Yooo dem actors are acting like Kids in kindergarden when they play some fairytale for fun. Every shot, of this show is shit, i swear, every split second something is out of place, plain stupid or just annoying. Golum is even more likeable and relatable than all the characters. immagine being 20k year old elven smith and you dunno how to make a fucking rings from 3 metals Immagine that u look for Sauron for centuries and when you bump into him and spend 2 months with him, you dont even have the slightest suspision.
At least you feel sorry for him at times, but these "characters" especially iwish Hobbits, I was hoping that they'll die in very painful, horrific death. I'm rooting for Sauron to enslave Middle Earth and may Morgoth sooner return to take out the trash.
From a casual viewer perspective I find the plot disjointed. The LOTR movies can be watched without knowing any lore prior, and have a decent understanding of the world and characters/races by the end. Rings of Power just doesnt make sense. It's just disjointed events happen to characters with no arcs or development.
as someone who has yet to _completely_ watch all the LOTR movies (i've watched 2 of the movies and remember important moments/few snippets from others) and only watched half of the show cause my ma put it on-i second this. although i haven't watched all the movies from LOTR, i can certainly say that the movies contain a cohesive, logical, and interesting plot/story with notable characters where you care about the journeys and developments made throughout. like you said, "the LOTR movies can be watched without knowing any lore prior...", but i can't say the same for Rings of Power lol i watched at least 4 episodes from this show, with two of them back-to-back-even with the context from previous episodes, it was a cluster of jumbled details and things meshed up together in an uninteresting, dull mass. i get i haven't watched the entirety of the show or all of the LOTR movies, and i'm definitely no expert in things LOTR, but it's a pretty worrying indicator if the viewer has a hard time understanding anything of what's going on screen / is disinterested because it feels monotonous when no sense of importance on anything is established; nothing made me want to actively watch the show or caught my attention. correct me if im wrong tho cause who knows, maybe there are a few vital, important episodes or moments that makes this show decent at the minimum-but that's my observation from the episodes i watched
@@travelsizedhispasian Yeah, I literally had no idea what the hell was happening. Like I felt dissociated from it, as if I was watching something no different from watching a static screen with different colors moving about in a complete mess: actually that would be more interesting than this.
the events of this show are connected by the phrase 'and then-'. The understanding of the audience hinges on the fact that they already have understanding of the lore,and even then, the showrunners twist it into something else entirely lol
Peter Jackson in the first 7 minutes of the fellowship of the ring manages to outline everything required for someone who has never heard of the LOTR to have an innate understanding of the story. The show in 8 hours of run time is barely able to tell a consistent story let alone one without as many holes and inconsistencies.
This is quite possibly the worst tv show I’ve ever seen. I hate nearly everything about it. I think a few of the actors actually are pretty talented, however the writing, dialogue, and the way those characters personalities are made are so terrible I can’t even like the few talented actors. The makers of this show don’t understand how distance or time work. They change nearly everything they actually use from Tolkien 180 degrees and ruin everything. I started the season as a 4/10, but by the end it’s down to a 1/10. I think that 1 point is because I find Bronwyn quite attractive. (south land lady)
Excellent video, well said. It’s so bizarre that Elves and dwarfs who are separate race to humans would have the same race diversity, just doesn’t make sense. And same with the hobbits, who notoriously never leave their village, somehow is racially diverse. I would have love to have seen Easterlings and Haradrim characters fleshed out :(
the actors were picked not because of their skin, but because of their acting capabilities, the artistic representation doesn't exactly mirror what is actually within the lore, its like with the ride of the rohirrim, during their charge into battle the song obviously wasn't playing over the battlefield but through the artistic representation of the battle the song was added over the charge in post production because it added to the effect of the scene, the actors may be black but it doesn't mean that their characters are, its just due to their acting capabilities being what the production team were after so they were hired.
Now that I've watched it, I think the Harfoot's "Nobody goes off trail, and nobody walks alone," isn't a motto: it's the rules. You go off trail, we leave you. You walk alone, we leave you.
I think the show actually makes perfect sense if you look at it this way - the events of the second age here are portrayed from Sauron's point of view. It's as if he broke the fourth wall, saw the LOTR trilogy and decided to show the viewer his take on the Middle-earth and why his struggle to dominate, control and instill order is justified: - Galadriel is a spoiled elven she-brute in a dress, applying her abilities not for order and concord, but for endless hostility and bickering, placing herself above any foes or allies - Celebrimbor is half-decent, as he could be manipulated into making rings of power. Viewed by Sauron as severely lacking in craftsmanship (not knowing what alloys are) and requiring guidance to produce the rings - Gandalf is a bumbling fool with too much power - Isildur, his father, men of Numenor and all men in general are weak, discordant and corrupt - Dwarves are isolationists who want nothing to do with other races of Middle-earth, as long as they are free to pursue their endless avarice and exploit the earthen depths - Hobbits are unwashed, inconsequential people preoccupied with their own petty comfort, caring neither for the world, nor for their own kin - Orcs are actually good creatures, who despite their appearance have unity amongst themselves and loyal to their leader, capable of bringing order to the lands of Middle-earth - Halbrand - he himself - never actually did anything vile or deceiving while having a fair body. Rather had to witness all kinds of madness, that eventually drove him to Mordor
Yes if the show was on purpose designed to been seen from Annatar's / Halbrand's / Sauron's point of view then this would logical. However, Tolkien's 2nd age story is portrayed from the men and the Elves's point of views. Also this show is definitely portrayed from Guy - lad - rieeeel's point of view as she is in nearly everything important. Hence, show runners epic fail.
