Amazon CRINGE! LOTR: The Rings of Power DESTROYED by Tolkien Fans

Amazon's The Rings of Power CRINGE overload! More horrific clips and promotions have been released and they more than confirm The Tolkien Fandom has been spot on. Total lore destruction where it exists and the rest is a pure fan fiction. So much for taking a break until the show comes out on the anniversarry of the Professor's passing. One good thing, the memes will be GLORIOUS.
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[@omarcominyo4481]

_"I play Princess Disa. She's the first female Dwarf, she's also the first Dwarf of colour."_ Great - another character who's defining characteristics are her skin colour and genitals. Imagine if Viggo Mortensen had been asked to describe Aragorn and all he said was: _"He's male... he's also white."_

[@RanMouri82]

IKR? "And he likes women." 😆

[@SIXPACFISH]

And then we see Disa's husband and DAMN if Disa didn't marry herself a WHITE Dwarf!!! Sister Done Sold Out!!!

[@Hinatachan360]

I love how she blatantly lies about being the first female Dwarf on film. That's actually Willow's wife in the movie Willow. There were also female Dwarves with beards in The Hobbit trilogy.

[@neoblakkrstal9865]

If we go by the Leftist standards, Viggo saying that Aragorn was a straight, white male should be considered stunning and brave. Nothing is more marginalized by today's Leftists than a straight, white male.

[@irisjanemay1903]

Your assuming Aragon's pronouns and how he would gender himself. Oh if only Tolkien had had each of his characters announce their pronouns when they met each other we wouldn't have to guess.

[@user-fz3sz2dj4r]

"won't be influenced by modern politics" Almost every cast member interview is about how inclusive and diverse it is, nothing about the actual show

[@giacomolontra3707]

and one of them, thinking about Skid Row, said that hobbits lived on carts.

[@mework1871]

They fall over themselves to talk about how political and diverse it is. Just tell me the story is going to be good. That's all I want to hear, then show me evidence of why this may come true.

[@HillbillyHijinks]

@@mework1871 You're going to be disappointed, homie. Sorry.

[@nightfalls5462]

imagine if they just followed the lore, no virtue signalling, or any woke, pc BULLSHIT politics involved, it could be the greatest show after GoT or perhaps even better,

[@Jasonsoloka2024]

I mean skin pigmentation sexual orientation and gender literally have nothing to do with telling the story so I fail to see how diversity is political and the fact that you people are offended at seeing other cultures instead of your own and act like it completely changes a story is ridiculous

[@Cavethug]

This garbage is "inspired" by Tolkien the same way that Jeffrey Dahmer was inspired by medical science.

[@Davidofthelost]

Medical science and home cooking.

[@Spazzboy911]

This garbage is "inspired" by Tolkien the same way that astrology was inspired by the Hubble Telescope

[@supern0is349]

thats a really good analogy, since they are literaly butchering everything tolkien stood for

[@odeleon24]

(Slow clapping…intensifies)

[@verenamenzel8958]

ha ha, crazy comparison. I confess, I'm shocked about the whole LOTR copy stuff- we tolkien fans need no other movie, PeterJackson is unmatched. Amazon do't dare to offend us, I personally will not watch it.

[@Nismolover]

"Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made" - JRR TOLKIEN

[@HunterSentinel]

Why all this woke shit drives me up a wall. It’s NEVER original, just corrupting what’s already canon and been established!

[@wingsken]

Its ironic isnt it…

[@BigFruity]

This actually fits so well to the whole situation we have with these franchises. First Star Wars, now LotR.

[@theartofpaulaukwenya7610]

I can't stop laughing at this😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😂😂😂😂

[@reek4062]

False quote used by fake Tolkien fans

[@paulrouleau1972]

The part when the Tolkien fans climb Mt. Doom and cast this show into the fire, destroying it, brought me to tears of joy.

[@IgorCubrilo]

Let's not forget the scene when the GoT fans come to their aid, and then together they throw House of Dragon with it.

[@ComradeCommissarYuri]

@@IgorCubrilo don’t forget the Star Wars fans, the Star Trek fans, dr who fans.. disney marvel fans.. the dc fans all joining in

[@Mr.Ekshin]

'The Left of the Wings'... the latest attempt to get everyone to sit through tedious sermons in woke ideology.

[@Astavyastataa]

@@IgorCubrilo GOT is itself a deconstruction of high fantasy. For some reason I really doubt that’s going to happen.

[@Astavyastataa]

@@ComradeCommissarYuri why would they do that. The majority of those fans are unthinking consoomer types. SW has a bit of a chance, perhaps, but ST was always proggie propaganda.

[@nhaer042]

"Baggins-like yearning for adventure." Baggins were exactly known for not going on adventures or doing anything unexpected. Bilbo's wanderlust came from his mother's side of the family, the Tooks, who were known for going on adventures. As for Frodo, I don't recall if he ever wanted to go on adventures in the books but he was more a victim of circumstance anyway.

[@chasehedges6775]

Even the Hobbit films got that one right.

[@bishopthefool]

That's too much Tolkien lore for these people... they probably haven't even read the books...

[@AbecedariusRex]

Don’t cloud the issue with facts!!!!

[@beowulfsrevenge4369]

Stop following the lore that's racist!! REEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

[@dw620]

Harfoots were the LEAST likely to venture afield, if I recall correctly. Sheesh... As for those Torgo-like leg prosthetics the actors complained about having difficulty walking in... And it shows. ;p~

[@dominusetdeus060644]

I rewatched fellowship of the ring today. The extended edition. Such an amazing piece of cinematography. I'm so glad it got made 20 years ago and we can have it forever and modern woke crap can't ruin it.

[@Problembeing]

Was watching it last night as I introduced a friend to it for the first time :) If anything, this has helped introduced the films to a new audience, and maybe even the books too.

[@jarnobrofelt1891]

I buy extented fellowship 2 days a go. Never saw it before, it is much better than i tough.

[@my_cousin_mose9782]

Best movie ever.

[@eggplantwizard64]

It's a beauty that no shadow can touch.

[@rbu2136]

I prefer the theatrical release myself.

[@noneo.y.business2918]

I love the part where Legless the paraplegic elf said, " They're taking the harfoots to Amazon"

[@bearage]

TO AMAZON! TO AMAZON! THE HARFOOTS THE HARFOOTS THE HARFOOTS THE HARFOOTS

[@iz9744]

You forgot Legolas is zey, zhem. You bigot😂

[@CLove511]

When Bilbo said "It's Baggin' time!" Literal chills. When Gandalf yelled " Get to the Eagle!", so iconic. The moment when Sauron took off his helmet and Elrond said " You are one... UGLY... mofo" and then Sauron roared. When Galadrel said, "We need to nuke the mines of Moria, it's the only way to be sure." Or that time she turned her back on Sauron, then turned around and took off her helmet and said, "I am Galadriel Meridius Decimus, Commander of the armies of the North, leader of the Mirkwood legion, wife of a murdered dwarf, birthing person of a murdered Harfoot, and I will have my vengeance in this season, or the next" I literally dropped my popcorn.

[@zurbereshisaqesh7601]

"I'm here to chew lembas and kick @zz, and I'm all out of lembas" - Galadriel, probably

[@TKJoyRide]

You got me with the last one lol

[@Vulpine407]

Oh, yes. The memes truly are glorious.

[@RanMouri82]

And then all of them climbed into the DeLorean and made it back to 1985. Classic.

[@ronnieronb73]

[phone] yo

[@Awakeandalive1]

You know they don't know anything about Tolkien or the "legendarium" because they said her zest for adventure was "Baggins-like" instead of "Took-like." Bilbo & Frodo's inclination to look beyond their own garden gates came from their Tookish heritage. It's also why Pippin was so inclined to go off with them. I really hate fake fans. This is how my coworkers must feel when i try to feign interest in basketball.

