Drinker's Chasers - The Rings Of Power: Ego Trips, Therapists And Safe Spaces

The more we learn about The Rings Of Power, the more a joke it seems.

[@silverscorpio24]

Vigo: "I broke my foot on a helmet and still had to run two miles." Orlando: "I broke my rib falling off a horse and still had to run." John Rhys-Davies: "I was severely allergic to the prosthetics I had to wear." Sean Astin: "I stepped on broken glass in a cold river." Ismael Cruz-Cordova: "I needed a therapist on the RoP set to feel safe from the racisms."

[@ShopFloorMonkey]

Peter Jackson created not so much a 'safe' space on those sets as a 'respectful' one. This meant that the actors felt as though it was their duty to soldier on as their work was being appreciated and had artistic merit. Of course, he also hired actors that were generally well rounded human beings, as opposed to these... 'unstable, sweet summer child-things' that were only hired because they were pretty and/or fit the checkboxes!

[@chrisbyford2943]

Christopher lee: I had to teach people how to stab someone in the back

[@bruhdon4748]

@@ShopFloorMonkey Peter Jackson at least back in the LOTR days came across as a director who wouldn’t make his actors do anything he wouldn’t do & actors will always respect that and almost a brotherhood is formed out of that where people will go above and beyond because the person in charge & everyone else around them is putting in 100% but also giving each other respect for doing so & it clearly worked considering they all got a LOTR tattoo each to remember their friendship & work they did together.

[@Flummoxed_Buffoon87]

Sean Bean, I hate helicopters so I hiked 3 miles in costume & sword to the mountain shooting set

[@kolajoabiola2790]

Lmao... What a bunch of wimps.

[@VolvoImpala]

"My legacy of being a diversity hire on a bad show will echo in eternity!"

[@cristela4034]

Welcome to modernity, where people are proud of being mediocre.

[@RambleOn07]

​@@cristela4034 mediocrity is a goal that they can't even dream of reaching.

[@thatHARVguy]

Korath: "Who?"

[@blacklivesorblackvotes2985]

@@cristela4034 they WISH they were mediocre. They can’t even reach that standard now.

[@sparhawk2195]

Delusions of adequacy

[@whatsinthebox9732]

The fact these actors needed therapists on set and needed to feel safe proves they all knew they were making a show that would majorly piss off fans.

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

The Guyladriel actress Morfydd Clark said she needed therapy because the choreographed fight scenes with stunt actors were scary. I don't believe she has complained that fans have attacked her, but she is upset that fans don't like the show.

[@lalehiandeity1649]

@@dronesclubhighjinksScary because she thought someone might get hurt?

[@pigeonpoo1823]

We had a questionnaire at work recently. One q was 'do you feel safe at work?' to most the q referred to physical safety. I wonder how many of the younger ones thought differently

[@josephsalmonte4995]

No. It proves they're pampered, out-of-touch "victims". They have no idea what suffering is & it's glorious to see people calling them out on it.

[@fc7307]

@@dronesclubhighjinks I don't think she really needed a therapist because she was scared. I don't even believe she needed a therapist period. She only said that to make it seem that the scenes were awesome and hard to film so that audiences would watch the show.

[@HorySmokes]

Amazon should make therapists available for the viewers of Rings of Power.

[@xbadburnsx6836]

People might actually watch.

[@EvilDoresh]

They should come as part of your subscription fee.

[@080ization]

Wouldn't save the show

[@mew10521]

Ha ha ha ha ha ha

[@EmilyDeJan]

😂😅😂

[@jahu5440]

Christopher Lee was in special forces. Even in his 80s he would wipe the floor with these "actors"

[@Paulafan5]

He slammed a car door on his hand and still came into work. The scene where he's conjuring a storm when the Fellowship are on the mountain he has a bandaged hand.

[@TonsOfFunk]

The story of Lee correcting the scene when he's stabbed by Wormtongue is classic.

[@michaelkrull3331]

​@@TonsOfFunk I was going to mention that! "Have you any idea what kind of noise happens when someone is stabbed in the back? Because I do."

[@johnhoran9840]

He also did real spy work during and after WWII. He was James Bond in real life for a time.

[@HAZENATA]

Facts 💯

[@illuminous7937]

I would need a therapist too if a drunk scotsman absolutely demolished everything i was in on a weekly basis

[@ShopFloorMonkey]

Then either a job in the spotlight is not for you or you need to find a permanent therapist (and I don't use that as a slur).

[@blacklivesorblackvotes2985]

Then you’re fragile

[@illuminous7937]

Some people cannot take a joke it seems 😅

[@jamesupton4996]

Daily basis. Each visit to the pub.

[@lordofillusions]

*chuckles wryly* Takes another drink...

[@thatHARVguy]

Morfydd Clark: "I have PTSD from fight training." Ewan McGregor: "Liam Neeson walked off because I was going *_Vmmm_* during lightsaber training."

[@mattrowntree9369]

Christian Bale is not the actor we deserve, but he's the therapist we need.

