Five Reasons Why the Rings of Power Lost Nearly 20% of Its Audience

The Rings of Power, Season One, is over, and many are breathing sighs of relief. An article on Brietbart.com reports that the Amazon show has lost nearly 20% of its audience. The Hollywood Reporter states, “The Rings of Power had 988 million minutes of viewing time in the United States from Sept. 12 to 18........... That’s a decline of about 18 percent from the previous week’s 1.2 billion minutes.”
Why? What has Amazon done to the beloved works of JRR Tolkien that even the analysts are falling asleep? Why have 20% of Amazon's audience walked away from this billion-dollar production? Let's look at five of the reasons why......
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[@Guilherme-ow3wb]

All characters are incoherent, their actions glaringly contradicting how the showrunners wanted them to be perceived. They also often do extremely stupid things, and just as frequently, like with Galadriel, they still get away with everything they wanted because the plot demands it. Often the show feels like nothing is happening at all, then the characters have massive shifts of personality and mentality out of nowhere and you feel it's extremely fast. - Galadriel gets away with a lot of nonsense simply because she's the protagonist. - Gil-Galad sends Galadriel away for fear she will "awaken" the enemy, and also disband all Elven armies and outposts. Then he reveals he actually KNEW Sauron was alive and around, which means he lied to all the Elves. Elrond's reaction to this massive reveal is not giving a single fuck. This is was in ep.1, by the way. - He also knows he needs Mithril, but doesn't tell Elrond anything about it. So then you realize his plan was to have Elrond play James Bond and simply stumble luckily upon the mithril , the password to a secret mine, and so on. - Durin almost dies trying to save Dwarves that got caved in digging mithril. But then he complains and bitches that his father is too cautious for not wanting to dig the damn mine. To the point he doesn't care about Dwarven lives that will die digging mithril so Elrond can stay around for dinner regularly.... - Arondil makes the villagers leave their fortification to fight orcs in an open village. Of course they get butchered, yet the show tries to present it as an awesome plan. Imagine if Legolas made Rohan fight the orcs in the open instead inside Helm's Deep... - Arondil is also an Elf with extremely poor sight and specially hearing. If you watch his scenes carefully you realize how often loud orcs manage to sneak on him. It even happens on the village battle, fucking twice. - Numenór hates elves, you see plenty of protests against Galadriel, then in about 5 minutes the Queen who so far hated Galadriel too, decides to go to war with her, and people in the city decide to volunteer also and flock to her banner... - The Harfoots "no one left behind" nonsense. Nori's father helps the community, gets injured and is left behind. That's a dystopia where nobody would ever help anyone else for fear of being injured, yet they try to paint it as a helpful, happy and close to each other community. - Even more insulting, when Nori's family and Poppy are left behind, you also get tons of shots of Harfoots not carrying anything that could've helped them and not hinder the migration in any way. They are not even running from anything that they need to hurry and leave people behind. - Then in Ep 7 or 8 they tell how vital their carts are when they get burned, then you go back to Ep2 and see 2 carts left behind and tons of Harfoots marching forward without carrying anything.... - The show has ZERO integrity and good sense when giving distances and numbers. - The Harfoots find rocks from Mount Doom's eruption at some point. But they also show often the map and where these places are. The distance is so ridiculous it's like a volcano going off in Iceland making rock and ash rain down in Paris. - In Ep1-2 Arondil and Bronwyn go to a village, it takes 1-2 days and they go on foot, carry no supplies and apparently sleep in the open without blankets too. Then Arondil sends Bronwyn back, which takes another 1-2 days, and when she arrives she's shown running... of course she just ran for 24-48 hours straight with no supplies and without sleeping. - By the way, Browyn never tells her son she was gonna be absent this much time. She simply abandons her kid and goes, and the boy just conveniently happens to eavesdrop the whole thing... imagine the kid wondering where his mother disappared for days on end... - Galadriel jumps in the ocean, and then you see the map in the opening of EP1 and that ocean is several times larger than the Atlantic. She IS shown swimming... a journey that will take months, without food, water, sleeping and warmth. - When one of the ships in Numenór explodes, Galadriel mentions to the queen "you still have four ships left"... which means the Navy of the most powerful nation in the world consisted of .... 5 ships. When they are shown traveling to the Southlands, they indeed have only FOUR ships, carrying 500 soldiers, 500 horses, the queen and etc... sure... - When the queen decides to go to war, she says "It'll take 10 days to organize the army and launch it on the sea". Then you have the voyage to the Southlands, and them arriving exactly at the critical moment even without knowing there was an attack and where. - But if you calculate this time, that runs parallel to Adar's and the Southlands story, you realize that when Adar discovers the hilt is on the fort, he has to spend nearly 20 days just sitting around doing nothing, for Numenór's army to arrive exactly at that moment in the story. - Elrond and Celebrimbor also walk on foot to Khaza-dum a very large distance, without supplies, no blankets, sleeping in the open with just their clothes on... - Halbrand has a massive torso injury yet rides on horseback for a week to the Elven lands... There are far more things wrong, but I'll just stop here...

