Amazon EXPOSED! Rings DOUBLES DOWN! What’s Next?

[@terrymartin7147]

She actually said being a black dwarf is “a moment in history”. The hubris of actors never ceases to amaze me. You are reading lines, not brain surgery.

[@michaelshelley7472]

She hopes it will “stand the test of time”😂 FAT chance!

[@echoechoecho7142]

None of those actors love Tolkien. They love their skin color, their love what they do with their groin, and their gender. They've made idols of themselves, since that's what the woke religion is. This is a disgusting woke production that is 100% activists from the writers room to the actors. They all lined up, dropped their pants in unison, squatted and took a dump on Tolkien's grave. The all took a big whiff together and high fived - as Bezos watched and giggled.

[@MurrayDewar]

A line written by a middle-aged white woman.

[@dermagnus8482]

Honestly, I have an extreme black fatigue and I am sick and tired of them AF.

[@walterlyzohub8112]

So what are Pygmies?

[@jrwilliams4029]

Anyone who needs to say “I’m the first elf of color” isn’t a real elf.

[@Darkwintre]

Has anyone mentioned the first d&d live action movie to him?

[@clogs4956]

My WoW Night Elf Demon Hunter has very dark purple skin. Now, that’s an Elf of colour!

[@och70]

That’s the script he was given.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

He’s a literal Dark Elf

[@sarahwinston7828]

@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 Yeah. Let's see how they like it when we remake 'The Color Purple' as 'The Color Beige'.

[@lucia3]

For my love of Tolkien's work, I refused to watch a single minute of this show. LOTR was a major motivation to improve my English, so I could read it in original. I wonder how on Earth you can come up with "dwarves of color" if you grew up reading Tolkien 🤦‍♀️

[@nilomartinezjr4108]

not to mention the hobbits.

[@TThomas-si7yn]

And, now, they have moved on to the new show, "Shogun" and are demanding black Samurai. Not only is that utterly stupid and completely ridiculous just on its face, but going back in time, Japan remained staunchly isolationist for a very, very, very long time; devoid of anyone not Japanese. The first "Gaijin" -- "foreigner" or "outsider" -- permitted to remain for any length of time, were Portuguese missionaries of the Catholic Church. So, there were no black people anywhere in or near Japan. There were no white people anywhere in Japan. There were only Japanese in Japan. But, as always, the woke don't give a squirt of piss about real, actual, true history. Representation, in their twisted minds, trump reality. (heh heh...see what I did there?) Woke is the pure antithesis of honest reality.

[@heatherwhittaker6169]

People who can't create,destroy the work of the talented ... Humanity has hit an all time low with the world's greedy grifters in control ,and the peasants reduced to zombie slaves

[@DECIMUS771]

Amen.

[@sidcymraeg]

The slaves are revolting. I am Spartcus.

[@Knivesout101]

@@sidcymraeg No I'm Spartcus! lol

[@sidcymraeg]

@@Knivesout101 No I am Spartcus. Let the revolution begin .

[@kathleenhensley5951]

@@Knivesout101 I can't be Spartacus, but I'm definitely a Tolkien Fan.

[@mikemoore4033]

Can’t wait to not watch it.

[@blitzen6622]

Way ahead of you, I am already not watching it. Why wait?

[@Raximus3000]

I want to watch Disparu reviews.

[@rumblehotep4589]

Sam: I can't watch it Mr. Disparu. But I can watch you watch it.

[@Michael-sq9cu]

Can't wait to cancel my Prime subscription when it comes up for renewal.

[@az53999]

😂😂😂

[@frankberry6220]

Dear George, Amazon isn't too big to fail, but Bezos's ego is too big to listen to what Tolkien's fans have tried to tell him. He sees the fans as non-entities needing subjugation. The fans didn't want a fight, but since war has been declared, this has become a classic example of never interrupting an enemy who is in the process of destroying itself. Frank.

[@ReinoldFZ]

I wonder why, his tenets to grow his company were about doing the maximum effort to serve the customer.

[@frankberry6220]

@@ReinoldFZ Dear Reinhold, I think this could be an offshoot of the old maxim of power corrupts. In this case I think that Mr Bezos' success has engendered a mixture of egoism and hubris, probably exacerbated by being surrounded with people who assure him that his excreta is odourless. Frank.

[@Makkaru112]

Fully agree but it turns out bezos was mad when he found out what they’ve done. But even then he is still out of touch if the new team is just as incompetent as before.

[@frankberry6220]

@@Makkaru112 Dear Makkaru, I suspect that finding staff who have the moral fibre to stand up to you when you're getting it wrong is not that easy. The more successful the company, the greater the urge not to 'rock the boat' becomes, and there is no company as successful as Amazon. Frank.

