Rings of Power Review Episode 7 - Everyone's EVIL!

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power episode 7 review breakdown of Amazon Prime Video's tv series. Galadriel survives the eruption at mount doom while Elrond convinces During to help him mine the mithril against his king's orders. Númenor goes back home with Miriel being blinded by fire. Elendil thinks his son Isildur is lost to a building collapse, and the Harfoots continue to be Harfoots. Bronwyn and Arondir turn up out of nowhere and do nothing. Before the Harfoots set off after the wizard to help him against the witches hunting him. How can they help him, who knows? But this episode confirms the answer to the question, is Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power worth watching?
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[@disparutoo]

Well this episode of Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power simultaneously nothing happened, while EVERYTHING awful happened. The plot didn't move on but BOY did the characters change, so many people are evil that at this point how are we meant to see this as an optimistic hopeful show? Insane. But what did you think of the show or the clips from the review. Let me know your thoughts below, and as always, thanks for watching :)

[@alexandernelson6537]

Someone did say you could go straight from episode 6 to episode 8 and not miss anything. Pretty sad when it is 1/8 your first season.

[@Soldmysoulforablurayplayer]

Lassie, the wonder horse....

[@Soldmysoulforablurayplayer]

They would all suffocate in that. Firefighters need breathing apparatus in forest fires, yet they all walking about fine.

[@babyoda1973]

No cuz her foot are the stupider versions of Hobbits

[@tobiwonkanogy2975]

compared to the last 6 episodes , this actually has some neat bits. also some weird bits . "Killing" Isildur , dumb fake out for those in the know .The start plays out in a harrowing sequence for this show . felt bad for the flaming horse even though its cg . the queen is somehow blinded , that in itself is a double edged sword . so she just stared at the blast ? the way characters find out the Queen is blind now is written and acted just right to give a sense of dread. What was Gandalf doing giving everyone the silent treatment after last few episodes where was beginning to speak to them . The tree getting fixed and the branch break was completely confusing . The random appearance of the cygics of magnus or femimem just to set the harfoot village on fire. ok then. The balrog at the end when the dwarves delve too deep , ok thanks for the Chekov's gun.

[@nuclearscarab]

The most realistic thing in this episode is Galadriel's husband mysteriously disappearing. I mean, have you met Galadriel?

[@opticalraven1935]

"Galadriel, honey. I'm going to the store to get some more lambas bread! Be home soon!"

[@HerculesBallsInc]

He went out for cigarettes.

[@nl3712]

😂😂😂

[@knotengajin7359]

Well, that is the treatment the writers get from the men on Tinder and Tumbler. Of course, it will be Celeborn’s fault for leaving once we find him safe somewhere and being a typically toxic, patriarchal male and have nothing to do with Guyladriel’s terrible personality or actions.

[@deedee2455]

He's a smart dude

[@TheBelieveit1]

I literally saw people try to justify how all these people survived the volcano exploding by saying "Sam and Frodo survived being surrounded by lava after destroying the Ring" as if the situations are remotely comparable. Not to mention Sam and Frodo were dying and were hospitalized IMMEDIATELY afterwards where as everyone here seems mildly inconvenienced.

[@Kuseikos]

You can actually get quite near lava without dying, but you can't survive a pyroclastic cloud. But then again, woke retards only care about their toxic agenda, they know nothing about science

[@amandag5072]

Sam and Frodo didn't take a pyroclastic flow in the face. So like you say, the two situations are entirely different. I really wish people would stop trying to justify the crap that attempts to be "entertainment" lately.

[@henrikaugustsson4041]

To be fair, you can’t stand inside a volcano irl, the heat is like the air is burning. I can forgive them surviving a volcano eruption if it makes for a good story with some sort of explanation, but I don’t think there is one…

[@CarrionCrow993]

10 quid on Galadrial falling into lava Golem-style later, only to swim out and shake it off with nothing more than a few hairs out of place and some stylish burns anywhere but her face.

[@cainabel6356]

@@henrikaugustsson4041 - Yeah, Sam and Frodo would have burst into flames entering the volcano and being near the lava before being saved, but I can believe them surviving it over a pyroblast covering everyone.

[@alecorda9304]

Middle Earth during Second Age was wild, people were immune to volcanoes, elves freely teleported around using spacetime anomalies and Galadriel oneshotted everyone on her path like some kind of Grim Reaper

[@vyntarus9618]

Galadriel is just abusing a bug that gets fixed in the Third Age patch.

[@therealinformalmusic]

See, the world was still flat back then (halfway through the Second Age); it was only after the world became an oblate spheroid that gravity as we know it began to operate, time and distance became standardised, and logic, consistency and coherence came into existence.

[@cremlindor6607]

To be fair, there's stories in the Silmarillion on Elves that came from the First Age that literally fought Balrogs, Dragons and even Morgoth by themselves

[@cremlindor6607]

@@jtboss8139 Didn't like every single person in the Feanor line fight Morgoth or his Balrogs

[@opticalraven1935]

Their weather in Arda was more fucked up than Westeros.

[@pamelajessup7931]

Between two battles with orcs and evil humans and being hit with a volcano, the number of villagers who apparently were living in four buildings at a crossroads seems to have swelled to hundreds.

[@adamgreenan4957]

Think we're getting the origin story of the Dothraki.

[@Blisterdude123]

@@adamgreenan4957 They go by 40k ork rules, spontaneous fungal mytosis.

[@glados_boatman]

I'm also confused how Halbrand and Bronwyn can have their serious injuries cured by elvish medicine, but Queen Miriel has to live with blindness.

[@RoseBaggins]

And it's just another plot point that makes me think of the Iron Tower trilogy as a character becomes blind after an explosion. But worse.

[@CordeliaWagner]

Miriel got blind because of REPRESANTATION of disabled people. They blind want to see people like them on the screen.

[@jeffeliassen]

Because "story"

[@jacquelineking5783]

It is going to be the reason that evil cousin takes over. He is going to convince the people that a blind woman can't be queen regent or whatever.

[@Dryde85]

LOLOL

[@Mister_Clean]

Elindil actually regretting following Galadriel is quite the rewarding moment

[@englishlady9797]

Yeah, but he's portrayed as bad for doing so. Miriel basisically just validates everything she did, tells Elendil to man up (because crying over your dead child is cowardly or something) and says they're going to come back with more Numenorian canon fodder males.

[@tun0fun]

That the Numenorians are not marching in a defensive formation around their Queen and Commander, for safety and morale is insanity. They have no idea how many orcs are in the area and being strung out like that is a recipe for complete rout and annihilation.

