Rings of Power RECORD Breaking SUCCESS Brags Amazon

[@disparutoo]

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is apparently a huge success, the financial bet has more than paid off and everyone loves it. That's why they're talking about how much they're changing in season 2! That makes sense, but as we find out more about season 2 and 3 and the journalists start using season 1 as an excuse to talk about other topics. Maybe all isn't as it seems? But do you agree with amazon's interpretation of why they're getting more prime subs at Christmas? Let me know your thoughts down below and as always, thanks for watching :)

[@johnstrawb3521]

So RoP has decided to further reduce the pool of talent it draws on by evicting men from the director's chair? Brilliant. ---If the Equal Rights Amendment passes in the US, that's prime lawsuit material.

[@snugglestruggle8437]

"The Tokenism of Tolkien" should be the real name for Rings of Power, clearly.

[@clogs4956]

They're recasting Adar? Because the actor made him a memorable and even sympathetic character? Or because he decided to walk away from the abomination of season two? PS: I'd be happy to step up the action and ditch the feelings, but I'm not stepping into any wholly female writing room.

[@josh_is_grafted]

Both my mom and me got free Amazon Prime trials to do our Christmas shopping with. We didn't watch Prime Video at all. I think it would be interesting to see how much of that subscriber bump sticks around for over a month.

[@jackdorseysdisappointedfather]

I spent WAY too long trying to figure out what a GBH was.😂🤣🤦‍♂️

[@objectivelyacat4862]

Trust us guys, it'll all be better in Season 2, but we all know shows don't really get good until Season 3.

[@swellerferret2506]

“With the exception of House of the Dragon.”

[@michaelfields7088]

Or in Rings of Powers case, season 5.

[@M-S_4321]

@@michaelfields7088 Can we all just agree that the Peter Jackson movies qualify as Season 6 and say that's when the shows get good?

[@herwansaputra4080]

More season, more diversity

[@kaylieghskorner9650]

If they make it to season three 😂😂😂😂

[@Dr.Cosmar]

I just recently learned, they essentially baited and switched the Tolkein Estate. The person who did all the work just to get the appendecies was canned immediately afterwards.

[@eoingaskin]

Turns out amazon is just as bad as we thought, stabbing people in the back, lying to the world, these are just the tip of the iceberg.

[@NostyFripples]

I just learned that from nerdrotic

[@biggusdickus1234]

On top of that the current head of the Tolkien Estate is apparently a moron too.

[@wolfmauler]

Idk 🤔 ...Simon Tolkien looks to be equally to blame imo.

[@biggusdickus1234]

@@wolfmauler He's absolutely a fucking moron, that's been proven in his interviews and decisions.

[@billbillinger2117]

She claims to be the first female dwarf...but she's not Jennifer Lawrence? Confused.

[@Robutnikon]

L O L 👌🏻👆🏻👏🏼

[@RoseBaggins]

🤣🤣

[@janette2422]

I'm a woman...and you got everything about this bs RIGHT. I'm ashamed of it. I'm also part of that 'Tolkienism' that they so despise. Loved this vid. Pitch Meeting was the real ROP

[@Sizdothyx]

There are some changes that are actually welcome in Jackson's version. Imagine Book!Aragorn for 9 hours. You'd probably be rooting for Sauron to win at the point.

[@exoticcarfactsofficialchan7050]

One of the main reasons why Amazon Prime membership has spiked recently is due to the new Amazon "Prime Share" feature, that let's you share your Amazon prime account with non-prime members, essentially upgrading non-prime accounts to "Prime subscribers" without the corresponding increase in membership fees. It's all smoke and mirrors over at Amazon HQ 💁‍♂️

[@scottfree7633]

They're so transparent. It's so obvious that they are bringing in an all female team of directors just so when it fails they can scream Misogyny!! We all know it's coming. This is their go to since ghostbusters 2016.

[@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it]

yep. this is what happens. this is also why they made black elves and were acting as if female dwarves wasnt a thing before the show. its pathetic

[@georgejones5019]

Charlie's Angels and Ghostbusters 2016 all over again.

[@sidwhiting665]

At this point who cares what they scream? It still sucks, and I'll still say it sucks... they'll scream, and I'll tell them to shut up, because it still sucks. . The screaming only matters if you care about appeasing them. Otherwise, they're just harpies without wings. Stay away so they don't poop on you in their anger.

[@Crazyhorrse]

Kinda reminds me of when Kenobi aired and looked like complete shit, with lots of focus on a diverse female character nobody asked for. Her awful acting must have been so clear to Disney that after the first episode they played their trump card and pretended that they won before even starting. Articles were released stating very clearly that any person who saw the show and has any problems whatsoever with the new character was a "Racist" and all of you idiot fans better love her or else. Just another day at Disney Empire.

