peternorth
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In the end, we just want fight and war scenes.
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Streaming Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power
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As a bare minimum yes, if we can't have logical and engaging story telling, then fight and war scenes are a suitably soothing balm.
Every single aspect of it was utter shite.
A role so good Joseph Mawle got out of there as fast as he could.
Probably against the show rules to have an interesting subplot. I thought that was the only part that wasn't horrid, an insight into orc subculture, twisted elves, fear of the sun etc.
For those posting don't watch it rah, understand that we wanted it to be good - really - and it just wasn't.
Even the "super fans" Amazon paid to shill it didn't watch it.
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Yeah but there are a large number of Tolkien super fans that don't like the Lord of the Rings films either. Nothing anybody does can satisfy them.
Not sure I would equate those who were unhappy with the films with those who were not happy with this series.
The films aren't perfect but they were an amazing effort from all concerned.
I think there was heightened expectations from it being an adaptation of Tolkien and the obscene amount of money invested in it, so it had to be excellent to meet those expectations. Simply said, good enough wouldn't be good enough.
Some of the issues I found with it were:
- Too black-and-white in terms of good vs evil. Moral ambiguity is so much more interesting.
- Galadriel felt a bit too one-note to be compelling as the protagonist.
- Some of the dialogue was pretty clunky and didn't give the actors much to play with. Compared to something like Game Of Thrones, it was a pretty stark (pun definitely intended) contrast.
- There were some out-of-character decisions that only existed to move the plot where they needed it to go. That happens in every show to an extent, but there seemed like a lot more in this.
I agree that hate-watchers are pretty boring, but there's a lot of people that genuinely want to love the show, but don't find that it has lived up to expectations. Lots of shows can sometimes take time to find their feet, so I can understand why people who obviously aren't enjoying it are persevering. Even the makers of the show have talked about where they need to improve, so I imagine there will still be a lot of people watching in hope of Season 2 being an improvement.
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obviously the spoiler is sauron doesnt die. he will live on
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The fixed up the colour grading it seems, love the world building and landscape expositions.
Can’t wait
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That looks genuinely awesome. I'm trying to remember if I felt that way about the trailer for the first season though, because it ended up being a bit of a letdown. Hopefully they've learnt from that and this season is heaps better.
I liked season one. Flawed? Yep. Mostly some meh acting and on the nose dialogue but the visuals and world building are top notch as you’d expect from Middle Earth and Amazon dollars.
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Has potential and hope it lives up to the hype.
will watch and enjoy
will watch and enjoy
Not a book reader?
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Not a book reader.
Not a movie watcher either? Haha.
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Yes I watch movies
Was buying popcorn and a quick slash during the first 10 minutes of the Fellowship i guess.
I just meant there are some obvious things that are going to happen in this series based on what we know for Lord Of The Rings (whether you're a book reader or movie watcher). But I'll leave it there for now.
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yes thats right. What i was referring to was that sauron dont die in this season
Ah gotcha. How many seasons have they planned out, I wonder?
