Rings of Power Review Reactions PANIC Amazon

[@disparutoo]

Rings of Power news and articles are coming so fast that the insanity never stops, and it looks like the attacks on fans are only just beginning after the reaction to the first too. How long will these continue, how long do you think Amazon will continue to block reviews on the series? Let me know your thoughts below and as always, thanks for watching :)

[@dritzzdarkwood4727]

Amazon shill, Looper: "It has 25 mil. viewings in 240 countries!!!" Logic: There are only 193-197 countries in the world depending on whether you're counting contested areas such as Palestine and Taiwan for example....... I guess they got the extra +40 countries the same place Amazon got its 25 mil. viewings.

[@petriew2018]

you think these big studios will ever wake up to the true meaning of 'the streisand effect'? The harder Amazon works to convince people they should love this, the more attention they draw to the fact that nobody seems to actually like it..... and in the process they're simply destroying the credibility of the outlets they're paying to write this crap

[@boomingbob1579]

Typical tactic

[@GeraltofRivia22]

They got the original 4 Hobbit actors to shill for this show

[@clogs4956]

Kudos to Whoopi Goldberg for her perfect use of word-salad and various facets of gaslighting, including misdirection and shaming. Amazon couldn't even manage that...

[@travonarmstrong6093]

"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right." - George Orwell, 1984

[@onemanarmy36]

Sounds EXACTLY like the Democrat party today.

[@reek4062]

Amazon destroyed Tolkien! Rings of Power is full with feminist propaganda! WOKE people sacrifice good writing in favour of spreading 'the message'!

[@mj91212]

@@onemanarmy36 Oh please, the Republicans constantly try to rewrite and reframe history as well. They straight up pushed books into public schools that claim that slavery “wasn’t that bad” and that the Africans “wanted to be enslaved”. The dems have some wacky, nonsensical ideas, but repubs are completely divorced from reality.

[@reek4062]

@Jay Khan We Tolkien fans can read! We read the subtitles in the Jackson films, as true Tolkien fans!

[@BarronVonSchnoot]

Deep, brah

[@booniedogchamorru2205]

I’m 56 years old and a person of color. I started reading Tolkien at the age of 12. The animated versions of The Lord of Rings had better representation of me than the any character in the Rings of Power.

[@CancelHappiness]

I, also, am a colored person.

[@glennwatson3313]

I love to read about and watch the Black Panther and stories about Wakanda. It is not necessary for white people to be represented.

[@gershomtan5879]

@@glennwatson3313 amen to that.

[@minimumlikelihood6552]

@@glennwatson3313 And I'm sure that someone with high writing skills, good imagination and some passion could create a whole series around the Easterlings (Arab looking men from Lord of the Ring) with only Arabs or Persians actors and if the quality is there, we would all enjoy.

[@feanorian21maglor38]

I'm sure it did. That film was made with love, and was faithful to the legendarium, even with Aragorn's skirt and the unscary balrog!

[@VeniViciVeritas]

“It's not about the money, it's about sending a message” - Galadriel, as she burns down a pile of cash.

[@IncredibleMet]

THE MESSAGE

[@thisguydan]

"IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY!" Bezos: "Hol' up..."

[@jeromesullivan4015]

Oh, I must have misspelt GUYFAWKESaLadrial

[@Herr.P]

That scen most been the inspiration for this show not even joking.

[@TheAndrian463]

@@jeromesullivan4015 Nice one; hmm Amazon's dumpster fire and bonfire night are a perfect match.

[@JezaLoki]

A moment to appreciate the savagery of Amazon’s trolling. They spent billions on a project to deliberately miscast actors they knew would provoke criticism from fans. Once the fans took the bait, they misrepresented the fans criticism as racism. Billions spent in order to create an illusion of racism where there isn’t any and smear countless non racist fans as evil racists. 10/10 Troll.

[@sarkastodon30]

It's actually extremely racist when you think about it. Using token POC actors as meatshields to fend off all genuine criticism for the show.

[@thelaughingrouge]

It's what Disney did to star wars and got away with it, so why not.

[@esyphillis101]

That’s not the real kicker: Amazon knew they’d make no money from this series. That’s because they do t have to: by making ridiculous woke nonsense they get a high ESG appraisal score from companies like BlackRock (which is funded by US taxpayer dollars) which gives them more money. That’s where their real source of income is and why companies like Amazon, Netflix and Disney never seem to go down under despite doing so badly.

[@JezaLoki]

@@sarkastodon30 I totally agree with you. It’s racist and dehumanising. They’re don’t see these people as human beings. They see a skin colour that can be used as a tool to perform a function. Once it’s used up, after it’s served it’s purpose, it’ll be discarded.

[@LudwigLeopard]

I got chills when Uncle Ben told Galadriel "With great power there must also come great responsibility" and Galadriel answered "I missed the part where that's my problem."

[@berrycremeyesplease3585]

🤣💀

[@deth3021]

Don't you mean with great sweetness comes great sourness.

[@IncredibleMet]

But that’s before the robber that Galadriel let’s go accidentally shoots and kills Finrod.

[@joec8321]

Pussie in the boot said I love you 3000

[@emmat2276]

Don't forget Big Once still needs to get the Arkenstone and give it to Spock so he can go back in time to another universe to stop Thanos from destroying Cybertron. 🗿

[@srdjanvitorovic5795]

Tolkien wanted, among other things, to give the English their myths back. I can not imagine that Angles, Saxons and Jutes (three Germanic tribes that English came from) ever saw anybody drasticly different from them, and thus it's also logical that they would not have people that are not looking like Europeans in their mythology. They would've met Romano-Brytons, Romans, Franks, Celts, Frisians and all of those peoples were white (and no one in Europe of that time would have the need of describing them by race, bc 99,99% of Europeans were of the same race). Europeans today do not separate themseves by such racial lines, the Europeans see themselves in terms of nations and divide on those lines, and sometimes divide on etnicity. I think Americans who see everything in racial terms don't understand this.

