Asking Authors Their Thoughts on Rings of Power

[@the_fools_tale]

The immediate *pain* when you ask the question hahaha

[@Vradica]

I agree so much with Mr Quaintrell, there really isn't enough fantasy on tv, so a lot of us have a low standard for it to begin with

[@thatdavidhopkins]

The initial expression after hearing the question. That's the best part of each segment.

[@benjaminthibieroz4155]

As a fantasy author myself, I can confirm I hated that show. The fact that I struggle to get published while apparently "profesionnal writers" can get job for such a production while making the most horrible mistakes a beginner would spot is particularly hard to swallow...

[@AggelosKyriou]

The Dark Lord's master plan was hinging on a mere coincidence, and didn't even make sense at all. This was 5th grade fan fiction. At best!

[@lf2334]

It's surprising that Amazon wouldn't have formed a team of fantasy authors like these guys to offer input and critiques on the writing.

[@benjaminthibieroz4155]

they kinda did it. And when those start criticizing, they dismissed them and proceeded anyway

[@nazimelmardi]

@@benjaminthibieroz4155usual Amazon mentality. WoT - “let’s ask Brandon Sanderson!! - nooo, he said last time we are out of our mind with this idea, we shouldn’t change like that! - ok, proceed with s1, we know it better!”

[@esmayrosalyne]

I love how evident it is that this was filmed at a British con, this has to be the politest way to drag a show I've ever seen lol 🤣🤣

[@libraryofaviking]

Hahah!

[@pjlights164]

Rob J. Hayes has skyrocketed in my TBR after this video.

[@pedroluiz8750]

"the same as where doing with Wheel of Time" a wise man indeed

[@caewing85]

Such a fun video! I’m glad you asked this question to writers. It helps to see what writers think about bad writing.

[@annmoore321]

You could actually see the mental strain on some of their faces as they tried to be diplomatic. 😂

[@MichaelSmith-zx5lw]

I enjoyed this video far more than Rings Of Power 🤣

[@kendrarichardson8811]

😂😂 I loved this - so funny. I also really enjoyed Elrond and Durin’s relationship and that was probably the only thing I liked 🙃

[@FunFantasyBooks]

Hahahah I love the sequence: pain reaction + being nice about the setting + whyyyyy it was so expensive and yet noooo! Very entertaining!!

[@alexpaleale]

As much as I appreciate freedom of speech and like to think of myself as open minded, I have to say... an author who claims ROP was good and only had "a few plot holes", is not an author I would feel confident about reading his book. Just sayin

[@TheMaryweather]

Now I want to get more authors opinions on Rings of Power and other fantasy shows.

[@ViriuZ7]

As someone who has not read the books or seen the movies i gave it a 5/10, it felt like a lot of executives had been extracting data from a database and made decisions with that

[@fjuran1]

I am so glad that I am a like mind with soo many of these authors whom I enjoy. Other than the incredible visuals, enough said!!

[@Eluarelon]

I guess I have to check out Philip C. Quaintrell, after all. Even if I didn't like RoP as much as I actually did, he was brave enough to admit his preference fully knowing how much shit he might get about it.

[@elmontague2347]

The answers were written on their faces the moment the question was asked.

[@baldbookgeek]

This video is priceless as a wannabe writer it’s a lesson on how not to write fantasy

[@GoodDredd]

The show itself just looked terrible. Jackson did more with less almost thirty years ago. And that is still better than the story. Never let people who haven't read the lore write new material, especially material on characters we didn't need. I haven't met one person who has liked this show.

[@keanancupido]

I knew someone was going to bring up House of the Dragon! 😂❤️🔥🔥

[@mori1bund]

That was funnier & more enjoyable than expected! 😀 (which is the opposite from TROP)

[@Zenocrate]

Have any of the writers actually read Tolkien? There was an awful lot of talk of the Jackson films (which I dislike more as time passes) but did anyone mention, you know, the written stuff, the books?

[@puzzlingread]

I tried. I wanted to love it. Didn't even make it through the first episode.

