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fbwf says...

2 years ago

The first two episodes were fantastic. It's silly to compare this to game of thrones or hotd considering how antithetical the source materials are to one another. The trailers and character posters looked like they had some spotty cgi and tacky costumes but it all looks stunning in this nearly billion dollar first season. It's already better than any of the hobbit movies and im wildly excited for whats to come after tempered expectations before watching.

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Reply by RareSong

2 years ago

@fbwf I agree. I also thought the first two episodes were fire. I'm excited about the new leads and awaiting adventures.

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Reply by WildOrchid

2 years ago

@fbwf I have simiar thoughts. Tough they should lay off with makeup. In 1080p it was very distracting. I'd sooner get over an elf with pimples than one slathered in 10 layers of primer, concealer, foundation, powder.

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Reply by PhelanPKell

2 years ago

@fbwf Both shows have the exact same 5 categories of genre listed. "Fantasy, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Drama." Both shows are set in fictional worlds. Both shows contain several factions with political and societal differences. Both shows are based on epic fantasy novels. One show spent over a billion dollars to rewrite the history of a world we already know the history of. The other show spent less than half that to tell the history of a world we do not yet truly know. These shows are more alike than you are willing to admit, and yet where one defiles the memory of its creator, the other seeks to honour its creator.

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REXTON says...

2 years ago

evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and destroy what is good

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Reply by chazeb

2 years ago

@rexton The perfect review, and true.

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VincenzoKoestler says...

2 years ago

It’s absurd how people frame themselves as Tolkien Fans because they watched LOTR and now they claim that everything that came afterwards is „so bad“.

The team behind this put a lot of effort and created something incredible with respect to the Tolkien-World. Hope it won’t be ruined by some of us.

Normally would give this an 8/10 but will give it a 10/10 just out of spite of some idiots.

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jigglermwm says...

2 years ago

This show is so bad, other sites like imdb where I normally do reviews, won’t let people review the Rings of Power!

The review I’ve submitted a bunch of times on imdb, and it seems to have disappeared into the ether:

There are some great looking shots in this. There is where 2 stars come from. But having some stunning visuals does not make a show great, or even good.

I would like to know how much they spent on writers. That was definitely a part they skipped out on the bill.

This is what 1 billion dollars gets you? Feels like old Bezos got fleeced.

I think if you convince yourself the show had a budget of 1 million per episode and you may enjoy it more.

As a studio you have Tolkien’s world, and works beloved by many 10’s of millions the world over. What level of incompetence and narcissism does it take to think you know better and you should start changing the fundamental character characteristics, and world lore in that world?

"Tolkien write, this he did not" -- Probably Yoda.

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jjscalesjj says...

2 years ago

Allf the complaints about diversity are so typical of today's hateful conservative rhetoric.

I found the first two episodes to be epic scenes, great special effects, and a compelling storyline. by the end of the second episode I was disappointed that I couldn't watch the next one. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series. a great start to a beloved set of books from my youth.

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Reply by earlhb68

one year ago

@jjscalesjj enjoy it while you can before it gets cancelled. go woke go broke.

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FilmyBala says...

2 years ago

Blimey, I went in with already low expectations, but "The Rings of Power" falls short of even those & is a train wreck.

It will take an entire day to point out all of the flaws in this abomination. I'm done.

Bezos & Amazon squandered a billion dollars on this mess.

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Bayaz says...

2 years ago

- Great CGI
- Bad acting
- Elves have short haircuts
- Dialogues are worse than in Star Wars

This show is a pleasure for the eyes and a pain for the mind.

Elves act, talk and behave as if they are high, drunk and extremely stupid at the same time.

With their budget it is beyond me why they didn't hire a great writer and storyteller, and a person who can create characters that viewers care about after 1 dialogue. Hollywood has several people like that.

Instead of taking Tolkien material, leave it as is and think how to improve on top of that, AMZN decided to just take the character names, world map and create some random BS script to show off CGI. Well... It's a trend. Wheel of Time did the same thing. Now I pray to all gods that if Hollywood finally will make a TV Show based on Raymond Feist novels - they will ask someone who knows what they're doing...

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Sami117 says...

2 years ago

I grew up with Tolkien's work, I loved the Lord of the rings trilogy and the hobbit was still very enjoyable. And to add, I am from the middle east. I don't really care about diversity, i just want likable characters.

This show..... I despise, the first half of the episode made me feel uncomfortable (Because it is not even close to the source materials.) and disappointed, I would have loved a series talking about the first and second age of middle earth but they aren't even close to telling the proper story.

I stopped watching because I was just THAT uninterested in it. That is a very hard feet to do as i generally watch through episodes before I make my opinion. In this case? It just made me unable to finish the episode and I doubt ill even finish the series.

I highly recommend anyone to actually read the books or just watch the 2 trilogies, as they are far better than the show both in story telling and visuals.

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Reply by -Parzival-

2 years ago

There is no such thing as „source material“ for this show. It’s not based on a book or anything close to that and most characters are newly written for this series in the LotR universe. They’re patched together with snippets of what Tolkien told us happened thousands of years before the Hobbit. I thought some of the characters are very likable and it’s hard to compare a show to a movie since pacing and character building and story telling work fairly different.

