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This was my goto phrase for getting round the Bing AI Image Creator dodgy filter, but sadly this too has now been patched
I'd ask why you wanted those images but I don't think I want to know the answer.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Prime)
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I'd ask why you wanted those images but I don't think I want to know the answer.
If you want to a wander over to the Midjourney - AI art thread you can see a sample of my work, suggest post #151 as an example. You can always tell which are mine because there is also an anthropomorphic potato warrior in every one.
lol oh!
I only came across this phrase recently (this year?) and I thought it was something to do with ‘packaging people together and shipping them like a parcel’
- what a doofus!
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Housemates just started watching this thing...
Never got into it, even though I've read The Hobbit and LOTR, and seen the extended versions of all, including all the DVD extras. I even recall Christopher Lee giving detailed tips on pronunciation of various names like, "Gahhn-dahhlf" and "Sahh-ru-mahhn". All perfectly good...
It's therefore most irritating just making tea in the kitchen and overhearing that Welsh actress (Galadriel) so heavily labouring her pronunciation of the Tolkienesque names... It's not even like the rest of her speech has such an accent, or anything. It's just certain names, where she adds more and more rolled r's as the episode goes on.
"Saurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrron"....
"Celebrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrimborrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr".....
If she wanted to half-ass a Scottish accent, why didn't she just audition for one of the Dwarven characters??!!
This alone has put me off watching it, but then they pulled a Peter Griffin and 'said the name of the movie in the movie'!!
Never got into it, even though I've read The Hobbit and LOTR, and seen the extended versions of all, including all the DVD extras. I even recall Christopher Lee giving detailed tips on pronunciation of various names like, "Gahhn-dahhlf" and "Sahh-ru-mahhn". All perfectly good...
It's therefore most irritating just making tea in the kitchen and overhearing that Welsh actress (Galadriel) so heavily labouring her pronunciation of the Tolkienesque names... It's not even like the rest of her speech has such an accent, or anything. It's just certain names, where she adds more and more rolled r's as the episode goes on.
"Saurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrron"....
"Celebrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrimborrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr".....
If she wanted to half-ass a Scottish accent, why didn't she just audition for one of the Dwarven characters??!!
This alone has put me off watching it, but then they pulled a Peter Griffin and 'said the name of the movie in the movie'!!
Here let me answer it properly for you. Yes it's fine if you liked the S1. Still good watch particularly if you aren't familiar with the lore like me.
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It is rubbish, but in its defence not sure how they could have made the show without saying "Rings of Power" when it's a show about the Rings of Power.
Morphin Clarke would have have made a much worse dwarf than an elf and she's no elf!
Soldato
Really enjoying s2
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I'm enjoying it too. More so than season 1.
Soldato
yea i'm quite enjoying it too despite it's obvious flaws.
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More the moment when Celebrrrrrrrrrrrrimborrrrrrrrrrr is told, again with deliberate emphasis to make sure you don't miss the line, that he'll be "the Lord of the Rings".........
It's like the film Solo, where they basically insist on showing how Han gets his outfit, blaster, ship, friends, lucky dice... It's a fan service that nobody wanted.
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It's probably one of the better scenes in the series IMOMore the moment when Celebrrrrrrrrrrrrimborrrrrrrrrrr is told, again with deliberate emphasis to make sure you don't miss the line, that he'll be "the Lord of the Rings".........
It's like the film Solo, where they basically insist on showing how Han gets his outfit, blaster, ship, friends, lucky dice... It's a fan service that nobody wanted.
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More the moment when Celebrrrrrrrrrrrrimborrrrrrrrrrr is told, again with deliberate emphasis to make sure you don't miss the line, that he'll be "the Lord of the Rings".........
It's like the film Solo, where they basically insist on showing how Han gets his outfit, blaster, ship, friends, lucky dice... It's a fan service that nobody wanted.
They have no idea how to do anything of their own, everything is stolen from other films etc. This is proven by the fact every episode is littered with call-backs to PJ's trilogy...what was it Tolkien said about evil not being able to create anything?....
Also Celebrimbor:
I don't want to make rings for men as they can't be trusted with them. Then he learns of the dangers of the rings already given to dwarves and elves and then decides:
"You know what? although these rings are proving too dangerous in the hands more trustworthy beings, let's make some more of them and give them to the race of men anyway - i'm sure it'll be fine" - Celembrimbor the Lord Percy of Amazon's Middle Earth alchemy.