[@kurtjohnston8370]

I'm sure if you are willing you will find some Americans whom understand this point... worth an internet search my dear fellow european.

[@poiuyt975]

@@kurtjohnston8370 Sure. But those Americans do not impact the message that goes into the world labeled as "American". Wokeness was created in USA and spreads to Europe from across the ocean. You (I assume that you're American) need to fix your own country first, so that the opinion of it abroad might improve. USA had lead the world since the end of WW2 for the better. It still leads (kinda) the western world nowadays, unfortunately for the worse.

[@bigbob3772]

@@poiuyt975 Wokism(which is just old school marxist/secular humanism godlessness) has been around since Adam- takes new names, same old evil- and leftism IS evil- to the core- and you EU folks are ahead of us Americans quite abit. We ALL need to return to the Lord God of the Bible. Things will not get better until we do.

[@Smore1984]

Every time I hear that "Do you know why a boat floats and a rock cannot" line I want to toss a chunk of pumice in water.

[@IncredibleMet]

Finrod: Yes but the pumice gazes upwards as the sail boat does.

[@WaterFaucet24]

And throw a boat made of ironwood in the water and watch it sink.

[@coegj]

Then just turn the channel and watch something else, who needs you. Tolkien Twerps are just that, your upset because your fantasies of a fantasy story written by an author just isn't your fantasy, so stop bitching and whining and turn the TV off, go get a life. By the way, how many times did you watch the show to be able to say the line " every time I hear the " Do you know why a boat floats and rock cannot ", sounds like you watched over and over and over, why did you keep watching that many times to hate it so much, just tun the TV off and go away. Scheeeeeeeeeeeh.

[@ryansmurda1552]

That is such a stupid line. I cant believe they couldn't come up with something better.

[@VleesetendPlantje14]

@@ryansmurda1552 it makes Finrod sound like he’s been smoking some serious hobbit pipe weed and is now hallucinating sentient rocks and boats with eyes.

[@sacrebleuthedeadlypokeofzo8566]

I agree with Disparu's statement about how we are actually in a "golden era" of entertainment...just unintentionally. The last 5-10 years especially have given us nonstop comedy gold through trash film in the same way that the 1950s and '60s did with their endless parade of cheap, cheesy, badly written, badly-acted B-movies. I personally predict that "Rings of Power" will live on as this generation's "Plan 9 From Outer Space" or "Manos: The Hands Of Fate"!

[@NeroLeMorte]

At least those b-movies have their own cult audience. The entertainment nowadays is a non stop disaster of unintentional comedy.

[@Arcexey]

The MCU is our generation of shit cheesey movies right alongside RoP

[@mikerochburns4104]

Plan 9 is actually pretty good.

[@dani_i8942]

Sorry, but no. Seeing quality IP's tank due to sick, twisted entities perverting things people like to their own ego isn't funny. The memes are funny, but with that comedy comes sadness. Cheesiness is fine because there's no ill intention towards older shows that just want to provide entertainment.

[@2st486]

the audience will move to youtube. wich is an editor, dressed as platform, owned by google. and the circle is coplete.

[@TheClem552]

I got scared when Pennywise told Galadriel "they all float down there...except, you know, rocks, because well, rocks right ?" then she ran away at 88 mph into the sunset, never been seen again.

[@omma911]

hahaha, I hope that was OC

[@snoopstp4189]

IF rocks see UPWARDS does that make them volcanic?

[@atomicdancer]

When Jake Skywalker told Galadriel that "the force is not just about floating rocks," and then Galadriel made the X-wing float out of the swamp and crash into the Moon, I gasped aloud and said, "That's no moon!!"

[@zxyatiywariii8]

Then, from out of the darkness behind her, came a familiar voice. . . someone she knew well, summoning her to her inexorable duty with the immortal words: _"Another settlement needs your help. Here, I'll mark it on your map."_

[@JoFa876]

Correction: She swam away at 88 mph.

[@masamune2984]

There are only two types of reviews anymore, according to the media and Twitter: “Glowing, epic, stunning, & brave” reviews, or “racist/sexist troll review-bombing.” Genuine negative criticism simply cannot exist to/for them.

[@wingsken]

Its because the whole anti racism movement is moving onto wave 3 type feminism… it overshot and now true equality for people of colour starts to feel like oppression, because the advantages they had are also beeing stripped. As they demand more equality.

[@rasulsaffari1278]

"just think about it, they took one of the most majestic, most magnificent female character written in modern literature, the embodiment of grace on middle earth. the person whom her mere presence changes the very nature of the earth itself and makes it magical and peaceful, the person whom her hair was considered more valuable than all the jewel beneath the earth. and they turned her to an idiot, heartless, vengeful Mary Sue! if you really understand, respect and love Tolkien's writings, this is enough to hate the show. it's kind of like depicting Gandhi as a warrior flame thrower in WW2, who laughs when people are burning! and at the end claim that its true to real Gandhi's biography. then when people and historians say: this is a disaster and an insult. accuse them as anti Indians and racists. this is exactly what amazon is doing. there is power and authority in non violence. the most powerful characters in Tolkien legendarium are non violent, Tom Bombadil is considered as thee most powerful being in meddle earth, and his childish and playful and sings songs and gather flowers! Tolkien understood this the most. the showrunners don't. every character in the legendarium represents something, for example Gollum is representation of self pity and depression. Sauron is FEAR and Galadriel as I mentioned is the embodiment of grace. and this representations of values and plagues of human life and psyche, forms the root structure of all of the Tolkien's story. we love it because of them, because we recognize our own grace when we see Galadriel or our own hopefulness when Samwise can find a star in the darkness of Mordor or in the ring and the burden that we all have in our lives. this representations are all part of a whole, together they form the soul and essence of what we call the Lord of The Rings. this is why we love it so much, because it represents our psychology, humanity and life. and it is ageless, colorless and genderless, because it wants to represents us as human beings not a mere identity. you cannot change them. Tolkien himself could not change them. it does not matter if you own a house, if you remove a break from its foundation it will crumble. and amazon just removed many. and this rule is true for any art whether it is a symphony or a book or a painting."