[@EasyEight3674]

The brilliant showrunners also don't know that the name "Brandyfoot" is a joke because that it includes a reference to SHIRE Hobbit names for hobbits who lived near the BRANDYWINE River. The Hobbits wouldn't settle there and take Shire names like that for thousands of years...

[@Turtleman9856]

I enjoy LOTR, I wouldn’t call myself a Tolkien fan though, just never got into it enough for that, and even I knew about the Tooks, probably from reading The Hobbit over ten years ago. Thought I’d emphasize just how little effort it would take to know that, and they still didn’t.

[@CIintB3ASTW0oD]

lol I don't even feign interest, I flat out tell them I'm not into sports-ball.

[@adamgrey268]

I legit thought the same thing as soon as I saw that.

[@300SonsofOdin]

My man. I feel you.

[@NukePower217]

I loved the part when Elrond told Galadriel "Sauron is a man of focus, commitment and sheer will. I once saw him kill 3 men in a pub with a pencil. With a fucking pencil!" It really drives home to the audience the threat that Sauron represents for Middle Earth.

[@deepstatethrombosis]

Sauron: "wanna see a magic trick?" Produces pencil.

[@nicoleackerman205]

Where the crap did he get a pencil I guess the same place that one guy got the fade.

[@RydarkVoyager]

It wasn't a pencil. It was a writing quill, stolen from the Lord of Eagles himself, while still a hatchling.

[@timothymartin5538]

Yeah they should have realised she was gonna be pissed when those gangsters beat celebron to death with a vase while she watched.

[@RanMouri82]

And to be fair, Sauron was the only survivor of Middle Earth's first Battle Royale. Nobody else managed to get the collars off.

[@rextrowbridge8386]

I'll never forget the scene where Aragorn kicked The Witch king of Angmar into a massive pit while screaming "This is Gondor!!".

[@Entertainment-do1bp]

I would die laughing seeing this on television 🤣💀

[@molnez]

Not before proclaiming: "Discrimination and microaggressions. You'll find plenty of both down there."

[@rextrowbridge8386]

@@molnez hahaha!!!

[@insomnijack7528]

Showrunners: "We want this show to be separate from real politics." The show: "The wicked King Trumpinius has vowed to build a wall on the border of Gondor and make the Orcs pay for it."

[@reginalannister2262]

That would actually be a fun plot tbh. There are fun books written from perspective of orcs, etc.

[@aldovk6681]

Dude, you just sold me the show

[@elLooto]

@@reginalannister2262 Gods, I love _Grunts_ by Mary Gentle.

[@talithakoum3922]

Isn't that the plot of the new Disney Star Wars show that no one asked for? 😂

[@KSmithwick1989]

Ironically most of us wouldn't mind the satire, long as it's hilarious. There's a lot of gems in these comments.

[@majedahmed89]

I'm Palestinian and The Lord of the Rings was one of the first book series I read as I was learning English. I NEVER needed it to be more accessible. It is such a shallow point of view, to believe with such assertiveness that people can only be inspired by fictional characters who look like them.

[@MephiticMiasma]

I was about to say that all you needed to connect with humans was to connect to their humanity, but I'm not sure that works with these people.

[@SIXPACFISH]

Damn, Majed! You must really feel uninspired. Because all Hellywood ever portray people who look like you as are humorous sidekicks or evil terrorist's.

[@kimberlyoldschool]

Also, that’s insanely impressive as a book series to tackle when learning English! Tolkien was a great storyteller, but he certainly didn’t go easy on the audience with the language. Readers need to bring their A game.

[@sociallyferal4237]

I agree with you. I love Anime, but am neither 2D myself nor Japanese, doesn't stop me from enjoying it one bit. I would think I do the same as any other person when you feel you'd like to be a part of the story - you replace a character with yourself when you reimagine the story. But that's what fan fiction is for. Doesn't mean the story would mean more to me actually as the character. . .

[@nurityalieva3852]

It’s morbin time palestina

[@The_Primary_Axiom]

The part where Sauron tweeted to his entire army and said… “Be inclusive, be respectful and honor everybody’s pronouns no matter what” Was so heartfelt.

[@FalconRS]

I wished necromancy was real, so someone could raise undead Tolkien, who will go after his enemies, like Imhotep in Mummy.

[@MrShadeGaming]

@@FalconRS Does it count if we use his bones(or whatever is left of him) to make a killer robot?

[@FalconRS]

@@MrShadeGaming This is fantasy, not sci-fi. Either dementor-like menace to consume tainted souls of CEOs or 'just' a zombie tearing them limb by limb.

[@MrShadeGaming]

@@FalconRS we can make kill bots in real life now (they aren't great but they kinda work) anyway i was just joking you know. your idea sounds more fun tho 🥸

[@wildfire160]

Pffft the part where he tweeted "I`m gonna build a wall the best one ever! ...and Gondor`s going to pay for it" was way way better...

[@tnstaggs91]

The part where Worm tongue tells Sauramon “I can’t quit you” and then they embrace each other was truly heart warming.

[@Thomas.Wright]

"I GOT NEWS FOR YA..."

[@doublecooltothemax]

Not gay enough 🤣

[@NickNapoli]

That soap opera intro for “The Young And The Elvish” is hilarious.

[@darktenor4967]

I love the fact we've gone from "an adaptation" of Tolkien, to "based on", tolkien, and finally now we're at "inspired by" tolkien. what's next: "has nothing at all todo with tolkien" Well I suppose that would be accurate!

[@AndragonLea]

"We nicked the title from Tolkien for clout".

[@garym6315]

"Condemned by Tolkien (through letters he wrote half a century ago)"

[@dumont7478]

I think adjacent-to is going to be next tbh

[@m4nt1c0r3s]

Next its "Tolkien adjacent", and then when all falls over "Its not cannon, we wanted to tell our own story,, but we are talentless hacks that cant really create anything can only hijack someone elses creations"

[@hellodave1168]

Has a couple of Tolkien names in it.

[@bx3556]

The part where Galadriel was lifted by the sword of her boyfriend into the Ice troll saying "say hello to my little friend", then boyfriend elf announced he was transitioning-to-orc made me cry tears of joy. Stunning!

[@thefilthyrhombus3856]

That part when Galadriel and Míriel casually walk into Sauron's lair and Galadriel says, "I came here to chew lembas bread and kick ass, and I'm all out of lembas bread." Then Míriel says, "I'm getting too damn old for this shit," and then they both Naruto run into battle was so breathtaking it made my third testicle drop.

[@charleighh.990]

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@Hinatachan360]

The Naruto run took me out! 🤣🤣🤣

[@danegay4327]

My fucking sides!! 🤣

[@LJL85]

"This is some gourmet shit!"

[@madelinetracy3847]

Lmao 🤣 That scene was totally in LOTR and it was so cool!

[@MitchTubeism]

It really got me when Elrond said "There are two kinds of people in Middle Earth; those with loaded bows and those who dig. You dig." Tears in my eyes.

[@jessiedalton2681]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jmitterii2]

My favorite part is right after, when Elrond pulls a Space Balls and simply takes a copy of a DVD of this series plops it down and takes a big shit on in it.

[@yourmom9951]

Blondie!!!!! You son of a…

[@SoupDragonish]

@@yourmom9951 Wah wah ...

[@jmack8201]

Or how about when Galadriel was all like well i`m a put on show kinda of girl I squealed.