[@mattdelong6582]

Simon Tolkien is the quintessential little man in a great man’s shadow. He always will be. If he really sold the rights to the Silmarillion that is beyond horrifying.

[@BinkyTheElf1]

Wormtongue Tolkien.

[@Makkaru112]

@@BinkyTheElf1 wyverntongue at least formally had honour to the point Théoden himself offered him a chance to ride to battle with them as it was a Rohirric custom that pardons almost anything. Grima is way above Simon

[@KAL5370]

I hate the show and the actors! They all make me sick! The heights of Incompetence!

[@silvernova354]

Pardon me, Lord George, lest the dark speech of Mordor disrupt your house - the Amazon is altogether, evil.

[@paradox7358]

"Amazon hates you" What a coincidence. I hate Amazon!

[@yvonnerees-jones3441]

I couldn’t even finish watching the first episode of season 1. It was a steaming pile of 💩. Simon Tolkien seems to be a bitter, resentful, envious, spiteful failure of a man who has sold his family’s legacy for financial gain. Hmmm, reminds me of someone….!

[@BanjoSick]

Yeah, he is a Sackville-Tolkien.

[@njkoch]

@@BanjoSick Hilarious!

[@katrinakarena]

A good description of Prince Harry as well. Grown, disgruntled kids these days…

[@Raximus3000]

@@BanjoSick Who?

[@Raximus3000]

To be fair the son should have made it public domain before he passed. It is kinda obvious this would happen as it does.

[@symon3304]

Simon Tolkien is a typical example of descendants living off the talents of their forebears. And hating how they don't live up to their legacy.

[@solicitr666]

Another factor in Simon Tolkien's makeup is his lifelong resentment of his father Christopher, who divorced his mother. Christopher devoted his life to preserving and honoring his father's legacy; Simon is out to strip-mine it.

[@FPM811]

Can’t wait for it to come out and lose money! Talentless people involved in this project.

[@PaulRubino]

I just cancelled my Amazon Prime membership.

[@Evri500]

I deleted my account after watching the first episode

[@river9548]

"Too faithful to the book" being said like it's a problem is definetely something that I wasn't ready to hear from the very descendant of the man that has created a world for people to dream on and about the movies of a genius who gave a face to a legendary universe.

[@rockytheblackdragon]

This is cultural marxism

[@Jockolantern]

Correct.

[@Funboi68]

Marxism always fails

[@koleyturner8491]

@@Jockolantern yep

[@koleyturner8491]

Yep

[@riheg]

Fascism, rather, since this is forced upon us by greedy corporations and the billionaire class will do anything to spread division and cause conflict. Divided people are easier to control

[@Rabbithole8]

Corporate fiction is far worse than actual fan fiction, especially when fueled by "the message."

[@natie3322]

I will say I have LOVED watching KZbinrs systematically dissecting how historically awful the Rings of Power was. Never watched the actual show.

[@victorcode2075]

I watched a few episodes, and all the other criticisms aside, it was tremendously boring.

[@retiefgregorovich810]

Same here.

[@AlmostEthical]

I tried to watch S1 but only managed two episodes. If you have insomnia, RoP is highly recommended.

[@nightfall902]

@@victorcode2075 Ditto. I gave it 3 episodes to provide a hook. There was nothing there worth going back for.

[@michaelpayne8102]

I’m with you, didn’t spend a minute watching it, instead reread the actual works.

[@Beachheals]

So sad to lose such a classic to wokeness😭

[@ruthohare9840]

It's not lost, Simon may have sold the rights to the Silmarillion but what Amazon does with that will be as irrelivant as the pathetic shite show that was RoP season 1. It's not Tolkien, it's just an embarassing way for Amazon to flush $millions down the crapper. Their loss, we can just stand back and laugh at their arrogance and stupidity.

[@Dustin277]

Lose? That is what they want we just throw it away and call it not canon

[@suupkalvers2244]

Nothing to do with woke, only with greed.

[@Dinoslay]

@@suupkalvers2244 It’s both.

[@curtis5799]

It's not lost brother. If anything it has rallied the community and strengthened it.

[@metalburner357]

I can't wait to see Guyladriel defend the gasoline tanker from Lord Humongous.

[@Rekaert]

I've been a fan of Lord of the Rings going on 35 years now. I have not watched an entire episode of Rings of Power, and I have no compulsion to do so.

[@uss_cushing]

Amazon can say whatever they want regarding rings of power but I have zero interest or intention of ever watching that garbage.

[@valentinafaina4032]

Simon Tolkien = Judas Iscariot

[@Josuegurrola]

He just had to sit back and love the middle earth or SHUT THE F UP... some people just want to see the world burn.

[@uss_cushing]

Simon’s opinion on anything regarding his grandfather’s writings holds no weight whatsoever with me.

[@marsoelflaco5722]

He's in the same "I hate my family's legacy club" as Abigail Disney.

