Rings of Power MUST Learns This From Failure

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power was Amazon Prime Videos' most expensive streaming TV series ever. But as Season 1 reached its finale, Season 2's marketing is ramping up. We have numerous cast interviews from Disa and the directors alongside other actors doubling down on the first series.
Rather than going back to Rings of Power season 1 and analysing the mistakes they made before it's release. Instead, everything stays very close to Rings of Powers' first attempt. And that isn't good for J.R.R. Tolkiens' Lord of the Rings IP.
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[@disparutoo]

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is back and they've learnt nothing. Despite season 2 marketing starting with new cast interviews, we're still dropping the same talking points that made only 37% finish Rings of Power Season 1. Now Amazon could have learnt from past mistakes and changed it for this new marketing push. But do they even know why there are problems in the fist place? Now I am sorry about the issues with the video. The camera was on the wrong focus setting during recording for some of this, I tried to re-record but ran out of time if I still want to do Gotham Knights tomorrow. The camera issues also introduced mic popping, don't worry guys, working on a solution ASAP if you can bear with me :D Do you think Rings of Power will learn from their marketing mistakes, or is Season 2 doomed for another 37% (or less) completion rate? Let me know your thoughts down below and as always, thanks for watching :)

[@jamesgoss1860]

Nice Instagram filter 😅

[@daveeyes]

I don't think that Rings of Boredom nor Wheel of Boredom is going to learn a damned thing, frankly. Gotta up those ESG scores! But I think that's just a convenient excuse anymore.

[@patriot639]

You have 1000X the sex appeal of Disa. Just gonna be honest about that one.

[@yeti112]

Somebody should tell them that huffing farts isn't a good marketing strategy.

[@prestonarmer277]

I was unsubscribed for some reason

[@paballomolata8844]

Bold of you to assume that they have the ability to learn

[@elperrodelautumo7511]

Even Forrest Gump as capable of learning from his mistakes. He admits he’s an idiot. That’s honesty from the Alabama fella

[@christaylor7079]

Agreed. These people are too stupid and narcissistic to even recognize that their show sucks. They literally wrote “There’s a tempest within ME!!!” to be screeched by Fauxladriel in the middle of an incompetent girl-boss argument between two characters who are so moronic that you could be forgiven for thinking they exist as satirization, and then were absolutely shocked they got zero awards

[@TheStuffEnjoyer]

​@Herb Ush Bold of you to assume they have any ability

[@djwallace4542]

They are simply too arrogant to admit the mistakes they made. It’s easier to blame the fans.

[@paballomolata8844]

@@djwallace4542 Then they can die on that hill

[@objectivelyacat4862]

What we are protecting is the legacy of a man who can no longer defend it himself! It's Tolkien's legacy! It belongs to him and no other!!!

[@gideondejongh838]

Exactly, it was his ideas.

[@MWhaleK]

Exactly and well put!!

[@TeensierPython]

Tolkien was a hack anyway. Let it all burn. Maybe we can get some new stories finally.

[@objectivelyacat4862]

@@TeensierPython yeah, sure, the guy who entirely revolutionized a genre of literature, and established an IP adored by millions was a hack! If Tolkien was a hack, I'd love to know who you consider the genuine article!

[@itsjonlybonly8664]

@@objectivelyacat4862Its just a rage baiter man. Don’t give it attention

[@maxpowers6804]

Season two is going to be glorious. Not for the show obviously but for the memes

[@PerfectTangent]

"I can fix him"

[@IcecalGamer]

Wanted to leave a like but it had a meme number of likes already ... 👍

[@jessie6600]

Dare I say it’s funnier than Riverdale

[@Syaniiti]

And I'll be here for them, can't wait to watch 3 hours of reviews per episode of people ripping it apart.

[@albatross4920]

​@@PerfectTangent seriously, those interviews were embarrassing. I'm not even a Tolkien fan and I was insulted by them.

[@ArtemisDalmasca]

Here's the thing too, and all of us LOTR fans know it: There IS racial diversity in LOTR. In LOTR, its called, Elves are a race, dwarves are a race and so on. The 'racial diversity' is an Elf working with a Dwarf, despite the prejudice of the Elves against the Dwarves. It has nothing to do with the skin tone.

[@lexnight8345]

Also there is skin tone difference too... somewhere in the southern parts on the continent are actual black people 🤣🤣🤣

[@dakota9821]

@@lexnight8345 The RoP cast/writers/w.e like to leave that tidbit out; That there WERE black elves in Tolkien's story already; Just a different subgroup. A black wood-elf ain't it.

[@KeytarArgonian]

Americans are absolutely race obsessed by only skin colour. It’s the most racist form of ‘anti racism’. If you show them a black person from East Africa, West Africa, South Africa, the Netherlands, Britain and America, and ask them the differences between them, they’d just point and say ‘Black’.

[@zoebaggins90]

@@dakota9821 Uhhh no.

[@Lttlemoi]

The thing is, woke people who overdosed on American cultural lunacy are no longer able to distinguish between cultures and ethnicities based on cultural or ethnic traits. They have reduced their understanding of it to a pure white vs. black divide and then push their preference for black.

[@jasonscott7734]

It makes my skin crawl listening to those four speak and literally destroying Tolkiens world with their complete lack of knowledge.

[@nexus_of_a_crisis]

Most Tolkien fans have been fans years before any of these ... actors were born.

[@christallaktorides6904]

JASON SCOT. They are arrogant

[@dragonsyph2557]

100% they have NEVER read the books or seen ANY of the movies. They talk as if they just watched some random trailer or something.

