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[@nathanaelculver5308]

It’s not _just_ the short hair. Read Tolkien’s descriptions of elven appearance. Then remind yourself that in ROP, the men on the raft didn’t even realize Galadriel was an elf until they saw her ears.

[@user-yp6yr9te7l]

yes, this! the pointy ear thing wasn't even in Tolkien. Legolas was the one whose ears were slightly leaf-like. That was it. They are distinguished right away from Mortals by their agelessness and eyes of deep memory, of their presence and aura, especially the High Elves like Galadriel who lived in Valinor under the light of the Trees. They are taller than Mortals as a rule. Galadriel was 2 rangar tall, which would make her 193 cm! That is taller than the average human male even in modern times. Not to mention in her eyes are reflected the light of the stars, and on her face the light of Valinor and the radiance of her deep gold hair which captures the light of the Trees and the silver stars. She should immediately strike people as an immortal being of great power.

[@gandalftehdank6052]

Is your pfp ironic?

[@ApexV4V]

stupid Tolkien fans !!!

[@kubo5185]

@@user-yp6yr9te7l and where your read this?

[@user-yp6yr9te7l]

@@kubo5185 The Silmarillion. The Lord of the Rings. The Unfinished Tales.

[@ecthelionofthefountain8267]

"Ethereal piece of Broccoli" That had me burst out laughing 😆

[@hawkmoon4107]

So when Galadriel starts singing "Stuck in the Middle Earth with you" as she jumps off the boat, it was a prediction. What a visionary show!

[@BoomTribeEntertainment]

So brave and empowered

[@selfless727]

@@BoomTribeEntertainment So bold, so diverse!

[@mikewaterfield3599]

Yeah, I have a copy of Tolkein’s map of Middle Earth, were supposed to believe she swam hundreds of miles. BEFORE THE RAFT!

[@shadf7902]

@@mikewaterfield3599 easy as pie for a stronk independant whamen. She could swim around the world twice without taking a rest. Hell she will prolly fly in episode 3.

[@mikewaterfield3599]

@@shadf7902 don’t tempt the “writers” she already pulled some matrix crap as it is.

[@nadilenebudski]

I don't see how it was a failure. How could no one like the part where Galadriel was captured by Thanos and ruthlessly tortured and yet STILL refused to disclose her vaccination status. Reallly spoke to me as a strong wahmen that needs no man.

[@schizophreniagaming1187]

I cried when Galadriel said "It's morbin time" as she used an M14 on Goku and won that Vicotry Royale

[@nadilenebudski]

@@schizophreniagaming1187 I'm still torn between that scene and when Nori busts throught the wall and yelled "It's Harfootin' time". Such an Oscar worthy performance.

[@ivicamajmunskikreten9714]

should'v kept your comment in character till the end, otherwise 9/11.

[@Gorbz]

I don't know. For me, there is nothing quite comparable to when the meteor man crashed into the ground, before passing the Green Lantern ring to Nori, and her immortal line after of "I have the power". Cinematic excellence.

[@Picnic_Chicken]

For me it was when Galadriel made the Kessel run in less than 12 parseltongues, all while leading an army of strong non-binary homeless people against an insurrection at the capital of Coruscant.

[@user-yp6yr9te7l]

The makeup bothered me too. Everyone, men included, had modern makeup, either hairspray, hair gel, or noticeable eye shadow, foundation..... If you watch the original trilogy, the makeup is so subtle it's barely noticeable. Another aspect that takes me out of this, because it's clearly modern makeup, not even an attempt at recreating medieval makeup. If you look at medieval paintings of noble lords and ladies, there was no eye shadow or mascara...

[@marthvader14]

Isn't portraying the hobbits as dirty simpletons digging around in the ground for food having irish accents but being portrayed by american/ african actors very very insulting to the Irish

[@IRaoulDuke]

No the Irish are white so they can be appropriated and cannot claim offense, don't you know the rules?

[@Taranis68]

Indeed. Unless they were looking for potatoes.

[@kkaugustine1958]

@@Taranis68 💀.

[@kubo5185]

I think no one care after we had British Hobbit in LotR which was most stupid "boy" in story :D

[@thehoneybunempress1664]

Apparently so. There was an Irish man in GQ magazine I think who talked about this. Said it was indeed, very racist.

[@mikewaterfield3599]

Guy this is not complicated. Objectively: 1) Costumes are armature, props look like they were borrowed from a Larp convention 2) Acting goes from wooden to over baked with little in between 3) Action scenes require gullibility, not suspension of disbelief 4) The dialog is clunky at best and more often juvenile 5) The script reads like an elementary school play 6) Characters act like children rather than grown adults, (it’s worth mentioning that at this point most of the named elves would be over a thousand years old.) 7) Character and plot inconsistency 8) The lets swim to shore! I could go into the desecration of Tolkien’s work and releasing the abomination on the anniversary of his death, but there is a character limit here.