[@reek4062]

''Weehhh, she's a Mary Sue'' Gives me Rey flashbacks.

[@maybeitsyou1317]

@@reek4062 Yeah these showrunners would get along great with the people who shit out The Last Jedi. Honestly my favorite argument is the one about it being ok to blackwash characters. They argue that because dragons and magic aren't real, it's fine. I say great. So heres my "Argument".. When are are we going to see a white actor portray Black Panther? Home come their are no whites in Wakanda? Does anyone remember when it was considered racist for a white person to do the Wakanda salute because it wasn't "Ours"? I also greatly look forward to an all white rendition of roots, or 12 years a slave. Im sure that would be totally acceptable. Anyway the only racist shits involved with all this are the showrunners that think token representation is some heroic thing and not actually a form of racism in itself.

[@ds698]

@@maybeitsyou1317 your comment is the most important comment in the history of all of this horse shit cuz your 1000% right.

[@SirJungleBunny]

Damn it, all I'm thinking about now is Gandhi with a flame thrower!

[@TrafalgarWaterDLaw-dl5cm]

Reminds me of Ghandi in the Civilisation games who for some reason has a affinity for Nukes and turns into a total warlord.

[@thomasdudley7982]

Galadriel: "Without my sword what am I ?" Disparu: "An unsufferable bitch."

[@toddbradford4700]

The ironic thing is that as Amazon accuses the negative reviews of being false and left by trolls if you read the 5 out of 5 star or 10 out of 10 star reviews left at these review sites they, by far, seem like the reviews that are most likely to be fake. A dead giveaway is that many of them start with the lie, "I'm a huge Tolkien fan and have read all his books". Then they proceed to talk about how much this feels like the world of Tolkien and how true it is to the spirit of Tolkien. Then they call it the greatest thing ever. The sky opened up and they saw God it was so good, blah, blah, blah. Now that is a fake ass review. No one that has read all of Tolkien's books would ever say this shit does a good job of honoring or adhering to his lore. And anyone claiming this is the best TV show they have ever seen would have to have been trapped in a cave for the last 20 years.

[@LBrobie]

yeah, and they go on to say they can't wait for the rest of the series, it's so good! lol!!

[@reek4062]

Lol. Do you have any self awareness?

[@reek4062]

@@LBrobie I already love the show for making manbabies cry

[@tentaklaus9382]

@@reek4062 No one is crying except for amazon p/ssing a billion pounds up the wall which will lead to their downfall. Meaning shills like you will be out of a job and starving to death before the 2nd season even starts. Better start eating your own man meat reek.

[@associatealpha1166]

Reek

[@johnh1353]

I'm so tired of being insulted by actors saying "taking back the power" ... the audience isn't holding back anything from these people .... its the highest form of arrogance and narcissism

[@mikestanmore2614]

Tolkien's elves were divine, immortal beings, untouched by age or disease. RoP's elves all appear to be afflicted with constipation. Maybe the Lembas is low fibre.

[@arandomgreekfrombactria6302]

Underrated

[@saltyfr35h]

Once your mind sees Elrond as Beavis, every interaction he has becomes much better.

[@mikestanmore2614]

@@saltyfr35h It's Granny Brimbor wearing his grandmother's curtains that makes me laugh (through the tears).

[@VleesetendPlantje14]

I think their lembas is low fibre and contains a soy, a lot of soy, or another source of some serious phytoestrogens Brilliant comment by the way, you got me wheezing

[@VleesetendPlantje14]

@@mikestanmore2614 the quote “doth mother know you weareth her drapes?” seems quite appropriate here

[@Xevos701]

The World has changed, I feel it in the water, I feel it in the Earth. I smell it in the air. It began with the writing of the great books. Ideas were given to J.R.R Tolkien, immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Film rights were granted to Jackson, great director and craftsman of the mountain of lore. And Nine, nine hours were gifted to the race of men, who above all else, desire quality content. But they were all of them deceived, for another show was made. In the Land of Amazon, in the fires of Mount Prime, the Dark Lord Bezos forged in secret a massive flop. And into this show he poured his money, his malice and his will to dominate all shows. One show to ruin them all, one show to bind them, in the Land of Amazon where the shadows lie.

[@diegoboydferrando5187]

Best coment !

[@joeydahl9594]

It's so funny how Amazon was like "we will make it succeed!" And even despite their best efforts the entire fandom is collectively saying "no it won't." 🤣

[@reek4062]

It will not succeed! After countless other franchises have been destroyed, LotR is one franchise to many! We won't let Amazon desecrate Jackson's legacy! We should lick Jackson clean from Bezos' feces!

[@docfuzzlogan4901]

You don't speak for everyone, speak for yourself.

[@atomicdancer]

"Fake it till you make it!" - Rings of Power marketing team

[@geewilly9822]

It was never about making it a success, it's about sending a message but you people will never understand and blame everything on supposed lack of competence without ever seeing the real intent.

[@joshuaa7266]

@@geewilly9822 Pretty expensive message, and a really bad method. Why not just send a letter?

[@rice_rice_baby]

When Galadriel said “if it bleeds, we can kill it” and then did that jedi mind trick on the snow troll… easily one of the best moments in television history

[@joezar33]

You ever heard of *Mock Buster Flims* like snake of the plane there a movie called snakes on a train lol that what RoP reminds me of a high budget MockBuster film lol

[@booleah6357]

Don't forget when she morbed.