To be fair the shadow of games are far better than this shit cmon lets be real yes they fuck up the lore but they are cool action rpgs and the devs never said we are an adaptation.They just blended fan fiction and canon to make a story that serves the nemesis system
LOTR had a main protaganist in Frodo, a hobbit who couldn't fight very well, and did not want to be a hero and even doubted his own strength and will to do what was asked of him, though he took it upon himself to try. Without the Fellowship and later Sam by his side and Gollum to guide them, he would never have got as far as Mount Doom, and even then, he failed at the very last moment due to the power the One Ring had over him after such a long and arduous journey, showing why Gandalf himself feared possessing the One Ring. Tolkien let his main protaganist fail at the last. Consider how brave a choice that was. All to prove how the One Ring overpowers you in the end, no matter how good you are. But no, what do they give us: A obsessive Warrior Queen Galadriel who demands help all the time and has no doubts in herself wotsoever and the Harfoots.
Thank you for the comment on the Haradrim and Easterlings, something I have been saying (screaming really) from day 1. What an opportunity to explore these ancient cultures, show these people "of color" to be extremely advanced, and explain why they ended up on Sauron's side. Nope! Much easier to have Dwarves that rarely see sunlight, and Elves well described in cannon, be of darker complexion. This whole thing is just an excercise in laziness. Jackson had 1/3d the budget, and created a masterpiece. These people took a billion dollars....and just pissed it away.
They could have even paddled the message that colonialism is bad with their portrayal of the Numenoreans and how they treated "lesser" men. And how Sauron ultimately corrupted them. Then he gets "captured" by the Numenoreans and starts corrupting their king over decades to finally fall to hubris and sail to Valinor.
They could have easily NOT ghosted Peter Jackson, played it safe and handed this over to him. He's like the George Lucas of Lord of the Rings. With that kind of budget (60 mil per ep) he'd have probably created a masterpiece of a show. With no interference from the studio that is...
I wouldn't compare Jackson to George Lucas. The Lord of the Rings trilogy was a masterpiece. The Hobbit wasn't great, but a big part of that was studio interference. He was basically being asked to polish a turd.
I’m starting to see a trend with these new tv shows, Rings of Power and Halo, where the show runners take an already amazing story/universe and change it to appeal to a “broader” audience while alienating the old fans
I like you don't hold back mate it's a breath of fresh air, keep up the good work and never be afraid to speak the truth from fear of being in-politically correct
@@alphachad4631 channels like these are so refreshing and we all have to make our own content to ever move the needle and get the official products to hear us and BE GOOD!!
Best commentary video about the ROP that I've watched so far! I especially like it that you have a calm voice and the delivery of your criticism is objective and neutral
The interesting thing about the political side of it, is that Tolkien's work didn't need those additives to have been politically correct. For example with Galadriel--in Tolkien's lore, she's already a very strong, respected, and powerful woman. We can see this even in Cate Blanchett/PJ's portrayal of the character, whose presence commanded respect without saying a word. Or Eowyn, with her "I am no man" scene as she obliterates the witch king. Even if they weren't written as "strong women" arcs by Tolkien, they could easily be seen as such without ever deviating from the lore. As per the racial thing... what truly bothered me was that scene at the bar where Arondir was told by a white dude to "let go of the past." I'm quite left leaning when it comes to politics. But that scene in the show for me left such a bad taste in my mouth. It's like the equivalent of seeing a product advertisement in the show. Very hamfisted and only exists to bait people and check boxes. Tolkien's original lore would have been completely fine, even in the politically correct spectrum, if they just left it alone.
Dude...I've seen a few reviews on this show and they are all on point and hilarious but this one is the best. Thank you for spitting this all out quickly with 0 fluff. I subscribed already and don't even know the name of your channel. Imma go peep out your name now.
I'm honestly just so sad they butchered Tolkien's world by this much. Would've loved to see this adapted in it's full glory but here we are, just why couldn't we have the writers from House of the Dragon instead.
I love how diversity plays a HUGE role in The Rings of Power. Galadriel is a literal Karen and all real life Karens will be so happy that they are now finally represented!
Get this: I have Prime and I haven't watched a single second of this show. But I have watched many hours of criticism of every aspect of this show, and I doubt the show itself is even 1% as entertaining as that. Keep up the good work, CZcamsrs.
As far as I know Sindarin and Quenya phonetically have a strong R similar to Spanish or the old Norse languages, so the pronunciation should not be with the same phonetics as modern English. and perhaps that is one of the few moderately positive points of this series.
Agreed. As Tolkien based Quenya on Finnish, phonetically the “r” sounds about right in the show. Otherwise, the show was wrong in so many ways that I wouldn’t even know where to start. 😅
I’ve watched so many of these reviews, this one was the absolute best. They’re ALL great in the sense that they’re call out Rings of Power as absolute shyte, but you’re break down and points were just perfect 👏👌🙏💗
And it should be said that Isildur's sister Eärien will build the Temple of Morgoth and Sauron will make her do it.we'll see that in season 2 of ring of power.