[@Docktavion]

It was all for a money grab whilst he still had the opportunity to sell it off.

[@Raximus3000]

More like the 3rd generation that does not care.

[@ShieldMaiden1960]

Imagine the money they could have made, if they had stayed true to the source material!!!

[@TallisKeeton]

yes, all Tolkien fans would be like "shut up and take my money" :D

[@jonathanb2622]

Permanently deleted my Amazon account of 20+ years when they released ROP and haven't looked back.

[@rockytheblackdragon]

This is sick. Absolutely sick

[@KathiLou1980]

Thank Goodness we can still read the real stories.

[@karinmccarthyeliz]

Good grief! Why does history and books always need to be changed! 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@Sabraque]

Because they are much nearer the truth than todays wokeist narrative. The snowflakes cannot stomach the truth, it exacerbates their existing anxiety and depression😢

[@susandolan9543]

"Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the Past." (George Orwell, 1984)

[@nilomartinezjr4108]

Because some people will always want to enforce their world view upon others, and what better way than to use stories we know and love. This has always been done in human history. However it used to be by changing small things that would go unnoticed. Now, they change everything in their misguided belief that it will go unnoticed.

[@Spacebadger]

There's a certain army from the 1930s that also liked to rewrite history these idiots today who call themselves " progressives " are no different to that certain German army of the past ! And also there's absolutely nothing " progressive " about them they're just repeating history!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Serr8edGrin]

D-econstruction, E-xclusion, and I-ndocrination.

[@GeorgeTheGiantSlayer]

Spot on!! 👍😎

[@geegstar]

Well SAID!

[@kathykulba4320]

The original work is STILL there. Anyone can go and read it and ENJOY. I think they like to take and redo films because no one has any original ideas left. Let's redo everything, but, better....................it's never better. I have never seen a remake that was better than the original. Never.

[@AnarchyThirtySeven]

John Carpenters “The thing” is the only thing I can think of.

[@w0tnessZA]

With you on that. Perhaps the new Dune movies could be an exception. I think they did pretty well there.

[@nilomartinezjr4108]

@@w0tnessZA There are some flaws in relation to the books, and the series was quite good. That being said, I actually enjoyed both Dune movices and hoping for the third. Those flaws I mentioned are just little issues regarding the greater tale and do not affect it much.

[@nilomartinezjr4108]

Star Wars was destroyed by Disney. I still cannot believe that they discarded all the material from novels and comics that were part of the cannon for decades. I love the comics even more than I did the original movies, and that is saying something. Star Wars has always being a tale about overcoming impossible odds, how a little farmer boy became a Knight and he alone faced and defeated the Emperor of the Galaxy. And now it all about Mary Sue characters, inner feelings and woke ideology.

[@Makkaru112]

@@nilomartinezjr4108 react to 2 to ramble. They give a fair shake when comparing the books to the movies. They’re a cool duo. ❤️

[@silverscorpio24]

If any show has been cursed through its own hubris, it's this one.

[@GeorgeTheGiantSlayer]

Well said Silverscorpio! You hit the nail right on the head. Thank you. Cheers!! 😊 Always Forward!! 😀

[@EnsignRedshirtRicky]

You have my axebow! (love the 2010 micro-clip) Simon is not only a failed writer, but also a failed lawyer.

[@user-zl9uh7wm9r]

Why are they rewriting great shows and books, can no one come up with an original idea? So he fell in love with Lord of the Rings and now he wants to destroy it. Loved Jackson’s version.

[@MrOrcshaman]

Amazon still trying to raise its ESG score? 🤨

[@Raximus3000]

It is amazing that they are not even getting loans for it.

[@stumcstu8471]

Their arrogance disgusts me.

[@curtis5799]

No one can change the canon or add to it. It's set in stone. End of story. This isn't starwars.

[@DdHenley307]

True. They can daydream of having a warrior Galadriel but it's canon that Luke Skywalker tried to kill a sleeping kid

[@Bgrosz1]

And no one controls what I consider canon. Nothing Disney makes is canon.

[@aftermath21360]

Simon Tolkien is the main culprit in this pillaging and desecration of his grandfather's story. He was the gate keeper that willingly let the Nazgul in

[@mytvsettowatch]

Back then, when I was subscribed to Amazon Prime, I saw the trailer for RoP. A couple days later, I received the Amazon newsletter saying: "Because you watched LoR Rop... We recommend these series to you..." This could mean that they counted trailer views in their grand total... Just so you know 🤔

[@cAIsps]

I will say it again: Simon Tolkien is a lesser son of greater sires!

[@Queenfloofles]

'We tried to make it more Gritty', dont you mean you tried to make it 'more shitty', you definitely succeeded in the latter Amazon!