[@thisguydan]

Harry Styles was chaining every Hollywood buzzword he could think of together hoping to trick people into believing he had anything of substance to say at all. I'm sure Hollywood stood up and clapped. Meanwhile, Pines was in utter disbelief at how big of an idiot Styles is.

[@LBrobie]

yeah, chris is like, "wtf, man, shut up!"

[@BurkeanMama]

I don't even know what a Harry Styles is.

[@trolleriffic]

@@BurkeanMama It was in a band marketed to young girls.

[@oneupnerd]

The creators of this show were sniffing their own farts when making this show. Galadriel is just perfect in every way and form. She doesn't need help from anybody. Any foe she faces stands no chance against her. She strong, she fierce, she a woman!!!! When you make a character based off Rey Syndrome, meaning a character is just so good at everything, they have zero weaknesses, zero flaws, while overcoming each hurtle with ease, you are creating a character that doesn't exist. Any good storyteller understands putting the human elements into their stories, which is based off people's strengths, weaknesses, quirks, and personality. Galadriel in ROP and is nothing but a mary sue, she shows the emotions of a person watching paint dry in the most boring manner possible. I take that back, watching paint dry is more pleasing then watching this show. It's obvious they are pushing out an agenda that continues to go down the rabbit hole of being woke. These creators were probably thinking to themselves. "Oh yeah, people are going to have their minds blown when they see Galadriel kicking butt, and taking names, not to mention Eminem being part of the show, there is no way this could backfire!" Well low and behold the moment Rings of Power was announced, fans were against it, the minute the first trailer came out, the fans were still against it. Second trailer, fans still against it, the "Official trailer." Fans were against it. So, is it any surprise that when this show came out, fans would come out of the woodwork giving their legit criticism against this show even existing? Let this be a lesson to future film makers, whether you are a writer, director of photography, directors, make up department, any many more listings I didn't mention. Just because you have rights to a great story, doesn't mean your films or shows will be successful. It's the planning of everything, from start to finish, making sure that what is being made still holds true to the original source material, having no political agenda being shoved into it. It has to stay pure and true to what the original writer created, or it's not going to stick the landing. Peter Jackson understood when making the LOTR trilogy, he had to stay true to Tolkien's legacy, and that's why the movies were a sucess. No agenda, just great story telling. This show will go down as the most infamous pieces of garbage in history, okay my essay is complete, enjoy your day.

[@karmelomarin9592]

Actually ROP so far portrayed Galadriel very weak when in fact she was very powerfull elf. Galadriel in ROP is hardly Galadriel at all, so far.

[@jessehamm3573]

In a way, they are correct. Rings of Power truly "redefined what was possible for television", by managing to turn out a ridiculously amateurish product in spite of reaping the benefits of the most astronomical budget imaginable.

[@Syaniiti]

And the show will pass onto legend as the most expensive, yet somehow, the worst show ever created.

[@reek4062]

Rings of Powah is woke propaganda! It is a trillion dollar flop! It is desecrating Jackson's work!

[@reek4062]

@@Syaniiti Rings of Powah is certainly the most expensive and worst show ever created!

[@reek4062]

@Jay Khan They spent the budget on hookers. Why spent it on the show? The incels and shills will watch it anyway!

[@atomicdancer]

This story will become legend... Legend will become myth... And after about two and a half weeks, 'The Rings of Power' will pass out of all knowledge.

[@mechwarrior83]

Amazon complaining about fake reviews? Talk about chickens coming home to roost.

[@mr.s2005]

This entire show is when "people die when they are killed" level of writing. 25 million views at yet they are so scared to see reviews on their website. If they had made a good series, actually used good writers and at least kept the dialogue and story true to the source......and hadn't constantly attacked the majority of the fan base with their false claims of racism, then the positive reviews would have drowned out the negative. And their new system is a joke since they already know they dont have bots using prime.

[@myriadcolours1560]

Amazon needs to realise that just because you’re politically correct it doesn’t mean you’re right

[@Gabriel-bu6ln]

@@myriadcolours1560 that's why it's "politically" correct - and not just correct

[@Syaniiti]

@@Gabriel-bu6ln It's a bit like people saying their truth as opposed to the truth.

[@tentaklaus9382]

If Bezos gives me a million pounds I might be inclined to say it wasn't too bad 4/10 stars. But he better pay me upfront and not in vouchers.

[@nickkoyle3599]

The only way the whole your truth makes sense is false memories. It's not the truth or a truth though.

[@jasonvaughn4886]

Personally, I'd like to thank the new Amazon series, and I'm not kidding. They reminded me just how epic and amazing the original films by Peter Jackson were, how inspired, how well crafted, how impeccably edited they were (and STILL ARE). They were truly the BEST TRILOGY OF ALL TIME. And I for one am grateful to be reminded of that fact, that I saw all the original films when they came out (in December '01, '02 and '03 respectively) and that it was a once in a lifetime experience. I am certain that millions of other Tolkien fans have the same experience. So, thank you Amazon for reminding me that 21 years ago we were fortunate enough to witness a once in a lifetime event.

[@onemanarmy36]

And sadly, given the times we are living in, we will likely never see another trilogy as great as that again.

[@jasonvaughn4886]

@@onemanarmy36 Not with Hollywood the way it is, definitely.

[@reek4062]

THE PETER JACKSON FILMS WERE AMAZING! THEY ARE SO INSPIRED, WELL CRAFTED AND IMPECCABLY EDITED! THEY ARE WITHOUT A DOUBT THE BEST TRILOGY EVER MADE! EVERYTHING IS GREAT ABOOT THEM! THE ACTION IS GREAT! THE FIGHTING IS GREAT! I CLAP WHEN LEGOLAS DOES NINJA STUFF! I LAUGH WHEN GIMLI APPEARS! HE IS A DWARF! ISN'T HE FUNNY? I DIED OF LAUGHTER WHEN ARAGORN TOSSED THE DWARF AND HE SAYS ''DON'T TELL THE ELF!"

