Galadriel Clip | The Rings of Power

[@bufflucario]

I really don't get why people keep saying it looks bad. Because it clearly doesn't. Beautiful visuals, great atmosphere and the dialogue is very much Tolkien.

[@maurodv8220]

People just want to hate, this clip alone is great!

[@yewfh-oz7in]

Cry babies

[@tsukiakari91]

This is not Tolkien, this is a mess

[@chosenone6702]

because the great visuals is the only good thing about this show. pretty much everything else including story and cast is crap

[@kelvyndidaskalos547]

Not very much Tolkien. Very much fanfic.

[@jankopandza1072]

Their ability to miss the point never fails to amaze me. The criticism is not that an Elf cannot do what she does, simply that it is not Galadriels character. Her powers were wisdom, incredible insight and perception to the point of mind reading and foresight, able to read people, making her exceptionally important as a voice and leader. She was able to see through Saurons powerful disguises, and never fully trusted Saruman, seeing his flaws and lust for power, which is why she always preferred the council and friendship of Gandalf. She saw him as the true leader of the Istari wizards which did of course eventually come to be. The issue is that Amazon have utterly failed to see what made Galadriel so interesting, wise and powerful, and instead turned her into some Xena knock off. My sister after watching original LOTR felt connected with Galadriel and believe it or not became a wise woman her self. what is youth to think from watching this ?let us be Egoistical self proclaimed warrior that hates all men ? My sister and me decided not to watch further after we saw the fails of basic understanding of what true powers of a woman are.

[@Mr.Skeleton.]

I like when the female dwarf of colors says “ooga booga” to the patriarchy

[@derpynerdy6294]

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[@calvinslattery6625]

Damn this show looks like trash. They should of just made their own show. This is going to end bad for them.

[@ricardomadleno564]

What it looks amazing...I glad I didn’t reed the books because now O get to experience this show in an unbiased way. Like I know 100% that if this show was not called lord of the rings everyone of the Tolkien fans would be saying the same thing this scene alone shows the quality of the show. But even if you are Tolkien biased I’m sure you’ll still enjoy the show a lot even if you do t want to admit it.

[@gianna526]

@@ricardomadleno564 But it's not even the story they're advertising. Sure it might be an enjoyable show, but it isn't the book that they claim to be adapting, which is why we're upset. If they made their own original show, we'd be criticizing the issues with different issues besides the way they're adapting it. I'm sure they could make an enjoyable interesting Tolkien inspired fantasy show, but instead they have to claim to be adapting and "fixing" his work, so we're gonna criticize it no matter how pretty the cgi is.

[@menukjau]

This looks like remnants of Utumno, the first fortress of Morgoth during the time of awakening of Elves. That looks like an Elf being transformed to an Orc. It was possible that Sauron hid here after the War of Wrath. I do have to admit, looks like an episode of CSI, hate short haired elves..

[@mattcollins3591]

Huh? Lol the scene looks fine. Never seen a $456 million episode of CSI but okay. Lol 😂

[@MrEMVme]

@@mattcollins3591 amazon reports that the episodes are costing 60 million, not sure where you are getting 456 from but either way that is too much money to fuck up elves when cosplayer do it better. 🙂

[@Scorpion51123314512]

Well Sauron was Morgoth's own Lieutenant during the War of Wrath.

[@BrasilBorba1]

Wasnt his fortress in Beleriand? Didnt Beleriand sank after the war of wrath?

[@menukjau]

@@BrasilBorba1 You're thinking of Thangorodrim, the stronghold of Morgoth in the first age. Utumno was written to have been north of the Iron mountains (lands of ever lasting cold), that's north of Eregion. This was built during the awakening of Elves during the time of the stars and around the time of the two lamps. This is where Morgoth took some elves captive to create the race of Orcs. The Valar destroyed Utumno after Morgoth destroyed the 2 lamps. However, some remnants were told to have survived. This area is more towards the east, hence survived the sinking of Beleriand.

[@neils6003]

The best part is where C3PO exclaims that the language written does not appear to be one of the 3 million that he is fluent in right before the SG-1 team come through that mirror and help inspector Galadriel solve this mystery on behalf of the scooby gang. So so brave.

[@queenberuthiel5469]

Damn I underestimated the adventures of Galadriel ...ahem... Amazon's Galadriel. Seems like she's in every single event. Lol. She's hunting Sauron, she's in Numenor, she's leading a cavalry, she's everywhere. Can't wait to see her help in the creation of the rings or leading her army in the last alliance.

[@BrasilBorba1]

You joke but i fully expect them to put her there and kill Sauron along Elendil and Gil Galad.

[@queenberuthiel5469]

@@BrasilBorba1 You're right. This Galadriel reminds me of The Hobbit Legolas. Only difference is that he's still a side character.

[@brooksboy78]

Ah, yes, Tolkien NEVER suggested that Galadriel was a warrior, martial leader, or the greatest of all the Eldar. Except, of course, when did: "[Galadriel] was then of Amazon disposition and bound up her hair as a crown when taking part in athletic feats.” "[Galadriel] fought fiercely against Fëanor in defense of her mothers kin." "She looked upon the dwarves also with the eye of a commander, seeing in them the finest warriors to pit against the Orcs." "Galadriel was the greatest of the Noldor, except Fëanor maybe, though she was wiser than he, and her wisdom grew with the long years." "So it came to pass that when the light of Valinor failed, for ever as the Noldor thought, she joined the rebellion against the Valar who commanded them to stay; and once she had set foot upon that road of exile she would not relent, but rejected the last message of the Valar, and came under the Doom of Mandos. Even after the merciless assault upon the Teleri and the rape of their ships, though she fought fiercely against Fëanor in defense of her mother's kin, she did not turn back. Her pride was unwilling to return, a defeated suppliant for pardon; but now she burned with desire to follow Fëanor with her anger to whatever lands he might come, and to thwart him in all ways that she could. Pride still moved her when, at the end of the Elder Days after the final overthrow of Morgoth, she refused the pardon of the Valar for all who had fought against him, and remained in Middle-earth. It was not until two long ages more had passed, when at last all that she had desired in her youth came to her hand, the Ring of Power and the dominion of Middle-earth which she had dreamed, that her wisdom was full grown and she rejected it, and passing the last test departed from Middle-earth for ever."

[@queenberuthiel5469]

@@brooksboy78 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Yeah I get it. You like this version of Galadriel. Enjoy this show I guess. And btw, you know that Galadriel was never known to be a warrior.

[@cmd7930]

Everyone knows Tolkien wrote Galadriel to be an armoured badass rebellious teenager. What was Peter Jackson thinking with his portrayal? Amazon knows their stuff.

[@rachelblack314]

My favorite part was when they asked Guy-ladriel about the tempest within her. She replied, "End of quote. Repeat the line."