[@englishlady9797]

Tolkien's Isildur was a hero before he cut the Ring from Sauron's hand. In the Silmarillion, it recounts how he risked his own life to save a fruit from the White Tree of Nimloth which stood in the courtyard of the King of Numenor. He did it because his righteous grandfather, Amandil believed Sauron would persaude Pharazon to cut down the tree, which was a gift from the Valar. Isildur would have died of the injuries the gaurds inflicted on him, but for the seedling which grew from the tree that Amandil used to heal him. He later took that seedling with it, and it grew into the white tree of Gondor.

[@davidstone-haigh4880]

One reason only: it's just a terribly written achingly bad adaption of Tolkien's legendarium. I barely got through the first episode without slapping my forehead in utter disbelief at what was unfolding on screen. I skimmed the rest to save on painkillers for my slapped purple forehead. Utter, dreadful, travesty of a show. It's so epically awful, frankly it's a scandal.

[@scambammer6102]

writing is the main problem. It's also a pretty cheesy production considering how much money they spent, and the casting is poor as well.

[@somedude1313]

calling their fan fiction an adaptation is pretty generous

[@johnord684]

Apart from location names and character names in the series , it had about as much Tolkien in it as the ingredients of a can of tomato soup.

[@wulfheort8021]

Something that terribly annoys me also is the usage of Anglo-Saxon(like) names for Southron characters. The Anglo-Saxon(like) names were not part of Southron people, they were part of the people in the north from whom the Éothéod (Rohirrim) descended.

[@Han-rw9ev]

Amazon swapped Tolkien's version of morality for their own... I guess it says something about them..

[@barryf7253]

Evil always uses a pretense of good. You have wonderful insight in your analyses.

[@weareorigin]

Imagine if Superman (Clark Kent) worked as a newspaper manager, yelling at everyone in his office. Then telling them they would be fired and be homeless......this is Rings of Power's Galadriel. The character is unlikeable.

[@kp9894]

Me looking at the title of the video: "Really? There are fans of the show? lol"

[@englishlady9797]

I don;t think the showrunners meant anything by Miriel using the Adunaic version of her father's name. I just think it demonstrates that the showrunners are lazy and churned this series out in a hurry. They probably don't know the difference between Quenya and Adunaic, or the the signifigance of either when used in royal titles. Someone else has pointed out they don't seem to know the difference between Quenya and Sindarin either, since both are used lazily, interchangably and without reason in the series.

[@shieldmaidensofarda]

Very true. I think someone once said that maybe they meant to make Miriel as if she was trying to decide between loyalties, maybe leaning more towards the king's men when they had her use Adunaic. But you may be more right. They were probably just lazy

[@Fkreisler]

20% only? please! that number is way too low. lmao😂😂

[@thedragonking8854]

Gotta pump those numbers up!!!