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Reply by Sami117

2 years ago

@parzival-5202b5a0-4e33-4eb3-b0b1-2861e9840ccc There is source materials. But the issue is they called it "Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" and not "Middle Earth: The Rings of Power", the main reason is because they bought the rights to "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit", which don't have much info on the stories of where they are taking in the show, they should have went for the "Silmarillion", and why they haven't? I don't know. But because they called the show "Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" it totally gives us the right to compare the show to the "Lord of the Rings" Movies. we already know several characters who do appear in both media, so we can compare. And in both media the characters are so different that it makes no sense. Elrond and Galadriel are basically opposites from the Movie adaptation to the Show "adaptation". Plus, I guarantee you if they actually bought the rights to the Silmarillion (The book that actually talks about this time period) and have done a proper adaptation and have stuck to the book (I am not saying it needs to be 100% exactly like the book but at least needs to be 70% or so). They would have an astounding show that the majority will love without a question of a doubt.

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TGVlx says...

2 years ago

Well nice start to the series. I loved it. It's not GoT or even comparable to the movies, but it still feels epic.

I'm in need series heaven with this shoe House of Dragon, Wheel of Time (that I hope Amazon doesn't forget about it).

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Swag says...

2 years ago

They pulled a Star Wars on Tolkien and took the most expensive dump on a well established universe and lore for the sake of equality and virtue signaling. Congratulations, Amazon. You've just closed off Tolkien estate from allowing future iterations of one of the most beautiful and rich universes ever created.

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staaky says...

2 years ago

It will take billion dollar failures like this for the tide to turn on wokeness.

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davidroses says...

2 years ago

Listen up kids. This show is not going to be for everyone. As a casual fan of Tolkiens work, I think it’s great. Just another ol’ adventure in Middle Earth. Watch it and judge for yourself, don’t let others give you a bad impression.

That’s my two cents now watch the show and have fun with it.

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RareSong says...

2 years ago

So far it's excellent. I was hoping I wouldn't be disappointed and I wasn't. The first two episodes did an excellent job introducing the main characters and the upcoming adventures. It was filled with action and excitement. I can't wait to watch the next episode.

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Emir Winchester Musk says...

2 years ago

I'm waiting for this serie since I heard about it

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banten says...

2 years ago

A visual feast, with an excellent musical score... but the rest just falls flat. There's nothing to hold the viewer's interest.
Can't see myself following this season beyond the 2 episodes that premiered.

The characters and their dialogue are so poorly written, it feels like I'm watching robots. They don't make choices or drive the story forward, things just happen to them.
(Potential exception: Elrond and his emerging storyline. But we see so little of him it's not worth slogging through the rest)

AND, If you're going to spend insane amounts of money on a project like this - why not hire ONE director and ONE main writer to take care of the whole season, instead of employing these no-vision, direct/write-one-episode-and-I'm-out hacks?
Give me low-budget creations by a team of passionate people who actually _have something to say_ over this soulless "content", any day.

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felixgotrek says...

2 years ago

As a big Tolkien and Lotr fan i absolutely hate how im not even excited about this..... just scared and angry.

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Reply by Nuwonda

2 years ago

@felixgotrek breathe... don't watch until ep 10 is released^^

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Reply by kuuzo

2 years ago

@felixgotrek whats the problem with it, it hasn't even been released yet.

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Reply by DrPye

2 years ago

@kuuzo People like to cry about books. Me who's never read the books id imagine im going to love it!

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Reply by felixgotrek

2 years ago

@drpye i mean you can dislike a show even when you are not a book reader. I never even read The Wheel of Time but even i know that the show is not good.

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Reply by felixgotrek

2 years ago

@kuuzo There are trailers, casting news, news about the mentality of the creators and filming etc. There are many reasons to be afraid. I never said that it will be 100% bad, but everybody has the right to be skeptical.I will be the happiest if it turns out to be good.

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Reply by Hendoben

2 years ago

@felixgotrek well it's good. you happy now?

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Reply by felixgotrek

2 years ago

@hendoben I haven't seen it yet, so I don't know if it's good or not.

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Reply by e_eff

2 years ago

@felixgotrek Scared and angry?? You need to dial it down, bud.

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Reply by felixgotrek

2 years ago

@e_eff it was more like an "im afraid that it will be bad" but in a dramatic, non serious way. So you dont have to worry buddy.

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handykl says...

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2 years ago

i just found a trailer here: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi2836448025?ref_=vp_rv_ap_0 This is no spoiler, because there is not the slightest hint on the plot in this trailer... Even the listed actors in trakt reveals few: [spoiler]Tyra, Oren are new characters without reference to the books of J.R.R. Tolkien (not even in "Silmarillion"). But i think it is pretty clear, that this movie takes place earlier than "The lord of the rings" [/spoiler]

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Reply by RobLoach

2 years ago

@handykl You haven't seen this yet. And you've rated it a 10? I appreciate your enthusiasm, but it may be a good idea to hold off on rating.

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xtremebrah says...

2 years ago

Prepare your selves Gentlemen!

This will leave a scar.

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Nuwonda says...

2 years ago

It's too early to tell but then again not really, Amazon fucked this one up good and no amount of money can save it. With Tolkien you need visionaries at the help and not ... well you know... this.... of course I could be wrong and it won't suck THAT bad! I would be pleasantly surprised!

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Damn Your Eyes says...

2 years ago

The day show releases is my birthday. I'm so honored :)

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