[@mew10521]

True

[@brunnokamei9623]

The worst part is... There was space for diversity. I mean, Tolkien clearly states not everybody in his world is white. So, Rings of Power doesn't care about diversity, they just want outrage.

[@SunMiSongEve]

Not only that, but the places in the world where diversity would be the norm weren't highly explored and would have left so much open for them to create whatever kind of story they wanted. Of course, they're incapable of creating anything, only destruction, so that would never work.

[@Thrawn23.]

Yea if they would just explore more of the world Tolkien created then we wouldn't have a problem. But instead they want to drop certain characters in places they wouldn't have been in the first place

[@HerculesBallsInc]

Diversity is their EXCUSE. Really their goal is anti-whiteness. It's not enough to add in new heroes... they have to remove what others like.

[@Peteruspl]

You can even have a "colonialism bad" story - with tall white powerful Numenorian colonizers imposing on dark skinned Haradrim and also on white skinned people in Eriador.

[@grimnir8872]

The Southeron peoples who lived in Mordor could have been asian or brown, they were close to near Harad and close to Rhuin, but they couldn't stop themselves having the bad guy be a white guy.

[@patrioticcat5768]

My favorite thing to think about it when they were filming ALIENS they were talking to the actress who played NEWT, the little girl in the movie, and they had to talk to her about a scene she was gonna do when a xeno takes her after she falls in the water. They didn't want to traumatized her and had someone on set to talk to her or to consult her if she can't handle the scene. She powered through it and thought it was fun, if I remember correctly. So a little girl had more balls and courage than these "adults" in modern movies.

[@cptrelentless80085]

In Come and See the director hired a hypnotist to avoid traumatising the kid with the death scenes. He later said it didn’t work but he didn’t want to mention it as he was that bothered.

[@ConceptJunkie]

In the flashback when she's shown with her family, they actually got her real brother to act in the scene to help her out. Carrie Henn did an amazing job in that movie.

[@EvilClowns69]

Sean Bean climbed like half a mountain in costume because he was afraid of flying in a helicopter and would only do it if absolutely necessary

[@EvilDoresh]

As expected from a true son of Gondor

[@AGrumpyPanda]

It's a powerful thought to acknowledge you have a barrier, but even if you can't get around that you can choose another path even if it's much harder, to get you to the same space. It's the kind of thing that could be very healthy or unhealthy depending on the thing in question.

[@harbl99]

Back in the day, when fencing was massively fashionable among actors, Tyrone Power, Basil Rathbone, Errol Flynn, etc had to be banned from having impromptu sword fights for fun between scenes, just because an accidental injury ran the risk of derailing production. A few years later you had guys like Harris, O'Toole, Oliver Reed, etc going out drinking, fighting, womanizing, and turning up the following morning hungover AF still ready and able to do the job. Now "I heard some hurty words. A stuntman in an orc costume growled at me. Where's my therapist? " Actors have fallen off.

[@ShopFloorMonkey]

They are not being realistically taught the craft anymore, so the chaff is not being separated from the wheat. Until, that is, the casting process, where your cheekbones (and therefore Instagram clout) is worth twice as much as any degree of talent. We then, sadly, lose a lot of wheat.

[@vladpiranha]

"They were once men..."

[@X525Crossfire]

I remember from the cast commentary of Troy that O'Toole basically shot that whole movie wasted or hung over. Mad work ethic and ability.

[@emhu2594]

@@X525Crossfire having a bunch of drunk entitled actors must have been he'll to deal with every day.

[@Peteruspl]

More like they are now selected for different reasons than doing the best performance. There has to be a buch of female actors in the global talent pool who are IRL powerful women, physically fit (I mean, jumping on your own horse with enough dexterity that no one is afraid you'll injure yourself without using a step ladder), mentally tough and also mostly matching elven look, but instead someone cast Clark. Oh well its not just acting, same for the writers and even costume and set design. Amazon spent an egregious budget to get everything substandard, while original LotR had constrained budget and looked epic and "complete"?

[@jaredfoss5668]

None of these actors would survive in a Modern Warfare 2 lobby. Press F to pay respects to the horse that died on set.

[@marbellaotaiza801]

F Also, Vito Corleone approves of the dangerousness of the set where the horse died.

[@vario6492]

Imagine them playing league of legends ranked. They'd get PTSD's for life

[@nateavery2875]

F

[@nateavery2875]

For sure. You can be offended all you want. No one cares.

[@tjjordan4207]

"Press F to Pay Respects". 🤣 The meme lives on!

[@juker92]

I remember Liv Tyler being so happy when the 20th anniversary reunion happened and calling everyone on the set "a family", everyone had a great relationship with each other and so invested in what was happening. I look at the RoP news and cast and can't help tp think that everyone has their head up their own ass and thinks only about themselves and their personal career, not giving a shit for the source material or their colleagues and crew.