[@thebillykeith]

I know it's been said by many others but think of what they could have done. Billions of dollars, the greatest source material possible, and a built-in global audience of multiple generations.

[@maudyg_22]

You should listen to Tolkien Untangled. He made a second age story with Amazon's restrictions and it's fantastic. Just a man with love for Tolkien and a KZbin channel.

[@Makkaru112]

@@maudyg_22 and Council Of The Rings 2 fully voice acted episodes where he replaces each episode of Amazon one by one. Fully illustrated too.

[@Makkaru112]

@@maudyg_22 Tolkien Untangled’s mastery of prose makes it all the more awesome. It showed greatly in his Epic Elrond sad story video too.

[@Makkaru112]

@@maudyg_22 as well as council of the rings replacement episodes that are full of love for Tolkiens source material

[@Makkaru112]

@@maudyg_22 KZbin stop deleting my comment. Council of rings did great ones too

[@angryoldcanadian3905]

still not interested in Amazon's crap

[@toothgrinder2760]

“Dwarf of CoIor” A. She’s not a dwarf B. Dwarfs should be rightly ticked off that Lizzo-Lite is taking credit for something she is not.

[@Paladin403-rv5sm]

The problem is Amazon is reshaping Tolkien into an image that they want. They changed characters, they changed the story, they changed the message , they infected it with their modern views and values, they changed most of it, if not all the parts that make middle earth what Tolkien wrote and they put their own spin on it, and at first glance, again it might look like what we loved but instead of the sour cream it's tofu and oat milk, it's Halbrand and Arondir (made up characters), and instead of Elrond, the military leader, we get Elrond a politician architect, and we know that he was a military leader in middle earth, and was a skillful warrior in battle and had commanded various Elven armies, including the Last Alliance with Gil Galad. And when we notice the changes that they ( Amazon) put into it, they call the rest of us (fans) the worst possible things that you can imagine. If you remember their showrunners ( Paine and MacKay) from season 1 called the fans - "patently evil", you can google that article if you want. Amazon and its showrunners are the ones that think Tolkien wasn't good enough for them. They are changing Tolkien, not adding, but changing. They are changing his characters, his story, his works. So I am not that surprised if the showrunners said that they are creating the story that Tolkien never wrote, because for them Tolkien is not good enough. I myself enjoy Tolkien for what he wrote , for the world he created, for the languages he invented. Lord of the Rings isn't about anything but itself, it has no allegorical intention ( Tolkien dislke allegory), general , particular or topical , moral religous or political, because its exactly what Tolkien wrote in a letter to Houghton Mifflin in 1955, he said that exactly : “It is not ‘about’ anything but itself. Certainly it has no allegorical intentions, general, particular, or topical, moral, religious, or political.” what he's saying is that Middle Earth is as you see it, as he wrote it. He's saying that you need to accept it for what he wrote it as, and stop injecting your own political ideologies into it and enjoy it for what it is as he wrote it.

[@Makkaru112]

