me sad that art is being overtaken over by propaganda
@@tubejaca me too jake very sad . As are to people who are blind to it .
@@shanenolan8252 You mean 'plus-sized non-binary sibling' so as not to draw the wrath of Twits.
When Galadriel said "The cold never bothered me anyway", I cried, such a powerful scene.
Or my favorite when she was like ``shantay you stay, you sashay away``
Lmfao 😂
Tolkien and Jackson's movies used marvelous language. This "The Rings of Power" has language that is limp and lifeless.
Also when Morgoth and Galadriel share a final kiss before he goes off to war, that really touched me.
lmfao a meme has to be forged
My favourite part was when Sauron said ‘How did you find me?!’ And Galadriel replied, ‘Nenya business!’ and all looked upon her and despaired.
This one is underappreciated!
Brilliant!
Oh bhai 😂😂😂
😂😂😂 Good pun.
when John Wick told Galadriel "with great power comes great resposibilities" I knew, this show is something truly remarkable
It’s galadrielin time
It is remarkably truly unremarkable.
Stop butchering the lore. Wick never puts that many words in a single sentence.
@@bigbengamer Well, "die bitch" will probably get deleted by youtube.
The part where Gala-triel said: "You are a wizard, Optimus prime", left me speechless
"Yer a transmobile, Optimus."
"I'ma what?"
"Have you ever transformed, Optimus? Into something you don't understand? I need to ride you Optimus."
No way. Do they actually say that? Can't be that bad can it?
GuyLadriel
@@DlcEnergy Uh, actually, it is Galadri-Elle.
Did you forget about Megamorgoth?
The most chilling scene to me was when the witch king of angmar informed sauron that steiner didn't attack, and then sauron shouted "DAS WAR EIN BEFEHL"
Ha, you made me laugh. Go to gulag.
FEGELEIN!!!
🤣👍
😂😂😂😂🤦🏻♂️
I fier.genius!
Loved it when Galadriel scales the Ice Wall to fight the wildlings and night walkers. What a moment when Helbrant tell her "you know nothing"
i shid n came wen gloodriel sed "no u"
YOU KNOW NOTHING JOHN SNOW
When Galadriel said: "I'm the captain now!", and then jumped into the middle of an ocean left me speechless.
You are shallow my friend. The part where she made the ship turn and lured Captain America's ship into the Devil's Triangle is the best part. Strong female captain.
It gave me brain damage.
When Galadriel said "Hello. My name is Galadriel. You killed my father. Prepare to die" it was iconic and one for the ages.
She is looking for the six fingered man still to this day.
A bold and genuine breakthrough in film history.
dude you look like the serial killer BTK!
As someone who's read the Silmarillion many times, this whole thing makes me ill. The only good thing about it is the fans standing strong against it and the videos about it taking the piss.
I always dreamed of a silmarillion trylogy, this is more than an insult to Tolkien, it's an insult to every fan.
Have you read the more "recent" stories like like Children of Hurin and The Fall of Gondolin? Really good too.
I envy anyone that could make it through the silmarillion. I tried it and I think I made it one or two chapters in.
@@thevillageyid These two tales are part of the Silmarillion. Also, Beren and Lúthien, The Children of Húrin and The Fall of Gondolin are like all connected in a way, and its amazing (Personally I really love the Children of Húrin tale). I always pictured them as a trilogy.
@@chrisg2739 I too tried.....yikes.
I got chills when Thrall summoned Mjolnir and screamed: This is Sparta!
The Lord of the Rings was deeply rooted in Anglo-Saxon history and mythology. Tolkien was a professor of Anglo-Saxon history and had a deep love and knowledge of his subject. He stayed true to the roots of this culture and that is where the magic lies. European folklore is in our DNA and that is why Lord of the Rings was so stirring. Messing with this ancient blend of history and mythology strips it of its authenticity and as a result its magic.
When galadriel stood on her horse and starting riding it like a surfboard proceeding to say "it's gil galadin time" I truly felt it. One of the shows ever.
It certainly was one of the shows ever.
@@lunakoala5053 a show it certainly was.
This “when x did this” joke is getting really old. Please stop it.
@@plasmaarmelund no.
🤣🤣🤣
Tolkien had a whole world with mythology, history, languages and lore. For lovers of Tolkien, this 'adaptation' is an abomination.
"Into the pit from whence you came".
Indeed.
However, Bezos would likely respond to this by quoting the Great Goblin's line from a deleted scene of 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' (btw, as much as some dislike the Peter Jackson Hobbit trilogy, I honestly thought, among other things, that it made the Great Goblin into an awesome minor villain):
"Abominations, mutations, deviations; That's all you're gonna find down here (In 'The Rings of Power')."
How much of that money could have made Ancalagon the black?
Oui, each race in Tolkien's books has a detailed origin, and they have their own distinct physical characteristics. If you need actors with different looks from the original, then what you should do is create new races and new characters like fanarts, not assign them to play characters of existing races.
@@chenhaohe6813 tbh that doesn’t really matter to me. There can be black dwarves, hobbits, elves etc. the real issue is that the story and writing are bad.