[@AnarchHive]

That's another problem. They are not in for the 'project' they are in this for themselves. How come the Disa woman has so many words for how great it is, that she is, supposedly, the first black dwarf - but not once mentions her black colleague who plays a black elf? The LOTR cast and crew respected the original work and the lore and that had an unifying effect on them and spurred their motivation and passion. Apart from that I think those actors were all a different kind of breed of actors.

[@orangegalen]

I wonder if any of them will be talking as eagerly and fondly about their time on set shooting as the LotR cast still does. I wonder if any of them could recite their lines from memory 20+ years after like the LotR cast can.

[@RoninDave]

With LOTR the actors were committed to doing right by the project. They weren't trying to steal scenes to make themselves look better or put the focus on themselves. They weren't trying to make it about themselves unlike ROP.

[@kanrakucheese]

@@orangegalen If they're still alive in 20 years, they'll be throwing eachother under the bus for a dime.

[@orangegalen]

@@kanrakucheese I just had the mental image of all of them scrambling for that dime rolling along the floor, clawing and biting each other trying to get it, all the while screaming “My Precious!”

[@villematiashaukia9633]

Rings of Power is for Tolkien fan what Akwafina is for anyone with ears

[@chasehedges6775]

Accurate comparison

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

Brilliant!!

[@davidcatlett4052]

🤣🤣🤣 I did a spit take over that post that was so damn funny.

[@dsnein]

Lmao

[@logicerrormusic]

Or with eyes

[@xipheonj]

Whenever I hear how pampered the actors are I think of Viggo Mortensen breaking his toe kicking the helmet and it creating the best take that they used for the film, plus basically every Tom Cruise performance. They're not working a job anymore they're at adult day care.

[@marbellaotaiza801]

Viggo is so badass, he had a meeting with the new Magic the Gathering "Aragorn" card, and let's just say, it didn't went well for the card... Haradrim-gondorean "Aragorn" card: [making an entrance] who's Aragorn? Viggo: I am Aragorn. Keanu: [sad] I wanted to be Aragorn. Card: [aims an AK47 at Viggo and points at it's own eyes] look at me, look at me! I'm Aragorn now. Viggo: [unsheathes Andúril, The Flame of The West, and beheads the card in one clean swipe] Viggo: [looks at Keanu, rising an eyebrow, ink still flowing from both sides of the card's sliced neck] Keanu: [crosses his arms over the chest in a classic gondorean salute before turning into fading green code...] He's easily the next Chuck Norris...

[@chasehedges6775]

Christian’s Bales rant is the stuff of legend for how hilarious it is

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

WE ARE DONE PROFESSIONALLY!!!!!

[@pablom-f8762]

"TRA-LA-RA-LA-RA!!!"

[@EyeInTheSky982]

Like DDayCobra said, I too would want Bale to cuss me out. 🤣🤣🤣

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

@@EyeInTheSky982 O GOOD FOR YOUUUUUU!!!!!!

[@EyeInTheSky982]

@David Hacking-Bonilla 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 It's just not the same, dude. You're not Christian Bale. I give you an A for effort though. 👌

[@aaronjusa9134]

Brad Pitt said when filming Fury each morning he and the other actors would put on gloves and have sparring sessions, they’d get dirty and also ramp up some aggression. I’m going to go out on a limb and say they didn’t have a therapist on set 🤣

[@airplanenut89]

Didn't Shia Lebouf also cut his face because he thought the make-up scar looked cheesy?

[@aaronjusa9134]

@@airplanenut89 I’m not sure, sounds legit! He did pull a tooth out though

[@mat2000100]

Brad Pitt and co. don't need therapists, they need a restraining order.

[@josephsalmonte4995]

How is the main character an *empowered* *woman* but needed therepy for being filmed performing a play-fight? Lmao Unbelievable 😂

[@mousemetal1679]

Children who play pretend with plastic swords are bazillion times tougher than this StOnG W0Man.

[@Thrawn23.]

Yea the fight choreography is pretty silly and the actress really needs to give some character to her character but it doesn't look like that is gonna happen

[@rozu7772]

What's even worse, she starred in a horror film. I hear she didn't need therapy for that. She's definitely lying about needing therapy for fake scary situations.

[@Kyle-sr6jm]

Meanwhile there are those of us that do hema for fun.

[@axiss5840]

Schrodinger's feminism. All women are empowered, independent queens and oppressed, underappreciated victims at all times.

[@vardamir0397]

my favorite behing the scenes is when they beam with pride at telling everyone how the fight choreographies were improvised and done in an afternoon by people who didn't know sh*t about fight acting or proper camera work...and they looked so happy to admit that. What an accomplishment indeed...

[@HerculesBallsInc]

And it shows. OMGFIGHTWITHYOURFEET!

[@EvilDoresh]

It's like watching kids play-fight with sticks. Except it costs about a billion dollars.

[@logicerrormusic]

Cannot imagine how hard is for this guy finding himself in new situations. Like he needs his therapist if he misses his train, or it rains and he doesn't have an umbrella, or a mosquito bites him...