[@janets8499]

A clear and cogent analysis, you obviously have a deep love and understanding of Tolkien's world and worldview. This video turned up randomly in my feed and I'm glad it did. Liked and subscribed👍

[@shieldmaidensofarda]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@hoffy1955]

TROP is the kind of show you expect to get from first time showrunners, who continue to say they respect the lore but don't. When Peter Jackson decided to make the Lord of the Rings everyone in a high level position on the film crew had read the books over and over and loved and respected Tolkien's work. They were always mindful of the thematic content and didn't put any of their baggage into the movies because they loved the mythology as Tolkien wrote it. Kathleen Kennedy, Lindsey Weber, J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay are NOT fans of Tolkien's work and it shows everywhere throughout this billion dollar dumpster fire. Their intent was to do the exact opposite of what Jackson did. No one in a high level position on this show is a dedicated fan of Middle Earth. The few true experts they hired like Tom Shippey were fired for disagreeing with Payne and McKay and what they were doing to the mythology. They have not respected the thematic material, canon or lore in fact, they have completely disrespected it. The unmitigated gaul of these two amateurs believing THEY know better than Tolkien how to write the second age of Middle Earth have produced a show that is bad across the board. Bad directing, editing, pacing, storytelling, acting, dialogue and generally all aspects of cinema except the CGI, and a billion dollars worth of that SHOULD be decent. If this story had nothing to do with Tolkien it would still SUCK! That they, in their infinite lack of wisdom, decided to dump ALL their PC and Woke baggage into the singularly greatest work of fantasy fiction of all time shows just how clueless they are. They wanted their story to reflect the world we live in today. Just one problem with that boys and girls, no one reads or watches fantasy fiction to be reminded of the world they live in. In fact, it is loved because it provides an ESCAPE from the world we live in today! Middle Earth is a fictional account of an English/Northern European pre-history. There were no black elves, black dwarf women without beards, black Harfoots/Hobbits or black or Asian humans because Tolkien wrote that those races lived in the southernmost area of Middle Earth not the northlands! They would have lived in other geographical locations, ones that would have made sense. Diversity has to make sense within the story parameters. You can’t just arbitrarily drop ethnicities in places they would not live! That’s storytelling 101! The directors, producers and showrunners are total "Bad Reboot" untalented, uninspired and unsuccessful Hollywood hacks! The season ending "big reveals” were laughable. Everyone knew Meteor Man was Gandalf even though he wasn't due to appear in Middle Earth for another two thousand years or so. Everyone knew Halbrand was Sauron from the moment he appeared on screen. Warrior "Guyladriel" did not exist.....ever. Tolkien's Galadriel was so much more powerful than TROP's Guyladriel because she used her intellect and sorceress powers of persuasion to get what she needed. What she didn't need was to be a sword wielding, "Mary Sue/Karen", Zena warrior princess! Bezos must certainly be feeling buyers remorse for having hired Jar Jar Abrams incompetent production team. A billion dollars for a show that could have been great but for the clown car of talentless hacks that were put in charge of it. I hope the other 4 seasons get cancelled before the next 2 years pass. Let this abomination pass into history with all the fanfare accorded an unmarked grave. That's all it deserves. RIP TROP....you suck!

[@frankrizzo7746]

Great video. Please make more!

[@shieldmaidensofarda]

Thank you!

[@MrJones-uq5cg]

Well done. Thanks for your insight. Subbed, and looking forward to your next video.

[@googlieking]

Why are these views so openly expressed today. How are people who think like this getting into the highest forms of pop culture? This truly is THE END of Days!

[@Sasoubree]

Haven't watched the show cause I could do without the stress and use my time better but jeez it sounds dead confusing especially if you're a tolkien fan. Reading the silmarillion would probably be easier and more entertaining tbh

[@shieldmaidensofarda]

Yes, the Silmarillion is very interesting! A lot better than Rings of Power.

[@tastyredsauce]

The Silmarillion is an absolute joy to read, for me anyway.

[@ivayloivanov7231]

One reason: woke trash and mockery of Tolkien!

[@Don_Facoquero]

The music is too loud , it makes it hard to understand the words

[@davidstone-haigh4880]

Don, if you could hear the terrible dialogue, you'd be cranking that volume right up.

[@shieldmaidensofarda]

I am sorry. I will try to adjust that better next time.

[@davidstone-haigh4880]

@@shieldmaidensofarda sorry, I was referring to the rubbish show, not your vid

[@shieldmaidensofarda]

@@davidstone-haigh4880 Oh Ok.

