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

Darujhistan · 2 Oct 2022 at 10:39

Minusorange said:
A good way to end the series killing off all the unlikeable characters

So that's all The Harfoots, Galadriel, The CW ensemble, Miriel and Karl Marx, (virtually everyone on Numenor tbh what an epic fail that has been), Bronwyn (yawn), and we can do with a replacement for Dimrond - maybe they could run some like Scooby Doo plot in S2 where he's unveiled as an imposter and real Elrond has been tied to a tree somewhere.

Dis86 · 2 Oct 2022 at 11:18

StriderX said:
So when does everyone get their rings?

Well, this is the problem. The timeline is all over the place so by some of the events that have happened the elves should have theirs by now and quite possibly the dwarves and men. Except they haven't been forged yet as Eregion hasn't even got its forge and Mount Doom has only just been created even though we're seemingly at the end of the 2nd age and it erupted in the 1st.

Darujhistan · 2 Oct 2022 at 11:20

It's best to forget about the timeline having any relevance as they have clearly set fire to it.

C Kent · 2 Oct 2022 at 11:31

Darujhistan said:
It's best to forget about the timeline having any relevance as they have clearly set fire to it.

I'm shocked, shocked I tell you.

Darujhistan · 2 Oct 2022 at 11:45

C Kent said:
I'm shocked, shocked I tell you.

?

VincentHanna · 2 Oct 2022 at 11:51

Dis86 said:
Mount Doom has only just been created even though we're seemingly at the end of the 2nd age and it erupted in the 1st.

I believe Orodruin was dormant, but that doesn't mean it hadn't erupted before as Tolkien wrote it had "awakened again" before the attack on Gondor.

Dis86 · 2 Oct 2022 at 12:14

VincentHanna said:
I believe Orodruin was dormant, but that doesn't mean it hadn't erupted before as Tolkien wrote it had "awakened again" before the attack on Gondor.

Before the attack on the place that doesn't exist yet.

VincentHanna · 2 Oct 2022 at 12:20

Dis86 said:
Before the attack on the place that doesn't exist yet.

Yes I know it doesn't exist yet, I am referring to when it erupts before Saurons armies attack it, in Lord of the Rings.

It is written that it was re-awakened and the implication is therefore that it has erupted before.

Dis86 · 2 Oct 2022 at 12:23

VincentHanna said:
Yes I know it doesn't exist yet, I am referring to when it erupts before Saurons armies attack it, in Lord of the Rings.

It is written that it was re-awakened and the implication is therefore that it has erupted before.

Yes. In the first age. Like I said.

VincentHanna · 2 Oct 2022 at 12:30

Morgoth created it during the first age, though there is no mention of an eruption then (I think)

If it did though, I don't know why you are assuming it didn't or couldn't have erupted at any point between those times though?

This is what Rings of Power does - fills in the blanks with made up story. It's up to you whether you like that story or not.

Minusorange · 2 Oct 2022 at 13:46

Why can't they just stick to the established timeline though ? Are they incapable of intelligent writing that explains there's a gap of time between events ?

C Kent · 2 Oct 2022 at 14:51

Minusorange said:
Are they incapable of intelligent writing that explains there's a gap of time between events ?

Yes

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 2 Oct 2022 at 15:16

Minusorange said:
Why can't they just stick to the established timeline though ? Are they incapable of intelligent writing that explains there's a gap of time between events ?

I think its been discussed before, the timeline is massive.
Not a problem with Elves but with men they would have to keep changing the actors.
Its hard enough finding a handful of actors that people think can act, imagine if each episode needed half a new cast.

Darujhistan · 2 Oct 2022 at 15:47

https://twitter.com/Satus21/status/1576496768795422720/photo/1

Numenorean ship

:cry:

StriderX · 2 Oct 2022 at 16:23

Darujhistan said:
https://twitter.com/Satus21/status/1576496768795422720/photo/1

Numenorean ship

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C Kent · 2 Oct 2022 at 17:08

StriderX said:
Free advertising

It needs it as no one is watching

StriderX · 2 Oct 2022 at 17:12

C Kent said:
It needs it as no one is watching

It'll survive off of all the hate watchers.

C Kent · 2 Oct 2022 at 17:24

StriderX said:
It'll survive off of all the hate watchers.

Enough to justify the cost? Doubtful

Efour · 2 Oct 2022 at 19:00

Wow episode 6 something actually happened. A lot happening.

It's the first time I felt anything from watching and it only took the execution of a few townsfolk in the captured tavern. That was absolutely grim and brutal. Lol.

As for everyone coming in the nick of time etc etc. Whatever it's lotr, it's still clunky as hell.

As for the timeline, I don't know it so meh.
Everyone is technically 100% dead now in that superheated pyroclastic flow so ....

Episode 7

Icey Gandalf will save the black Irish gypsies

VincentHanna · 2 Oct 2022 at 19:18

C Kent said:
It needs it as no one is watching

Meanwhile, in the real World.

Rings of Power Dominates House of the Dragon in Streaming Ratings

Nielsen has released the first batch of viewership data for the end of August and start of September, revealing the first showdown between Amazon Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and HBO’s House of the Dragon, and there’s a clear winner. According to Nielsen, for the week...

comicbook.com

"According to Nielsen, for the week of August 29th to September 4th (the first two episodes of Rings were released on September 1st) The Rings of Power was watched over 1.253 billion minutes by subscribers, making it the top piece of content on all of streaming in the United States."