[@xminusone1]

It's a criticism shielding. It's the strategy because when something is made by women or by people who are part of a certain demographic, we're not allowed to criticise it. The thing is, I don't care about being called all the "ist" and "phobes" in the book. When something is boring or very bad or both, it needs to be called out. In this case, imagine the outrage of Twitter blue haired landwhales if they had done a series about a story those people care about, and they have done it this badly. Geez KZbin is even trying to censor my comment because it's true.

[@thepunchableface1506]

It's got the highest viewing figures for any streaming show based on an existing novel that premiered on a Wednesday this year. Ever.

[@johnstrawb3521]

Personally I can't wait for the first Rings of Powah ep directed by an Afro-Indian bi-curious female midg... little person (why is that better, by the way?). Empowerment!!

[@nightfall902]

@@johnstrawb3521 Sounds great as long as there is disabled/Asian representation.

[@knotengajin7359]

@@nightfall902 India is generally considered part of Asia and dwarfism is considered a disability.

[@nightfall902]

@@knotengajin7359 Agreed that India shares a border with China, but it also borders Pakistan and Afghanistan, so in general, I don't include it as Asian. As for dwarfism, there are well over 300 conditions and while some of them are disabling, most affected people do not consider diminutive size as a handicap.

[@narudan]

The "on our specific plattform" is implied.

[@kathleenhensley5951]

I bought "The Fall of Numenor" (a beautiful book physically, just beautiful!) and recently "The Fall of Gondolin" and "The nature of Middle Earth." - I have editions from the 1980s and 90s that has some of the same stories but I couldn't resist the look of these books, real works of art - with full page paintings and drawings at the header of every chapter. There is nothing Tolkien-like in these shows, sure some of the same names but none of the depth and beauty of Tolkien's incredible lengendarium. I will not be watching it EVER, especially since they called us fans such insulting names. Once people do that there is no going back.

[@EvilExcalibur]

Same. I wanted to watch it out of curiosity (I love riffing on bad media) but I will not encourage a company so willing to treat the audiences like shit to that extent.

[@Jinx_Skeel]

@@EvilExcalibur well, there's disney, remember? they also do the same thing to their fans, even worse I guess... see she-hulk for example... the fans are literally the villains of it, lmao

[@grant2989]

Maybe you should watch it with an open mind and see if you enjoy it rather than shitting on something you haven’t seen and proving the people you are complaining about as somewhat correct. I get y’all are more “passionate” about this series than I am but I enjoyed this show even if it wasn’t perfect.

[@EvilExcalibur]

@@Jinx_Skeel oh I haven't bothered with anything Star Wars/Marvel in years for the same reason.

[@colinmorgan2737]

So was I wrong that someone wrote fall of Numenor to try and write this crap into a Tolkien book to fall in line with the series

[@fallous]

The numbers they provide are damning when you run the math. The total run time of the first season is 557 minutes, and they claim 24B minutes watched... while also claiming 100M viewers. If 100M viewers had watched the season, the number would be 55.7B minutes, but they're only claiming 43% of that total. Their show was so compelling that less than half the people who viewed it bothered to watch the entire season, or that their 100M viewers only bothered to watch around 4 episodes before bailing.

[@kaizokujimbei143]

And that is only if we assume that the 24B minutes watched is truly accurate which I'm not convinced it is.

[@fallous]

@@kaizokujimbei143 Yeah, the validity of the numbers is assuredly questionable, but it's amusing to see that even their hype data make them look bad. It's almost as if no one in marketing can actually do math or understands such numbers are related and can tell an unflattering story.

[@TheHigherSpace]

100m views not viewers

[@Syaniiti]

They say that premier got 25 mil views, I actually sort of believe that. That means that the first 2 episodes got 50 million total views approx. out of the 100 total views the show got. But if only 43% of the show was actually watched with the minutes that means that maybe 3 million people watched the rest of the episodes. That is an audience retention rate of 12%. If losing 88% of your customers was classified a success I'd still have a job.

[@fallous]

@@Syaniiti Yeah, I was giving them "best case" with their numbers just to steel-man their assertion. The reality is far worse.

[@Will_Parker]

"We're moving from NZ to the UK, which means we're going to have to remake ALL of the sets we had, drastically increasing the price of the show, and that's somehow a good thing because reasons"

[@christophersmith8316]

"We can watch what those idiots are spending money on in the UK a lot easier than in NZ so they won't blow the budget on crap armor that looks like a high school production."

[@MephiticMiasma]

Maybe it's good because NZ doesn't want them back after they totally trashed the place.