@@Adamguy2003 i didnt not like the hobbit series as well but after watching rings of power i appriciate the hobbits series very much!
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 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.
We even seen female dwarves in the extended edition of the hobbits first movie
@@polkaking237 Yep, so it's pretty narcistic of her making such claims. And it's also quite ironic since she's not even the 1st female dwarf in her own series. Before we see her appear on screen for her first time, we saw a few female dwarfs before her. So, the irony is strong with this one.
@@SKnight1968 Same thing about the whole "females in action movies" business with Marvel and Bree Larson.
Like fuck Ellen Ripley and Sarah Connor I guess?
@@TheOriginal_Unaleska Agreed! We've had so many female hero leads through the decades that were all successful and totally embraced by men and (there wasn't any feminist bs issues then, so why are there issue now?). The Bionic woman, Charlie's angels, Wonder Woman, Cagney & Lacey, Isis, Supergirl, Ripley, Sarah Connor, Buffy, Samantha "Bewitched", Genie, I love Lucy, Mary Tyler Moore, Laverne and Shirley, Alice, Gilmore Girls, Murder she wrote, Police woman, Murphy Brown, The Golden girls, Xena, Nancy Drew, to name but a few. The list is much longer and distinguished that would be too long to totally enumerate.
So, it's pretty hypocrite for female writers, directors, producers saying that men are misogynistic and don't like female leads in movies and tv series. It's never been an issue back then so why is it an issue now, according to those women complaining about their shows or movies failing because of men who can't get behind female leads?
When Morbius appeared in Episode 2 I completely lost it. What a great series.
I actually morbed in my pants when this happened
It's morbin time
"Bezos spent his energy in envy and hate, until at last he could make nothing save in mockery of the thought of others; and all their works he destroyed if he could."
- J.R.R. Tolkien.
A modern day Melkor.
You haven't seen what I have seen.
@@Mark_Knight I've seen enough.
this guy needs to BRUSH HIS TEETH! some of that brown might come off. holy shit your teeth are nasty as fuck
@@sueyourself5413 You... haven't... seen... what... I... have... seen...
When Guyladrrriel stood up to address the diverse Numeroneans she prefaced her speech with an audible fart. Her first words to the crowd were "There was a tempest in me." So stunning and brave.
Elrond screaming from the top of his lungs: There are too many mothereffing orcs in this mothereffing plane... so much emotion you can really feel like you're in the plane
Who, what? Galadrial perhaps.
Read; it's good for you.
"I fart in your general direction!" said Grrrladriel, mighty and fairest of all elves. "Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries!"
@@Madonnalitta1 are you trying to correct his obvious joke spelling of Galadriel? Tends to pay if you make sure your correction is actually, well, correct.
@@thinkwithurdipstick Well said. what a douche that person must be. I could smell the vinegar through my screen.
I loved the part when everyone bowed down to Sauron, including the dark lord Bezos and he placed a ring of power on each one of their fingers and handed them each a glass of a wine and said "Drink, this is my blood."
They did that having lesbian Frodo and Sam characters
When Gandalf stood in front of all those Imperial walkers and pulled out the Glaive, and said "It's Elvin Time!!", I lost it. Such a beautiful interpretation of the story.
My favorite scene was when Galadriel lifted up two swords and said "And I am all of the Jedi" as she stabbed Sauron in the balls. Truly a tv series on Amazon. One of the shows of all time
Is this before or after she looks into Gandalf's eyes, hands him his cane and says "You're a wizard, Gandy!"
it was a cultural smorgasbord of eminence.
it redefined cinema..nay, it redefined HUMANS
how can i watch something else, without being disappointed? that is the problem with perfection. it can only go downhil from there.
We watch Shakespeare in the park with invisible props and love it. We listen to books on tape and nothing but a disembodied voice can transport us to another world. Great visuals are meaningless if the story isn't any good.
👏👏👏
Going off of the trailer the visuals dont even look good. The movies look better and they are from 2 decades ago
Hell, video games have proven this point over and over and over again.
There are games that haven’t aged well visually or just have absolutely hideous art direction and yet are some of the most entertaining experiences I’ve ever had.
Exactly. They used pepper shakers on the first Star Trek and computers did not exist so there is no great CGI on the show... but I'll watch Trouble with Tribbles over anything they produce today, without a doubt, and loving the story because they made me believe, for one hour, that they were really on a space station.
The magic of theater ... of acting, real acting, is that the actor can grab our imaginations and we are transported. WE forget our realities, we forget this world... even our pains..
@@kathleenhensley5951 And the tribbles were the plastic heads of baby dolls that they covered with extra hair or something.
It blows my mind how boring a show that looks THIS good is. It does look amazing. And thats where it stops. House of the dragon's open and follow up episode were completely encapsulating, and it was 80% politics and dialogue. Writing matters! Acting matters!
Tho the costumes look super costumy and not like legit clothing in a real world
That’s not what people were saying the first week lol you kidding yourself
I find house of dragon borinh
@@hahahaaha7208 you're in the minority
House of dragon is awsome!!