[@TheJeroenbrouwer]

When Sauron said "The ring is literal perfection.", then Galadriel said "It will be. When it fits a woman."... I got goosebumps.

[@christophercortez7191]

I clapped!!!!!

[@joeblow3145]

Lmao I honest to God wouldn’t be surprised if this gets said in a confrontation they have

[@andrelucas8950]

Glorious!

[@tonyshannon8429]

I lolled :P

[@BeNice108]

That made me cringe. Good job.

[@joshuajoseph8924]

The part where Aragorn sees the ring and says “Look at the settle off-white coloring, the tasteful thickness of it, oh my god It even has a watermark” Really moved me

[@mitromney]

This makes me realize Lord of the Rings would've never been made today. It just couldn't. I honestly can barely believe how lucky we've got. It was filmed late enough to have proper special effects and other cinematic qualities, but early enough to escape PCs ever-present fingers. I'm buying another copy right now and sealing it in a metal cage for future generations. A miracle like that will probably never happen again.

[@Outcast-0033]

I'm probably going to get the hobbit trilogy too. No its not as good but its a masterpiece when compared to what Amazon is doing so id rather watch those movies again.

[@carljohan9265]

There is a youtube clip called "The inimitable production of The Lord of the Rings trilogy". Go watch it, and you will truly realize how INSANELY lucky we are to have gotten the LOTR trilogy.

[@eduardoboada2871]

What's crazy is that I remember when I saw LOTR for the first time I thought "well, they certainly took some liberties with the source material" like putting elves at Helm's Deep, etc. But after The Hobbit Movies and now this, LOTR now looks like the most faithful and respectful adaptation ever. Sad...

[@abstractnonsense3253]

I know these are different fandoms but Dune seems to be well on its way to be faithfully adapted. Fingers crossed.

[@whowhatwherewhy1434]

Lol…there are a lot of movies and books I am desperately trying to buy before they stop publishing them or “editing them to be politically correct.”

[@bodvarson1933]

8:27 No! Baggins's do not have a yearning for adventure. It's literally the opposite. Baggins's were known for their wealth and their love of hearth and home. They never did anything out of the ordinary. Bilbo craved adventure because of the Took in him. This is a fact that everyone that has seen the first movie in the least should know.

[@maximiliand2544]

Or even read the books themselves.

[@bodvarson1933]

im looking for the minimum here

[@Dakarn]

I like how the actress that plays the "First female dwarf to appear on screen in a Tolkein film" doesn't know that there were female dwarves in Peter Jackson's 2012 "The Hobbit". Must have been because their beards made them indistinguishable from the male dwarves. 😏

[@RocketeerAndRoll]

Willow did it first.

[@yucaprieta]

its all about being inclusiv we dont have no time to see the previous movies or read the source material, ITS THE FIRST FEMALE DWARF , YOU HEAR ME !!!🤣🤣😂😂

[@Dakarn]

@@RocketeerAndRoll In Willow, they were called Elwyns (or Pecks as a derogatory term).

[@multi-purposebiped7419]

She probably didn't watch The Hobbit because she was told it was a disaster by toxic fans. To be fair, it was a disaster.

[@jornada.inesperada2403]

@@RocketeerAndRoll yeah Willow did it!

[@parak00pa]

My expectations were already sky-high, but when Galadriel fought a troll and then the frame froze with her going "Oh that? That's me. Heh, you probably wonder how I got here... let's start from scratch, shall we?", I knew I was in for a truly captivating experience

[@DoxGR7934]

Actress, "This evil has to be stopped." Nerdrotic, "What do think I'm tryin' to do lady?" 😂

[@modolief]

🤣 🤣 🤣

[@sohrab_solheim]

Priceless!

[@andylaauk]

Best way of bringing down Amazon is not to use it, at all.

[@modolief]

Please pin this comment.

[@hithere9377]

When Sauron demanded to know her name and she took off her helmet, turned and said “My name is Galadrius Decimus Meridius”. Chills.

[@dixonbourne]

😂😂😂😂

[@tonyweaver2353]

"Mother to a murdered son, wife of a murdered husband. I will have my revenge, in this age or the next" so inspiring, I feel inspired you feel inspired? Girls get it on!

[@hithere9377]

@@tonyweaver2353 “in this age or the next” 😂😂😂😂

[@garymcderp1146]

After suffering through this abomination, in hindsight I think that this show hasn’t ruined Lord of the Rings or Tolkien’s legacy, because this show was so bad I don’t consider it part of the franchise at all. In fact this trash made The Hobbit trilogy better for me when I ended up rewatching the prequels after watching Amazon’s awful fan fiction disaster. So Amazon can keep wasting money on seasons 2 through 10. I won’t even bother watching. I don’t recommend anyone else watching it either. All it does is give Amazon more viewer ratings and insults the true fans. We shouldn’t even be talking about it. Rings of Power isn’t LOTR, it isn’t Tolkien, it’s just some garbage on Amazon.

[@DustinBarlow8P]

The part where Sauron talks to the elves who have his daughter stating 'But what I do have, is a very particular set of Rings' gives me the chills every time. So true to the lore that J.R.R. Martin created

[@varsityathlete9927]

J.R.R. Martin

[@madelinetracy3847]

Or how about when Aragorn’s daughter gets kidnapped and Aragorn’s all, “You’re about to be taken!” And then he has to save her from that awful Orc/Human-sex-trafficking!! That was SO suspenseful!

[@severedproxy]

@@varsityathlete9927 yes, the very J.R.R. Martin that inspired the creator of Lord of the Thrones, George R.R. Tolkien

[@fernandosimon5621]

If only J.R.R. Martin could finish the last book, "The Return of the Winds".

[@mhauze4all]

🤣🤣🤣

[@themoviejunky3918]

I am SO looking forward to Gary, Az, Drinker, Mauler, Disparu et al ripping this series a new ring hole. Man this is going to be entertainment GOLD!

[@jarnobrofelt1891]

Dont forget Disparu.

[@thereturnofdarthcaedus]

i have a friend who is going to enjoy this show while im not she even enjoyed the star wars sequel trilogy im like those to me are not true canon shes like to me they are then im like rey is queen of all mary sues and j j abrams tryed my favorite female charecter into a a sex object

[@J1283-s1k]

Right? The only highlight of the Thor: Love and Thunder experience for me was watching it during their live stream and pausing the video every 5 minutes to go to the livestream and hear them echo my exact sentiments. It was hilarious and cathartic seeing the gang channel my identical level of total bewilderment at that shit show.

[@thereturnofdarthcaedus]

@@J1283-s1k to me disney almost destroyed the star wars frenchise with the force awakens the last jedi and the rise of skywalker and kathleen kennedy needs to get fired and replaced

[@WannaBeLevrone]

Just say and..

[@billybatts8283]

Frodo: "Gandalfine, is your period late?" Gandalfine: "A wizards period is never late Frodo Baggins, nor is it early. It arrives exactly when the female goddesses means it to."

[@SantiagoGT15]

Frodo: Female goddess? Pretty non-progressive on your part Gandalfine

[@keithgoreham1463]

That's type-B goddess now. Please keep up with the destruction of our language. 😜

[@longbow_studio]

It's funny that they call the desire for adventure "Baggins like" because in the books Bilbos adventuring spirit comes from his Mom's side, the Tooks. In fact the Baggins are super respectable and NEVER go adventuring.

[@TheBelieveit1]

"The Harfoots wander as nomads" "Go back to the book go back to the book go back to the book." Somehow they didn't get to page 4 of the books cause it specifically stated that the Harfoots (which Tolkien said on that very same page was just a breed of Hobbot) were the most inclined to settle in one place and didn't travel much outside their homes and Hobbit holes.

