Why Watch 'Rings of Power'?

[Kiredor]

I don't watch it. That doesn't mean I'm not allowed to commentate on it. Being apathetic means allowing quality to drop and is how you get bad products and bad policy.

Fair enough.

I get it. RoP is based on LOTR, etc. However, when it is assumed they kill off a character who is not dead, (Celeborn) it begs the question of how much artistic license should be acceptable. Granted, Celeborn was a non-essential character, but there are references he is still alive, at least in the year 171 of the 4rd Age (sailing in the last ship with Cirdan the shipwright).

However, in RoP, Galadriel states that after Celeborn went to war, she never saw him again (Foreshadowing something?). That might suggest he's not dead; only that she thinks he died. Maybe he will turn up later.

 

[Halasían]

Back to the thread topic of 'Why Watch Rings of Power', my wife and I have been enjoying watching through the episodes again from the beginning and talking about all the negative 'commentary' that has been made about the show in various places on the internet on the various scenes. Makes for some good entertainment. 😉

 

[Áramandë Amaniel]

Back to the thread topic of 'Why Watch Rings of Power', my wife and I have been enjoying watching through the episodes again from the beginning and talking about all the negative 'commentary' that has been made about the show in various places on the internet on the various scenes. Makes for some good entertainment. 😉

I would say this: do not be influenced by the negative comments.

Enough said.

 

[Halasían]

Oh my, where lies the importance of mercy and compassion these days? Is there none left? It cannot be!

Yes, I wonder the same, and weep at what has become of this once fair land.

 

[Áramandë Amaniel]

Yes, I wonder the same, and weep at what has become of this once fair land.

Seven Ages ago...it hath been too long, nay?

 

[Halasían]

Seven Ages ago...it hath been too long, nay?

Aye, it has been too long, even if it has been what seems only a fortnight ago. It makes me think of going back to the Twilight Hills and fish the western shores of Lake Evendim and leave the world to its whims.

 

[Áramandë Amaniel]

Aye, it has been too long, even if it has been what seems only a fortnight ago. It makes me think of going back to the Twilight Hills and fish the western shores of Lake Evendim and leave the world to its whims.

Indeed 'tis so, for we both have grown weary of the world, and of the diminishing of its vast ways...

 

[CheriptheRipper]

I'm a slave to capitalism and just want to consume media.

 

[Ent]

I'm a slave to capitalism and just want to consume media.

LOL.

 

[Eljorahir]

I'm a slave to capitalism and just want to consume media.

An addendum by Maxwell Smart: "...and loving it!"

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

 

[Shadow]

I'm a fan of fantasy in general. While this show isn't canon Tolkien, I'm enjoying it as a standalone fantasy series that's influenced by Tolkien (as so many series are). It's definitely not perfect and has some poor writing but it's not awful. But as I've said so many times, it's not hard to just not watch if you don't like it. It's as simple as closing out of Amazon Prime and/or not watching in the first place.

It's not going to change what Tolkien wrote or did in his life. I know some people personally who never had read Tolkien before. Now that they've watched the series, they're interested and have been discussing the original books and lore to understand better. A couple have even joined TTF and /r/TolkienFans on Reddit (another excellent site for Tolkien discussion). So I'd say that's a positive for the show too.

I have apprehensions about the show but I’m going to check it out now with this attitude.

 

[Áramandë Amaniel]

I have apprehensions about the show

As do most...

 

[ZehnWaters]

As do most...

I actually started out excited...until Tom Shippey left. Then concerns started to grow.

 

[Kiredor]

Back to the thread topic of 'Why Watch Rings of Power', my wife and I have been enjoying watching through the episodes again from the beginning and talking about all the negative 'commentary' that has been made about the show in various places on the internet on the various scenes. Makes for some good entertainment. 😉

I actually started out excited...until Tom Shippey left. Then concerns started to grow.

The fact that they contacted Peter Jackson to get involved at the beginning showed they weren’t confident of what they were doing. Then, after PJ agreed and asked for the script, they ghosted him. Did Shippey leave or was he pushed?

 

[d4rk3lf]

Then, after PJ agreed and asked for the script, they ghosted him

To their defense, I don't believe they had any script that they could send him.
Looks like they just started recording random scenes without any script.

Well.. makes sense now... actually

 

[ZehnWaters]

Did Shippey leave or was he pushed?

I don't know and I didn't want to speculate. He IS old and retired now.

 

[Kiredor]

To their defense, I don't believe they had any script that they could send him.
Looks like they just started recording random scenes without any script.

Well.. makes sense now... actually

Probably, that has a hint of truth in it.

 

[Ealdwyn]

I watched two episodes. Then I was away for 2 weeks without access to streaming and when I got back.... I literally did not care enough to watch the episodes I'd missed.

I'm sticking with Tolkien instead.

 

[Kiredor]

I watched two episodes. Then I was away for 2 weeks without access to streaming and when I got back.... I literally did not care enough to watch the episodes I'd missed.

I'm sticking with Tolkien instead.

I get that, and I don’t blame you. I’m still watching them with an intense morbid curiosity to see how the 8th episode (season finale after only 8 episodes???) pans out. If the weird old man from the meteorite turns out to be Gandalf, that will be the final nail in the RoP coffin for me. Tom Shippey told them ages ago they were ruining the lore of Tolkien, and for that they (allegedly) sacked him. It’s the Gandalf thing for me. The Valar did not send the Maiar by airmail (non-hot) rocks!