[@davidstone-haigh4880]

@@shieldmaidensofarda 😁

[@impcityangel3245]

I think the number you are looking for is 80%.

[@val_nightlily]

Excellent analysis.

[@luke2470]

Correct. Woah to those who call evil as good and good as evil. That is exactly what is going on.

[@mban2748]

I enjoyed this video. I found it thoughtful and informed. I'll give you a like and a sub. I hope you do more and grow your channel. It is nice to make your acquaintance.

[@raphi154farel5]

Well. ROP is what the show runners told us. Their own (bad) story mirroring our recent world. Bad luck nobody wants to see this crap. Especially in Tolkien‘s world.

[@jhors7777]

Thank you for posting this interesting video

[@shieldmaidensofarda]

You're welcome! I am glad that you liked it!

[@Raiku49]

Only 20% of its audience? I guess that must mean 99% of Tolkein fans didnt watch it at all, like me, and i've never even read the books. I just knew Amazon would produce garbage.

[@MrDarchangelomni]

@1:14 Robert E. Lee is by no means a hero, in your own words, heroes can have a flawed past but rise to overcome it doing something great in support of justice... ULYSSES S. GRANT was a hero, Imperfect, flawed, but when needed rises to the occasion and carries the day for justice and equality. Robert E. Lee is a tragedy of a Hero that could have been, He was considered the greatest American general to have lived, he got perfect grades at school, he was well known, but what he wasn't is a hero, when the time came to stand up with his country in support of higher justice, higher ideal in defense of equality he chose Nepotism and the needs of the Aristocracy he served in his home state then led hundreds of thousands of young men to their deaths in defense of the right to own people. It would be like if Superman went to work for Lex Luthor because they are both from Kansas and Superman is married to Lex Luthors sister.. Before the war he would have been voted most likely to step up and be a Hero. History shows us that after the war he was a beaten and diminished man... He put a good face on his loss but he wore it poorly. Ulysses S. Grant, was an every mans man, his hands were calloused, his speech full of obscenity, and his life choices made in haste with poor judgement. Ulysses had average grades, was likely to be in trouble for minor infractions at school, and was a known alcoholic who without direction would find the bottom of the bottle... but for all that U.S. Grant had a wealth of somethings Robert E. Lee lacked, A Golden Soul, Truth, Kindness, Loyalty, and a dedication to principle... He gave his oath to defend the constitution, and if government decided that the constitution literally declares all men equal Ulysses S. Grant would HONOR his oath to defend it regardless of personally held beliefs on the individual arguments. He gave his word, he kept it. Robert E. Lee is an oathbreaker, an oathbreaker with incredible skill, wasted in support of evil, but an oathbreaker nonetheless. The real shame is the young men his hero worship got killed, truth be known, it was pretty sad being a poor white person in the old south, not everyone could afford slaves, people need to remember those dumb southerners were fighting to keep those slave owning, fat, and rich white people in power, the same fat rich white people that were keeping 80% of all southern whites in poverty, The greatest thing to ever happen for the average southern white man was the end of slavery. It meant that there was now a way for the average non rich person to get a job, because for the most part menial jobs did not exist... But I get off track... ROBERT E. LEE in no possible way was a HERO. To place him in the same light as George Washington is to shame George Washington they were both flawed and owned people, but Robert E. Lee believed it was right and proper for the powers of government to endorse humans owning "lesser" humans. George Washington struggled with it, knowing it was wrong but thinking,foolishly, that his slaves would be better provided for if he kept them rather than freed them. He struggled with the idea of freeing them and then they get caught by a much crueler man. Personally I believe we should all lose our freedom just once in our lives for at least a year, preferably in our formative years... 1 year in prison would do the world good. It would allow us insight into something we can in no other way understand.

[@martincoiner971]

Although I agree wholeheartedly with your points about Robert E. Lee, regarding your closing comment I would add that elementary school felt a lot like part-time prison to me. But that was jus my experience. Although it has impressed upon me that placing demands on people's time without sufficient cause indeed feels like an (albeit modest) form of evil.

