Lord of the Rings TV Series Purchased by Amazon

[s_bushido]

I still hate all the Theo stuff, which may be because that kid is 100% unlikeable.

/shrug I usually have an irrational bias against actors/characters around that age, but I don't think there's anything unusually unlikable about the character. Yeah, he was being a little shit about his mother's relationship...but that sort of thing can be expected from a kid growing up hearing that from everyone around him. At least in this episode he was trying to make himself useful.

This is really making me wish the whole thing had been about the dwarves, though. They're so good.

Hope you guys did spot Narsil

I didn't. What scene was that in?

[Lady Atia]

/shrug I usually have an irrational bias against actors/characters around that age, but I don't think there's anything unusually unlikable about the character. Yeah, he was being a little shit about his mother's relationship...but that sort of thing can be expected from a kid growing up hearing that from everyone around him. At least in this episode he was trying to make himself useful.

This is really making me wish the whole thing had been about the dwarves, though. They're so good.


I didn't. What scene was that in?

You can spot it during the Palantir scene:

https://i.imgur.com/aPiLv3o.png

[s_bushido]

Ah, I did see that. I guess it just didn't register what it was.

[DarkAmbient]

"ThErE iS a TeMpEsT iN mE!!" That line made me cringe. I don't know if it's the writing, directing, or if she just can't act, but I'm really not feeling this Galadriel. She's supposed to have a "marvellous gift of insight into the minds of others" but it took Halbrand to tell her how to deal with Miriel. And that ridiculous scene when somehow she managed to push multiple armed guards into a prison cell and lock the door despite the door clearly already being closed before she pushed them in was some Bollywood-tier bullshit, I actually had to rewind and watch again because it was so dumb I thought I'd missed something but no, it really was just that bad. The more you watch it the worse it gets: https://streamable.com/zsyd3f

'The elves are coming to take our jobs' was another awful moment, a clumsy attempt at allegory.

I thought the scenes with Elrond and Durin were good, and I liked the brief scene with Adar. He seems like he'll be a decent villain, so I look forward to seeing more of him and discovering what he's all about.

[Lady Atia]

Oh, I also just realized that they mentioned the "Emperor of Rhûn" - which may turn out to be an early Khamûl tease. Will be quite interesting to see from where the other Ringwraiths will be (and I really hope that Theo kid doesn't turn out to be the Witchking lol).

[jonnysensible]

episode 4 and this show is still tepid and boring.

[fakaroonie]

Don't care what anyone says about the story, casting, whatever.... the editing of the visuals/audio are so much better than the hobbit.

[Orby]

"ThErE iS a TeMpEsT iN mE!!" That line made me cringe. I don't know if it's the writing, directing, or if she just can't act, but I'm really not feeling this Galadriel.

The line from Celebrimbor also took me back a bit this episode 'oh by the way your father said you would be the one to lead us to victory, it just came to me now' just straight out of nowhere. and said like it was a side note on a script lol.

There are a a few of dialogues like that in each episode so far, I still think for the most part the dialogue isn't that bad, but at the same time it will throw in something that would totally take you out of the moment that just comes out of no where. :P

I think it wants to be poetic the way Tolkien was. and whoever they got to emulate that isnt getting it at times.

[rhorle]

I'm surprised we haven't seen the white buzz-cut priest looking elf yet that appeared in the trailers. If anyone is Sauron or Annatar it is likely that elf despite the vague hints at others. I still think each "viewpoint" should have been a separate episode so we could get the whole story at once. The pacing of the show suffers a little with only a little bit of action and a lot of drama due to switching back and forth.

I wonder if Amazon will excise their rights to produce spin-offs. Hard to do with the time-compression but maybe we could get a more action-packed show that way.

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The line from Celebrimbor also took me back a bit this episode 'oh by the way your father said you would be the one to lead us to victory, it just came to me now' just straight out of nowhere. and said like it was a side note on a script lol.

I wonder if it is a subtle hint at the elves being manipulated. We know Sauron was involved with the rings and maybe Celebrimbor had a moment of clarity from whatever "spell" they are under.

[RachelMadcow]

This show has some really ugly people in it, watched the first episode and wanted to vomit, just like netflix's witcher.