[@clogs4956]

That’s because these Numenorean soldiers are a bunch of kids and their commanders are grown men, therefore they suck.

[@lotsofspots]

They seem to've forgotten that the florist was SHOT THROUGH THE CHEST WITH A FILTHY ORC-ARROW NOT 24 HOURS BEFORE.

[@marioskublan7273]

I was actually sad that the eruption didn’t end up killing all of them and hence the complete cancelling of this abomination

[@opticalraven1935]

And Galadriel (Cate Blanchett) wakes up in bed after the volcano kills her, with Celeborn spooning her. She takes a moment, breathes, and falls back asleep, happy that it was a mere dream.

[@joeterzio7175]

Renewed for season 2, baby!

[@cainabel6356]

@@joeterzio7175 - Please spare us! I guess Amazon loves wasting money on crap.

[@marioskublan7273]

@@joeterzio7175 Renewed for the end of Amazon Studios, BABY!!

[@justinstoll4955]

The volcano killed everyone except the ones the audience wanted dead: Galadriel and the Harfoots.

[@MariaIsabellaZNN]

plus Bronywn

[@nont18411]

Typical in storytelling. The villains always have insane plot armor.

[@Neon002121]

It’ll be so much more satisfying this way when Our heroes show up and kill them all.

[@CalebePriester]

lol

[@MHAAAAANZ]

And everyone else, except maybe durin and elrond

[@doganaydogan5664]

At this point the most logical twist would be that "Galadriel" is not actually Galadriel but a disguise of the Dark Lord, then he would show his true form and shout "haha, fooled ya!"

[@SeymourClearly86]

"Just turn you brain off - it'll be fine" has become my mantra over the last weeks. Much obliged!

[@parva777]

ME2

[@josephbudd2829]

I actually tried this idea by having my phone out the whole time, distracted by reading articles, and turned my attention to the show when dialogue or screen shots changed etc. It's amazing... But I think it was the best episode yet for me... While it was pretty much just background watching 😐 lolz highly recommend turning the brain off to enjoy the show 😆

[@tsnophaljakarax9963]

@@josephbudd2829 I mean, I'd rather be doing other things with my time, like watching the original trilogy...but sure, I'll give it a try lol.

[@xavierchamberlain1964]

Orodruin was the only place in Middle Earth where the ring could be destroyed because the temperatures were so high. The whole quest of the fellowship literally hinged on this fact. But now they're saying a whole group of people can survive an eruption from the same volcano without issue. How could the show writers overlook this? We all know they're stupid, but wow. I guess Sam and Frodo didn't need the eagles after all; they should have just swum through the lava to safety.

[@tun0fun]

Gollum is still doing backstroke in the lava to this day.

[@Syaniiti]

It's a good thing they never tried to take the ring to sunlight, which can actually burn skin as opposed to what a volcano can do. Meaning that sunlight is hotter. Fire is obviously cold because fire is evil. So the black speech on the ring is only revealed in the cold fires of evil.

[@debanydoombringer1385]

Morgoth made it with magic so that's why the ring could only be destroyed there. Now it was made by a random old man with water. It means the entire trip was useless because any fire could have destroyed it.

[@nikolokulusgame]

@@debanydoombringer1385 from what I remember it was not Morgoths magic, but a fire of a dead, fallen dragon...

[@tun0fun]

@@nikolokulusgame You've got to magically form the mountain to begin with though, eh?

[@SeymourClearly86]

Saddock: "...only to wake again when a new evil is rising." Disparu: "He means Galadriel." Got me laughing for a good minute 🤣

[@jerichotrumpet4933]

I was genuinely looking forward to how they were going to deal with the aftermath of the pyroclastic flow. I realise in hindsight how silly I was. Of course they were always going to just suspend the laws of the universe because this show MUST REFLECT THE WORLD WE LIVE IN. 😆

[@joeterzio7175]

Like you had any idea what "pyroclastic flow" was until haters of the show started bitching about it. You people need to get a life.

[@knotengajin7359]

I mean, it’s not like we have easily researched historical events to refer to. Like Pompeii which despite being several kilometers away from Vesuvius (much further than the village in RoP) and the people hit with the pyroclastic flow died instantly where they stood or fell and were covered in meters of ash and debris. MILES AWAY FROM THE VOLCANO!

[@Janecek185]

@@knotengajin7359 nah this was magical ash, burns only wood etc, not living creatures. Fire in your face cause blindness, your eyebrow is totaly fine, also hairstyle must be preserved.

[@p1ough]

I'm not defending this show, but the suspension of disbelief with this scene isn't ridiculous when you consider that Frodo and Sam survived being in and on Mount Doom during an eruption and were passed out on a rock surrounded by pyroclastic flow for an unknown amount of time. This show has terrible writing amongst other glaring issues but I don't understand the mass criticism towards the volcano scene

[@kyleobrien3383]

@@p1ough There was no pyroclastic flow when mt doom erupted in rotk

[@benthornhill7903]

Surprised you didn't pick up on the number of men crying in this episode. I think that was the central purpose to the episode. Having Elrond, Durin and Elendil crying whilst the girl bosses woman the £uck up and crack on with being powerful.

[@simonpayne8252]

At the end they had to flash up a Southland to Mordor on screen graphic because the audiences brains had already gone into shock and stopped processing sound..... even Adar couldn't bring himself to say it....

[@Syaniiti]

Because Adar wouldn't even call it Mordor, Mordor is a Sindarin name and Adar prefers the black speech with his Uruk thing.

[@digitalcareline]

You are going to love Season 2 The 7 Dwarves reverentially receive their rings as the music swells. The assembled Dwarven choir raise their voices: "Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's of to work we go" (Re-purposed Terry Pratchett joke - in honour of this re-purposed show)

[@laniph2266]

I can't believe you didn't comment when Míriel said "I see" and Elendil answered "Can you??" 🤣🤣🤣

[@DarrellTurnerJr]

So the whole plot point of the Numanoreans bringing Halbrand to the Southlands was for Halbrand to be severely injured (off screen) just to take him to the elves where he forges the rings. GTFOH

[@davidcoleman757]

'There I lay staring upward, while the stars wheeled overhead, and each minute of this show was as a life-age upon the earth. Faint to my ears came the gathered rumours of all the lands: the springing and the dying, the song and the weeping, and the slow, everlasting groan of a betrayed fandom.'