[@MrDarchangelomni]

@@martincoiner971 I don't know your age, but, I think I felt a little of the same. I have often wondered if the idea of 1 common education is the wrong way, maybe an education that took what you were interested in and good at at a far earlier age would be better. I believe everyone is genius at something, not knowing what it is, I see as a failure of education. Maybe just have a general Read/Write, math for money transactions, basic living education until 9 or 10... Then branch out if you are the worlds premier bone sculptor educate that talent. IDK I could be wrong, but I think all to often most of us feel in the grind because deep down we feel that we are a rough fit. It seems like our education is a general one and then graduation happens and most of us haven't even found or developed our talent yet. Seems like it would make more sense educating the talents we would use in life, sometime during that time which life is still free to us.

[@martincoiner971]

​@@MrDarchangelomni Well said. Back when I was an elementary school kid, the thing that always irked me about it was the massive discord between the amount of time I was required to spend in school on a weekday and how little knowledge was actually meted out during those hours. Elementary reading and writing skills were generally acquired in kindergarten. In the six years of elementary school that followed, added to this were basic arithmetic, cursive writing, the spelling of more difficult words, verb conjugation, topography and some basic biology and history. Not to mention subjects with rather dubious practical use, such as long division or messing around with fractions. On the bright side, free swimming lessons were thrown in as well, which were actually useful. But still, *six years* just for that! So much of that was really thinly disguised daycare, since most kids' parents worked and kids ages 6-12 weren't supposed to be unsupervised back in my day. But even that justification didn't really hold water, since playing outside unsupervised after school or during weekends was considered quite normal. Just like I did back then, I still feel today that 50% of classes could easily have been dropped without any detrimental effect on basic knowledge gained. Or they could have been replaced with optional classes aimed at discovering one's interests or talents, as you mentioned. (I am 50, BTW. Kind of crept up on me.)

[@MrDarchangelomni]

