Rings of Power Season 2 news

[d4rk3lf]

On a mission. JRRT kept shifting that during the 18 years he had time to shoe-horn Galadriel into the First Age. But RoP cannot use that material.
Did anyone who saw season 1 figure out what that mission was? Might be interesting if you compared notes.

Wait, for real you're trying to make (any) sense of that series?
Man, I worship you, and I want to have your babies.

 

[Olorgando]

Wait, for real you're trying to make (any) sense of that series?

You seem to misunderstand me ...

Did anyone who saw season 1 ...

I'm asking because I did not see it, so my question was directed at those people that did see it.
The showrunners claim their Galadriel was on a mission, did anyone manage to figure out what that mission was?

 

[Radaghast]

You seem to misunderstand me ...

I'm asking because I did not see it, so my question was directed at those people that did see it.
The showrunners claim their Galadriel was on a mission, did anyone manage to figure out what that mission was?

To get revenge on Sauron for killing Finrod. She has no plan and no clue what Sauron looks like, doesn't consider that he can shapeshift or that he might have an army and doesn't think to suspect Halbrand.

 

[Olorgando]

To get revenge on Sauron for killing Finrod. She has no plan and no clue what Sauron looks like, doesn't consider that he can shapeshift or that he might have an army and doesn't think to suspect Halbrand.

OK. Just looking at the three "Like" button comments so far (about 4:30 AM here in Germany), your post does not meet universal approval.
So @Aldarion , @Starbrow , @Ugluk , what's your take on Galadriel's mission in season one?
Or for that matter, @Halasían , @Maeglin , @Erestor Arcamen , @AaronSecret , others ...

 

[Starbrow]

I hate the character Galadriel in RoP. I hate that she does such stupid, ill-considered acts in her obsession with Sauron that make little sense in the story.

 

[Halasían]

@Olorgando - I agree with @Radaghast

 

[Aldarion]

OK. Just looking at the three "Like" button comments so far (about 4:30 AM here in Germany), your post does not meet universal approval.
So @Aldarion , @Starbrow , @Ugluk , what's your take on Galadriel's mission in season one?
Or for that matter, @Halasían , @Maeglin , @Erestor Arcamen , @AaronSecret , others ...

It is basically portrayed as a personal obsession of a crazy woman. She just knows that Sauron is out there, with no proof or an argument.

 

[Tar-Elenion]

First review that came up:
Aug 28, 2024 6:00am PT
‘The Rings of Power’ Makes ‘Lord of the Rings’ a Boring Slog in a Lifeless Season 2: TV Review

‘The Rings of Power’ Makes ‘Lord of the Rings’ a Boring Slog in a Lifeless Season 2: TV Review

Season 2 of Amazon's 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' is a boring, lifeless slog.

variety.com

Second:
‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Review: Season 2 of Amazon’s Fantasy Prequel Is Too Epic for Its Own Good

‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Review: Season 2 of Amazon’s Fantasy Prequel Is Too Epic for Its Own Good

As Sauron continues fixating on precious jewelry, all of Middle-earth ramps up toward a world-changing, era-defining showdown between good and evil.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

A couple more:

IGN seems to start off postive:

"The Prime Video epic shines brightest when it’s focused on Sauron’s dark schemes."

...then gets to:

"Unfortunately, the further the plot moves from Sauron’s machinations, the thinner and less satisfying it becomes."

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 Review - IGN

Prime Video's Tolkien adaptation offers some dramatic action and deep pathos, but is dragged down by extraneous plots and characters.

www.ign.com

IndieWire is more positive:

‘The Rings of Power’ Season 2 Review: Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ Series Comes Into Its Own"

...though saying it "still stumbles":

‘The Rings of Power’ Season 2 Review: Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ Series Comes Into Its Own

'The Rings of Power' Season 2, Amazon's 'Lord of the Rings' series, finds a stronger foothold in character and sprints into a battle for the ages.

www.indiewire.com

Empire goes full postive:

"It might not be to everyone’s taste, but if you’re a Tolkien fan, it’s hard to imagine what more you could possibly ask for."