[@jeffmartinez5761]

Plot armor so thick not even iluvatar can stop them

[@AGuy-et3bq]

I just kept thinking. How are they breathing. No one is even coughing

[@LoponStormbased]

Right? The air is so thick with smoke and ash you can barely see 10 feet, but no one reacts as if that impedes their breathing one bit.

[@figjam9530]

*coughing blood. even if you could tank a pyroclastic cloud to the face (spoiler, nothing can) that dust contains tiny pieces of razor sharp silica. they are breathing broken glass.

[@AGuy-et3bq]

Like from a plot perspective how does them being blasted by the volcano in that way move the plot forward? Other than isildur developing a comeback story and the queen going blind? Both of which ( if they have anything to do with the plot) could have been done in a way that wasn't so intellectually offensive to the audience. I might sound like on but I'm not a ring need. I just like a well written story.

[@AGuy-et3bq]

@@figjam9530 I would have settled for a cough and a bit of urgency to get out of the cloud.

[@freeguy7628]

"No secret is worth concealing with deception." -Elrond, right before he commits treason and lies to King Durin III. lol

[@lordgrashaun9367]

Calling it now, Galadriel, Bronwyen, Gisla, Nori, Goldie, and Isildur's sister gonna form the Alliance of Womenship in S2

[@RonW4684]

The Last Alliance of Gurl Power

[@melissag.664]

"Never had to give fire a voice before..." 🤣

[@marychocolatefairy]

As someone that lives in California, where we have these huge megafires once in a while- that bit in the beginning looks like pics from the very worst of those fires, with red everywhere. Everyone's expected to have fully evacuated by then. It's these pics that are the ones that make the international news, since they're so dramatic and serious-looking. And, the smoke goes to many, many miles away, making for poor air quality for everyone (and for good business for the air purifier sellers). But of course our Girl Power deity and her Plot Armor Posse are walking around like it's no problem.

[@tk9780]

Elrond is a Human elf hybrid who chooses to live the extended life of an Elf but retained the aspect of being human.

[@Frank-Einstein-Madman]

Your videos are more entertaining than the actual show itself!

[@manoz6194]

I tried to watch this show, I tried so hard but just couldn't, it's so bad. My respect for Disparu is unfathomable.

[@stevestarcke]

Much more entertaining.

[@petriew2018]

one could almost take that as the mother of all backhand compliments, though i'm sure you didn't mean it quite that way....

[@arisenomega]

there is already so little story progress in this show, and then the Harfoots plot is going from "is he good?" to "is he evil?" to "is he good?" to "is he evil?" back and forth every freakin' episode.

[@marcobellanti1786]

I could never have guess the presence of the Balrog in Moria, the one called DURIN’S BANE. I wonder now what will happens in the future 🤣🤣🤣

[@VespoLiveGaming]

Isildur cannot be dead according to the shows physics... he's obviously been shown to be fireproof to at least 1000 degrees and able to withstand 200mph debris, so a little burning house falling on him is basically just a scratch.

[@rengarcia5189]

Let's have a song, shall we?? "In days of yore in Ole' Mordor There lived an evil bunch you just wanna' punch... "They lived in the ground and rolled in the mud, if you can't push your cart, that's on you, Bud... "Harfoots! "Harfoots! "Evil little scamps "Sauron's got nothing on these wicked little tramps ..."

[@TheStacanova]

They cast someone who’s literally the size of a Dwarf to play 6’4” Galadriel. She’s smaller than the teenage boy they wouldn’t let fight. Great casting!

[@maddyf.6296]

"Just turn your brain off, it'll be fine" has become a common phrase in my vocabulary. Comes in handy quite a lot

[@blitzer6858]

You would think the queen being blind and still fighting would raise her troops morale tremendously, instead of her hiding it and moping around looking like an idiot

[@rockyp3917]

"I have to go with her otherwise I am not even a real person" 😂😭

[@Colouh]

It's funny when watching reviews it's actually more engaging that the series itself. I just started cheering for the bad guys long ago, Sauron was right after all

[@Vasious8128]

On the sense of scale : Is all of Mordor 5 minutes walk from the Coast? Is the King of the Southlands King of a few hamlets and Thorps? Is that why the Pseudonóreans felt 300 Horse, made up of raw volunteers, was enough to install a king?

[@custardclips7751]

I almost pissed myself laughing. My chest going to hurt for days now

[@MartinBlankestein]

Melkor had a vision. And said Sauron have fun I'm going to side line myself and just going to watch these KZbin reviews 😁

[@parva777]

Man I needed a'n urgent healing session after watching this last episode ! All my vitals where so critical ... Haaa here you are ... You saved me, and I can feel life (and laughter) coming back into my veins just watching you. THANK YOU ! 25:21 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@digitalcareline]

On a more sensible note - How much Mithril is needed? It is not consumed repairing the leaf. So just wave that little chunk next to the tree. Job done - no one needs to wake up Mr Angry Balrog in the cellar - Khazad-dûm is saved!

[@HansoMo]

The audiobooks of lord of the rings now have changed Cover pictures from rings of power. Remember when the fellowship of the ring was all about galladrrrrielle? No? Because it wasn't...

[@IKillUDarling]

Elendil : We have passed it a Mile ago. Miriel: I see. Me: No you don't! 🤣

[@TruckeeDoggo]

It’s weird, the only character on this show that actually shows genuine compassion and care for others is Adar, the Orc leader.

[@Creabsley]

Welcome to postmodernism; they cannot create, but only pervert and destroy that which has come before.

[@johnlewis5896]

Well said, well said!

[@SomeoneWhoHere]

Well, how do you say "Well done!" In Orcish?

[@wishingwell12345]

@@SomeoneWhoHere probably GLARGNNARRAAARARR.

[@Likexner]

​@@SomeoneWhoHere You say "well done" but in a cockney accent.

[@lv83bloodknight]

Man, at this point Sauron doesnt need to forge the rings, everyone is evil already!

[@nont18411]

Plot twist. Everyone is the ring.

[@HerculesBallsInc]

The REAL ring was in our hearts all along!

[@Syaniiti]

If I had to live with the "good" people of this show I'd welcome Sauron, anything's better than them.

[@buchbummelant8980]

Maybe they all were all evil and when the Ring was created, they said "It was Sauron deceiving us! We're good people, we were only deceived and tricked into being bad!" and then they created this legend that Sauron is the big bad badie and he was only misunderstood and wanted to go home and now was made evil again. xD

[@adrienzedd1379]

That's why he needed to forge the rings , to control evil. Team SAURON !!!