[@necrobia7191]

I’m confused, if the eye of sauron evaporates ice and water when it touches it, why is it covered in ice to begin with when she pours water on it and why does the water crystallise around the eye after she pours water on it

[@julius5838]

Magic never make sense scientificly, a scientist friend of mine told me that if a scientist had to describe anything magic with more scientific terms, he could only describe it as "Alteration of reality", meaning that the physical properties that we know and experienced are partially altered in others unknown forms of physical properties (that's how the fu''k combustion properties can comes out of a wooden wand to make fire without burning the wand made of dried wood in Harry Potter lol ). Since he told me that it's easy for me to figured out any magic. Now here's my explanation of that moment in the scene. The enchantment inside the magic stone table with the mark on is initialy off because it was abandonned in a lonely cold, but in presence of people or/and maybe even in presence of a close source of fire (like torches) this alteration of reality (to not say magic) awake itself and the enchantment vaporising water/snow is again functional. But the mark have an other kind of enchantment on and that's why water change into ice just on that mark. So I guess that two different spell were put on that stone table by I guess sauron itself back in the days. You did not expect a response that long for such an unimportant detail did you ??! 😆

[@JameZayer]

Some weird cgi version of the Leidenfrost effect?

[@StarWarsDroidTheory]

It was a spell by the blue wizards.

[@Nani-nh6qz]

There is no justification you are completly right, literally basic physics change of state, the snow and the ice are still water. The writers are so dumb they couldnt use any other liquid or any other element but nah.

[@julius5838]

@@Nani-nh6qz Yeah but in a World like middle earth where there is so much magic, I don't see the problem with the existence off a spell put on a mark that is making water to evaporates in the first place and have a back effect of freezing the water in a second place If it was In an Iron Man movie I will agree that is dumb writting because it's all about sci-fi science and tech but in a magical world it's fine I am ok with this. I couldn't say that is dumb because on which right can I tell how a spell works ? It's beyond any knowledge it's only up to imagination.

[@bree1332]

I think the dialogue sounds right. 'Flame unquenched' strikes me as a very tolkein-like phrase. The music is fitting too. Though I do have to add the CSI feel of this scene to my list of concerns regarding the show.

[@makedredd299]

This new Narnia movie looks great. But I wonder when they will make a new JRR Tolkien movie again because those were greater!

[@AlecArtComics]

JRR Tolkien actually made movies? Wow, who knew!

[@francescoballetta7945]

this will be a masterpiece. i hopo and i see at this momenti. tomorrow will see. but the Tolkien.s spirit is here. great

[@tpwrm3458]

@@AlecArtComics read it again

[@TheOriginalCFA1979]

My favourite part is all the cultural appropriation.

[@kifwoo1]

A mushroom cloud looks pretty from a distance.

[@makpo88]

Make elfs with long hair,remove the black dwarfs and elfs cos they dont exist in Tolkien work . Stop making wierd characters with wierd names that dont exist at all (Stick to Tolkien work also ) Numenorians look like Rohirims !?!?!?! LOTR soldiers in Gondor look more numenorian than them

[@zamdrist]

I see Galadriel has a manservant. "Water!"

[@Christrulesall2]

Water, beta boy! Chop Chop!!

[@zamdrist]

@@Christrulesall2 funny 🤣

[@akaverion]

Water is the new "Wine!" by Robert Baratheon

[@wharcraff]

Light as a feather. Stiff as a board.

[@pwmiles56]

These Orcs were meddling with the Powers of the unseen world Some dark sorcery of old But what was their purpose Surely it is lost to the ages now Whatever happened here was long ago Water Even stone can not hide the mark Of one whose eerie hand is flame unquenched ---------------------- Is the world ready for poetry of this quality? I sure don't think the actors were.

[@mattcollins3591]

It seems fine to me. People are so determined to hate on this they could release a one second clip of a cloud and people would lose their minds. Everyone bitching is going to watch regardless.

[@pwmiles56]

​@@mattcollins3591 It could have been much, much better. There is no intensity. Hell I wrote a better scene in five minutes: GALADRIEL (alarmed) See! They meddled with the powers of the unseen world! A dark and ancient sorcery is here. But to what purpose? COMPANION (aggressive-dismissive) It is forgotten. Whatever happened here was long ago. GALDRIEL (imperious) Water! [pours] (Intense) Time has not swept clean the stone. (Cries out) Behold the mark of he whose hand is ... FLAME!

[@mattcollins3591]

You guys are putting in WAY too much emotional weight into this lol it’s a less than one minute clip from a 50 hour show bub. Relax lol

[@thomasray]

I think people on both sides are being just as extreme. Some determined to hate it (with, in my opinion, a lot of evidence) and some determined to love it (With a few vague trailers as the fuel for their hope.)

[@mattcollins3591]

lol Okay

[@christianefiorito3204]

I hate what they did to Tolkien and his legendarium, but I heard Stephen Colbert talking to Morfydd Clark in his show, and she as a person and actor is so sweet and absolutely Elf like, that I am even more sorry that they killed Tolkiens story.

[@umairahmadkhan3792]

Have seen the complete show? If not, how do you know that they have totally ruined Tolkien? I agree they have made huge changes and ideally i would not want that. I hate changes to source material that i love. But also, Glorfindel (swapped with Arwen mostly) and Tom Bombadill were not in Peter Jackson films. Sam and Frodo never visited Osgiliath in the books. But in spite of those changes i absolutely love those films. So, maybe we will all love this show as well even with the changes and additions after watching it. But the key point is "after watching it".

[@BrasilBorba1]

@@umairahmadkhan3792 Have you seen the complete show? The same applies to you, defending the show without seeing it. At least we can say for certain that she looks very different from the Galadriel we know. Is it so hard to see strength in a woman who is wise? Does she really need to kill a troll to be as strong as any man? I think galadriel was badass in the LOTR, she had respect just by looking at you, PJ did that right.

[@umairahmadkhan3792]

@@BrasilBorba1 PJ did everything right.. I am not saying that this show is gonna be amazing. Just like films. All I am saying is that if we start watching it with preconceived intention to hate it. We will hate it no matter what. I am saying that we should reserve our judgement for now. And decide whether its shit or not After watching it...

[@Juggs009]

@@umairahmadkhan3792 "Reserve your judgment, unless you're defending it"

[@umairahmadkhan3792]

@@Juggs009 I am not defending it. I am saying we should reserve our judgement until we see it. I have never said this show will be good for sure. I dont know. What i hate is that so many people are so sure that it is going to be trash before even seeing it. All i said that it might be really good or really bad or maybe in the middle. But i don't know yet and neither does anyone else.... We should give this show a chance atleast.. On youtube and everywhere else online, everyone is like oh this show will be shit, this show will be trash... How do you know? have you seen it? if not you can only speculate.

[@superduper476]

Wow, the investigative depth here by generic galadrial is astounding. A mystery of a thousand years, and she solves it with a bottle of water in 2 seconds wow!!!!!

[@JainaSoloB312]

Gandalf solves a mystery of 3 thousand years with a single book, if you're gonna be reductive about it.

[@patrickmcintyre7752]

@@JainaSoloB312 this shows is gonna be dogshit man

[@superduper476]

@@JainaSoloB312 WOKE, WOKE, WOKE....THERE, ARE U HAPPY, YAWN...GO CRAWL BACK UNDER YOUR ROCK. LORE VS. WOKE, SAD AND PATHETIC YOU ARE.

[@hx20games77]

The only main problem is that they dint followed Tolkiens Middle earth

[@winstonsmith8482]

@Adam James lol go back to your reylo fanfics and F-off from ruining tolkien.

[@visualsinfilm98]

Yeah keep whining and complaining like some nerdy cry baby

[@Juggs009]

@Adam James 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@ATalesTruth-]

Just saying if they were speaking elvish their dialogue would be much more appreciated instead of cringe

[@eric11]

I mean its quite difficult to do it not even jackson trilogy had elves speaking elvish

[@ATalesTruth-]

@@eric11 they did at moments when it was just elves or rare moments Essentially speak elvish within moments of importance, this would be one of them

[@Juggs009]

@@eric11 Bruh have you watched the movies?