[@angieoxford7092]

TIL The Harfoots actually live in carts, not holes

[@MegaMaxiepad]

Harfoots like it in the hole, according to canon.

[@--Sama-]

@@angieoxford7092 Every Hobbit (even the ones from Bree-hill) lived in the foothills of the mountains or hills in normal brick houses or smials (holes). In fact we have art drawn by Tolkien himself about it.

[@Liberty-Jamie]

@@angieoxford7092 So traders?

[@donchichivagabond1578]

Great point! Of all the Hobbits- Harfoots didn't like traveling and Hobbits as a species didn't like to travel already. So if Hobbits weren't inclined to travel then you never would find a Harfoot doing so. A popular saying amongst Hobbits- "You would sooner find Smaug sharing his plunder than a Harfoot taking a trip."

[@r.l.royalljr.3905]

I literally cannot take Morfydd Clark seriously in any of these promos. When Tolkien described Galadriel as "ageless" I don't think "grown woman with a 12 year old's face" is what he meant.

[@samaritan_sys]

Jackson went so far as to cast an actress that even fit the bill of, as Tolkien described her, having a deep voice for a woman when he got Cate Blanchett for the role. This Clark woman sounds like a weepy child, and looks like one too.

[@queenberuthiel5469]

OMG yes. The actress, Morfydd Clark, is beautiful for sure but goodness I can't take her baby face and looks seriously. The funniest part of this is the fact that they made her a warrior girlboss and the actress doesn't look convincing for the part lol. Especially with that scene with her and Elrond, they look like they're high school buddies. She's supposed to be Galadriel, a lady so wise and respected. They could have casted an older actress (just like what they did to both Celembrimbor and Gil-galad) and cast Morfydd as Celebrian instead. That would be more believable to me.

[@elidasilva5558]

She looks lovely imo, i dont know about the story

[@CordeliaWagner]

Look at Cate Blanchett without heavy filters. Not exactly what you would call beauty...

[@piotrsteckow1575]

@@CordeliaWagner well she is 53... she was hot when she played galadriel 20 years ago

[@roguebogey]

After this show releases, it marks the moment just about every franchise from my childhood has been ruined by some corporation. Gotta love it.

[@paultenhout2446]

They haven't touched on Half-life yet

[@haraldtopfer5732]

Somehow I feel sad for the actors. Don't you wish your work becomes a real success and people give you credit for that? That's not some fucking low-budget D&D B-Movie (yet the characters look like that), it's a mega investment by Amzn Prime. What are you thoughts on that? Do they realy think it's good work?

[@cornbredx]

Ya, because they made something new that is bad the old thing you liked is now bad. That's how that works 🙄

[@Hero_Of_Old]

The difference is, the books are canon not the films or adaptations. They can never ruin Tolkien's work.

[@MegaMark0000]

It hasn't been ruined. That's not true. You can still enjoy the Jackson movies and the books. Ignore this non-fan-fiction.

[@AegisRick]

The part where Eomer rips off his helmet and proclaims "I identify as a woman" before the Witch King eats the sour patch kids sent chills down my spine.

[@damascusraven]

"Won't be influenced by modern-day politics" *We just made all the main characters women, black, gay, etc in a setting where none of that makes sense.* I know we haven't heard anything about there being a ton of gay characters, but....come on.....it's Amazon.

[@Lonovavir]

The messed up implication of this new found diversity is the following question: What happened to all the minorities between this show and the LOTR novels/films? The answers aren't pretty.

[@farmerBob12]

Cultural appropriation is okay now, apparently.

[@PepitoBasado]

If I had to bet I would say they will most likely include atl east one LGTBquewrty character, I mean, it´s literally what they are obliged to according to Amazon Studios Inclusion Policy

[@lilfish5124]

@@Lonovavir it is a reboot... They want to start from the past when the introduce frodo and Sam as lovers, etc.

[@KM-dk5gn]

That dark skinned Dwarf looks so0oo not like a dwarf. The first time I saw her I thought she was playing some human queen, that is what she looks like. In the parody videos with the Days of Our Lives and hair ad audio overlays she looks like a tolken transvestite that you see on every Broadway musical as a character providing comic relief.

[@kikusama]

I think they need a missing person's poster all over that says: " Have you seen Gladriel's husband, Celeborn? He was written out because he a male."

[@tristanc.6598]

"Baggins yearning for adventure" "First female dwarf" "Every adventure needs a fellowship" They really could have just called it a fanfic alternative

[@abstractnonsense3253]

Ironically, if they did, they wouldn't be getting the backlash they're getting now.

[@DetectiveBarricade]

Fanfic implies that it was written by fans. This is written by people who hate LOTR by people who hate LOTR.

[@portalmanHUN]

"Dwarf of color" Holy cringe

[@LawrenceCaldwellAuthor]

@@abstractnonsense3253 I'd actually watch it. I'd still laugh, but I would probably watch it. Not touching this aids with a ten foot pole, lol

[@toothgrinder2760]

@@portalmanHUN Biggie Smalls in a dwarf dress.

[@northumbriabushcraft1208]

The bit where Galadriel goes up to Elrond and says "give me your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle" was profound. 5/5 show, certainly no cringe...

[@wetincornwall6882]

When Sam threw Sauron off Nakatomi Tower and as he fell Sauron said "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion... I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain... Time to die." Chills...

[@bmabhilash01]

Frodo joins him and says "It's morbin time"

[@fixer1140]

And what about when Glorfindel says "Ice to see you" with his adorable Austrian accent. Just goosebumps

[@RogueRM]

I thought I'd die when Sauron said "I'll be back!"

[@theMyouknow]

Lord of the Bladerunner one of the best movies out there.

[@Name-se3lf]

yippy kai yay

[@richardlarson9459]

You know, I can remember going to see movies like, The Color Purple, Coming To America, Friday, and Boyz N The Hood and never once did I think, "I just can't enjoy this movie because there's no one that looks like me". I mean, I'm a white male who has seen thousands of movies in my lifetime, and it has never once crossed my mind to question the racial makeup of the cast of any particular movie. If I was going to see a Kung Fu movie with Bruce Lee, I pretty much expected to see a movie with mostly or all Asian actors in it. If I went to see A Piece of the Action or Uptown Saturday Night, I expected to see black actors. You know what, I enjoyed all those movies. It just seems like they're being patronizing when these movie executives race swap or gender swap, as if they are saying certain people just don't have the capacity to like movies unless they have people like them in the film.

[@sillypuppy5940]

I've been a Wonder Woman fan for nearly half a century without ever being a woman nor looking good in a corset.

[@chongli3007]

It’s all a smokescreen. Just like the word inclusion actually means exclusion

[@centurion8446]

Yeah I enjoyed passenger 57 back in the day. People enjoy engaging characters in interesting situations even if they can't directly relate background wise or whatever

[@elverkongen2515]

One of my favorite movies growing up was Rush Hour. The leads were Black and Chinese. I'm white. But, I'm a human being that doesn't require ethnic representation in everything I watch, read, or play, in order to feel a connection to the characters or the story.

[@SimulatedHuman]

I always think its very funny that every thing they "reboot/remake/reinvent" is for "new fans" yet they all have the same problem, those "new fans" only exist in their imagination. And we all know how little imagination they have...

[@matthewmosier8439]

That whole concept is illogical. A series is popular and therefore it gets "fans". Those fans are just people who hadn't seen the series until one day they did.. and liked it, for various reasons. To then buy the rights to that series for money and proceed to alienate the fans (people who liked it) and say that you're doing it to get "new fans" defies the entire point of the original purchase. Just make up a series that you want to make, use the money that would have been spent to buy the rights to an existing franchise and use that money to create the new one. Truth is, they know their ideas won't be popular. I think that knowledge stays hidden in their minds, but if they thought their ideas for characters and plots were incredible then they would just write new stuff.