[@reek4062]

@@onemanarmy36 PETER JACKSON MADE MY CHILDHOOD!!!!! AREN'T HIS MOVIES GREAT! AMAZON IS DESECRATING JACKSON'S WORK!

[@reek4062]

@@jasonvaughn4886 HOLLYWOOD IS WOKE! WEEEHHHHHH!!!!!! WEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

[@petervidovich3701]

Thanks for speaking for us! Amazon is playing dirty because they know what we know, the Ring of Power is an abomination! The lead actress has to be the worst casting decision of the last twenty years...totally unlikeable and an average actress at best!

[@paulmc9472]

I was in tears when Guyladriel said to all the assembled elves "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the war room." Feel sorry for Neil as he likely thinks he is doing the "right" thing in promoting the genre but at the same time he is turning his back on many of the good fantasy writers such as Moorcock, Lieber, Vance and Anderson. ROP wouldn't have been good enough to end up in those writers trash bins let alone be on a universal multimedia platform.

[@arwenstrong2818]

Neil dissed the Silmarillion. Said ROP was how he had hoped the Silmarillion would be. Unacceptable.

[@cg5648]

So the writers stole lines from Dr. Strangelove, what a joke of a show.

[@chriscotgrove9674]

Neil is ideologically possessed. He's clearly been so well paid by Netflix for the woke destruction of his own IP that he doesn't care to hide that any more. He doesn't need customers any longer so he just constantly gaslights people.

[@emmetzet]

Kubrick is going to get up, dust himself off, and slap her

[@Syaniiti]

I really do appreciate it when actors tell me to never watch anything they're in, if enough people do that they might figure out what insulting the fans does.

[@Muckylittleme]

Just so long as they keep us up to date in not what to watch with them in it. Wouldn't want any accidents, though in truth anything they are in will be so irredeemably bad and woke it wouldn't survive past the opening credits.

[@trashfire9641]

I've gone farther. If the promotional images prominently feature a woman or non-white character, and is also not Japanese, I mark it as "Not for Me" and forget it ever existed. I've avoided so much terrible shite by following this principle.

[@glennwatson3313]

@@trashfire9641 I think that is a bit too far. I like stories about different ethnic groups as long as they don't have to spend time denigrating mine.

[@trashfire9641]

@@glennwatson3313 Fair, there's no accounting for someone else's tastes.

[@jonathanferguson7791]

Remember when Frosk said all that... then they brought in Amouranth to eat hot dogs in a bikini on the channel for views to make the money back?

[@nightfall902]

I just bought a 1/2 painted Rembrandt for a huge amount of cash....I told the seller, "Don't worry, I'll finish it myself and it will be just as good, people will love it !" I should have taken art classes.

[@luthasunspell8365]

On point, as always, Disparu. But it is worth asking: why do people who can’t even craft a successful narrative of how a show is performing think they can craft the show itself? If you can’t sell something in a way that doesn’t offend most of your target audience, (i.e. slandering them as racists) why do you think your product itself is worthwhile?

[@Ni-boo]

My guess is echo chambers and ego

[@mokomiku1367]

The people they employ have no talent so must result to slandering the target audience. They should have just made an original fantasy show. The backlash wouldn't be like this then but if you are going to crap on Tolkien prepare for the backlash

[@Gorbz]

This is the result of activists writing a show, then hireing other activists to play the part of activists.

[@timsexton]

For the future... Their ideology compels them. Twenty-years in the future, generations of public school system students should be sufficiently inculcated in the same ideology boasted in this show. *_TRUST !!_*

[@Wayoutthere]

ESG scores. Shows don't have to make big bucks from viewers anymore, the BIG global investors like Blackrock fund them to get 'the message' across.

[@JosephFrostsGhost]

I love the scene where Galadriel picked up a criminal and told him “I’m Batman” before tossing him to the ground and jumping off a building.

[@karonon]

I got chills hearing that. Amazing!

[@LiveFreeOrDie2A]

Personally, my favorite scene in Amazon’s stunning, bold, and brave new series “Rings Of Power” was when Guyladriel disrobed & posed nude on the couch as female Dwarf of color Princess Disa seductively sketched her using charcoal pencils she mined herself

[@joezar33]

Heard she solo stomped a bunch of Trolls by asking for the Manger ...

[@LongTimeAgoNL]

What I find the most ironic of all is that Queen Disa performance is not even bad. It's pretty good even. And she doesnt even get a lot of screentime. While this actress was completely ruining any credibility of the movie in the marketing and interviews before release because it felt like the movie was all about her or some shit. Still, black skin color underground where there is a deficiency of gaining melanin due to lack of sunlight... But ok.

[@dianebrooks1859]

Dude seriously! I thought she did pretty darn good, could have done even better with better dialogue. She's been my favorite character so far, which was not what I expected. Exit: I stopped watching 4/5 of the way through the first episode. So the only bit I've seen of Disa is through recaps like EFAP, Knight's Watch, Disparu, etc.

[@Syaniiti]

She could've been good in episode 2, don't know, haven't watched, but before the show aired she did make sure I wouldn't with her antics.

[@LongTimeAgoNL]

@Jay Khan because she was preppin for dinner and visit or something. I dont know. I only watched the episodes because my wife insisted to watch the show with her. Needless to say, most of the time I was on my phone. The pacing is goddamn slow. There are only a few "ok" scenes per episode, the rest feels like unecessary filler.

[@zaneking4355]

Doesn't matter, her presence is a race-communist incursion. Stop giving people a pass on this stuff, she's as guilty as the rest of them with her "redress of balance".

[@MrBarnettcm]

I agree, it was very unexpected. She and durin was the best part of that show and her relationship with durin lol

[@justinstoll4955]

I'm no Tolkien authority, but I've listened to nerd of the rings KZbin channel for a long time and obviously read the Lord of the Ring books. From what I gather Amazon actually bought the rights to a very limited amount of lore so they're not really breaking a lot. But the casting of the show the, writing of the characters, and especially the dialogue is just terrible. The show is so boring.