[@rogerborg]

@@christophersmith8316 I wonder what happened to the costumes and props from the Jackson films.

[@rubix4195]

Great that they are spending money in the UK filming industry but I really wish the UK was the "dumping ground" for franchises going to ruin: Batgirl, Indiana and Dial of Destiny and, now, this are all going to be filmed in the UK. For the country where Aliens, Star Wars and James Bond films were filmed, it's a crying shame.

[@duppyrider3540]

This kind of stuff is exactly what happens in retail everyday. I had a woman show up about 45 minutes before the store closed; we currently have only two people working because you can't find employees. Our website says we're by appointment only and what our hours are. So when I told her the two of us were both with two sets of people and unfortunately might not get to her tonight, she told me I was attacking her, the website didn't show our hours, or say we were by appointment. Everything after that was her demanding she be helped, lies, and then she left angry because she was an idiot. Welcome to humanity 2022!

[@atomicdancer]

"There is a tempest in me!" - that woman at the store

[@takatamiyagawa5688]

I'm curious what kind of retail store is appointment only.

[@duppyrider3540]

The kind that only has two people working currently. The owner cannot find anyone who wants to work. When someone does apply they're either too lazy/stupid and/or drugged out to do the job.

[@YoutubeDictatorship2024]

Was she black?

[@duppyrider3540]

@@KZbinDictatorship2024 Only her mood; not sure why it would be relevant.

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

As appallingly bad as the ROP show is, without it, I never would've found your channel! I always enjoy your videos, even when they're about entertainment that I haven't even seen. That is really quite remarkable 🤩 Thanks for all the laughs! Merry Christmas to you and your family and all the best in 2023!

[@kimberlyoldschool]

Rings of Prime is the rich manure in which talent like Disparu can grow from acorn to mighty oak 😂

[@elyknavillus777]

Same it's how I found the channel and I thank ROP for that and nothing more

[@pyropulseIXXI]

I'd rather this abomination not have existed and just live with not finding this channel than it existing and me having found this channel. I also found this channel, and it is good, but it is not worth the destruction of Tolkien's legacy

[@christophersmith8316]

@@pyropulseIXXI They can't destroy it, the legacy will destroy them. Just don't accept any of this of impacting LOTR at all.

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

@@kimberlyoldschool wow, that is incredibly poetic! I think you should write for ROP 😄

[@krisztianpem2204]

Galadriel in this show is truly one of the characters ever written. But my favorite part was when Gandalf announced the he identyfies as a demiqueer foxkin and everyone stood up and clapped. It made my cry out of joy.

[@CNNBlackmailSupport]

She really is one of the characters. I agree.

[@xenomorph6599]

She was in fact the most character. Almost as much as Ganondalf

[@chixixoplix]

Her character definitely gets two thumbs from me.

[@Th-ch5ez]

Ganondalf. The hero of Kvetch.

[@rogerborg]

Your bigotry against the Legoless who can't stand up is literally the worst thing of all ever.

[@jessehamm3573]

They definitely have managed to exceed everyone's expectations in terms of demonstrating a human being's capacity for sheer stupidity, and the ability to make a near-billion dollar project look like the biproduct of a 10 buck investment. If they attempted to impress audiences strictly within that context, then the Rings Of Power has definitely "more than paid off".

[@aahzmandiaz2767]

It proved human stupidity is infinite.

[@sarasunshinemt4444]

Kinda wonder where all the money went to. It wasn't on the costumes. It wasn't for "filming on location". Wasn't for the CGI. Maybe it all ended up in marketing? Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if it was really just a money laundering scheme so Bezos doesn't have to pay taxes on making so much money.

[@linus116]

I’ve been a prime member for years and I’m proud to say, no one in my household has even watched a single second of the rings of wokeness on my account so Amazon can’t use my account in their “minutes watched”.

[@rytlocknroll]

I applaud you, sir.

[@jordan_roadhouse4798]

Ditto. And i will fight my family to the death to keep it that way. Priorities.

[@Chaos_God_of_Fate]

I pirated it all, I'd not have watched any of it at all if the only way was to support Amazon's numbers. I still haven't seen the last 2 episodes- someone needs to pay me to sit through that. I have also discouraged my family from watching it, with great success, they found something else to watch. Our Amazon account has zero Minutes watching this train wreck.

[@Neerepha]

Same! All I watched of RoP was from Disparu and Nerdrotic

[@anthonyrobertson4272]

Just be careful if you have Alexa, she might tell your Smart TV to watch Rings of Power lol.

[@gunstargizmo]

Amazon's idea of character development is spending years building a bridge, leaving it incomplete, and expecting you to just forget about it. When people ask about what happened to the bridge, they try to divert attention to the new one they've started.