[@melrobertson2743]

And these "super fans" STILL HAVEN'T WATCHED THE SHOW!!!! They're watching other shows and haven't gotten around to seeing it 🙄🤦‍♀️🙄🤦‍♀️🙄🤦‍♀️🙄🤦‍♀️

[@xSilentZeroXx]

They're not destroying Tolkien's world. What they're making is relevant to Tolkien only if you allow it to be. Just don't do that.

[@louashfield5902]

When _[What's her name]_ said she wanted her character to be "this" or "that" in _Dungs of Pawah_ , they did what she wanted without question. But when Henry Cavil asked the Witcher showerunner about changes to his character so it could be faithful to the source material, it was problematic and annoying.

[@stewgems4256]

Problematic due to Cavil not being woke

[@nobodyshome6792]

The privilege of the female actress while she complains about the privileges of men or white people. Too bad she is *BLIND* to reality.

[@toolegittoquit_001]

Much less what they did to Roach

[@dragonsyph2557]

Everything is smoke and mirrors to push the AGENDA.

[@Cman04092]

Because the first was changed to supports their ideology, while HC wanted it to not be twisted to support their ideology. I'm glad these projects are failing, and these companies are losing money. Cant wait for hollywood to start dying.

[@butterflysuki7772]

The whole idea of "I want to see myself represented" is so narcissistic to me. I LOVE Korean Dramas (basically all we watch anymore) & I'm not complaining or upset that I as a white person from the US am not represented! I don't care! If they are GOOD STORIES and telling about the human experience then what does it matter if I "see myself" there? As a kid I loved Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Cosby Show, Family Matters, and while my skin color might not have been represented in the shows, the stories and emotions were universal. They ARE universal. Like Music is universal. Love, compassion, good vs evil, it's already universal and can be felt, understood and experienced by everyone.

[@jangofett4547]

Yes wht the heck is wrong with their minds.... Why do u want to be represented? Just enjoy someones vision who wants a Limb fat Aragorn ?

[@ThePuppetteMaster]

EXACTLY! Just because these people are so daft and character-wise poorly equipped so they can't feel represented by CHARACTER/BEHAVIOUR but need to be represented mainly by looks and who they want to shag, everyone else has to be just as pathetic as them. Nah, thanks but no thanks.

[@Xbalanque84]

Careful, they might accuse you of "cultural appropriation" for enjoying old media with black leads.

[@ronniebots9225]

ah man i love korean horror and sci-fi movies/series. They are so well done. And even as a european white man i dont look anything like the Korean actors, i could still identify with some characters with their struggles and morality issues they face in their shows. Example: A father sacrefising himself to save his son does not need to look like me for me to be able to identify myself with him and feel for him and understand him (wont spoil the movie where this is the case). And this while not watching the dubbed, but the original subbed version of Korean movies/shows. It is all about good writing and not forcing an issue to mold every character to fit a part of the audiance. A character beeing gay just for the fact he is gay and has no other dimension to their character will not make good story telling. Just like race or the dipiction of a strong independed woman (which is often just "toxic" masculinity projected on a woman if you ask me).

[@Wicked061]

I love kdramas. My name has become my favorite tv show of all time. So many good mentions. My name, K2, healer, kingdom, vagabond, sweet home, hellbound, all of us are dead, squid game. Kdramas are just solid quality entertainment

[@thepaladinauthoryoutube]

"It's literally a group of people trying to project their inability to comprehend abstract concepts as a moral virtue!" Man, I felt the strongest urge to stand up and clap for that.

[@Xbalanque84]

Ditto.

[@shaihulud4515]

Count me in, too! *still clapping

[@abimanyuputra5185]

To learn something you first need to accept you make mistakes. They don't believe they made mistakes.

[@rksnj6797]

Exactly! They think they surpassed Tolkien and created a masterpiece for the ages!!!

[@justin1730]

Before you can learn something, you must first accept that You Do Not Know.

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

Next season they will introduce Queen Cleopatra, ruler of the Elven realm of Egyptkanda.

[@Kiyoone]

I do not care what they teach in school, there *WAS NINJA MERCENARIES IN GIZA* thus, the lack of asians in that DOCUMENTARY is disturbing

[@barbados3592]

That would actually be fun 😂

[@Xbalanque84]

No, that's Deeja's story arc, a la Aragon at long last taking on his birthright as the king of Gondor. But since Deeja is already SJW royalty identity-wise, the road to her ancient birthright will be a lot shorter (and more than likely feature men, dwarves, or elves carrying her most of the way on a palanquin).

[@fernandonovosad4533]

This would be funny if not for that fact that there's actually a possibility of this happening

[@jonathanchester5916]

Freeloading off an established IP and then berating fans when you change the whole feel of the universe never gets old. Neither does the nervous breakdown of self-centered c-list actresses.

[@MLGshzlss]

This whole "they look like me" thing is weird to me. The character I connected to the most in the few years was Catra from the Netflix's She-ra. Why did I connect with her? Is it because I also am part cat? No. How about female? Also no. Skinny and tall then? Nope, not even close. It was because the situations she went through and the challenges she faced could be translated to things in my past. I connect to characters based on personality, not looks. But I guess Hollywood actors have no personality, so for them, looks it is.

[@nobodyshome6792]

They are so shallow that they can only connect to the surface, without looking beyond appearances. Whereas I was taught "never judge a book by its cover", they live "never judge a book by its contents".