Let me explain even further. To emphasize your lovely point. ❤❤ Avoid Rings Of Power - Amazon waited until Christopher Tolkien died early in the production of its DumpsterFire, his "demand" was that Amazon could use the Appendices to make the show, but they couldn't change the lore. As soon as Christopher died, Amazon delayed the show for reshoots, fired Tom Shippey who was the lead Tolkien scholar & friend of Tolkien himself; they wanted Jackson on the team. PeterJackson asked for the scripts then they ghosted him. Then later when asked about it he basically told them good luck.. You can blame this garbage show on Simon Tolkien, its stink doesn't reach Christopher. Firstly: they merge events (from thousands of years of history & build up towards several events but puts them all into one moment as if it’s happening in the same few years without time jumps or anything.) Guyladriel the murderous one dimensional girlboss heroine version of Galadriel never met Miriel(one of Aragorn’s ancestors) because, as an elf, she would have been sacrificed to Morgoth by the King's Men. The hobbits and Gandalf never met in the 2nd Age because Gandalf was in Valinor till the 3rd Age. Miriel wasn’t even born yet. She was born 300 years before or after the rings of power era. Also Elendil would never say “forget the past and toss it aside.” That’s the whole thing about the Faithful Númenoreans!!! Faithfulness to what’s good. To their elf friends. To the Valar, to Eru Îlluvatar. The way Galadriel acts like Fëanor when he isn’t seeing straight such as how she threatened bloodshed in the highest court of Númenor! The way she isn’t tall, the way she fights rookies doesn’t make her look strong. Should have had her spar with Elendil who was greater than Miriel in many ways even as far as lineage goes too! Have her spar with those greater Numenoreans and let the rookies laugh at their masters being vested by an elf woman holding back from actually hurting them! Now that’d be cool. (Remember. Their whole mantra was to write the book Tolkien never wrote”. Also watch them fake super fans. And then watch their social media that had nothing Tolkien on it ever. Like…. It’s painfully obvious what’s going on here. Same formula towards other titles. They’re just trying to bank on the brand of which that’s the only reason they did this. Just watch Peter Jackson’s new movie coming out and the War of the Rohirim. You’ll see that Brian Cox is involved In it along with Philipa Boyens as well as Actor for Èowyn named Miranda Otto. Fran Walsh I also believe is Involved as well! Watch George The Giant Slayer’s first video regarding the war of the rohirrim. It was beautiful. And he has a wonderful soul too. When I say first video. I don’t mean very first uploaded video though lol. ) There was also no Adar. No poppy. No Nori. No fake Gandalf who literally didn’t come the way he was supposed to which introduces Círdan. And since they screwed up the themes and lore so badly they have to dig in their heels. And they are also being sued by multiple people and groups and companies actually. The rings were forged last and not first. They were not in his sights or touch nor did he even know about them. And also guyladriel wasn’t a murderous Fëanorean either. But the note of the elven rings. They were made last and without the knowledge of Sauron. His touch never got to them. Made in secret so that whole story is thrown out the window as well. And making them first and having the obvious Sauron figure who wasn’t an elf to just be there when they’re making them and have his eye show up in the forge which wasn’t even the worst of it. The greatest of elven smiths still around which is Celebrimbor doesn’t even know what alloying is. Not to mention all their environmental scandals on top of bad CGI stuff. Full of copy past crowds and plagerisms up the wazoo. It’s also getting sued by several people and groups. I’ll also remind you that they just ran an old sick horse til it died of cardiac arrest and then only had a ten min coffee break to loosely honour this horse. Not to mention Tolkien loved animals in a deep way. They also have been causing environmental damage one of which being King Charles ancient forest to make a set. It’s scandal after scandal. And the fire in studio that took four hours to put out with firemen for yet another example. PS they don’t have the rights to the Silmarillion nor anything much of the second age let alone the first. Only the trilogy books and their appendices…. Remember that they also plagiarized tonnes of films in nontasteful instead of true a homage way… “tempest in me” but when threatening Fëanorean level bloodshed in the court of Numenor was from Cate Blanchett’s Elizabeth role which was done with grace and poise of a veteran actress(which doesn’t even sound like anything those of the great chill house of Finarfin would even act like. Again it’d be best to put Elrond there due to Elros. But ooook let’s make girlboss do everything. Even if it continues to make zero sense. )😍 ​​⁠ fact they downplayed Elendil, Gil-Galad and Finrod is beyond infuriating and not explaining Elwing, Elronds mother beyond just showing her as a swan was pure LOLism. Like. What’s worse is Grandpabimbor…. Let’s not forget good ol’ Guyladriel either. The LOTR version of Star Wars’ Rey! Guyladriel the Female Fëanor without any of his charms and subtleties and wit… just the bloody violent rages…

[@Makkaru112]