[Varodoc]

I'm surprised we haven't seen the white buzz-cut priest looking elf yet that appeared in the trailers. If anyone is Sauron or Annatar it is likely that elf despite the vague hints at others.

Ew, No. Annatar is supposed to look handsome whereas that Eminem wannabe is ugly. It can't be.

In the depiction of Annatar, they should just copy what Shadow of Mordor did, everyone pretty much agrees that he looks perfect here:

[Orby]

I wonder if it is a subtle hint at the elves being manipulated. We know Sauron was involved with the rings and maybe Celebrimbor had a moment of clarity from whatever "spell" they are under.

Maybe you are right. that would be good, but I am sure there would have been far better ways to exercise that than how thye did. but alas it was one of my only few issues with what was otherwise a pretty fine episode.

[Lady Atia]

I'm surprised we haven't seen the white buzz-cut priest looking elf yet that appeared in the trailers. If anyone is Sauron or Annatar it is likely that elf despite the vague hints at others. I still think each "viewpoint" should have been a separate episode so we could get the whole story at once. The pacing of the show suffers a little with only a little bit of action and a lot of drama due to switching back and forth.

I wonder if Amazon will excise their rights to produce spin-offs. Hard to do with the time-compression but maybe we could get a more action-packed show that way.

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I wonder if it is a subtle hint at the elves being manipulated. We know Sauron was involved with the rings and maybe Celebrimbor had a moment of clarity from whatever "spell" they are under.

The priest is a women though, so she's prolly just another red herring.

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Ew, No. Annatar is supposed to look handsome whereas that Eminem wannabe is ugly. It can't be.

In the depiction of Annatar, they should just copy what Shadow of Mordor did, everyone pretty much agrees that he looks perfect here:

I wouldn't call that one handsome though. I would rather have them use them someone like Cody Fern who actually looks like he could seduce people.

[DarkAmbient]

Is it just coincidence that Halbrand, a mysterious man whose people were allied with Morgoth and who has an interest in forging things, spoke to Galadriel of identifying what her opponents fear the most so that she could offer them a method of mastering it, a method that conveniently allows her to master her opponents? I mean, I'm banking on all this being a red herring. But the red herrings keep piling up.

[Sialina]

The priest is a women though, so she's prolly just another red herring.

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I wouldn't call that one handsome though. I would rather have them use them someone like Cody Fern who actually looks like he could seduce people.

I don't usually agree with your posts very much but Cody Fern would make one hell of an Elf, good pick.

[Varodoc]

I wouldn't call that one handsome though. I would rather have them use them someone like Cody Fern who actually looks like he could seduce people.

Yeah but we already acknowledged that you know nothing about that videogame, so you should probably see more scenes of him first before coming to a final conclusion.

[Lady Atia]

Yeah but we already acknowledged that you know nothing about that videogame, so you should probably see more scenes of him first before coming to a final conclusion.

Yeah, because seeing more of him will make him look more attractive to me, sure.

Imo, Annatar should be able to turn straight man into gays, just from the looks alone. And he should be eye candy for us girls too.

[Varodoc]

I don't usually agree with your posts very much but Cody Fern would make one hell of an Elf, good pick.

The actor is irrelevant, the point is that Sauron in Shadow of War matches all the societal criteria of male beauty, including brushed hair and clean-shaved face.

That's why Halbrand logically doesn't work as Sauron. Outliers and contrarians always exist, but typically the common folk isn't attracted to a guy with messy hair and unkempt stubble.

Anyone who wishes to play Annatar should at least check those things first.

[Lady Atia]

I don't usually agree with your posts very much but Cody Fern would make one hell of an Elf, good pick.

And we know from AHS that he would be able to act as Annatar quite well. So whoever ends up being Annatar now, I will be dissapointed lol.

[Varodoc]

Yeah, because seeing more of him will make him look more attractive to me, sure.

You're obviously just being a contrarian, but Yes, if I wanted to rank how attractive someone is, I would probably look at several photos of them, to see if different camera angles or poses can change my opinion of said person.

Imo, Annatar should be able to turn straight man into gays, just from the looks alone. And he should be eye candy for us girls too.

Weird. All that he's supposed to do is persuade people that he's trustworthy, and you won't convince anyone that you're trustworthy if you can't even look after your face.