[@stephengibbons4771]

Time Galadriel spends looking for Sauron: 1000 years Time Galadriel spends looking for her missing husband: 0 years

[@grassblock7668]

GaladrielXHalbrand shippers are very happy about this

[@coreysayre1376]

Lmao maybe the SJWs we're on to something using Tolkien's allusions to darkness being about actual black people instead of, you know, evil, has a glimpse of merit after all

[@jeffmartinez5761]

We all know Celeborn ran away to get away from Galadriel 😭

[@ionutsgirbu]

She has some sort of OCD, doesn't she?

[@85Juna93]

Celeborn hide in Fangorn Forest and wait for Galadriel pass puberty

[@matt3997]

So far a group from Numenor has fought a skirmish against orcs in a tiny village and some harfoots took a long walk to find apples. Then a volcano erupts. Meanwhile, there is a disagreement in a mine. (This could be the opening 10 minutes of episode 1)

[@photinuspyralis8306]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@wishingwell12345]

It's just endless scenes of STRONG WOMEN and tiny weak men spouting pretentious dialogue at each other. That must be literally the only thing the writers can imagine happening in a story.

[@Cman04092]

​@@wishingwell12345 well they say write what ya know, and hollywood types dont know much else other than being boring and pretentious, so this check outs, lol. Granted, not many alive today have experienced a medieval war, but most of us can at least imagine to a somewhat competent degree, lol.

[@CD-Gaming]

THAT is why YOU will never be hired as a writer for this crap!

[@MariaIsabellaZNN]

When Galadriel finds out that Miriel is blind and then says to her "YOU HAVE NOT SEEN WHAT I HAVE SEEN" and then laughs maniacally - so inspiring!

[@anmuminas]

Yes! And stunning and brave

[@Small-Chap]

She smiles only when she's riding stuff

[@englishlady9797]

What happened instead is Galadriel and Miriel had a bit of a pity party and left Elendil to cry on his own in the corner over his thought to be dead son when Miriel vowed to send more boys into war as canon fodder to avenge her sight. So stunning, so brave. Made me so proud to be a woman. Reminded me men don't matter, they only exist to die horribly to avenge my wounded pride.

[@Crosshill]

@@englishlady9797 i cant tell what is satire and what is real...

[@offal]

and Elendil says "the see is always right, oops my bad" and starts weeping

[@silverscorpio24]

Celeborn didn't die; he realized his egregious mistake that is Galadrrriel and figured he'd rather disappear forever. Would be hilarious if the first scene of Celeborn is him spotting her and muttering, "Oh shit."

[@deceiver444]

Which makes at least one elf that is not stupid in this show

[@harbl99]

"My husband Celeborn went out to buy some pipeweed 600 years ago. He'll be back any time now..."

[@AlexSonicsMusic]

This quote would be in line with the elven dialogue on the show 😂

[@nikitab.6600]

He was unfortunate to suffer the same fate as Finwe's first wife. She gave birth to Feanor and went like " well, time to take a eternal nap in the chambers of Mandos". Celeborn did the same he married Guyladriel and went "yay eternal sleep time!."

[@sycamore2656]

Hahahahaha glad someone else noticed their pronunciation of Galadrrrrrrieeel

[@Joy-qn7uv]

I like to think Elendil's pain near the cliff is the actor's actual frustration upon being reminded they are coming back for a second season. Truly a heartbreaking scene.

[@albertwesker6153]

Honestly Elendil is the only good part of the show. His acting is wasted in this shit show

[@Joy-qn7uv]

@@albertwesker6153 I also like both Durins, Elrond is not bad either, and Adar. I think most actors could do better if only they were given a proper script and they actually had a director who knew what was doing. This is school play level, but i almost never blame the actors. They couldn't have known.

[@clamum9648]

@@Joy-qn7uv Agreed. I know many ppl don't like Elrond but I don't think he's that bad. He's fine, and Durin and Disa, and Elendil. The rest... meh.

[@adrianbardan782]

He was actually thinking, "Man, I wish I was holding a soy latte right now", overwhelmed by the amount estrogen and female agency in that scene when all the slay queens finally assembled. 🙄

[@AndreLuis-gw5ox]

@@albertwesker6153 honestly, even the Galadriel actress is good. She is just given a shit script

[@justinstoll4955]

I would have really respected the show if the episode opened with Galadriel waking up turning over seeing Celeborn and saying, "I just had the most awful nightmare. I dreamt I was an angry and genocidal maniac. And apparently you died? And I was teleporting all over the place and I was eventually killed by a volcano. I'm so glad it was a dream."

[@Lord_Thunderballs]

Shadow of Mordor/Shadow of War did a better fanfiction than this crap.

[@NotAnYoutubeChannel]

hahahahaha

[@zakdan2254]

This is how season 2 is going to start.

[@wolfmauler]

This comment has more wit and creativity than the actual program...

[@jenni5104]

And Galadriel was Cate Blanchett.

[@Loki_Yogi]

"Don't pretend you can handcuff yourself with a load of ideological rules and write a good story, because it's literally impossible" Well said my dude. 🙏

[@nl3712]

👏👏👏👏

[@-yeme-]

An appealing soundbite, but is it actually true? I don't believe so. Every story ever written, including Tolkien's LotR, was written according to the writer's ideological rules, and came from their beliefs and their world view. Tolkien's world isn't an ideology-free, amoral anarchy. It adheres very particularly to his ideas of right and wrong, even good and evil. Perhaps if you dislike or disagree with a writers ideological rules, that would be a reason why you might dislike their work, but I don't think even that is the reason RoP is so bad. I think its bad because its nonsensical, infantile, clichéd and boring. Its amateurishly slapped together and internally inconsistent. Ring of Power's silly Hollywood politics clumsily forced into a fantasy world certainly don't help it, but neither are they its most significant flaw. That's the fundamental fact that the people who made it are bad storytellers.

[@johnstrawb3521]

It's not impossible, but you have to be a strong writer as well. Take... Graham Greene. George Orwell. Just for starters.

[@petriew2018]

@@-yeme- yes, it’s true. If you set yourself a bunch of arbitrary rules about what you can and can’t do before you even begin writing, the end result will always be bland and predictable at best. Some of your character will have blatant plot armor, some plot possibilities will just be obviously off the table…. The audience will never reach the point of proper immersion. It doesn’t matter what rules you set for yourself, if you, as a writer, are unwilling to allow certain things to happen even if the story needs it to, your work will never feel real to the audience

[@luiseescartin8026]

Well not impossible in fact it's just what people like the showrunners want you to believe. That way expectations are lowered. But in fact limitations and constrictions, self imposed or otherwise, quite often are the origin of some of the best works ever created by man. Abundance(in any sense) usually only provokes waste not greatness

[@mattmobily1975]

Adar remains the most interesting and sympathetic character in the show.