The dialogue reminds me of the atrocious dialogue in the horrible Disney Star Wars trilogy “we are the spark that will light the fire that will bring down the first order” 🤮
After watching several videos tearing this garbage show apart I can only say I'm incredibly happy with my decision to never watch the show. Tolkien's world will stay pure in my mind, thank you very much.
She had two other brothers Aegnor and Angrod. The other Palantiri where with Elendils father Amandil in Anduniae. They tried to utterly destroy the characters of the elves.
Appreciate your passion and knowledge. This and every other review I've seen that isn't bought and paid for has the same tone so I'm less tempted than ever to find and watch the thing.
Funny how House of the Dragon actually managed to do inclusivity right. The decision to have the Velaryon's be black actually made sense seeing as Essos does predominantly have tan and dark-skinned people towards the east, which is where Valyria is. Also played a particularly helpful plot beat with the parentage of Rhaenyra's boys.
This seems to be a show runner mandate: Any guy has to be made incompetent (unless he’s a villain) and any male character from the source material that has to be competent to move the plot forward is changed to a woman.
You know what I think about the show? I don’t care for it. I watched the first episode and immediately knew what kind of vibe they were going for. I saw the forced diversity and was annoyed they didn’t exploit the already existing racial differences in Tolkien’s world instead of copy pasting modern society over it. I also disliked the heavy diversion from the source material and honestly nearly fell asleep while watching. It was a challenge to keep my attention towards the show. I must’ve grabbed for my phone at least 5 times. I decided to stop watching this trainwreck after sitting through episode 1. I just don’t care for it. I don’t feel like I’m missing out at all and now Rings of Power will just be another series I will never watch. Can’t be disappointed if you’re not invested in it, right?
What I want to know is regarding her placing that one helmet on the side of that big pile of helmets.........Who put the helmets on the top without knocking down all the rest of the helmets? Unless the ones on top were suspended in mid air and they worked their way down? 🤔🤣
I never watched ONE SINGLE frame of this TV Show. I have no Netflix, no Amazon Prime, no Facebook, no Instagram, no Twitter, no TikTok... No Job, No Car, No Girlfriend, No Future, No Dick...... (cit.) ... and I actually discovered the existence of this TV show just today, because somebody linked a CZcams vid. So I googled for it and that's the very first thing I've watched about this show. I've not even watched one single trailer of it, ever. And I'll do myself a favor and won't watch it LMAO Thanks EBR guy! I owe you a cup of coffee.
you nailed it mate, the plot, woke crap and meandering 'story' left me bored. Guyladeriel was atrocious and possibly the worst character ever to disgrace the screen.
It's an absolute clusterfuck so I gave up on trying to explain this shit and just roasted it instead. Props to this chap for actually trying to go through it!
Just found (and subbed) your channel. Your reasoned arguments and discussion blows gaping holes in the utter travesty that RoP is. It's utter trite nonsense of the worst order and an insult to Tolkien's legendarium. I still can't see how it ever got made in this form.
Great video mate. Show is an absolute debacle. Has been perhaps the first piece of entertainment where the commentary videos are way more interesting than the actual show. Keep it up.
What most critics don't understand is that the ROP is NOT made for people who like LOTR. It is made for 13 year old entitled GRRLS who overheard their brothers talking about LOTR and got pissed off that such a huge cultural event as that book and film trilogy weren't about THEM. So ROP's show runners decided to 'fix' that. Hence, the heap of sh*t that cost $1 billion.
Even treating this show as fanfiction, it's is so bad. The so-called plot is impossible --- what is the point of the stranger? Why are the Harfoots a bunch of dirty, boring sociopaths, why is celebrimbor looking like a boomer and taking advice from a man ---and, a craftsman doesn't know about alloys? It goes on and on --- it's just boring, unfocused, and uninteresting. The mithel thing is ridiculous --- why add it at all? Not necessary at all. Theo , what is that all about? and why would anyone care? So much of it is uncomprehensible and the dialogue is laughable --- The sea is everything, I have a tempest in me ---- such a lack of talented writers! And, they have Tolkien to guide them, one of the masters of language!
It’s just not Lord of the Rings. Tolkien created LOTR as a love letter to the ancient Nordic, Celtic, and Germanic cultures of Europe. That’s what it’s about. I don’t have a problem with diversity on its own, and neither does Tolkein, but there’s a difference between diversity and global homogenization. Every race in Middle Earth can’t in and of itself be an equitable race and gender quota. Once you do that then it’s no longer LOTR; you just changed the fundamental building block of the story. Until each race is it’s own people then any story of them coming together and coming to love and respect those with different values and virtues (e.g cultural appropriation) then it’s not LOTR. When you have black female queens for both the dwarfs and numenorians you have jumped the shark.
They really dont get how mystical speeches work dont they? None of the times they try to speak in a cool way they end up being cool, actually end up looking awkward, they are weightless, emotionless, substanceless, they have mo reason of being.
2:36 "I could care less about any of them" should be "I couldn't care less...". Sating you could care less is meaningless. Saying you couldn't is saying that it is not possible for you to care any less, because you already care as little as possible.