[@silverscorpio24]

If his daily barista says his favorite drink is out of stock he'd probaby cry.

[@thatHARVguy]

Regan from All-Star Superman: *_looks at Ismael Cruz-Cordova disappointingly_*

[@judgedrekk2981]

hell it rained the other day and I own no umbrella but I ducked into a laundry mat until it died down pfft.... my how the simple solutions elude some people....

[@mayanksharma3651]

See!!?? America Chaves awakening her power after a bee landed on her hand makes sense now.. doesn't it?

[@ConceptJunkie]

@@silverscorpio24 "He got my macchiato wrong. I was literally shaking."

[@helRAEzzzer]

As someone with multiple mental health disorders, having a therapist on set isn't a flex, and I cringe at how many people act like it is. It's something extra 99% of the time. If you truly need a therapist to merely be present, you're not well enough to be working and should be collecting disability benefits instead.

[@steffenjensen422]

I fear that people stop respecting therapy, because many people really should get some and it's actually very good. And tbh, if these people cannot deal with play-fighting, they sound like they have problems too, I'm just not sure that validating it will help, it seems like they need a reality check and understand that this is laughable.

[@steffenjensen422]

@@zogwort1522 Sorry to hear you had such a bad experience, sadly nothing is guaranteed

[@ConceptJunkie]

Mental health issues are real and serious thing, and I sympathize with people who struggle with them. On the other hand, playing it up for victim points insults everyone.

[@credibilityproblem8250]

I honestly would like to see some of these actors deal with a director like Stanley Kubrick. See how much they need therapy after getting the Shelley Duvall treatment.

[@bargainhuntbricks420]

Oliver stone was in Vietnam. Imagine him listening to their bullshit.

[@lalehiandeity1649]

That was an example of Kubrick crossing the line. But I agree that these people need rougher direction.

[@ShopFloorMonkey]

By all means work you actors hard, but work them smart. You don't need to be a dick, and Kubrick was a renowned dick!

[@MarklovesAngels]

Seriously! The other actors were impressed with her strong commitment and working 16 hours a day for MONTHS in the Shining.

[@crazyralph6386]

He’d never hire these muppets, since a)they can’t act and b)they’re a bunch of wusses

[@stevegt2682]

Morfydd Clark needed therapy for the violent scenes she was in. What a joke these people are.

[@chasehedges6775]

Cate Blanchett is laughing at this girl

[@ShaggyRogers1]

Yep. Nothing like rewriting canon to make the star female a "badass", but the actress playing said "badass" needs therapy because she can't handle the "violence"....

[@chasehedges6775]

@@ShaggyRogers1😂😂😂😂😂

[@trinelangohr6661]

Did someone... did someone TELL her that it's all ketchup?

[@Yarblocosifilitico]

that says a lot about all of us who saw her riding smile scene and did not went to therapy for it

[@hope-cat4894]

If these people actually saw therapists, they would be getting treated for their narcissistic personality disorders.

[@Thrawn23.]

Honestly they need to get there head out there ass and stop being such crybabies.

[@lordofillusions]

2:40 I'm reminded of Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) kicking the helmet to express his frustration at finding Merry and Pippin dead near Fangorn Forrest, supposedly, and breaking his foot during the scene. That cry of anguish was real - but he soldiered on and finished the scene like a professional.

[@IKillUDarling]

Nobody can convince me that the horse didn't take it's own life over the shame of starring in RoP. If there ever was a reason to self-delete, this is it.

[@marbellaotaiza801]

F o7

[@chasehedges6775]

The Rings Of Power will truly be remembered as one of the shows of all time THE SEA IS ALWAYS RIGHT! 😂😂LOL

[@remuslazar2033]

You are right. It will be a show. I gotta stop sounding like a bot 😂😂

[@judgedrekk2981]

will it be remembered though?? there's really good movies from the 40's that are forgotten by the youth nowadays....what chance does circles of hatred have?? NO, it's not LOTR related it's bad fanfic so it's circles of hatred....

[@Letheanscheme]

The shows? Or worst shows? It's okay... it earned a superlative. By being the so entirely banal and mediocre, it ironically succeeded in being a superlative.

[@ShatteringKatana]

​@@judgedrekk2981 "One of the [x] of all time" is a comedic expression ironically used to say something is so mediocre the only thing that can be acknowledged is its existence. It isn't really meant to literally say something will be remembered.

[@outhouse.wholesaler]

I think the writers meant "The C (à la woman) is always right"

[@murth63]

I as a huge (legit) Tolkien fan, tip my cap to you gents for watching this assortment of so that I don't have to. 🤙

[@ConceptJunkie]

Yeah, I wonder if any of the Tolkien "fans" they kept presenting, not to mention the writers and actors, ever actually read any of the Professor's works.

