Rings of Power FALLOUT Evil Barbie Sauron REVENGE

[@disparutoo]

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is now over half way through the series and the battlelines have been drawn. While the professional critics have been split, and Amazon Prime Video's own marketing is far less divisive. The corporate media hasn't yet learnt the lesson. So we have different media reviewing each others articles as they have been included in the "criticism is just trolls" controversy. My personal favourite though has been the cast doing random question and answer interviews and questions. When they're not attacking the fans, it leaves a lot of room for comedy, which is what it seems is all Rings of Power is good for at this point. But what do you think of what you saw? Let me know your thoughts down below and as always, thanks for watching :)

[@mattgohlke8216]

Fans with brains need to be keeping the idiot ones in check as well.... no I'm not conceding that "the bigots", what I'm saying is the few Aholes don't represent the rest of us who care about the story. We dont need anyone giving them any ammunitioun. We dont need our stance muddied up with actual stupidness.

[@smollgar]

It's wild how many articles are out there praising ROP. I don't know what show they are watching??? I'm literally falling asleep halfway thru every episode. Such a joke.

[@thePsiMatrix]

Rings of Power - "Season 1 asked for a lot of patience" over 8 hours, 38% completion rate LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring - 2~hour movie that made us care about ~14 characters and even Sean Bean dying before the end of it.

[@kadourimdou43]

Let’s just wait to see what happens to S3 ratings. How will the shills deal with that.

[@josephsonderling2384]

Random cast questions and riffing is always going to be a better way to go. While ROP is awful as a show, I'm confused by the people acting like the interviews showing the actors joking are some offensive travesty. Like the extra features of LOTR didn't have hobbits snarking all over the place and Ian McKellan being a weirdo Frodo/Sam shipper.

[@grokeffer6226]

That Gil-Gadaddy guy is creepy. Gil-galad was a hero who died defending all of Middle Earth.

[@toolegittoquit_001]

The Left perverts everything it touches And then it destroys it

[@vsznry]

I just don't understand why Gil has a high fade. lolol

[@janette2422]

considering his acting career and who he's played.....it's creepy for a reason

[@jjww30]

@@janette2422who has he played? I could see him starring in a biopic about Paul Reubens.

[@Blisterdude123]

I like Benjamin Walker a lot as an actor, actually. I like a lot of the cast of Rings of Power...in other things. The cast isn't bad, but how they've been used? Problems, big problems. Also I feel like that whole 'Gil-Gadaddy' thing HAS to be a talking point he's been given and I really wish they'd just stop telling him to say it, you are right that it's weird.

[@ectogambit]

Disparu is like the Tom Bombadil of mockery. He's such a merry fellow.

[@antithetical]

Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo! Ring a dong! hop along! Fal lal the willow! Disparu, jolly Dis, Disparu-dillo!

[@Grandwigg]

​@@antitheticalthis made my day. Thank you!

[@richardsanchez5444]

And his boots are yellow.

[@Arina-1208]

Can't wait for Galadriel to start singing "I'm just Ken"

[@gregweisal5542]

Seriously I loved barbie. Cept for the speech....u know the one. But ken stole the dam movie and WON an Oscar. Seriously. The dude in Barbie wins an oscar

[@brainflash1]

Please don't compare Galadriel to Barbie: Barbie *actually* overthrew the patriarchy AND she was capable of keeping her legs shut.

[@Arina-1208]

@@brainflash1 well THEY compare Sauron to Barbie 😆

[@musicilike69]

With the way the script's going I'm fully expecting Team America to come and save the mf'ing day yeah at the battle of Eregion.

[@VeraldoAncodini]

As long as Amazon is losing money, I see it as an absolute win.

[@TheDetractorMoose]

they aren’t losing money homie they could blow 10 billion on this show and have it back in two days easily, if not sooner. that’s just the sad reality

[@Fauxkerykes]

They don't care as long as they push their message. I mean they would love us to watch their shit, but we aren't and won't. Also, most likely this is some sort of tax write off or laundering scheme.

[@nmc5657]

@@TheDetractorMoose correct. they can insult/destroy the work of tolkien and be rewarded for it.

[@PROVOCATEURSK]

They are not losing money, they are giving them to woke people.

[@pepincuatro2865]

@@TheDetractorMoose Yeah that's just pennies for them. But the brand damage they are taking is serious, at least for their streaming platform.

[@levifoster5639]

Another question they should have asked is "Do you think your career will recover from this?"

[@YoNumLet]

They are all terrible actors and they had no real career before ROP, not one of them has any star potential. It's the best thing that's happened to them, they are going to get a bucket load of money to set themselves up with for life after 5 seasons of ROP tripe.

[@dalemcdenver7816]

"Career?"

[@takuid]

dollar store skip bayless is playing an elf, what career?

[@Thx1138sober]

They all have promising acting careers as stars of their local community theater.