[@swizzamane8775]

​@@nobodyshome6792"never judge a book by its contents"... How are they about this? Didn't they obliterate Tolkien's lore? They most certainly judged the book by its contents, whilst focusing on looks alone

[@nobodyshome6792]

@@swizzamane8775 looks aren't contents. They are not speaking about context for anything. They aren't judging the characters based on their contents. They aren't judging the work based on its contents. They are judging the characters based on superficial aspects. They are judging the work due to their lack of being able to understand the content. They are not judging by the content, but by the cover.

[@ThePuppetteMaster]

This is on point.

[@Xbalanque84]

...Why on Earth would you waste your time watching that Tumblr-grade, Cluster-B, LGBTWHATEVER agenda-pushing revisionist trash?

[@brightongoodwin1267]

...whereas Melkor spent his spirit in envy and hate, until at last he could make nothing save in mockery of the thought of others, and all their works he destroyed if he could. - JRR Tolkien, The Silmarillion

[@napoleonfeanor]

I always wondered how Melkor turned out that way. I know he searched for a source of life outside of Eru but he should have known better, being one of the very first beings made by Eru. Was there something in him predisposing him for this path or could other "Valar" (it's an Elven term) have made the same mistakes?

[@brightongoodwin1267]

@@napoleonfeanor Because the Ainur are made from facets of Iluvatar's mind I always thought that Melkor represented a dark side of him Edit: I also thought that speaks to the darkness within everyone being powerful in comparison to their other traits seeing as Melkor is by far the most powerful Valar

[@MegaNever2010]

You know, i kinda miss when Fantasy wasnt mainstream, back when it was considered nerdy and was something to be enjoyed for the world and story, not something to push some hollywood agenda.

[@splatninja9447]

It's nice to not be bullied for interest in fantasy anymore. But I agree dude. I wish it wasn't mainstream anymore. I'm watching stories I grew up with be, there's no other word for it, raped and destroyed in the name of forced inclusivity.

[@theghostofmaximumvolume3414]

The Joker said it best about modern entertainment: "It's not about the money. It's about sending the message."

[@RoyCyberPunk]

Thats hogwash there is no message that people will ever accept. This is not even about indoctrination but about deconstruction and destruction of culture and history worldwide in order to demoralize the peasants worldwide and the demonization and dehumanization of all the opposition that inevitably arise, again worldwide. This is to be followed by their 2 steps final solution which will be to impose a social credit system worldwide to permanently separate and place first into ghettos everyone that they don't like or disagree with worldwide followed by marching all of us if they can into their already built CCP style extermination camps in order to create an ideologically pure planet one world Orwell's 1984 style gubmint where non consenting sexual perversions and sexual predators committing them with impunity are the order of the day that's their endgame and what they daydream every nanosecond of their wretched lives.

[@knightforlorn6731]

its true. AMzon makes this money back over time, they have the power to just keep it up. stop watching, stop subbing if you actually want to do something.

[@Xbalanque84]

Don't forget Alfred's lesson: _"Some men just wanna watch the world burn..."_

[@achimdemus-holzhaeuser1233]

You said it .. what they are doing is burning big piles of moneys

[@tma2001]

@@achimdemus-holzhaeuser1233 yeah which is entertaining, just not in the way Amazon were originally going for.

[@MrImmortal709]

Rings of power writers are the type of "Fans" that would call the Golum game a masterpiece.... They won't learn, they don't want to learn, all they want is to shove their own views into an established franchise and put their mark on it.

[@nobodyshome6792]

Deep down they know that they as individuals will *never* reach the heights of Tolkien himself, so they must destroy his creation for their own advancement. If you cannot compare to an author or artist, destroy their works so that others have nothing to compare you against.

[@nobodyshome6792]

@Herb Ush don't knock Suess. More books sold than Rowling and Tolkein combined is a very tall peak to reach for.

[@praetorian3902]

Blame the writers for shit writing, sure. But don't blame them for identity politics - that falls on Amazon because they wanted this. If no mention of identity politics was made by Amazon I don't think the cast would look like this.

[@re11ik96]

@praetorian3902 are you against black actors being casted in this show or against poor acting and shit scripts? I think if we want these types of shows to reconsider their production it would be better to focus on their pitfalls in story and acting rather than focusing on 'Diversity' of the cast. It gives them an excuse for the negative comments being racist. There are good ways of being diverse in your casting without compromising the story and acting. If the focus is on poor writing and poor acting, then the backlash would be valid.

[@cy-one]

@@re11ik96 *"are you against black actors being casted in this show or against poor acting and shit scripts?"* We are against miscasting for diversity's sake, poor acting and shit scripts. I wouldn't have minded black actors for some roles of Haradrim. But I mind black elves and dwarfs just as much as I would mind a Blade-reboot with a white Blade. Blade is black. LOTR-elves are white. And black dwarfs just make no sense to begin with. What we dislike is the _unnecessary changes_ to a character for no benefit to the story being told. Aragorn was changed as well, Book-Aragorn has a different feel to him than Movie-Aragorn. But it works and makes the movie great. There's no narrative reason to make Aragorn black (WOTC), introduce black elves and dwarfs (ROP), cast Ariel and Batgirl as black or make Blade white. The characters are established in a specific way, and deviating from that way will _always_ get you backlash (there was backlash for the differences between Book- and Movie-Aragorn, for example). But if said deviation is for no reason but politics being included in escapism, the backlash will be both justified and quite loud.

[@roxxdudeplayswow]

Fans of the books! Of the movies! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. The day may come when the courage of fans fails, when we forsake the author and break all bonds of quality. But it is not this day. An hour of pushed agendas and shattered lore, when the Age of Tolkien comes crashing down. But it is not this day. This day we fight! For all you hold dear in Middle Earth, I bid you stand! Fans of Lord of the Rings!