[@Dinoslay]

@@matthewmosier8439 ☝This.

[@Ran0r]

@@matthewmosier8439 Thats exactly what I've been thinking and discussing with my friends as well

[@MaxiemumKarnage]

See: Halo Literally made me depressed, I wanted a Halo series for years... And we get this. I gave up on the franchise

[@die1mayer]

It's corporate talk for this franchise attracts money ("fans"), and a new franchise-product is therefore justified. Our product should however be different to former products (books, movies, etc.), so we can copyright it and our product will get positive reviews by the media if we hire a diverse cast and woke writers (our public relations dept.).

[@HappyTeeth.]

correction. First female black dwarf played by a non-dwarf that is right-handed with a british accent and definitely not on a diet

[@jamescannon4186]

Few things to note regarding Tolkiens actual writings and stance on some stuff; 1. Galadriel wasn’t a warrior. She was influential and powerful magically sure (for an Elf) but her whole personality and story back during this time was her simply wanting to rule. Gil-Gilead, Glorfindel and the like were elven warriors and hunted Sauron down WITH ARMIES until the final battle because no Elf could defeat what’s essentially a fallen angel power wise. Soooo Galadriel looking for Sauron is like trying to find the center of a nuclear bombs target 5 seconds before it blows up. 2. This timeline is fucked up. Is Sauron using his Annatar alias? Because if so then nobody should be “hunting him”. And if he isnt using it anymore then that means all the rings are created and he should have the Nazgûl prior to their complete succumbing into their wraith forms. Maybe Numenorian Nazgûl kings , sorcerers and warriors should be in the show. 3. For clarification: harfoots are 1/3 types of hobbits. The creators don’t know anything and it really shows, but anyways. Magic is also a very unique aspect within Tolkien’s books. Like The Maiar (Sauron, Gandalf, Balrogs, etc) can influence the energy that makes up Middle Earth from Eru Aluvitar into “spells” but Tolkien specifically made sure that Elves can only influence things not outright cast spells. Kinda like the stronger the spirit the more impact on the surrounding world it would have. Humans like Denethor and Faramir were unique due to being able to see into the future albeit very murkily, but that’s ALL a human could do. The Witch King can use magic only because he has a power source… that just so happens to be a maiar directly. But yeah went on a tangent, toodle-do

[@kkillroyv2897]

You are a massive nerd. And I'm so fucking glad people like you exist who remember things like this for when people try to desecrate Tolkien's works.

[@mhauze4all]

Good tangent! 👍👍

[@mr.dalerobinson]

Also Tolkien tried writing a sequel to LOTR before he passed, but decided it just didn't need it. (as quoted in a letter to a friend) He thought LOTR was good enough to be the final say in the franchise. I choose to respect his decision, and ignore this latest creatively bankrupt corporate cash grab.

[@limnades]

Loved it

[@arandomguy1226]

@@limnades me too

[@spaceshipvampire]

Personally, I always felt the single most important part in all of Tolkien's work was when Frodo wandered into that cave, fought Sauron, Sting in hand, and chopped his head off, only to find that--beneath Sauron's helmet--was Frodo's own face. This shows that the scariest part of the one ring is that its essence lies--not just around us--but within us.

[@susanness9518]

One of the recurring themes in LOTR is the battle of each person against the evil inherent in each. Some triumph, like Galadrial ("I've passed the test. I will diminish and go into the west, and remain Galadriel," when tempted by Frodo to take the ring). Some fail, like Boromir, though he won redemption in the end ("Few have won such a victory"). Some fail utterly, like Saruman. Tolkien was a devout Catholic and LOTR is deeply and purposefully grounded in Catholic thought, which, in his intelligence and education, he pondered deeply.

[@dixonbourne]

Brilliant 👏🏾

[@ManSeekingMeaning]

Empire Strikes Back?

[@theeffete3396]

My favorite part is when Frodo flies on the back of the Millenium Eagle.

[@TheXpompier]

Frodo, "I'm not afraid." Gandalf, "You will be, you will be."

[@peterd788]

I can't believe how Amazon is marketing this.

[@chasehedges6775]

Same. It looks terrible

[@Apollo890]

By telling huge whopping great lies with fecking bells hanging off their ears? Standard really

[@Mr.Skeleton.]

I like when the female dwarf of colors says “ooga booga” to the patriarchy

[@elperronimo]

Idk it's kinda growing on me. the clip where elrond proclaims 'we live in a society' gave me literal chills

[@goosegirl941]

I really thought that days of our lives bit was …a bit. 🤯

[@roostrr42]

Why the f do the elves look like that? That's all i need to just pretend that this whole series never happened. Maybe i'll write a fantasy novel where "The Rings of Power" never happend.

[@NickSibz]

Said it once, I'll say it again. The marketing for this show has been nothing short of an absolute fucking disaster. I'm convinced they're joking at this point. It's unbelievable.

[@kathleenhensley5951]

They didn't even try not to attack the fans. They started attacking us first darn article

[@haydentravis3348]

Well yeah, probably super smug, too. From the outside, it looks like a bunch of assholes are getting rich taking a shit on something people love.

[@nicoleackerman205]

Can they please say this is a parody.

[@Lonovavir]

The marketing is either epic trolling and the show will be amazing (very unlikely) or we've been spared a massive disappointment (most likely).

[@kimberlyoldschool]

I think they just got high on their own supply for several years and moved ahead with filming episodes without any market testing or outside input. I think they assumed it would market itself. Then they put the first attempt at a trailer out there, and the public hit back so hard that they’ve completely lost their footing and are fumbling in the red zone.

[@cb2000a]

Calling this a dumpster fire is an understatement.

[@chasehedges6775]

Would a burn pile work?

[@eugenemonti5755]

@@chasehedges6775 I would say more like Mt doom exploding like in return of the king

[@chasehedges6775]

@@eugenemonti5755 💯💯💯. And the Eye Of Sauron imploding out of existence.

[@chimeraguts]

Better yet call this a landfill fire.

[@retroguyst8132]

I love the part when Galadriel is awaiting execution in her cell and her lover cries, "You will die! It will be awful!" And that's when Galadriel delivers that epic line: "Every Manspreader dies. Not every Manspreader truly lives."

[@toothgrinder2760]

LMFAO

[@hughmann706]

Don't forget the part where the Witch king was like "no MAN can kill me" and that lady was like "I am NO MAN I am a Womanspreader!"

[@cshan003]

Freedom! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@GhulamAbbas-fc7hd]

Didn’t female dwarves has beard as well, as Gimli explains to Eowyn in the two towers why no one has seen female dwarves.

[@Metanaut1]

When Galadriel says "I'm here to chew bubblegum, and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubblegum!" Absolutely profound, couldn't help but cheer the screen

[@ANTIStraussian]

Sitting infront of 1,000 toys Days thr word woke 30 times Incel fans in the comments Holy shit. This might be the best channel ever to watch the hogs

[@particle6525]

Can't spell

[@Raikiri290]

"I'm here to kick gum and chew ass. And I'm all out of ass." - Dick Kickem

[@enigmaticallis3110]

@@Raikiri290 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@IsaacMuntz]

​@@Raikiri290 Wtf 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Thamb0]

I actually thought you somehow created the slow-mo scene showing their faces and how dopey they look. Then once you gave context and I realized it was them who did it, I laughed for such a long time. Wow, they just can't help destroying everything.