[@elisebrodeur-jacobs5215]

"Hopefully...probably not.." 😊 😢

[@fiddlechips8555]

They really hate Tolkien. Cirdan the Shipwright is the only elf with a beard, but Rangs of Prime can’t even let that rest. They had to make a point of him shaving onscreen. Why!!???!!??!!!!!!!!!!?????!!

[@madelinemccoy8383]

I raged when I saw that. RAGED! Just leave the lore alone!

[@Philly_Cheesesteak]

It's all by design. Just like they dropped the ball showing actual correct representation of the Eastern desert people. No. They are bad guys. They have to be pasty white and had to hire an Irish English actor to play the bad wizard. None of this is by accident.

[@attackfox]

I was sickened.

[@fiddlechips8555]

@@madelinemccoy8383 A billion dollars just to tell fans “this isn’t for you”. Stop watching so they win.

[@auramatic77]

They think you’re stupid and they hate you

[@dantespicysausage9615]

Saurons a barbie girl, in a one earth woooorld Writings kinda sucky, actings ducky Makes fans pull their hair, seeing shipping everywhere. This isn't Tolkien, this whole shows freaking brokien

[@Lonovavir]

He's a blonde sorcerer girl in a fantasy world, you can forge rings, you can cast spells, you can command an Orc legion if you say you're always loyal to Mordor.

[@AndrewStefanac]

pyroclastic...isnt that fantastic?

[@Sky-xd2nu]

Call me daddy, Gil-gadaddy Uh uh uh yeah!! Call me daddy, Gil-gadaddy Oooh oh! Oooh oh!!

[@tapiolautavaara9532]

Now would the Real Grim Shady please stand up? Please stand up! Please stand up!

[@tsevgamesalot]

Lgbt community: "We see ourselves in tolkiens writings." Where? The professor was a devout catholic. You are not in his works.

[@XiaoFury]

Lgbt want to see themselves 'inside' of pretty much anything.

[@MercuryCold]

Unfortunately they do not see themselves in others 😔

[@CrimsonA1]

Wish the community would make their own original works.

[@blw4089]

It's just another form of narcissism

[@aquavitae3824]

The twisted elves used by the powers of evil.

[@agente0061]

Enough of this Disney LOTR nonsense! Cast it into the fire!!!

[@thegrimrealityofficial]

"It must be taken deep into Mordor and cast back into the fiery chasm from whence it came"

[@nikolaykatsarov4084]

Egypt sued Netflix for the garbage 'Cleopatra' series, Britain should sue Amazon for the mockery of Tolkien...

[@martinjones3764]

Middle earth should sue. Tolkein isn't even in the first rank of best British authors

[@tkps]

So should the estate. Christopher's contract gave him so I assume his literary heirs (which is not Simon) veto power as they'd agreed not to change existing characters. The showrunners claimed they couldn't make 'egregious changes' but did. Desecrating Galadriel and damaging others so there's grounds. It's no surprise though Amazon secured the rights via Christopher they waited 2 years after his death before even developing it. Likely knew he'd object. How disgusting does that make them, especially firing expert Tom Shippey and trotting out Simon as 'family consultant'.

[@melaniabladeofmiquella]

Bruh, yeah this is the thing on every Brits mind right now, we are taken up night and day with thoughts on this series. Get a grip.

[@samflood5631]

@@martinjones3764Middle Earth is a fictional planet.

[@aldhadenglisc6937]

@@melaniabladeofmiquellathe show is absolute perverted freak crap

[@sofsterlobster4434]

When this actor said that this season can be described with a word “krakh” I giggled. In Russian this word means “epic failure”

[@CD-Gaming]

I would comment about craic, but that would be dishonouring my Irish heritage!

[@thorshammer8033]

today i learned ;)

[@apeboy4]

In polish also, it sounds like polish word “krach” which means epic failure, collapse, crash

[@kasegiyabu5030]

@@CD-Gaming You would too! Having a "crack", which is English spelling, means having a good time. There is no way watching RoP can be considered a good time. Your ancestors would turn their backs on you if you associated "craic" with it.

[@CD-Gaming]

@@kasegiyabu5030 Double so when you consider it refers to storytelling!

[@Tzhz]

I love that all the actors pretend it's a success in promos, a grand delusion indeed.

[@joywagner979]

It's pretty clear they are acting and don't believe the hype, which adds an extra layer of hilarious to me. Basically the Hollywood equivalent of showing up to your Starbucks job, tying on the apron, and pretending you aren't completely over making a hundred double-shot low fat sugar free triple chip Frappuccinos per hour. Then the store blessedly closes for the night and you talk smack with your coworkers while mopping the floor.

[@svetlanaandrasova6086]

I guess its fake it til you make it🤣

[@ajarofpickles2826]

They have to they are under contract to be positive if not they could be fired

[@WizzleJizzy]

The Lord of the Rings trilogy can be watched over and over. These shows can only hurt us once. Not that I'll watch.

[@darkhart1275]

the ring's of woke is soooo bad, I couldn't get past how badly it disrespected Tolkien's works.