My wife and I watched about the first 20 minutes for the hell of it. In it we see a thunderstorm taking place in the middle of a raging snowstorm. I explained to my wife how this would physically be impossible, but they did it anyway.
You are my fuckn hero. Am I allowed to say that😩 finally, dude, please keep them coming🤬. How dare that make Galadriel, my Hero, into that little thing😭😭😭. I'm devastated. I'm your fan, Kiddo🎉🎉✊🏼👍🏼🥰🥳🙏🏼🤗
Sauron killed Galadriel's brother off-screen And did some other evil stuf off-screen So, her attempt to kill him is kinda reasonable For me, the most stupid thing in the show are nomadic hobbits How can they carry the wooden carts Across all the Middle Earth Without any horses Even without roads While they are kid-sized people?
It's all about the demasculation of strong honorable men that the higher ups in media and government want. Another great example is what they did to boba fett in the book of boba fett. Turned him into a absolute joke instead of the original character he was.
And it should be said that Isildur's sister Eärien will build the Temple of Morgoth and Sauron will make her do it.we'll see that in season 2 of ring of power.
Best thing that pissed me off was the term “novel purist” said by an interviewer, and the fact some or most actors said they “love Tolkien’s works”. So, what exactly do you mean by that? His works? Name anything he published you read, or even something unrelated to his most famous books!Absolute twats. Promoted as a female movie with representation, at last equal rights has been distinguished! This whole show has made me beyond angry and a bit insulted.
Aren't the writers a couple of 20 somethings with no experience of life or understanding of comradeship or even going on a camping trip and the thrill of an adventure, the directors been chopped and changed from one mediocre one to another.. such a sad state of affairs
Gollum literally is greater than the whole RoP characters lmao
Don't give them ideas, or there will be a series about Gollum, and he'll be nothing like Gollum.
Yooo dem actors are acting like Kids in kindergarden when they play some fairytale for fun. Every shot, of this show is shit, i swear, every split second something is out of place, plain stupid or just annoying. Golum is even more likeable and relatable than all the characters. immagine being 20k year old elven smith and you dunno how to make a fucking rings from 3 metals
Immagine that u look for Sauron for centuries and when you bump into him and spend 2 months with him, you dont even have the slightest suspision.
@@saraloking5993 I’m already worried about the game
At least you feel sorry for him at times, but these "characters" especially iwish Hobbits, I was hoping that they'll die in very painful, horrific death. I'm rooting for Sauron to enslave Middle Earth and may Morgoth sooner return to take out the trash.
So true!
From a casual viewer perspective I find the plot disjointed. The LOTR movies can be watched without knowing any lore prior, and have a decent understanding of the world and characters/races by the end. Rings of Power just doesnt make sense. It's just disjointed events happen to characters with no arcs or development.
as someone who has yet to _completely_ watch all the LOTR movies (i've watched 2 of the movies and remember important moments/few snippets from others) and only watched half of the show cause my ma put it on-i second this.
although i haven't watched all the movies from LOTR, i can certainly say that the movies contain a cohesive, logical, and interesting plot/story with notable characters where you care about the journeys and developments made throughout. like you said, "the LOTR movies can be watched without knowing any lore prior...", but i can't say the same for Rings of Power lol
i watched at least 4 episodes from this show, with two of them back-to-back-even with the context from previous episodes, it was a cluster of jumbled details and things meshed up together in an uninteresting, dull mass. i get i haven't watched the entirety of the show or all of the LOTR movies, and i'm definitely no expert in things LOTR, but it's a pretty worrying indicator if the viewer has a hard time understanding anything of what's going on screen / is disinterested because it feels monotonous when no sense of importance on anything is established; nothing made me want to actively watch the show or caught my attention.
correct me if im wrong tho cause who knows, maybe there are a few vital, important episodes or moments that makes this show decent at the minimum-but that's my observation from the episodes i watched
@@travelsizedhispasian Yeah, I literally had no idea what the hell was happening. Like I felt dissociated from it, as if I was watching something no different from watching a static screen with different colors moving about in a complete mess: actually that would be more interesting than this.
@@ziephel-6780 i think anything else would be more interesting than Rings of Power lmao
the events of this show are connected by the phrase 'and then-'. The understanding of the audience hinges on the fact that they already have understanding of the lore,and even then, the showrunners twist it into something else entirely lol
Peter Jackson in the first 7 minutes of the fellowship of the ring manages to outline everything required for someone who has never heard of the LOTR to have an innate understanding of the story.
The show in 8 hours of run time is barely able to tell a consistent story let alone one without as many holes and inconsistencies.
This is quite possibly the worst tv show I’ve ever seen. I hate nearly everything about it. I think a few of the actors actually are pretty talented, however the writing, dialogue, and the way those characters personalities are made are so terrible I can’t even like the few talented actors. The makers of this show don’t understand how distance or time work. They change nearly everything they actually use from Tolkien 180 degrees and ruin everything. I started the season as a 4/10, but by the end it’s down to a 1/10. I think that 1 point is because I find Bronwyn quite attractive. (south land lady)
She does have a tidy rack.
The part with gollum is just perfect *Chef kiss*
Excellent video, well said.
It’s so bizarre that Elves and dwarfs who are separate race to humans would have the same race diversity, just doesn’t make sense.