[@gimlisbeardcomb]

You're racist for asking about the bridge

[@MediumRareOpinions]

"Trust us, the next bridge will actually reach the other side this time...also did we mention its being built by an all female construction crew?"

[@michaeljago5824]

Pay no attention to this hand, look at this one, prime bait and switch.

[@superbrainz2357]

@@gimlisbeardcomb "You just hate the bridge because it's painted black!"

[@Cerebrosum]

Kinda like US suburban planning, huh

[@dao_of_the_gamer4084]

so.... 24.000.000.000 minutes, divided by 480 (8 episodes, 60min each), equals 50.000.000. In other words their "hit piece" got only "finished" 50.000.000 times. So the 100.000.000 viewers mean that most people just went away half way or earlier. ... very promising xD

[@knotengajin7359]

They claim 200,000,000 subscribers and they put RoP on auto-play on the Prime Tv viewer which means every time a Prime member watched a complete episode of anything, Amazon got a few free minutes of RoP airtime before people cut to something else.

[@Govakhelsborne]

I sincerely doubt the viewership is that high in the first place, if games can add bots to give the illusion that there are other players, then it's way, way easier for a streaming service to bot viewers and pay off the programmers. Not to mention we've seen proof of botting in ratings and comments on websites that they own, I wouldn't put it past them.

[@rogerborg]

If you assume a steady decline then only 25 million made it to the end of a $1 billion production. That's if those numbers are true, but... Amazon.

[@cirebinregbin1056]

so they are already making profits of of the series then ? okay it's doing great the show..

[@clpearson991]

If they kept Galadriel's personality but didn't try to pass her off as Galadriel, I think people wouldn't be quite so upset. Still wouldn't be likeable but wouldn't be assassinating an already well established character.

[@davfree9732]

They should call her Karandriel. Galadriels step-cousin who sometimes likes to pretend she's Galadriel.

[@JarlBorg93]

Nah her personality is Captain Marvel 2.0

[@rytlocknroll]

This is not Galadriel. Stop calling her that. This is Guy-lad-rrriel, murderous dog and arrogant brat.

[@christophersmith8316]

It wouldn't have been quite as bad but still bad.

[@marychocolatefairy]

A number of people have said that she should have been Galadriel's daughter, Celebrian. It would have worked better age wise, and also we know little about her. However, knowing about Celebrian would have required the RoP makers to be familiar with Tolkien's lore, lol.

[@douglastarbox7640]

Yes people loved LOTR because it represented the everyday world.

[@MephiticMiasma]

yeah, I'm still fighting daily paranoia because the eye of the CIA... er.... Sauron... is upon me.

[@NSixtyFour]

Lol

[@TJCID22]

This is the definition of "Who are you going to believe, us or your own lying eyes?!"

[@drfunky2182]

_The directors hired to continue the production of Rings of Power after the other directors had been sacked, wish it to be known that they have just been sacked._ _The Rings of Power: Season 2 has been completed in an entirely different style at great expense and at the last minute._

[@stalhein62]

As long as there weren’t any moose involved

[@andrewbarbarash3116]

I peed myself a little when you said with a straight face Bronwyn decided she was bored being a florist and became a military general ... Story as old as time 😆😆

[@MephiticMiasma]

shades of General JinJur

[@Fred-gu6pk]

Well Hightower joined the police although he did go back to floristry

[@rytlocknroll]

"We'll be more faithful to the source material in season 2." *Proceeds to make the first mistake by lying, and replacing the ENTIRE development team with women.* What the showrunners are doing is treasonous, and vile. They're about to make their next "big push." Keep pushing back!

[@sol-hunter2332]

So we reach one of the biggest holidays with tons of shopping, and amazon had a surge of subscriptions.... probably rings of power. makes sense.

[@geraldlaboone9741]

The only good part of Rings of Power is listening to Disparu, Little Platoon, Drinker, and the others talking about how bad it is. Infinitely more entertaining.

[@harbl99]

Az's _Details of Numenorean Nautical Engineering_ episode ("Stacked horses" ... "Mithril fuel" ... "Wine cellar for exploding wine") is a classic. It feels like a missing chapter of _Unfinished Tales_ compared to what amazon grunted out onto our screens.

[@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it]

the worst part is seeing boomers, casuals and normies liking the show. i cant stand them when i see them on twitter, facebook absolutely praising the show and insulting fanbase and ppl who critisize it

[@settispaghetti2273]

There are people who like it? I dont use twitter, but none of my coworkers liked it, only two watched all of season one and both complained bitterly about it for weeks.