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I thought the series explained it well enough for a TV audience.Also Celebrimbor:
I don't want to make rings for men as they can't be trusted with them. Then he learns of the dangers of the rings already given to dwarves and elves and then decides:
"You know what? although these rings are proving too dangerous in the hands more trustworthy beings, let's make some more of them and give them to the race of men anyway - i'm sure it'll be fine" - Celembrimbor the Lord Percy of Amazon's Middle Earth alchemy.
Elf rings (so far) are not causing issues.
He was then gaslighted in to thinking that it was his own deception of the Elf King that caused corruption in the Dwarven Rings.
I can't honestly recall if the books make it clear that the rings had bad effects before the one ring was created in the fires of Mount Doom, so maybe the TV series is taking liberties there by having the Dwarf king get greedy.
Gaslit? I thought he was supposed to be wise?
Nothing about wiggy Sauron is in way convincing, especially not to someone like Celebrimbor. It's laughable. Yet he just turns on a dime, after being absolutely resolute in his well-reasoned argument not to make rings for men.
It's just more change for the sake of change (becuase the hacks think they can write a better story) - the 3 rings for the elves were forged without Sauron's influence after the rings for men and dwarves.Also Celebrimbor:
I don't want to make rings for men as they can't be trusted with them. Then he learns of the dangers of the rings already given to dwarves and elves and then decides:
"You know what? although these rings are proving too dangerous in the hands more trustworthy beings, let's make some more of them and give them to the race of men anyway - i'm sure it'll be fine" - Celembrimbor the Lord Percy of Amazon's Middle Earth alchemy.
It's crazy how studios keep putting out huge flops. This, the Starwars stuff (Acolyte). Mostly because they keep altering the source material thinking they know better, or injecting pointless "woke" nonsense etc. which derails the story.
It fails, they can see it fails, people just arent watching it. But then they just do it again and again. Surely at some point corporate execs and shareholders are going to have to step in to save the company from going bankrupt. They can't just keep losing 100s of millions a year like this.
We are at the point now where big name actors are walking away from franchises, because they are afraid for their own reputation/image.
It fails, they can see it fails, people just arent watching it. But then they just do it again and again. Surely at some point corporate execs and shareholders are going to have to step in to save the company from going bankrupt. They can't just keep losing 100s of millions a year like this.
We are at the point now where big name actors are walking away from franchises, because they are afraid for their own reputation/image.
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Soldato
Enjoying it on a sort of 6/10 basis.
The problem to me is the constant jumping from location to location and bringing in characters that are totally outwith the scope of the Silmarillion or the LOTR appendices, without any form of narration to help the audience understand who, what and where is happening. I mean, yes I'm probably a bit thick in my old age but I've read LOTR and the Hobbit numerous times, skimmed part of the Silmarillion (it reads like an A Level history text at times) but even I'm struggling, so god knows how those less familiar with the ME universe are managing.
Tom Bombadil... well I guess we just ought to be grateful it didn't deterioate into gay bear smooching (unless that comes tonight), but totally out of time, location and context. In FOTR Tom was master of his own country but had little to no interest in the affairs of the other races and probably why every other adaptation of LOTR - even the BBC Radio 4 play - leaves him out.
The problem to me is the constant jumping from location to location and bringing in characters that are totally outwith the scope of the Silmarillion or the LOTR appendices, without any form of narration to help the audience understand who, what and where is happening. I mean, yes I'm probably a bit thick in my old age but I've read LOTR and the Hobbit numerous times, skimmed part of the Silmarillion (it reads like an A Level history text at times) but even I'm struggling, so god knows how those less familiar with the ME universe are managing.
Tom Bombadil... well I guess we just ought to be grateful it didn't deterioate into gay bear smooching (unless that comes tonight), but totally out of time, location and context. In FOTR Tom was master of his own country but had little to no interest in the affairs of the other races and probably why every other adaptation of LOTR - even the BBC Radio 4 play - leaves him out.
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It's a shambling skinsuit of Tolkien's work, butchered and mutilated for what they believe the modern audience wants.
No integrity, hilariously poor acting, awful production value, no deep character development so that you can feel connected to their story (think how invested you were when Rohan showed up and charged).
No integrity, hilariously poor acting, awful production value, no deep character development so that you can feel connected to their story (think how invested you were when Rohan showed up and charged).