[@BertoxolusThePuzzled]

Wait wait wait, he DIDN'T edit that in?... Deer god...

[@dottorekaoz8679]

I thought it was made-up too. What in heck have they thought? Did they think "let's throw some 80s vibes in"?

[@Midwinter2]

They are literally parodying their own show - and it hasn't even come out yet.

[@WayStedYou]

@@BertoxolusThePuzzled No, just the days of our lives intros.

[@Phobos11]

Same, I thought that was a meme edit for the joke. Didn’t remember they were the joke all along.

[@Vulpine407]

Gimli: "It's true that you don't see many dwarf women." Aragorn (whispering): "It's because of the beards." Two decades later: "Beards? What beards?"

[@skybird5845]

No that's a the end of back to the future right

[@MrAlopex112]

im suprised, they didnt make a gillette commercial out of it xD

[@memberofthehardright]

Amazon's Rings of Power "Wokeness" corrupts faster than even the One Ring ever could...

[@frederickbraam6572]

The best part, by far, is when Samwise comes out of his hobbit hole and says "I did not hit her. It's not true. It's BS. I did not hit her. I did not. Oh, hi Frodo".

[@shadowking9739]

"Mr. Frodo betrayed me! I am FED UP with this world!"

[@upliftspice6282]

That one genuinely made me laugh, thanks for that brother.

[@Allthingsconsidered11]

Underrated comment 😂

[@DRAGON_NUTZ]

"You're tearing me apart Rosie!"

[@shadowking9739]

@@DRAGON_NUTZ "Anyway Aragorn, how is your sex life?"

[@echoechoecho7142]

Every day that goes by, we see more and more how blessed we were to get the 2001-2003 Trilogy. Nothing will top it, ever.

[@shaunpatrick8345]

They could re-release it with 20 minutes cut from the ending. That would be better.

[@corbetcrey]

The part when Gandalf says to Frodo "With great ring comes great responsibility" sends the shivers down my spine.

[@wolfgangkranek376]

Or when Sauron said: You will own nothing, but be happy.

[@Dakarn]

@@wolfgangkranek376 And when his boss, Morgoth came around and proclaimed his goal to return ownership of labor to the people. So brave.

[@anubusx]

When Gollum became king of Gondor.

[@whangbar]

And Boromir called out, "Excelsior!" and Gondor came to his aid . . .

[@animeguy2961]

I loved it when Aragorn said "Avengers.... assemble"

[@Yoursoulismine814]

The part where Sauron said, "If you want the real Slim Shady please stand up" and the nine ring wraiths stood up, it gave me chills.

[@Problembeing]

“To draw in the NEW fans” she said. And, there you have it. Cultural colonisation.

[@proudsaiyanprince2651]

An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day, this day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good earth I bid you stand men of the west!

[@warfightersanonymous7760]

@@proudsaiyanprince2651 seriously, Men of the West of This Earth need to stand for our culture and mythology. Wasn't there a conservation society for this sort of thing???

[@dw620]

Unfortunately it will work to a degree - how many people bother to go back and read the books? - but we can at least ensure the lore-breaking does not go unnoticed despite the shill media trying to play down fan reaction.

[@mustlovedragons8047]

@àsper Tolkien was not fond of the 1930s-40s Germans. And neither are we.

[@Problembeing]

@àsper Yup - They all have one thing in common; socialism.

[@garym6315]

I still can't get over the fact that the movies had talent like Ian Mckellen, Bernard Hill, John Rhys Davies, Hugo Weaving, and this has Lenny Fucking Henry. I don't know if the non-Brits out there truly understand what a bad move that is. He was an unfunny comedian in the 80s, has been advertising a hotel chain for decades, and now just race grifts whenever he needs to point out how much a victim black people are in the UK.

[@hithere9377]

And each episode cost more than the LOTR trilogy. Where the fuck did all that money go?

[@Blencathra1]

... all while happily pocketing a knighthood and a CBE. But he's still held back and oppressed apparently.

[@chrisw6164]

How are black people “victims” in the UK? Every black person in the UK is a working actor.

[@MegaMaxiepad]

Black people are oppressed in Britain? From watching "Sex Education" I thought they ran the place. Well, they are majority though, no?

[@The_last_loyalty]

When I heard he was in it I gave up hope. He used to be funny once and has traded on that ever since. Now he's just a reverse-racist who traduces the country that made him what he is (though I don't know why we bothered, frankly).

[@Monsieur_Cauchemar-YT]

When Galadriel turned to her fly-girl Muriel and said, "I feel the need, the need for speed!". I just ... couldn't. It just hit me straight in the feels. Such brilliant writing.

[@V972]

It's galadring time!

[@szechuon6971]

When she cut Thanos’ hand off with the Master Sword while screaming “Yippe Kai-ye Motha Fucka” all the while yeeting off the Titanic, truly masterful writing.

[@RaphaLeder]

9:54 "To make this Franchise accesible for all Generations" Let me tell you a Story: Last week I went to the movies with my 9-year-old sister who has seen the Hobbit Movies first (which she loved) to go to an Event that showed the uncut 3 1/2 hour version of the Fellowship of the Ring. She was absolutely amazed and fascinated, and I have never experienced a 9-year-old being so invested in a movie that was so long. She loves LOTR and the Hobbit. We don't need the Rings of Empowerment for new Generations.

[@zonefreakman]

The meant to be inclusive for all made up fashion identities. But they would sound insane of they said that.

[@altGoolam]

Tolkien was born in South Africa. Tolkien himself would have been exposed to diversity from an early age.

[@gwenwalravens8030]

"Make it accessable for all generations." Such nonsense. The books have always been popular, for many generations, and still are. Those people think they are angels sent by God, uniquily qualified to solve non-existent problems.

[@BulletMagnetMan]

I loved the part where Treebeard says 'I am Groot.' It got me in the feels every time; especially when his wife said it back to him . Tolkien couldn't have written it better..

[@Thomas.Wright]

No. The part where he says, "WE are Groot." Now that is some first-class feels there.

[@Faceless_XIV]

@@Thomas.Wright sounds like you just assumed groot/groots gender?

[@wolfgangkranek376]

Morgoth: Eat ze bugs and become Orks.

[@Johncarver7777]

Happy subscription deletion day!!!

[@icequake1]

Especially since it is his second wife a Black Mulberry entwife and their beautiful mixed children. But he goes by Fangorn only now because he shaved in honor of Disa shaving her beard.

[@PatrikNilsson1]

The character "Disa" is the biggest joke of 2022 🤣 Tolkien clearly writes that female dwarves could only be identified by dwarves since they looked the same, beard and all, even Jackson respected this and had Gimli give a brief comment about it. Disa....😂🤣😂🤣

[@The_last_loyalty]

The actress who plays her is the biggest joke. Knows nothing about the facts of her role and has an ego the size of a modest planet.

[@Mister_Clean]

Disa nuts

[@neonsponge37]

@@Mister_Clean Got 'eeeeeemmmmmm! Haha!

[@paulmayson3129]

She looks like an ogre, not a dwarf. And we have had female dwarven women in "The Hobbit", which for all its faults, it did depict them properly!

[@creatrixZBD]

Is that the one lip-syncing to some Wagner opera?

[@qapiojg]

The Harfoots are literally just one of three breeds of hobbits that migrated to Eriador in the third age. Literally a thousand years after the Last Alliance of elves and man. These people have literally no grasp of the lore and are absolutely butchering everything Tolkien created.