The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power: Season 2

Morfydd Clark and Charlie Vickers return as Galadriel and Sauron in Prime Video's epic Tolkien adaptation. Read the Empire review.

www.empireonline.com

The Wrap is not impressed:

"TV’s Most Expensive Series Remains Stunningly Boring"

‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 2 Review: TV’s Most Expensive Series Remains Stunningly Boring

Prime Video’s big-budget "Lord of the Rings" prequel has yet to develop characters or situations we care about in Season 2

www.thewrap.com

 

[Radaghast]

OK. Just looking at the three "Like" button comments so far (about 4:30 AM here in Germany), your post does not meet universal approval.
So @Aldarion , @Starbrow , @Ugluk , what's your take on Galadriel's mission in season one?
Or for that matter, @Halasían , @Maeglin , @Erestor Arcamen , @AaronSecret , others ...

I don't know if the eye roll emojis are for my post or for Grrladriel's* plan, but that is in fact her M.O (in fact she states it outright, as far as I can remember). It's as nonsensical as it sounds, maybe more so. At one point she jumps off the ship bound for Valinor and intends to swim back to Middle-earth. Later, after luckily being saved—twice—at sea, she admits when in Númenor how she was saved from "certain death". So, if her death was certain was she trying to end herself? 🫤 Just silly nonsense like that all throughout the series.

*(or ''Guyladriel" as seems to be the popular nickname)

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Grrladriel'

Not exactly the first time. 😄

 

[Elthir]

The showrunners claim their Galadriel was on a mission, did anyone manage to figure out what that mission was?

To annoy me.

 

[Radaghast]

I don't know if the eye roll emojis are for my post or for Grrladriel's* plan, but that is in fact her M.O (in fact she states it outright, as far as I can remember). It's as nonsensical as it sounds, maybe more so. At one point she jumps off the ship bound for Valinor and intends to swim back to Middle-earth. Later, after luckily being saved—twice—at sea, she admits when in Númenor how she was saved from "certain death". So, if her death was certain was she trying to end herself? 🫤 Just silly nonsense like that all throughout the series.

*(or ''Guyladriel" as seems to be the popular nickname)

An excerpt from the script of first episode of S1:

In the end, Morgoth would be defeated.
But not before much sorrow.
For his Orcs had spread to every corner of Middle-earth, multiplying ever greater under the command of his most devoted servant, a cruel and cunning sorcerer.
They called him Sauron.
My brother vowed to seek him out and destroy him.
But Sauron found him first and marked his flesh with a symbol.
One whose meaning even our wisest could not discern.
And there, in the darkness, his vow became mine.
And so, we hunted.
To the ends of the Earth we hunted Sauron.
But the trail grew thin.
Year gave way to year.
Century gave way to century.
And for many Elves, the pain of those days passed out of thought and mind.
More and more of our kind began to believe that Sauron was but a memory.
And the threat, at last, was ended.
I wish I could be one of them.

https://scrapsfromtheloft.com/tv-series/lord-of-the-rings-rings-of-power-s01e01-shadow-of-past-transcript/

The motive itself is vague. Finrod seeks to destroy Sauron because his orcs multiplied? And how would that signify victory, exactly? 🤔

 

[Tar-Elenion]

The Telegraph:
"The Rings of Power, review: proof that money can’t buy magic
Garish and disrespectful towards JRR Tolkien’s writing, the second season of Prime Video’s Lord of the Rings prequel will leave fans cold"

The Rings of Power, review: proof that money can’t buy magic

Garish and disrespectful towards JRR Tolkien’s writing, the second season of Prime Video’s Lord of the Rings prequel will leave fans cold

www.telegraph.co.uk

The Independent:
"The Rings of Power season two review: Like a mirthless rollercoaster ride, rarely fraught with any tension"

The Rings of Power season two is like a mirthless rollercoaster ride

The lavish budget for the Lord of the Rings prequel has been spent on all the wrong things. And why must humour be eschewed at all costs?

www.independent.co.uk

The Irish Times:
"The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 review: The good news is the wonky Irish accents are gone
Television: The Rings of Power is a hugely flawed attempt to turn Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings into Star Wars with staves"
"The bad news is that Rings of Power otherwise remains epically underwhelming – full of noise and ambition yet lacking the magic of the original Tolkien novels and of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, movies that grow in status with each passing year."

