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That's just f***in' stupid
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For all intents & purposes those works are appendices for establishing the lore of Middle Earth. Tolkien was an absolutely brilliant writer. The writers for this show however, errr, not so much. And THAT is the real shame in this series. It's not about the casting decisions, it is the horrible storytelling, the stilted dialogue, and absolute lack of character development. It's typical CW level garbage writing. HOW can you allow that to happen, esp with $1B investment? (rhetorical question, the answer is hubris: the show creators think themselves so much smarter and better than everyone else... hell, they even fired their Tolkien lore expert because he kept pointing out their MASSIVE storytelling and lore-breaking mistakes)
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Rumor has it that the show runners are playing fast and loose with anything related to what was originally written.
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09-19-2022, 03:13 PM | #409 |
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Very negative review, but I thought some of you might find the takes worth reading. Those who don't, remember that you don't have to read it.
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I've been thinking about this.
Preface: Non-book reader. Enjoyed the hell out of the LOTR Trilogy, enjoyed, but eye rolled a lot of the Hobbit Trilogy. I keep tuning in. Not ENTIRELY sure why. I think part of the reason is because it is god ****ing beautiful. And if they worked so hard on getting the places right, the story has to be good, right? RIGHT? Upon reflection, I think the only character I give much of a shit about is Dhuran's wife. She is giving the most compelling performance by a fair bit. After E 4 I'm buying the relationship between Dhuran and Elrond and Dhuran and his father. E4 helped a good bit. Giladriel was doing pretty well when dealing with the loss of her brother and deciding to bail on the boat to elf-heaven. But I can't bring myself to give much of a shit about any of the rest of it. The human dude was one thing, but come on get on with that shit. The Harfoot crew isn't doing anything for me. There was some intrigue as to who that was, but similarly, let's get on with it. Arondir, I enjoy his scenes, but I can't say I'm compelled by the storyline. The southlanders, whatever. They're probably orc fodder, and that kid has some sort of significance, but I can't say I give much of a shit what it is. Halbrand, when he was trying to stay on the island, I was interested for a few seconds, then the rest of it lost my interest. The people leaving the island, that built some intrigue for me on a nice scene there. If the LOTR trilogy didn't exist, this pace of exposition would probably be fine, but it does exist, and it appears that they care more about laying easter eggs than they do telling the story. Which, fine, lay the easter eggs. This may not work without it for the dorks, but focus on the story not the easter eggs. They've done such a marvelous job with the visuals, don't **** up the story. |
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[geek] *Durin [/geek]
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09-20-2022, 11:16 AM | #413 |
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It’s a garbage show.
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I'm on episode 3, 4, or 5 now. Not sure which.
There were a few cool scenes and it looks awesome but I don't care about any of these characters. I can't say this is a good show. |
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09-21-2022, 07:37 PM | #419 |
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I'm lock step with this take. I want to like it, I want to watch it, but I just can't seem to find the will to do it.
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****ing bummer.
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