And speaking of my cohost
when you adapt something you don’t have to do it 1:1, but you should consider the meaning of events, because they’re a game of jenga and if you pull out the wrong symbolic brick, the meaning of the story comes cascading down— Bram Stoker's Jared Pechaček (@vandroidhelsing) October 7, 2022
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 7 October 2022 05:34 (one year ago) link
now trending on quora: COULD ELVES WITHSTAND A NUKE?
― mark s, Friday, 7 October 2022 17:13 (one year ago) link
Ned's cohost is spot on, but for Amazon, Inc what they bought was a 'property' not a story full of meaning. You probably already know that they dream of turning it into the kind of property exemplified by Marvel Productions or Disney's version of Star Wars. They'd love the hardcore Tolkien fans to come along for the ride, but they will jettison you in favor of new fans whose allegiance is to Amazon's version of Middle Earth.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, 7 October 2022 18:08 (one year ago) link
they will jettison ned at their peril
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 7 October 2022 18:12 (one year ago) link
what if they cast him into the cracks of doom
― mark s, Friday, 7 October 2022 18:12 (one year ago) link
ash nedg durbatulûk etc
― mark s, Friday, 7 October 2022 18:13 (one year ago) link
Middle Management Earth
― stank viola (Neanderthal), Friday, 7 October 2022 18:14 (one year ago) link
Ned will cast them in first!!
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 7 October 2022 18:14 (one year ago) link
Not all those who wander are Ned
― the floor is guava (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 7 October 2022 18:18 (one year ago) link
bright blue his JACKET isand his BOOTS are YELLOW
― mark s, Friday, 7 October 2022 18:23 (one year ago) link
wait why are there three blue wizards (saurons)
and why so many elvis impersonators?
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, 7 October 2022 18:25 (one year ago) link
cant have elvish w/o elvis (sauron)
― mark s, Friday, 7 October 2022 18:28 (one year ago) link
You have invoked quite a dream here
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 7 October 2022 18:35 (one year ago) link
What has it got in its Raggettses?
― the floor is guava (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 7 October 2022 18:43 (one year ago) link
im calling it: no one has ever used the word "yester-eve" outside poorly written fiction
― mark s, Friday, 7 October 2022 18:45 (one year ago) link
what shall we call it instead lord adar hobbiton
― mark s, Friday, 7 October 2022 18:53 (one year ago) link
My cohosts and I were, how you say, not taken with that name change business and how it was conveyed. I was hoping for neon letters underneath Mordor reading "Under New Management."
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 7 October 2022 21:25 (one year ago) link
Enjoy a last trailer?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D5w2TG8IqM
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 7 October 2022 22:27 (one year ago) link
That musical background is just so lazy and generic it could be something they pulled off a shelf that's already been used in dozens of other trailers.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, 7 October 2022 22:43 (one year ago) link
I’m several episodes behind but I’ve seen 75% of the shots in that final episode trailer already.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Saturday, 8 October 2022 02:38 (one year ago) link
this is just so stunningly bad
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Saturday, 8 October 2022 02:47 (one year ago) link
it's like lifeforce or battle beyond the stars
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Saturday, 8 October 2022 02:52 (one year ago) link
it was so tonally wrong and unbelievably cheesy it stood out in what was the worst episode so far
― scanner darkly, Saturday, 8 October 2022 02:57 (one year ago) link
Still so, so, so lacking in actual rings of power.
― ian, Saturday, 8 October 2022 21:56 (one year ago) link
The worst thing about this episode was I completely missed Isildur being taken out of action, which was where the Queen regent lost her vision as well. I know what scene it was, it was the catastrophically directed bit with the house afire and then collapsing. I just didn’t follow the action somehow.
Thought for a minute that the big fella bringing the apple orchard back to life would lead to them deciding to settle down there. Missed opp for parallel title card change at the end.