[@jonahlstrom4753]

Look up the meaning behind Galadriel's gift to Gimli in The Fellowship of the Ring. The back story and meaning of Gimli asking for the hair and Galadriel in turn giving him three? It makes you full on LOVE Galadriel from the books. In one gift; she's showing her incredible respect for Gimli, Giving the BIGGEST metaphorical "middle finger" to Fëanor of the first age but also just aiding in the relationship between elves and dwarves. Notice how Gimli and Legolas freindship bloom after that interaction. Fun fact, Gimli ends up being the only dwarf to go to the undying lands with his friend Legolas.

[@SN00PICUS]

I always enjoyed their friendship in the books. I think Feanor's sons deserve the middle finger abit more than he does himself, but honestly all of them including Galadriel were some evil POS sometimes. Friggin Noldor and their lust for power smh

[@tuub1281]

It wasn't just the gift though. Gimli saw something in Galadriel that he never saw in other elves. Understanding. Galadriel knew the pain of the Dwarves, the loss of Khazad-Dûm and all that followed. Instead of showing anger due to historic fights between the two races, she showed understanding, compassion and hope.

[@bobjob1656]

I would add that it goes even deeper.Tolkein was well-read and understood the nature of teh old world very well.It was still prevalent and even now in some places people still do odd things like put witchhazel on the door. Superstition rated high on the list for our ancestors.Among that were things like curses and potions and sympathetic magic such as voodoo dolls with pins in.You did not lightly give your full name,or items you owned or parts of your body like hair.Remember the polyjuice potion that turned Hermione into a cat?that is exactly the kind of thing people thought was possible.Your hair might be used to make a poison potion or corrupt a blade that would kill only you. When you understand this,the exchange between Galadriel and Gimli is so much more moving and profound when you realise she is trusting him with what could be used against her. I believe he used the hair and wove it's intent into this knowing full well it has this deeper meaning. Just my tuppence for what it's worth.

[@jhmi7877]

If I remember correctly, she didn't give Feanor her hair because she could see through his intentions, ones that he wasn't even aware of. Which means that when she looked into Gimli's heart, if you will, she saw that he could be trusted completely with whatever power was in her hair. And this is part of what I really dislike about RoP's representation of Galadriel. She's supposed to be incredibly perceptive that she was one of the few elves who didn't trust Annatar/Sauron, but in the show, she was the one actively goading him on.

[@ozi618]

Finrod's hair - 90s boyband member haircut, Elrond's hair - Steve Harrington haircut, Arondir's hair - Jarhead haircut, Celebrimbor's hair - Blanche Devereaux haircut, Gil-Galad's hair - That one is ok I guess, but without the caesar's crown. By the way why is Galadriel's hair long? Down With The Patriarchy! Give her a Ragnar Lothbrok haircut!

[@queenberuthiel5469]

Where is this legendary elvish barber shop located eh? 😂 Then we have Halbrand, Pharazon, Elendil...these mortal men with long hair.

[@robertmaughan7872]

Gil-Galad’s is an 80s mullet haircut (check out Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon 1)

[@fatihhguvenn]

:D

[@zolarenard2246]

Steve Harrington: "Wow. My visit to the Upsidedown Elven Realm really leave impression on Lord Elrond..." 👀

[@evilieeemia7779]

Blanche Devereux haircut 🤣🤣🤣 Now I can never unsee that 🙈💀

[@JoseLuis-rj9kq]

Yesterday, at my job, one of my colleagues said he started watching the series. He admited never reading the books, but he stated: "I watched the Jackson trilogy and there were so much different kind of virtues embodied in different characters that I just don´t see in these series. Visually stunning but more like an action series. I think I will watch one more episode to decide if I keep watching." The rest in the table stared at me (they know I am a hardcore tolkienian and that I teach medieval literature). I really wanted to start a rant, even quoting Letter #210 (the one where Tolkien review a mediocre script he eventually rejected) that I keep in my phone. But I said nothing. It was no time for an hour of literture rant. But... I think this light approach may help us. I mean, considering how fast the phenomenons of mass media pass this days (unlike in 2001) this mess may pass quickly and in some time all will forget about Galadriel the barbarian and her empowered adventures. I don´t know, I just appeal to fugacity.

[@jesterssketchbook]

theres a city made of Fudge?

[@craigbabin7940]

fugacity: the quality of being fleeting or evanescent.

[@soggybiscuit6098]

More like an action series? That's a stretch

[@privatechannel8462]

But its really good. Im really enjoying it.

[@jcraw6332]

Yes, sometimes it’s difficult to avoid ranting about those things we have strong and passionate views about. Things that promote unhealthy behavior causes me confusion. Much of the current woke fads will fade as did bell bottom pants. Some of the current fads are making it more difficult to even understand each other. It’s become a fad to redefine commonplace words. For example ‘woman’, ‘man’. It’s really absurd to do this and just reduces the opportunity to have useful conversation. This redefining current words needs to stop. It’s simple to just create a new word but it doesn’t have the emotional impact and I suppose that’s part of the reason for redefining words.

