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My guess is that he knows about the brand on Galadriel's dead brother.How would he even prove it without having any magical powers?
My guess is that he knows about the brand on Galadriel's dead brother.How would he even prove it without having any magical powers?
He's met her.And Galadriel’s husband is (assumed to be) dead here? I guess he will turn up in later seasons, though I wonder where he could be all this time. Why hasn’t he returned to his wife?
I've given up on it getting any better. I just power through it so I can enjoy all the content on youtube ripping the shit out if it.This episode was a bore, and didn't make a lot of sense.
They were all in a tiny village but couldn't find each other?
There was a volcano rock hitting the orchard but not anything around it in miles?
The whole Durin stuff is just so weak, episodes on episodes on this feels endless.
I skimmed a lot of it, couldn't take it.
You literally don't have to bother. Nerdorotic, Disparu, ItsaGundam, Mauler and Drinker rip its arsehole apart, I love it, and I have yet to see a single episode, refusing to pay Amazon for raping one of the progenitors of D&D fantasy.I've given up on it getting any better. I just power through it so I can enjoy all the content on youtube ripping the shit out if it.
I did have a good laugh this episode though when the hobbit wagons got incinerated. Talk about had it coming.
It's more fun for me if I've seen it 1st. Anyway I don't pay for amazon I'm mooching off my daughter with their family sharing thingYou literally don't have to bother. Nerdorotic, Disparu, ItsaGundam, Mauler and Drinker rip its arsehole apart, I love it, and I have yet to see a single episode, refusing to pay Amazon for raping one of the progenitors of D&D fantasy.
haha, yeah, that Mordor "reveal" was so stupid, and it shows how stupid the show-runners think their audience is.Guys, I think I know how they’ll do the Halbrand=Sauron reveal:
Galadriel: “Now that I think about it, your backstory doesn’t really make much sense. How did you end up on that raft? How did you get your hands on that royal amulet? How could a mere human forge weapons on par with the best of Elven craftsmanship? Who are you really, Halbrand?”
Halbrand: *smirks*
The name ‘Halbrand’ then appears over his head, before it gets crossed out and replaced with ‘Sauron’.
Galadriel: Noooooooooo!
Fade to credits. 10/10. Emmy nomination guaranteed.
I think it's a bit more nuanced than that.haha, yeah, that Mordor "reveal" was so stupid, and it shows how stupid the show-runners think their audience is.
It's failing up. They have no record to their name, anything good, nothing. It's amazing how people like that get a chance.I think it's a bit more nuanced than that.
It shows how smart they think they are.
They reek of it. From their interviews, their posture, even how they sit while discussing the show. They truly believe themselves to be brilliant storytellers on level with the greats. There is no humility.
And that's the irony of it all. The audience is smarter than them.
What I often hear about shows pointing out obvious things is that those are made for people messing on their phones while "watching".I think it's a bit more nuanced than that.
It shows how smart they think they are.
They reek of it. From their interviews, their posture, even how they sit while discussing the show. They truly believe themselves to be brilliant storytellers on level with the greats. There is no humility.
And that's the irony of it all. The audience is smarter than them.
Someone's actually carrying someone TOWARDS that cloud in that gif?There's another episode?
How did anyone survive this?
Someone's actually carrying someone TOWARDS that cloud in that gif?
"come towards the light, peter, come come...."Someone's actually carrying someone TOWARDS that cloud in that gif?
So i guess the masterplan started with Sauron somehow convincing Gil Galad to get rid of Galadriel.So if Halbrand is Sauron, then that's some serious master plan that he put in motion.
Surely the mountain was meant to erupt in the distance and then they fucked it in post.Someone's actually carrying someone TOWARDS that cloud in that gif?
It's Superman.I wonder who the meteor guy is
It was boring, and Lord Almighty where do they get some of the stupid lines to say in every episode, it's like they desperately want a line to stick and be something iconic, so they throw everything they can think of.
If you make your show for people wstchinh their phones you've already lost.What I often hear about shows pointing out obvious things is that those are made for people messing on their phones while "watching".
They're essentially con artists. They sold a story that they were brilliant creatives not given the chance they deserved during a full decade of aborted projects in Hollywood. In reality, if they're so talented, why is no one picking up their work after so many times at bat? It likely would've stayed that way, and the world would be better off, but apparently JJ Abrams made a phone call on their behalf that landed them RoP.I think it's a bit more nuanced than that.