I really got chills when Elrond angrily replied to Galadriel "I am the danger, I am the one who knows!" and just walks off to take a shower.
My favorite part was went Galadriel went up to Sauron and said "I need to speak to the Woman in charge."I stood up and clapped.
When Galadriel told Elrond she had seen things and he responded, “I used to be an adventurer, then I took an arrow to the knee”, I literally wept.
That was an actual line in the series?
@@williamcowell1889 yes
Stunning!
Truly a moment of a time
The part when Elrond proclaimed, “Be excellent to each other!” and Sauron added, “Party on, dude!” and then Galadriel retorted, screaming “This… is… SPARTA!” and morbed them into the pit was breathtaking! Tolkien could not have even done it better!
Omg 😳 now I am scared to watch it even more
Are you kidding?
@@7yep4336dfgvvh what do u think😂
@@7yep4336dfgvvh Wdym? It absolutely happened! XD
I adored the flashback that showed Eru Himself throwing sand into the eyes of Ar-Pharazon and his army, before he sunk him, his fleet and Numenor into the ocean with the power his sick dancing.
Him capping it off with "Stings, doesn't it?" was the icing on the cake. I was moved to tears.
I got chills when Galadriel decided to try and swim hundreds of kilometers after jumping out of a boat... Wait, that did actually happen :// can't tell what's real and not anymore
That bit where Lori Lightfoot screamed, "Get to da chopper!"... so deep, so insightful, so Tolkien.
The best part is when Galadriel gets herself captured (on purpose, of course) and she's like: "None of you seem to understand. I’m not locked in here with you. You’re locked in here with me!". 10/10 Yas queen slay!
Heh. That line from Watchmen is one of my favorites.
@@agentcooper6361
It's the punchilne to a very old story, much older than Watchmen.
@@horsemumbler1 called what?
When Cirdan the shipwright says after a long journey at sea, "I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore", classic, meta, intense. Or when the female orc boss, after slaying an elf, says, "Leave the sword. Take the canoli". . . transcends culture and time in one fell swoop. Daring and brilliant.
When Durin asked Halbarad, “did you bump uglies with my sister?” I screamed preach it brother!
When Galadriel and Míriel kissed and Chief Brody said, "You're gonna need a bigger ship", my Sting turned blue with envy -- truly om-nom-Namárie delicious.
After the Balrog awoke in nearby Khazad-dûm, Nimrodel grew uneasy in Lórien so She fled, and made her way to the edge of Fangorn Forest, but could not enter it. Thats when Amroth found her and said “I’m getting Too old for this shit Riggs”….. I was dazzled… a tear ran down my cheek… Stunning… Brave… Pure…. Just like a Giraffes Black tongue glistening in the moonlight of Endor…. on this night there be a nocturnal emission upon Saurons own Hanes “Tag Free” boxer briefs….
Only second to the scene where Samwise goes crazy in that hotel and ends up freezing outside of it
So true
Even Jeremy Jans, a US citizen who doesn’t play culture wars and who (naturally) doesn’t come with a British sensibility, someone who normally has a positive take, the best he could say was that the first 2 episodes were boring and he didn’t think he’d review the rest.
What is perplexing is that Amazon recently delivered the excellent Reacher and apparently has done well with The Boys. How could they drop the ball to this extent?
I like your 'deconstruction' theory. For several years i've been wondering if studios are replacing writers with AI that just slams together elements of previously profitable movies (and now shows).
When Galadriel told Elrond she wanted to speak with his manager, I clapped with joy
Yas queen slay
My favorite part was when Gadalderiel turned to Treebeard and cried, “RUN FOREST RUN!”
@@NathanCassidy721 And then Forest started foresting
@Infinite Space Foresting? Or deforesting? Ayo /o/
I almost cried when Sauron said "you being a woman must mean you're not a man". Just fantastic!
"so you decided to identify as woman today that means you are not a man today"
And ironically, Eowyn's line in Peter Jackson's Return of the King , ''I am no man!!'' as she defeats the Witch-King of Angmar, as simple as it is, just hits so hard. Masterful storytellinng and appropriate context can move mountains.
Sauron is transphobic
@@rigelb9025 honestly even that was pretty awful. I know it’s trendy to go “this thing unequivocally bad that thing unequivocally good” but that line absolutely foul-tarnished an otherwise pretty good scene. Though it’s debatable how well it was set up and executed as it’s supposed to be one of the big comes of the movie.
@@virtueofabsolution7641 What? She says that because the Witch King has an entire prophecy about not being killed by a man. It's one the thematic points in the movie. The bad guys think they are invincible and underestimate the little guys. Witch king underestimates a Hobbit and a woman, Sauron underestimates the Hobbits and Gollum.
I believe The Rings of Power is an excellent example of “The decline and fall of the “Hollywoke” empire” described by An American Spectator article published in February of this year. The author summed it up beautifully. “It is painful to watch an art form die, especially the most popular one in history. Cinema has enthralled more people, across every stratum of society, than all others combined…With an appreciative audience still awaiting, Hollywood might have outlasted the Roman Empire. But like Rome, it is rotting from the inside, sacked by leftist hacks who could never have built it.” Priceless!