[@JainaSoloB312]

@@Juggs009 He means they didn't speak Elvish much. And they didn't, compared to how often they spoke English

[@insomnijack7528]

Dude you removed the part where it cuts to the skyline of Gondor and it goes "YEAAAAAAAH!!!" that's the best part.

[@derpynerdy6294]

what are you talking about?

[@insomnijack7528]

@@derpynerdy6294 CSI Miami

[@gianna526]

that was my favorite part! Gave me literal chills.

[@bgb0072]

The point is for this sequence to even happen means that they have totally rewritten all the characters/events/timelines bc it is wholly impossible for this to take place in Tolkien's story (iykyk and if you want come find out :) its a wonderful time). Again no problem writing fan-fiction but call it as such instead of lying to people in order to try and get them to watch your production and then get mad/defensive when they call you on your lie lol

[@caiawlodarski5339]

What exactly does it contradict ?

[@bgb0072]

@@caiawlodarski5339 Great question :) Truthfully I feel the best answer I can give is this: there are too many things to list here because it is so antithetical to Tolkien's stories, which are masterfully woven together. This is why I invite you to read them and discover for yourself because it is a great time filled with wonderful stories. All the best.

[@caiawlodarski5339]

@@bgb0072 I have already read them, I'm asking to actually provide textual support for your claims.

[@bgb0072]

@@Chelooby My friend, every interpretation/assumption you've made about me is wrong. This world would be a far better place if we didn't allow our assumptions to reduce an otherwise potentially civil conversation to name calling. All the best.

[@bgb0072]

@@caiawlodarski5339 The Lord of the Rings (appendices included), and The Silmarillion will provide ample context. However, The Unfinished Tales and Children of Húrin also help to build out the world context that would give an even fuller understanding.

[@WhatisReal11]

if resident evil movie makers made a Tolkien show

[@rachelblack314]

hopefully this will also be cancelled after one season 👍😂

[@aethersurfer6793]

Cringe-tastic. 'Now I will say exposition aloud and then solve a mystery that had no time to become interesting thus negating it as a mystery.' '...wait why does water reveal the mark?' 'Sauron! It was Sauron all along. Sauron. Sauron I tell you, just in case you hadn't got that point.'

[@jared4031]

LOL! Yeah this feels like just generic TV show tropes. And this is their main storyline. Imagine how bad the B plots will be...

[@mikehuntburns9753]

Dungeons and Dragons looks good.

[@GustavoNogueiradePaula]

The films of Peter Jackson? Yeah, is Dungeon and Dragons

[@mikehuntburns9753]

@@GustavoNogueiradePaula let me guess, you support LGBTQ, BLM, and hate trump with a passion right?

[@patton6421]

this is amazing work and I can't wait for detective galadrieeee to chain sauron up in a mallorn tree to tell him what a bad boy he is. absolutely courageous, revolutionary even!

[@tjbfox769]

Am I annoyed as a Tolkien fan that they have compressed the 2nd age timeline? A bit. Am I not going to watch the show? No. Why? Because there is very little written that Amazon got the rights to for this show. Just the appendices of the LOTR. Who can all the haters blame/thank? The Tolkien Society. We could have gotten a more accurate timeline if they would have released the rights to the Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales but they chose not to. I think the reason could be that the Tolkien Society wanted to see how Amazon would do with this series before/if granting them further access to the legendarium. I see both sides of the argument but I choose to unplug my lore junkie brain and attempt to enjoy this show. It looks amazing so far from what I have seen and I'm choosing not be so hyper critical over literally every single detail the way others in the fandom are reacting. Why gate keep to the extent that we turn casual fans away from possibly investing in the books and becoming new fans of The Professor? What is there to gain by being so toxic? I'm legitimately curious and would like to discuss this with those of you who are still not on board.

[@eugene8498]

I don't know. Did Amazon even try to purchase the rights? Especially after Christopher Tolkien passed away. I don't think so. Apparently they are adamant about doing their own thing, to "reinvent" Tolkien for the modern world, to "write the story Tolkien never wrote".

[@eugene8498]

I doubt if it will turn casual fans to new fans of Tolkien, if it's just another generic fantasy show with Tolkien in name only. Those who like the show will be disappointed because they won't find what the show has in the books, especially those who must feel "represented", just like the readers won't see what Tolkien actually wrote in the show.

[@antonschneider-michallek8544]