[@MrTimothyRager]

The truly fascinating thing is that there was so little canonical lore that they could access.... and they managed to completely break it. If nothing else, the condensed timeline is more ridiculous than having Pharaoh Narmer fighting Julius Caesar with Obama's personal spaceship.

[@johnmacleod9507]

They had quite a bit of synopsis material and the timeline. For instance they damn sure can infer Galadriel's age and power.

[@DDickinson458]

Half right. They only got the rights to The Hobbit and the 3 LOTR books, which does include the Appendices at the end of Return of the King. But then they decided to make a show set in the Second Age, which has pretty slim pickings in the aforementioned appendices. So they are breaking all kinds of lore because they don't really have access to the meat and potatoes of the time period they're working in.

[@DelDredd]

@@DDickinson458 The only rights they got were the Appendices at the end of the Return of the King, thats why they cannot use the term Hobbits for instance.

[@Msoulwing]

@@DDickinson458 They're breaking the stuff they DO have access to as well though.

[@VeniViciVeritas]

Excellent videos and great fact-filled reviews of this Rings of Power dumpster fire Amazon’s (and IMDb’s) transparent manipulation of their review system, where they have silenced and mass deleted negative opinions of those not liking The Rings of Power, not only diminishes their credibility but it also will lead to even more ill will towards this series…

[@cristela4034]

The more they try to force people to like the show, the more people will hate it. People don't like to be told what to do, or to be preached, when they are just trying to be entertained.

[@DustyOrchid057]

it's sad that Amazon suspended reviews of Rings of Power. We clearly do not have freedom of speech anymore.

[@TheColosiss]

My favorite part was when Galadriel pulled the sword from the stone and yelled "Freedom". I really thought Captain hook had her, but that valiant jump on her motorcycle was totally unpredictable!

[@LBrobie]

the "freedom" cry gave me chills and i wept.

[@GerhardtFox]

And then she stormed the Capitol with her side-braid as all the mockingjays whistled and she revealed she was really the blue shapeshifter Mystique, a great warrior who everyone wants to be like.

[@poppedweasel]

What a guy!

[@quitequiet5281]

LOL

[@SI00000]

An unintended consequence of Amazon's ROP series are increased sales of Tolkien's works and Peter Jackson's renditions. Many who have already seen the Fellowship and the Hobbit are repurchasing the DVD sets almost as a cleansing of the soul.

[@ryansmurda1552]

I love that guys facial expression when Disa is rambling on about diversity. So funny!

[@MyRabbitHole]

Didn't see that, I was shocked by the saggy boobs that beardless female diverse dwarf shoved into my face.

[@mgutkowski]

I managed to leave a review which is yet to appear (hah) in which I began by addressing the racism accusation by asking where the backlash was to The Expanse, with its genuinely astonishingly diverse cast and not just black and white people, and plenty of great roles for strong women. Oh that's right, because it all makes perfect sense in the context of the books and it's a bloody brilliant piece of television.

[@iw9472]

I just found your channel!!! People like you help me cope with my chronic illness by making me laugh. Thank you!!!

[@Kconv1]

I dont understand why they keep going back to the racism argument. The one scene I really felt worked in the entire first 2 episodes is Elrond, Durien and Disa, Elves and Dwarves perceive time differently. Disa realized this and forgave Elrond very quickly and knew she had to get her husband to calm and think, rather than react. This honored the lore, felt human and real, and was really a good set up for the building of the forge. Unfortunately its the only scene in the entire 2 damn hours that actually felt like it worked. its not racism, its bad writing!

[@i_grok_u2902]

I agree- her color made 0 difference... she came across as the smart wife who can manipulate her husband into whatever she wants him to do- that is the real female power. She was perfect for the part.

[@EvilNecroid]

@@i_grok_u2902 like how my abusive psycho x wife used to try and manipulate me

[@gadio16]

Yeah right when Disa came on I was like omg this is gona be bad because of the actors interviews but after 2 seconds I was like she's by far the best thing on this show.

[@idaaho]

@@i_grok_u2902 I disagree. She was wrong for the part because she was the wrong color to play a dwarf in Middle Earth. Tolkien was very deliberate on blood lines of the characters and how they are from looks, life spans, arts, language and IRL inspirations. These all suck readers in, make Middle earth feel real, are core of the appeal of Tolkien and that's why no black actor should be playing these parts. None of this is say she is or isn't a fine actor overall. She just had the wrong body for this role regardless of anything else and no actor looks right for all parts. Acting is one of few things in this world where you can be the wrong race for something because part of your acting ability is how you look. There is a reason why still use child actors despite all the issues they come with because much more skillful adult actors just can't look 5 years old. It's not racist to acknowledge this aloud and you shouldn't play the look I'm not racist because I can say nice things about blacks game anyway. Don't give in to the bad faith actors that hide behaind accusations of isms, you can't win because they aren't playing fair.

[@gadio16]

@@idaaho and yet I'm pretty sure you wouldn't write three paragraphs if it was the other way round.

[@kimberlychalcraft939]

Amazon rings of power."we hates the reviews precious. We hates it!"

[@anthonycarbone3826]

I also heard a rumor that Amazon self reported that 25 million viewers watch the first two episodes when other sites say far less numbers. House of Dragon viewer numbers debut supposedly kick Rings of Power up and down the street.

[@johnmaurer3097]

I fell asleep during both attempts at House of Dragon and I loved GOTR back in the day. Is there an episode or starting point that’s more exciting? Don’t want to dismiss it but I was really bored

[@snarkboojum9949]

I, personally, totally agree! This show will be legendary and will redefine the history of the television. The legendary how much shitty tv can be nowadays and it will always known as the biggest flop in tv history.

