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

[aardvark]

She’s more than a thousand years old, has battled for centuries, head of the army and people are saying there’s no justification for her being a warrior - criticised for looks despite being from a race (elves) that’s known for being slight and pretty. Yeah, turn down the turbo dial with the criticism.

if anything they really nerfed her compared to the other elves and is far older than the king - the idea that none of them would listen to her is ridiculous

 

[VincentHanna]

Question.

Did that snow troll actually kill any of the elves in her party? Because it seemed like it should have the way it was smashing a few of them around.

Edit - Yes, I watched episode 1 and thought it was decent enough but not great. It did however look fantastic.

 

[Dis86]

Question.

Did that snow troll actually kill any of the elves in her party? Because it seemed like it should have the way it was smashing a few of them around.

Not that I could tell. All seemed to be there at the end. Elves are meant to be fairly durable though.

 

[Thekwango]

No not even people born in the same town/city so why are people so upset over accents for the Harfoots ?

Because they are fake, all over the place, and awful.

 

[Minusorange]

No, that didn't prove your point. It contradicts it. Why would people complain about something that is normal and perfectly logical?

Yes that what was my point, nobody complained about the trilogy accents, suddenly accents are an issue ?

 

[Dis86]

Yes that what was my point, nobody complained about the trilogy accents, suddenly accents are an issue ?

Because the accents are not consistent, they fall in an out of them. Lenny Henry shifts from Jamaican to Irish constantly.

 

[Mercenary Keyboard Warrior]

Because the accents are not consistent, they fall in an out of them. Lenny Henry shifts from Jamaican to Irish constantly.

Specsavers do hearing tests as well

 

[bfar]

Yes that what was my point, nobody complained about the trilogy accents, suddenly accents are an issue ?

We've just had two pages of comments about accents. Does make you wonder if we're getting too picky. We need to just learn to enjoy our shows

 

[Minusorange]

Because the accents are not consistent, they fall in an out of them. Lenny Henry shifts from Jamaican to Irish constantly.

No worse than Merry & Pippins accents in the trilogy or even Sam's

We've just had two pages of comments about accents. Does make you wonder if we're getting too picky. We need to just learn to enjoy our shows

Yes as long as you can understand what they're saying what does it matter, it's Lenny Henry playing a semi-minor character role ffs, you're not going to get Ian McKellen or Christopher Lee levels of acting with him

And in terms of accents all the Elves should be speaking English with a hybrid of Finnish, Gothic, Welsh & Latin accents, OMG everything is ruined

 

[Bigpig]

Elon Trolling again

https://twitter.com/x/status/1566849074762059777

 

[Dis86]

Specsavers do hearing tests as well

Well get yourself booked in for one son.

 

[Mercenary Keyboard Warrior]

Well get yourself booked in for one son.

No need they get tested as part of working for a manufacturing company that has noisy equipment, they are fine

I think your are wonky though

 

[Mr Jack]

Yes that what was my point, nobody complained about the trilogy accents, suddenly accents are an issue ?

I don't remember anywhere in the trilogy where the accents were as inconsistent as they have been in this?

 

[Dis86]

No need they get tested as part of working for a manufacturing company that has noisy equipment, they are fine

I think your are wonky though

Weird as plenty of other people are commenting on it...

 

[NoobCannon]

Watched the first episode just now.

Thought it was pretty pants but will watch the next one as need to give it a chance.

 

[Thekwango]

No worse than Merry & Pippins accents in the trilogy or even Sam's

But their accents were at least consistent. The issue for me is that with the harfoots, the individual characters accent seem to change almost with every scene.

 

[VincentHanna]

I don't remember anywhere in the trilogy where the accents were as inconsistent as they have been in this?

Frodo sounds like a posh(ish) Brit
Merry sounds like a mancunian
Pippen sounds scottish
Samwise sounds like he's from Bristol

 

[Gregvivi0401]

Watched the first episode just now.

Thought it was pretty pants but will watch the next one as need to give it a chance.

After 2 episode's I'm not convinced to watch next one's

 

[Dis86]

Frodo sounds like a posh(ish) Brit
Merry sounds like a mancunian
Pippen sounds scottish
Samwise sounds like he's from Bristol

And they consistently sounded like that.

 

[VincentHanna]

Otherwise, there is nothing I particularly dislike. The lead actress is a bit overly earnest, but that’s it (that’s a script thing rather than an acting thing).

She’s more than a thousand years old, has battled for centuries, head of the army and people are saying there’s no justification for her being a warrior - criticised for looks despite being from a race (elves) that’s known for being slight and pretty. Yeah, turn down the turbo dial with the criticism.

Saw this on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1567024869224718336

https://twitter.com/x/status/1567025226369695746

And this

https://twitter.com/x/status/1567041419688157185