[@TXNIZ]

Forget all the bad dialogue and bad timeline and bad writing. Portraying Elves with short hair is heresy of the highest order. Long hair implies beauty and fairness which elves are supposed to symbolize from head to toe. It's completely absent in this show to the point that I'm surprised a half shaven Elven head hasn't appeared yet.

[@JJHula]

If you pause and look closely there are elves in the background of some shots with shaved undercuts…😬

[@luchomscyfy]

"Ethereal piece of broccoli" is a phrase I never expect to hear in my life, but here we are. Truly a great review.

[@christofferhoff6669]

I just watched the fellowship of the ring. And let me tell you the presence and aura Cate Blanchett has as Galadriel compared to this actor (can't be bothered to google her name) is just so immense, she is other worldly while this one just stares intensely and has no charm whatsoever.

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

Same difference between Hugo Weaving and the show Elrond.

[@SN00PICUS]

Cate pulled off the arrogance and power without sacrificing the beauty and wonder. She was everything a high elf was supposed to be in my mind. New girl just comes across like a spoiled teenager.

[@markgregorygacosta531]

Her name is John Cena! Kidding, it's Morbid Kent Clarke!🤣

[@nklin6]

Were you not blown away by her amazing facial twitch though when she said "conflicted"?

[@randomdude189]

Yeah I just watched it too and after feeling weird about getting so annoyed by the entertainment aspects of life I sank into it and it’s probably the best movie in the series. The casting is very special. I wouldn’t really change anything except maybe Frodo if I could but that’s not a huge dealbreaker for me as Elijah does great he just does certain things I could live without. I had only just realized that Frodo waking up after mount doom and seeing Gandalf was legit the first time he’d seen him since the Balrog. It was an emotional watch. Very special movies. If they had just taken Peter Jackson on as an advisor but they clearly are just using intellectual property to tell their own story. Oh well.

[@nathanaelculver5308]

Q: Why is Galadriel always looking up? A: Because Morfydd friggin’ Clark is 5 foot 3. Playing a 6 foot 4 elf.

[@ignacius8466]

They wrote Galadrial with all the charm of Greta Thunberg at a fossil fuel expo. The most unlikable protagonist ever.

[@richardrose2606]

Yeah, everybody just loves to be scolded. I know I do.

[@Tar-Elenion]

Tolkien described his Elves with long hair as well (both directly and clear implication): "All the Eldar had beautiful hair (and were especially attracted by hair of exceptional loveliness), but the Noldor were not specially remarkable in this respect, and there is no reference to Finwe as having had hair of exceptional length, abundance, or beauty beyond the measure of his people." PoMe, Shibboleth of Feanor In a discussion of the meaning of Finwe's name (fin, hair in this iteration), specifically references Finwe's hair as not exceptionally more long or abundant than the hair of the other Eldar (who all had beautiful hair). "But most it was their wont to sail in their swift ships upon the waters of the Bay of Elvenhome, or to walk in the waves upon the shore with their long hair gleaming like foam in the light beyond the hill." Morgoth's Ring, Later Quenta Simarillion 1 The Teleri (who are Eldar) had long hair. "Finwe (and Miriel) had long dark hair, so had Feanor and all the Noldor, save by intermarriage..." NoMe, Hair The Noldor (who are Eldar) had long hair. "In general the Sindar appear to have very closely resembled the Exiles, being dark-haired, strong and tall, but lithe. Indeed they could hardly be told apart except by their eyes; for the eyes of all the Elves that had dwelt in Aman impressed those of Middle-earth by their piercing brightness. For which reason the Sindar often called them Lachend, pl. Lechind ‘flame-eyed’." WotJ, Quendi and Eldar The Sindar, who are Teleri (who have long hair) in origin, look like the Noldor, who have long hair. "Their gleaming hair was twined with flowers; green and white gems glinted on their collars and their belts; and their faces and their songs were filled with mirth. Loud and clear and fair were those songs, and out stepped Thorin into their midst." The Hobbit, Flies and Spiders The Silvan Elves, who are Teleri (long hair) in origin, have hair long enough to twine flowers into. The Song of Aelfwine "There blowing free unbraided hair is meshed with beams of Moon and Sun, And twined within those tresses fair a gold and silver sheen is spun, As fleet and white the feet go bare, and lissom limbs in dances run, Shimmering in the shining air: such loveliness to look upon No mortal man hath ever won, though foam upon the furthest sea He dared, or sought behind the Sun for winds unearthly flowing free. O! Shore beyond the Shadowy Sea! O! Land where still the Edhil are!" Lost Road, FNII

[@ecthelionofthefountain8267]

Excellent! Aah, yes I need to include the Aelfwine song. Nice to see you're still quoting the hair quotes too.