[@reek4062]

This show will certainly be legendary! It is a monumental achievement! It is The Last Jedi of LotR! This WOKE trash is flopping! All the positive reviews are SHILLS and the negative reviews are true heroes! We Tolkien fans are very brave! Go watch the PJ movies to explore the lore!

[@snarkboojum9949]

@@reek4062 it will flop not because it is woke, or because of pj’s movies, or because of the shills. It will flop because it made by talentless people who thinks that if you get enough money you can make a masterpiece. All their decisions plot wise and in the casting was obviously driven by "marketing" ideias. Sorry, it did not work like that. People like Tolkien do not born everyday, in fact, through all of human history we known only several dozens people of that caliber . That is why it painful to hear some imbecile from hollywood(widely popular by showing his ass(figuratevielly speaking)) boasting that he KNOWS BETTER(than Tolkien). Because of all that good in the world and in ourself we owe it to thease several dozens who somehow have brought the beauty to our souls, while themself being imperfect sinners, and sometimes very deranged human beings. and that thing that happenning right now - it will pass. I have seen that happen once. I was young back then, now i am not so young anymore, so i maybe dont live to see that, but it will pass. And nobody will remember those small people with their billions and their "masterpiece", but Tolkien will live forever.

[@imvveoh]

i enjoyed both episodes alot :)

[@HellbirdIV]

The argument that "It's fantasy, so you can do whatever you want" remains one of the worst things imaginable as a fantasy fan. That's the last recourse of people who clearly neither enjoy nor apprecite the depth of fantasy as a genre, its roots in classical literature and in mythology that predates the written word. Fantasy does not mean that you can do whatever you want - it means that the *rules* can be whatever you want. Once the rules are in place, you cannot - and should not - just change them. That's what harms settings like WarCraft, the writers don't give a shit about the setting's internal consistency, retconning and altering things at a whim until it's barely recognizable as what it once was. You can make the rules for your fantasy world be so that skin colour is entirely random, or all Elves are black, or simply that they have a wide ethnic variety just like humans, whatever you feel the need to do for your world... but it has to be *your* world. Tolkien's world is already written, the rules are already established - changing it to accomodate your personal preferences is arrogant, self-centered, and most of all *lethal* to any attempt to appeal to existing fans of the world and story. People aren't racist for not wanting to see black Elves and Hobbits in Middle-earth, they're just aware that their existence means you do not respect the source material.

[@Balandrus]

It's also blatant cultural appropriation. High fantasy is primarily based on Germanic folklore and mythos, and making it "diverse" should be frowned upon. I wouldn't be able to create a fantasy based on African mythos, and insert white people, why is it allowable in reverse?

[@mikestanmore2614]

By Granny Goldberg's logic, since the Millenium Falcon is also imaginary, it should turn up in episode three of Rings of Power, then do a cameo in episode five of HOTD. "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt." Abe Lincoln.

[@FrosteMelon]

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt." Abe Lincoln. Never heard this one. It's good though, and should see more use.

[@mikestanmore2614]

@@FrosteMelon This RoP debacle is going to see that quote threadbare by the end of it, mate! 🙂

[@majorgear1021]

Tolkien didn’t write that the M. Falcon wasn’t there, so maybe it was there! - Rings of Wahmen Power director.

[@moonwhisper8mw881]

I was especially moved by the writing. Galadriel saying "Einhorn is Finkle. Finkle is Einhorn! Einhorn is a MAN! OH MY GOD!"

[@tdiddy72]

Of course she was the only one that figured it out.

[@bladeandcloak666]

Well said, so well said. As a fan who read the books through his teens over and over, RoP is a total travesty. I decided to go out and purchase the collector's edition of 4k Ultra HD set of the 6 original films and re-watch them to appreciate the real LOTR universe.

[@onemanarmy36]

I swear, we seem to have somehow drifted into an alternate universe of insanity these days. Total clown world. So many things that were once amazingly good, like LOTR, have now turned to total crap.

[@VleesetendPlantje14]

@@onemanarmy36 in so many shows and movies they’re suddenly making the men look weak and the women like they’re on testosterone supplements to ‘empower women’, but I’m a woman and even I feel insulted by how they’re treating men. I don’t understand how crazy feminists are getting so much power in Hollywood all of the sudden.

[@reek4062]

You claim to have read the books, but at the same time you rewatch the PJ films to ''appreciate the real LOTR universe''? That doesn't make sense.

[@TheCondomconnor]

Yeah, me too. I haven't read the books since I was at college, but I'm going back to them and the Jackson films, to get away from this Amazon abomination. The money-grabbing virtue signalling and toxic wokeism sickens me.

[@King_Dans]

@@reek4062 Peter Jackson’s LOTR were book accurate my friend. He changed or left out minor details that wouldn’t change the plot. Otherwise the movies would have been 6 hours a piece. Peter Jackson’s LOTR nailed what middle earth should have been and is creation of Tolkiens work were superb.

[@charliegeo2779]

I watch you and several others with similar viewpoints, but I feel like you are the most articulate and make the most substantive points. Your passion and intelligence shines through every video you make.

[@fhetty]

8:50...There's actually a lot of validity to your argument. Whether people want to admit it or not, we are witnessing the death throes of Hollywood as a corporate all powerful and centralized system. So this is a great time for entertainment, from an indie creator 's perspective. Filmmaking is increasingly becoming decentralized and its no longer about who you know, but what you can do.

[@onemanarmy36]

Of course they are dying. They have somehow managed to kill off the value of every major franchise they have ever had in just a few years. I never thought this would be possible in such a short time. Hopefully LOTR will be the final straw and they will lose so much money and stock value it will finally wake them up from their woke fits of insanity.

[@Syaniiti]

You know, a similar thing happened a few years ago in videogames. The Big publishers and developers put out the same game year after year, indies and small developers innovate and make stuff people actually enjoy. Right now Hollywood is making all the shows be the same show, all the films be the same film, all it takes is for a couple of small or independent hits and maybe, just maybe, we'll get a Hollywood show that isn't the exact same. I wouldn't hold my breath though.