[@trashfire9641]

Best acting too.

[@S4ns]

Did anyone else catch that the Harfoots were more upset about their stuff burning than leaving their friends and family behind?

[@paulvmarks]

Yes - the writers are sick people. Typical Bad Robot (Bad Reboot) types.

[@HG-ze5wq]

I love how the guy who was left behind over a twisted ankle was the same guy who gave the "emotional" speech about how Harfoots do one thing well--stick together.

[@mannybruce8950]

That's because they are all " The wolf of the Shire " , and they only care about the bounty of their mushrooms .

[@Tyarrk]

@@mannybruce8950 i´m kinda rooting for the wolfs to get them ... well, at this point i´m kinda rooting for Sauron, since everyone in this show is evil, but what ever.

[@Furzkampfbomber]

Yeah, but one can always make more people.

[@moseszero3281]

When you realize every character who is portrayed as 'good' is a manipulative narcissist the story starts to make sense. The writers are evil and the 'good' characters are just self inserts with lots of validation. The characters are not 'changing' they are just saying whatever is convenient at the moment, like a good little manipulative narcissist.

[@CordeliaWagner]

You are right!!!

[@Soviless99]

yess!

[@vishnueashwar]

When Adar is more empathetic than the whole hero's cast

[@nont18411]

I have more comfort watching Walter White than all these “good guys” characters. And Walter White is considered one of the most evil characters to ever exist.

[@glenntungay5140]

Yes 100% right - the 'hero' characters are merely self reflections / simulacrums of the writers twisted selves.

[@sevynwarr]

I’m convinced that this Galadriel is actually Sauron in disguise, and the real Galadriel is being held prisoner somewhere. It is the only thing that makes sense for this evil piece of garbage character.

[@CordeliaWagner]

She is held prisoner with Celeborn and Baby Celebriant.

[@jm505]

Now THAT would be a twist that could redeem this entire show.

[@RS-handle]

I called it few weeks ago. And it makes sense that she is creating relationship with Teo and Hallbrand. They will be her/his future servants

[@Syaniiti]

@@jm505 Yeah but it'd mean that a "man" pretending to be a "woman" can have bad consequences. Not that Maia are technically even sexed.

[@noble137]

why is she so evil?

[@franciscocastrovidela9007]

You know that Home Alone scene when the mom yells “KEVIN!” at the airport? I feel like the writers yelled “CELEBORN!” when they were already done shooting and hastily added that scene

[@Tyarrk]

not the writers but the one guy, who knows something about LotR, that the have imprisoned in their cellar and occasionally feed fish heads.

[@BryanAJParry]

LOL

[@jedibrooks7235]

Lmaooooooooo

[@wumpusrat]

The moment the volcano went off last episode, my friend and I said "I'll bet you none of the named characters are going to die. Probably not even really get injured at all." And yep. The queen is "blind" (yet somehow has become a master of interpreting facial expressions near-instantly, and can navigate around without tripping over anything while walking through a devastated forest), Not-Sauron got injured "badly enough to need elven healers", yet he's up and riding away in the next scene, looking none the worse for wear, and that's about it. Oh, Isuldir got trapped under some burning rubble. Oh no. I'm totally fearing for his life. Oh wait, no I'm not, he's a named character. He'll be fine. Oh no, Bronwyn might be dead. Oh wait, no she's not. They don't have the balls to kill off one of their Strong Female Characters(tm). Oh, but Celeborn is dead. Because he's a man, so he's expendable. Don't worry about him being one of the most important elves in the third age. Don't worry about the fact that without him, Celebrian can't be born, which means no wife for Elrond, which means no Elladan, Elrohir, or Arwen. But the showrunners "have a deep love for Tolkien's lore". Sure they do.

[@chriss3276]

Technically by this time point, Celebrian should not only have already been born but be an adult by now.

[@VALENTINEBEAMS]

​@@chriss3276 if Galdriel wants to prioritize career over family, that's her prerogative.

[@younger544]

@@VALENTINEBEAMS Empowerment!

[@jacquelineking5783]

Let's be real he isn't dead. They are planning a love triangle.

[@Auxius.]

She never said celeborn had died, just took her silver clam insult badly and was never seen again. Frankly I don’t blame him.

[@Baconator330]

We salute you Disparu for dragging yourself through the mud that is Rings of Power and provide us with the details of this monstrosity.

[@CalebePriester]

He's making money off the show, dude. This is his job, you know?

[@dritzzdarkwood4727]

@@CalebePriester Actors make money too, they are also lauded for their efforts nonetheless. Your point?

[@CalebePriester]

@@dritzzdarkwood4727 The guy is saluting Disparu for watching the show and making videos about it, but Disparu is making money by doing this so the guy's salute is out of place? I would salute Disparu if he wasn't making any money, but the money is a big incentive for Disparu to watch the show and comment about it. That's my point.

[@Jamesmatise]

He's a real man of genius.

[@mod7065]

​@@CalebePriester Don't be like that. I'd need some incentives to sit through that trainwreck as well.

[@mastermagus1114]

I thank you for suffering through all this garbage so I don't have to.

[@davfree9732]

Yes… A force for good taking 7 episodes in our stead No greater love has man than he makes golden content out of Amazon straw

[@DarrellTurnerJr]

Watching this channel makes it worth watching that calamity

[@DJWHITE_]

My favourite part was when Halbrand had sepsis from a gaping torso wound and galloped away on a horse without screaming in pure agony.

[@mladent1918]

Apparently Morgoth punished this poor balrog to spend eons scavenging leaves in Angband, so he fled into the deepest part of Moria never to see another leaf again, but alas, fate was very cruel to him once again…

[@finalgirl640]

To be fair I'm sure the community service was very traumatizing for him.

[@edwoodsr]

@@finalgirl640 Clearly causing PTSD. Is there a character named Haldol?

[@TheGlobuleReturns]

@@finalgirl640 fan service*

[@imma5761]

Yeah you really start to feel bad for poor Balrog. Imagine if he was able to hear some talks too, especially wheb they got close to it. Poor guy needed to hear all that BS between dwarfs and just sit there lmao

[@mldrdi7970]

Balrog is Sauron.

