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

Darujhistan · 12 Sep 2022 at 14:15

casper_uk said:
Would you like me to fetch the discarded toys from your handbag? You can of course watch what you like, and comment on what you like. It just seems you are getting very angry about what is after all, a TV show. That isn't healthy. Of course they are completely different types of shows?

House of the Dragon and The Rings of Power are different enough to coexist

House of the Dragon and The Rings of Power have things in common, but ultimately are two very different sorts of series. It's a good time to be a TV fan.

winteriscoming.net

LOTR: The Rings of Power proves House of the Dragon comparisons are pointless

Is Middle-earth's return middle of the road?

www.digitalspy.com

Seems people agree that they are different types of shows...imagine that. Not so ludicrous after all it seems

None of that means that they should not be compared, HoD is vastly superior. But no, can't have RoP compared to HoD because it's going to look very bad isn't it?

It seems you're getting very upset about all this!

PS - No-one cares that you think they can't be compared, they're going to do it anyway!

robgmun · 12 Sep 2022 at 14:18

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
What I was getting at is that you are mentally actively prejudicing something since you haven't got the mental wiring to recall enough of that scene to actually trigger any actual reaction.
IE if you "fancied" her before you would not be able to recall enough data in order for that one scene to stop you fancying her now.

I'm inviting you to my next party, you'd rock the place

Darujhistan · 12 Sep 2022 at 14:23

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
What I was getting at is that you are mentally actively prejudicing something since you haven't got the mental wiring to recall enough of that scene to actually trigger any actual reaction.
IE if you "fancied" her before you would not be able to recall enough data in order for that one scene to stop you fancying her now.

Are you one of the writers from RoP?

Did you also write the classic line "Do you know why a ship floats and a stone cannot? Because the stone sees only downwards"

Darujhistan · 12 Sep 2022 at 14:26

Kenai said:
I think I remember reading they've planned out the story for about 50 hours, I'm not expecting a massive increase in storytelling pace.

You'd think with this much time to kill they would use the time to show some "Journeying" to destinations. but no it seems they had teleportation in the second age. This is part of the resason that this World feels dead, it is all show, all flashy sweeping shots, but it is a World a mile wide and an inch deep. LOTR felt epic in every sense fight from the start, this show is just so small by comparison and all the money they ahve spent on it cannot change that.

Time and distance have no meaning at all in this ME. There's no scale to anything, no weight, no consequence, no tension, no real relationships or friendships worth anything, no jepoardy which was shown with that awful troll scene, in LOTR it took the whole Fellowship a fair amount of time to take it down, here? MSG kills it "Super easy, barely an inconvinience" without any help.

It is a dead World.

Darujhistan · 12 Sep 2022 at 15:32

RoP in a nutshell:

The Rings of Power is Terrible

Amazon`s worst show - The Rings of Power is Awful! Tolkien fans were right! I`ll explain it`s Problems and WHY IT SUCKS! A TERRIBLE billion dollar flop! CANC...

www.youtube.com

Very well done and to the point, nails almost every major flaw in 10 minutes. I actually think this guy has been reading my posts!

MooMoo444 · 12 Sep 2022 at 16:31

Darujhistan said:
RoP in a nutshell:

The Rings of Power is Terrible

Amazon`s worst show - The Rings of Power is Awful! Tolkien fans were right! I`ll explain it`s Problems and WHY IT SUCKS! A TERRIBLE billion dollar flop! CANC...

www.youtube.com

Very well done and to the point, nails almost every major flaw in 10 minutes. I actually think this guy has been reading my posts!

It's a bit cliche to be like "if you don't like it, why don't you leave/stop watching", but honestly getting that vibe here. If you don't appreciate the show, fair enough - but why are you trying to drag it down for other people who might be enjoying it? It's just endless postage about how bad or wrong it is.

Darujhistan · 12 Sep 2022 at 16:37

MooMoo444 said:
It's a bit cliche to be like "if you don't like it, why don't you leave/stop watching", but honestly getting that vibe here. If you don't appreciate the show, fair enough - but why are you trying to drag it down for other people who might be enjoying it? It's just endless postage about how bad or wrong it is.

Wait, isn't this a forum for discussing RoP?

MooMoo444 · 12 Sep 2022 at 16:49

Darujhistan said:
Wait, isn't this a forum for discussing RoP?

Are you discussing? Almost all of your posts read like 'angry man on blog'. Are you discussing with yourself?