[@TheKythia]

When filming the "The Descent" movie, the director kept the girls and the underground monster actors apart on set. They dined in different areas and never had any real-world contact during production, so their panicked reactions would seem more real. They felt like the enemy, not other actors, and scared the crap out of the girls. In Alien, Veronica Cartwright (Lambert) wasn't told (much) about the chestburster scene during dinner, and when the blood splattered onto her, she nearly fainted for real. Compare that to the Rings of Power actors. They are a goddamn joke.

[@ConceptJunkie]

Every time this kind of topic comes up, I think of Christopher Lee. But actors serving in the military and doing other _real_ jobs was common in the day. Even Elvis served in the Army.

[@mdandrews]

It makes sense in a way. They live their entire lives by pretending to be other people, and when they can’t even do that right, what are they left with, themselves.

[@Jelperman]

I'm not surprised about the use of fake horses: Peter Jackson caught a lot of grief because several horses had to be put down while shooting The Hobbit, and an HBO series about horse racing was cancelled after several horses used in the show had to be destroyed after breaking legs.

[@Sig509]

These people seem to not undestand, that a horse was DOMESTICATED to serve man. They have been our companion for thousands of years, and for most of that time were an important part of our civilization. Breeds were specialized, some are literally work horses, and are happy only when working/pullling something, while other enjoy galloping etc. It is the same with dogs, centuries of specialization. Animal cruelty is bad, that is obvious, Accidents do happen. A stuntman can also die, or cripple himself during shooting, or even a random crewmember can be killed by a famous Hollywood actor etc. A horse is also a part of the team, and in modern cinema animals are treated well, because nobody wants to piss off animal lovers. It is not like someone is intentionaly harming them.

[@kardeef33317]

Kevin Nash gets stabbed with a no prop knife. He super glues it and is ready for the next seen. They left that in the movie.

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

The Punisher with Thomas Jane. The fact that he didn't even flinch or even yelled in pain was something. Also the scene in the first LOTRS film in the fight between Aragorn and the main orc, where he threw the knife at Aragorn and he intercepted it by breaking it with his sword? That was a real knife and Viggo did that take on pure instinct and they kept it in the film and that showed how dedicated he was as an actor.

[@marbellaotaiza801]

​@@JustTooDamnHonest you made me remember this little scene I wrote the other day in Drinker's video about that Magic the Gathering card: Haradrim-gondorean "Aragorn" card: [making an entrance] who's Aragorn? Viggo: I am Aragorn. Keanu: [sad] I wanted to be Aragorn. Card: [aims an AK47 at Viggo and points at it's own eyes] look at me, look at me! I'm Aragorn now. Viggo: [unsheathes Andúril, The Flame of The West, and beheads the card in one clean swipe] Viggo: [looks at Keanu, rising an eyebrow, ink still flowing from both sides of the card's sliced neck] Keanu: [crosses his arms over the chest in a classic gondorean salute before turning into fading green code...]

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

@@marbellaotaiza801 A crd battle like that would be legendary.

[@EvilDoresh]

@@JustTooDamnHonest It's all in the reflexes

[@marbellaotaiza801]

@@JustTooDamnHonest I'm pitching the scene to every AI "what if" channel that would listen 🤞

[@mariopenulli1395]

Galadriel is the most oppressed woman in Middle Earth.

[@ConceptJunkie]

I'm a fan of the Tolkien edit of the Hobbit movies, but the scene where Cate Blanchett's Galadriel protects Gandalf against Sauron... in her bare feet... was epic. She brought the same power and dignity that she brought in the LotR movies (and everything else she does). When I see her act as Galadriel, I _believe_ it's Galadriel. That other lady... not so much.

[@chasehedges6775]

This show makes me appreciate the Peter Jackson Trilogy, along with the Hobbjt Trilogy

[@liamphibia]

The Rings of Power makes The Hobbit Trilogy look like great films... I can't believe I just said that.

[@chasehedges6775]

@@liamphibia They’re not great films but they’re decent

[@whenpigsfly8178]

@@liamphibia Because if you rip out 80% of the running time of The Hobbit Trilogy, you could make a good single film. While Rings of Power is flailing around in the middle of a garbage scow in New York City Harbor.

[@harbl99]

@@whenpigsfly8178 There's a 'Tolkien only' edit of _The Hobbit_ films out there. All three combined and reduced to less than 3 hours. Pacey, punchy, fun. You're not wrong about ROP though.

[@blacklivesorblackvotes2985]

@@chasehedges6775 more like mediocre

[@alexzapf6422]

Morfyd Clark needing a therapist for the action scenes makes me laugh. Where is Keanu’s therapist for all he goes thru for John Wick? He never cries. He rewards everyone who helps him. And. He is very humble about.

[@marbellaotaiza801]

He also knows when to take an L, like when he wanted to be Aragorn (true story) and met with Mortensen and that awful Magic The Gathering card: Casting room Haradrim-gondorean "Aragorn" card: [making an entrance] who's Aragorn? Viggo: I am Aragorn. Keanu: [sad] I wanted to be Aragorn. Card: [aims an AK47 at Viggo and points at it's own eyes] look at me, look at me! I'm Aragorn now. Viggo: [unsheathes Andúril, The Flame of The West, and beheads the card in one clean swipe] Viggo: [looks at Keanu, rising an eyebrow, ink still flowing from both sides of the card's sliced neck] Keanu: [crosses his arms over the chest in a classic gondorean salute before turning into fading green code...]