[@Raximus3000]

And they are forced to make all 5 seasons?! When they are done they would be a laughing stock.

[@darthlaurel]

And maybe a falling stock....

[@Anon-f6j]

Same thing happened with Star Trek: Discovery. Flopped but had to keep going anyway.

[@Darkstar-se6wc]

Already are and will continue to be a laughing stock, I think.

[@CrimsonA1]

The never-ending dumpster fire. How it glows!

[@Raximus3000]

@@Anon-f6j And pretty much killed paramount. So, amazon might just close down the studio.

[@mollyscot1563]

Thank you Disparu. I look forward to every vid you post even when I don't watch most of the crap you are kind enough to review so we don't have to watch. You are clever, witty, delightfully sarcastic and bang on the money.

[@freakmean16]

And I thought Shadow of Mordor was kinda campy...At least Celebrimbor was a badass warrior there...not a grandma with a green gown!!!

[@718Hokage]

😂😂😂😂

[@Baha7579]

Rings of Power feels so much more like a parody than a serious adaptation of the second age lore and had it been pitched as such, the show would have been more successful- it honestly feels more like a satire than Tolkien’s world of fantasy.

[@AKUJIVALDO]

It is neither adaptation, nor satire. It is just Wokietardatus shite.

[@jkh378]

6:13 imagine if someone said: "Yea, he/she has been a faithful husband/wife, even if he/she has hooked up with a dozen other people during this relationship." Insane.

[@SilentHeaven47]

Modern female logic

[@suggestagoodnameformeplz1035]

​@@SilentHeaven47unnecessary comment mate, keep that gender wars stuff on them dumb 'podcasts'

[@davidj.thompson]

I doubt very much that JRRT, a staunch Roman Catholic, had, purposely or accidentally, written any non-straight characters in LotR or any related media.

[@ReinoldFZ]

In fact he wrote it in the Silmarillion, when the Valar make for themselves physical bodies and clothes, Tolkien explicitly remarks that the Valar didn't chose a gender, but simply following their nature, masculine or feminine which was defined since their creation. There are no social constructs in that.

[@cosmicmuffin322]

​@@ReinoldFZvery interesting, can you post the quote?

[@TJcreations91]

From that it describes they are still straight as they are who they are supposed to be from creation and not twisted or corrupted by modern insanity @@ReinoldFZ

[@Dawindell]

@@cosmicmuffin322 "Therefore the Valar may walk, if they will, unclad, and then even the Eldar cannot clearly perceive them, though they be present. But when they desire to clothe themselves the Valar take upon them forms some as of male and some as of female; for that difference of temper they had even from their beginning, and it is but bodied forth in the choice of each, not made by the choice, even as with us male and female may be shown by the raiment but is not made thereby. But the shapes wherein the Great Ones array themselves are not at all times like to the shapes of the kings and queens of the Children of Ilúvatar; for at times they may clothe themselves in their own thought, made visible in forms of majesty and dread"

[@Dizerfullpower]

In Silmarillion, dwarven race springs forth from seven dudes

[@BinkyTheElf1]

What horror is hiding in the deepest pits under the Mines of Moria? The show-ruiner’s hatred of Tolkien’s work.

[@RobinJohnstonphotography]

Durin’s bane was an unreliable WiFi connection. Drove them all crazy.

[@LucasR.O]

The greatest evil designed by Sauron. Even Morgoth shakes at the depths of the dark it brought to life

[@tylerjames3488]

These people will try to lecture us on media literacy, but then say things like LGBT people see themselves in Tolkien's writing.

[@tiberiussempronious6252]

They've never read Tolkien's writings...

[@TricksterWeazel]

I mean we do. That's the beauty of Tolkien's writing: its appeal to common humanity. Do I see non-hetero characters in the story? No. Do I need to to see myself in them? No. Because I don't define my life or personality by my orientation. Anyone that needs to share superficial characteristics with a fictional character to feel "seen" in a story isn't looking to relate to the writing, they are looking for outside validation.

[@beccaknight5763]

@@TricksterWeazel❤

[@theexplorer1476]

THANK YOU ​@@TricksterWeazel

[@fanshaw]

Apparently as the "ring wraiths".

[@TheBelieveit1]

The reason there are 19 rings is because there were originally 16 and all were meant for the elves, but then Celebrimbor got over excited and made 3 superior ones behind Sauron's back. Thanks to this, when Sauron forged the 1, they sensed when Sauron put on the 1 Ring and realized his plan so they removed the rings and hid them. Sauron, of course being furious went to take not only the original 16 but he demanded the 3 elven ones too (which he never got even after torturing Celebrimbor quite harshly). Sauron fell back on his new plan, realizing controlling the elves with those rings (which was the initial plan) he'd settle for trying it on the dwarves. He gave them seven but it quickly became clear that because of how the dwarves came to be, they were naturally resistant to domination by others, even someone like Sauron. It still corrupted them but he could not control them. He would attempt to regain those 7 and did get his hands on some over time but he was a busy man and was forced to settle with giving the remaining 9 to men as he learned they succumbed to his influence EXACTLY as intended. That is far more interesting than "Oh well we're trying to balance things so let's keep making more cause that's not suspicious despite weird and bad things keep happening and Galadriel went through with this plan knowing full well it was what he wanted". He went to the Elves, specifically the smiths of Eregion claiming to be an ambassador of the Valar who wished to help teach them how to improve their craft via the forging of 16 rings that would secure the elves' interests in Middle Earth.

