re: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power S1, Episode 3 Thread | Amazon | Available Now

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Episode 3 was decent. Numenor was gorgeously done

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Agreed

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Interesting to see the Orcs burning under the sun compared to what we see in the later age

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They hide underground, under the smog and clouds of Mordor, and only come out at night; until Saruman adapts the Uruk-hai.

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Seeing Isildur young was a little jarring considering.

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it will be hard to detach what we know of his end, for sure

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While I don’t hate Galadriel, she’s not exactly my favorite part of the show at this point. I’m more intrigued by her counterpart imprisoned in the Southlands at this point and how that plays out

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Galadriel seems to be the tool they are using to connect some of these plots. They're definitely taking some license here, and it feels odd at times, but I can see why they'd choose her.

She's not in Lindon, and she's not in Rivendell. She's way over in Lothlorien, ruling over a bunch of Sindarin Elves, in what is basically a closed and isolated realm. The Dwarves know to go to Elrond in Rivendell (as does Boromir, and thus Gondor), but Galadriel is merely a legend, and not a particularly nice one.
So, how does the last surviving member of Noldor royalty become so estranged from the rest of the world?

And Elrond does know her, and through him Aragorn. But that's through their past connections, and later the White Council. But even Thranduil (and Legolas) don't seem to have relations with Lothlorien.

I think they're using the early descriptions of her being fiery, proud and willful, to establish that she's rebellious still (and that was one of her early traits). She's mellowed and introspective by LOTR, but that's by coming to grips with the fact that the past several millennia have been an exercise in futility; she must either take the Ring, fade, or return to Valinor. There is no victory for her, in which she gets to keep living in Middle Earth.

In this story, she ain't there yet. She's yet to marry Celeborn, yet to assume control of Lothlorien etc.

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So I thought it was decent, not great but decent. I’ll continue to watch. Apparently, they already have 5 seasons written so we need to be patient with this show. I don’t find the “wokeness” is too in your face, it’s there but not so much you can’t tune it out. But some of you just look for wokeness in everything. I try and judge a show on entertainment grounds not political.

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And it has failed on your 2 grounds

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It’s been 10-15 years since I dug deep into the appendices and such, this show good or bad makes me wanna dive back in

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My problem so far is with the disservice they are giving Galadriel’s character. She has gone from acting as a refined, wise elf maiden of great stature and power to acting like a spoiled, entitled uncouth brat. Seriously, listening to her dialogue and watching her delivery makes me root for whatever is trying to kill her.

The harfoots are horrible. They are nothing like hobbits described by Tolkien. They literally leave people behind to die and celebrate it. The opposite of hobbit community. And they ripped off their costumes from SG1 characters.

All the other characters, including homeless Gandalf, are completely forgettable. In three hours there has been ZERO plot moving forward or character development.

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OP is posting threads for those discussing the episodes. If you hate this so much, why are you here?

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Because I have an opinion on the episode and series thus far? I gave it three episodes before I decided to pull the plug.

It's always ironic when the white knights for a show act in the other extreme of the "haters" they call out.

We are all allowed to have an opinion. Sammy Tiger doesn't want any of us to have an opinion counter to they/them.

The opinion you weren’t “allowed” to have was that “there is no way a true Tolkien fan can be okay with this show.”

So basically you want the freedom to have the opinion to not allow other people
To have an opinion.

I just pointed out that there are plenty of true Tolkine fans who enjoy it because you can be a true Tolkien fan and enjoy different things about his work.

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So basically you want the freedom to have the opinion to not allow other people
To have an opinion.

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in true "Sammy Tiger" fasion you created a strawman out of thin air.

Have fun beating that strawman.

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Meanwhile Democrats, which you can find a common thread with FDR in terms of expansionist safety net policy(which some progressives shared), was also home to the Dixiecrat coalition. Which was the stalwarts of maintaining Jim Crow in the south. And all of this saw a major reshuffling after the Civil Rights Act and the Southern Strategy of Atwater/Nixon. Where former Dixiecrats and southern social conservative progressives began to increasingly caucus more and more frequently with Southern Strategy Republicans, until they simply became one by the late 90’s. Progressivism as a phrase largely came back en vogue in the aughts and 10’s as a way to differentiate from the third way democrats of the Clinton era. But to claim there was some straight line between Prohibitionist Republican progressives and the left of center liberals branding themselves that in the 2010’s would be incorrect.

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Just say LBJ fricked the country, especially African Americans and other poor Americans, none of which has to do with the show. 3 episodes in and it’s entertaining enough for me to continue watching.

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Just say LBJ fricked the country, especially African Americans and other poor Americans, none of which has to do with the show. 3 episodes in and it’s entertaining enough for me to continue watching.

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Yes, black people were so much better under Jim Crow you fricking racist pos

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So far nothing in this show happened in Tolkien’s world.

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In this show that you definitely haven’t watched.