The movies are masterpieces but they do Isildur some unintentional injustice, (to sell the corrosive coercive power of the One Ring). In the books, he NEVER succumbs to the ring, he instead spends his time being a fair ruler who practically gave power away to the people INSTEAD of being power hungry. He comes to realize that he is not powerful enough to truly bend the ring to his will. That it will eventually overcome him. Isildur resolves to give the ring to Elrond but is killed on the way to Rivendel. It's a tragic story of a man that tries to right his wrong but ultimately fails. In the books isildur literally repented and was about to bring the ring to Rivendell and apologize as he recognized it was beyond him even for a great numenorean connected to the faithful line of the mighty Elendil I preface the prologue & war, other depictions I LOVE, captured the themes WELL, the vibe of the whole trilogy! The significance of the duel between Elendil & Sauron was Nerffed; (He wasn’t some random old bloke in armour getting smacked around) This man was MIGHTY and gleaming with power which you’ll find out in the great videos you’ll soon react to with joy! * He and Gil-Galad; last true Elven King battled Sauron and slayed Sauron’s physical body and both died in the process. GilGalad was held high by the face for all free peoples to see as he then incinerated his bodily form to a crisp of ash! Isildur was part of the fight too but not as prominently and he just comes up to the body to cut the ring finger off and…. So one example is how easily Sauron is killed in the intro. * • He's set up as this super powered badass, but all you have to do is cut off his finger? That's not how it went down in the book, where the greatest man-king and the greatest elven-king had to double-team Sauron to strike down his body, but were killed in the effort (Isildur then cuts the ring from the corpse). Especially for elves the title of king has many meanings & by the Third Age there isn’t a population large enough to even attempt to such a thing as creating a unified kingdom, which would put a target on their backs, let alone many of them are beyond all of that anyway as it’s seen as doing more harm than anything good. * They also seen what happened when the elves fell upon the swords of their own hubris and passion no matter if it was for the right reasons some of the time. That it always ended up in some sort of tragedy which sometimes even damaged the earth itself. They had long known about what’s called the Long Defeat as ever since Morgoth’s marring of the land itself; pouring his remnants into it that caused the “magic” to slowly drain away from the land itself, which is sad because for ages several clans of elves were born there. even the greatest ancestors were “born” in middle earth awakening to the stars ! Many of who are left have accepted the next phase of their life which is to become councillors, healers and loremasters to those with the heart to listen and the desire to learn. But above all the guardians and custodians of several things and the world itself for as long as they can remain!❤ The elves “exist” as long as the world does. And Tolkien made it obvious in many ways that it’s our world as he restored Anglo Saxon culture/Mythologies and folklore, and their languages too alongside Irish, Welsh and Finnish mythologies too. Especially Norwegian(of which I am) This is what Amazon (the show that shall not be named) didn’t deliver either [[AKA the actual story which inspired everything we love into existence with games and movies and books and so forth. Skyrim, elder scrolls, oblivion, Diablo, and world of Warcraft and D&D. And Game Of Thrones was hugely inspired by Tolkien… yet as the godfather of everything and the heart of what caused many peoples lives to be saved cannot get the justice it deserves for adaptations? People literally conquered cancer because of the books and the trilogy, the books were read to their children for years. All 25 of them. The man was a hugely respected scholar and professor in the world. Translated ancient artifacts and hieroglyphs and petroglyphs and so forth for the government etc. (JRR Tolkien even rejected being recruited into the CIA several times & he wrote everyone by letter and referenced the dudes who came to him as “little boys who knew not what they got themselves into” which showed his fearlessness.). The readers of the trilogy that came out are who he writes back to despite always replying to everyone back and forth. Many people have shared the stories regarding these conversations which were past down throughout the family lines of the people who had a personal relationship with Tolkien which was hundreds of people when he was alive. Thousands. (Some are in video format too or happened to be shared later on in the video or comes up during a video about him and his work. Especially nowadays when many of us came out of the woodwork to defend professor Tolkiens legacy from amazons money grubbing hands and so forth. Giving many channels a new lease on life where some make Tolkien related content now amongst other things they create content wise.

[@ruvanefriebus-cv6td]

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[@MSgt5J071]

Add Disney, Anheuser Busch, Ben & Jerry's, Best Buy, Apple, Nike, Sweet Baby Inc., United Airlines, Harvard, Target, Starbucks...the list goes on and on.

[@ruvanefriebus-cv6td]

@@MSgt5J071 It never ends until people take where they spend their money seriously not everyone deserves your cash

[@Enzo_213]

I wish Amazon would go back to just selling ebooks

[@GeorgeTheGiantSlayer]

🎯

[@SRMoore1178]

I have yet to see a movie or show with a character representing my disability which is irritable bowel syndrome. I feel excluded. I feel unheard (except in public restrooms). IBS, Amazon. Make it right.

[@BinkyTheElf1]

Catastrophic vomited representation now! 😂🤮

[@floydfanboy2948]

I thought I had IBS, turns out I was gluten sensitive. I simply reduced my intake of gluten and my symptoms were reduced with 80/90 percent within a week. Try it, seriously, you have nothing to lose. My quality of life has improved so much after 30 years of pain.

[@nellspencer6417]

I have bunions, never seen those either.

[@fletcherwilliams5947]

Amazon: Rings of Disinformation

[@GeorgeTheGiantSlayer]

Nailed it my friend! 👍😎 Have a fantastic weekend Fletcher! See you at the live stream. Always Forward!! 😊

[@christineraymond8372]

I enjoyed all the Lord of the Rings & I’m 61 I certainly won’t be watching this pile of crap love your channel ❤

[@sbanach]

This is peak George. Don't mess with Tolkien.

[@DoctorCheryl]

Thank you, George, for watching this nightmare so we don't have to. Love your channel and content. Keep up the good work exposing the woke nonsense.

[@Kkat201]

Those people act like they are possessed

[@myrrh2000]

Thank you George for holding them accountable.

[@benjaminthibieroz4155]

Can't wait for season 2 to arrive, just so we can witness how miserably it fails and what pathetic excuses they'll serve us. THAT will be more entertaining than any episode. Ho, and in the meantime, I need to watch the whole 3 movies extended editions again.

[@leroyrussell8766]

You get more of what you watch, and or, pay for.

[@erc1971erc1971]

I know all the youtubers will see big bumps in their income when this abomination releases.

[@suupkalvers2244]

And read the books!

[@galhorblack795]

me too, i m wondering what is worse than to be " patently evil"

[@SecretHero914]

Those people have no idea what they’re getting into

[@anothercat1300]

I think the horrible thing about this is that they removed all doubt that this was incompetence. Their infinite resources could have created a world class masterpiece. But all we're left with is what motivates a person to throw canned soup at a one of a kind Monet painting.

