Looking forward to three episodes on the Shire calendar.
― jmm, Thursday, 14 July 2022 18:41 (one year ago) link
HRM.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYnQDsaxHZU
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 22 July 2022 23:14 (one year ago) link
Random question for Ned. Do you know if there's any information about Thuringwethil outside of The Silmarillion? Her brief appearance in that book is intriguing.
I just love the name: Woman of Secret Shadow.
― jmm, Saturday, 23 July 2022 11:11 (one year ago) link
I’m trying to remember her appearances in general over his various drafts and rewrites — pretty light in all, but I might be missing a story. Will have to check!
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 23 July 2022 13:16 (one year ago) link
Found it funny that they apparently wanted to film the first season in Wellington, but had to choose Auckland instead, since Cameron was filming his "Avatar"s in Wellington. Dibs!
Would have been great if they filmed this in the Malibu hills, like M*A*S*H.
Am I right that the Lord of the Rings prequel will be on TV the same time as the Game of Thrones prequel? They should have a crossover event.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 23 July 2022 14:17 (one year ago) link
Yeah the GoT one lands a couple of weeks before this series
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 23 July 2022 19:04 (one year ago) link
For our latest podcast episode we had some thoughts on these trailers. They are not entirely pleased thoughts.
https://www.megaphonic.fm/bythebywater/41
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 August 2022 15:44 (one year ago) link
*scratches head* This is not a good trailer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8UAUAuKNcU
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 August 2022 15:05 (one year ago) link
Lot of Acting going on there
― hiroyoshi tins in (Sgt. Biscuits), Tuesday, 23 August 2022 15:12 (one year ago) link
Some lovely visuals. But my frowning at this just keeps increasing. Guess we'll all find out next week!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 August 2022 15:16 (one year ago) link
if they were jut gonna get rights to ancillary things, they should have just made a show that ripped off LOTR
like King of the Discs
― Toonie Orlando (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 23 August 2022 15:17 (one year ago) link
God it looks so dull
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 23 August 2022 15:21 (one year ago) link
dialog is crushingly bad
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Tuesday, 23 August 2022 15:28 (one year ago) link
it reminds me of the 2001 direct to video movie of Final Fantasy, so lifeless & bland
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 23 August 2022 15:50 (one year ago) link
Wing Commander movie
― Toonie Orlando (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 23 August 2022 15:53 (one year ago) link
Not impressed at all. Looks expensive and cheap at the same time. That Galadriel repeated line is terrible.
― Am I doomposting? I would say you’re not doomposting enough. (PBKR), Thursday, July 14, 2022 12:36 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Abel Ferrara hard-sci-fi elevator pitch (PBKR), Tuesday, 23 August 2022 15:57 (one year ago) link
Any thoughts on the score? Most of the themes are very good (Numenor, Elrond) to instant classic (Galadriel), although the instrumentation is not as inventive as in the original films.Still optimistic for the first episodes!
― ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 23 August 2022 16:03 (one year ago) link
I've heard the score. Bland and I do not agree with your instant classic choice.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 August 2022 16:05 (one year ago) link
Or the very good ones either! The vast majority of the pieces consist of slow start/choir/BIG CRESCENDO ending lather-rinse-repeat.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 August 2022 16:06 (one year ago) link
yeah honestly nothing about it so far bodes terribly well
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 23 August 2022 16:20 (one year ago) link
first ep is about cancel culture
― Toonie Orlando (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 23 August 2022 16:51 (one year ago) link
― ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 23 August 2022 16:54 (one year ago) link
I salute your patience. I got through a listen the other day and was very bored and distracted with it by the closing hour. Doubtless exposure via the show will let things settle in some but there's nothing truly remarkable out of the gate -- and as you noted, nowhere near the level of instrumentation inspiration that Shore brought. There's literally not a single musical moment as suddenly thrilling and memorable as that hardringar melody that's the core of the Rohan theme, for instance. (Also I'm convinced McCreary thinks that choirs were used on nearly every single piece Shore created, which is so not the case!)
The most memorable moment in this new score is the interesting plot-driven one where the Dwarves 'sing' to know the rocks and where to mine; it's a great touch and Sophia Nomvete pulls off something Lisa Gerrardish in the resultant track. But man does it ever stand out as a result.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 August 2022 17:03 (one year ago) link
I listened to that, and then I let it play, so I listened to the next track. I understand there's Irish hobbits, now, Father?