[@S4ns]

"According to our own research, that we won't show you, and numbers that we won't share, our show was a success." - Amazon.

[@benmiles00]

Don't forget Black Friday sales. Wasn't that around the end of the show. Amazon were banging on about Prime Video being included with their subscription so I wonder if that had anything to do with it. Plus promos of course.

[@teqfreak]

Amazon is the perfect example that shows what money can buy, and what it cannot buy. It can buy publicity, audiences, hype... but it doesn't buy quality, love for lore, audience dedication, creativity or artistry.

[@jmace2424]

I love that “My girl Galadriel” girl couldn’t be bothered to watch the show because she was too busy with HotD 🤣🤣🤣

[@Robutnikon]

Omg RIGGHHTT?! That sh*t is pure gold! 😝🤘🏻🤣

[@mr.s2005]

Teases bigger battles? Not that hard to do considering that the fight on Weathertop was bigger and far more exciting to watch than anything we saw in ROP.

[@thegreatangel8251]

This so true 😂😂😂 The skirmish in the ‘big battle episode’ was absurd. Laughable.

[@conormurphy4328]

I’ve had fights in my local spoons that were bigger and more exciting

[@thegreatangel8251]

@@conormurphy4328 I’ve had shits that have caused more damage

[@marychocolatefairy]

@@thegreatangel8251 And let's note that the only director they kept from season 1 (Charlotte Brandstrom) is the one that directed that episode. Yeah, season 2 will be great, lol.

[@thegreatangel8251]

@@marychocolatefairy of course. You didn’t expect them to replace a women surely? EMPOWERMENT! Can’t wait for the second season which will be an even bigger disaster than the first.

[@jennabronson4704]

We all knew they were going to try to lie. And I think they've signed up for huge lawsuits from shareholders.

[@mikkelnpetersen]

It's as if they have a check list of "things the fans hate and/or don't want" and are just doing them one by one.

[@SuperSkrullz]

If Amazon keeps on lying , it's only damaging it's own brand name....

[@christianefiorito3204]

I needed weeks to detoxify and still dream of Lenny Henry telling me the haarfoots will leave me behind.

[@jmace2424]

Meanwhile House of the Dragon could easily go 10 seasons with the Dance and the Blackfyre Rebellions and Robert’s Rebellion.

[@Peter-jl4ki]

1. Rings of Power is record breaking. Not in good ways, but still record breaking. 2. The showrunners and Salke still have a job after what they did. That is an unbelievable success.

[@frankvandorp2059]

The main reason to change to an all female directing team is so they can call critics of season 2 not just racist again, but sexist as well this time.

[@KizzMyAbs]

You know the really sad the about TROP is? They had so many opportunities to create deep plot lines and amazingly in depth characters and they completely WRECKED that. I know FORSURE I’m not watching season 2

[@ZugzugZugzugson]

bruh they literally had the entire thing served on a golden platter encrusted with diamonds carried by God's right hand itself delibered right into their laps, and they _still_ managed to screw it up. story, lore, characters, world building, EVERYTHING was already done, all they had to do was make a story that followed the source material and they would have become legends of film, but noooo lets squander our golden ticket by making it woke of the rangs instead.

[@KizzMyAbs]

@@ZugzugZugzugson right! Think of how Gil galad and anatar are portrayed in the books. Soooo much potential. So much disappointment. The show runners are complete buffoons also and DONNOT deserve this project and they’re going to pay dearly after another season flops I truly hope.

[@jmwvirgil]

RoP is a fantastic grift. It doesn't matter how bad the show is, or how few people are interested in seeing it. Amazon have to pretend the show is a success. It's a guaranteed five seasons with a massive budget, even if there's only a dozen people watching by the end.

[@MsSharondenadel]

They sure did break some records, but not the good ones.

[@AvenueStudios]

ROP's like those cheap wines that have 'Award Winning' stickers on them but no mention of what award it is they won and if you try to search it you come up with nothing🤣 -Dan

[@mxvega1097]

I'm watching His Dark Materials atm and holy hell the scenes and CGI are well done - grand, fantastical, engaging, supporting the story and characters. Makes me think - again - what a colossal missed opportunity ROP is/was and will be forever more. And Shannara Chronicles looks pretty goo too. Uh, what were we talking about? Ah yes! Shadow and Bone is awesome.