[@RoninDave]

exactly! Having the 3 forged first with a lot of Sauron's direct influence not too mention him pawing the tools and raw materials that made them completely ruins the nature and purpose of these 3 rings. Tolkien doesn't state it directly but one can infer because the 3 were made in secret and after the creation of the 16 Great Rings when Celebrimbor reached the height of his craft that these 3 allowed the elves to perceive Sauron's intent the instant he put on his One Ring and made his incantation to ensnare the rings. I don't think the elves with the 16 rings made with Sauron's direct involvement would have been able to do that as this was all part of his plan from the get-go. Celebrimbor wanting his own masterpiece he could call his own completely wrecked Sauron's scheme. We can imagine both parties were surprised at the same moment - Celebrimbor realizing Annatar is Sauron and Sauron realizing the gig was up after all his careful planning because Celebrimbor unwittingly outsmarted him. That would have made for a great dual scene seeing both of them realizing they had betrayed each other and Sauron absolutely furious. Perhaps this is what took him so long as well to get his war with the elves started because he was so distraught and needed time to rethink his strategy (plus he might have been hesitant in case the Valar chose to intervene). In the Tale of Years nearly a century passes between Sauron's ruse being discovered and him invading Eregion. This shows that Sauron was so confidant in his Ring plan that he hadn't built up an army because he felt he didn't need one. Then as you say he came up with a Plan B - capture the rings and use them to dominant the other races. The fact he didn't just abandon the whole ring thing shows a dogged determination to see it through one way or another. This also explains why he hated Celebrimbor so much that he used his corpse as a banner. Amazon already had the working of a good story of deceit and surprise deliverance just from the Appendices and LOTR text but they completely and utterly botched it.

[@martinjones3764]

@@RoninDave Yes, it's so stupid they got this wrong. I can't understand why or how anyone would deliberately sink their own project wih such an obvious and terminal error

[@jabrockobiden9434]

Well this isnt tolkiens lotr

[@boobah5643]

@@RoninDave Pretty sure that once Sauron had forged the One Ring he didn't have the option to back out of the ring plan, not entirely. He'd sunk too much of himself into it. Besides, what else was he going to do with the already-forged lesser rings? Ignore some useful tools, just because?

[@alastairleith8612]

@@martinjones3764 what does Gandalf say about the arrogance of fools (which was appropriated for some some Rings of Power character IIRC)?

[@maasicas]

Even the actors dont care about it. As much as you can call them actors

[@alastairleith8612]

definitely when you have a $1B budget you get A-list actors and even better for fantasy sometimes, B-list diamonds. but the z-grade show-shunners directors, producers and casting found their level with the acting talent. most more wooden than an Ent, others thought they'd be cast for Marry Poppins.

[@MrWhiskers65]

The guy who asked about the LGBT community in rings of power, had a “Kamala-a-con” T-shirt on!… I’m confused 😮

[@yocappy-ve7jf]

The most confounding thing about Rings of Power is that there are thousands of pages of stories by Tolkien that haven't ever been adapted to film or TV, yet they chose to make up an entire story that significantly veers away from the source material. I can't imagine the hubris required to think you are "redressing a great imbalance" by altering one of the great fictional universes in history so it aligns with "The Message".

[@christophersmith8316]

they didn't buy the rights for those stories.

[@professorhaystacks6606]

The Tolkien Estate under Christopher categorically woudl NEVER release rights to anything that hadn't already been licensed out. They only licensed these rights because the film rights to the LOTR appendices were already out there. So far his successors have held to this policy. Given the copyright for most of the stuff doesn't expire for 19 years, though, we'll see if that holds. Oddly The Silmarillion itself is under copyright for longer in the US due to a weird quirk of US copyright law, but the underlying material for it will fall out in 19 years... it'll be pretty crazy for a few years unless we get comprehensive copyright reform before then.

[@TyeDPod]

Imo, it's probably not hubris, and more likely insanity. Because they keep doing the same thing over and over and over and over again and expect a different outcome.

[@josephfisher426]

@@christophersmith8316 But nothing required them to veer away from the source material... they just didn't have adaptation rights for those stories, and would have to get approval if they used canon that was not in the LotR appendices. But wouldn't the estate have given that approval if they knew that the alternative was Galadriel swimming halfway across the ocean? Arguably the RoP team chose a time period that presented very few potential conflicts because it was so not fleshed out, and then they went and made some up anyway.