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 23 August 2022 19:39 (one year ago) link
Faith and begorrah
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 August 2022 20:13 (one year ago) link
Oh mccreary ended up scoring this? Zzzzzzz
― realistic pillow (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 23 August 2022 23:48 (one year ago) link
Bear McCreary scores a million things.
Hit show is called "The Bear."
One of the lead characters on "Reservation Dogs" is named Bear.
Hmm ...
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 24 August 2022 00:03 (one year ago) link
Wake me when OpenAI is good enough where I can type "Silmarillion into a miniseries" and it generates something better than this. I bet it'll only take a few years.
Trailer saved me a lot of time.
― octobeard, Wednesday, 24 August 2022 00:10 (one year ago) link
I mean...
https://i.imgur.com/6RCKph7.png
― jmm, Wednesday, 24 August 2022 00:25 (one year ago) link
I did a quick glance (I want to stay spoiler-free), but most people here seem to be enthusiastic about the EPIC SCALE and visuals. Not a lot of talk about the story or dialogue, but did I mention the EPIC SCALE?
https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2022/08/23/114542-first-impressions-of-the-rings-of-power-as-social-media-embargo-lifts/
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 24 August 2022 10:56 (one year ago) link
"Don't worry, it's nothing like The Silmarillion!"
Really, really fun. I remember buying the Silmarillion as a schoolboy when it was published and it very much not being the prequel I was hoping for. This is the sort of thing I wanted to experience back then. I'll watch the whole series when it drops, with enthusiasm. https://t.co/eEcGJvCOjk— Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) August 24, 2022
― jmm, Wednesday, 24 August 2022 12:23 (one year ago) link
Such epic much wow
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 24 August 2022 15:33 (one year ago) link
Gaiman gonna kiss their ass so that Amazon gives him some of that cash after Netflix cancels "Sandman."
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 24 August 2022 18:36 (one year ago) link
ha i thought the same thing
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 24 August 2022 19:44 (one year ago) link
a positive review emerges
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-1234579403/
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 31 August 2022 14:44 (one year ago) link
Was wondering when the embargo would finally lift.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 31 August 2022 14:50 (one year ago) link
a negative review emerges
https://www.washingtonpost.com/tv/2022/08/31/lord-rings-tv-show-review/
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 31 August 2022 17:04 (one year ago) link
lol
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 31 August 2022 17:04 (one year ago) link
Is there a double or triple episode drop this weekend or will it be just one a week?
“game of thrones” does this mean balrog sex or
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 31 August 2022 17:10 (one year ago) link
xp - Two episodes this week, then one every week.
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 31 August 2022 17:12 (one year ago) link
Yup. Here's the schedule overall
https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2022/08/16/114402-the-rings-of-power-full-airing-schedule-is-now-available/
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 31 August 2022 17:18 (one year ago) link
The first season alone cost $465 million, according to the Hollywood Reporter
So... $250 million for rights, $465 million for season 1, and four more seasons to go?
― jmm, Wednesday, 31 August 2022 17:20 (one year ago) link
the rights presumably only need to be bought once
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 31 August 2022 17:23 (one year ago) link
Money money money
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 31 August 2022 17:27 (one year ago) link
Looking at the trailer, the series aspires to be the animated version of the front cover illustrations from a thousand swords-and-dragons books. Lots of eye candy, but the whole package delivered by rote.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Wednesday, 31 August 2022 17:33 (one year ago) link
Well having seen the first episode via the free screenings tonight…Yeah, I’ll have a lot to say later. Money’s on the screen. Music worked better in context. Cast generally acquit themselves well. But oh are there negatives. And I’ll leave it at that!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 September 2022 04:56 (one year ago) link
Anyway our latest episode is live in the meantime. Recorded on Sunday so some of my thoughts in particular are slightly outdated but anyway...
https://www.megaphonic.fm/bythebywater/42
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 September 2022 14:25 (one year ago) link
While we wait
i fixed it pic.twitter.com/tmMvmpdu3w— joolsd (@joolsd) September 1, 2022
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 September 2022 14:45 (one year ago) link
Also!
i think it looks good pic.twitter.com/f0uRix1qMt— Patrick (@Pizza_Suplex) September 1, 2022
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 September 2022 16:32 (one year ago) link