[@GreatGreebo]

Noooooo…they got the Silmarillion?!? Unfortunately, The Tolkien Estate was finished as Protector of Middle Earth as soon as Christopher died. It’s so sad. Thank you George for the update. My heart is truly broken. I can’t believe they sold the Silmarillion to those hacks at Amazon.

[@cgill4269]

If they wanted to make a GREAT Tolkien series, they could TELL THE STORY AS IS & stop all this twisting, turning & "subverting" expectations!!

[@GeorgeTheGiantSlayer]

Yes!!! 💯 But they elected instead to twist Tolkien’s mythological masterpiece into trash. Thank you cgill for sharing that. I’ll keep shining a spotlight on what’s going on as we get closer. Hope you have a fantastic weekend!! 😊 Always Forward!! 🌟

[@DaxVJacobson]

Thanks for keeping track of this so I don't have to think about this train wreck of a show.

[@Nemesios777]

Season 2...??? I thought they cancel it cause they didn't had enough representation in it and people started to get depressed...

[@Makkaru112]

Fuller details on second season by nerd of the rings. Looks like he’s warning back up to the community. I seen this Amazon stuff as a way for him to get connected to people like John Rhys Davies of whom he interviewed twice as well as the writers for War of the Rohirim who actually works with Philippa Boyens! He’s done great work interviewing the cast and crew from original trilogy as well as the Tolkien artists like Ted Nasmith etc.

[@sharkdentures3247]

I'm no "Tolkien Scholar", but I say, if you feel a cold, nauseating hole in the pit of your stomach when you hear this? You don't need to see a physician because that is perfectly normal.

[@JohnSmith-op7ls]

The audience at that press conference is the entire audience of the show. There’s videos of cats chasing laser pointers that get 10x the views of this show.

[@JosephFrostsGhost]

Amazon needs to stop eating my sesame cake!

[@svetlanaandrasova6086]

I think that if you have to ask audience if they watched the entire show,that says it all.

[@happygolucky1184]

If I were a Tolkien relative, I can't imagine not doing everything that I could to protect JRR's legacy -- $$$ be damned.

[@doghouse6413]

One by one, any great work of art, writing, or film will be corrupted… I’m afraid I’ve taken the black pill

[@suupkalvers2244]

This black woman the first 'person of colour'?? The Maori playing in The Lord of the Rings were pretty dark skinned, and I should know, I was a personal assistent of some of these actors. I most certainly will not watch this travesty, this insult to the Professors legacy. 🤢

[@Little_But_Fierce_NZ]

Do they even realise that black is not actually a colour? Black is the absence of light and therefore not a colour - at least from a physics perpective. Brown on the other hand is a colour so yeah, Maori are people of colour.

[@nightfall902]

@@Little_But_Fierce_NZ "of color" what does that actually mean? I recently bought a car of color...it's very nice. We have names for colors. It helps as an aid to describing things. Which of those trucks out there is yours? It's the F150 of color. An elf of no color...now that would be impressive...though not much to look at on screen.

[@Makkaru112]

Those same Maori also blessed Viggo Mortensen who plays Aragorn. They blessed every single member of the cast and crew.

[@TimmsMJ]

Any who identifies firstly by the colour of their skin....really needs help. Is that all she is....a skin colour????

[@NovRen19]

Prepare for battle George, and it shall not be our end but theirs!❤🎉😊

[@GeorgeTheGiantSlayer]

Thank you my friend! Always great to see you. Have a brilliant week!! 😊🌟

[@NovRen19]

@@GeorgeTheGiantSlayer and thee!

[@erichtomanek4739]

There was hope that the Silmarilion's rights had not been sold. But with Amazon buying them!? The awesome stories in that book will never be properly realised in series or movie.

[@Makkaru112]

They’ll just get heavier lawsuits hit upon them by Tom Shippey etc. we will show up in hordes behind him and continue to give Amazon bad PR

[@seregrian5675]

George, I would like to see a list of each and every KZbin 'influencer' who spouted Bezos' talking points - and how they stand today. I would laugh at the 'super-influencers' who never looked at LOTR again, to say nothing of the big names who sold us out. Glad to see you manning the ramparts with us, George!

[@Olivia-io9sb]

I stopped buying anything from Amazon just before lockdown, - I've saved money and don't miss it at all - if I can't buy it locally, I don't buy.

[@CheesyLittleMouse]

Nice Book that exposes Hollywood's current state: "Hollywoke is going broke" by R.A. Sterling

[@NotMorganFreeman.]

God, I can barely watch because of the verbal vomit they're extruding. These aren't Tolkien fans by any means.