I love the part where guyladriel says to sauron (sorry halbrand) "I am your father". So brave and progressive.
What Amazon did not expect is that Tolkien fans are educated, intelligent readers, deeply rooted to Tolkien's creations. It is like wanting to change the religion of a devotee. The Lord of the Rings is not just fantasy, it is the representation of the good overcoming the evil that surrounds the world... and therefore all this seems to me to be a great irony.
@Roberto Biagio Randazzo How did you read the Silmarillion twice and not finish the lotr?
@Roberto Biagio Randazzo I wasn't judging your taste in books, it just seemed a bit odd your 2 favourite Tolkien Middle Earth books are the Hobbit and the Silmarillion and you never finished the LoTR books, is all I was saying
@Roberto Biagio Randazzo that is weird lol you’re doing it all ass backwards 😂
@Roberto Biagio Randazzo Muster your Courage and Finish the book Trilogy my fellow Tolkien fan. It is worth it in the end believe me.
Vcs são tão inteligebntes que não conseguem escovar os dente kkkkkkkkkkk
Tolkeen wanted to copy child stories in his work like when he wrote the following; Sauron changed into a werewolf and knocked the doors to Moria saying,"Little Pig, Little Pig let me in", to which his favorite character Disa replied,"not by the hair on my chinny chin chin!"
"Here's Sauron!!!!" He added before Galadriel sliced his hand with a knife.
Tolkeen (what?) copy child stories (what?)
Disa doesn’t have facial hair
Such a smart move to fly the eagles in a circle around the oliphants to tie their legs together with ropes o.O
@@leonmachin4948 whoosh
@Ralph Reilly another whoosh
When Galadriel asked “what did it cost” & the dark lord Bezos replied “everything” I could not hold back the tears any longer.
The bit where Sauron walks in, stunned, covered in some sort of dust, and says "we are leaving this house in 60 seconds..."
I really seriously think that if the Koreans had the rights to LOTR, they would have made a better show. Their movie and TV industry is really very sophisticated nowadays, and sometimes it surpasses Hollywood.
Agreed
Oh yeah Korean writers and producers would have been more faithful to the lore world simply out of respect for Tolkien.
It's indicative of the sad state of western entertainment now. I'm sure Koreans or Japanese would have done a far better and more respectful job
Any Korean show recommendations?
Or even the Japanese could've done this show justice
When Galadriel said: "Do you want to know how many of your orcs were cowards?" Beautiful moment
And when she followed it with "Do you know what happens to an orc when it's struck by lightning?" So powerful.
@@jchancel76 is that the same episode when she/her said “it’s orccin time!”?
Then the troll said: I know you're going to enjoy this. I'm going to have to enjoy it... even more
Damn I have complete blackout about from which film this line is. My memory says it's from a good one but I still can't pinpoint it. Help me out?:)
@@shnoopio The Dark Knight. Joker says it to the cop who's watching him after getting arrested.
I loved it when Galadriel said :''Chaos isn’t a pit. chaos is a ladder. many who try to climb it fail and never get to try again. the fall breaks them. and some are given a chance to climb, they cling to the realm or the gods or love. only the ladder is real. the climb is all there is.''.
When you insult both the rings of power and the later seasons of GoT in one comment - bravo
Sounds like Kamala's speech writer.
@@garjog1 You make her sound so much cooler than she is
I loved the part when Elanor Brandyfoot said, "It's Nori'n Time!" So spine-chilling.
Who ? 🤣
It boggles my mind how they can fuck this show up. Galadriel from LOTR is one of the most powerful female characters I've ever seen on screen. Like her scene from Fellowship with Frodo still gives me chills.
And then you give us THIS wannabe? It's like they think the only way a female can be strong is if they can swing a sword.
She is the most powerful elf left in Middle-Earth, born several thousand years ago in Valinor during the time of the Two Trees where she could hobnob with minor deities. Her kingdom of Lothlorien was modeled after Melian’s girdle of Doriath being somewhat hidden. Her power was wisdom and foresight not swordsmanship and acrobatics.
It's simply robbery, as well as a reskin. They steal the IP and hollowed the original identity ie the essence of the entire epic, then they even tear the skin they stole apart, resew it, dyed and put makeup on it.
It's pathetic. To them, "strong whamen" is just making their women act like men. Meanwhile, they robbed her of what made her so impressive and powerful in the actual material: wisdom, discipline/strength of will, leadership, ethereal femininity, not needing to swing a sword to exercise her power, etc.
@@thepewplace1370 They miss what Elves and elven magic were in Tolkien. Elves were of Arda and bound to Arda. Arda was created in song. Finrod and Luthien battle through song. Their magic thus can influence the physical makeup of Arda to an extent. Feanor’s palantir and Galadriel’s mirror allowed you to see across distance and time on Arda. They weren’t anime acrobatic swashbucklers.