So invested for someone who very clearly thinks the show is a waste of time.

casper_uk · 12 Sep 2022 at 19:06

Darujhistan said:
None of that means that they should not be compared, HoD is vastly superior. But no, can't have RoP compared to HoD because it's going to look very bad isn't it?

It seems you're getting very upset about all this!

PS - No-one cares that you think they can't be compared, they're going to do it anyway!

MooMoo444 said:
Are you discussing? Almost all of your posts read like 'angry man on blog'. Are you discussing with yourself?

So invested for someone who very clearly thinks the show is a waste of time.

Upset? Not in the least, at leats my posts aren't coming across like an "angry man on blog"

Darujhistan, you aren't going to like the show no matter what happens, as you have already made your mind up. That's fine, I just don't see why you are adamant in trying to ruin everyone elses enjoyment of the show. Last word from from me about it. Hope you enjoy the rest of the show as much as other people do someday.

arknor · 12 Sep 2022 at 19:19

seems about as good as LOTR the movies and about the same pacing so far.

7/10 for me, skipped the lenny henry parts though... can't stand that fool

Must seem like a really slow waste of time if your brain has been corrupted by tiktok and marvel

VincentHanna · 12 Sep 2022 at 22:45

arknor said:
Must seem like a really slow waste of time if your brain has been corrupted by tiktok and marvel

skipped the lenny henry parts though... can't stand that fool

Do you not see any contradiction here? Suggesting people can't stand slow paced shows because of Marvel and Tik Took and then admitting you skipped scenes just because you don't like Lenny Henry.

I think his total screen time in the first two episodes was only about 3 minutes.

arknor · 12 Sep 2022 at 22:47

VincentHanna said:
Do you not see any contradiction here? Suggesting people can't stand slow paced shows because of Marvel and Tik Took and then admitting you skipped scenes just because you don't like Lenny Henry.

how is it a contraidction? why would anyone want to watch that racist fool

Hopefully I'm not the only one who skipped his scenes and amazon take note

Darujhistan · 12 Sep 2022 at 23:50

casper_uk said:
Upset? Not in the least, at leats my posts aren't coming across like an "angry man on blog" Darujhistan, you aren't going to like the show no matter what happens, as you have already made your mind up. That's fine, I just don't see why you are adamant in trying to ruin everyone elses enjoyment of the show. Last word from from me about it. Hope you enjoy the rest of the show as much as other people do someday.

He's even doing research on me! But you're not upset eh fella?

:cry:

Darujhistan · 12 Sep 2022 at 23:53

arknor said:
seems about as good as LOTR the movies and about the same pacing so far.

7/10 for me, skipped the lenny henry parts though... can't stand that fool

Must seem like a really slow waste of time if your brain has been corrupted by tiktok and marvel

You've missed absolutely nothing from the Harfoots - every second of their screen-time has been a complete waste. On top of that, they must be the most nonsensical "society" ever to have been brought to life on screen.

VincentHanna · 12 Sep 2022 at 23:53

Darujhistan said:
He's even doing research on me! But you're not upset eh fella?

I believe that was @MooMoo444

And it's not really much effort to click the 'who replied?' button on the thread.

Darujhistan · 12 Sep 2022 at 23:55

MooMoo444 said:
Are you discussing? Almost all of your posts read like 'angry man on blog'. Are you discussing with yourself?

So invested for someone who very clearly thinks the show is a waste of time.

It us called criticism, I know that these days everyone is so delicate they can't deal with it it seems, even about a TV show, it makes me wonder how people cope with real-life problems...

VincentHanna · 12 Sep 2022 at 23:56

Wife and I got around to episode 2 tonight.

Liked all of it, except maybe Galadriel on a wreckage and being attacked by a "worm". That just seemed a bit pointless, even if she now knows Orcs are still out there in the Southlands.

Darujhistan · 13 Sep 2022 at 00:10

arknor said:
how is it a contraidction? why would anyone want to watch that racist fool

Hopefully I'm not the only one who skipped his scenes and amazon take note

That racism doesn't count though.

Darujhistan · 13 Sep 2022 at 00:11

MooMoo444 said:
Are you discussing? Almost all of your posts read like 'angry man on blog'. Are you discussing with yourself?

del

V F · 13 Sep 2022 at 00:22

I'm loving how getting into this series that my Youtube recommendations is now coming up with stuff from Nerd of the Rings and such.