Hi @tjbfox769 ! Since you're honestly asking, i'll try give you the reasons, why i hate that show and will dislike every single new clip that amazon releases. Unfortunately, this is not done in one or two sentences, so either cancel now, by TL;DR, or you have to read on, why i don't want and will not see this show. (Sorry if sometimes my words are not choosen 100% correctly or if i got (hopefully not) some typos, i am not a native english speaker.) - Professor John Ronald Reul Tolkien (R.I.P.) Many people say, that the famous sentence: In a hole, in the ground, there lived a Hobbit was the start of Tolkiens work. They say he probably scribbled this sentence down, while he was in the trenches in france during WWI. If you take this as the starting point where this artist started to shape middle earth then you can easily see, that he invested decades (actually until he died) to form this. In his own words, he wanted to create a mythology for his beloved england, because england lost their mythologies. He created geographie, cultures, races, animals, languages, lineages, maps, stories, background information and more and more. So he did create from a literatue point of view a complete world, for the reader to discover - a complete mythology ! That's what it is a mythology. Tolkien was strictly against it to implant politics or modern ideologies into it. (He has been asked once, if the battle at the black gate was a reflection of WWII and he strongly denied this.) It was never his intention or goal to reflect his own or other views that reflect the "real" world into middle earth. -Ardar (and middle earth on it) is a mythology and has nothing to do with the "real" world !!! With this foundation set, the fans worldwide read and love these books since they were released, every bit of information was puzzled together, The world he created is very complex but well defined. Tolkien happily answered very detailed all kind of questions from fans world wide and those letters are all available online for further clarification to his work. what the professors point of view was in regards of making a movie, implementing ideas, changing the lore etc. We can say that Tolkien has set the basics for fantasy novels. Many stories, games and so on where written since Lord of the Rings, but Tolkien is the original. J.R.R. Tolkien and his son Christopher would have never ever sold the IP to Amazon. This is proven in the lettters the professor wrote. - Amazon: Amazon is not interested at all to stay honest to the lore of an owned IP (like all other streaming services nowadays don't as well (Netflix, Disney+, HBO, etc.). Their only interest is profit, shares, stockmarket, quota. (The german word is "Bilanzen"). They've invested (what they loudly proclaimed in all social media channels possible) almost 1 BILLION USD for this show, they use this as an advertisment, as a confirmation/guarant that this show will be great ? Really ? Every single decision in regards of this show is dictated from the upper amazon offices, you can see this in the decisions the "showrunners" have to fullfill, they are just puppets and Lindsey Weber is observing, that the quota is fullfilled. Why does Amazon gives the production of an gigantic IP like this to two unexperienced "Showrunners" like Patrick McKay and J. D. Payne ? Because if the show flops, these two puppets are the first ones that will be scapegoated. If you google the two showrunners, you'll find that they have not much filmmaking experience at all and nothing in their CV shows experience in the fantasy genre, especially not Tolkien... So Amazon hires the best Tolkien scholar these days to support the "showrunners": Tom Shippey (and of course, as usual, announce this loudly throughout the WWW). All fans are happy, because with Tom Shippey on board we could rest asured that Amazon will stay true to the lore. Shortly later (very quietly) amazon informs (maybe it just leaked) the web, that they fired Tom Shippey and replaced him with the Tolkien "expert" Mariana Rios Maldonado. (If you google her, you will find out her background.....summarised (Tolkien and diversity...) The official reason given, why they fired Tom Shippey: he did break the NDA, but what all the fans think and what more and more seems to be true is: Amazon fired Tom Shippey because he could not comply with the changes amazon was planning to do to Tolkiens work in their show. (I personally believe, that they parted in an agreement and amazon probably paid a nice sum to shut him up). OK, so now with the only real Tolkien expert fired from the show, the fans started to worry how this will develop and announced this fear everywhere. Amazon had to react, so what is the latest development, they shout throughout the web: We are working with Simon Tolkien, the grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien together. If you research on SImon Tolkien, you'll find, that he always hated to be in the shadow of his father and grandfather and that he already developed ideas years ago, to change the professors work. Of course his father Christopher denied. No change to the lore. So with Simon Tolkien on amazons side, they can happily change like they want, since Simon Tolkien also just don't care. But it sounds great to the "normies" worldwide: We have Simon Tolkien on board, grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien ! - Now we come to the show itself. Amazons: Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power As soon as the first pictures were released the Tolkien fans worldwide asked : WHAT the f..k IS THIS ! We started to make our complaints, that the information given by amazon obviousely, without any doubt, highly contradicts Tolkiens work: (We're speaking now only about Tolkiens middle earth, not any other fantasy franchise) - there are no dark skinned elves in middle earth - elves have a noble, gracious almost feminin appearance (male and female) - all dwarves (male & female) got beards from the day of birth onwards (Their beards is something the dwarves are very proud of) - how do you explain dark skined dwarves. - why is Galadriel a sword fighting warrior in the timeline amazon wants to present ? (In the 2nd Age Galadriel was already gracious not an butt kicking Xena. - Galadriel and Miriel never ever met These are just some examples and with every new clip, the list is getting longer and longer Amazons counter attack: calling us (the Tolkien fans) racists ! We were fighting for the lore in middle earth, amazon transfers it to the real world. So if you now have a honest look at the cast, you will see a huge diversity presented. Of course the showrunners state, that they've chosen the actors by a look in their eyes "if they had middle earth in it". Strange that by googling the cast and in further interviews we find out that almost none of them knows Tolkiens work. So what is the criteria, the actors were casted by? This becomes even more clear, if you watch the Rings of Power Superfans videos on youtube. At this point the Tolkien fanbase started to react and started to downratio ever video Amazon presents, because every video, every clip, every picture, proved more and more, that Amazon is implementing our real modern ideologies into middle earth. They even loudly announce this and say that this is good. If i am interested in a show and watch an interview i want to see what qualifies a certain actor to portray a certain character in the movie/show and if the cast then asnwers, like they are reading it from a script (amazon upper offices): "I am the first female dwarf shown in a movie", "I love the diversity of the cast", "I am an activist" and so on and so on. I am asking myself Does this qualify you to portrait a character in this story ? - The costumes The costumes just looks generic and cheap, if Amazon really has such a high budget, far higher what Peter Jackson had, i am asking myself, why do PJs costumes and armour look a hundred times better, than the ones from Rings of Power ? The Rings of Power costumes look so generic, that you could easily interchange them with costumes from other fantasy series. Why do the costumes from Peter Jackson look better ? Because he has read the books, took the cultural influence of each race into each design and he invested into artists, like John Howe and Alan Lee (famous Tolkien Artists) that helped to interpret the design into a pictural form. Amazon uses the budget to announce their diverse cast, to invite "influencer" superfans to talk about how great it is to see him represented in Tolkiens work, or how they could "turn" Sauron. This is the reason, why i will not support this show in any way and i will dislike it wherever possible. Or to easily summarize it: What amazon is doing to Tolkiens work, is comparable to if i would buy the Mona Lisa picture and just because i think the lady on that picture doesn't reflect my personal ideology, i just draw a beard onto her face...let's see how many people would scream: Vandalsim ! And that's exactly what it is ! Bt i don't care i could do it, because i own the picture. Tolkiens work is a piece of art same as the Mona Lisa ! That's why i shout vandalsim towards Amazon on every social channel possible. That's why the normies and amazon calls us gatekeepers, trolls, haters, racists. we try to protect what we love.

[@antonschneider-michallek8544]

PS: That's the reason why the Tolkien fans commented under the first Teaser with a quote from J.R.R. Tolkien; "Evil can not create, it only corrupts". If amazon would have named the show "Xenadriel in Amazonian" non of the Tolkien fans would have had a problem with it, but calling it "Lord of the Rings:..." and writing "Based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien" then they need to face the critizism of the fandom as well !

[@Peter-ri9ie]

@@antonschneider-michallek8544 man, well put! 👍🏻

[@saewonyi]

Jesus the Amazon bots here are hilarious!

[@StefanHighlights-InquisitorOvh]

Look at paid shills and bots commenting down here. LOL

[@MrBillclintin]

This amzonshow is going to teach me so much, walk with tourches in front to avoid blinding the one behind, Saurons eye burns in water even this long before he becomes the eye. I am looking forward to the chapter where we are told how to fix a toaster. I have a broken toaster and really need a Galadriel how to fix video. I like red toasters.

[@brooksboy78]

You know nothing about Tolkien if you think Sauron ever becomes a LITERAL Eye lmao. That's in the PJ movies only. The Eye of Sauron is a concept (his extremely perceptive, terrifying, almost metaphysical gaze), and it's something that he has even during the First Age and the events of the Silmarillion. He has a physical form in LotR. Please stop complaining about a Tolkien show when you obviously know nothing about the man, and when it's obvious you've only seen the movies. Also, here are some quotes about Galadriel: "[Galadriel] was then of Amazon disposition and bound up her hair as a crown when taking part in athletic feats.” "[Galadriel] fought fiercely against Fëanor in defense of her mothers kin." "She looked upon the dwarves also with the eye of a commander, seeing in them the finest warriors to pit against the Orcs." "Galadriel was the greatest of the Noldor, except Fëanor maybe, though she was wiser than he, and her wisdom grew with the long years." "So it came to pass that when the light of Valinor failed, for ever as the Noldor thought, she joined the rebellion against the Valar who commanded them to stay; and once she had set foot upon that road of exile she would not relent, but rejected the last message of the Valar, and came under the Doom of Mandos. Even after the merciless assault upon the Teleri and the rape of their ships, though she fought fiercely against Fëanor in defense of her mother's kin, she did not turn back. Her pride was unwilling to return, a defeated suppliant for pardon; but now she burned with desire to follow Fëanor with her anger to whatever lands he might come, and to thwart him in all ways that she could. Pride still moved her when, at the end of the Elder Days after the final overthrow of Morgoth, she refused the pardon of the Valar for all who had fought against him, and remained in Middle-earth. It was not until two long ages more had passed, when at last all that she had desired in her youth came to her hand, the Ring of Power and the dominion of Middle-earth which she had dreamed, that her wisdom was full grown and she rejected it, and passing the last test departed from Middle-earth for ever."