[@MercuryCold]

​@@josephfisher426,no it was contractual.

[@JakysnakyDX]

The Nazgul aren't evil, they're just misunderstood. We should embrace their moraldivergence instead of astral shaming.

[@upschutt4842]

If Morphydd Clark had said she would love to cosplay Galadriel we would all agree.

[@GamerVet203.]

I wish they made Celebrimbor, more like the version from Shadows of Mordor. Ironically I think someone in the design department was inspired by the games for Saurons outfit...shame it doesn't look very good 😂

[@Legion-p6y]

She ate the real dwarves!!!

[@SRMoore1178]

Celeborn has been stuck in the bathroom this whole time. His zipper is stuck.

[@GaudiaCertaminisGaming]

'He was masturbating…'

[@kamesanj0]

Evil cannot create, only transform. They keep proving this everyday.

[@SingWhileYouMay]

The problem with this show is, the writers are just incompetent. You can diverge from source material and still write a good show. Not these people. Take the bearded strangers arc. It will probably end in one of two ways. He'll either be revealed to be Gandalf, which everyone guessed from the beginning, or it will be a monumental fake-out, "Grand Elf" references notwithstanding. Both outcomes will be equally disappointing. The first because, duh, you need two seasons for that? The second because it will be incredibly annoying in light of all the wordplay silliness. "Grand Elf Looking for a gand." If it has any other type of resolution, I'll be surprised indeed.

[@RoninDave]

And his whole story in Season 1 was just to serve as a mystery box. You could cut out his entire story from Season 1 and it doesn't affect anything. The idiot writers think that multiple storylines like in LOTR and Game of Thrones are what make viewers interested not comprehending those multiple storylines need to connect and support the main storyline. Everything the separate groups did in LOTR worked to the main goal - the other half of the Fellowship distracted Sauron causing him to miss Frodo and Sam slipping in to destroy the Ring. When GoT was good the separate storylines showed consequences. The problem was towards the end because the source material ran out the show started having plotlines that served no purpose like the whole Dorne thing. ROP didn't learn this valuable lesson.

[@dbf1dware]

I doesn't matter what the public thinks, the "writers" don't know and when the time comes, they will choose whatever annoys the traditionalists the most.

[@JulieMoran1832]

There are, apparently, a couple of theories floating around the very shallow pool of RoP fandom, especially those prone to shipping certain characters (sigh). I found out about it on YT’ber Lady Gravemaster's channel. Her vid outlined two hilarious takes and I was rolling with laughter. *THEORY 1:* Adar is actually Celeborn. He was captured by Sauron and corrupted into his current form. The corruption cost him his memory too which explains why he doesn’t know who Galadriel is, and of course, making him unrecognizable, which explains why Galadriel doesn’t know who he is when she met him initially. HAhAHAHAHAH.. HAHAHAHAHA… and-and-and… because Galadriel’s ring has healing powers, by the end, she’ll heal Adar of the corruption and he’ll be back to his original form. That, according to those ROP fans, would also explain why Sauron is so obsessed with Galadriel- because pursuing her was a way to get back at Adar/Celebron HAHAHAHAHA..HHAHAHAHAHAHAAh.. ehehehehehehe ... I'm laughing again as I type this. *THEORY 2:* The young elf, Mirdania-the one Sauron says reminds him of Galadriel *nudge nudge/wink wink* -- but is actually Celebrian! TA-DA!!! So Mirdania will meet Elrond and that will begin their love story. (slaps forehead) God. This show. I hope this is exactly how this show presents them. It will turn fans against them even more. I honestly could not have predicted this as it’s far too clever and a very soap opera-esque take on Galadriel. (sigh) It’s dumb enough that it might be true!

[@RoninDave]

Ugh! The Desperation is Strong with that One. It reminds me of the theorists of Game of Thrones when the show showed the brilliance had left it trying vainly to come up with theories that would somehow fix the inherent problems or I guess just to distract themselves from the failing narrative. There were the theories of Bran being the Night King, the Waif being Arya in disguise, Lady Stoneheart showing up, Ned returning, Bran being responsible for the Mad King becoming mad, and countless more. The theories were a sharp contrast to earlier ones as they were wilder and more improbable showing the desperation that somehow it could all be fixed. That there are ROP fans hoping an amnesia plotline for Galadriel's family lifted from daytime TV will explain and save everything is just sad. As you say even if the show were to do either or both theories it would make many people hate the show even more. It shows those few ROP fans have no concept of good storytelling and certainly don't understand Tolkien in the slightest.

[@dbf1dware]

One problem I find with theory 1 (and please do bear in mind I have not watched a single minute of the actual show, other than clips in videos like this one) is that Halbrand/Sauron actively tried to stay in Numenor in season 1. Galadrrrrriellle pushed him to come along. Oh, sure, those folks will simply hand-wave away that thought with "that was all part of his plan and the subtlety of his manipulation of her." Sorry, these quote-unquote writers could never be that clever. Tolkien could, but he wouldn't because it is stupid.