@@knotengajin7359 they are so single minded as to think strength can only be applied through physical force, which isn't even true in our world, let alone Tolkien's
Disparu you have been absolutely killing it lately with your RoP coverage! Keep on hustling and I think you'll be over 100k soon. What I have appreciated in particular is the detail in which you have broken down the corporate shill narratives. You get into their thinly disguised motivations, you expose the spin and the absurdity of their underlying ideology, and explain the nuanced arguments of why fans of Tolkien don't like this. Keep it up!
I suggest collaborating with George The Giant Slayer sometime, since 1) you two will both be covering this extensively anyways 2) you're both pretty passionate and eloquent about this topic in particular and 3) you're both relatively new youtubers. You newer content creators don't always have to go on the bigger channels when there's loads of other guests on them as well, and I think you could draw a lot of people in just because both of you crush in your coverage of this topic. And I like seeing loads of competition in this vidya niche as a spectator. 😉
Disparu is up there with critical drinker and itsagundam.
Agreed, Disparu's dissection of the industries latest foul smelling offerings has become more entertaining than the actual shows / movies.
Good suggestion cooperating with the George the Giant Slayer...it would be more interesting and entertaining if there are just the two of you instead of 4 or 5 with the Drinker because there is a better dynamic and each of you gets more time to talk
Well said, Andrew. Disparu has been juist KILLING it, lately. His insightful analysis is on point, eloquent and bitingly funny. He reminds me of a British George Carlin! (a bit).
THANK you, Disparu. Your diligent hard work Shines through, and it's much appreciated. Just wanted you to know that.
this guy needs to BRUSH HIS TEETH! some of that brown might come off. holy shit your teeth are nasty as fuck
I love how that when there is finally a cue that the enemy exists, Galadriels companions all just throw in the towel.
It’s like, why were they chosen in the first place?
Was their fortitude always limp noodle?
Because the strong female character needed to look strong. Duh
The last line says it all. "the genie is out of the bottle and it's not gong back in". Exactly. It might change the movie critic industry for the best. Even the shills are at risk trying to hide behind this one.
I will never forgive turning one of my favorite female characters, who never resorted to the sword, who learned at the knee of Melian the Maia, who passed the ultimate test of will which Gandalf himself feared and avoided, into Xena warrior princess in dollar store armor.
A dirty litter box, in a dumpster, that is on fire, floating down a shite stained river?
Never once? Hmm
@@bearwoodian8607 no, the whole point was that she had inner strength.
Not once.
@@Madonnalitta1 I disagree.
@@bearwoodian8607 Go on then, give the example that disproves my statement.
Galadriel is stated to have taken part in a number of wars and fights, and often well-before he could make much use of her ring. I've seen the arguments and references, and the best we can say is they're unclear. She was there in SOME capacity inarguably. She is also described many, many times by Tolkien as athletic and valiant. Which of course isn't the same as 'handy with a sword', but she is also described as joining in with physical games and contests in her 'youth'. And she is thirteen hundred years old.
I will happily grant that she probably never focused to any great degree on swordsmanship, but when you have thirteen hundred years that's a lot of time to pick stuff up. Galadriel is not going to be some wilting flower when some guys want to have a fencing match... she's rather obviously going to want to join in. She is universally described as wise but not afraid of combat and involved in combat, so that pretty much does necessitate some familiarity with arms and armour, because charging into combat with NO familiarity is FOOLISH, even if you are really wizardy. And remember that Gandalf himself was handy with a sword. It's not alien to wizards to learn such things.
Occam's Razor seems to suggest that there's scant evidence to suggest she's a 'warrior queen' the way the Amazon show wants to depict her, but also scant evidence to suggest she 'never touched a sword' as others want to claim. The truth is almost certainly in the middle. I'm sure she spent a few years learning swordsmanship (and a few years isn't much to an elf), just as she probably spent time familiarizing herself with bows, daggers, and anything else her troops would be using. If nothing else, she is described as a commander and wanting to lead a people, and a wise commander would understand the capabilities of her troops and be able to hold her own in the back of the army if not the front.
The fact that just about the entire cast preached how proud they are about how they all injected modern politics into the show just proves that they haven’t read and/or don’t understand Tolkiens work.
But Sauron is like so hawttt, yassssss gurlfraynd !
They don't care about Tolkiens workand never did, there is no attempt to honour his legacy , it's just another franchise they can "improve" with the message, this series is going to make a lot of careers mainly for youtube commentors and not for the stars of the show.
Which specific part of the episodes do you feel was filled with politics?
@@piggypooo hot?
@@smartcraft919 yeah..
I always find it funny that one of the most amazing thing about a woman, the ability to give birth to another human being, is never so much as talked about in these shows and their strong women message.
They think a "strong woman" is a masculine woman. They can't conceive that women bring their own strengths to the table.
It is amazing, yes. But I think women are sick of being portrayed as baby making machines. 🤷♀️
@@JessicaLouise0601 well then they need to stop being boring with uteruses
Giving birth is not what makes the only that makes a woman amazing.. pathetic misogynistic vermin, women aren’t breeding incubators.🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
The part where Galadriel said “no I’m a ring of power” left me speechless
Elrond: "Put up your sword Galadriel"
Galadriel: "But then what will I have?"