[@Tar-Elenion]

@@ecthelionofthefountain8267 For the Aelfwine one, I'm wondering how long it will be before someone says something about really short hair can still be braided.

[@ecthelionofthefountain8267]

@@Tar-Elenion That thought crossed my mind too. But we have so much evidence in favour of long haired Elves that it should really speak for itself.

[@Tar-Elenion]

@@ecthelionofthefountain8267 It is just amusing. In the end opposing arguments are just apologia in favour of Amazon over Tolkien. I am curious as to why they actually chose the short hair look (as opposed to the disingenuous answer given at SDCC in response to Colbert's softball).

[@ecthelionofthefountain8267]

@@Tar-Elenion I've always thought secretly it's that Bezos is jealous of the Elves because he doesn't have any hair. Or they spent all the money on their terrible marketing that they can't afford decent wigs XD

[@jurgenparkour9337]

"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort." The Hobbit: Chapter 1, first sentence

[@ktanner438]

I sincerely enjoyed you giving a more heartfelt and sober analysis. It's not that I don't find you hilarious - you're one of the funniest commentators out their because you have wit in place of scathing hatred. But I think I enjoy your logical and comprehensive fact-finding, it's a bit like seeing a detective or an engineer breaking down a crime scene or mechanical process. Don't stop the hilarious shorter videos but I could watch commentary like this for 30-40+ minutes EASY.

[@caryblock3605]

My Perspective is Positively Identical to Karl's. I Started watching this Gentleman's Video's when I discovered His 1st One a few short week's ago. You can't be sad when Your Laughing So I Really Enjoyed His Excellent Humor. There's tragically a lot of warranted negativity centered around this show & HUMOR is a VERY Effective Way of giving this ring's of power nonsense...0.00% power. Jonny Law's a Bright, Honest, & Funny Guy.

[@WinterMan.]

Another thing you mentioned which is 100% true, short hair on elves is like a massive no no. They have them the 80s office wall street stock trader hair cut and it looks awful. Long hair is timeless, you can place a character in any timeline in history with long hair but they even Fkd that one up lmao.

[@brialapoint2608]

Both male and female elves had long hair for gender equality. Taking it out for diversity sake was one stupid move.

[@yarnwitch]

Regarding Gil-galad looking particularly off, my husband and I had the same thought and we think it's because the actor is too physically heavy! Not like the actor is fat, but he's supposed to be an elf! They are supposed to be more slender and light-footed. This guy is built like an average uncle Joe. We now call this Gil-galad "dad-bod elf". Also blast your music choice....Now I really want to play Banjo-Kazooie but with no way to play it any more!

[@richardrose2606]

I really didn't like his or Celebrimbor's costumes. They are too heavy and non-elvish. They seem to weigh both of the characters down. Elrond's costume on the other hand looked fine.

[@SN00PICUS]

Yeah, I always saw him, Turgon, and Fingolfin as having a classically masculine build. The V cut tall, broad shoulders, slim waist, long strong lean legs. Think of the swimmer's build.

[@WinterMan.]

"not that the actor is fat" well yes he is fat and thats why it looks off. He should've lost weight before filming. There are actors who literally change their whole body for a role and this guy couldn't flatten his stomach for one of the most expensive shows ever. Is it his fault or the directors fault, I say both.

[@dewulfe9913]

Agreed, he's too heavy set. And his costume looks cheap - there's a youtube channel called "Lana Marie" - she's done a few really good videos breaking down the problems with the TROP costumes.

[@Hmfirestormz]

That’s it lol dad bod elf. I couldn’t put my finger on why he looked off, I thought it was his mullet but it’s his body type

[@craigd6261]

Episode 2, the dwarves escorting Elrond remind me not of elite guards but of Oompa-Lumpa's playing dressup.

[@jamierobertson9832]

Looked like children in dress up

[@mr.miyagi5474]

It's not diverse enough. Where are the Australians? The Eskimos? The Italian mob guy cliche? Where's the Vietnamese? Epic fail by Amazon. The fans want pygmy people and more Russian babushkas.

[@gershomtan5879]

Where is ja rule?

[@joatandimas3098]

that was one of the most creative reviews i've seen so far. It truly was sad when you have a money printer in your hands and you just don't put paper in it

[@zerosaber257]

That's because they're rich enough. This time is for agenda and to break people's spirit to be replaced with compliance for authoritarianism of their choice, just like Mao did destroying every chinese culture that didnt make it to taiwan, and got his people to worship his party like ignorant fools.

[@fatihhguvenn]

Exactly 💯

[@dr.feelgoodmalusphillips2475]

To be honest with what's going on with entertainment right now and it being so shit it really got me depressed but your videos cheer me up and still give me hope we'll eventually get out of this watered down garbage. Cheers man.

[@JonnyLawYT]

Hey no problem my dude, we’ll get back to the good old days don’t you worry

[@creatrixZBD]

The pendulum always swings. Eventually a kickback to the current social landscape naturally starts, the pendulum is still for a moment, then begins to swing the other way. Modern society is a continuous line of action/reaction and in our way, we slowly evolve.