[@miwi7706]

That horse, Berek, displayed more emotions in the 30 seconds that he was in.... than ANY OTHER CHARACTER IN THE ENTIRE SERIES!!!!!

[@trashfire9641]

Adar

[@Chiquita-CZ]

Elfs: Dying in seconds from what looks like a shaving cut. Also Elfs: Taking pyroclastic flow to their faces, not a single hair burnt. Humans: Massive blood loss from what looks like a major artery bleeding (internal too), good to go the very same day.

[@KineticCode]

very surprised you didnt burst out laughing at Miriel, a blind woman, saying "I see" to which Elendil responds "Do you?". Seems more like a joke to make fun of a blind person than actual dialogue LOL

[@mtacrdipo7870]

That honestly was the funniest shit, reminded me of the Kurapika meme with "I see" dialogue while he was bandaged around his eyes in a hospital bed, currently blind.

[@jerohamortiz6971]

Not every show can have good writers (despite the huge budget) like Avatar: the Last Air Bender, where Toph constantly and hilariously reminded the characters and the audience what it's like to be actually blind. In fairness, "I see" is an expression that would likely evade logic on a recently blinded person.

[@HerculesBallsInc]

YOU HAVE NOT SEEN WHAT I HAVE SEEN!

[@pyropulseIXXI]

Why do you losers keep watching this crap?

[@MHAAAAANZ]

Do you?

[@HyperMoeMan]

A pyroclastic flow (also known as a pyroclastic density current or a pyroclastic cloud) is a fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter (collectively known as tephra) that flows along the ground away from a volcano at average speeds of 100 km/h (30 m/s) but is capable of reaching speeds up to 700 km/h (190 m/s). The gases and tephra can reach temperatures of about 1,000 °C (1,800 °F). Also known as mountain yeetus deletus.

[@HerculesBallsInc]

Except that pouring water on a volcano doesn't make it erupt. If it did, all volcanoes would erupt every time it rained. And no volcanoes would exist underwater.

[@michaelt.5672]

@@HerculesBallsInc Exept that it does. It's called a phreatomagmatic eruption. In fact the biggest vulcanic eruption ever recorded, that of Krakatoa in 1883, was most likely just such an eruption.

[@clogs4956]

@@michaelt.5672 yes, but that wasn’t triggered by a river!

[@antiquecardboard]

@@michaelt.5672 It's got to be under pressure. Not open to the air like in the show.

[@michaelt.5672]

@@antiquecardboard From what I could tell, they were channeling the water into an underground magma chamber. That would definetly create pressure. The exact depiction of it with it's bizarre explosions where the water meets the magma is way off and the magma chamber is far too spacious, but the basic principle of it is close enough to the real world. The far stupider element to the whole plan with the water is: They could have just broken the bloody damm instead of needing they stupid swordkey.

[@TheEternalElir]

The harpers sing of Fingolfin's bravery, of his legendary duel with Morgoth. Now too they shall sing of you, for your sheer will power to sit and watch each episode. How you manage to do it is beyond me.

[@minatodroger7890]

Right I gave up after she was teaching numenoreans how to fight. He is struggling through my word

[@harbl99]

Torn between a line about blood tears or how it only feels like time stands still when watching ROP.

[@Syaniiti]

@@minatodroger7890 You are way braver than I am, I gave up when Karendriel commited suicide by jumping into the ocean. I was going to type "suicide for the first time" but then I realized this character must do things like that all the time.

[@MrThomasHart]

Tolkien Readers: "Isildur cannot be dead, he is part of the lore" Mystery Box: "Elendiel adopts the evil kid and renames him Isildur" Pinhead 2022: "So, you have chosen the Lament Configuration" That is my prediction here. That is how expectations are "subverted"

[@Olivia-W]

That's so terrible. Part of the point of the line of kings is that it was unbroken all the way from Elros to Aragorn. I mean, sure, they've butchered the lore so much it'd be just one more nail in the (by now iron) coffin.

[@englishlady9797]

This will probably happen. I notice that one of Isildur's friends is called Valandil, which in canon was the name of his youngest son. Would not put it past them to make it so Elendil adopts him as well or something so he's still "of the line of Isildur". He's a POC too, so basis for having a black man defeat Sauon and later down the line a black Aragorn. Ta da!

[@Tyarrk]

@@Olivia-W u sure u can call it butchering? i´m fairly certain they don´t know shit about the lore and just took some names to plaster on this crap.

[@Lucrei.]

This is the exact kinda heinous shit these writers would pull

[@DNYLNY]

I love how you go frame to frame in your reviews. It’s like watching the whole episode with your best friend and having a laugh.

[@TheBelieveit1]

I should point out that there literally cannot be two Durins alive at the same time. Durin is not a name one can simply be given even if they are the son of the current. Durin is more of a Title than a name as the dwarves believe Durin reincarnates, hence why he's known as Durin the Deathless. Some time after the current Durin dies, a dwarf will be born who bears a remarkable resemblance to Durin. Not just physically but his voice, his personality, mannerisms, etc. I believe at one point in Tolkien's writings he suggested that they even inherit some memories from previous Durin. It isn't usually until they are many years old that it becomes apparent to the others and he inherits the name of Durin. Durin the 3rd who is currently King was alive when the rings were forged as he was given one of the Dwarven Rings, but Durin the 4th and 5th who ruled between those times did nothing really of importance (which is probably why they have the 4th in here because then they could have him do anything they wanted and it wouldn't break the lore and canon, which is odd given what they've done to literally every other actual character they didn't make up) Durin the 6th was the one who ruled when they awoken the Balrog and was slain by it hence it becoming known as Durin's Bane. It's not until into the 4th Age the Durin the 7th (also known as Durin the Last) rose to power.

[@nont18411]

Does it mean Disa could potentially manipulate Durin IV into killing his own father? Because there cannot be two Durins alive at the same time? This is the hero of the story, everyone. Conspiring a man into killing his own father for your own agenda. So stunning and brave.

[@07Dsach]

Hey hey hey, cool it guy. Asking the screenwriters to actual read the lore is asking a bit too much….

[@luthasunspell8365]

You put more lore knowledge and research into this comment than the writers did into any given episode of the show. 👏

[@amysmith1580]

Great info. Thanks and it makes sense. I haven't read the Books so I appreciate a good explanation ☺️

[@jangolub8240]

@@nont18411 she isnt conspiring anything you plonker

[@ikahloayza3530]

"Everyone in this show is evil, including the good guys" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jasonvaughn4886]

Wow, Galadriel took the phrase PLOT ARMOR to a whole different level !😆

[@bloodrunsclear]

Durin IV: What happened to the Balrog? Galadriel: I killed him off screen. The effect was too expensive.