[@MrBillclintin]

@@brooksboy78 there is a difference between having a horrifying gaze, and us it as your 'trademark'. A lot powerful beings under Melkor would likely have horrifying gazes, that's common among fantasy bad beings. And Galadriel is depicted as a warrior similar to Eowin. I as a reader expect Galadriel to be more like a high level maia or a downscaled Varda. I won't question her ability to fight and command, but it's not a major part of her character in the second age. But if you like the warrior princess depicted so far, that's OK.

[@Sma-v4y]

Gala-o-fixy! She will fix you!

[@brooksboy78]

@@MrBillclintin Here is what Tolkien says about Sauron in the Second Age: “But Sauron was not of mortal flesh, and though he was robbed now of that shape in which had wrought so great an evil, so that he could never again appear fair to the eyes of Men, yet his spirit arose out of the deep and passed as a shadow and a black wind over the sea, and came back to Middle-earth and to Mordor that was his home. There he took up again his great Ring in Barad-dur, and dwelt there, dark and silent, until he wrought himself a new guise, an image of malice and hatred made visible; and the Eye of Sauron the Terrible few could endure.” Please read Tolkien instead of crying over nothing. The entire concept of the Eye of Sauron had been well established thousands of years before LOTR. Furthermore, Sauron LITERALLY DOES use the Eye as his trademark. He forces all of his soldiers to use it lmao. It's on ALL of their shields. Also, it's spelled Éowyn. You're obviously a true fan lol.

[@MrBillclintin]

@@brooksboy78 this is after the fall of Numenor, I know rumors say the will compress the timeline, but to begin with what's basically is the end of the second age, is beyond stupid.

[@berserkirclaws107]

Funny I though it was Aquaman!

[@queenberuthiel5469]

Yes it is! That's Mera the Blonde. I'd pick Morfydd over Amber anyday tho.🤣

[@AdirondackRuby]

My mom said it looks like the "your tires need more pressure" symbol.

[@Patrix8558]

is this purely for Colbert, with that exposition dump? Seems like just some teaser SNL sketch in a way, no?

[@mygetawayart]

People are salty because they think the show's gonna be bad, they will be salty when it's gonna be good and if it is bad, they'll forget about it. If it is indeed bad, this show changes nothing about the Tolkien lore we love so much and if it's good then it just adds on an already awesome lore.

[@cmd7930]

People are salty because they see how Amazon corrupts Tolkien's writings to push some modern woke feministic agenda. You admit this show introduces new "awesome lore" which Tolkien never wrote about. You either follow Tolkien's lore or Amazon's woke modern feministic lore.

[@reaganjananto5467]

Its garbage.

[@bees-17]

@@cmd7930 you obviously know nothing if you think feminism wholly goes against Tolkien's philosophy. All you need to do is have the barest of understandings of the characters of Eowyn, Luthien, and Erendis to know. Also, Tolkien's grandson himself was deeply involved in pre-production of the series, I doubt he would allow them to present things wholly contradictory to the source material.

[@gianna526]

@@bees-17 No he wasn't, they didn't start production until he died. They barely did anything before his death, and could (and probably did) have easily changed anything they didn't want to. They had to fire a Tolkien expert because he questioned their choices, that alone is a massive red flag. Also feminism and female characters existing are very different. And so is actual feminism and modern bs feminism. Feminism is suppose to be gender equality for both genders. This kind is bringing down the men and bringing up the women for no good reason besides "men bad" I am totally fine with a woman being the main character, especially Galadriel. She is one of my favorite characters, so I was excited to see her be the center of this show. Only to find a completely different woman using the name of Galadriel.

[@bees-17]

@@gianna526 Tolkien's SON is the one who died. I'm talking about Simon Tolkien, JRRs Grandson and Christoper Tolkiens son. The rumor that Tom Shippey was fired for having creative differences is false. He was fired for breaking an NDA during an interview. I brought up the characters I speak of not simply because they are Female, but because their actions challenge those of traditional gender roles. Galadriels character, even though her motivations are different, are accurate based on Tolkien's later writings on the character contained in the Unfinished Tales and the Nature of Middle Earth. She is described as being of "Amazon disposition" or strong and warrior like. She was sometimes called Nerwen or "Man-maiden" for her strength and stature. She is described as a commander and in later versions of her story she fights alongside the Teleri against Feanor. I know what the fuck I'm talking about.

[@larky368]

Now she's a female Columbo. She's the bestest evarrr!

[@houseofshuffles449]

Gee, wasn't it a "great" idea to give male elves short hair? Because the elves in Peter Jackson's movies didn't look enough like cosplayers...

[@anotherdrummingenigma2882]

When did it say in the books that elves looked like orlando bloom with barbie hair?

[@mattcollins3591]

It seems fine to me. People are so determined to hate on this they could release a one second clip of a cloud and people would lose their minds. Everyone bitching is going to watch regardless. The last two trailers and clips have been great.

[@GeraltofRivia22]

I'm not going to watch this garbage that disrespects Tolkien.

[@mattcollins3591]

The Tolkien estate was involved in production but keep going off I guess

[@mattcollins3591]

😂😂😂

[@bitmelody2616]

@@GeraltofRivia22 ok then don't watch it, but also don't cry like a little bitch when it releases

[@chimpansi2]

Agree, it looks fantastic. Amazing orcs.👌

[@richardashton5015]

Just burn this fan fiction

[@gkgyver]

It's cringe how the music tries to sound like Howard Shore, but utterly fails.

[@sfrskz]

fails?

[@gkgyver]

@@sfrskz Fails

[@denkard2641]

the problem is that it seems they are avoiding to mention morgoth on purpose. like the audience is too stupid to understand a simple concept of sauron having a master and being a follower of another. this is not good because it dumbs down the story . it is important to mention morgoth and to show the relation and differences between sauron and morgoth.

[@khosrowdagig1020]

CGI burns the fuckin eyes

[@curtis5799]

lmao!

[@azaram8133]

The i quenched flame dialogue is quite poetic

[@derikistheman8698]

The 1st rise of sauron, this scene has given me goosebumps of the classic lofr when Gandalf told frodo about sauron

[@zachiboi5253]

Not gonna lie, Galadriel being a "hot-headed warrior" actually makes a lot of sense because of the following reaons: A - She was already quite prideful during her time in Valinor B - She only went to Middle Earth to try and thwart Feanor's efforts out of spite C - Most of her kin (and that's including her brother's) were killed off by Morgoth, Finrod being killed by Sauron Point being is that I find it hard to believe that after witnessing your country fall, kin slain and already being arrogant would keep their cool. I just hope that Amazon doesn't over-exaggerate this. I'd speculate that Galadriel's story is one of closure, coming to terms with her loss, and eventually laying aside her pride for the greater good of Middle-Earth and thus becoming the ethereal lady of Lorien we know her to be, after being given her Ring of Power Nenya, she'll perhaps even realise that there's a far greater. If Amazon goes with this it would actually add even more depth to Galadriel's character in both the LOTR films AND books. Where she foretells the power she could wield with the One is almost a fore shadowing of herself reverting back to her arrogant and prideful ways. Yeah I know this is a full read but I just really wanted to put these thoughts out there, again lets hope Amazon goes with this idea.