[@MrExplosion449]

I can almost guarantee that the party composition of this new ‘fellowship’ will make absolutely no sense

[@madelinetracy3847]

Remember when Aragorn’s daughter, Agga, gets kidnapped and Aragorn’s all, “You’re about to be taken!” And then he has to save her from that awful Orc/Human-trafficking!! That was SO suspenseful! I felt totally represented through Agga cuz I’m too stupid to relate to characters unless they are both my race, gender, and sexual orientation. Thank Iluvatar for Amazon! Or how about when Sauron lost the war but he didn’t give up, even after his husband left him. He just stood up tall in the light of the setting sun and vowed, “As God as my witness, I’ll NEVER be hungry again!” I totally look up to Sauron now.

[@kaseigunsou]

I was in awe when Frodo told Sam "I am not in danger Sam, I am the Danger!". That was the moment Frodo became Aragorn for good.

[@shiroumxm2052]

jjajajajaja

[@Iamnotashamedofthegospel5322]

HAHAHAHAHA

[@matts6607]

When Galadriel handed Rey the lightsaber and said "May the Morbin' TIme be with you" I cried...

[@Boo1776x]

When Galadriel screeched “ITS MORBIN TIME” I lost my shit. 10/10

[@waghprasad]

Man I absolutely loved that final encounter of Sauron vs Galadriel when he says "No man can kill me!" and Galadriel just turns and aims the sword at his chest "You Tolkien to me?!?" Everyone in the room cheered. Tolkien was redeemed.

[@themedbvll1114]

DO NOT REDEEM!!!

[@dookie_12]

I cried when Galadriel said “It’s forgin’ time!”

[@individual8232]

Was in tears shaking, so stunning so brave

[@d26k164]

😂😂

[@matts6607]

my whole family including the dog all stood up and applauded. brought tears to the dog's eyes.

[@fixer1140]

I burst into tears when gender fluid Frodo says "your Orcs are very impressive, you must be very proud".

[@robotpanda77]

I am really flabbergasted by the release of it on the anniversary of Tolkien's death. I mean what is that? Why would you do that? When they released the last of us 2 on fathers day with the father figure character getting beaten to death I thought that had to be a coincidence. They cant possibly be this malicious and evil. But here we are again.

[@JustNobodyButME]

They are that evil and more.

[@ColoradoStreaming]

Yeah that really bothers me. Its like they are trampling on his grave literally and figuratively.

[@joshuadavidson3689]

I had the exact same thought. @ColoradoStreaming Yeah, my thoughts exactly. So beyond disrespectful.

[@icequake1]

Yup just killing Tolkien’s legacy on the anniversary of his death.

[@innocentsmith122]

@@icequake1 imagine if tolkien was still alive and what he would say about what they're trying to do to LOTR Tolkien BTFO'ed nazis for crying out loud imagine the verbal beatdown he'd give these morons

[@TonyBongo869]

I like where Gandalf said “ we need to nuke them from space….it’s the only way to make sure”

[@CLove511]

I choked on milk duds when Elrond said "Hey Galadriel, you ever get mistaken for a man", and she goes "no.... Have you?"

[@johns.1854]

Spoiler alert…he hadn’t.

[@hogweedblitz8739]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 That was great!

[@rejectionistmanifesto8836]

More people are waking up to the Hollywood propaganda productions and avoiding these movies. Operation Mockingbird is still alive and now involves hoping to reshape people's ideas which is failing especially among Asians and Afticans, people in the West are finally realizing it now...

[@bobplisskenNYLA]

Galadriel Vasquez

[@CurtisMcWilliam]

Aliens reference

[@gate7clamp]

Damn Gary buy a time this series comes to an end you’ll probably be over 1 million subscribers because it is so much material for everyone

[@slaaneshhedonite7068]

Him and everyone else with a brain and a channel.

[@violetfem1808]

That manspred tho! 👀😬😦

[@franciscocunhaetavora9132]

This video just earned another subscription. Keep 'em coming Nerdrotic dude.

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

These LOTR videos he is making make crazy banks. Like 200 thousand each every single time.

[@johnstrawb3521]

11:30 - gotta love that stupid male looking to Galadri-Al to interpret what's happening for him.

[@Mr_Smith618]

Scary how well the days of our lives fit with that opening

[@chasehedges6775]

💯💯

[@michaelsegriff3362]

Like sands through the hourglass…🤪

[@KT-up9nt]

I started laughing uncontrollably when that went off

[@skylx0812]

I was expecting the Budwiser commercial from Close Encounters next.

[@skylx0812]

Now I want that old "Gee, your hair smells Terrific" shampoo ad put in there. Maybe with Biden in there too.

[@willmcgee45]

Since she’s “the first dwarf of color”, what tf were her parent’s?

[@Maddog3060]

I just loved the part where Gandalf said "use the Force, Frodo!" And Frodo closed his eyes and tossed the One Ring into the Death Star's thermal exhaust port.

[@DRAGON_NUTZ]

"Great shot Mr. Frodo, that was one-in-a-million!"

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

What about the scene were Gayladriel screams "Adrian I did it!"

[@aleu650]

🤣🤣🤣

[@xadrach]

And then Gimli screamed "Get to the Nazgul!"

[@insomnijack7528]

"Great Mr Frodo, don't get cocky!"

[@m.c.murdoch6]

Sauron: "The One Ring is literal perfection." Galadriel: "It will be, when it fits a woman."

[@DogSerious]

Galadriel "Sauron, can you tell if I'm wearing Amika Cream?" Sauron "Amika cream?" Galadriel "yes" Sauron "Errrrrr, No" Galadriel "So you can't tell if I'm wearing Ami9ca Cream?" Sauron " Amika Creeem, was it, was it made by the Elves?" Galderial "So you can't tell if I'm wearing Amika Cream?"

[@V4Now]

To be fair, like most she herself was tempted by the Ring and wanted to rule her own land, her arc is getting over that kind of thinking.

[@chongli3007]

@@V4Now Fair? What does fair have to do with any of this?

[@ShokujiAkai]

@gmu_alum08 It's "woahman"

[@beltanetrex]

Every time they show the showrunners being interviewed, they have the most perverted smiles on their faces like they know that not only have they violated the books in the most unsavory kind of way but that they also have the younger brothers of every LOTR fan who has one locked up in their cellar back home.

[@christianlowman2698]

Wow that got dark!

[@Vyndraek]

They enjoy what they're doing. I can't comprehend it but liberals are incomprehensibly insane and love destroying everything beloved by normal f'n ppl

[@darianstarfrog]

I see it though..

[@thefool8224]

you can replace them with a deranged orc from shadow of war, and nobody would ever notice.

[@Epicmouse1108]

Remember people, if you intend to try and watch this, please pirate it. Pirating is very ethical in this case.

[@tannhausergate6310]

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha 😂

[@nillynush4899]

Yar Har fiddle dee dee!

[@THRAINofNAIN]

Damn right

[@drayve8590]

Yes! Very ethical! Do not give the enemy ANY money.

[@cristinafilipov7423]

laughs in balkan🤣🤣😂....is there any other way to watch anything?

[@devinpol4258]

I remember when Tolkien’s Estate got mad after LOTR that pinball machines were being made. Imagine that same Estate saying yes to this. Money talks I guess, when it’s not one quarter at a time.

[@nillynush4899]

fiat currency talks, especially since Tolkien's son Christopher is no longer living and can't veto this crap anymore....

[@Troy_nov1965]

They had to wait for Tolkiens son to die before they could make this garbage.

[@davidbailey6397]

They still guarded the core material . I’m torn on why they did this because putting restrictions on using only the appendices is what led to this travesty of a show,but on the other hand letting them use more source material with direct instructions would have been better. But who knows. At least true fans know the actual lore is still untainted .

[@bluesdealer]

Christopher Tolkien was the gatekeeper, but has since passed to the undying lands. May he rest in peace.