[@posttenebraslux5417]

My friend, it amazes me that you are so entertaining that an hour of your show is 100 times better than the actual show itself. I rarely watch an hour of somebody critiquing a show, but you do it with such flare and creativity that I thoroughly enjoy myself, cheers!

[@LBrobie]

same. i was just thinking i've never looked forward more to a review of a show i'm not even watching.

[@jaketuschak1508]

Agreed 😂🎉

[@Walamonga1313]

I find it funny how his videos are 1h long, as long as episodes. But of course I watch these instead. Haven't watched 1 second of the show outside of critiques

[@karicastanza5216]

Totally agree! I actually watched Episode 1-3 because I wanted to see for myself before making judgments but, now I watch HIS videos specifically because I still get to watch the show but with someone even funnier! I think he deserves a Tshirt that says "I Survived Watching the Rings of Power"...mostly.😀

[@pyropulseIXXI]

The show is terrible; to be better than it is hardly a compliment.....

[@feanorkun7077]

The worst sins of the show: (1) Any good that I did on a previous time or episode is now the thing of regret because bad things happened (that's just fate ya'll) (2) Any evil that is caused by the cast is not their fault and is the fault of Illuvitar or the Valar (total lack of responsibility)

[@Syaniiti]

It's clearly very meta about the show having a script and therefore the characters in the show have no free will. Or the other option, which is that the writing is an absolute disaster in this show. I'd wager on the latter option.

[@EvilVillain]

Have to say it's impressive to be able to make an hour long breakdown and I'm 1000x more entertained by this then a single thing that has happened in the show. Keep up the amazing work man.

[@lipyoutube]

My sentiments precisely. Well done.

[@coreysayre1376]

So glad I came across this channel because every week I find myself enjoying the British banter and sense of humor even more.

[@disparutoo]

Glad you enjoy the videos :)

[@OkabexKurisu]

my dry northern german humour enjoys this aswell...

[@sokit2em]

These videos are more authentic and honest about the train wreck of a show we witnessed in ROP

[@joeterzio7175]

Do you enjoy the bad British teeth fully on display too? Because that's a real highlight for me.

[@saltywinchester1600]

@@joeterzio7175 There's an easy way to avoid that: DON'T WATCH HIS VIDEOS.

[@frepi]

A pyroclastic flow temperature can reach 1000°C . If a sword can kill an elfe, then high temperature can too.

[@CorePathway]

I’m not familiar with elven biology, but maybe their women are familiar with heavy pyroclastic flow decades. Galadriel seems to be 🤷🏼‍♂️ As does her husband. 🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

[@CordeliaWagner]

Plot armor is fireproof ☝🏼

[@michaeldavies7949]

@@CordeliaWagner ....so is hair apparently

[@figjam9530]

to be fair. the cloud was caused by the interaction of water with the volcano which likely created a "pyroclastic surge" as opposed to a "pyroclastic flow". a "surge" is usually around 200-250 C. it is fully as deadly as a "flow", the only difference being you have enough time to feel extreme agony for 3 or 4 seconds before your brain boils.

[@VisiblyPinkUnicorn]

Miriel tanked a volcanic eruption to the point she came out without breaking a sweat, but a fist of hot cinder in the eyes was too much for her 😞

[@marhawkman303]

That's another wierd thing... she decides to hide her injury INSTED OF tryign to do something to fix it.???

[@carolinesa91]

1:06:33 I love that Disparu is slowly losing his mind with this show 😂

[@PerfectTangent]

Remember: you can't write a character smarter than yourself.

[@Syaniiti]

Or more likeable. And possibly even less evil.

[@kimrasmussen7188]

that sounds like a challenge to me. you cant imagine how dumb i am....🤨🤨🤓

[@petriew2018]

@@kimrasmussen7188 now’s the time to apply at Amazon Studios, they’re already forging ahead with season 2, so they’ll need more writers of a… certain caliber….

[@circedelune]

@@kimrasmussen7188 do you like the show? No? Then you’re smarter than the dozen or so people who do.

[@kimrasmussen7188]

@@circedelune yep, their version of galadriel basically has two modes: insulting or threatening. and the clip of her riding on the beach still gives me nightmares.

[@shaderax_storm6165]

Isildur couldn't lift some debris, but he could LITERALLY hold a houses support beam and held the entire house up... Also the harfoot speech about never leaving people behind.

[@nont18411]

The writers are unable to make their characters not evil

[@CordeliaWagner]

They wrote them to see themselves on the screen.

[@carljohan9265]

@@nont18411 Tolkien's quote about evil only becomes more relevant the longer this shit show goes on.

[@Olivia-W]

It makes perfect sense! No one _alive_ gets left behind. Stragglers don't count as being alone after they get ripped apart by wolves, they're just wolf food. See? Perfect sense. 100% genius logic.

[@kidpeligro7878]

Excellent point bringing back an earlier episode idea that evil makes fire cold. Since Galadriel was not as much singed by pyroclastic fire, does that mean she is EVIL? 🤣

[@viper1980nrw]

Sitting in germany in the middle of the night, watching some english bloke being a thousand times more entertaining than this billion-dollar-crap by voicing fire. God i love youtube. @Disparu: Thank you for enduring this so we dont have to.

[@DoubleClefFm]

I knew that i am not the only one here xD

[@markgregorygacosta531]

Boromir: One does not simply walk into Mordor. Miriel: Hold my blind eyes! Guyladriel: Hold my tempest!

[@marioskublan7273]

Bronwin: Hold my activism!

[@CordeliaWagner]

Disa: Hold my Super Size Doppel Whopper Menu and my Diet Coke

[@Marcus_Berger1701]

Just want to tell you that she is not called "guyladriel", her name is Galadriel. 🙂

[@nevillelongbottom7687]

@@Marcus_Berger1701 Are you an idiot?

[@matthewballon7553]

@@Marcus_Berger1701 You think no one knows that?

[@thespacesbetweenstudio3346]

There was a reason the Queen didn't want people to know she was blind... she must have heard rumors of the evil mainlander Harfoots that simply abandon those that fall behind!!!

[@nunchuckfilms]

When in Rome?

[@Linkinp4rk578]

Love how Durin IV’s wife wanted her husband to “Force your fathers hand.” And Durin IV just brushes it off, like Loyalty to one’s Kin isn’t a big deal to the Dwarves.