Those two lines on their own are absurd and hilarious in like six different ways.
I read lotr for the first time this year, currently reading the Silmarillion and my heart just bleeds.
She's a 5000 year old sorceress who is the most magically powerful of all elves, was trained and mentored by the being who invented Dwarves and smithing, the being who invented plants and birds and the 4th most powerful maia who specialised in protection and was more powerful than Ungoliant.
But yeah, let's make her hit shit with pointy bits of steel.
@@tun0fun Galadriel could be as old as 42,000 and as "young" as 25,000. She is unbelievably ancient and has learned from the gods of Arda. She is a fantastic character to base a story on, but the writers chose to write her as a generic hot-headed 20-something yass kween slaaaaaay.
We knew it was bad when we saw it in trailer
@@tun0fun not exactly sure they know who is Un-guy-oliant btw
The Times: "Despite the inventiveness that the creators have had to deploy to populate Tolkien’s world with fresh, non-canonical characters, the whole thing has the vibe of terrified executives carrying an exceedingly expensive vase across a slippery floor."
LOL.
I liked the part where Elrond said, "I did not hit her. I did not. Oh, hi Mark."
I've struggled to even find one scene so far where I felt invested in this show
OMG, when Boromir looked at Merry and Pippin and said, "Never tell me the odds." Absolutely moving.
When Galadriel watched in horror as the blue-haired female(?) zombie hoard began ripping Luke Skywalker, the Terminator and Dr. Who apart while Captain America was telling her, “RUN!” I got chills because I knew shit was going DOWN.
And then I was out of my seat when Kevin Fiege appeared and said, “Its Morbin time!”
i teared up when Galadriel said "and I... am all of the Rings"
It comes as no surprise that many people have mixed feelings about this.
Having personally grown up loving the books, movies (including the cartoons) and video games of the Lord of the rings, I am both very happy and very sad that Amazon's series is tanking.
When the first news came out that Amazon was making a lotr series, I was ecstatic. I thought there was finally going to be a series about my absolute favorite fantasy universe that I could binge for years to come.
Then I among many others learned what they were going to *do* with my favorite universe.
So I'm happy that Amazon is failing, and that they're showing their colors by lashing out at the fan base, but I am saddened at what could have been the best television series to come out turning into another lecture show
Tbh I'm just thankful for the series and there is anything with lotr at all. Like I don't think anything else could have made it better, except for the real movies.
Hollyweirds time is done .
So what is it that you liked in the movies and you didn’t like in the series? The accuracy? I’m thankful for the airtime the show is getting. And yes the fan base is hypocritical and unthankful. You’re happy that the show is failing you say, but the show is failing. And wishing so it makes you petty and pathetic. A lot of people worked for that project and invested emotionally. I don’t know if Tolkien would like the show, but he would definitely not be huge fan of the films either. But what he would despise more than anything is all the hate people have to offer to other people. Good day
@@earendilonautikos you telling that "a lot of people worked for that project and invested emotionally" like it should prevent us from giving bad reviews this shitty series and telling that this is a dance on Tolkien's corpse. No, we will not stop. They've done awful job and shouldn't be praised for it.
I wanted it to be good! I hoped it would be fun! I longed for it to bring me back to the magical world of Middle Earth. Sadly, they just wasted a billion dollars! 😝
A lot of the critics had no other choice than being honest. There is so much scrutiny on this that it'll be obvious if they lie and they lose all credibility.
I'm already set to burn anyone who gave the fake reviews they were paid to, and anyone who praises this deserves the same.
Just waiting for Chris Cuckmann to come out and praise it and shred the last bits of his credibility.
Most critics have lost all credibility a long time ago... when you see how they keep being completely not in phase with the audience reviews afterwards on Rotten Tomatoes. They're just useless today.
When Galadriel is crawling through the air conditioning duct, lights her zippo and says “ yeah, come to Middle Earth, have a few laughs”. That got me, right in the heart. Breathtaking . Amazing.
Best bit for me was when galadriel tosses her Zippo onto the runway, with a "Yippie kay-yay mutherfacker!" Causing Sauron's plane to explode.
My favorite scene was when Galadriel knocks out Kamaru Usman with that head kick in the 5th round. It was just how Tolkien wrote it. Masterful.
When Gordon Ramsay showed up to make a new season of Kitchen Nightmares called Kitchen Nightmares: Middle Earth Edition and shouted to Sauron. "Where's the lamb sauce!?" That was by far my favorite part.
My favorite part is when Smeagol's unknown sister, Logaems, entered the opening scene and killed it with the iconic line, _"This is my boomstick!"_
The _Turds of Powah_ has positively, absolutely given my small bigoted mind explosive diarrhea with its astronomically profound writing!
Oh yes.. we need a female gollum too now....
The part when Gah-lah-drrriel killed every opponent in the center of the coliseum and yelled loudly “Are you not intertwined?!”, was magnificently captivating.