@@martincoiner971 44, me too, my grandmother and mom passed away within 2 years of each other, my grandma wasn't a surprise. Her kids, wanted to stretch out her death and had power of attorney, so by the end she was sneaking out at night crawling as far as she could from the house in hopes that she would be to cold to revive before found. She was 86 and my grandpa had been dead since she was 74. She started smoking marijuana after he died, the only illicit drugs she'd ever done, but she was killing time, I believe. I fell apart when my grandfather died but by this time I was an old friend with death, so when it was her turn, I made sure to do all the things I was too shocked to do the first go round. I made sure that on a person to person level, she understood how much she amazed me, and that I loved her beyond explanation. I made sure she knew that I was not worried, and that I would be ok. I asked all the questions, you can not ask about somebody until they are dying. I asked about her experience, and told her that any lessons she wanted to pass on would be practiced. I opened a direct line to my program, and let her have her wish of what she would change if my mind were hers. My wife was with me, who my grandmother told was beautiful and embraced her deeply for the first time on a soul to soul rather than superficial family by law, way. My grandmother told me that everyone messes up, everyone will let down your expectations, and that it is a failure of our part when making expectations to hold others in higher judgement than ourselves. She told me that both she and my grandfather completely loved each other, being married since 18. She also told me that they both had strayed, my grandfather more often and that for a while in life they were just occupying the same space. She said that many times along the way it seemed that it was headed to the end, but that for grace, they stayed together to fall in love with each other multiple times in life. Then she told me the thing that has served me best of everything I know. She said It takes forever to grow up, it only takes a second to ruin ones life, and then forever to fix it, but that the older you get the faster forever goes by. She said not to be jealous, that the things people consider cheating that are physical, are physical, and if you are a possessive person cheating can be touching the tips of fingers together, or brushing shoulders as two pass by. If these pieces of skin bother you when they touch, because it is not your skin, it is because you don't love or value yourself. That when you are living to be committed to someone, it is commitment to every aspect of them, including the parts of them that are aroused and stimulated by others. If this is what can end your relationship to someone, then you must realize that your relationship was founded on possession of flesh and dictation of rights. She said that after all of her full life, what mattered most in the end is that someone wanted to be there at the end. To spend all the mundane days, and the excited ones together, and what they had got wrong as young people were the lies told to not hurt each other. The exclusion that goes with hiding something. The thing they figured out after their kids were grown, is that once they both believed the other was in it win it at the finish line and that death was really the only thing to separate them. and once they knew this, they knew lifelong love, not 5 minute fire love. She told me that after they knew every part of each other, even the parts that were in the gutter that every year was golden, they hid no thought from each other, and accepted each others criticism as if it were one person having an inner monologue. My grandmother told me that it no longer mattered what they wanted, people, parties, or pastimes because they wanted to do it together, to share it. I say all this seemingly off track, but you see, I used to be a very possessive person very jealous, and secretly of very low self esteem. My grandmother spent years working her way up in the medical field until eventually she was head psychiatrist at the hospital I was born in. She had honed her craft, and when she spoke wielded a very sharp instrument, able to cut you without your notice. The lessons she gave me that day, they went right to the substance of the mountain on my shoulders and obliterated it. My wife and I just celebrated our 10th anniversary, she is not the last woman I have slept with since we were married. To my shame I enjoy easy to get fast food, however my wife now knows this about me, and every thing that someone else might keep secret from a spouse. So rather than bury it, ignore it, let it fester, my wife who was also there that night and heard what I did, tells me her innermost fleshly wants. We talk agree on what is possible, and share every bit of our mind with each other. Oddly, when one no longer has this impediment that burning urge to enjoy someone else lessens. It becomes almost hypothetical, like its more fun to share the idea of doing something and then take it out on each other. Now I bring all into focus., I have 15 years of education, not counting some year long certificate courses, and post grad classes, yet I never graduated a university or college. I would always get to a point where I was tired of review, and wanted to get on with the new. So I started a relationship with a stripper, and vowed to correspond to finish a degree. Never happened, and in all that formal education. The single most important lesson I ever learned for the sake of my life with my wife, was given by an 86 year old woman, who had no time for anything but the truth, in a matter of 45 minutes. My grandmother always provided stability to her surroundings, but this time she gave me something firm, and strong from which to build when she was not around. 45 minutes, spent with someone who was an expert at how to love for life. I believe that review is needed when you are in grade school, every year reinforcing the previous year. There is a point, especially at puberty when it becomes boring, I think. If not boring then redundant, and I think what Human beings need as they grow out the big head little body phase is relatable excitement. When something is interesting you don't have to learn it, you absorb it, and retain it. I can remember every lesson I have ever had, when the activity or subject had my captive interest. I told my grandmother that this life with her flew by and asked what it was like for her. She responded "decades have went by like seconds, and it was only faster when I felt in love, like if I were falling and always getting faster as this moment approached. I blink and your grandfather is with us, I blink again and you are being born." I am, giving this quote to the best of memory, so words are maybe not exact. What she said made the hairs on my neck tickle, because in that moment I could see it, the cycle, the blink of existence, even the blink of non-existence passing in a flash. I knew what she said was true, and I never anywhere else fully learned how important time is, how valuable. I changed a lot in my person, and in my daily life. I have often thought to how best we could make moments like this in life without the importance of occasion. I boiled it down a bunch, and came up with the thing that was different, it wasn't her, I could of asked her anytime. It was me, I was hungry for the answer, and I believed she had it, and she did not disappoint. I think this is what school needs, someone able to see what the inner you is interested in, and able to find the resources or people to develop those interests, and even figure out a way to make it a livelihood. I can not off the top of my head think of any investment of tax dollars that would pay off as well. There are so many cubes, masquerading in the triangle hole, forcing themselves to fit. So much undeveloped talent, that ends up causing many people regret, angst, and cynicism even when we put happy faces on.

[@somedude1313]

I appreciate this video. Rather than just nitpicking the plethora of laughably idiotic things this show did, it cuts right the reasons this wasn't just a bad show, but an insidious one. These are the themes and messages modern hollywood has been pushing in pretty much everything they make over the past 5-6 years. They want to tear down virtue, dismantle morality, and uplift selfishness. It's simply evil.

[@shieldmaidensofarda]

Thank you! I'm glad that you liked the video! I wanted to show how the show's problems went a lot deeper than simply bad writing!