[@Tyarrk]

which actually makes him the most likable character in the show, to be honest

[@BinkyTheElf1]

Disparu inspired my motto for this episode: “Asbestos Elves Are The BESTEST Elves!”

[@loki8284]

That horse (tired of battle despite only being in one) is absolutely bringing Isildur back ala Aragorn's horse in "Two Towers". Cuz the writers can't not ape off of better material.

[@DraknalHitdan]

Comparing Galadriel to asbestos is quite apt, considering that continuous exposure to her will result in long term health risks.

[@melrobertson2743]

LOL, love it

[@Stukkeman]

I’m feeling for: 1. Snow troll who was just defending their home, ruthlessly murdered by the home invaders 2. Balrog trying to sleep through hibernation, waking up due to people disrespectfully throwing trash into their bedroom 3. Celeborn who so wanted peace and quiet that he faked his own death for a 1,000 years to be free from Guyladriel, and was in such a hurry to do so that he raced through the armour fitting at the smiths (I mean, who wouldn’t) 4. The homeless, outcast and oppressed orcs who just want a home to call their own, being met with threats of genocide at every turn … 5. Guyladriel who genuinely has the look on their face of someone with an eternal tempest within their bowls (I’ll forever be using “there’s a tempest in me” whenever I need to excuse myself to take an urgent dump)… That said, I really enjoy Elrond & Durin. Their banter and Durin’s appropriate and deeply felt emotional tone is awesome. He’s certainly the heart of the show.

[@Syaniiti]

The bratty teenage heart of the show. With an evil manipulative diverse wife.

[@Walamonga1313]

Durin scenes are ruined by bitchy wife

[@retroking59]

There's a tempest in me every time I eat Taco Bell 🔔

[@someoneelse1904]

Same. Durin and Elrond are the only characters with any depth! When that annoying kid thought his mum was dead (even though we know she wouldn’t be dead because… plot armour) i gave absolutely no shits. At least if she had been dead it would have been a pleasant surprise that the show was willing to kill of a main character.

[@eisa6368]

Love #2 the most

[@jimfrostpreaches]

Watching Disa's reaction to the king's decision, you'd think he said "Dwarves shall not make any more pies and sweets."

[@pederslothzuricho7685]

The main respon why Legolas shield surf was awesome, was because it was an act of enginuity, him being creative; the means to an end; saving his friends and making the space needed for the recovery of the broken wall, it had meaning, it was improvised, and selfless, not to show off or to be 'skilled', but to use the skill to complete an act of desperation, gracefully and successfully.ø, while saving ammunition. Og i think in the book he actually runs out of arrows a few times 😉. While it's pointless in the movie and invented for the screen, it does sell that he is a fighter who uses his experience and skill to get the kill. But Galadriel here in RoP looks like an amateur poser doing a weird move out of arrogance to the threat opposite, risk her life, and flips for the sake of elven awesomeness, not creativity, selflessness, or desperation. Instead it's painfully obvious it's done to make her look like an awesome acrobat fighter. It's like IP-MAN or superhero landings, it's like watching a kid with no grace trying to pull off some cool in his head move, but failing catastrophically, making it all look awkward. Legolas stunts were cool because they had propose and served a function. They were believable acts of creative fighting. Galadriel's is the polar opposite. At least they could have joined a local dojo or something and practiced a bit, and seen how teachers help them correct moves and stances instead of the previous fight with your feet' shit advice scene, which is evidently there to empower Galadriel as a strong fighter, but she looks like a kid with 2 left feet, up against kids who have been told to let her win. Why the fuck do they just stand and watch when she is open... It makes her look spoiled and entitled not skilled. Imagine Boromir going full arrogance on the hobbits... Oh wait 4 hobbits overthrew him while training in PJ movie, in a small Brawl. Fuck that was believable. It has nothing to do with predetermined opinion.... It looks awkward and shit, and it's made worse because previous scenes also were bad and unbelievable. The problem is that the agenda forces into the story isn't just misplaced, it's also poorly executed to the point it has the opposite effect.

[@maryeckel9682]

They should have hired a Mongolian female archer/acrobat. Those ladies do some amazing real stunts.

[@matthewmosier8439]

Yes, his shield move wouod have been something people criticized if it had ended with a long slowmotion segment showing him looking cool doing a backflip off of it at the last moment. As was, his moves in battle both break tension while also being in the context of dead serious circumstances. That is a very hard balance to strike, but the Jackson films got it pretty well spot on.

[@nont18411]

Harfoot: Not walking away from Not-Gandalf when he performed dangerous magic. Also Harfoot: Blaming Not-Gandalf for being evil (which is VERY rich coming from them) after 2 of them got hurt thanks to their own stupidity. The writers are unable to make any character that we are supposed to like not evil and they love to create artificial conflicts in a situation that is extremely avoidable. Not to mention that they made “hero” characters lie and manipulate each other in a story that is supposed to be about moral compass.

[@harbl99]

That Harfoot woman has some Salem witch trials projection going on. "I don't like that yo-" "Evil! Evil is in you!!!"

[@CordeliaWagner]

The Disa actress was very vocal about this show was about her...

[@HerculesBallsInc]

So... like the authors themselves. Making huge drama out of nothing, utterly selfish, and blaming everyone else for their own problems.

[@joeterzio7175]

I see you're the simple type that needs carefully delineated "heroes" and "villains" or you can't follow a nuanced story.

[@tsnophaljakarax9963]

@@joeterzio7175 That's literally the major theme of Lord of the Rings. A story about good vs evil, heroes and villains. This show isn't nuanced story-telling, and it's certainly no Game of Thrones with grey characters. It's just crap, plain and simple.

[@Jamesmatise]

What an episode! I was on the edge of my seat when the Balrog showed up, and then Disa said "Say hello to my little friend!" as she lunged for it with her massively strong woman guns. Gives me goosebumps every time.

[@hans471]

Me too!

[@suepedie1]

A Balrog might have saved this episode. We'd be rooting for the Balrog.

[@mikestanmore2614]

When Galadriel lost Celeborn, did she check under the sofa cushions? That's the first place I look whenever I lose something.

[@delliv5451]

Hilarious...!👏😂

[@veracyning5572]

It's telling that the internet's favorite character is Adar. A thin secondary villain invented for the show. It's a testament to the actor's abilities. He plays it with quietness and subtlety. I've never seen GoT but I'm impressed. Bravo 👏