LMAO
😂😂
Then She throws get sword at Sauron on the Crowd and he dies.
Roll credits
More like "are you not inclusive?!"
"You have seen this.
You have seen what I have not seen.
I have seen my share of these sorts of things.
I will NEVER see what you have seen."
Great points! Limiting diversity can be a good thing! I feel like the homogenous races of Tolkien's Middle Earth actually ADDS to the adventurous and epic feel. We are dealing with a limited amount of lands and their history. It only makes sense that their races would more or less be characteristically limited in variety. The same can be observed in ancient mythological and religious texts. The Greeks used themselves as the reference point, and explained their sorrounding neighbors secondarily---showing a limited view of the world. The same can be seen even in something like the book of Genesis, wherein chap. 10 the families of the sons of Noah are enumerated. Obviously, the natives of America, the aborigines of Australia, heck---even the vast populations of the Far East are not reckoned up in Gen. 10.
In both cases, it is obvious that there were MANY peoples who an ancient Greek or Semite was no doubt in ignorance of. And so they aren't mentioned. So it is with Tolkien's world! The less we know about far off lands, the more adventure and wonder can be given to the story. And all the more so since the stories in Rings of Power are supposed to be events much, much older than the events of the trilogy proper. It would make even more sense for the various kingdoms to be even more isolated and more or less homogenous.
Finally, I think it's important for STORY and CHARACTER---and everything concerning those---to be the main focus. Diversity for its own sake isn't bad per se, but adding diversity soley to appease modern expectations only diminishes a world as carefully crafted as Tolkien's. A lot of people complained about Angrboda's appearance in the upcoming God of War: Ragnarok. But it's quite obvious that her darkskinned appearance is a subtle set-up for Kratos and Atreus eventually heading to Egypt in future titles. Her appearance ADDS to the world. It subtly hints that she isn't of the Nordic lands and keeps the intrigue of Kratos and Atreus' next journeys in motion. I feel like diversity can be good. But It can only be "good" for the same reason ANYTHING in a story can be "good"---when it ADDS and seasons the story with the flavor of cleverness. Everything in good writing should aim toward that---telling a good story. If the world is already crafted like Tolkien's, then show respect for the life that he breathed in it. Diversity has it's place; and that place isn't everywhere.
Agreed. Narnia was similar. The 3rd book took place In a different country next to Narnia. It made the world feel massive because each group or race was separate and treated as such. Some would mix but it felt realistic for a time without airplanes
Is it so bad for a poc like myself to watch something I loved as a kid and see a character who looks like me or like my nephew who got into the Tolkien universe through the game is that really such a bad thing
@@inspirepeace2547 No, it isn't bad. Not at all! It isn't a matter of good or evil, it's a matter of representing someone else's work properly. Adaptations change things all the time, so it just depends on motive, really. And if the motive is to make a wider audience more comfortable, then sure. I don't personally see the need to arbitrarily alter things, but that's just me. It would be like taking the Epic of Gilgamesh, making a live action movie about it, and for no explicable reason Gilgamesh is white with icy blonde hair. Is that bad? No! But if it's written that Gilgamesh lived in Shurripak, a city full of violence, on the banks of the Euphrates---then why suddenly make a movie that changes the setting and appearance of the characters without any sensible indication or reason for the changes in-universe? Change for the sake of change? I mean, that isn't bad at all... but I would more so call it unnessescary and pointless----especially if the changes are purely cosmetic and add nothing to the story!
As a POC myself, I understand the reasons why some would want to change things but I also think it to be more powerful to let lands and cultures be what they are----ESPECIALLY fictional ones that do not have the same politics and issues that we have in reality. We can be different and alien from each other in habits and preferences, and still get along---whether this skin or that skin is represented or not. For me, I would say the same thing if the actors were Native American or Southeast Asian, etc. Many fans have a lot to say about non-racial character changes too. Galadriel being a warrior, for example. Which is cool, but a lot of people would just prefer a faithful adaptation. Why advertise cookies n' cream and then serve strawberry?
Your comment is just as applicable to D&D today. Cosmopolitan cities and movement away from race specific features leave everything feeling bland and homogenized. It takes the magic and exoticism out of the world and unique-ness of character creation for the sake of player choice. If you strip all the flavor from each race, then what’s the point of picking one or the other to begin with?
@@inspirepeace2547 read the OPs comment. He just explained why. Damn, some people are dumb.
When guyladriel threw sauron off Nakatomi Plaza and as he fell he said "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion... I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain... Time to die."
And she replied, "get away from her you b1 tch!"
I literally died.
You know the times are changing when even the critics are roasting this
But they arent. Hes cherry pick the select few and its uber cringe. It has 82% positive reviews out of like a 100.
LMAO most critics are praising it (though that doesn't mean that it's any good or that you will like it of course)
Anyone who trusts "critics" (shills) has not been paying attention for years now.
@@lillvesp Dude, forget Rings of Power. If you honestly believe ANYTHING from paid critics on Rotten Tomatoes or IGN or anywhere else. You have to wake up.