[@mrfry3]

only 20%. I think more 80%

[@shawnbarton1485]

Rings of power doesn't have one likable character. Just pale imitations done wrong. The most likable one is Gandalf because he doesn't talk much. Once he starts talking I'm sure a he will be an arrogant mansplaining powermad know it all and Galadriel will have to put him in his place. That's the pattern of the writing on the show..

[@v1e1r1g1e1]

No... the only arrogant character in the series is the WOMAN-dictating b*tch is the mockery of Galadriel that is Rings Of Power's ''Guylardrrrrriel''. The males are pathetic Betas.

[@collybeans586]

Are you telling me Rings of Power only lost 20% of its viewership?? nah

[@jokersdisciple8771]

More like 45-50%.

[@MistaGrim]

One reason. It SUCKED.

[@10001000101]

It lost much more than 20% by the end of the season

[@casrogue]

People saw mostly the first two or 3 episodes and stopped ...also many people do not know this story is about the motions or set of motions that lead into the hobbit years and then LOTR years ., this is waaaay back before even all wizards came into play. It's a great story ..I love it ..great music also ..

[@johnfoley4892]

It's not an accurate story as galadral is over 2 thousand years old in the original story the same as Eldrond

[@izaksek]

Only 20?

[@derekneville8175]

Basically it's just a shit show with one redeeming feature, which was Adar. Now apparently that actor is being replaced. Talk about accidentally discovering a bit of gold and missing it.

[@shieldmaidensofarda]

@derekneville8175, Thank you for the comment, but I would appreciate it if you would refrain from using objectionable four letter words. I want to try to keep this channel family friendly. Thank you!

[@Biliskner]

I watched the first episode and fell asleep. I woke up and it was still going. I actually couldn't care less about these characters, I'd rather watch Peter Jackson's EXTENDED trilogy for the 77th time.

[@user-qj9en1kp1m]

This show lost me after episode 1.

[@kimlarsson6310]

Tolkiens words describe the young Galadriel as proud, revengeful and ambitious. She want to rule her part of middle earth. Admittedly not the way you think Sauron would. I thought the portrayal of Galadriel was good. Lacking depth, yes, but definitely not in a way contrary to how tolkien describe the young elf who went to middle earth in search of revenge for the theft ot the silmarils.

[@gabrieldjatienza6971]

Even the costumes look awful. The armor that the characters wear .....look too plastic!

[@Guilherme-ow3wb]

It's rubber. Because the queen's armor bends around her breasts... On the cavalry charge you get some shots of horses wearing helmets and it's even more blatant it's rubber.

[@_noah_bryan]

7.6k views!! lets goooo! lets get 100k in 2023😁

[@shieldmaidensofarda]

Thank you so much for the support!

[@aSSGoblin1488]

the show got pretty bad pacing issues among other things. it was terribly boring and no amount of cgi will save the show. or its cast of actors that didnt know how to act. only the commander dude and dwarf story had remotely good actors

[@liberTvalance]

It lost 63%

[@jasonk3605]

ROP was so bad on so many levels.

[@grimnartusk265]

still not as bad as The Witcher Blood Origins lmao 😂 great video though, it's really a shame just how violently they had to butcher such a legendary series. The movies will remain absolute PILLARS in cinema, the greatest trilogy of all time. this show, will be forgotten as fast as humanly possible, if not faster lol.

[@glennewen7090]

20%? Must have been more than that? It was absolute woke pants from the get-go.....

[@shieldmaidensofarda]

I'm sure that you're right. I've got this comment from a lot of people. The article that I based the video off of may have been written when the series was newer and not as many people had cancelled their subscriptions.😀

[@darthdev]

WARRIOR GALADRRIEL!! 🗡💪😈

[@davidstone-haigh4880]

and about 90% of the rest of this debacle.

[@wulfheort8021]

No you spelled it wrong, it's Galadrrrrrriel of the Noldorrrrrrr.

[@Gozerthegozarian1984]

It lost its audience because it is awful on every level.

[@ernestschroeder9762]

Was with you except for the preaching.

[@zoebaggins90]

Only one reason needed: it is utter crap.