[@AngryMinkey]

Lol I nearly lost it when I heard how it was on set. I bet everyone on their set has a appointed/mandated ego booster on standby.

[@josephsalmonte4995]

Nah. Just one guy continuously saying to the female cast..."You're *SO* stunning and brave!" 😂

[@AngryMinkey]

@@josephsalmonte4995 if it was a real therapist they would ask, “is this ‘modern audience’ in the room with us now?”

[@sclarin2]

when disparu says "ego boost" it reminded me of Demolition man. "You inspire joy joy feelings in those around you!"

[@marbellaotaiza801]

Man, that movie was a mememine...

[@WayStedYou]

F in the chat for the dead horse

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

RIP to that horse for he was a better performer than all of the ROP cast combined.

[@marbellaotaiza801]

F

[@BillPeschel]

What a culture when a few social media messages turn grown men into babies and still demand respect and silence from their critics.

[@caseycockerham3925]

They'd definitely need a therapist to work those 12hr shifts in a manufacturing plant

[@mat2000100]

"Am I a joke to you?" -Eight Hours Day

[@JohnSmith-sb2fp]

The world was a much better place when people became alcoholics and smoked cigars to deal with being scared & stressed.

[@aldunlop4622]

Works for me:)

[@fuferito]

I'll never understand the mentality of anyone voluntarily stopping in traffic to lower their driver side window so they can hear more clearly the insults of a perfect stranger; Several times a day.

[@marbellaotaiza801]

You win random comment of the day.

[@080ization]

It's fun sometimes. You know what i can't understand? Why people like you feel the need to share their opinions with the rest of us especially since we don't share the same worldview.

[@Pube-Dental-Floss]

​@@080ization mate, grow a pair of bollocks will you. People can share any opinion they want just like you just did.

[@zapallo566]

@@080ization why would you think that your opinion matter?

[@080ization]

@@zapallo566 for the same reasons you believe i give a damn about your opinion soyboy

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

Sophia Nomvete can rightfully accuse Amazon of silencing her, marginalizing her and erasing her, because there is a new ROP coin collection, but there are only three characters: Guyladriel, Arondir and Elrond (? European Lore has several videos on this). Why not Disa? SN had to come up with a story after Ishmael Cruz Cordoba talked about his victimhood last week. He said he needed therapy onset because of all the racism. Morfydd Clark needed therapy because the choreographed fight scenes with stunt actors were scary. If SN's family had been threatened for real, she would've called the cops and it would've been all over media, so I'm gonna need to see some proof of her and ICC's accusations. I'm eagerly anticipating season two ... reviews!

[@bradcarver8127]

The catering department needed therapy after feeding Sophia Nomvete.

[@judgedrekk2981]

@@bradcarver8127 fans needed therapy after watching 1 episode of that terrible fanfic show....

[@marbellaotaiza801]

​@@bradcarver8127 is she bigger that Ursula? I think we need to extend that to the catering department on The Little Mermaid...

[@bradcarver8127]

Melissa McCarthys catering is the reason The Little Mermaid has no chance of coming close to breaking even.

[@Thrawn23.]

​@@bradcarver8127 But still she's probably the best part of the movie even tho disney changed her a bit

[@wilfredoUbatuba]

And we thought Tugg Speedman was a fictional character......

[@logicerrormusic]

That movie was a warning of all the cringe that was coming upon us. But the idiots just saw RDJ's blackface and put a tantrum

[@pablom-f8762]

"I've killed the thing I love most in this world"

[@Paulafan5]

"Someone said they were close to me?..."

[@georgelooney8949]

I had never heard Christian Bale ranting before they talked about it so I looked it up and I can't stop laughing now. 😂😂😂😂

[@colinbarry9192]

I’m not sure there’s a term more insufferable than “being seen”. It only came about because “I want attention from everyone” sounds narcissistic, which it is.

[@lucuador1992]

Lol this is too much. Honestly with the way a majority of movies are coming out and hearing stuff like this, I see myself being far more entertained watching KZbinrs like these guys at home rather than watching some forced woke movie at a cinema.

[@thatHARVguy]

Don't waste bandwidth streaming woke garbage either. KZbinrs roasting them is definitely more entertaining. 🍿

[@ConceptJunkie]

That's been true for me for years. There are still a few good movies I've seen in the past several years, but most of my "Hollywood" entertainment comes from the Drinker, Nerdrotic, Doomcock and the rest.