[@silverscorpio24]

Please, someone, for the good of all memedom, make a "I'm a Barbie Girl" remix with scenes of Annatar 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Grandwigg]

I wonder if there's an generative system that could do that adequately.

[@ProtoNecron]

God help us, 5 season of mediocre writing, bad directing, and shallow characters. "sigh"

[@ziggyz1750]

I am so done with it I cannot even watch people crapping on it anymore.

[@lloydtancred]

I believe he’s ‘pulled off’ many elves

[@cj_neocloud940]

I've watched many of your videos explaining the slaughter of Tolkien's world, and no one else quotes this situation better than Albert Einstein when he said "I fear the day when the technology overlaps with our humanity. The world will only have a generation of idiots."

[@MercuryCold]

Einstein never said that.

[@adrianbardan782]

I'm still waiting for Son of Saurrron

[@adrenjones9301]

Frodo. And his mom is Galadriel.

[@manicpixiefangirl4189]

@@adrenjones9301I’m hoping it’s Gollum. Sins of the father😔🥸

[@adrianbardan782]

Aragorn. I. am your father

[@knotengajin7359]

Well, Morfryd is hobbit sized irl so she could push out a Sméagol.

[@beccaknight5763]

@@manicpixiefangirl4189🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@RamblesBrambles]

Im not entirely sure people who are actually enjoying the rings of power have ever picked up a book..let alone read all three books of The Lord of the Rings..or could even pronounce the Silmarillion.

[@RoninDave]

Even if they know nothing of Tolkien I don't know how they could enjoy a show so badly written with such unlikable characters.

[@Finis.Terrae]

I just cant believe how casual they are in their interviews are...They all are behaving like ROP surpassed GoT or at least like ROP is somewhere close to GoT If you could keep anything from props and wardrobe,what would you take? Is this question serious or?What have they done to deserve anything from set? They never mentioned actual JRR Tolkien's work in their interviews,all they mentioned is DEI and shipping.

[@miless544]

9:57 The so-called "Tolkien professor" is anything but.

[@LukeLovesRose]

Pushing diversity especially when its not necessary is ALWAYS a mistake

[@MrMacavity]

Watching these reviews is way more entertaining than watching the actual horrible show 😆

[@pepincuatro2865]

Taking a shit in a public toilet while reading the graffiti on the door is way more entertaining than the show

[@Username18981]

If they saw themselves in Tolkien's writings, then a lore accurate show should still be representative.

[@deemcclanahan]

WHAT THE HELL IS THEO WEARING?!?!?! GARTER SOCKS?!?!!?!??!

[@scottwyatt2614]

If they're good enough for Arnold Judas Rimmer, they're good enough for him. 😎

[@CD-Gaming]

@@scottwyatt2614 Hey, don't drag Rimmer into this mess! He's got it bad enough as is!

[@beowulfsrevenge4369]

​@CD-Gaming He does have to be Rimmer, plus those parents of his... But seriously, what the hell was he wearing!?! I'm not talking about those socks. I'm talking about the weird sailor costume. What is that?

[@CD-Gaming]

@@beowulfsrevenge4369 I was bemused at first too, going back to look again was not enlightening to say the least! And I'm jus glad I never went round to the Rimmers' for Christmas Dinner (we don't do Thanksgiving)!

[@ProbPixels]

Shocking cope from the producers and show runners

[@bmjake]

I’d put money on the “Gil-Gadaddy” guy making up that nickname himself just to get it trending. The only person that was there when “someone said it to him” was him. He 100% made it up.

[@erichtomanek4739]

How much, as a fine, would Amazon have to pay to the Tolkien estate, if 5 seasons are not created? How much will Amazon pay to create 5 seasons? Does Amazon care since they're so big?

[@professorhaystacks6606]

Likely there would not be a fine, they would just lose the license, based on previous such deals. There is a chance the Tolkien estate would aquire copyright to the seasons that were produced, but they may actually have that anyway... happens sometimes in these deals.

[@andrewzubets89]

"Discribe season 2 in one word: krakh" - in russian this word meaning collapse, devastation when everything in ruins. I totally agree with him

[@Anon-f6j]

I just refuse to watch it. Same with HOTD. I'm apparently not alone in this decision. You'd think they would learn, but there are people out there who believe pushing this sort of agenda is more important than profitability, so it continues.

[@lenkabojanova4902]

And wheel of time 😢 I'm so sad for that one.

[@MrSphandor]

For those who believe in the same values as Tolkien this show is an evil that must be opposed. Thank you for your work Disparu.

[@jocoder28366]

I immediately guessed she was going to say Galadriel 😂 0:00

[@mikeylicksit]

numenorrrrrrrrrr and anatarrrrrrrrr and galadrielllllllllllllllle 🥸

[@JoeWedgwood-ik9zo]

I’d quite like to pull off an elf….😂

[@Howtobeahuman101]

"what prop or set piece would you take back" my f-ing sanity please and thank you

[@YoNumLet]

Begone Gilga-Daddy, Begone!