[@drewjohnson8349]

A - Maybe a bit prideful. B - Not even close. She went to Middle Earth because she wanted to rule her own kingdom, which was an idea put in her head ultimately by Morgoth. C - True. But her strength was never in arms, her strength was in her foresight and wisdom. She was never arrogant, there is absolutely no proof of that in the books whatsoever. A bit prideful, but not to the extent of Feanor or his sons, not by a long shot. Her being hot-headed makes zero sense. She studied with Melian and learned how to rule from her, and Melian was as cool headed as can be.

[@zachiboi5253]

@@drewjohnson8349 When it comes to Tolkien's Galadriel, I can't agree more. I just think that if Amazon want to do Galadriel differently then this is how they should portray her.

[@Patrix8558]

not sure, but I think I've met prideful women irl as well and they were not warriors in the past

[@smugsheep3307]

No.

[@HearBeeDragons]

Galadriel, when in Doriath, was mentored by Melian. Melian was a Maia and not a warrior. She would have taught Galadriel similar values... there is more to winning that bearing a sword. At the end of 1st Age she chose to stay in Middle Earth, so was thereafter refused passage to Valinor. Galadriel wanted her own kingdom and to rule using all she had learned from Melian.

[@johannesgrell4356]

I kinda feel bad for Morfydd Clark, she seems like a nice person and isn't a bad casting choice either and I highly doubt that she had any say in Amazon's creative decisions.

[@tharifus7219]

It’s a horrible casting what do you mean? Why couldn’t they just cast the natural actor for this lol

[@MrEMVme]

@@tharifus7219 "the natural actor"?

[@sweetbitter2]

@@tharifus7219 wtf is a natural actor?

[@sweetbitter2]

Why would she have any say in that? She’s just an actress. I adore her btw.

[@tharifus7219]

@@MrEMVme who played her character in the series lol

[@jseels]

The dialogue and accents are on point… don’t let the hatred for the show drag it down. Hope remains!

[@reaganjananto5467]

Its shit

[@lawrencemckenna6249]

"There is no curse in Elvish, Entish, or the tongues of men for this treachery." - J. R. R. Tolkien

[@brooksboy78]

"Even stone cannot hide the mark of one whose very hand is flame unquenched." Please point out a single line of invented dialogue from the PJ movies that sound more like Tolkien's own archaic and lyrical style of syntax than this?

[@prasunpokhrel8463]

@@brooksboy78 ive been telling people at this point they even complain about patch of grass in numenor saying its not green enough to be tolkein

[@ozi618]

CSI: Eregion

[@DnVFMVs]

how 2 blow a billion dolla

[@PEAKSWIATEK]

i love it, it can be attacked by trolls with sarcastic jokes and fake tolkien quotes all they want, but it’s going to be a huge success and i don’t care what other people say. i’m so tired of these sexist haters. grow up.

[@RekoneInkings]

In the lore elves are fully monogamous. This Galadriel won't as she'll be in love between a mortal man and another elf. His nephew is older than her (?), She was in charge of Elros and Elrond when they were born and they look the same age in the series (?). Elros as a half elf can't have a beard and he has, but a dawrven princess who's supposed to have it, won't. And so on. It never ends. P.S. Galadriel doesn't need a full armour, she's more graceful and powerful with magic than a three-handed sword.

[@queenberuthiel5469]

@@RekoneInkings You're a sexist hater apparently. 🤣 Remember: Never criticize. Just consuuuuummm.

[@Nessasio]

I've been cautiously optimistic about this show. I carefully parsed through the arguments from both sides (the most extreme reactions were 90% from the hating one, tbh). Turns out I'm still optimistic and quite pumped now ! The more they reveal, the more I'm excited. Unless there are big plot holes, bad acting and/or too large conflicts in regard of Tolkien's works, I don't think it can flop. And bear in mind that this one is only S01. GoT didn't look as good at the start as it was in the later seasons. :) Be kind to each other, friends. It's okay to have divergent opinions, but omg, please be respectful... 🙏

[@cmd7930]

Nobody says it doesnt look good. Our problem is with the writing and how it doesnt accurately portray Tolkien's writings. Its obvious Amazon is trying to push some modern woke feministic agenda onto Tolkien's writings. The earlier seasons of GoT were masterpieces and not because of the visuals but because of the writing, acting etc. The later seasons got more visually stunning but the writing went down the drain which is why the show is pretty much dead and forgotten. I prefer a good story with bad visuals over a bad story with good visuals.

[@reaganjananto5467]

Woke shit is always shit.

[@Oozaru85]

The large conflicts already are there, due to time compression and Amazon not having the rights to 95% of the second age.

[@derpynerdy6294]

@@reaganjananto5467 what does it mean to be woke? aren’t anti sjw proving themselves to be the new woke?

[@reaganjananto5467]

@@derpynerdy6294 shoving LGBT and diversity ideals down our throats is woke. Gender and Race swapping characters is woke. Forcing Strong wahmen down our throats is woke. Phuck all this.

[@carloscordero6695]

This clip below is what Lady Galadriel is. Not some warrior princess wanna be. She does not need armor. She will destroy you with movement. You are just lucky you are able to gaze upon her before she decimates you lol. Rings of power is a joke. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqKkhJ-gZZ6Be7M

[@johnmorris1009]

"Sauron woz 'ere"

[@Hhjhfu247]

I like her voice

[@dfringsofpower]

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[@clownofthetimes6727]

The Amazelves look awful.

[@visualsinfilm98]

“eLvEs aRe sUppOseD tO hAvE lOnG hAiR” yeah keep whining about inaccuracies you nerdy cry baby

[@isabelklingenberg2673]

That last line is so weird. “Sauron is near. TELL THE OTHERS TO REST WHILE THEY CAN!!” Oooooohkayyyy?? How’d we go from “Sauron is near” to telling everyone to take a nap in the span of two seconds? And why tell people to go rest in such an urgent voice? I’d need to see the entire scene for context but dang, that was weird delivery of a line, IMO.

[@bees-17]

"sauron was here" is what she said. not near

[@derpynerdy6294]

@@bees-17 man these people are bandwagon

[@JainaSoloB312]

"Rest while they can" implies they won't be resting for a long time after, it means she's planning to lead a hunt for Sauron

[@Andrei-n]

Why did the pick Ukrainian coat of arms as a sauron symbol.

[@divyamupadhyay3643]

My hopes from the Tolkien's fans faded when they started hating this clip too.....it looks much more Tolkien than lord of the rings and Hobbit movies combined.....and if they think this is Bastardization of Tolkien's work then every type of adaptation until now has been doing the same kids.

[@divyamupadhyay3643]

@@he-ch1559 Finally a wise man

[@hansunfall940]

You meen it looks so much more like Tolkien because of what? Short haired Elves with backscabbards you can´t draw a sword out of and wearing unfitting chainmail?

[@divyamupadhyay3643]

@@hansunfall940 Bro how much long do you want hairs to have.....these are pretty much long hairs and everyone's pretty much accepted this fact.... These hairs are also called long hairs which elrond and other elves have....... Put aside the Peter Jackson's ideology pls

[@divyamupadhyay3643]

@Callisto Ohh my god the all knowing is here😱

[@hansunfall940]

@@divyamupadhyay3643 The guy has long hair? Amazons Elrond and Celebrinbor have long hair? Peter Jackson's ideology? Did´t you ever enjoyed any arts about Tolkiens Elves which are 50years plus? Go look it up! Long hair Elves is not just a think since Jackson...