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 review – The good news is that the wonky Irish accents are gone

Television: The Rings of Power is still hugely flawed attempt to turn Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings into Star Wars with staves

www.irishtimes.com

The Evening Standard is more mixed:
"The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power Season 2 review: slow going, even for fans
Some storylines sing in the second installment of The Rings of Power. It’s a shame they take so long to get going"

The Rings of Power Season 2 review: slow going, even for fans

Some storylines sing in the second installment of The Rings of Power. It’s a shame they take so long to get going

www.standard.co.uk

The Times:
"The second series of the blockbuster show is epic but overcooked; thrilling at times but a slog at others."

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power series 2 review — Sauron bends us to his will

The second series of the blockbuster show is epic but overcooked; thrilling at times but a slog at others

www.thetimes.com

 

[Elthir]

The Irish Times organized the following syllables: (. . .) "The bad news is that Rings of Power otherwise remains epically underwhelming – full of noise and ambition yet lacking the magic of the original Tolkien novels and of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, movies that grow in status with each passing year."

There. Much better.

Anyway, I thought this guy was saying Beowulf
over and over and over . . . but apparently not?

 

[Radaghast]

Or "power wolf"?

 

[Tar-Elenion]

There. Much better.

Heh...
I'm still waiting for your reaction to Empire magazine's review:
"...if you’re a Tolkien fan, it’s hard to imagine what more you could possibly ask for."

 

[Elthir]

I might actually buy a paper copy of Empire Magazine. . .
ahem, just for that review!

🐾

 

[Olorgando]

First review that came up:
Aug 28, 2024 6:00am PT
‘The Rings of Power’ Makes ‘Lord of the Rings’ a Boring Slog in a Lifeless Season 2: TV Review
Second:
‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Review: Season 2 of Amazon’s Fantasy Prequel Is Too Epic for Its Own Good
A couple more:
IGN seems to start off postive:
IndieWire is more positive:
Empire goes full postive:
The Wrap is not impressed:

The Telegraph:
The Independent:
The Irish Times:
The Evening Standard is more mixed:
The Times:

All these people have seen the same stuff ... ?
Ah well, there was this artificial spat between Beatles and Stones fans, a creation of Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham; the musicians were quite friendly as they shared many of the same American blues artists as inspirations.
But then invoking the Beatles and Stones of the 1960's in anything produced by (moving picture) media of the last quarter century or more is like swatting a mosquito with a ten-pound sledgehammer.

 

[Olorgando]

Heh...
I'm still waiting for your reaction to Empire magazine's review:
"...if you’re a Tolkien fan, it’s hard to imagine what more you could possibly ask for."

The same old tiresome incomprehension every time.
There are JRRT fans;
there are PJ fans;
there are Amazon fans by now, I'm guessing;
maybe the are Ralph Bakshi fans and Rankin/Bass fans.
Sure, there is certainly overlap, but no one who has not read the books (yet) can ever be a JRRT fan.

 

[Eljorahir]

OK. Just looking at the three "Like" button comments so far (about 4:30 AM here in Germany), your post does not meet universal approval.
So @Aldarion , @Starbrow , @Ugluk , what's your take on Galadriel's mission in season one?
Or for that matter, @Halasían , @Maeglin , @Erestor Arcamen , @AaronSecret , others ...

Here's my take, criticisms aside...

As others have said, Galadriel seems to be on a revenge quest because of the death of Finrod. But the show does include something a little more than just that.

The need for revenge seems to be very deeply held.
She was ordered by Gil-galad (against her wishes) to go home to Valinor and forget the troubles of Middle-earth.
This set up a conflict between following orders of her King and doing what her heart told her to do.
At the last moment just before sailing through the "veil" she realized she must follow her heart, so she jumped ship.
After getting back I believe she told Elrond that she realized that even in Valinor she would be tormented by the unfinished business she left in Middle-earth. So, her quest also has an element of self-restoration.

Galadriel in the show joins Feanor and Fingolfin in the books with regard to their crazy single-mindedness.