[@Hellstorm1190]

It failed simply because the showrunners refused to faithfully adapt Tolkien's work and nihilistically thought they could write something better.

[@1Gr8Editrix]

The Harfoots must have the same likeability as the Ewoks in RETURN OF THE JEDI.

[@gavinblackford4219]

It says something when reviews & comments on an Episode of a new series is more interesting than the Episode itself

[@Gorbz]

I guess Galadriel was relying on the principle of looking up in order to not drown as she swam across an entire ocean.

[@chriscross880]

Amazon spent an obscene amount of money funding a high school production of a mediocre wattpad fanfiction.

[@taschkahn]

I watched unfinished scenes of LOTR trilogy and these fragments are still more epic than the whole episodes They fed an AI with parts of LOTR and sjw stuff and let it do the dark magic

[@parula26]

“Galadriel staring intensely” would make a great drinking game. Great review, BTW!

[@stoneylrobertson]

Your commentary is so entertaining! You are so expressive and quick whitted. You could have played a better character in this show hahaha.

[@juliemaiifanai8365]

Hold on! That oldish dude was Celebrimbor? The son of Curufin? He's canonically younger than Galadriel. His father is her cousin! ! Why did they cast someone who could pass for her grandpa?

[@emhu2594]

It's worse than that...he has a line about something being like caring for an aging parent. Elves literally don't age...they would have NO concept of caring for an aging parent.

[@lemming9984]

I watched the first two episodes. I was so appalled that the following day I watched the Peter Jackson films again just to confirm that my original opinions weren't wrong. I also dug out my original book of the Trilogy, I'm starting that today. Rings Of power is a giant Woke turd so big that no polishing will ever improve it.

[@davidbailey6563]

Yep. The hair did it for me. 80's blowdrys or clippered fades and no hairdressers in Harfoot land ( or shampoo or soap...)

[@Han-rw9ev]

Oh man, this is funny. I have a LOT of issues with the Rings of Power, but this video added a lot more... Also, I've a suspicion that a common saying amongst Amazon Elves is 'Live long and prosper'.

[@FiremanDuval]

I genuinely also couldn’t stop focusing on how dirty the harfoots were 🤣

[@Serr8edGrin]

The part where Galadriel stopped Lex Luther and saved planet earth was so epic.

[@Nirual]

The thing with “Sharknado”, though, is that it was meant to be stupid. “The Room”, “Birdemic”, and “RoP” were the exact opposite.

[@davidtran7435]

"Do you know why a boat can float but a stone cannot?" 🤣

[@TheXpompier]

My favorite scene was when Guyladriel walked into the Elf bank and said, "I've come here to eat lembas bread and kick orc ass and I'm all out of lembas bread."

[@michaelclark7456]

When Galadriel said "Y'know what I think? Don't really matter what I think. Once that first bullet goes past your head, politics and all that sh*t just goes right out the window." I knew it was going to be memorable. When she saved Orlando Bloom when he fell out of that chopper: brilliant. She would never fall out of that chopper and for that, I thank her for her service.

[@user-wl1uz5sb9f]

Finrod is the new Archimedes xD

[@sohrab_solheim]

Good for you, you finished the episode, I went brain dead 20 minutes in.

[@jcraw6332]

It seems that the people who put the ROP together fail to understand how strong real Tolkien fans feel about his work. And most people that spend actual labor to grasp the efforts Tolkien made to create his fantasy world develop awe of his hard work over time... Just look at how the real fans criticized the 3 Hobbit movies by Peter Jackson. By most standards those 3 movies were entertaining…but not entertaining to real fans. Just ask Peter Jackson. The people who made these ROP things are just lazy fools.

[@008ay.sumanth7]

the first 2 hobbit movie are good. the third one not so much. But this ROP i dunno. I can only bear to watch the khazad dum scene other times i keep waiting for a scene change.

[@billy-the-butcher]

@@008ay.sumanth7 the first Hobbit was mostly great. Faithful enough to the book and good for cinema. The second not so much. The only good part was Smaug and Bilbo's interaction inho The third movie was a dumpster fire. Nothing redeemable about it

[@Koronin]

They understand how fans feel, they just don't care how they feel. They simply seek to make this franchise a phenomenon and make a lot of money on it. It's not going to happen, even if it were faithful to the source material, it would not capture the buzz and merchandise market that Game of Thrones got. We're not going to have a hard time getting Galadriel or Harfoot POP figures.

[@docfuzzlogan4901]

Real fans? Please, get of your horse. Who are you to decide what and who is a REAL fan. I read all of Tolkiens work over 30 years ago, before is was 15 and still read it from time to time, I love the lore, but I am not so stupid as to think that when a new developer comes it needs to be exactly like Tolkien, new people come and tell their version. They are allowed to, they paid damn good money to do so, now you can dislike it all you want, but to throw BS like this around is just nonsense.