And same with the hobbits, who notoriously never leave their village, somehow is racially diverse.
I would have love to have seen Easterlings and Haradrim characters fleshed out :(
Elves literally just look like old humans lol
the actors were picked not because of their skin, but because of their acting capabilities, the artistic representation doesn't exactly mirror what is actually within the lore, its like with the ride of the rohirrim, during their charge into battle the song obviously wasn't playing over the battlefield but through the artistic representation of the battle the song was added over the charge in post production because it added to the effect of the scene, the actors may be black but it doesn't mean that their characters are, its just due to their acting capabilities being what the production team were after so they were hired.
I will be not surprised if they insert gay haradrim that flirting with black dwarf gay
Unless every member of both of the races lived in the exact same area from the moment they were concieved then why would the diversity not make sense?
@@rightguy200000 because there are no hispanic and chinese and yeah also no aussie, where's the diversity
Now that I've watched it, I think the Harfoot's "Nobody goes off trail, and nobody walks alone," isn't a motto: it's the rules. You go off trail, we leave you. You walk alone, we leave you.
those were the nobodies
Which contradicts their whole "our hearts are as big as our feet." You don't abandon the old, sick, injured or lost and have "big hearts."
Yeah, but in hindsight, what a metaphor for the way the show-runners think of their audience!!
@@LizRealGirlBeauty That line was so funny to me, big hearts=laughing at their deceased (death by bees) and leaving their frail/injured
Wtf 🤣
@@LizRealGirlBeauty its survival
I think the show actually makes perfect sense if you look at it this way - the events of the second age here are portrayed from Sauron's point of view. It's as if he broke the fourth wall, saw the LOTR trilogy and decided to show the viewer his take on the Middle-earth and why his struggle to dominate, control and instill order is justified:
- Galadriel is a spoiled elven she-brute in a dress, applying her abilities not for order and concord, but for endless hostility and bickering, placing herself above any foes or allies
- Celebrimbor is half-decent, as he could be manipulated into making rings of power. Viewed by Sauron as severely lacking in craftsmanship (not knowing what alloys are) and requiring guidance to produce the rings
- Gandalf is a bumbling fool with too much power
- Isildur, his father, men of Numenor and all men in general are weak, discordant and corrupt
- Dwarves are isolationists who want nothing to do with other races of Middle-earth, as long as they are free to pursue their endless avarice and exploit the earthen depths
- Hobbits are unwashed, inconsequential people preoccupied with their own petty comfort, caring neither for the world, nor for their own kin
- Orcs are actually good creatures, who despite their appearance have unity amongst themselves and loyal to their leader, capable of bringing order to the lands of Middle-earth
- Halbrand - he himself - never actually did anything vile or deceiving while having a fair body. Rather had to witness all kinds of madness, that eventually drove him to Mordor
If the second season goes into the direction you discribed I will watch it.
This idea is actually great.
Kudos
Yes if the show was on purpose designed to been seen from Annatar's / Halbrand's / Sauron's point of view then this would logical.
However, Tolkien's 2nd age story is portrayed from the men and the Elves's point of views.
Also this show is definitely portrayed from Guy - lad - rieeeel's point of view as she is in nearly everything important.
Hence, show runners epic fail.
That's pretty good spin right there.
They thought Sauron couldn't return after the ring was destroyed but after many eons he has gained the power to enter the mind of the writers for ROP.
Makes sense considering I was rooting for most of the characters to die by the end. Sauron for Domination!
That "cold open" with Gollum and Guyladriel is brilliant! 😆
This show makes the Hobbit trilogy, the Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War look amazing
I mean, they are amazing
Those were meh. This is gross.
Star Wars Fans: First Time?
Trekkies: oh shut up.
Dr. Who fans: So who's next?
To be fair the shadow of games are far better than this shit cmon lets be real yes they fuck up the lore but they are cool action rpgs and the devs never said we are an adaptation.They just blended fan fiction and canon to make a story that serves the nemesis system
It's like comparing Michael bay to Tommy Wiseau.
LOTR had a main protaganist in Frodo, a hobbit who couldn't fight very well, and did not want to be a hero and even doubted his own strength and will to do what was asked of him, though he took it upon himself to try. Without the Fellowship and later Sam by his side and Gollum to guide them, he would never have got as far as Mount Doom, and even then, he failed at the very last moment due to the power the One Ring had over him after such a long and arduous journey, showing why Gandalf himself feared possessing the One Ring.
Tolkien let his main protaganist fail at the last. Consider how brave a choice that was. All to prove how the One Ring overpowers you in the end, no matter how good you are.
But no, what do they give us: A obsessive Warrior Queen Galadriel who demands help all the time and has no doubts in herself wotsoever and the Harfoots.
Thank you for the comment on the Haradrim and Easterlings, something I have been saying (screaming really) from day 1. What an opportunity to explore these ancient cultures, show these people "of color" to be extremely advanced, and explain why they ended up on Sauron's side. Nope! Much easier to have Dwarves that rarely see sunlight, and Elves well described in cannon, be of darker complexion. This whole thing is just an excercise in laziness. Jackson had 1/3d the budget, and created a masterpiece. These people took a billion dollars....and just pissed it away.
