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

Efour · 2 Sep 2022 at 09:16

I got just 1 episode on Amazon prime?
Is that right? a lot of people/ reviews talking in multiples being available.....

Need to plan tonights level of tv commitment

[YG]Bug-Eyed · 2 Sep 2022 at 09:35

saw 2 episodes on prime app on ipad before - not watched it yet though

ianh · 2 Sep 2022 at 09:36

VincentHanna said:
You might want to sort your quotes out as three of them aren't relating to me

You have to click the links to see the relevant post, the new forum software doesn't drag the right post into the "preview" quote if it's coming from another thread I think.

Washout · 2 Sep 2022 at 09:49

Raymond Lin said:
Every frame I've seen on this show feels like it's shot on a stage, which no doubt it mostly is but look at this shot from the BBC. Look how specifically lit the characters are, like they are lit with a spotlight from the side, with that level of sunlight you'd expect the background too be bright as well but it looks like it's under a lunar eclipse.

While it looks good from "how well the characters are lit' perspective, subconsciously it feels fake and it takes me out of the the story immediately.

GOT/House of the Dragon (HOTD) does this aspect a lot better.

Was filmed in NZ, so while lots of scenes will be in a studio lots should be external with cgi added on top - just like GoT. Also while this is a promo photo I wouldn't be getting too worked up about lighting for Elves. The PJ movies showed them having an ethereal light every other scene.

Darujhistan · 2 Sep 2022 at 10:08

VincentHanna said:
Reviewers are sent digital versions with watermarks including their names.

Or

They go to a press showing in their own country.

People aren't getting flown around the world and put up in fancy hotels regularly to see a movie/TV show.

The Oxford shills were, they were flown in from around the World, all exes paid obviously, and given gift bags. Some LOTR content creators were also flown in for the premiere...

So you're totally wrong.

Darujhistan · 2 Sep 2022 at 10:24

JUST WOW.

I had low expectations - but that was masterclass in bad television. I am actually now pleased they have ignored Tolkien and decided to tell their own "story" as it leaves the actual Lore untouched, unchallenged and unsullied by this cinematic diarrhea.

What worked? It looked pretty, that's it. If something nice to look at is enough for you, Rings of Power (Curb Your Enthusiam) is right up your alley. However, did it really feel like ME? sort of, but it wasn't immersive, not like Hobbiton. But that has a lot to do the fact that every other element is terrible, so you're not drawn into the World, in stark contrast to the opening sequence in TheFellowship, when you are immediately immersed in Middle Earth.

The fandom is going to eviscerate this.

VincentHanna · 2 Sep 2022 at 10:47

Hmmmm

Whose opinion is more biased of these two options?

1) A critic who might have been on set at one point to write a feature for a magazine and later reviewed it.
2) A man who has been slagging off the show for 8 months prior to release

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-prime.18946072/who-replied

Thekwango · 2 Sep 2022 at 10:53

Darujhistan said:
I had low expectations - but that was masterclass in bad television.

i am Jacks complete lack of surprise......

MooMoo444 · 2 Sep 2022 at 10:56

I had low expectations for this but honestly, aside from the few LotR die-hards, the reviews and feedback have been positive. I haven't watched it yet but I'm more excited to than I was.

Darujhistan · 2 Sep 2022 at 11:00

VincentHanna said:
Hmmmm

Whose opinion is more biased of these two options?

1) A critic who might have been on set at one point to write a feature for a magazine and later reviewed it.
2) A man who has been slagging off the show for 8 months prior to release

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-prime.18946072/who-replied

Me.

And I was right, it was awful.

The access shills will find themselves on the wrong side of History.

Darujhistan · 2 Sep 2022 at 11:01

MooMoo444 said:
I had low expectations for this but honestly, aside from the few LotR die-hards, the reviews and feedback have been positive. I haven't watched it yet but I'm more excited to than I was.

The corpo shill media have been pretty positive on the whole, as we knew they would be, but the fans have destroyed it.

fez · 2 Sep 2022 at 11:13

MooMoo444 said:
I had low expectations for this but honestly, aside from the few LotR die-hards, the reviews and feedback have been positive. I haven't watched it yet but I'm more excited to than I was.

They were never going to be critical of it. Massive amazon production. Negative review could get them blacklisted from early access.

Christ, most of them gave the most recent Thor a good review and that was utter garbage. I will make my own mind up on this but critics for the MSM cannot be trusted for reviews at all.

Darujhistan · 2 Sep 2022 at 11:20

fez said:
They were never going to be critical of it. Massive amazon production. Negative review could get them blacklisted from early access.

Christ, most of them gave the most recent Thor a good review and that was utter garbage. I will make my own mind up on this but critics for the MSM cannot be trusted for reviews at all.

This is how the acces media rolls, they gave She-Hulk good reviews ffs. I'm amazed people are so naive in this day and age that they don't realise how these things work.

VincentHanna · 2 Sep 2022 at 11:37

fez said:
Christ, most of them gave the most recent Thor a good review and that was utter garbage. I will make my own mind up on this but critics for the MSM cannot be trusted for reviews at all.

Meanwhile, in the actual real world

Thor: Love and Thunder got the lowest critic reviews of any Thor movie, even below 'Dark World' and is the second worse MCU movie reviewed by critics

The only one that scored lower is Eternals.

CaptainRAVE · 2 Sep 2022 at 11:37

Worth watching?

fez · 2 Sep 2022 at 11:48

VincentHanna said:
Meanwhile, in the actual real world

Thor: Love and Thunder got the lowest critic reviews of any Thor movie, even below 'Dark World' and is the second worse MCU movie reviewed by critics

The only one that scored lower is Eternals.

I know that on metacritic its got poor critic reviews now but when it first came out I read a number of reviews from big publications and they all said it was great. Once something is out, its out. The people who are reviewing it at the very start are the people that get the average punter to tune in.

fez · 2 Sep 2022 at 11:54

fez said:
I know that on metacritic its got poor critic reviews now but when it first came out I read a number of reviews from big publications and they all said it was great. Once something is out, its out. The people who are reviewing it at the very start are the people that get the average punter to tune in.

BBC 8/10
Screenrant 8/10
Telegraph 8/10
New York Post 8.8/10
Variety 9/10
Empire 8/10
Associated Press 7.5/10
NME 8/10
Independent 8/10

There are some bigger publications that have given it much lower scores but please don't make out like most of the big boys don't fall in line when a massive release comes out. Thor L&T was utter garbage.

C Kent · 2 Sep 2022 at 12:13

CaptainRAVE said:
Worth watching?

watch the 1st episode and decide for yourself? Or read/watch a review of someone whose taste you know aligns with your own.

V F · 2 Sep 2022 at 12:32

I haven't seen it yet but will tonight. Which part of Middle-earth does this take place in?

gettothechopper · 2 Sep 2022 at 12:34

The Middle part

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I've watched the first one this morning

Seems alright so far, its a bit slow but its early days eh
Looks amazing visually you can tell its big budget