[@Han-rw9ev]

Amazon are taking the 'Let's repeat this often enough, and everyone will eventually start believing us' approach. The fact is, Amazon drove away those who SHOULD have been their biggest supporters from the very beginning and if they believe Season 1 was that great (it was, to be honestly, absolutely awful) , that doesn't bode well for Season 2. This is all just part of Amazon's non-stop campaign to promote RoP Season 2.. With most series, they tend to wait til they're closer to the next season before promoting things.. Rings of Power, on the other hand, was such a disaster that Amazon will release something, ANYTHING, any sort of nonsense article, practically every five minutes, just to remind people that there's more to come, and yes, it will be 'better' ('we promise'). For a billion dollar, supposedly 'Tolkien' series (you have to squint REALLY hard to see it), Rings of Power is an absolute DISASTER... We'd better brace ourselves for a massive flood of misleading fake 'Tolkien' and RoP-related media over the next few the years..

[@danjager6200]

Rings of power is not only the best rated Lord of the Rings show on Amazon this year, it may be the best rated Rings of Power season ever! How is that not a success?

[@satireisnotdead5804]

This whole thing has been an exercise in "What did you think would happen?"

[@gerard2383]

They can say whatever they want, all you had to do was to go on twitter on the days the episodes came out and see NOTHING about the show was trending. The days HOD came out there were like 10 different hashtags on the top.

[@jmace2424]

How soon after walking out the door do you think the Adar actor sent his CV to the House of the Dragon showrunners?

[@marychocolatefairy]

lol, you're close, he did just get a new gig on another popular series franchise. "1923", prequel to "Yellowstone", starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren. Smart move!

[@Chaos_God_of_Fate]

I hope he's on HoTD, just so we can make even more fun of this piece of trash show! He was the best actor on the show, but that's not really saying a lot. HBO should take him just so they can point and laugh even harder at RoP!

[@bz6046]

Considering he's the same actor that played Uncle Benjen on GOT he's probably got a good shot.

[@quailstudios]

Do you know why I came to the service? Because Amazon offered me 30 days free trial. I canceled last year, and I’m going to cancel after 28 days of this free trial. I’m just using Amazon prime to get free shipping and not to watch their shows.

[@fr4gl3]

I remember when we had anual seasons with 22-26 episodes each.

[@jamescecil3417]

I've heard that it made a clean sweep at the Golden Globe...you can smell the Emmys coming!

[@ste4392]

It's probably broke the record for most money wasted on a TV series 🤷

[@melissag.664]

I'd never even thought of the comparisons of the minutes watched! That's a good point!

[@utatrhonkar7394]

I'd be really curious to know how much they're seething regarding HotD's success!

[@MR_THINQ]

I subscribed to amazon prime because they were offering it to me for free for 30 days, I used the 30 days to order my Xmas gifts and watched a few movies. I didn’t even consider watching RoP… I cancelled Amazon prime as soon as I had received all the Xmas gifts I ordered. I do this every year, I would never ever pay for amazon prime.

[@snugglestruggle8437]

"The Tokenism of Tolkien" should be the real name for Rings of Power, clearly.

[@jamiebrooks3864]

Rings of power brought me to you so it was a success. Thanks amazon and KZbin for helping me find actual good content decoding clown world TV

[@noneyabidness9644]

Let them spin. They're still hemorrhaging money. Season 2 had something like a 90% budget cut. You don't scream "SUCCESS!!!" any louder than that.

[@defeqel6537]

How many of those "launch windows" registrations were just for the newest Grand Tour special? I know mine was..

[@johnblaze8092]

RECORD Breaking SUCCESS....and then the alarm clock goes off lol. Time to wake up!

[@TheCanadienMickeyMouse]

dont forget the wiseman of seinfeld from the words of george castanza : "its not a lie IF you believe it" and Amazon believes its a great show

[@irishnotsane9365]

Amazon ran huge discounts over Black Friday that are going through Christmas if I remember right. I didn’t pay attention to the ads.

[@GodsReaperMan]

Absolutely brilliant video here my friend, and it IS truly sad just how desperate and blind they truly are, trying so hard to convince people their huge obvious and completely horrible mistakes aren't actually mistakes at all. ROTFL LOVE THIS!!!!

[@francobenevento7598]

Disparu consistently gives the best synopsis on popular culture. Always spot on, bruv.

[@j.springer1496]

I bought 10,000 Powerball tickets at $2 each and one of them hit for $4! That bet already paid for itself, oh yeah. Hi, I'm Amazon's Director of Global T.V. Distribution.

[@sethkaicer319]

Disparu and I need to gross 2 billion dollars just to break even.

[@mindbreaker2415]

Amazon is giving a free 30 prime membership when you order something from the site. I bet they are counting those in the new membership counts.