[@MoonShadow04]

1:44 Why did his elvish sound like klingon? Oh right, because no Fans anywhere in ROP.

[@z4zayin]

A friend of mine in Ireland just told me that he was doing a show run of P.J.'s trilogy on Prime Video, and as soon as the Fellowship of the Ring ended it immediately auto played The Rings of Power instead of The Two Towers. With workarounds like this it's possible even the counted minutes and viewership numbers are bullshit.

[@Annatar_Lord_of_Gifts]

It's so sad seeing how big of a shill Corey Olsen is for RoP. I learned so much from his lessons over the years and really enjoyed his insights (though he used to give the Jackson movies shit because they weren't faithful enough so this shilling makes zero sense).

[@Atanalcar]

Olsen has been very iffy on the lore for some time now, since before RoP. I know people who have regularly pointed out incorrect information, and he almost never corrected the record, but instead doubled down. As someone who styles himself "The Tolkien Professor" and aims to appear as an authority, it's rather poor form.

[@jamesricciutiGenXFed]

If Princess Disa had to trade characters with someone else in Lord of the Rings it would be a mumakil.

[@AndrewStefanac]

a garter belt being used to prevent sock slippage is both stunning, and brave🙄

[@BloingDidoing]

can you imagine her as Galadriel? That would be the height of accidental comedy. 😀Do it Amazon! I dare you! 😀

[@svetlanaandrasova6086]

Disparu has really positive vibes. I like this dude.

[@curtisbryce5096]

Nelson Munz standing on the corner, pointing his finger, saying, "Hah Hah."

[@savvystarfire6667]

Didn't the Tolkien estate sue a fanfiction writer once (or more)? I can't imagine they're OK with this abomination of a show

[@boobah5643]

The fanfiction writer didn't pay them off.

[@dreglasgow3960]

They've tarnished a Tolkien classic. Amazon should be cancelled

[@WewasAtamans]

Btw that "elvish word KRAKH" means "utter failure" and "collapse" in Slavic languages. Coincidence? - I think not!

[@thebigphish3652]

Mixing up Valinor with Mordor is like mixing up the Millennium Falcon with the Death Star. They have no clue what they are even trying to make.

[@Jim-zn9qy]

To quote a good movie " nuke it from orbit,it's the only way"

[@MercuryCold]

Mostly, mostly

[@JulieMoran1832]

Erik Kain, the Forbes writer, has a youtube channel and talks at great length about RoP. I love his channel. And yours, of course.

[@natalie21294]

I’m female and I’m angry? I’m mad because they have the rights to arguably the best written piece of literature of all time and they’ve taken it and bashed on it and made a fan fiction of it with most if not all the lore thrown out the window. Tolkien spent YEARS of his life creating hundreds of characters over thousands of years with in depth stories and character development and they said nah we can do better?? I’m okay with not watching it but I’ve been dying for YEARS to see the first or second age brought to life and this is what they’ve done with it and while they own the rights we’re unlikely to get a faithful adaption and after seeing the reaction this series has got (for GOOD REASON) it’s going to hinder other creators wanting to even try. So yeah I’m angry and I’m not an angry STAN man just a 29 year old woman whose grandmother used to read her the hobbit and lord of the rings before she passed.

[@raconteurgirl1502]

I completely agree with you Disparu - for me Ep5 has been the worst episode of season 2 to date, just slightly ahead of Ep4 for worst writing. I really don't get people saying it was an improvement. How? Just because Sauron was slightly better at manipulation? 🤔🙄😆 But was he? Really? I think Celebrimboring is just as thick as two bricks. But how anyone could think anything "improved" after watching Durin's speech is beyond me. The dwarves scenes were absolutely atrocious. Didn't people listen to the garbage coming out of characters mouths?

[@Rew101]

I left a comment on a lord of the rings video and it has nearly 2k likes! All I said was who’s here because they don’t want to watch rings of power!! Says it all really 😂

[@temetnosce2099]

It’s hysterical they already renewed season 3. They really want to go down with the ship.

[@joywagner979]

I've heard that Bezos has already paid for five seasons. We're getting it, no matter if we want it or not.

[@jamesmetcalf5597]

They're really wanting to test how low those viewing numbers can drop.

[@dbfzato-1327]

5:08 he like give me the i stole my dads suit look 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@hetiswim]

The black actress really thinks she's a new celebrity everybody should care about

[@tapiolautavaara9532]

Seismographs go crazy over her. Whenever she manages to slumber onto her feet seismographs are losing their minds.

[@bricelory9534]

I really appreciate the discussion with an article that made reasonable points - it's easy in this sphere to just stare at the disasters that are exploding everywhere, but it's good to reward the positive things happening as well.

