Lord of the Rings TV Series Purchased by Amazon

[Triceron]

What will make or break it for me is how the script turns out. The actors will only really be able to shine if the script and direction work. Even the best actors won't be able to save a movie bogged down by a bad script IMO.

[s_bushido]

And yet, he's far more iconic and well-known than the entire cast of this show could ever hope to be.

lol...what is this shit? LotR is THE reason people even knew who Bloom was in the first place. He had a handful of uncredited/bit parts before he was cast in those movies. That's it.

[haediff]

Another trailer.

I like the ugly looking Wargs. Not really impressed by Galadriel taking down the Troll, kind of cringe to me.

this does not give me LOTR vibes at all.

[Varodoc]

Hahahaha… He was a complete unknown when he was cast in LotR and his next biggest claim to fame was Pirates of the Caribbean (a series that hasn’t really been relevant in 15 years and was 100% carried by Johnny Depp). I mean, he ok as an actor and he still gets work here and there, but his time as a hot young movie star is long past. Well-known? Yes. Iconic? Hardly.

Oh he's not that iconic, he's just the actor who played one of the most famous elves in fiction.

[Lorgar Aurelian]

Oh he's not that iconic, he's just the actor who played one of the most famous elves in fiction.

I didn't know he voiced dobby.

[Varodoc]

I didn't know he voiced dobby.

Haha, I genuinely chuckled irl, that was a funny joke

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

Oh he's not that iconic, he's just the actor who played one of the most famous elves in fiction.

Exactly, he's just the actor.

[Varodoc]

Exactly, he's just the actor.

The actor who played one of the most famous elves in fiction and thus whose appearance serves as the archetype for fantasy elves.

Surprise surprise, fantasy elves are typically long-haired and fair-skinned like Legolas, not black with cropped hair.

[Biomega]

The actor who played one of the most famous elves in fiction and thus whose appearance serves as the archetype for fantasy elves.

Surprise surprise, fantasy elves are typically long-haired and fair-skinned like Legolas, not black with cropped hair.

Unlike all the elven depictions before Orlando Bloom, of course, none of which EVER had long blond hair and a youthful physique. RIGHT?

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

The actor who played one of the most famous elves in fiction and thus whose appearance serves as the archetype for fantasy elves.

Surprise surprise, fantasy elves are typically long-haired and fair-skinned like Legolas, not black with cropped hair.

Surprise, they put a wig and blue contact lenses on Bloom to give him that "Iconic" look.

I'm fair skinned and I already have blue eyes...give me that wig and a personal trainer and I'll be just as Iconic.

[Adamas102]

Oh he's not that iconic, he's just the actor who played one of the most famous elves in fiction.

Wait, are we talking about Will Ferrell now? Because yeah, HE is pretty iconic.

Legolas had fewer speaking lines across the entire trilogy than Boromir did before he was killed off in the first movie. But yeah, tell us how “iconic” an actor he is when his most memorable scenes are just him doing wire work or being replaced by CGI.

[Varodoc]

Wait, are we talking about Will Ferrell now? Because yeah, HE is pretty iconic.

Legolas had fewer speaking lines across the entire trilogy than Boromir did before he was killed off in the first movie. But yeah, tell us how “iconic” an actor he is when his most memorable scenes are just him doing wire work or being replaced by CGI.

What a nonsense argument lmao, so following your logic Sauron isn't an iconic villain because he only had 1 spoken line in the entire trilogy and barely any appearance.

Spoilers for Rings of Power: Legolas, played by Orlando Bloom, will still be more iconic than the entire cast of this show.

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

What a nonsense argument lmao, so following your logic Sauron isn't an iconic villain because he only had 1 spoken line in the entire trilogy and barely any appearance.

Spoilers for Rings of Power: Legolas, played by Orlando Bloom, will still be more iconic than the entire cast of this show.

Yeah, don't you guys remember the "iconic" shield surfing he did at Helm's Deep?

[Biomega]

Yeah, don't you guys remember the "iconic" shield surfing he did at Helm's Deep?

I'm feeling the icon, man, I really am. It's so ICONIC, aaaaaaw yeah. Iconize me, Bloom-sempai!

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

I'm feeling the icon, man, I really am. It's so ICONIC, aaaaaaw yeah. Iconize me, Bloom-sempai!

Such Icon, so Wow, Much whiteness

[Adamas102]

What a nonsense argument lmao, so following your logic Sauron isn't an iconic villain because he only had 1 spoken line in the entire trilogy and barely any appearance.

Spoilers for Rings of Power: Legolas, played by Orlando Bloom, will still be more iconic than the entire cast of this show.

Sauron is ABSOLUTELY not an iconic villain (in literature or cinema). He’s more of a plot device in the novels than an actual character. Seriously, is “appeared in popular movie/series” really your benchmark for what makes a character (or actor) iconic? What a low low bar…

I get it, you’re super into Orlando Bloom for some reason, but his accomplishments as an actor are pretty weak. It’s really weird that of all the actors in the Fellowship you’ve decided to hitch your wagon to the least impactful of the group. And yeah, Peter Mullan and Lenny Henry are without a doubt better actors than Bloom, and I’m sure plenty of the others who I’m not familiar with are as well.

[bledgor]

Claiming Legolas isn't iconic, fucking lol. The lengths people go to to prop up the RoP by trying to tear down the OG trilogy.

[Adamas102]

Claiming Legolas isn't iconic, fucking lol. The lengths people go to to prop up the RoP by trying to tear down the OG trilogy.

Yeah, straw man much?

There are plenty of great and iconic actors/performances in the original trilogy. Orlando Bloom as Legolas hardly makes the cut. As others have noted, his most memorable scenes are just over the top action sequences with no lines that were pretty inconsequential to the story as a whole.

[Triceron]

It was so great that they added Legolas to the Hobbit movies

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[Xath]

It was so great that they added Legolas to the Hobbit movies

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The hobbit movies should have only been two at most was the biggest issue. So much unnecessary stuff added that dragged it down.