[@marychocolatefairy]

They claim to have broken a record for young viewers: but I know there was an article that said most of RoP's viewers were over 35. Also, he says there was a surge after the show ended: If that's true, it could be because, for the week after the last ep, they were REALLY pushing the show on users, as they had the RoP icon taking up the whole front screen of Prime Video with a large PLAY button. I accidentally put it in my watchlist when trying to get off that screen. But I think he's fibbing, since RoP fell off of Amazon's own top spot pretty quickly after the end. Mid November or so it was number 4 for their original shows (after The Peripheral, The English, and Mammals). Mind you, it's behind shows that didn't get nearly the amount of promoing that it did.

[@bazzzzz6175]

I signed up for a free month of Prime to get a 3 pack of guitar strings and a vinyl copy of Discipline by King Crimson on next day delivery! Didn't watch a second of telly and cancelled before my month was up. I feel like I've been used for statistics, tbh. And dirty.....

[@frankb3347]

RoP has successfully failed better then anybody else.

[@therockontheshelf]

"With your right hand you would use as a shield against criticism, and with your left you would seek to supplant me"

[@madambutterfly1997]

Love your commentary 👌

[@BillPeschel]

Like Humphrey Bogart said in "Casablanca," there are certain parts of Essex the orcs shouldn't invade.

[@seanwalsh7644]

Really enjoyed watching this video I couldn't stop laughing 😆 🤣 😂 it's hilarious when you said about bronwyn not wanting to be a florist but a military general saying it's a tale as old as time I nearly choked on my brew even as I write this message I'm struggling to hold the laughter in 😅😅😅😅👍👌

[@MichaelB-jw5po]

If this show was as big of a success as they claim, we'd be hearing people talk about it everywhere. None of my friends or coworkers have ever even mentioned this show and they went crazy over stuff like Severance and House of the Dragon.

[@fakename1182]

Glad that Amazon has decided to go full Mirror Universe with Rings of Power, except without goatees for some reason.

[@christophersmith8316]

Elves with perms are the new goatees.

[@mikeparsons1746]

This show has made me hate Amazon so much I've dropped our prime subscription. I loathe this company because of this show, and it's going to cost them our business.

[@yetipotato8567]

Most succesfull lotr series to date!! Record broken. Only millions in red.

[@dairydregone7146]

This show makes The Hobbit Trilogy, Shadow of Modor, and Shadow of War look amazing!

[@silverscorpio24]

You know what's funny? War of the Rohirrim is coming out the same year as ROP Season 2. Amazon's in for a treat if they thought the HoTD comparisons were problematic.

[@johnalthor]

I was a Prime member for years and am proud to say I cancelled my Amazon Prime on Sep 2nd in honor of J.R.R. Tolkien. If even only 10% of Tolkien fans worldwide do the same, we will send Amazon Bauglir a message he cannot ignore.

[@ceemichael1]

Internet/Streaming Truth does not equate to Absolute Truth. Relativism Rules Social Media. And the people in charge of the "entertainment" industry still don't get it.

[@mollyscot1563]

I think with all the comments, the author probably doesn't read all (or even any) of the comments. I hope Disparu reads this. I am a sixty year old Scottish female. Two things got me today, the death of Terry Hall and the absolute hoot I find Disparu. I don't even watch half the stuff he refers to, I just laugh at his take on it. When you laugh out loud about something you have not even seen then you know for sure the commentator is funny as fuck. Disparu is funny as fuck.

[@runekotzerhzn5511]

''I love talking about someone's feeling that does not exist.. " nice one... me too ; )

[@nathanolson3135]

Could be possible, there’s such a thing as hate watch . I for one watched the whole thing not because I liked it but because I kept thinking next episode will get better . I think season two is where it will truly tunk , because now people know they were fooled .

[@dariovirga7711]

Admittedly yes, I watched the first season mostly so that I could speak critically with a solid base, but given the premise, I'd not watch the second one.

[@SammichNetwork]

Out of all the TV series that Amazon has made about lord of the rings this was the top rated and most watched

[@bloodrunsclear]

I’m certain that the combo of an all female directing group AND an emphasis on ‘faster paced action’ will totally be a great idea…

[@DaveGrean]

@bloodrunsclear What do you mean?

[@bloodrunsclear]

@@DaveGrean Are you familiar with sarcasm?

[@DaveGrean]

@@bloodrunsclear Lmao, i forgot how dumb you guys were. I gave no indication that I didn't understand your sarcasm. Are you going to answer the question, or are you too much of a coward? Again: what do you mean by an all female directing group combined with faster paced action being a bad idea? There, I rephrased it so you can't pretend to be misunderstand

[@bloodrunsclear]

@@DaveGrean It's called a fact of life. Female directors are not nearly as inclined to action sequences. See films like The Charlie's Angels reboot (which flopped) Eternals (which flopped)...