They could have even paddled the message that colonialism is bad with their portrayal of the Numenoreans and how they treated "lesser" men. And how Sauron ultimately corrupted them. Then he gets "captured" by the Numenoreans and starts corrupting their king over decades to finally fall to hubris and sail to Valinor.
It didn't occur to me until you talked about the palantiri, but they turned them into portable Mirrors of Galadriel
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You wielded Gollum like a surgeon wields a scalpel...excellent work!
They could have easily NOT ghosted Peter Jackson, played it safe and handed this over to him. He's like the George Lucas of Lord of the Rings. With that kind of budget (60 mil per ep) he'd have probably created a masterpiece of a show. With no interference from the studio that is...
He did Hobbit trilogy
@@ilfirinms And that was still a thousand times better than this turd that we got.....
@ilfirinms there was interference from 5 studios during the hobbit trilogy, and it was still half decent
I wouldn't compare Jackson to George Lucas. The Lord of the Rings trilogy was a masterpiece. The Hobbit wasn't great, but a big part of that was studio interference. He was basically being asked to polish a turd.
I’m starting to see a trend with these new tv shows, Rings of Power and Halo, where the show runners take an already amazing story/universe and change it to appeal to a “broader” audience while alienating the old fans
They forgot to ask Amandil , Elendils father. He has the Palantiri
Agreed 100%. This review is as good as the critical drinker. Just the facts about how bad the show is, without mincing words.
I like you don't hold back mate it's a breath of fresh air, keep up the good work and never be afraid to speak the truth from fear of being in-politically correct
Me too. That's why I try to be as honest and flat out based as possible!
@@SarcasticPlotRecaps it's the only way to go hey, people are over the PÇ culture and there constant attempt to push it into normal people's lives
@@alphachad4631 channels like these are so refreshing and we all have to make our own content to ever move the needle and get the official products to hear us and BE GOOD!!
THIS GUY NAILED IT!
Best commentary video about the ROP that I've watched so far! I especially like it that you have a calm voice and the delivery of your criticism is objective and neutral
LMFAO, no way did you just say the harfoots are a bunch of dirty assholes. That made my day.
Spot on review and 100% accurate. In muy opinion, the political aspect is what is dragging everything down and determines the other two aspects.
The interesting thing about the political side of it, is that Tolkien's work didn't need those additives to have been politically correct. For example with Galadriel--in Tolkien's lore, she's already a very strong, respected, and powerful woman. We can see this even in Cate Blanchett/PJ's portrayal of the character, whose presence commanded respect without saying a word. Or Eowyn, with her "I am no man" scene as she obliterates the witch king. Even if they weren't written as "strong women" arcs by Tolkien, they could easily be seen as such without ever deviating from the lore.
As per the racial thing... what truly bothered me was that scene at the bar where Arondir was told by a white dude to "let go of the past." I'm quite left leaning when it comes to politics. But that scene in the show for me left such a bad taste in my mouth. It's like the equivalent of seeing a product advertisement in the show. Very hamfisted and only exists to bait people and check boxes. Tolkien's original lore would have been completely fine, even in the politically correct spectrum, if they just left it alone.
Ahem, not-Isildur's sister has two BIG contributions to the show, but unfortunately they're not being used to their fullest potential 😕 that's it 😅
Tits McGee
@@KalleLagerlof eye 😍 unfortunately her natural talents are wasted 😭😭😭😭😭
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Very funny. It is funny that she could cup the Palantir between her two main assets...
@@delliv5451 oh stop! You're making me want to actually watch this garbage!!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Dude...I've seen a few reviews on this show and they are all on point and hilarious but this one is the best. Thank you for spitting this all out quickly with 0 fluff. I subscribed already and don't even know the name of your channel. Imma go peep out your name now.
I'm honestly just so sad they butchered Tolkien's world by this much. Would've loved to see this adapted in it's full glory but here we are, just why couldn't we have the writers from House of the Dragon instead.
The Sea Is Always Right!!
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I love how diversity plays a HUGE role in The Rings of Power. Galadriel is a literal Karen and all real life Karens will be so happy that they are now finally represented!
Get this: I have Prime and I haven't watched a single second of this show. But I have watched many hours of criticism of every aspect of this show, and I doubt the show itself is even 1% as entertaining as that. Keep up the good work, CZcamsrs.
As far as I know Sindarin and Quenya phonetically have a strong R similar to Spanish or the old Norse languages, so the pronunciation should not be with the same phonetics as modern English. and perhaps that is one of the few moderately positive points of this series.
Agreed. As Tolkien based Quenya on Finnish, phonetically the “r” sounds about right in the show. Otherwise, the show was wrong in so many ways that I wouldn’t even know where to start. 😅
I’ve watched so many of these reviews, this one was the absolute best. They’re ALL great in the sense that they’re call out Rings of Power as absolute shyte, but you’re break down and points were just perfect 👏👌🙏💗
Thank you!
And it should be said that Isildur's sister Eärien will build the Temple of Morgoth and Sauron will make her do it.we'll see that in season 2 of ring of power.
The dialogue reminds me of the atrocious dialogue in the horrible Disney Star Wars trilogy “we are the spark that will light the fire that will bring down the first order” 🤮
That intro was fantastic! Never thought I'd see Samurai Cop on a Tolkien video. But these are evil times. Lol. Nice video.