It shows how smart they think they are.
They reek of it. From their interviews, their posture, even how they sit while discussing the show. They truly believe themselves to be brilliant storytellers on level with the greats. There is no humility.
And that's the irony of it all. The audience is smarter than them.
Hollywood Reporter said:Their previous gig was at Bad Robot, where they punched up scripts and developed several projects, such as an abandoned Star Trek movie. “We had reached a point — we’d been writing movies for 10 years that should have gotten made,” McKay says. “Movies where the director was right, the cast was right, the script was right, the title was right and it was a big IP — and it still wasn’t happening. So [we thought] maybe we should try this TV thing.”
Hollywood Reporter said:The writers have been described in the media as being like Frodo and Sam, which is cute but doesn’t quite fit. For starters, they’re often the tallest guys in the room. McKay has an extraordinary level of energy and passion, and when he’s in full pitch, he’s as persuasive as a Middle-earth-obsessed Saul Goodman — you find yourself nodding in agreement, suddenly wanting to buy property in Mirkwood. The bespectacled Payne comes across as sweet and more reserved, and his love for Tolkien is profound — he has an almost spiritual respect for the material and goes straight to wondering WWTD to address any creative challenge faced by the show.
Hollywood Reporter said:What followed felt to Payne and McKay like “a six-month presidential campaign” trying to sway various executives and stakeholders. At one point, they met with the estate and Payne greeted Simon Tolkien in Elvish. In another meeting, McKay drew a map of Tolkien’s world, circled a small portion and told executives, “This is everything you’ve seen in The Lord of the Rings movies” and then started describing other places on the map. “There’s so much more story to tell!”
Executives interviewed dozens of writers, producers and directors, including the Russo brothers, who an insider says pitched the Third Age “as an Aragorn story.” One strong rival was Oscar nominee Anthony McCarten (The Theory of Everything), who had a Shakespearean take. Trying to convince executives to bank on two guys with zero IMDb credits instead of proven Hollywood hitmakers was no easy task. “The people we were up against have résumés that on paper would be more suited to the gig,” McKay says. “We were the dark horse candidates.”
Hollywood Reporter said:At one point, Payne and McKay asked mentor and former boss J.J. Abrams to call Amazon to put in a good word, and he did. “We feel like that moved the needle,” says McKay.
Well, despite this atrociously boring episode, I still have hope for the final episode, that somehow Sauron isn't Halbrand.So i guess the masterplan started with Sauron somehow convincing Gil Galad to get rid of Galadriel.
But how did he know she was going to change her mind and jump into the middle of the ocean?
Dont know.
How was he able to get to where she is, create the whole scenario with the raft/Sea serpent etc before she drowned?
Dont know.
How did he know they were going to survive a huge storm and get blown into the path of a Numeroean ship?
Dont know.
How did he know Galadriel will keep insisting he return with her to ME as he keeps refusing?
Dont know.
How did he know severely beating a bunch of Numeroeans will just get him thrown in jail and not executed?
Dont know.
How did he know Adar would successfully trigger the volcano? How did he know they will all be there at the same time as the explosion?
Dont know.
How did he know Galadriel would survive the explosion? How did he know that Galadriel knows that his wounds would require elven medicine?
Dont know.
You can say what you want about RoP, but it's creating more discussion than HoD.
Ep 5- Am I crazy to think that Galadriel and Halbrand's personalities should be swapped?! Halbrand is behaving the way I expect Galadriel to behave, and vice versa.
Yeah, guess so. Maybe we're being mean or too judgemental, but it just keeps coming. And I really want it to be better, and still have hope.
I was wondering the same, it was like there was one apple tree in the entire forest, and that exact tree was hit by the volcano rock.And not just the lines, fuck me, you see the Harfoots being melodramatic about a couple of trees burned, when right next to them are more fucking trees, I mean ... what is that?
As so many others stated already, yeah the Mordor reveal is bad ... I would categorize it as almost surreal. I just starred at the screen, rewind it a couple of times, wondering if I'm an imbecile for not seeing the true meaning behind it.That was truly awful on many levels. Also the Mordor 'reveal' was laughable.