[@johannesgrell4356]

That moment when Durin 3 turned to Durin 4 before saying 'Elves are weird.' and taking a sip of his mojito, just amazing, truly one of the shows of all time.

[@Britishtheatre]

Literally, what has that got to do with anything? Your not funny.

[@yewfh-oz7in]

He's just a puppet saying the same nonsense over and over on every TROP video to try to prove a point, or he's a bot... Very similar behaviour. In any case it's dull AF.

[@johannesgrell4356]

What do you mean? That was my favorite scene ;)

[@johannesgrell4356]

@@yewfh-oz7in The reason this joke formular is repeated under all of these videos and works so well is because it makes fun of the unnecessary but very apparent modernizing influences on the show which just stick out like a sore thumb.

[@Britishtheatre]

@@johannesgrell4356 at least you have a reason

[@WhatisReal11]

that moment when Arnold twerked and won the Incel war for turbo man and his dumb son and Christmas, and re claimed the throne from Sauron who is now harry potters 2nd boner wand, was my favorite piece of this ground breaking work!

[@ifritdante5971]

Looks absolutely stunning! Haters are dwindling and seething atm xD

[@visualsinfilm98]

“Omg this actually looks good...wait I can’t say that...I’m a hater, I need to find something to complain about...ohhh yeahh umm the diAlOguE iS cRinGe” - stupid ass haters

[@user-em8bw1rq4y]

Who cares about those motherf*ckers. They will watch it anyway. What a bunch of hypocrites!

[@Juggs009]

My favorite part was when Strong Galadriel turned to the camera and said "It's Tolkien time!" and Tolkined all over the bad guys. I cried tears of joy, this will change my life when it comes out.

[@ifritdante5971]

@@Juggs009 Keep seething and hissing like the Balrog hahah!

[@visualsinfilm98]

@@Juggs009 comments like yours are getting old

[@timgreen2764]

Personally, I loved the part when Galadriel stumbled upon the desiccated corpse deep in the tunnels, and began panicking, screaming to her companions in Tolkien's beautiful, classic dialogue: "Hey guys, I think it's CHESTER COPPERPOT! I know it's him, I know it's Chester Copperpot - don't you guys remember,? From the news article in the attic? They say he the last guy to come in looking for the rich stuff - they say he come in, but he never came back out...Oh, GOD! And he was supposed to be an *EXPERT* - then what about US, guys? Huh? How are we supposed to make it out of here?!"

[@queenberuthiel5469]

Stunning and brave!!!! I love it. That part when she team up with Lara Croft tho!!!

[@Sma-v4y]

I do not get the hate! Horatio is solving another riddle!

[@Outlawzand1]

I was overwhelmed with joy when Galadriel said: "if you like it then you should have put a ring on it"

[@mattg1702]

The ultimate mary sue lol

[@bubiwaan5857]

So u have watched the show and can confirm that? Interesting to me

[@WhatisReal11]

@@bubiwaan5857 I have seen her man spread, and compared to how she was in Jacksons trilogy its an abomination,

[@bubiwaan5857]

@@WhatisReal11 what do you mean... it was just a poster lol

[@brooksboy78]

*woman does anything* "what a mary sue." Here is Tolkien himself on young Galadriel: "[Galadriel] was then of Amazon disposition and bound up her hair as a crown when taking part in athletic feats.” "[Galadriel] fought fiercely against Fëanor in defense of her mothers kin." "She looked upon the dwarves also with the eye of a commander, seeing in them the finest warriors to pit against the Orcs." "Galadriel was the greatest of the Noldor, except Fëanor maybe, though she was wiser than he, and her wisdom grew with the long years." "So it came to pass that when the light of Valinor failed, for ever as the Noldor thought, she joined the rebellion against the Valar who commanded them to stay; and once she had set foot upon that road of exile she would not relent, but rejected the last message of the Valar, and came under the Doom of Mandos. Even after the merciless assault upon the Teleri and the rape of their ships, though she fought fiercely against Fëanor in defense of her mother's kin, she did not turn back. Her pride was unwilling to return, a defeated suppliant for pardon; but now she burned with desire to follow Fëanor with her anger to whatever lands he might come, and to thwart him in all ways that she could. Pride still moved her when, at the end of the Elder Days after the final overthrow of Morgoth, she refused the pardon of the Valar for all who had fought against him, and remained in Middle-earth. It was not until two long ages more had passed, when at last all that she had desired in her youth came to her hand, the Ring of Power and the dominion of Middle-earth which she had dreamed, that her wisdom was full grown and she rejected it, and passing the last test departed from Middle-earth for ever."

[@Juggs009]

@@bubiwaan5857 mandspreading is toxic and bigoted, therefore she is. She needs to be cancelled on Twitter for me to feel safe at night, including this show. 🥺

[@patrickmcintyre7752]

Can they just cancel this shit

[@libertyordeath1640]

Wow! Who the hell directed this crap!?!?!

[@nekonekic1]

This looks terrible..omg nooooo.

[@dis_inferno9173]

Good storytelling through only shots. Montage also really atmosphere-heavy. I like it.

[@skarpskyttar]

definitely tells a woke story. LOL

[@jankopandza1072]

worst story telling ever unless you are brain dead and have never read a book. worst acting ever unless you are into Xena on steroids type of woman instead of wisdom, incredible insight and perception to the point of mind reading and foresight, able to read people, making her exceptionally important as a voice and leader. so yeah in short i would say this shows how no matter how much money you put in something if you try to push your ideologies trough the project dont get all stunned when that project fails big time like this one has. on internet it is labeled as the most failed project in past few years in movie industry

[@lubu2960]

the voices and dialogue looks good here, that dude voice deep af

[@alanramirezhernandez161]

0:43 finrod death

[@atreus4842]

Is this Ralph Bakshi's new Fire and Ice show 🤔

[@pe137isf]

the new star wars looks good

[@prairie4929]

Shut up

[@krisisaksen]

People forget that this is an adaptation, based upon a timeline with events and plot points at most. Of course Amazon will have to fill the gaps. Whether they will do a fine job remains to be seen. All this hate reminds me of the insecurities around the LotR trilogy before it was released. Even that one had a lot of contradictions, but it found its audience. Think of all the new Tolkien fans this show will create, people who will discover the written work because of this. Just like my self when I watched the movies for first time. In the end, everyone will watch the show. We're too curious not to. When you do, leave the hate and start fresh. Save your judgement until the end. Who knows, you might be surprised. Will it be as good as the trilogy? Highly unlikely. Will it be absolutely terrible? I doubt it. But I do know that if you go in prejudging something with hate, chances are you will end up hating it no matter what.

[@derpynerdy6294]

beautiful! spread positivity brother!

[@bees-17]

@Callisto they mentioned nothing of race. Only you did. You're just making up arguments in your head. And the fact that just simple positivity and optimism regarding the show made your mind instantly turn towards a race argument just tells me that maybe you have an unresolved negative feeling towards people of other races? Just a thought.

[@gianna526]

I will say, the cinematography is very nice here, and it looks very pretty.

[@jonathanphelps2104]

Galadriels sensitivity to evil and insightful inquiry on the nature of evils touch on middle earth shines in just these few lines. The elves being written in poetic stanzas is also very Tolkien. Love it. Can’t wait

[@juaniriarte9484]

Dude watch the brazilian comercial, it makes galadriel look as a súper warrior, she Will fight the sea monster from the teasers, semmingly by herself and with a dagger, their marketing is so weird, trying to appeal to everyone but ending not being consistent or focus.