[@Story2ScreenMovieReviewPodcast]

I know from certain who individuals who have connections to the show that it was a knightmare behind the scenes. people were fired left and right, writers couldn't agree what story they wanted to tell, the show was originally about a young Aragorn, some wanted to adapt the Silmarillion but didn't have the adaption rights to the book, the Tolkien estate giving them a long list of things they could and couldn't do on the show such as referencing the movies (even though the showrunners wanted to connect ROP to the movies) writers being fired because they wanted to insert more woke elemets into the show and was met with disapproval, a Tolkien scholar being fired, Jeff Bezos allegedly visiting the set and was furious on what he saw and demanded changes to be made in the middle of shooting. All in all, this show was produced with everyone's hands tied behind their backs, not really knowing what they wanted to do and the clock was ticking, and the best they could come up with was fan fiction.

[@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623]

You have to be a fan first to make fan fiction. These people weren't. Stop insulting fans, it's corporate hate fiction written by Tumblr crazies. Where these crazies fester.

[@Sig509]

sounds like a corporation to me :D

[@marbellaotaiza801]

I can't wait for the "Production Hell" episode.

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

Sounds like filming the Rings of Power was worse than Normandy in 1944. 🙃

[@weswolever7477]

It was their Vietnam

[@bradcarver8127]

Watching it is our Vietnam

[@looinrims]

Verdun was nothing compared to the troll fight

[@Paulafan5]

Viggo breaks a toe kicking a helmet in the Two Towers and he uses it for the scene (that scream is haunting, especially when you know he just broke his toe). He doesn't call cut and get stretchered out. He doesn't have a therapist or "life coach" there. Sadly, they couldn't make LOTR today with that cast.

[@marbellaotaiza801]

And that's nothing compared to what happened when the wizards of the coast card tried to become Aragorn: Casting room: Haradrim-gondorean "Aragorn" card: [making an entrance] who's Aragorn? Viggo: I am Aragorn. Keanu: [sad] I wanted to be Aragorn. Card: [aims an AK47 at Viggo and points at it's own eyes] look at me, look at me! I'm Aragorn now. Viggo: [unsheathes Andúril, The Flame of The West, and beheads the card in one clean swipe] Viggo: [looks at Keanu, rising an eyebrow, ink still flowing from both sides of the card's sliced neck] Keanu: [crosses his arms over the chest in a classic gondorean salute before turning into fading green code...]

[@yodaslovetoy]

The rings of power is good.... For helping insomniacs

[@rickeysoares2077]

You almost had us

[@THo-wm3vh]

Im a token black actor in the backround and I have therapist because acting like a real man is so hard. Cringe doesnt cover it.

[@Divine1Right]

Seriously. Would Wesley Snipes ever act like this? Denzel?

[@chasehedges6775]

@@Divine1RightSnipes and Denzel have something called DIGNITY

[@daredevilseyes7493]

ROP: Therapists on set? Me: "I'll take shit that isn't true for $1000 please."

[@chasehedges6775]

😂😂😂😂

[@marbellaotaiza801]

You mean 1 billion $

[@fantomforces]

Alot of these actors, writers, producers, creators, etc. are Enneagram Type 4: The Individualist. This type of personality has a strong correspondence to narcissistic personality disorder. There are alot of them who have taken over academia as well.

[@epicmage82]

Ive had severe PTSD since i was 5. I guarantee she has never felt anything close to that.

[@frankbieser]

I couldn't get past the first episode. I'm glad you guys watched it so I didn't have to. The most expensive garbage I've even seen on the big or small screen.

[@chasehedges6775]

I watched the first 3 minutes and then I was out

[@aldunlop4622]

I lasted about 10 minutes.

[@a-dev3503]

Glad you gave special mention to ''Lets not take a fuckin' minute lets GO again! And lets not have YOU fucking walking in!'' My favorite part of the Bale rant aswell.

[@adamwelch4336]

So he needs his therapist to hold his hand ✋ 😂 what a child!

[@davidkelly499]

Its actually really insulting to people that have genuine mental health issues that need professional help. Actors dont live in the real world. They spend too much time playing make believe that they cant seperate it from reality any more

[@Jp-eg7th]

Good point re Kubrick. Just watched The Killing for the first time last night. I was like "why is the background audio mixed so high - it's so discordant." I then clicked of course that it was designed to create a heightened feeling of tension and mood. Then you notice the framing and light choices where characters fall in and out of darkness and shadow. Modern movies try this with lazy post prod filters etc. But his work is so much more natural and subtle.

[@marbellaotaiza801]

He also drove the crew crazy because he only wanted to shoot Barry Lyndon with natural light.

[@corbanb5]

Tom Hanks and the cast of Saving Private Ryan did an intense military training boot camp to get a glimps of what it might have been like. Can you imagine the cast of ROP doing that.

[@Concetta20]

That and Band of Brothers.

[@psyberiusblack]

I’m still stuck on the part where they’re actually making a second season of this shit…

[@mr.s2005]

Not hard to find such harsh or even harsher attacks online on any race or creed...dont see too many people going to therapy over that. I've been threatened several times in person....never have gone to a therapist.