[@GuukanKitsune]

@@docfuzzlogan4901 And that proves you aren't a fan. You're just an enjoyer. Do you know what the word 'fan' is short for? 'Fanatic'.

[@DavidTMSN]

The Harfoots give off Peter Pan Lost Boys vibes. Comes off as community theater - something you'd see at a high school Shakespearian play.

[@QueenSydon]

Peter Pain, lmao. His evil twin.

[@Gilgalad007]

Oh come on Jonny, you did great with that montage of Galadriel looks. Put together a similar montage of the other actors mispronouncing her name. How many ways is it possible to pronounce Galadriel? If you include some of the pre-release interviews, they don't even get the number of syllables right .

[@theonlylauri]

"Boats float because they look up", just *might* have worked. Pre-scientific ideas of physics were often pretty wonky, but if the audience is to take them seriously, you can't have them sounding like a fortune cookie. You also have to work them into the story. Elven boats could have had eyes carved into the railings. And while nothing could salvage Galadriel's decision to swim across an ocean to the Middle Earth from being laughably stupid, at least she could have floated on her back, gazing at the stars with a look of wonder. Doing the impossible with the power of her faith would also have introduced another kind of strength than merely physical to the character. But nah, can't have anything vaguely Tolkien-ish complicating the generic warrior princess.

[@fortythreenorth2518]

Galadriel has RBF and wants to speak to the manager in every scene!

[@jhmi7877]

I just found your channel, and you've been giving such sober (yet also hilarious) reviews on this show which has honestly been what I need. It's been weeks for me too and the show is also still haunting me. Every time I feel like I've gotten over it, I realize a new thing that they did wrong! lol

[@emmanuelwolf6568]

Completely agree with everything you've said dude, and once again, knocked it outta the park !!

[@unotrez8731]

I know this is kind of weird to say, but... Johny Law lighting and camera make him more ethereal look with this beautiful blue eyes haha than this 50mil per episode rings of power show :D Just wanna say he look more of an elf than Elrond :D just add the long hair

[@altairaltair8736]

The look of the Elves, a mix of the 80s and an advertisement for the most resistant hair gel. Where is the elegance, grace and beauty of Tolkien's Elves?????? I don't understand the art direction. They managed to invented a new look, the Elvish Presley style.

[@parula26]

“Elvish Presley” is the best description of those hairstyles that I’ve seen so far!!! 🤣

[@altairaltair8736]

@@parula26 Celibrimbor with his haircut could marry couples for $100 in Las Vegas 😅

[@MisterMiracleComics]

Setting aside the non canon story fails, crappy acting, and wierd story. When you make your character a god among men, they have no story arc. Where is her character development going to go? This makes for boring characters! Spend some of that CGI money on better writers and actors

[@raychapman1134]

You are quickly becoming one of my favorite analysts of modern media. I really expect you to take off big time at some point.

[@marcelozana]

An ethereal piece of broccoli!!

[@williedells]

Mr. Law, you have created, by far, my favorite youtube channel. Everything about you is just brilliant. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[@JonnyLawYT]

Hey no problem Gary, you take care bro

[@richardrose2606]

Cate Blanchette as Galadriel was the proverbial iron fist in a velvet glove.

[@lazytyrant9010]

If she was actually LIKED by her squad and we saw her being good to them. And then the rational bully she made peace with convinced HER to return home before coming back for further searching. We could have had some moments where her squad talked about how much they wanted to go home, and then her ship bailing scene would have been more meaningful AND she'd be much more likable. But no.

[@collinweeks6322]

Does it bother anybody else that there is that scene where Galadriel says that it is so evil that their torches give off no heat? So if evil makes hot things cold wouldn’t mount doom be like Antarctica levels of cold? If Smaug was evil then wouldn’t his fire breathe just be breathe? How did orc armories forge their weapons if the evil orcs make their forges cold? What a dumb concept that was not thought out at all.

[@JP-uf9sh]

They could have build up slowly to Finrods death perhaps make us like him more in the first episode and then show him being branded and then slain by a werewolf. They could have shown the change of carefree Galadriel from scolar to desperate sister taking up arms looking for her missing brother only to find his remains. They had all the money in the world to make it happen if they wanted that damn revenge quest. Instead they talk about stones for waaay to long.

[@authorofgriz]

Jonny 1: ... Jonny (Under-Hat) 2: AA Jonny (Under Small Hat) 3: AAA Main Jonny: AAAA

[@steppahouse]

Agreed with everything except the Legolas/shield-skating scene. It was absolutely the dumbest thing Jackson allowed into the LOTR trilogy.

[@mbgdemon]

Legolas doing silly physics defying stunts in the movies works because it's clearly meant as comic relief and isn't really that self-serious. My friends and I were laughing out loud during the Helm's deep battle when he was shield surfing and arguing with Gimli. When the show clearly means for you to take some ridiculous stunt seriously, it ceases to be entertaining and becomes CRINGE.