[@reek4062]

1) the books remain untainted 2) the PJ LotR movies did more damage to Tolkien’s legacy and the LotR fandom than Amazon ever could

[@someonlinedouche6992]

When a joke keeps on getting better! That's Amazon Rings of Power for you. The joke that keeps on giving.

[@grosbeak6130]

It's not Lord of the Rings it's Amazon's rings of power. Get it straight.

[@Mr.Skeleton.]

I like when the female dwarf of colors says “ooga booga” to the patriarchy

[@someonlinedouche6992]

@@grosbeak6130 You are 100% correct.

[@bri_____]

We all knew this show would be BS. However, I'm genuinely shocked by how damn cheap the characters look. I've honestly seen cosplay people put more effort into their costumes...

[@johnglue1744]

Exactly. A lot of the armor looks like the plastic stuff they used to sell at Toys R Us.

[@musashidanmcgrath]

It's because with LOTR they assembled the best artists and designers in the world, based on pure skill and merit. These clowns hired artists based on 'diversity and inclusion' and got unskilled, unqualified, mediocre artists and designers.

[@dinosaurus4189]

That’s cause Amazon wants to sell you the costumes at Halloween. If they looked too good, they would be too expensive to sell.

[@gogaonzhezhora8640]

Exactly. I see people running around with "elf ears" like those for some cospaly gatherings. Those elves look like Eru was stoned when he created those. Jackson's trilogy did a decent job at not overdoing things and putting some of Tolien's imaginantion on screen the way a Tolkien reader would accept them. The tall, gracefull elves with long hair(because you know if you live for thousands of years and are basically a superbeing who can dedicate that lifespan to excellency in very aspect of life, that is what I would imagine it to look like). This fanfic's elves look neither like they are immortals with all the wisdom and experience nor do they look like they were created by a Universe creating deity as his perfect kids. They look like people who bought some stuff on the internets to go to some cospaly party.

[@juanestebanlopezquintero2948]

I cried when galadriel looked at sauron and said "after all this time, I was the true lord of the rings" really good story telling lads.

[@ΓιωργοςΚαργιος]

Loved the moment when Galadriel said "Hasta la vista baby" to Frodo as they part ways. Poetic cinema 😢

[@Dke721]

They even ripped off the name of Sam's daughter! Elanor wasn't a traditional Hobbit name, it was the name of a flower that Frodo and Sam saw when they visited Celeborn and Galadriel. These people from Amazon lie everytime they open their mouth's.

[@blakeriley8546]

nori is also one of the dwarves names in the hobbit so that's great too

[@knetzel4348]

@@blakeriley8546 And didn't Thorin have a sister called Dis? They really went out of their way to find original names it seems

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

Hope that 1 billion dollar budget is worth it

[@stealthmonkeydc2869]

I'm really tired of people saying something isn't accessible just cause their particular race/gender/sexuality/creed isn't represented on screen. 1. Just cause you don't see yourself in a piece of media, doesn't mean you can't enjoy it and 2. If you let something like that stop you from enjoying it then you probably aren't a real fan anyway.

[@karenhall4645]

I don't have to see fictional women on screen wielding swords to feel empowered. When did we as humans regress to the point that we find our self worth from fictional characters on screen. And when I look for entertainment I don't go looking for inclusivity and diversity, I go looking for a good story.

[@Nemcoification]

They're not sitting behind a laptop typing up spreadsheets. I don't feel represented. Seriously though, why is this so hard for them? It isn't the skin colour, age, sex, that makes me identify with a character; it's what they're going through.

[@thatguyfromthegrocerymart2039]

Well sorry Mr freaks

[@thatguyfromthegrocerymart2039]

This dude is weird

[@mariamwase9387]

Why, oh why, Did Amazon do this? Tolkien built a beautiful world, leaving behind a legacy that is undeserving of this steaming pile of excrement. Given the wealth of detailed resource material, this just breaks my heart. There are some things that should remain sacred, if their source material can not be properly translated.

[@Jamesmatise]

"Pure f*cking hubris. "

[@felipezambrano3271]

XD

[@aharonaarons4636]

The answer to the question is: They are Evil. Throughout the very works of Tolkien we can find many situations regarding evil; what evil becomes, what evil does. One thing evil does for sure is breaking your heart for no reason. Breaking your heart by trying to destroy a beautiful world, by trying to subvert a powerful message... But do not worry! Tolkien's works and these worlds and these messages are already installed deep within us all, they are in the cultural vein of the world; and they are Good, they will always prevail, no matter what! 😄☺😊😄

[@IronPanther76]

They gotta tick all them diversity check-boxes somehow.

[@karolinahajduk6892]

@@IronPanther76 The sad thing is: by trying to be so "inclusive" and "diverse" to fit "modern" times they make all the shows look the same. They basically create a list of things that should be shown in the movie to fill the quota without caring about the source material or how it fits in the story in general. But making movies with POC/Queers/Women as leading characters who have their own, complex storyline would be too much effort...

[@robw7676]

I loved it when Galadriel told Isilidur that travelling through hyperspace isn't like dusting crops.

[@legatedrengr]

There are no words in all the tongues of men and elves to describe how thoroughly sick I am of idiot "progressives" repeating the lie that viewers can only identify with people who look like them, possibly the most backwards and regressive way of considering media you could come across. I'm a white guy from the UK and 1 of my favourite characters in all of fiction is Tau Solarin from The Burning series, a series based on Xhosa tribal culture, so everyone in it is black. I love Tau because he is the personification of "what doesn't kill me makes me stronger" and runs on sheer fucking willpower

[@embiggenedveinycromulence6733]

It's always identification. They figured it AALLL out. ALL of it. That's what's needed to identify. It makes me wanna learn as much about electrician work and other trade work because these idiots choose to identify our planet as Capital F FUCKED.

[@justmehere6094]

Ah but you see, you understand that all races can exhibit similar character traits, and you understand someone identifies with a character because of those traits, Progressives only see the exterior, period.

[@jonbaxter2254]

My fav chaarcter as a kid was Blade bcause I saw the film when I was way too young. Loved it, never once thought I couldn't appreciate it because he's black.

[@titanmaximum239]

The best part is when Bender says, "My pronouns are Bite and my shiny metal ass."

[@stormryder4305]

I have no problem relate myself to Will Smith in I am Legend, because that's what I'll most likely going to do in his shoe. I'm not Black. Skin color is irrelevant. Humanity is. Too bad these progressive people with an IQ of 1, couldn't see humanity beyond their stupid skin color.

[@petesime]

I loved the part where Gandalf sang “The road goes ever on and on” and Galadriel retorts “Roads? Where we’re going we don’t need roads”. Such masterful writing.

[@juzztdw]

I still remember a professor on my college years saying "There is no such thing as bad advertising. There is only advertising". I guess they try to fuel the rage to blame the fandom later (as Star wars did) and also a little of damage control.

[@awavey]

you mean they are going to Jeff and saying our show is really hitting the marks, its getting great traction on youtube and twitter we are trending...and not explaining the rest of it

[@ComradeCommissarYuri]

They had the media come out against the fans before even the first posters were out

[@debanydoombringer1385]

Minus a couple of side remarks by urnalisists, there hasn't been the isms thrown around like I expected, yet. I'm expecting it the closer it gets. Everyone knew it was going to be crap when the checklist Anazon sent out for every show got leaked. 30% POC and must include LGBTQ+ representation. That's not going to work for something written 80 years ago by a devout Catholic to give back Britain's lost mythology.

[@rappodon]

When Galadriel said to Sauran "Is that you, John Wayne? Is this me?" .. thats Epic!!