[@miguelservetus9534]

You had a great analysis going till you took a non sequitur path to attack public schools. Name one that has a rule that no student gets promoted to the next grade until do. But more importantly, this has nothing to do with why RoP is so bad. Shame, you really were doing a great job.

[@miguelservetus9534]

@Cruxie Sorry to hear you had such a bad experience. Personally, my children went to US public schools in PA, DE and CA and did quite well. All college educated, professionals, doing well and adjusted. Perhaps you should sue?

[@tastyredsauce]

It might depend on countries. Norwegian public schools are good. Private schools aren’t really a thing here, except for maybe the most privileged teeny tiny fraction of the population.

[@TaoScribble]

Well, they explained _why_ they brought up the school system immediately afterwards (write what you know and all that), so... But as someone that grew up during the EXTREMELY flawed No Child Left Behind, they were describing my public school experience perfectly. I wasn't good enough for honors classes, but the regular classes frustrated me because they barely progressed. I wanted to learn, but the other students would constantly giggle and pretend they didn't understand. It was genuinely _that_ blatant. How the teachers didn't realize that the students were playing dumb in order to waste time is beyond me. Afterschool studies wasn't a thing; only the field and locker rooms were open after hours. I got told to study on my own on the internet; no teacher helped or even pointed me in a direction. Two more problems, though: We couldn't afford internet at home, and there weren't very many computers in the school library. The librarian didn't check/care if you were doing schoolwork, so everyone was always in there playing Neopets. XD We got to college and EVERYONE from my school (minus the honors kids) were so far behind, doing terribly in the placement tests. It was infuriating. The internet's more affordable now, at least. But that's still no guarantee everyone has it at home, or that the school is willing to stay open when classes are done. And I still don't have faith in the public school system considering that they literally didn't even teach my brother how to sound out words, a.k.a. *_read._* -_-;

[@miguelservetus9534]

@@TaoScribble Thanks for your reply. All I can say is wow. Hope things well for you.

[@thedragonking8854]

@@TaoScribble sounds like we are about the same age. My dad always called it “No Dummy Left Behind”. Luckily for me my dad was very interested in all his kids exercising their brains. He was one of those who, when school was cancelled, would give us his own type of homework. Usually reading some sort of classic lit and writing up a little something to go with it

[@buddacafe]

Your voice is too low. The music is too loud.

[@shieldmaidensofarda]

I am sorry. I will try to adjust it better next time.

[@mightymulatto3000]

If the 25th addition of the LoTR is ever made a lot of people will be pissed as many "woke" scenes were shot and then cut. RoP fleshes out the characters more and to see Elves who are supposed to be immortal dealing with death and uncertainty isn't a bad thing. Them coming to the realization why they can't stay in Middle earth is a fascinating story. To be fair even the LoTR movies touch on this. Legolas trying to make sense of crying Hobbits or when that elf commander is killed at Helm's deep. RoP shows the elves sitting with this grief. Elrond grieving his father and Galadriel her brother.

[@JulieMoran1832]

What "woke" scenes were shot and then cut? How do you know what was cut?

[@mightymulatto3000]

@@JulieMoran1832 Because I watched the directors commentary that showed it all. It's on this platform. About two hours of footage in all. They intend to put it in the 25th anniversary set.

[@JulieMoran1832]

@@mightymulatto3000 I’ll be looking for that. Thanks!

[@JulieMoran1832]

@@mightymulatto3000 hey! I’m looking for the directors commentary on this platform but no luck. Can you share a link? Or, tell me if it’s on the first, second or third movie? I’ll keep looking but help would be great! Thanks!

[@mightymulatto3000]

@@JulieMoran1832 Search for Lord of the Rings Unreleased scenes 2022 compilation. Thumb nail has that mixed raced elf chick.

[@videogames9972]

youre like 12 dude

[@wulfheort8021]

Given the channel is named 'Shieldmaidens of Arda' I would assume it's not a 12 yo boy, but a grown woman.

[@bananenkuchen7230]

Pls learn to pronounce right for non native English speakers this is annoying, second point lower the music. Everything else was good.

[@moonbind]

because you need to stop greed

[@downsyndromehitler5697]

Its like some weird tampax commercial