[@dissect123]

The "you have not seen what I have seen" will be a meme for decades to come. This is comedy gold!

[@BinkyTheElf1]

J.R.R. Tolkien, God willing, is in heaven. His grandson $imon Tolkien, a "creative consultant" on this flustercluck? Belongs in a special very hot place in Mordor. And Mz. Morfid Clark seems to have about 1-2 facial expressions in this show. Terrible direction, background preparation, character revealing. "Glare in a surly manner! OK, OK.. now look off into the distance! Beautiful!" Also, is it wrong to want the orcs to eat the Harfootz?

[@SN00PICUS]

"You have not seen what I have seeeeeen!" ...having read all the books that bit just pisses me off for Elrond...

[@RatWithaTool]

This is the best review of episode one on the entirety of all the internets.

[@VOL7R0N]

Congrats on 5k subs! I think I was the 5,000th and with the quality of this video and the way you present I expect that to raise quickly.

[@JonnyLawYT]

Hey thanks Matty welcome to the channel friend

[@JerseyWolf]

One of the worst things is that RoP actually had the elves firmly believe that Sauron was dead, when cannonically they always, always knew he was still around.

[@Truffle_Pup]

Bro, you're the only guy so far who has mentioned the short hair. I got so much shit off my mates when I mentioned that, but it really is literally the most un-elfish thing (bar the Big Bad Galad-riel) in the whole show. I'm cool with a dark skinned elf (already forgotten his name), he must've spent a lot of time out in the sun - so yeah, almost believable. However, the big black Yaaas Queen Dwarf, even though I kinda liked her acting and character, was just beyond bizarre. Dwarves... Who live INSIDE mountains? Who the hell OK'd that one?

[@billbillinger2117]

"Tahp ah dah marnen to ye, fiddle le dee!" - Every Irish Person

[@stormauror2642]

what really destroyed my immersion was the grandpa celebrimbor with an old timey news anchor haircut. WHY . WHY IS THERE AN ELF GRANDPA HELP ME

[@rtsiii5404]

Those shots of Galadriel looking off into the distance is actually Motfydd Clark gazing wistfully in search of a better show

[@beezkneez8918]

The mortal sin that most of these modern day writers for these lame shows commit is telling versus showing

[@lilrosetattoo]

Ethereal piece of broccoli. Truer words have never been spoken

[@getyourgnarlon]

To my eyes, Gil-galad seems to be sporting a mullet, and even if it isn't it really is a sad hairdo.

[@Mbstr1]

Comparing the two Galadriel's is not a fair comparison. At all. In Peter Jackson's (PJ) trilogy Galadriel was a side character with a very minor role, and the trilogy had a much smaller budget. In ROP Galadriel is a main role, there was a lot larger budget, and ROP had a major company backing it. Also, LOTR is much more well known now than it was when PJ was making his trilogy. So PJ was able to get characters with smaller roles to fit in the movie and represent what he imagined as Tolkien's world, whereas Amazon can't even get it's main characters right on a billion dollar budget. smh

[@Mbstr1]

Also note: PJ tried to represent how he imagined Tolkien's world, while Amazon tries to represent "diversity", "female empowerment" and "represent a more modern view of todays world" rather than Tolkien's world.

[@hpph1744]

But Cate Blanchet hadn’t see what Galabriel had seen.

[@cweb9169]

Good on you for stating why this show is dogshit on acting, look, and story. Racist arguments or even people trying to be more accurate and sounding off because of it, don't need to be the prime argument. The show is utterly bereft of basic good.

[@strongsuccessfulweeb1400]

I cant stress enough how important the Silmaril Quest was. Without this Morgoth would win! Finrod is such a badass that goes down with an Mma fight with werewolf.. A fricking werewolf. Here he died offscreen as you pointed out. If it's true they had no right to the FA they should atleast not directly contradict it.

[@semi2893]

Galadriel in Rings of Power is an insult to the REAL Galadriel in LotR!

[@larryramos3709]

'Guy'ladrial' doesn't have a tempest within her ! That's just the extra hot sauce she had on her breakfast burrito that morning !

[@Skabanis]

I am surprised you missed Finrods fade and nomadic farmers…literally not something remotely possible.

[@k-matsu]

Finrod: Why does a ship float and a stone sink. Gal -adriel: Ummm . . . . Because its a witch? FInrod: Burn the witch!!!!

