The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power – Teaser Trailer

[Ealdwyn]

Mmmm. Cake.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Well, considering how she dealt with Sauron in PJ's "The Hobbit", Glaurung should be a piece of cake.
I mean, Glaurung causes most of his mischief through hypnosis.
Now with Galadriel, he bites of much more than he can chew - she hypnotizes him!
Has him run up to the edge of some 1,000-foot cliff (I'm sure there were some in or around Beleriand), jump off flapping his front legs yelling "I can fly!"

SPLAT!

And there's a nice tie-in: when Morgoth gets the news, he mutters "I knew that design had a weakness." It gives him the idea for Ancalagon & Co.!
Nice ironic twist to that, don't you think?

You think that's something, do you?
Hold my beer:

Also: Cake!

 

[Olorgando]

Hold my beer:

Elf Sauron?!? Methinks these people need a refresher course in "Middle-earth 101". 🥴

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

And that was the only "non-canon" part? 🤣

 

[Olorgando]

And that was the only "non-canon" part? 🤣

The non-canon list would probably take me at least ten times the clip's running time to type out.
I'll do the easy, short part:
Sauron once did take a humanoid form that wasn't ugly.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

True.
But how about Shelob? 😄

 

[Olorgando]

True.
But how about Shelob? 😄

Couldn't tell for sure if she had eight legs in spider form ... 😩

 

[Radaghast]

I'm not going to watch this. There is not nearly enough material (particularly dialogue) to support a movie, let alone eight seasons of a TV show.

(I also plan to cancel Prime after Season 4 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

 

[ArnorianRanger]

The Balrog of Amazon has met it's match in the fanbase of Tolkien that are the keepers of the Flame of Anor...

"You shall not have likes!"

Thanks,

AR

 

[CirdanLinweilin]

I don't know about you, but I think it was a bad idea for Amazon to release this video in the anti-dislike era.

https://boundingintocomics.com/2022/02/ ... r-tolkien/

https://california18.com/viewers-massiv ... 354152022/

https://9gag.com/gag/aeggDrv

Here we see some examples of approval (or not). Rumors of "fluctuations" in the numbers don't give us certainty what the exact result is since the trailer was released.

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Ooooooof that’s a ratio
CL

 

[Halasían]

Oh. By the way I didn't mean Amazon's money . . . rather "Amazonian" money as in "a lot" (of money).

Anyway, my cinematic version of Túrin's tale would only incorporate one slight change!

spoiler alert
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Galadriel kills Glaurung

Good. You're keeping the full 'Game of Thrones' sex scene between Turin and his sister... 🤣

 

[ZehnWaters]

I don't know about you, but I think it was a bad idea for Amazon to release this video in the anti-dislike era.

https://boundingintocomics.com/2022/02/ ... r-tolkien/

https://california18.com/viewers-massiv ... 354152022/

https://9gag.com/gag/aeggDrv

Here we see some examples of approval (or not). Rumors of "fluctuations" in the numbers don't give us certainty what the exact result is since the trailer was released.

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Oh hey, Clownfish TV; I love those guys.

 

[Ealdwyn]

I'm very proud of the Tolkien fanbase

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

That seems an overreaction to a TV show.

 

[Ealdwyn]

It's nothing quite so sinister. Amaz*n is trying to use the popularity of LotR for financial gain, to make Amaz*n's shareholders a shed load of money, and they don't care whose legacy they trample on in order to do it. It's greed, pure and simple. Secondly, Amaz*n is trying to use the popularity of LotR to soften its image and increase its popularity. RoP could be a huge soft power win for them.

The irony is that it's not the making of RoP that's the worse thing Amaz*n does.

Let's not forget that:

• Amaz*n systematically discriminates against Black employees, female employees, and especially Black women, including denying them promotions and failing to address a toxic work environment where racist and misogynistic comments and harassment frequently go unchecked, even when reported to human resources (Vox, King5, Reuters). Amaz*n faces multiple lawsuits from employees who experienced racist and sexist discrimination (USA Today, The Hill).
  