[@2.Panzerdivision]

I am not afraid in the slightest. The memories I have of watching the films with people who are no longer living and those of reading the books for the first time are unreachable to these cultural marxists.

[@nickdirienzo2849]

Liberace?

[@dianewood2430]

Clap 👏👏👏👏

[@The13thRonin]

Fans of the books! Fans of the... *Sauron crushes the impotent speaker* *Then Sauron casts his vote for Biden* You already lost. Wake up.

[@Yolanda8419]

It is so entertaining to watch Disparu bash on the monstrosity that is the Rings of Power. Since we are speaking of ideas, I am gonna quote V from Vendetta “Ideas are bulletproof “. These people will never understand those things. People need to cast them aside and only reward the works of talented people , if there are any left. Things may change then.

[@DragonmasterCire]

When Peter Jackon made Lord of the Rings he said that he, the writers, and the actors didn't want to add their baggage into the movie. That in the end this would be done the way Tolkien wrote it. Shame Amazon didn't bother to do the same, though as a side note. Now Sauron is revealed to be the big bad.. HOW THE HELL is he going to trick the Kings of the 9 realms to put on the rings on and turn them into the Nazgûl?

[@BayWa4eva]

he doesn't need to. from disparu's reviews i get that that is now galadriel's duty.

[@kinagrill]

@@BayWa4eva which is a kind of hilarious thing, cuz they have made her evil and not the big strong woman that does not need no man.

[@Brettermeyer]

That "first black elf" actor is one of the fakeest human beings i've ever seen.

[@hellacoorinna9995]

Apparently in Greece, actors were on par with prostitutes.

[@vilena5308]

As a woman, when I first saw Arwen in the movies, I wasn't delighted about 'being represented'. I was majorly pissed off that I wouldn't get to see Glorfindel. Still am. Edit: Of course, I get why they did it. Otherwise she would simply be a trophy or an accessory Aragorn gets with the throne.

[@casualcausalityy]

@Herb Ush I think that's obvious

[@jaceyking5015]

Poor Glorfindel. My man (elf) literally died in a 1v1 with a Balrog, then got brought back to life to basically be on the same level as the Maiar, only to be left out of the movies.

[@Han-rw9ev]

I remember being really disappointed about the absence of Glorfindel. But when I thought about it, I understand why Jackson did what he did.. In the books, Arwen basically just turns up for the wedding. That wouldn't quite work in a movie, so they had to give her something to do. To be honest three movies weren't really enough to fully adapt The Lord of the Rings.

[@marychocolatefairy]

Yeah, (another girl here) I've always been annoyed about that particular Arwen part. First because she holds a knife to Aragorn's throat (it would never fly the other way around, grrr). And also because she takes away one of Frodo's most important moments in Book 1, when he defies the wraiths. It's not as brave when Arwen does it, since she knows she can call up the river.

[@minespatch]

@@marychocolatefairy I think the Ralph Bakshi version did what you said? 🤔

[@madginger3634]

The lord of the powers show[yes I know I wrote it wrong] is like when your sister would play with your action figures as a kid.....before you know it Barbie and Batman are getting hitched and she wants him to stay home at night. She doesn't care about Batman's motives so of course she doesn't care if she's playing with him accurately.

[@Xbalanque84]

Batman: "Bitch, you knew what you signed up for when you married me!"

[@ThatAnnalisa]

​@@Xbalanque84 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Evanz111]

Disparu has gotten so much value out of this thumbnail :’) the gift that keeps on giving

[@SeverinoCatule]

They are doing what i expected, they probably know this thing is going to fail miserably so they are building the narrative to explain the "whys".

[@nexus_of_a_crisis]

Let's not disappoint them. 'Netflix' dropped 'Resident Evil' after one season because Charon is not Wesker, and, like ROP, the first episode was disastrous.

[@MWhaleK]

The main problem with Ring of Power is that they keep trying to pretend that it's Tolkein, even as they show how utterly ignorant they are of what the man actually wrote.

[@ForcefighterX2]

This is why I loved Dragonball so much as a child. Because, you know, I was also born a space alien from planet Vegeta with super human strength and had problems controlling the energy I was shooting from my hands. I am sure that was the reason anyone was watching Dragonball as a child. What else could it be!?

[@nipsoffortune4780]

Nah dog,I just had the tail.

[@jonahbluhm2499]

I could fix HIM DID THEY ASSUME Sauron's GENDER?????

[@05Rudey]

Now I understand why some things need gatekeeping.

[@brightongoodwin1267]

Just against against people who come into a hobby/world with bad faith (so socialists)... but yes always gatekeep

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

​@@brightongoodwin1267Socialists? Why do beliefs about economic policy require gatekeeping?

[@brightongoodwin1267]

@@BiggieTrismegistus Ah man for some reason the comment I just typed disappeared Anyway to sum what I said progressive writers/creators tend to take great stories and ruin them. It doesn't have anything to do with economics

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

@@brightongoodwin1267 Gotcha. I was just confused about your use of the word "socialist" as opposed to something like "progressive". To me "socialist" tells me about a person's economic thinking and not much else. "Progressive" lets me know how they think about things like race and gender. It's possible for someone to be socialist but not progressive or progressive but not socialist. As a progressive myself I don't think there's anything about being a progressive that inherently prevents good storytelling (for the record the opposite is true too; conservatives can tell good stories). The problem with the modern entertainment industry is that they put ideology above everything else. It's almost impossible for good stories to result from that way of doing things. Like I said, I'm a progressive but I can't stand a lot of "woke" movies, TV shows, comics, etc. because when I want to be entertained I prefer _actual_ entertainment over having my own beliefs parroted back to me. The way Hollywood is doing things is ridiculously stupid because they're driving fans with all sorts of world views away.