[@jonathanphelps2104]

@@juaniriarte9484 I did. (1) I wouldn’t judge a scene you haven’t seen in it’s entirety. (2) Galadriel is a character of epic proportions. She becomes the eldest and most powerful living elf in existence for a reason - she is a survivor and protector. She participated in many battles in the books. Elves know how to fight, and this Galadriel, despite being ancient is driven to press against this evil in many different ways. Nothing so far suggests that the Galadriel we are seeing is not Tolkiens.

[@juaniriarte9484]

@@jonathanphelps2104 i was criticizing the marketing, one taeser can be very dramatic, the next one Marvel like, is not cohesive, they have to set a tone, that way you don't have differents expectations of the show depending of what teaser u saw and i don't know about she being the most powerful, you are leaving some elfs out like fingolfin who fought morgoth in a duel and was the only not maiar or valar to hurt him or glorfindel. And yes galadriel was a fighter but i don't like the way they portrait her, they could have made her a Master of the sword who defeat you with 4 moves, i mean shes thousand of years old at this point, instead we have flashy jumps and stunts

[@jonathanphelps2104]

@@juaniriarte9484 “she becomes the oldest, most powerful elf in existence” as in she does not die…fingolfin and the rest of the high elves do technically die…that’s all I meant by that. I understand your point, except I don’t really see the difference in the teasers that you are seeing. This show certainly steps in to multiple genres and the trailers reflect that. As far as her technical prowess as a fighter as shown in the trailers, they are each clearly different scenarios and so demand different approaches when it comes to what and how she is fighting. Those complaints though seem (to me) small when we haven’t actually seen the show yet… I’m just choosing to suspend judgment until I see all the footage in context.

[@juaniriarte9484]

@@jonathanphelps2104 i Made a mistake, i thought you meant of all time yet Even in s.a. she doesnt have her ring yet which adds to her power and gil galad is still alive, also people get wrong the use of power and streght by Tolkien, let me explain an example melkor is the most powerful valar, however tulkas was the strongest and better fighter, he could easily beat him in a 1 v 1 and morgoth fear him, the same happen with galadriel she is one of the most powerful beings, she could heal entire armies or cast away Sauron in dol guldur but i don't see her defeatng Gil galad or glorfindel in a fight.

[@Mr.Skeleton.]

Ironic that she wants to talk about meddling...does she not realize that shes in a dumpster fire of a show? ahahaahaaa

[@francescoballetta7945]

morphyd beauty is clear

[@curtis5799]

Why is her hair down?

[@ricardomadleno564]

I’m glad I didn’t reed the books because now I can be completely unbiased and conclude by myself if the show is great or not. Up until now from the teasers and trailers the show looks phenomenal.

[@dinahkyle3196]

0:47 See you soon...

[@dis_inferno9173]

This looks horrible. It's like Indiana Jones and Lord of the rings mixed together. Although, here we have Galadriel using her detective skills. Bravo!

[@ariari2454]

You stupid.. This is amazing..... Lotr hater..

[@johannesgrell4356]

"Elementary Jones!" Elrond

[@bitmelody2616]

People are just determined to hate this 😔 this clip looks great!

[@philippalinton5850]

It's not as bad as the ridiculous Oathbreaker skull sequence in the Extended Edition of Peter Jackson's RotK. That was totally Indiana Jones. I love PJ's LotR films overall but not everything in them.

[@PeritoAntonio]

Wtf '-'

[@tevildo45]

Looks brilliant this. Can’t wait to watch this show

[@ADityaEvilxpirit]

Looks shitty af lol

[@fracturedtime777]

looks great, excited to see this series!

[@Earendil_1510]

What a garbage scene. Wtf is even happening?

[@jmerrill96]

The best part was when the cast burst into song celebrating diversity. Like Tolkien wrote it himself.

[@colinmalleck901]

It’s true I’m not going lie, I am a bit disappointed on how they are not going to stay true to Tolkien’s lore. But I would like to see what other ideas that people have and see if there is anything new they can bring to his work. Tolkien’s writings will always be the best and no one can outdo his work. But let’s see what other people can do with it. You shouldn’t judge a show before you see it.

[@SerginhoPMoura]

Ohhh shiny!

[@adbylsh2756]

This looks amazing

[@ragnarok222]

Whatever you say superfan

[@marcodreini9369]

The "symbol of Sauron" (eyes of Sauron)) is from Third age, not first, what shame!!!!

[@javelinnia3203]

What a waste of an actress. If only they did her right in terms of lore

[@jackofblades82]

It doesn't look very good.

[@thomasray]

8.3k views.159 likes

[@pitterpereira]

Meh...

[@sauron269]

🤦🤦🤦

[@vincentphilippart4669]

I have to admit this is the only scene I've seen so far that gives me some modicum of hope. Of course this is a weirdly juvenile Galadriel (who is over a thousand years old at least at that point) and the other elf looks like a hobo, but it otherwise looks and sounds good/interesting.

[@schwartzy65]

Idk but the way they are speaking saying theyre lines dont seem as authentic as in lotr and seems like they are acting...

[@JainaSoloB312]

This is literally the only scene we've gotten. Everything else has been spliced up footage, this is the only scene you've seen at all.

[@anotherdrummingenigma2882]

I mean she's the exact same age as when Cate Blanchett first got the role for the movies. And not all elves need to have long hair. But that's just me

[@kryoboy2.074]

Give give give...i need more dammit 22 Aug is too oooo far away😂 really look forward to seeing this

[@JohnSmith-jb2jf]

You guys whine a lot about other people's work from your office chairs/sofas. Would like to see you do better.

[@johannesgrell4356]

Yeah that doesn't make sense at all. We could apply that logic to literally any product you don't like. By definition judging a product is what consumers do, creating it isn't their job.

[@katharina8963]

That argument is so stupid. You can judge something even if you can't do it yourself.

[@JohnSmith-jb2jf]

​@@johannesgrell4356 Except you guys aren't judging. Judging entails weighing both sides. You and everyone like you would say the same shit no matter what they presented. That's just whining. They are trying their best within the confines of a mega corporation's limitations. Watch the actor's panel at comic con. They are clearly putting their hearts into the project. A lot of the casting choices look good. Like read Silmarillion. You try adapting the 2nd age into a cohesive story lol. It's a total mess.

[@pwmiles56]

They might as well have been reading a shopping list. Intensity is lacking, in the writing and the acting. I would have scrapped the metre and written it like this: GALADRIEL (alarmed) See! They meddled with the powers of the unseen World! A dark and ancient sorcery is here. But to what purpose? COMPANION (aggressive-dismissive) It is forgotten. Whatever happened here was long ago. GALDRIEL (imperious) Water! [pours] (Intense) Time has not swept clean the stone. (Cries out) Behold the mark of he whose hand is ... FLAME!

[@JohnSmith-jb2jf]

Like I told the other guy...having a pre-meditated compulsion to whine about the project - no matter what they presented - is not judging. Judging is weighing positives and negatives. You guys are leaving zero leeway to do that. All the focus is on the negatives. A lot of people are simply unhappy this project was even started from the ground floor. It never had a chance.

[@varnodv3121]

Loved her...