The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Prime)

Apex said:
one of which rise above a furtive, fully clothed kiss (another win for the “GoT”/”HOTD” column)
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are they really complaining cause there's not enough knobbing on screen?! now don't get me wrong, i'm not some 'won't you think of the children' eejit and am all for a good ole bit of rumpy pumpy on screen but complaining cause a kiss doesn't descend into shagging is a bit weird. they should look at a subscription to pornhub if they're that desperate :p
 
Apex said:
Not all all, BCS is one of the best shows of all time on its own merits, and HOD while nowhere near that level is a decent show. Both S1 and S2 were far better than the laughable ROP. Both BCS were bigger critical, audience and financial successes than ROP...
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I'd disagree with House of the Dragon. I stopped watching that halfway through the first season because it was boring me ****less, whereas I made it through all of Rings of Power's first season. I did enjoy Better Call Saul :).
 
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Not long to go now, hoping that they somehow manage to turn it round and make it a decent series. I read they are showing the first 3 episodes out of the 8 tomorrow apparently...
 
Never never forget!!

“Do you know why a ship floats and a stone cannot”

Hah really hah
mitch212k said:
I lost interest about 2/3 episodes into season 1. Should I give it another chance?
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Depends.

Do you like inflicting pain and suffering onto yourself?

Is your time valuable?

I would you said you one of the vast majority that bailed on the show!!
 
Season 2, Episode 1 thoughts (Spoilers!):

And first episode in, and we have a serious case of Shakespear in the Park actors acting out Macbeth, quite literally; each stabbing motion heralds zero physics to them it was very plain to see; sfx crew making that scene did well replacing everything, but the physics went out the window (lack of it entirely). Unlike a later shot where a commoner was gutted, we could see the impact (physics) on that one compared to this scene.

Elrond again, holding up well here.

Poor exposition there. The writers had a moment they could easily have had the King add in something like "We would be forced abandon these shores to our enemy against our most sacred charge in protecting these lands from them!" or something to that effect - that they will have gone home and failed (to God, not a good look). Which would show the dire decisions made to go with the Ring use. Right now, Elrond is right, they're all sorts of crazy and using some crazy logic to justify using the Rings. "Only the future will show whether what I did is right or wrong" or whatever Galadriel said - well Duh! That still doesn't mean you should go ahead with it as all sorts of bad results have happened still from justifying crazy actions like that. And that's what Elrond was warning against.

There was one minor graphical issue (sfx crew issue again I think), they had a slight flickering pixel whilst out in the sea (should not have been there and certainly not to that brightness level). Someone missed removing that.

First three out today, so will watch the others to see how it goes.
 
www.theguardian.com

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 review – needs to remember it’s a drama

Amazon’s prequel series looks visually impressive, but the script is frequently just lore – said with such comical portent that it’s a turnoff to casual viewers. It really needs more action
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Middling review from the Guardian - sitting on the fence this time it seems. For season one they bascially wet themselves and called it the best thing evaaaahhhh on release, before realising by seasons end it was crap and backtracking and falling into line with audience reception which was obviously very poor.
 
www.telegraph.co.uk

The Rings of Power, review: proof that money can’t buy magic

Garish and disrespectful towards JRR Tolkien’s writing, the second season of Prime Video’s Lord of the Rings prequel will leave fans cold
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Daily Telegraph pulling no punches - oof!

"But it suffers from the same flaws that bedevilled series one. These include cheap-looking sets, cardboard dialogue (“seize him… he is Sauron!”), and bloodless battle scenes that, despite a reported £40 million per episode budget, resemble something from a mid-tier PlayStation game."

Yeah I couldn't agree more about S1, and the costumes were awful, the armour looked like cardboard, and some of the elves costumes had a distinct grandma's curtains vibe.
 
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Not doing well in the reviews that haven't been paid for, more of the same as s1, will still be giving it a watch.

www.thewrap.com

‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 2 Review: TV’s Most Expensive Series Remains Stunningly Boring

Prime Video’s big-budget "Lord of the Rings" prequel has yet to develop characters or situations we care about in Season 2
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The eight-episode season also fails to move the narrative needle much beyond where the smoking ruins of Season 1 left matters. Sauron (Charlie Vickers) is still the shape-shifting superbad. Elves, dwarfs, humans and orcs remain too blinkered by their own political in-fighting to counter him effectively. The goofy cosmic Stranger (Daniel Weyman), who we all know will become J.R.R. Tolkien’s most famous wizard, is still wandering around looking for his magic staff with some proto-Hobbit pals.
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S2 E2 thoughts (Spoilers)

Uh, more crazy logic being used in the show. That older respected elf talking to Elrond, telling him to hate the creator (Sauron) not the created (Elven Rings); which is true, except when both are linked, and they have zero reason to believe they are not so at this point (given Sauron is a higher rank than they are and hence more powers) and throwing caution to the wind. As a line from Picard would say and be valid; Sheer F-Elven Hubris...

The good news is, hardly any obvious flaws visually. Could do with improvements, but nothing terribly jarring unlike in S1 and the flickering pixel issue (flaw of an OLED, you can see the slightest flaw, especially on a dark background and the issue is bright.)

Story did seem kinda slow though to progress anything of note.
 
One thing is for sure, Amazon have have absolutely zero marketing and hype for S2 - incredible really given how much it cost to make and their endless wealth.
 
Rotten Tomatoes critics scores? - :D

www.rottentomatoes.com

Star Wars: The Acolyte | Rotten Tomatoes

A former Padawan reunites with her Jedi Master to investigate a series of crimes but discovers the forces they confront are more sinister than they ever anticipated.
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They gave The Acolyte 78% - while the fans gave it 18%.

It's now been cancelled because it was terrible and no-one wanted to watch it. So I think the lesson to be learned from this is that the cumulative critic review score isn't to be taken seriously.

;)
 
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"fans"

I haven't watched it because it looked crap, but I know that The Acolyte received tons of poor user reviews (3/10 or lower) hours before the episodes even aired.
 
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VincentHanna said:
So you believe that reviewers that don't agree with you must be paid shills?

Amazon must be spending a lot of cash on all these reviewers as it's currently 86% fresh: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_lord_of_the_rings_the_rings_of_power/s02
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There is a stark contrast in reviews from ones that have been paid and ones that haven't.

For example, 2 different reviews that couldn't be further apart:

Variety: a Boring Slog in a Lifeless Season 2

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Empire Online: fantasy at its absolute highest level

Was s1 a let down for me, yes, will it stop me watching s2, no.
 
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