[@ChicagoDB]

Don Lemon is looking for a job, if Amazon wants to recast.

[@meatpuppet5036]

His therapist wouldn't "see him completely" They'd see him a client.

[@EarthNeedsHeroes]

Having Christian Bale tell the RoP actors to get into the "real world"... Like, it's still a cushy pampered Hollywood set, hardly the real world like we know it, and they can't even handle that.

[@rasalasblack]

Remember that Franklyn character in Hannibal series? The one who obsesses and stalks every therapist he had? His dialogues are like Ismael Cardova-Cruz.

[@OmegaTou]

I love the name @RomanianTVee came up with for this series, "Rings of Power Plus Privilege."

[@reginaphalange9417]

« but he died really chilled out ! » 😂

[@tenkenfilm6280]

Little Kuriboh put the Christen Bale rant over a scene from Howls Moving Castle, So funny!

[@Garethsmod]

7:26 i remember seeing an animation back in the day where someone had batman doing the rant at Robin.

[@NoQuarterNoMercy1]

Our society is producing adult children.

[@scrapmason3721]

To me "being seen" is now a dog whistle for "I'm a narcissist alphabet person and might disappear from existence if people don't feed me attention"

[@MyMy-tv7fd]

could he even handle a Twitch PUBG lobby?

[@derkeheath5172]

6:33 Speaking of wanting to be cussed out by an actor, I met R. Lee Ermy (Full Metal Jacket) at a knife expo we were both working at about 10 years ago. At the end of the day, I asked him if he would be so nice as to curse me out for a short video. He told me he couldn't - had to protect his voice for Pixar work - but he said, "I'll be happy to choke you out!" Now I have a nice photo of R. Lee Ermy looking absolutely SATANIC while choking me.

[@rnjohn45]

I misheard the drinker’s “fight choreography” as white choreography and that made the video a lot more entertaining

[@DdHenley307]

Rings of power can only wish that its biggest problem is people not liking one of the elves

[@CausticPuffin]

New here. Until the Despot talked I thought he was Scott Ian !

[@grantwallace1882]

You are making me crave season two of Rings of Power!!!!!!

[@ARuiz-eu3hk]

For a second wheb drinker jokingly said "Thats my therapists over, there." I thought he was referring to Christian Bale as the therapist.😂

[@lance134679]

I think the studio hired therapists to remind the actors daily that, despite their good fortune of being cast in a major television show, they're still victims.

[@EvilDoresh]

It's like the modern equivalent of having someone whisper "Memento mori" into your ears

[@Matty18795]

The horse had a heart attack after seeing the script

[@Guigley]

5:56 That was hilarious.

[@jessethejames6479]

Viggo would hike around for miles in his costume to make himself look road weary, Sean Bean was in a HELICOPTER CRASH on the way to the mountain and then hiked up said mountain every day after in full gear to shoot. But the orcs are scary for everyone else. Viggo swatted a thrown blade out of the air on his first take. I miss when men would play men

[@integrax5559]

Good thing he is an actor, there is nowhere else he could exist in society.

[@avedementia7273]

As a wise character responded once to the question on every KZbinr's mind: "Where's my therapist?" "I'm your huckleberry"

[@Bia-mp6mi]

In case of emergency break the glass and release the therapist.

[@marbellaotaiza801]

Underrated comment.

[@stevenschultz9637]

It's disheartening seeing how little effort and how much money is being wasted on this tire fire. Could have solved world hunger.

[@concertunes156]

The thing I want to know is: why is Donlemonlas shooting arrows with his right hand upside down?

[@mousemetal1679]

Because it looks cool and it intimidates the rival gang in the ´hood.

[@marbellaotaiza801]

It's an amazement that he isn't holding the arc horizontally.

[@sutoriimmortal2177]

So, they didn't talk to the "therapist" they just derived a feeling of self importance from their presence? That wasn't a therapist. That was a *dog*.

[@arcadianlhadattshirotsughW33Z]

my favorite actor was clint eastwood (pale rider, unforgiven and gran torino) and lee marvin (come on, everything, that voice, those eyes- if richard crenna hadnt knocked it out of the park id swear he shoulda been Col Troutman) until i heard that christian bale rant, then he immediately became number 1...

[@beltfed]

If Amazon has enough money to throw at another season of this, I don't wanna hear another word about Amazon's stocks suffering.

[@Milton2k]

Yah, for sure Bale is in my top 5 for sure.

[@nalublackwater9729]

I can't wait for the memes that season 2 might bring.

[@soulsmith5935]

Went and listened to that Christian Bale rant right after this xD well worth it that was hilarious

[@gavinburke2572]

Has Kevin James ever done the boon-guy thing for Christian Bale 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@seanfoltz7645]

The guy who played Sam got a nail go straight through the bottom and out the top of his foot in that scene where he's chasing Frodo into the river - he got it bandaged up, wrapped in plastic and finished the scene.

[@soloalien5]

To be fair I think I need therapy after watching Rings Of Power.