[@brightongoodwin1267]

@@BiggieTrismegistus I would love to see just one IP to be taken and filled with over the top conservative messaging. Like Spongebob but the characters are all constitutional carrying and telling their young audience that the government shall not infringe To be clear I would love it in an ironic way, not that I would actually want that to happen to a living IP

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

The fellowship was not inclusive, it was a combination of happen-chance and meritocracy, Aragorn was on his way to Gondor and to reunite the men of the North, Boromir had a dream to go to Rivendell, Legolas was on his way to recapture Gollum after he had escaped Mirkwood, Gimli wanted to see wht happened to his kin at Moria. Even Frodo was considered a senior figure among the Hobbits because he was much older than Merry, Pippin and Sam not to mention his greater wealth and class distinction. Not that anyone at Amazon or Hollywood cares about this

[@FairPlayGaming]

Don Lemonlas claiming to be the "First Elf-of-Color" is cringeworthy. Kristen Wilson did it 23 years ago and there was probably someone before her as well.

[@Xbalanque84]

Was that in that cringey Dungeons and Dragons movie starring Marlon Wayans?

[@KeytarArgonian]

And the one invented for The Witcher season 1.

[@dragonforks93]

Negrolas is the first elf-of-colour in the same way that Jennifer Lawrence is the first female action hero.

[@tma2001]

and don't forget Tuvok in ST:Voyager! (I like to joke that the elves in ROP look like Vulcans who have wandered onto the wrong set).

[@esmeevanheerebeek]

There are several elves of colour in the dragon prince.

[@silverscorpio24]

It's hilarious watching Sophia talk about food when she looks like she can't even fit in her chair.

[@wrayday7149]

She wanted to be seen more.

[@Sombre____]

Sophia or Xena ? Hm... so hard to choose. Ok. I admit, me, as a customer prefer to watch Xena than a fat girl on screen.

[@Leon-bc8hm]

She is preparing for the first Black Female Jabba The Hutt.

[@Xbalanque84]

"VALIDATE MY POOR CHOICES AND LIFESTYLE, BIGOTS! I COMMAND YOU TO LOVE ME! _ALL OF ME!"_

[@JustAnArrogantAlien]

Hearing these Rings of Puke “actors” ramble on about how they’re changing the world, and everyone who resists them are “patently evil,” is very reminiscent of Light Yagami’s ego rants…

[@Ryan-vl2nn]

I can’t recall another actor that absolutely loves to hear themself talk about themself more than Sophia Nomvete who portrayed Disa.

[@meganhuggins7494]

She and Jennifer Lawrence should get together and compare notes as to being the first women to do absolutely anything, ever, in the entire history of well, everything!!

[@omnigeek9798]

It makes me want to know what else she’s acted in so I can avoid it.

[@phoebea]

They can fix ROP season 1 if it turns out that Guyladriel was Sauron and the real Galadriel was somewhere else with Celeborn.

[@booshmcfadden7638]

Think of a car. Now remove the wheels, the engine, cut the chassis in half, burn dog poop onto ever inch of the interior, and bury it in sand for 30 years. Fixing that car would be easier than fixing RoP. It's dead. The writers are intellectually and creatively and emotional bankrupt. The cast are nuttier than squirrel poop. It's possible that season 3 won't be horrible, but s2 was already written and in production.

[@phoebea]

@@booshmcfadden7638 I agree. I just provided an option that would make Season 1 moot. However, I highly doubt that the show runners would back-track on their "message."

[@1Mutton1]

Don't stop there. It needs aliens with a camero appearance of predator.

[@daveeyes]

Asteroid strike! Sharks coming out of a tornado! They need to watch SyFy originals for new ideas! Oh, wait, Gandalf came out of a meteor, didn't he?

[@phoebea]

@1Mutton1 Yes, I can see Warrior Guyladriel on horseback fighting against the Transformers with Michael Bay explosions going off in the background. Do you think Dom Toretto would cameo with the Predator?

[@SN00PICUS]

Don't you understand Melkor and Sauron were just trying to save those poor down trodden orcs, dragons, and balrogs.😂

[@imma5761]

Tbh at this point, we should be rooting for them THEY are the BULLIED ones lmao Dont you remember all that terror poor dude suffered with Guyadriel?

[@Angrenost02]

Jesus Christ Nomvete really sounds like a megalomaniac villain doesn't she.

[@Xbalanque84]

She's a Cluster-B. _All Cluster-Bs are villains by default._

[@KeytarArgonian]

I find it more bizarre how she went from doing little known kids TV to being this Uber lunatic Rings of Power activist in such a short amount of time.

[@fatman3785]

@@KeytarArgonian Lets just say the reasons aren't any more than skin-deep.

[@Andrea_Gabrielli]

“They’re scared. They’re frightened because they’ve never seen us before.” Uh, honey, considering the fact that you have your own gravitational orbit, we have seen you before. We can’t NOT see you because you take up so much of our eyesight. In fact, we would like to STOP seeing you, forever, if you would be so kind as to leave us alone.

[@nobodyshome6792]

Her statement doesn't fit in reality. Maybe if video or film wasn't a thing ? Or that we didn't have almost 8 billion people in the world. Ain't nothing new under the sun.