There's another episode?
How did anyone survive this?
Hmm, let me check my notes on deep, meaningful Rings of Power wisdom for an answer:
The sea is always right.
There is a tempest in me.
Stab, twist, gut.
There can be no trust between hammer and rock.
Nothing is evil in the beginning.
An avalanche can start with one stone.
Faith may bind one heart, but it is too fine a thread from which to hang a kingdom.
Cleverness is for men of small ambition.
It's folly to kick against a current.
Loyalty to a friend ought to be expected regardless of his race.
A kingdom should be led, not dragged.
A burden shared may be halved or doubled, depending on the heart that receives it.
Sometimes to find the light, we must first touch the darkness.
Find the light, and the shadow will not find you.
Despise not the labor which humbles the heart.
The iron that must bear the most heavy of burdens must also endure the most rigorous tempering.
It darkens the heart, to call dark deeds good. It gives place for evil to thrive inside us.
What cannot be known hollows the mind. Fill it not with guesswork.
Every war is fought both without and within. Of that every soldier must be mindful.
As so many others stated already, yeah the Mordor reveal is bad ... I would categorize it as almost surreal. I just starred at the screen, rewind it a couple of times, wondering if I'm an imbecile for not seeing the true meaning behind it.
Why didn't they just use the map, and change the name there? The map is one of the few positives of this show.
I refuse to watch this train wreck… did they really cross out the name? Holy condescending fuck.
Sheet you can tell they wanted this to be a woah moment with people going “am shook” on Twitter.
I still am, and am unironically enjoying it.The map does look gorgeous, but they always use it so zoomed in the it's useless except for the hardest of Tolkien fans, and frankly, I doubt many of those are left watching at this point (if they ever did).
I honestly think there is something wrong with you then. Seriously.I still am, and am unironically enjoying it.
Honestly the only thing bugging me is the mithril subplot, because I don't think mithril needed an origin story, and because I think you have to be VERY careful when invoking the Silmarils. It's not something you play with lightly.I honestly think there is something wrong with you then. Seriously.
"Because we want to show you how Sauron *cleverly* rose to power, but we're complete, utter retards so that's what we are coming up with."Don't get me started on Galadriel's boyfriend (who magically is now the king of the peasant village).
The fuck are you talking about? We barely saw anything of Numenor and nothing of Lindon other than the only 2 outdoor sets.And I love seeing Lindon and Numenor.
Yes, that Mithril subplot is kinda dumb, especially because of the Silmarils. We know what they are, but does the show explain it? They went and dropped all that story in the beginning, when they don't have all the rights as I understand it.Honestly the only thing bugging me is the mithril subplot, because I don't think mithril needed an origin story, and because I think you have to be VERY careful when invoking the Silmarils. It's not something you play with lightly.
Otherwise I'm just too delighted by seeing characters like Elendil, Gil-Galad and Pharazon on screen. And I love seeing Lindon and Numenor. Never thought I'd see it.
So I'm just happy to be here. There are things I enjoy about Ralph Bakshi LotR and Rankin Bass Return of the King as well, both adaptations people don't likY
This is the audience this TV series is aimed at - not many requirements, not questioning, just a nice flic to watch and forget.The fuck are you talking about? We barely saw anything of Numenor and nothing of Lindon other than the only 2 outdoor sets.
Honestly the only thing bugging me is the mithril subplot, because I don't think mithril needed an origin story, and because I think you have to be VERY careful when invoking the Silmarils. It's not something you play with lightly.
Otherwise I'm just too delighted by seeing characters like Elendil, Gil-Galad and Pharazon on screen. And I love seeing Lindon and Numenor. Never thought I'd see it.
So I'm just happy to be here. There are things I enjoy about Ralph Bakshi LotR and Rankin Bass Return of the King as well, both adaptations people don't like
And I think you're overly critical. In any case, I don't think it's healthy to dwell on things you don't like. It makes you be a negative person in general. Find something you like instead of spending time on, instead of stuff you hate.Even though, along with being badly written, acted (for the most part), editted, and constructed, that it takes a giant shit on the original lore?
And the mithril storyline is probably the only good thing about this entire shitshow, mostly because of Durin and to a lesser extent Elrond.
Geez, you're simple minded. And yes, I think that is an insult you deserve.