After watching several videos tearing this garbage show apart I can only say I'm incredibly happy with my decision to never watch the show. Tolkien's world will stay pure in my mind, thank you very much.
She had two other brothers Aegnor and Angrod. The other Palantiri where with Elendils father Amandil in Anduniae. They tried to utterly destroy the characters of the elves.
Middle Earth Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War were far better adaptations
Those two games are more true to Tolkien's beliefs/metaphors than this show.
I had high hopes for the series, but was greatly disappointed for many of the reasons you stated.
I laughed so hard at 'Morrrrrdorrrr' lol.
i find it very hard near impossible to find a movie where you get drawn into it..iv been watching 80s and early 90 movies lately
Smeagols "Go awaay" is everyones reaction when she shows up on screen.
Appreciate your passion and knowledge. This and every other review I've seen that isn't bought and paid for has the same tone so I'm less tempted than ever to find and watch the thing.
Bad that a CGI Gollum from 20 years ago has more facial expressions and is better acted than Guyladirel.
This video was more interesting then the hole first season put together
, Thank you.
"The dog may bark at the moon, because the stone sees only downwards" - C.S. Tolkien
Funny how House of the Dragon actually managed to do inclusivity right. The decision to have the Velaryon's be black actually made sense seeing as Essos does predominantly have tan and dark-skinned people towards the east, which is where Valyria is. Also played a particularly helpful plot beat with the parentage of Rhaenyra's boys.
This seems to be a show runner mandate: Any guy has to be made incompetent (unless he’s a villain) and any male character from the source material that has to be competent to move the plot forward is changed to a woman.
Your summary is pretty good. Well spoken, you're right Bro.
You know what I think about the show? I don’t care for it. I watched the first episode and immediately knew what kind of vibe they were going for. I saw the forced diversity and was annoyed they didn’t exploit the already existing racial differences in Tolkien’s world instead of copy pasting modern society over it. I also disliked the heavy diversion from the source material and honestly nearly fell asleep while watching. It was a challenge to keep my attention towards the show. I must’ve grabbed for my phone at least 5 times.
I decided to stop watching this trainwreck after sitting through episode 1. I just don’t care for it. I don’t feel like I’m missing out at all and now Rings of Power will just be another series I will never watch. Can’t be disappointed if you’re not invested in it, right?
Only samurai cop can make this show interesting.
Imagine the samurai cop at his prime playing the young Sauron 🤗😋
It's incredible that RoP is so unbearably bad that it makes Hollywood Cop look like a cinematic masterpiece.
What I want to know is regarding her placing that one helmet on the side of that big pile of helmets.........Who put the helmets on the top without knocking down all the rest of the helmets? Unless the ones on top were suspended in mid air and they worked their way down? 🤔🤣
I never watched ONE SINGLE frame of this TV Show.
I have no Netflix, no Amazon Prime, no Facebook, no Instagram, no Twitter, no TikTok... No Job, No Car, No Girlfriend, No Future, No Dick...... (cit.) ... and I actually discovered the existence of this TV show just today, because somebody linked a CZcams vid.
So I googled for it and that's the very first thing I've watched about this show. I've not even watched one single trailer of it, ever.
And I'll do myself a favor and won't watch it LMAO
Thanks EBR guy! I owe you a cup of coffee.
you nailed it mate, the plot, woke crap and meandering 'story' left me bored. Guyladeriel was atrocious and possibly the worst character ever to disgrace the screen.
Amazon's diversity Olympics "GIrlbosses of Power" is like an open pit toilet with a really expensive door with Elf runes.
So well put. This is the best video I’ve seen so far that explains all that’s wrong with the R of P.
It's an absolute clusterfuck so I gave up on trying to explain this shit and just roasted it instead. Props to this chap for actually trying to go through it!
It should be the P of P
Just found (and subbed) your channel. Your reasoned arguments and discussion blows gaping holes in the utter travesty that RoP is. It's utter trite nonsense of the worst order and an insult to Tolkien's legendarium. I still can't see how it ever got made in this form.
I think you nailed it, brother. I'd call it a Dumpster Fire but I'd rather watch trash burn than sit through that again.
Great intro. And yes, this is a desecration of Tolkien's beautiful work.
Excellent commentary!
Great video mate. Show is an absolute debacle. Has been perhaps the first piece of entertainment where the commentary videos are way more interesting than the actual show. Keep it up.
well said i mean i feel for all of the fans of lord of the rings rn rip
You dont have to, lotr is timeless no matter what comes out it doesnt ruin the lore
@gg ddfccc yea they make their own lore but the lotr is still the same
You nailed it. For me, the constant internal inconsistencies, wooden dialogue, and contrived plot points took me right out of the show.
2:43 - ah, yet another ridiculous sword swing, over your targets head, with a CGI induced back bend. Can't beat it.
It reminds me of a wooden high school play
💡 What if it is a parody, meant to make people laugh? This Guyladriel and co. make perfect laughingstock. They are very ludicrous, almost funny.
What most critics don't understand is that the ROP is NOT made for people who like LOTR. It is made for 13 year old entitled GRRLS who overheard their brothers talking about LOTR and got pissed off that such a huge cultural event as that book and film trilogy weren't about THEM. So ROP's show runners decided to 'fix' that. Hence, the heap of sh*t that cost $1 billion.