  
• Amaz*n has repeatedly sold anti-Semitic materials—including merchandise that explicitly promotes Nazi ideology and books that promote Holocaust denial—and only removed the items from their store after waves of criticism from human rights groups (LA Times, New York Times, Washington Post). This has happened multiple times since at least 2008, and has happened as recently as 2020 (ProPublica).
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• Amaz*n profits from the forced labor of Uighurs in China and has ties to a Chinese company that is directly involved in the Chinese Government’s ongoing genocide against the Uighur people (ASPI, LA Times, The Hill).
  
  
• Amaz*n profits from the surveillance and criminalization of immigrant communities and the militarization of the US-Mexico border, including by supplying facial recognition technology to US law enforcement that helps ICE and the Department of Homeland Security track and detain immigrants (ACLU, The Guardian, AFSC).
  
  
• Amaz*n routinely forces its employees to work in unsafe conditions, sometimes resulting in injury or death—in December, Amaz*n’s refusal to let employees evacuate a warehouse during a tornado led to six workers dying when the building collapsed (KDSK). During the filming of The Rings of Power, at least three stunt workers were seriously injured after their concerns about safety standards were not met (NZ Herald).
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• Amaz*n has made coordinated efforts to prevent its employees from unionizing, including threatening them with reprisal, threatening them with loss of employment, and using surveillance to prevent and deter union activities (The Guardian, The New York Times, CNBC, Business Insider).
  
  
• Amaz*n’s COVID-19 policies have harmed workers, including by failing to provide adequate protection in warehouses,denying workers sick leave, and retaliating against workers who spoke out (The Guardian). After Amaz*n received negative press because of this, its public relations team sent scripted statements to nearly a dozen US news outlets portraying Amaz*n’s COVID-19 response in a favorable light—and the statements were aired (The Guardian, The Verge).
  
  
• Amaz*n has a huge carbon footprint that has been growing every year, along with the waste it generates, even as Amaz*n tries to portray itself as environmentally friendly (AP News, CNBC, Forbes). Amaz*n is among several top companies that exaggerate their efforts to combat climate change and cut their own environmental impacts (BBC). In addition, Amaz*n sells books that promote climate change denial, which are boosted by its own algorithms (LA Times).
  
  
• Amaz*n has paid a fraction of the taxes that it should have paid over the past ten years, allowing it to become even richer and more powerful; Amaz*n has also been found to be the worst offender for tax evasion among other similar large corporations (The Guardian). Amaz*n made record-breaking profits in 2020, but avoided paying $2.3 billion in federal taxes (ITEP).

Amaz*n is trying to claim that fans are objecting to the show because they are racist. It's true that a lot of racists are whining about diversity in Middle-earth, which has made other people, who want diversity, want to support the show [this same thing happened with Amaz*n’s Wheel of Time show].
I want more diversity too, but it’s not that simple. Amaz*n isn’t committed to diversity—they’re just selling the aesthetic of it. Amaz*n has been found to systematically discriminate against Black and female employees and has done nothing about a company culture rife with harassment.

They’re not the good guys here. Amaz*n is iterally using the show to sanitize its image.

 

[m4r35n357]

3) and most importantly, introduce the person who was the reason for it all “protection” in production. The one who waits to show himself to the world, creating expectation, like an unholy child waiting to be born and who will drastically change the modern culture after the end of this show.

??????????????????????????

 

[Ealdwyn]

If that were the biggest problem it would be "fine". They don't care so much about money that they are causing this division among Tolkien fans and losing a large audience for wanting to include political agenda. It's not about money.

If I understand correctly, you think that division among Tolkien fans is a bigger problem than all those other things Amaz*n is responsible for?
I think a sense of persepective is required.

And there is no political agenda - did you even read my post?
Amaz*n don't care about diversity. It's a PR exercise.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

People, the project is clearly going to arouse strong reactions, but TTF has rules, some of which have been pushed to the breaking point here. EA's had to lock one thread already; let's try not to add any more to the list.

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[Annatar]

This show has three main goals: 1) to mock Tolkien’s work and his own person. “Tolkien is dead, let’s dance on his grave”

That reminds me that the series will start on September 2nd.
That's the anniversary of Tolkien's death.
Coincidence?

 

[HaradrimTheHorrible]

That reminds me that the series will start on September 2nd.
That's the anniversary of Tolkien's death.
Coincidence?

This is such a ridiculous take.