[@phsycotater3608]

I love the way you worded that at the end. That is a great metaphor about changing somebody's pet, and then expecting them not to be upset, or wonder what happened to their original pet, while you just tell them to get over it and love the new pet anyway. It's a great way to illustrate why it's frustrating.

[@wrayday7149]

Rings of Power is ablest. why is no one in a wheelchair? Where is the paraplegic sword fighter? How does a blind person see themselves in the show? See, discrimination!

[@Leon-bc8hm]

Well they seems to be blind looking at the ratings so they are represented.

[@llywyllngryffyn8053]

Disa has more screen time in interview saying The first Female Dwarf ever' than she has in the whole eight episodes of the Rings of Power. She did it all for a redress of the Balance of her bank account.

[@HoundMonkey]

Bro, that last bit comparing it to swapping out someone's pet was brilliant! Keep up the good work.

[@dianewood2430]

I thot it was brilliant, too

[@stitch3163]

Simon Tolkien sold out. Otherwise, this crap would never have happened.

[@KeytarArgonian]

Not quite. Tolkien himself sold the rights in 69’. Christopher Tolkien was offered veto power with this show, which he exercised, until he died. That’s when Simon stepped in like the absolute clown he always was. An embittered failed writer living in the shadow of greater men, who complained Jackson’s version ‘wasn’t different enough!’ He’s basically Denethor. What an absolute scrote.

[@napoleonfeanor]

Third generation often does so

[@m13579k]

Michael George Tolkien is let off the hook too much. Him, Simon and Christopher's second wife control the Tolkien estate. They all decided to cash in.

[@stitch3163]

@@m13579k thanks for that clarification, mate. Simon was the one I had heard the most about.

[@lisaruhm6681]

@@m13579k didnt Amazon only got the rights for like one book of the 2nd age? So ~1/5- 1/3 of the timespawn in there?

[@equusheart3344]

I just heard a scream.... I think it was Tolkien spinning in his grave.

[@zipanzee]

I will NOT date a dwarf woman, if she doesn't have a beard!

[@smythharris2635]

Check below deck, if you get drift.😂 Estoy bien, y tu?

[@MephiticMiasma]

you still need to draw the line at armpit hair.

[@kentlindal5422]

"So much stone." Agreed. She indeed must weigh many Stone.

[@michaelclark7456]

I literally never watched a single episode. I watched you and The Critical Drinkers breakdowns and realized it was too trash to waste time on. I'll be here when season 2 drops as well lol

[@lance134679]

I think the motto of every studio these days is "let's embrace narcissism".

[@VisualdelightPro]

Embrace progressive Self loving.

[@chriskenny9532]

‘’My disability and my queerness’’ 🙄 who approves this dribble, strange days indeed.

[@Leon-bc8hm]

Disability to use her brain.... I get that. So your qualities are those.... but can you act ? No!

[@Xbalanque84]

Blackrock. *It's always Blackrock.*

[@KeytarArgonian]

‘My Disability’. I can think of at least 2 characters in those movies that have an eye missing.

[@trolleriffic]

You can tell that she's let those attributes become her entire personality.

[@alexfriedman918]

If someone decides to stop acting like a professional, and make a foray into politics, she forfeits the right to not be personally criticized - so, I don’t care if she feels “attacked”! That’s why I make personal remarks about Brie Larson and Halle Bailey, but not Daisy Ridley - at least as far as I know, Daisy hadn’t declared a personal war on the fans!

[@nobodyshome6792]

I think Ridley is not a good actress to begin with. However, she isn't out screaming about how evil.and bigoted the star wars fans are. Which at least gives her some credit for being a decent person.

[@dragonmaster1360]

I feel the same. Daisy got handed a bad role, but she did what she could with it. Same with all the other people in the crappy new trilogy. I don't like Rey, but Daisy, I'm assuming, is alright as a person at this point, just trying to make ends meet. The others deserve what they get. They made it political, they made it personal, they made it about themselves.

[@workot7]

I feel sorrow that Disparu has to watch season two and also tremendous relief that he is willing to shoulder this burden for us. Tolkien must be *spinning!!*, either make a serious attempt to incorporate the source material and make a gritty realistic fantasy series that feels of its time and place from cannon or create your own fantasy series and shoehorn in your *modern audience sensibilities* but dont trash Tolkien just because your ego needs a hug and ruin it for everyone else with your self absorbed chit chat. Actors should entertain and provide escapism. P.s didnt female dwarves always get mistaken for men (its the beards!) Where is her beard?

[@toolegittoquit_001]

Well, he has experience in the horrible by suffering through Gotham Knights 😏

[@robertbryant4669]

Well you see, Tolkien never *explicitly stated* that dwarven women have beards. This argument is brought to you by people pretending to be Tolkien scholars, who apparently earned their degrees in literature without ever once coming across the concepts of implication and inference.

[@ReinoldFZ]

@@robertbryant4669 he he, you liked your own post

[@robertbryant4669]

@@ReinoldFZ Do you make this assumption about everyone you disagree with?

[@rockinHurley777]

He doesn't have to watch it...

[@KeytarArgonian]

‘I absolutely loved Lord of the Rings as a kid!’ ‘Now kids can see themselves, they can Love Lord of the Rings as a kid!’

[@paulappleton9666]

I'm really looking forward to NOT watching Rings of Power season 2, and instead watching the whole thing burn to the ground from afar. I mean, it's not even out, and yet I can already envision the blackened smoke on the horizon of our digital landscape.

