re: The Rings of Power Season 2 - first 3 episodes release August 29th, 2:00 AM Central

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This show kinda drives me crazy. Skme stuff they are doing very well. Others, not so much.

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For sure. I think it's just to the point for me where I definitely know the storylines I can handle and those I can't. Annatar/Celebrimbor/Eregion and the Dwarves are both very enjoyable. I have my gripes (like why is Celebrimbor a smith that wears silk and velvet clothes ) but for the most part they are good. Annatar and both Durins especially.

I just straight up don't like the Harfoots and Adar/Galadriels stories. A Fatty and Merimac love story is about the last thing I want to see and Galadriel having a good relationship and trying to work along side the Orcs is just ridiculous. Who in the world cares about Orcs having a home? Seriously. Just let them be bad, not every single bad guy has to have a good side. I don't think any person that has ever read Tolkien or watched LOTR though "Aww, I wish the Orcs had a place they could call home." It's so stupid.

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The wizard is definitely Gandalf unfortunately

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Ugh. Yea it looks like the staff he is about to pick out is going to look like a Ganfalf staff.

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Tom Bombadil is definitely not goofy enough. He should be making zero sense

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It seems like his character is about to come to an end because the wizard is obviously going to go after Nori. I agree he isn't aloof enough but at least they aren't going to give him a large role and still keep the Mystery of Tom Bombadil alive. I think. Hopefully.

This is the bad robot formula.

0 talent, mystery box, everyone is morally gray, and they also must all be shipped.

This series is truly terrible.

I found this random blog last year because I was trying to find someone who talked with some reason about Rings of Power instead of either being someone who rage watches or someone who gushes over everything that she shows does. Just a genuine Tolkien fan that watches with an open mind but also can be critical. This guy is much much more knowledgable on Tolkien than me, it's pretty impressive, but I've read every one of his episode recaps and they are very good.

He had more praise for episodes 4 and 5 than he had of any of the episodes, he was even a big fan of Tom Bombadil, but he went pretty hard on episode 6. His episode reviews are worth a read if anyone is into that kind of stuff.

A Phuulish Fellow

The show can barely keep non tolkien fans.

It's a turd entree with a fart garnish.

Down votes by people who probably think Big Bang Theory or Friends was funny. Haha

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There's a big difference between Battle of the Blackwater and Battle of Winterfell, in terms of scale.

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And lighting.

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There's a big difference between Battle of the Blackwater and Battle of Winterfell, in terms of scale.

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And lighting.

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Most of what I remember of Blackwater was that it was dark too, but mostly closeups with fire providing the lighting, and maybe no more than 10 people at the most onscreen at any one time. It was a good suggestion of battle, but we didn't get the big wide angle scenes with tons of extras until later.

I don't think RoP can afford to half-arse it; one of the big criticisms was the initial Numenorean "army" being about 50 guys on horseback, attacking a village full of orcs. The show has a budget and they're trying to fix some of the complaints- they need to have something that feels "big". Maybe CGI, or a few pans of a field with 100+ extras.
Going the GoT route, I would think something similar to Dany and the Dothraki caught the Lannisters out in the field. A couple shots initially of the forces, so you have a sense of scale, and then you can do the closeups with less.

This board can be so damn annoying

While you boys dwell on lighting, I'm curious to see how much scale is placed on the battle. It should be comparable to the siege of Minas Tirith, or at least Helm's Deep.

Agree on Helms Deep. The final battle in RotK was ruined in some respects by the scrubbing bubbles green ghost army.

Rings of poower will have a pathetically small scale battle dominated by Mary Sues.

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The final battle in RotK was ruined in some respects by the scrubbing bubbles green ghost army.

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I think the army of the dead was almost impossible to pull off on screen. It just didn't convert over from book to film that well but I think he did it about as best as he could, other than the army wiping out everyone with ease. I think he maybe could have made it not seem so simple. Just was slightly anti climatic.

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Rings of poower will have a pathetically small scale battle dominated by Mary Sues.

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What about when Jackson changed source material by having a girl kill the Witch King instead of Merry? Never saw fans complain about that swap. Not defending Rings of Power, I have no faith in this battle, but I doubt it's going to be one where bunch of Mary Sue's come in. There's only Galadriel there.

I don't know the numbers of how many people are watching this show but this thread is kind of telling, It hasn't been filled with hate watchers (though some watchers could be avoiding this because they figure that's all it is) and there's barely any conversation. The season is almost over and we're only on 16 pages.