[@cucugeorge5783]

Tolkien is about heroism against corruption. Rings of Power is embracing the corruption.

[@marenomorgan]

I really hated how the actor who plays Arondir said that Gandalf is "Zaddy" - can people stop being so cringe?

[@justinthislife]

People said the Shadow games were not faithful to Tolkien, I would take Shadow of war and dommy mommy Shelob over this nonsense

[@professorhaystacks6606]

They at least were funny in their weirdness.

[@MrAnthraxes]

Watched the final episode of "The Grand Tour" yesterday and let the credits roll over because, ya know... wanted to watch it till very the end. And then Amazon automatically started "Rings of Power", which pissed me off in several ways... mainly because I just saw the end of a 22 year adventure and amazon decided to throw slop at my face... Keep in mind, I never watched any episode of RoP, or even clicked on the category. I wonder if I now am counted as one of the "viewers" of it according to their "statistics" that they will use to justify more slop to their shareholders?

[@JimParshall]

It's obvious galadriel's actress has a cute smile and a nice laugh and is actually a fairly charming person sitting on that couch. This means it's her direction to be such a horrible witch in the show. So sad so sad it's like almost exactly what they did to Gal Gadot in Wonder Woman. The behind the scenes showed that she was quite likable quite nice but the direction was to be that stoic strong woman BS

[@joywagner979]

She's kind of like a "soft Aubrey Plaza", in that she's a bit weird in an endearing and funny way, but now she'll be forever associated with this dreadful role that is the opposite of charming or funny or sweet.

[@Grandwigg]

Indeed! Too the point I honestly didn't recognize why that was until I read this comment! (Seriously, I was wondering why the lead wasn't in any of these clips).

[@cosmicmuffin322]

I agree but it's not all the director - she's clearly a horrendous actor. A good actor will give a good performance in spite of the director. A bad one will only be made worse by a bad director.

[@attackfox]

That’s what I’m saying!! How does someone like her go into a stiff board-lifeless character on screen? Somehow I feel as if it’s not her fault.

[@JimParshall]

@@cosmicmuffin322 Oh yeah you're not wrong she's not a great actress at all but it's obvious that she can emote so the director is not bringing that forward

[@strydyrhellzrydyr1345]

Wow... They think the amount of rings, was explained BETTER, than Tolkiens reasoning... Oh my dear God.. WTF.

[@daniel8421]

Here we go

[@SirJungleBunny]

I can't believe people take this show and cast seriously.

[@mattgohlke8216]

Let's pretend you will ever have another acting role, who would you play?

[@mollyscot1563]

LOL

[@knotengajin7359]

Well Gilgadaddy and discount Galadriel can probably get roles in the “grown up” movie industry.

[@marychocolatefairy]

Re Morfydd giving different answers from everyone and confusing Vickers - This reminds me of an interview from s1 with the two of them. It was brought up how all the actors hadn't been told which characters they were auditioning for; then Clark said she hadn't even known which show it was. Vickers was so amazed, and he couldn't figure out how that was possible.

[@squashua16]

Are most English actors cringe?

[@Jezza_One]

Hardly. Look at Game of Thrones. These are mainly diversity hires.

[@86BarbOmega]

modern ones can be

[@m.b.boyack2228]

Tar-pharazon / Trystan Gravelle - Tell me you know nothing about fashion, etiquette and style without telling me you know nothing about fashion, etiquette and style. Lounge Suit and Cross-Trainers always a mature, timeless look!

[@MMCUSN]

You may wonder how cults form? Take notice of the fans of RoP. Explains itself really.

[@MercuryCold]

"They are eating the dogs"

[@gorionsward8874]

Tolkiens work was based on European folklore (light skinned people). There weren't a whole lot of people of color in ancient europe.

[@samOO-wx6mc]

I’m currently pirating every episode of the show because I want to see how bad each one gets but I want to make sure Amazon doesn’t receive a penny from me for it , you all should do the same !

[@ReinoldFZ]

The first season was so boring! I will let you the soporific pleasure to enjoy the second season.

[@Grandwigg]

​@@ReinoldFZYou have to be careful with watching something like this as you go to sleep. Aztecstor told us you might wake up saying things like: you have not seen what I have seen .You have NOT seen what I have seen. There is a tempest in me! And 'stones look down so they sink, and boats float because they look up'.

[@jamesmetcalf5597]

I'd rather watch the newly painted garden fence down the street dry.

[@aurynwestwield1682]

Yes we’ve changed the lore Yes we’ve remained faithful to the lore Double think.

[@mattshuey1]

The actors seem like nice people all things considered. Shame they are shackled to such tripe and can't act amazingly.

[@ChullsterOG]

That fucking "throbbing!" sample cracks me up every time when it pops up

[@bwanabeast3169]

These show need to focus on cheaper 22 episode episodes and have them animated to a very high quality. It’s the only thing that Star Wars can do right. But who am I to say when x-men 97 only gets 10 episodes or so…