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

deadpool and wolverine and its always sunny are the opposite of woke you dumbass. That's why they succeeded and this doesn't.

Once you people realize that simple observation things will change if not nothing will change.

quote:

---

‘The Rings of Power’ on Verge of Season 3 Renewal by Amazon

In the wake of its second season finale and strong ratings, the fantasy epic is very close to getting a pickup.

---

LINK

IMDB has every episode at 6 or 7 and Rotten tomatoes audience score is 48%. This is a dog shite show.

quote:

---

Just posting relevant info, internet tough guy

---

no you weren't. You knew the contract had it in for 5 seasons NO MATTER WHAT happened. Jeff Bezos made sure of it

strong ratings? false. 63% of its already low viewership didn't even finish the season
Why can't you people just admit you were wrong

quote:

---

‘The Rings of Power’ on Verge of Season 3 Renewal by Amazon

---

I've only ever read the trilogy and The Hobbit and seen the two trilogies. Never read the Simarillaiamnillarraillian. I'll be disappointed if this show gets canceled before I get to see the ORTRTA get forged, Isilidur get his 10 foot long pointy sword, and Sauron get his finger cut off. I'm all in at this point.

quote:

---

I've only ever read the trilogy and The Hobbit and seen the two trilogies. Never read the Simarillaiamnillarraillian. I'll be disappointed if this show gets canceled before I get to see the ORTRTA get forged, Isilidur get his 10 foot long pointy sword, and Sauron get his finger cut off. I'm all in at this point.

---

I literally just said they have it in the contract to film all 5 seasons NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS.

It can't get canceled or it would break contract and they would lose even more money.

This show was incredibly dumb. I’m glad many viewers have tuned out at least

quote:

---

I don’t think Amazon is that concerned about losing money on the TV side.

---

They definitely aren't. That was probably part of the problem. The show runners knew that they had no one to please and could get away with stuff that would have gotten them fired on any other show or network. They also aren't concerned about making a great tv show either. You could only laugh when you see the harfoots and stoors and those retard star wars characters. It's bad when you start rooting for the bad guys.

quote:

---

I literally just said they have it in the contract to film all 5 seasons NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS.

---

I actually havent seen this anywhere. Do you have a link?

Edit: I found it. Looks like Tolkien’s estate asked for 5 full seasons before signing the rights away

It will be interesting to see what the budget is for Season 3. Season 1 was $465M and Season 2 was $700M

quote:

---

You have to be nearly brain dead to call this show "woke."

---

I think the casting concerns were what people focused on with regards to being woke.

As of now, I wouldn't call the show woke, it's just shallow. It's increasingly clear that they're aiming for the casual movie fan (the ones that also liked The Hobbit), that never read any of the books. certainly not anything beyond LOTR and The Hobbit.

To that end, they haven't broken lore established ONLY by the movies. PJ didn't say a damn thing about Gandalf coming in the middle of the Third Age, or when the Balrog appeared in Khazad Dum. The only indication of a timeline in the movies was Elrond saying he was there when they fought Sauron before, when Isildur took the Ring. That, and Galadriel's voiceover of some halflings finding the Ring in the River, with one becoming Gollum.

Now, they ARE name-dropping a lot, mentioning Gondolin, Doriath, Manwe, Finrod and so forth. That's not for readers, it's to introduce viewers and draw them in, so they then go (on Amazon) and start buying books.

Going on this theory, I suspect things are going to be miserable for the Dwarves. We're probably going to see them driven out of Khazad Dum in a season or so, and come to the Lonely Mountain (which, of course, will soon be menaced by Smaug).
And we're going to see more halflings, some settling by the Anduin, some going further west to the Shire. Gandalf of course will be their tour guide, perhaps guided initially by Tom Bombadil to bring them towards the Shire.

It is what it is, a marketing ploy and not a serious attempt at presentation of the lore as it was written.
We may also see Elves split off and move to Greenwood and Lorien.