― omar little, Sunday, 9 October 2022 00:14 (one year ago) link
I’m late to this and thus not reading the thread yet, but had to check in to vent my despair at the horrible, bland, awkward dialogue. Every time the story threatens to become interesting we get some cretin in costume leaning in saying “and your name is … ?”
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 9 October 2022 09:32 (one year ago) link
the title card change was great“ok, it’s painfully obvious to everyone who has watched or read anything related to this what the implication is”“hmm, but what if our audience is really thick?”
― mh, Sunday, 9 October 2022 17:20 (one year ago) link
👉🏾 NOW A DEBATABLE AND DESERT LAND 👈🏽
― mark s, Sunday, 9 October 2022 17:27 (one year ago) link
“Yester-eve” really stood out to me as well. There’s a lot of straining for heightened language which doesn’t work, and I just don’t understand how no one noticed how stilted and awkward it can be.
I’m still not used to emotional elves.
― omar little, Sunday, 9 October 2022 17:52 (one year ago) link
but how did the land name change happen, was there a referendum or what
― scanner darkly, Sunday, 9 October 2022 17:52 (one year ago) link
It was a vibe shift
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Sunday, 9 October 2022 17:56 (one year ago) link
the land name change is like when you throw the one ring in the fire and letters appear, but with a volcano
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Sunday, 9 October 2022 19:40 (one year ago) link
the land name reveal parties are getting a bit over the top, i blame the elves
― scanner darkly, Sunday, 9 October 2022 20:07 (one year ago) link
we very much need to see orcs in ordinary down-time, chatting, chilling, not pillaging, debating small local issues like borough signage, ash clearance, bin collections
― mark s, Sunday, 9 October 2022 20:11 (one year ago) link
Hear me out but as the orc tele-cinematic universe expands maybe we can get the occasional trade dispute between rivals. Or complaints about orcs “juking the stats” with regards to manflesh supply.
― omar little, Sunday, 9 October 2022 20:37 (one year ago) link
xp arguing over who the bins get delivered to..
― Andrew Farrell, Sunday, 9 October 2022 21:43 (one year ago) link
Is there only one episode left this season? Jesus
So, so bad
― groovypanda, Monday, 10 October 2022 07:00 (one year ago) link
orcs in ordinary down-time, chatting, chilling
I remember that scene in the Hobbit
― the floor is guava (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 10 October 2022 10:11 (one year ago) link
loveable cockney trolls
― mark s, Monday, 10 October 2022 10:12 (one year ago) link
title card reveal: BOW BELLS
― mark s, Monday, 10 October 2022 10:14 (one year ago) link
Gotta love the defensive tone in some of the responses!"Look, you nerds..."
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-criticism-response-1235234018/
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 10 October 2022 13:06 (one year ago) link
Those are all minor criticisms, although I guess it would weird to expect the Hollywood Reporter to be like "why is the dialogue so bad? why doesn't ANY of it make ANY sense?"
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Monday, 10 October 2022 13:58 (one year ago) link
surprised i didn't realize till now that one of those guys is ex-stylus-mag
― difficult listening hour, Monday, 10 October 2022 14:13 (one year ago) link
Hollywood Reporter should have just shown them mark s's comments from this thread.
― stank viola (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 October 2022 14:19 (one year ago) link
next can we put alfred in charge of narnia
― difficult listening hour, Monday, 10 October 2022 14:19 (one year ago) link
(self xp)
― difficult listening hour, Monday, 10 October 2022 14:20 (one year ago) link
ent fap
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Monday, 10 October 2022 14:25 (one year ago) link
terrible episode. so many times i wanted to scream "get on with it" at the tv.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 10 October 2022 16:29 (one year ago) link
When Alfred is done with fixing LotR and Narnia, there are a few other fantasy franchises that need fixing (ahem House of Time, Wheel of Dragons, etc.).
― the floor is guava (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 10 October 2022 18:51 (one year ago) link