@@lillvesp with 19 or so ratings from RT critics which very obviously, vote en mass to specific directions.
So I went into this new series blind and I actually fell asleep when I tried watching the first episode.
Surely the critics overlooked what I have heard is the most affecting scene of all: Where, after Robin Williams and Sauron trade stories about how they were beaten when young--Williams by his "mean drunk" of a father, Sauron, of course, by Morgoth, Lord of the Underworld, Bane of Arda, and Williams embraces a sobbing Sauron while gently repeating, "It's not your fault, it's not your fault..." So powerful, the catharsis!
When Gandalf told aragorn "remember who you are, you are my son and one true king..remember..remember" as he faded away in the clouds. My heart was torn to shreds
Hakuna matata
They aimed to fly too close to the sun. Tolkien wrote in the style of a poetic epic, they just wanted to put in some fortune cookie depth and call it a day
Nicely said
Yes & many of the cast got too sunburnt !
his writing is beautiful. fellowship of the ring is one of my all time favor books. it puts your mind into this tranquil/deep/flow state
@@ChrisJohnson777 Yes, and yes; Fellowship is the best of the three, and all are great.
both a mary sue and a karen in one is the best description of galadriel
That part when Galadriel no-scoped JFK from the book depository and said: Hasta La Vista Baby…..Wow!
When Galadriel turned to Miriel and Diza and said, “we have to cross the streams” I peed my pants in excitement.
When Ar-Pharazon warned the Harfoots, "The Balrog's visual acuity is based on movement."
That brought me home.
So when Gandalf yelled “This foe is beyond any of you…RUN!” He was really just trying to get the Fellowship killed faster? 🤔
@@zelmo73 he wanted the other party members to faint before he killed the Balrog so that he'd get all the XP and loot, the sneaky little Maiar bugger.
@@elnurgling Gandalf was farming for the best loot.
These are gold dude, don’t stop!
Best part was when wish elrond told her "no galadriel i am your father" chills
You know you've lost the mainstream when Entertainment Weekly feels free to not be nice to your show.
I think even mainstream sources feel free to not be nice to the show because they've read the room and know that people clearly aren't buying what the creators of the show are selling and that they'll lose credibility if they don't tell it like it is, so I guess you and I have reached the same conclusion.
You got it!
Plus, while the "woke" movement isn't dead yet, it IS dying, and thus the EW people know they won't have as much to fear from writing a negative review of it now as they would have had if they wrote it a year or two ago.
Entertainment Weekly is simply one of the many rats that do not want to go down with the sinking ship.
I’m kinda confused because CZcams channels like Nerd of the Rings is saying that it’s not that bad?
@@toriazheng3598 having watched their video, they really dont compliment much about the story, writing, or directing. A very large portion of their compliments went towards effects, landscape, cinematography and ‘potential’. They also went out of their way to not disparage anything because ‘these are only the first few episodes’z
@@Slurptacular64 I see… thanks! The landscape do look great haha
The scene where Guyladriel stands on the edge of the cliff and screams "Mine is the greatest story ever told!" And then SHEminem shoves her off the cliff... I about died of laughter.
Honestly, Elrond and Durin hitting rocks with hammers is the best part.
At least it had a beat and you could dance to it. Shades of American Bandstand.
I’d so pay to have a movie about Beren and Luthien made
The part where Galadriel says: “My countrymen, lend me your ears” and they all rip their ears off and throw them at her is so powerful. Can’t wait for more of the Merry Elves.
Elves in tights, who go around the forest looking for fights.
I got chills when Galadriel said: "He is behind me, you are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else."
First Babylon 5 reference I've seen in these!
Ikr, gave me shivers
I want to sue Amazon for cultural appropriation - LOTR is explicitly a British mythology whereas 'The Rings of Girl-Power' is as American as diversity quotas.
We should create a show that takes place in the African Golden Age where Manda Musa is played by Javier Bardem and their gods and creatures of folklore like Shango and Ananci are played by Trans activists. All world cultures are precious and valuable after all; unless they're white.
Love your review....keep 'em coming!!...
There is no one more amusing than a British person who dislikes something.
No such thing as a British person. It's a place.
We're Scottish, English, Irish and Welsh.
No such thing as a British person. We’re mammals, bipeds, primates and bellends.
Have you looked at your passport?
@@Madonnalitta1 This is the classic mistake a lot of people make. British is not an ethnicity / race, hence why you never hear non-Whites calling themselves English.
@@Madonnalitta1 Irish are not British
I feel like EW was smiling the whole time as they took Amazon's money to fund those shill pieces and the "Days of Our Lives" meme video.
Spot on review. Personally, it isn't good when you wish Galadriel HAD drowned in the sea. Galadriel should be the most intriguing, compelling and awesome character but I couldn't tell you one thing she said in either of these first two episodes. If forced to choose, I would say Arondir is the most interesting character at this point- and he's not even a Tolkien created character. That says it all. BTW, there are classes online and at universities that will teach you how to write things like a storyline, dialogue, etc...just saying. But I will keep watching, maybe even perform a sacrifice, in hopes it will get better.