"It's a fucking disgrace."
Thank you, that is a wonderfully succinct and accurate description of the entire worthless series.
The beginning Gollum slayed Guyladriel 😂😂😂 Well done, it was very entertaining.
Thanks for the quality review. Got a subscription from me.
Even treating this show as fanfiction, it's is so bad. The so-called plot is impossible --- what is the point of the stranger? Why are the Harfoots a bunch of dirty, boring sociopaths, why is celebrimbor looking like a boomer and taking advice from a man ---and, a craftsman doesn't know about alloys? It goes on and on --- it's just boring, unfocused, and uninteresting. The mithel thing is ridiculous --- why add it at all? Not necessary at all. Theo , what is that all about? and why would anyone care? So much of it is uncomprehensible and the dialogue is laughable --- The sea is everything, I have a tempest in me ---- such a lack of talented writers! And, they have Tolkien to guide them, one of the masters of language!
SAURON WAS A HOOMAN?!?
No one left behind? More like I'm not leaving you behind, you left your own self behind
Boromir "One does not simply walk into Mordor"
Sauron "Fast travel.... obviously duh"
They just probably want to promote the devil as a misunderstood child.
It’s just not Lord of the Rings. Tolkien created LOTR as a love letter to the ancient Nordic, Celtic, and Germanic cultures of Europe. That’s what it’s about. I don’t have a problem with diversity on its own, and neither does Tolkein, but there’s a difference between diversity and global homogenization. Every race in Middle Earth can’t in and of itself be an equitable race and gender quota. Once you do that then it’s no longer LOTR; you just changed the fundamental building block of the story. Until each race is it’s own people then any story of them coming together and coming to love and respect those with different values and virtues (e.g cultural appropriation) then it’s not LOTR. When you have black female queens for both the dwarfs and numenorians you have jumped the shark.
They really dont get how mystical speeches work dont they? None of the times they try to speak in a cool way they end up being cool, actually end up looking awkward, they are weightless, emotionless, substanceless, they have mo reason of being.
every big franchise nowadays has gone to shit, Stat wars, Marvel,, terminator, fast and furious, etc
Alien, Predator, LOTR, Pinocchio, Lion King, James Bond... the list is so long!
Great way to bust out Gollum. He was on point. LOL
the rings of my toilet have a more coherent and interesting plot...
2:36 "I could care less about any of them" should be "I couldn't care less...". Sating you could care less is meaningless. Saying you couldn't is saying that it is not possible for you to care any less, because you already care as little as possible.
Let's just pretend it's season 9 of Game of Thrones and forget about it
Nice job on the editing! Great clips!
See, poor Management isnt exclusive to halo, its almost all of Hollywood right now
Isildur? What the hell is Isildur doing there? I didn't even noticed him in the show
Get Woke and go Broke! And it’s stupid too!
Great summary! Only missed the Wargs that look like overgrown pugs and the dwarven queen that could be Darth Sidious' mentor
To Amazon:' You had one job, ONE job....................
My wife and I watched about the first 20 minutes for the hell of it. In it we see a thunderstorm taking place in the middle of a raging snowstorm. I explained to my wife how this would physically be impossible, but they did it anyway.
that intro alone deserves a like, lmao.
Homeless Gandalf had me laughing my ass off.
You are my fuckn hero. Am I allowed to say that😩 finally, dude, please keep them coming🤬. How dare that make Galadriel, my Hero, into that little thing😭😭😭. I'm devastated.
I'm your fan, Kiddo🎉🎉✊🏼👍🏼🥰🥳🙏🏼🤗
One of the problems is the show makes no sense if you don't know the lore and if you do know the lore, the show doesn't follow it.
Sauron killed Galadriel's brother off-screen
And did some other evil stuf off-screen
So, her attempt to kill him is kinda reasonable
For me, the most stupid thing in the show are nomadic hobbits
How can they carry the wooden carts
Across all the Middle Earth
Without any horses
Even without roads
While they are kid-sized people?
It's all about the demasculation of strong honorable men that the higher ups in media and government want. Another great example is what they did to boba fett in the book of boba fett. Turned him into a absolute joke instead of the original character he was.
That is precisely what was i feeling...Perfectly explained 👍
And it should be said that Isildur's sister Eärien will build the Temple of Morgoth and Sauron will make her do it.we'll see that in season 2 of ring of power.
Gollum is MVP here, speaking for the fandom
Galadriel is one thing but what they did to the Numenorians is criminal. They would never have tiny 5 foot women fighting in their ranks.
Best thing that pissed me off was the term “novel purist” said by an interviewer, and the fact some or most actors said they “love Tolkien’s works”.
So, what exactly do you mean by that? His works? Name anything he published you read, or even something unrelated to his most famous books!Absolute twats. Promoted as a female movie with representation, at last equal rights has been distinguished! This whole show has made me beyond angry and a bit insulted.
Aren't the writers a couple of 20 somethings with no experience of life or understanding of comradeship or even going on a camping trip and the thrill of an adventure, the directors been chopped and changed from one mediocre one to another.. such a sad state of affairs
I didn’t see it. Didn’t really look that cool to me.