[@Bloodlustian]

In principle there is actually nothing wrong with Black Dwarves in the Greater LOTR cannon. Aulë created 7 father's of Rock and gave them minor amounts of life and fredom, later being given full status and freedom from Illuvetar. Nothing says the type of rock they were made from couldn't affect their skin colour. Disa skin wasn't one of the problems I had with her portrayal. But her lack of facial hair and the fact that she was of Durinsfolk whereas she could have been from a different race of dwarves, made of a different type of stone. Also why were there 2 King Durins at the same time, where it is very clear Durins Line is based upon rebirth of the same leader and passed down consciousness and memories. That's the problem I had with the Dwarven storyline

[@artnull13]

Maybe Disa was a freak who shaves or got lazer hair removal 😂

[@AngryBootneck]

A woman with an eight stone heed ate too much?! I never saw that coming! 🤣🤣

[@tendopain2585]

I just got into lotr lore not too long ago & mannnnn after learning all this stuff it makes the Rings of Power SO MUCH WORSE. There are so many great & interesting stories & characters they could have used & They fucked it up for some agenda based bs. I don’t think Galadriel should’ve been the main character, unless they were just using her for name recognition, because there are some much more interesting things going on in the 2nd age

[@OfficialTaylormade1]

Love your analogies, mate! And yes why mess with perfection? “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it..”

[@casualcausalityy]

I think what Sophia's saying is: if a little girl doesn't see her mother looking fabulous on billboards she'll never dream of success. We must see billboard representation!

[@Leon-bc8hm]

She doesn't fit on one.

[@Xbalanque84]

Meanwhile, her hypothetical son is committing suicide, whether or not she forces him to start hormone treatment.

[@CubicIronPyrite]

Oh yes, if only Tolkien was a prolific writer, he would have wrote a 6th book to preach about diversity, because mythology and lore wasn't his intent. After 5 volumes, he just hadn't gotten around to it yet... And in the Diversarilian, he would have talked about the other races of middle-earth, such as elves with different preferences, called "Gelfs." As for the actor who wanted to be objectified, the thing most attracted to this actor is gravity.

[@anelbegic2780]

holy shit the ego of that woman, her mere existance making the world a "better" place *just because she exists* is the definition of big ego. It actually reminds me the trope "small name, big ego" and kinda scares me to hear her talk.

[@jimmyfrench4722]

I like your analogy. The wicked witch steals Dorothy’s pet dog Toto, a dog who came to her every call, ran with her, played with her, loved her…the witch was not discovered, but to look the hero, she visited exclaiming, “look, Dorothy, I found Toto, he’s right out on your porch”. Dorothy runs outside steps over the cat licking itself looking from side to side for her beloved Toto, calling “Toto, come here boy”. Aunty & Uncle (I forgot their names) came out, point to the cat as they say, “oh look, it’s Toto”…Dorothy not noticing the wads of cash now peeking out of the pockets of the authority figures she’d been indoctrinated into trusting…

[@couldnotbereachedforfurthe2647]

Her disability was represented in the source material, Gollum was straight off his ass insane, too.

[@setlik3gaming80]

At 11:28 She is referring to the Star Trek TNG Episode Home Soil. When the aliens called them, and now she calls herself, Ugly Bags of mostly Water. Specifically her legs.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

😄 Nice reference.

[@Badghost_]

I love how the actors were not saying this is a magical world, well told story with lore and I want to do my part NO it's I am represented your represented my cat is represented and my color some more of my color and what I like to do in my bedroom, joke

[@Laurtew]

You know what I think is odd? These actors who are openly thrilled that they were not really hired for their talent or the ability to embody the character, but for the colour of their skin or who they sleep with. "I'm the first black dwarf." "I'm the first gay elf." You were literally hired because you tick the boxes and you are okay with that. If I am lauded for something, I want it to be my talent, not my minority status.

[@cloudskipa]

What's crazy is they did clearly cast Morfydd Clark as Galadriel based on her distinct feminine elven-like features (she does at least LOOK the part).. but why even bother doing that when they turn around and desperately miscast Ismael Cordova as a leading Elf character too? It's only when you see them sat side by side 5:02 that you realise just how ridiculous this is. Even if everything else about the show was great, how could they ever hope to be taken serious when he bears more resemblance to an Orc?

[@r0bw1l73]

Your analysis of this whole debacle is fantastic. I hope the actors see it.

[@chasehedges6775]

It should have never had been made.

[@ArtemisDalmasca]

Also, in response to Disa (I have no interest in learning her name), about how black people have been told they have no place on screen in a fantasy world: Look at the new D&D movie. Firstly, for what it was, it was amazing, and I've rewatched it multiple times and my whole family enjoys it. Secondly, its clear WOTC tried to join the 'black elves' bit because I'd guess that nearly half of the Elves you see in the movie are black - or at least theres a black elf in nearly every shot of the Enclave. Lets not forget that Simon, the Half-Elf, is also black. But see, despite the (imo) blatant attempt to be inclusive, I couldn't care less in this instant. Why? Because its D&D... Its not out there for a DM to decide on the skin tone of elves, or for a player who's black to wanna make a black half-elf. Its an adaptive fantasy world, sure with its own form of racism, but thats what makes it real. But the point is that there were black Elves in the movie and I didn't care... not enough to protest it. LOTR will always be my definitive source for Elves though... plus I make my D&D Elves and Half Elves the way I see fit (Female half Elf, fair skin, red hair and green eyes... Female Elf, pale skin, golden hair and blue eyes... Female Elf, pale skin, chocolate brown hair and steel grey eyes)

[@JustAnArrogantAlien]

Well, when you’ve spent all of your time reinterpreting every criticism you’ve received as “racism” and “sexism” and every other “ism” under the sun, then in your eyes, changing anything would be accommodating the “ists.” Why would you do that? These people are far too lost up their own rears to ever listen to anyone but themselves.