[@yoHOBODAN]

I dumped Prime with the first commercial and have hardly ever felt better.. And saving a bunch of money. Thanks Amazon for the greed.

[@kenster67100]

I watched season one with an open mind and ultimately could not finish it , though I tried, God did I try!

[@Jon6429]

Some say there's more people downloading pirated copies of old Star Trek than Rings Of Power.

[@rpgadventurer32]

A correction - We don't know if they really bought the whole Silmarillion, it's rumored for now.

[@Rabbithole8]

I was under the impression that it can't be sold, since Tolkien only sold the rights to the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings. All his other works, can't be used for adaption because the estate doesn't have the power to allow it. Simon Tolkien is free to endorse Rings of Power, but he and the other executors can't breach the terms of the estate. In other words, if JRR Tolkien explicitly stated that he did not want his works that got collected into The Silmarillion to be adapted, or didn't give explicit permission, the executors' hands are tied. Of course, Christopher Tolkien, was against adaptations and he published his fathers works under the title The Silmarillion. Thus, there is the double estate issue. So, I would be very surprised that the estate could sell rights to it for adaption.

[@Raximus3000]

And?! Does it matter at this point?

[@PrincessFionaYT]

Grittier and Dirtier? As if that was the problem with the first season, yea, not dirty enough. And Darker? How do you get darker than a pack of sociopathic murderous Hobbit wannabes?

[@BinkyTheElf1]

Hobbit murder-hoboes are very gritty, cutting edge, super-lore! 🔪 🩸 😧

[@Makkaru112]

@@BinkyTheElf1 “leave none behind” except you and you and you. Loot their stuff. Leave them to the wargs. It wasn’t even done in a way that wasn’t looting nor caring for one another where they showed zero fear of death much like the elves and men of the west used to have… oh well. Silly Amazon strikes again

[@quailstudios]

Amazon is not going to lose as many viewers this time around. That's because the people that they lost aren't gonna watch it anyway.

[@AeternusNox.]

I’m looking forward to NOT watching this season too!

[@nowherebrain]

tom delongs "wtf" and kevin harts "wtf face" are priceless.

[@Madhousesc]

Have any of them really read Tolkien? I find it hard to believe they have.

[@GeorgeTheGiantSlayer]

I don’t believe any of them read anything other than a middle earth pop up book. The productions choices give the game away they know absolutely nothing. Thanks Scourt for that excellent question. Actually going to discuss Rings and Amazon some on tomorrows live stream. Hope you have a brilliant weekend!! 😊

[@chezzachezza7325]

I have never bought anything from Amazon to treat people like slaves nuh 😒

[@martharamirezdelacruz5106]

Amazon has good shows like The Boys, Gen V, Reacher, and Invincible so I don't know why they are wasting money with shows that people don't like.

[@johnmiltner9842]

It's like the joker says. "It's not about the money, it's about, sending a message".

[@queenredspecial]

George, you are a bastion of sanity. Thank you.

[@LovelyLass-nb8op]

I don't touch anything Amazon

[@Daurio4747]

Cancelled Amazon Prime. Worthless!

[@Makkaru112]

There were some awesome beetles documentaries. Especially Paul McCartney etc. it was quite cool

[@Fauxkerykes]

New subscriber. Good stuff man

[@GeorgeTheGiantSlayer]

Thanks for the sub Wakomikro! And Welcome Aboard! 😀 Hope you enjoy the channel and the journey we are taking. Have a phenomenal week!! 😊🌟

[@alejandraleonardocasas2880]

Total madness 😡I don’t think I’ll be watching

[@ha1ryfa1ry52]

"Thanks for having us" 4 people clap 😂

[@erccurtis6029]

How or WHY did the Tolkien estate decide to sell the rights to The Silmarillion to Amazon, if it's really true ? They would butcher those stories beyond recognition, more then what they did to ROP. . IMHO, The Silmarillion is unfilmable, short of an extended multipart series lasting more than one season. . .

[@acetraker1988]

Celebs, doing those kinds of bits, should be arrested for indecent exposure, ridiculous double standard.

[@cjryan88]

never watched it never will

[@monkeyon777]

No hate-watching

[@luminyam6145]

I am so excited to see Season 2 bomb bigger than the last one, this should be fun! Let the roasting begin!

[@TallisKeeton]

oh what sweet doggies :)

[@tommix6016]

The old Soviet version of LOTR was more faithful to canon and substantially cheaper than Amazon's 'product'.

[@cappy2282]

They're incapable of making anything remotely close to "quality Tolkien"

[@Robb_in_Oz]

sounds like Jeff approved the purchase to the rights of the Silmarillion in hopes they could salvage the show, he knows it's steaming pile of crap in it's current state.

[@user-vl8sh7ih8c]

Amazon Rings is aspiring to the level of Disney Star Wars. Just sad.......