[@DaveGrean]

@@bloodrunsclear woah, what a great point you made with those two examples

[@sarahgould5435]

When your company is weighing whether it's less expensive to carry through or just pay breach of contract penalties... 🤔

[@MajorSmurf]

Ya know Amazon large viewing numbers really doesn't make something a success (at least culture wise). There are plenty of cult classics which got robbed dirty in numbers but yet they are now beloved by more people who watched after it's initial release or run. Every person who watched ROP was either a hate watcher and just laughing at how bad it was OR they are someone who has zero experience with a decent fantasy series in their life and delude themselves into thinking ROP is somehow good. I could name Anime, Manga, Books, Comics and more in the fantasy genre that would run circles round ROP in every possible manner you could think of. Hell I wish half the books I owe got an TV adaptation (Not by Amazon though) they deserve it more than ROP does. ROP could have been a trend setter instead we somehow got the most generic fantasy ever created... which is wild considering all modern fantasy draws inspiration from Tolkien.

[@Robutnikon]

Amen 🙏🏻🤘🏻

[@JustIn-mu3nl]

Out of the blue Amazon re-subscribed me just before the premier, I hadn't instigated it and cancelled straight away, I even changed bank, there were other reasons beside, but it was done the next day after they did it. Surely I wouldn't have been the only one.

[@wrayday7149]

This is the paid hype industry at it's finest. I pay you to tell me how great I am. Even though my business is failing, you tell me it's going great! If this is success, I hate to see what losing looks like.

[@DetectiveStablerSVU]

One good thing came from this series... The growth of your channel and its introduction to me.

[@seefoghall]

Orcs vs Liverpudlians, I'd say it's about odds even.

[@orangestorange2048]

The most frustrating thing is that there are experienced, quality female writers who deserve to have a voice because they are talented - not because they are women. I'm a writer, not for television, but I still feel insulted by the implication that women aren't good enough writers and instead must be 'uplifted' by virtue of our gender to get a platform. If you are good at something, you should be given the opportunity to demonstrate your skill - regardless of identity. It means so less if you are just given the achievement for being in the right place, right time and wearing the right political hat.

[@nafreeman08]

I think many people also forget that the first two episodes were released in certain theaters...so they probably added those numbers to their bogus number of viewers.

[@settispaghetti2273]

Thats a lot of minutes!

[@tonygreenfield7820]

On the plus side, ROP has done an amazing job of rehabilitating the Orcs as a faction. Had I actually watched the show (haven't and never will) I would be cheering the Orcs on.

[@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it]

but its just ilogical. orcs are dumb and bad. not complex race that has depression....

[@TheStacanova]

They’re also not mentioning, that this is the FIRST year that Amazon Prime has an EXCLUSIVE Thursday Night NFL prime time game. So, you have to sign up to Prime to watch Thursday Night NFL Football in America. Those games air weekly from September through December. Thursday night NFL ratings drew between 7 to 13 million live viewers, each game, with 32 different fanbases, in different regions of the USA, having to sign up to Prime, throughout the season, in order to see their team’s game. That may also account for the new prime signups, starting in September and continuing past ROP’s season ending? I bet they conveniently run up until Christmas, with the shopping Holiday and the last Thursday night game of the season on prime being this Thursday. I love how ROP is taking credit! Looking at Return on investment, Amazon better hope the new subscribers are from the NFL game, because Amazon are paying the NFL 1 billion dollars per year, for the next 10 years, for exclusive rights to broadcast that One game per week. That billion per year is just for the rights, all the production costs for Amazon to broadcast the game are on top of that. They do also sell commercials ads to run during the game, since it’s built into the NFL broadcast model, which is why there’s a 3rd party tracking live viewers and can’t easily lie about it, since they’re charging advertisers.

[@daveeyes]

Why don't they look at Pirate Bay statistics? They'd be more honest certainly.

[@Draugh39]

The only other "business" that refers to itself as "the family", that comes to my mind right now, is "the Mafia". Should that tell us something?

[@liammcconnell9322]

I was just thinking of BioShock 2, but that works too

[@belegur8108]

A little anecdote to emphasize the difference in quality of RoP and other shows: A friend of mine, like me a total fantasy nerd for decades, did not watch RoP after E3; he was "bored to sleep". When he asked me if i knew any good series, i recommended Terminal List and one week later, we talked about that show, because he binged it, even with him being a hard working family guy with not very much spare time to do so. Fun fact, he rated TL a 7/10 and still binged it, because at no point was it boring, his main complain was it was very weird at the end and he didn't like the finale. @Disparu please keep up with your clips, as they are so much entertaining and as i follow you since the reactions on Wheel of Time, saison one, i can really attest to your improving way of tackling all this Hollywood crap. Way to go 🤘🤪🤘