[@hirakogin]

Them you didn't tried it.

[@puzzlingread]

There is no try?

[@OrangeHand]

I didn't watch it because whether it was good or bad the amount of money they spent on this was way too much; inflated budgets has been a pet peeve of mine regarding films/shows for a while. All the money to make something look pretty means nothing if the writing isn't good, and I've yet to hear anyone say the show was great; even those who think it was good have things to criticize.

[@craigbookwyrm]

Brilliant video. Loved it 👌

[@alvarosellers1380]

I didnt watch It and I dont expect to, but a good friend of mine told me once that the BEST way to enjoy the serie is watching It muted😂

[@Talking_Story]

This was awesome!

[@nimthiriel9]

This was great!

[@safinan8008]

Fantastic video 🎥🎥

[@sumanpani]

Rings of power operate the same way as fantastic beast. 😅😅😅

[@jbjorkman09]

Just look at how house of the dragon was written and how deep the characters are and then you won't be able to watch Rings of Power.

[@alexvaldiers9788]

I’m on my second play through of House of Dragon. It’s a very impressive show. I’d say, in the long run, if they go for 8-10 seasons, it might surpass Games of Thrones. Everything is on point with that show, and the actors are all perfectly cast.

[@mjdaniel8710]

Been reading Tolkien since the mid 1970s and I liked it just fine considering they do not have the rights to more than the LotRs appendix, did not hate it like many seen to

[@momo_genX]

You do this well

[@filipglyssbo6828]

To me RoP was the definition of meh

[@keatsiann]

the biggest reason I want to support ROP despite disliking it is bc it's a new cast. I just love when a series starts fresh like that. but gosh did I dislike it, I'm not sure I can give s2 a shot

[@dancegregorydance6933]

😬

[@AnEruditeAdventure]

The pain. 😂 This was fun. -T

[@supersonic4901]

Most of them are to polite.

[@AuthorJohnADouglas]

I liked it about as much as I like a urinary infection

[@chaz9808]

No idea where that billion went it def did t go to the writing or set design

[@Henry-jp3mc]

Its 1% better than the Wheel of Prime. So both are complete disasters.

[@henriksorensen82]

Not to be picky or anything, but the $1000000000 is for the rights and 5 seasons of the series and the rights alone are 1/4 of that amount, but that still leaves $15 million per season, or $18750000 per episode. For me it was very visually beautiful and if I disconnected that this is a part of Tolkien's world that has become brutal....... ..... It's probably best that I don't continue with that thought.

[@laffingist218]

it hasn't been on for a year, what is this obsession?

[@franckleveneur676]

Dude, before putting a video like this, you should do some research. Tolkien Estate and Family hated what Jackson did with Bilbo and Lord Of the Ring. Tolkien family was very hesitant to produce something on TV again based on JR’s work. Before asking some author, i would ask some directors. Comparing a fantasy book writer with a movie director is … well, not the same. They were 2 teams bidding for the movie with Tolkien Estate. (Forgot which other company it was). But Amazon’s team was selected because they wanted to work closely with the family. Now i don’t know how you can base your critics on, because there is not much about what happened before Bilbo. Tolkien (if i remember) was supposed to write the prequel but never did. There are piece of work here and there but nothing that tie it together. So many characters are up for imagination. I thought the TV show was gorgeous, interesting, engaging, with lots of suspense not knowing what would happen in the next episode. Many bashed the movie because of the choice of actors (black woman as a dwarf) but honestly, it’s fantasy, so all the characters could be multiple colors if you wanted too. The reason people were shocked is because Tolkien grew up in a white privileges environment, although he went to WW1, I don’t think he was exposed much to people of color, so no characters of colors in his book. That does not mean you can not add them. So instead of interviewing some fantasy writer (i’d like to see how many of their books have been made a TV show), i would do a little more research and not be biased on Audience review. (most of them don’t know much about Tolkien anyway). Tata.

[@isaiuchiha1490]

Why should I support a show that clearly doesnt care about the original lore?