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

Efour · 22 Feb 2022 at 08:33

Amazon released an emergency woke video with 4 "normal people" (superfan influencers lol) talking about diversity and equality in the great new show....

They came across as complete morons with zero knowledge of any of Tolkien's work so the video has quickly been unlisted to hide it from more "internet trolls"
giving their invalid opinions..

lol.... All hype is good hype right?

MattTheTall77 · 22 Feb 2022 at 08:38

Efour said:
Amazon released an emergency woke video with 4 "normal people" (superfan influencers lol) talking about diversity and equality in the great new show....

They came across as complete morons with zero knowledge of any of Tolkien's work so the video has quickly been unlisted to hide it from more "internet trolls"
giving their invalid opinions..

lol.... All hype is good hype right?

Efour · 22 Feb 2022 at 08:41

lol awesome thanks

im guessing this will be cringy AF

Greebo · 22 Feb 2022 at 08:45

Efour said:
lol awesome thanks

im guessing this will be cringy AF

I have only seen one clip where these "superfans" are asking the question as to why the rings of power were ever made in the first place...............................

MattTheTall77 · 22 Feb 2022 at 08:48

Efour said:
lol awesome thanks

im guessing this will be cringy AF

It's very cringe

Efour · 22 Feb 2022 at 08:57

lol the gay guy sounds like he kinda knows his stuff, i love campiness. We share the same surname... Wonder if we are related

Stumble Bum · 22 Feb 2022 at 11:04

Oh god, that video confirms what a lot of people have been speculating all along. This is going to be a disaster. Yet another Amazon Prime costly fail.

C Kent · 22 Feb 2022 at 11:10

It's ******* terrible

I pity anyone that thinks this will be good. I still can't understand why these people think portraying Galadriel as an angsty teenager when she is 8000 years old at the time this is set is a good thing?

People that use the word 'like' more than twice in a sentence should be shot.

Tombstone · 22 Feb 2022 at 11:40

Wow....that is.....not a good video.

Ayahuasca · 22 Feb 2022 at 11:46

I initially thought the whole woke thing was being overblown, now it actually looks like it's going to be Lord of the Woke

MattTheTall77 · 22 Feb 2022 at 11:46

I can still see it doing well though. The Tolkien fans may not appreciate some of the changes, but I imagine most people will just watch it for something to watch if they have Prime already. Amazon will then hail it a success despite the current fervour.

Edit: Some Wheel of Time fans weren't happy but it's had high viewing figures.

Edit: Some Witcher fans had issues with the Witcher TV series but that seems to have done well.

What will be interesting is what happens when the movie rights to the Lord of the Rings are sold and what comes from that, especially if Amazon get it.

Bigpig · 22 Feb 2022 at 12:00

1 billon dollars.

The show runners biggest claim to fame is
"They have worked with J.J.Abrams"

Efour · 22 Feb 2022 at 12:23

There cant be many people left on earth without a prime subscription surely

Relentless81 · 22 Feb 2022 at 12:25

Efour said:
There cant be many people left on earth without a prime subscription surely

What makes you say that?

Efour · 22 Feb 2022 at 12:51

Relentless81 said:
What makes you say that?

Amazon being the monster corporation it is?

Its a kinda flippant comment relating to their size, i didnt think it needed explaining but this is ocuk and nothing should be taken for granted. i guess.

Im aware Amazon dont operate in china for example.... Hence there are plenty of people left on earth without prime subscriptions.

am i over explaining this

Shamikebab · 22 Feb 2022 at 13:08

MattTheTall77 said:
I can still see it doing well though. The Tolkien fans may not appreciate some of the changes, but I imagine most people will just watch it for something to watch if they have Prime already. Amazon will then hail it a success despite the current fervour.

Wheel of Time fans weren't happy but it's had high viewing figures.

Witcher fans had issues with the Witcher TV series but that seems to have done well.

What will be interesting is what happens when the movie rights to the Lord of the Rings are sold and what comes from that, especially if Amazon get it.

Your statements really need a 'some' before them. Witcher has high ratings and I know a lot of Witcher fans (both games and books) that loved it.

MattTheTall77 · 22 Feb 2022 at 13:14

Shamikebab said:
Your statements really need a 'some' before them. Witcher has high ratings and I know a lot of Witcher fans (both games and books) that loved it.

Agreed, I should have added 'some'. I don't know what issues they were, just in comments from some mentioning issues with changes from the books when discussing the Rings of Power. I hadn't read or played Witcher before the tv series and enjoyed the first series, the second not so much, but I am now enjoying the Witcher 3 game.

Relentless81 · 22 Feb 2022 at 13:28

Efour said:
Amazon being the monster corporation it is?

Its a kinda flippant comment relating to their size, i didnt think it needed explaining but this is ocuk and nothing should be taken for granted. i guess.

Im aware Amazon dont operate in china for example.... Hence there are plenty of people left on earth without prime subscriptions.

am i over explaining this

So your comment was related to the size of the organisation, I thought it was related to the benefits of a prime subscription or lack of in the case of your comment.

Efour · 22 Feb 2022 at 13:38

Relentless81 said:
So your comment was related to the size of the organisation, I thought it was related to the benefits of a prime subscription or lack of in the case of your comment.

robgmun · 22 Feb 2022 at 16:05

Efour said:
Amazon released an emergency woke video with 4 "normal people" (superfan influencers lol) talking about diversity and equality in the great new show....

They came across as complete morons with zero knowledge of any of Tolkien's work so the video has quickly been unlisted to hide it from more "internet trolls"
giving their invalid opinions..

lol.... All hype is good hype right?

Ooof, that video got ratioed HARD!!!