[@ardent963]

And as a Prime Member, I find it cowardly that they won't allow me to leave a review. I kind of feel like I purchased a defective product, and they closed down customer support on me. The worst part for me, and it wasn't easy to narrow down, was the dialogue. They tried to sound deep and philosophical... but it was just shallow, nonsensible gibberish. This is what you get, when you hire sociopolitical activists to tell a story, instead of accomplished screenwriters. I'm pretty sure they wrote the script in crayon. And yeah, I don't get the resting bitch face Galadriel. That was obviously put in there at a woman's bequest. They are the only ones that think it's effective for communicating a message. Real men don't care when a woman has resting bitch face. "Well, the princess is pissed off again... so what else is new". And just ignore her. I just realized why I dislike the show so much. The writers have me ignoring (my natural response) the main character... Princess Bitch Face. They modeled her after my ex-wife. 😂

[@masa461]

You may be surprised, but women's reaction to such a facial expression is about the same. My guess is that it was a feminist/activist type of person who wanted to use this expression to show that Galadriel is a strong woman, but it failed miserably. And the facial expression is not even the main problem, she just looks and acts hysterical, entitled and unhinged.

[@theprowler18]

Had to write, you win the comment section! That was written gold here! 😆 It definitely gives that frigging vibe, proudly too!

[@nerd-mask723]

Only read the First part. Nah sorry guys, you can say about the show or it's creators whatever you want, but shutting down Reviews until the whole season is out, was a reasonable decision - If maybe not for the reasons they did it, but still I understand it. IMO streaming services should've done that with all their series from the start. Rating a show/season for it's First two episodes, or even when you didn't watch them at all, is a dickmove, and you know that. You guys only don't want to confess it, cause you saw that as a way to spit Amazon in the soup, and now you are butthurt they won't give you that opportunity. Hate me, cry and moan as loud as You want, but you know that's the truth.

[@ardent963]

@@nerd-mask723 Sounds like you're the one whining. Amazon are cowards. Period. And immediately resorting to name-calling tells me you're too stupid to hold an intellectual debate with anyway. Sticks and stones...

[@kkaugustine1958]

@@masa461 Not to mention the actress is very plain, when Galadriel is not only an Elf who were ofc beautiful generally, but she in particular was noted to be incredibly striking. They did Galadriel’s character THOROUGHLY dirty all the way around in this Woke take, imo.

[@nategraham6946]

The Banjo & Kazooie music you had in the background of the stare compilation was better than the entirety of the RoP.

[@Deeeeeeeee1]

That was Mario Sunshine music.

[@jjw9641]

"A weird BBC kids show from the nineties" As someone who watched a lot of weird BBC kids shows in the nineties, that is the best description of Rings of Power I have heard.

[@jiyu7993]

Galadriel (amazon) should've borrowed The Cullens sparkles 😂and once you saw Legolas any other elves are inferior to him. Legolas would never be captured by orcs, he'll just jumped on them stealthily and put arrows on then. And yeah, elves have long hair, it's like part of their shining glory. Even Legolas' hot father had long hair. And yeah, movie elrond had this warrior aura but series elrond looked and sound like a wimp. And also the Harfoots annoys me, I always fast forward it with them.

[@Saetun.]

Gil-galad the way he's depicted here looks like a stand in for Tom Hiddleston's Loki.

[@EinFelsbrocken]

6:42 "Man, Galadriel is such a looker." "Yeah; she cute I guess" "No; I mean... she really likes to..ya know; *look"*

[@gazlator]

Superb analysis of the whole problem, Jonny. The utter mediocrity of Rings of Power is absolutely painful.

[@tyranitar6366]

Did Galadriels face just twitch at 10:21?😂😂. Im dying 😂😂

[@danielkirk5660]

Gil-Galad looks almost identical to his appearance in the PJ movies, so much so that I had to IMDB the actors who played them just to make sure they were different people (and they are)

[@misiopuchatek152]

3:00 did anyone who wrote this sentence actually thought a little? Yes, rhetorical question but I'll continue. It is a time of joy (quote), when there was no war (also quote sorta...), when they were living in heaven (literally) and have no word for death (again a quote). So why the hell immortal being, without any knowledge of 'bad things happens' came up with an idea of, I won't be here always to tell you ridiculous things. People usually don't came up during conversations with impossible things. When was the last time someone of us told to someone "you know I won't be here always cause when I'll became a president of Arctic I'll have to go there." They knew conversation only from Twitter. And you can see that. No logic, no coherency, no nothing. Just some disconnected tweets...

[@martinainscough9226]

Confident and eloquent with a hint of sardonic wit; well done my lad. Cheers.

[@AdirondackRuby]

Such great points. That's some of what I said in my (no longer visible because I gave it 3 Stars) review on IMDb. There was no heart! I didn't care. Even the unlikeable characters were only unlikeable, not loathed or detestable. I didn't feel about joy or love. They didn't bring us into the story, make us feel something (good or bad) about the characters or their experience. It was missing so much of what Tolkien put into them...so much of what Jackson was able to get across...even missing what Rankin/Bass put into the cartoon.

[@isidoreaerys8745]

“The ‘you have not seen what I have seen’ scene” 💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@adamheywood113]

"If Galadriel is the backbone of the show, it's riddled with scoliosis" genius

[@ArveKvaly]

I must say you really nailed this review. I agree 110% with what you said!! I feel your pain!! Thank you!!