Heimdall_Xtreme
Jim Ryan Fanclub's #1 Member
It seems that they bullied him and cut his hair as hazing xD
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Can't downvote hard enough.
RJMacready73
Simps for Amouranth
I dunno, it looked pretty epic to me
I hated the first season. but this is a good trailer.
It is an engaging trailer, but still a superficial facsimile of Tolkien. It's still chock full of Galadriel Deep Thought One Liners. The rings of power still look like they were bought from Temu.
100%. I'm not gonna watch the show, but the trailer def makes me want to.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
That was a good trailer! I'm looking forward to watching it!
Mortisfacio
Member
Solid trailer, but I'll hold off and see if those that didn't like it change their tune and say Season 2 is actually good.
I watch 1, maybe 2 shows a year. Not a fan of most TV. Season 1 was too awful to give Season 2 a chance, without a lot of positivity.
I watch 1, maybe 2 shows a year. Not a fan of most TV. Season 1 was too awful to give Season 2 a chance, without a lot of positivity.
Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
Omitting all of Galadriel's scenes or tortuous dialogue would have improved the trailer immensely.
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
I’ll watch it but I’m prepared to spend half my time staring at my phone looking for the next dopamine hit.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
I'd rather trim my toenails with a meat clever then watch this.
Trogdor1123
Member
That looked really good. If it’s even close to that good it will be great.
Tams
Member
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
It was already shown in the last episode last season that Celebrimbor created them with what he gleaned from Sauron.
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Modi1984
Neo Member
The cheapness comes from the clean shots, the show is so ridiculously clean, it's like computer graphics lol
Same thing goes if you watch a movie with 60fps.
AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
I thought Sauron learned ring making from celibrimbor not the other way around.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Gold Member
Pass 
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
In the show, he has an idea to enhance the ring making process ... That's all it was, IIRC... Celebrimbor (the idea of him) is still something of an inspiration. I would have loved Tolkien to have written his life story. Him and Gandalf. I feel really sad he couldn't finish his universe.
Melon Husk
Member
Blue wizard looks like Jack Black in some cheap halloween wizard costume.
I don't mind hate watching RoP; keep pouring billions into this show please, I can spend the ten dollars on Prime to make it happen.
I don't mind hate watching RoP; keep pouring billions into this show please, I can spend the ten dollars on Prime to make it happen.
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OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
He wrote plenty. None of which is included here. This is fanfic.
Yup, the idea that 200-300 MILLION doesn't get you license to use EVERY SINGLE WORD Tolkien ever uttered or wrote is just lunacy.
Insane Metal
Member
Being ignorant, never read the books, this looks great to me and I liked the first season, so I can't wait.
HoodWinked
Member
The trailer has an uncanny valley quality to it where it looks like something is wrong and you can't trust it. It just feels so inauthentic.
ForAcademicPurposes
Gold Member
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
Laptop1991
Member
The new trailer looks quite good to be fair, but that doesn't mean the series will be, i ditched the 1st series at the start of episode 3, i couldn'[t watch anymore of the bad story telling, so i'll wait until it's out and a few episodes have been shown before i watch any more.
dispensergoinup
Gold Member
Watched the first season but I'm skipping this one.
Southlands MORDOR 
NecrosaroIII
Ultimate DQ Fan
You could probably get by without it to be honest.
Only thing you need to know is:
- Galadriel has been hunting Sauron since the First Age ended
- She gets told to go home to Valinor in the West. She jumps off the ship and is rescued by a raft with a man named Halbrand. He's really Sauron in man form.
- They go to the Island of Numenor, which is the largest nation of Men. Galadriel convinces the Queen Regent to go to Middle Earth to hunt Sauron with her in the Southlands.
- There is an orc named Adar, the first Orc, who is building an army of his "children" to make a home in the Southlands. They're at war with the elves and men that live there.
- There is a big battle there. There is a sword that is stolen, turns out its a key that "turns on" mount doom, turn it into a volcanic wasteland we know
- Halbrand and Galadriel go to Eregion. An elven smith named Celebrimbor is trying to make magic rings to stave off a corruption that is spreading. Halbrand teaches him how to make the Three Elvish Rings.
- Galadriel realizes Halbrand is Sauron. She confronts him.
- Galadriel has been hunting Sauron since the First Age ended
- She gets told to go home to Valinor in the West. She jumps off the ship and is rescued by a raft with a man named Halbrand. He's really Sauron in man form.
- They go to the Island of Numenor, which is the largest nation of Men. Galadriel convinces the Queen Regent to go to Middle Earth to hunt Sauron with her in the Southlands.
- There is an orc named Adar, the first Orc, who is building an army of his "children" to make a home in the Southlands. They're at war with the elves and men that live there.
- There is a big battle there. There is a sword that is stolen, turns out its a key that "turns on" mount doom, turn it into a volcanic wasteland we know
- Halbrand and Galadriel go to Eregion. An elven smith named Celebrimbor is trying to make magic rings to stave off a corruption that is spreading. Halbrand teaches him how to make the Three Elvish Rings.
- Galadriel realizes Halbrand is Sauron. She confronts him.
That's it
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
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NecrosaroIII
Ultimate DQ Fan
So did the writers.
TVexperto
Member
thanks appreciate the summary - you saved me a lot of time!
LordPezix
Member
The wife and I are about to rewatch the 1st season in anticipation for the new one. I know this show gets alot of hate but we both found it to be more entertaining than HoTD. We loved GoT so HoTD was a sad let down for us. Though we are huge LOTR fans so our opinions are extremely bias.
The scene where Disa pleas to rocks gives me chills, you can feel the power. If that wasn't Tolkien/Jackson esque I don't know what is.
The scene where Disa pleas to rocks gives me chills, you can feel the power. If that wasn't Tolkien/Jackson esque I don't know what is.
Tams
Member
LordPezix
Member
Hey to each their own, but HotD just dragged on about heir this and heir that, you can only watch so many episodes about the same thing before you get tired of it.
Badlucktroll
Member
Just give Peter Jackson the rights to silmarillion and beren and luthien and shit and have him do those
Hypnotoad
Member
If anyone has a half a dozen os so hours to spare and wants to understand just how bad season 1 is, I recommend watching this series of videos:
It's not your usual "WOKE equals BAD" tired clickbait rant, but a masterful analysis of the countless inconsistencies, plot contrivances, plotholes and generally atrocious level of story writing, characterization and worldbuilding (the latter one especially sucks so bad, it's probably the worst I have seen in the past decade).
I don't believe the storywriters are capable of understanding even the most basic rules of storytelling. That's why I will try and watch season 2, just to again see an example of every mistake one should avoid when writing a story.
It's not your usual "WOKE equals BAD" tired clickbait rant, but a masterful analysis of the countless inconsistencies, plot contrivances, plotholes and generally atrocious level of story writing, characterization and worldbuilding (the latter one especially sucks so bad, it's probably the worst I have seen in the past decade).
I don't believe the storywriters are capable of understanding even the most basic rules of storytelling. That's why I will try and watch season 2, just to again see an example of every mistake one should avoid when writing a story.
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Agreed. Rings of Power is best viewed as a tool to understand why Tolkein is CORRECT, that his characterization and mythbuilding are so superior. Almost any deviation just leads to breaks elsewhere.