[@mikaelcronstam2312]

The dog and squirrel is the best explanation I have heard, it's spot on, perfect.

[@mptp77]

"You haven't seen what i've seen..." What a classic.😂😂😂

[@michaelfields7088]

Amazon should be thanking or paying Disparu for the effort of keeping their billion dollar mistake burned in our memory.

[@daveeyes]

Truly so self involved....

[@raguilar4041]

Good analogy on the beloved pet dog and replacement squirrel. 👍

[@marctrottier3732]

...love ur work...

[@Megatron_95]

Wait. Hold up. Did they try to give Sauron the Davy Jones treatment? A cruel villain that still has bits and pieces of one's humanity

[@srichael2713]

It is becoming a trend in Woke Hollywood: sympathetic villians that makes the heroes look bad. Look at Peter Pan. Lore-wise, Sauron had his chance for redemption after the War of Wrath and he decided not to because it would entitle some sacrifice on his part.

[@Xbalanque84]

Problem is, _Sauron was never human._ I know next to nothing about LotR deep lore, and even I know that he is functionally a god that served an even greater evil, Melkor, in a previous age. By the time of the actual LotR trilogy, he is functionally *_evil incarnate._* Only a narcissistic retard/Cluster-B would look at that and think "I can fix him." _You can try..._ just give me a moment to pull up a chair and make some popcorn first.

[@William.Smiley90]

Ummm. Im a LOTR super fan but I haven’t seen Lord of Ring: Ring of Power yet. Im watching House of the Dragon right now and I only watch one tv show at a time.

[@adaptivekalman]

Can't wait for season 2 reviews.

[@huro1845]

The pet analogy at the end was really spot on. 👍

[@eviloevilo6206]

To be fare with the black elf , Elf were supposed to be pale , NOT not just white-people skin tone (green should be in there palet as well) . Elfen blood was never red . unlike Dwarf whose blood is red, see the problem here is not that he a black-elf , he a human-elf so it doesn't work :)

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

With great wokeness comes great creative bankruptcy.

[@rahn45]

"I wasn't seen before now!" "I don't see how, it's pretty hard to miss you..."

[@Laurtew]

You know, I've been a nerd girl all my life and I have never disliked a story because I "couldn't see myself" in it. I read my first Sherlock Holmes at 8. It was a story about Victorian men, so I just wrote myself a character in my head and added myself in when I read them. When I read The Secret Garden, I wasn't Mary, I was a separate character who was with Mary and Dicken. Authors don't write every person into their stories and if you cannot connect with a story because you aren't in it, you are going to miss out on so many interesting worlds. Especially if you take into account stories like 101 Dalmations that don't really have humans. Was that only written for dogs? My ability to self insert into pretty much anywhere has allowed me to live so many other lives and I just cannot see leaving myself out because the author wasn't thinking of me when he wrote it.

[@christopherkenneally6015]

Nice spelling on the title bud, lmao great vid as always

[@johngratton2301]

Galadriel is the Dylan Mulvaney to Bud light's Rings of power

[@TheEldritchGod]

I love how the camera is focused on your hands. It adds to the madness of this topic.

[@michaelryan6342]

I very much would like to see an interview or even a statement from Tom Shippey. Btw, your pet analogy was absolutely spot-on perfect!

[@ShadowRulah]

Remember: only awful people need characters to look like them. "Representation" has never in and of itself made something better.

[@Bad_Llama]

I hope season 2 tops the first season in everything it does. Maybe if it costs Amazon enough money to continue being a laughingstock and the bane of all Tolkien fans, they will stop. But I doubt it.

[@kalidane]

One of your best mate

[@stevencuster3702]

1:53 “Every villain’s a hero in his own story, right?” True, but knowing a villain’s backstory doesn’t always make them compelling. We don’t know the Joker’s backstory and he’s a compelling character because his actions mark him a wildcard. Inversely, we know Mr. Freeze’s backstory and by knowing it we consider him to be compelling because we understand the motivations behind his actions; a deep seated desire to save/avenge his wife. In short, it can go both ways. Just depends on the quality of the writing.

[@daisyfish-fn4js]

Agree I'm not against giving villains a relatable backstory. But I guess in LOTR Lore it makes less sence as there is a clear distinction between good and evil. Still if the show showed at least some respect for the orginal texts and Tolkien as a man they could have made it work.

[@VincentMcmanus.]

It disgusts me that these cultural vandals think so little about a representation of British myths and lore like this. I really wish there had been more people on the set who actually liked and knew about Tolkien's work. Maybe if that had been the case, we might've gotten a story told from the perspective of the people of the south lands.

[@manynukes11]

It's kind of sad the mindset these people have where they HAVE to see themselves otherwise it's imperfect. I'm not white, but I grew up watching LoTR Extended Editions almost every day. They can't respect the author's vision and influences from his own heritage and history.

[@nautdead3197]

Can't wait to watch reviews for Lord of Ring gollum: ring of power season 2

[@iansoforth]

Thanks!

[@fatlobba6566]

when disa rides the balrog into battle to save Darth Sidious from the fascist adjacent fans i cried

[@jangofett4547]

In what universe does a f'in dwarf rides a Balrog??

[@galhorblack795]

their ego know no limits....

[@arthaiser]

the analogy with the dog is perfect.

[@georgebonney90]

Thank you Sir