[@thenightowldude]

If only they had put as much thought into the script as they did suppressing and ignoring honest reviews.

[@MrGeekGamer]

First time seeing your channel, and as a brit.. bruh. You're reinforcing the stereotype hard.

[@KingOhmni]

Earned a new sub with this rant. Good shit. The fandom stands strong, The Black Wall will not fall.

[@soggybiscuit6098]

Finrod: Do you know why a fruit salads and the chicken crossed the road? Young hundred year old guyladriel:...... Finrod:Because inflation always looks up when property prices are at its highest and snails look down when walking 🤗 Young hundred year old guyladriel: 😐

[@charmawow]

The Rings of Power could well pass into legend……..as the biggest waste of money in the history of entertainment.

[@dw5453]

We've hit both peak-woke and peak-media-propaganda.

[@mikerochburns4104]

"A dog can bark at the Moon but can't bring it down" So deep, so profound. 😂

[@thenothing2786]

“I just wanted to destroy something beautiful” -Galadriel after she beat the crap out of Morbius

[@WARBAITS]

The part when Galadriel says, "the Force is Female!" CHILLS, so Brave!

[@cucumberkapa5786]

If only there had been some precedent for large groups of consumers being disappointed over mishandled properties... Ah, what if.

[@RookCity94]

What if indeed, my friend

[@MrCovi2955]

Saying "but its fantasy, why complain that they're totally changing it" "Oh, I didn't know that, I guess adding cyborgs, the Force, and Aliens to it won't break it either."

[@davidbrown5411]

I adore being toxically masculine when it comes to my love for Tolkien.. My entire existence is now dedicated to traumatizing and triggering woke pearl clutchers, who support rings of power. Why do I do this, thus risk being labelled a racist? As a great man once said, before charging headlong into an evil and destructive foe... "For Frodo".

[@CATAZTR0PHE]

"You're racist istophobe!" "But I also have faults" 😅

[@Syaniiti]

It's not like the labels they give mean anything anymore.

[@davidbrown5411]

@@CATAZTR0PHE You say that like it's a bad thing

[@davidbrown5411]

@@Syaniiti I take every woke slur as a great compliment.

[@Sneedmeister]

1. Who cares about being called a racist? 2. What most people call "racism" is just a lived experienced. I think what I think about Black people because their words and actions.

[@DarkSun123456789]

How you can see Disparu dying inside while the senseless "Stone only see downwards" babble went on had me laughing so hard. Tells you all you need to know about the show which i will not give a single second of viewtime and rather watch the reviews here.

[@ValentinKostadinov]

Watching Amazon wriggle like a worm is the best part of the Rings of Power show. Who said it's not entertaining?! Viewed as a parody it's actually not bad at all. It's a meme gold mine. It's like watching a gigantic disaster in slow motion - you can't take your eyes off it. Just imagine this going on multiple seasons! How low can it sink?

[@luthasunspell8365]

My guess? Very very low. Just wait until Elrond comes out as Bi soy boy

[@Sneedmeister]

LAWD DEM RANGZ THOOO. NAWDUH MEAN NICKUH??? WE WUZ DWARFS N ELFS AND HOBBITS N SHIT MAYNGE. WE B DKUNSTRUNKTIN SISTEMC RACIST YA FEEL ME DAWGG?

[@Navrozs]

Yea i watched The first two episodes with commentary tracks from guys who make fun of shitty movies and it made it decent to watch.

[@hiraeth195]

@@Sneedmeister DEM RANGSSS OF POWAHH OOOHHH LAWD I NEED DEM RANGS

[@collectivesartori]

Very good point. Amazon know essentially everything they need to know about reviewers on IMDB so the idea they are blocking bots is a stalking horse argument.

[@billybatts8283]

Tolkien: "If you get this in your eyes, it blinds you." Galadriel: "Honey, hush." *Shenanigans ensue.* Galadriel: "That's it. You fight. It's better that way." Morgan Freeman: "I wish I could tell you that Tolkien fought the good fight, and The Sisters let him be. I wish I could tell you that. But Middle-Earth is no fairy-tale world..."

[@iggypopshot]

Hah!

[@shotmagnet3224]

I see what you did there, very nice

[@Yusuf_K7]

I actually watched this movie only a few days ago.

[@jjr1728]

They got a good look up Tolkien's shinebox - that's for sure...

[@jazzmachine]

Next level hi-larious

[@km3455]

Their arguement is that there are no dragons, hobbits, elves in real life so it’s fine to race & gender swap established characters? Mmmkay. Well Wakanda doesn’t exist in real life too. So it would be perfectly ok to have white or Asian Wakandans right? Or a White Black Panther? Maybe even an Indian Blade?

[@marccale9890]

I've taken great delight in asking Amazon when my constructive and honest 1 star review will be published. The replies I've received have been...generic!

[@Syaniiti]

Please do keep us updated, that entire conversation (with personal information redacted) could be comedy gold. Just remember to keep asking, preferably on the hour until they give an exact answer.

[@lucasoheyze4597]

What a Karen

[@warmonger2500]

IMDB gives a 7.3 average for episode 1. However they use a weighted average. Here is their exact wording… “IMDb publishes weighted vote averages rather than raw data averages. The simplest way to explain it is that although we accept and consider all votes received by users, not all votes have the same impact (or ‘weight’) on the final rating. When unusual voting activity is detected, an alternate weighting calculation may be applied in order to preserve the reliability of our system. To ensure that our rating mechanism remains effective, we do not disclose the exact method used to generate the rating.”

[@sardonically-inclined7645]

Likely thought they could afford to take the financial hit for "The Message" How's that going? 😂

[@slicerneons3300]

When Elrond welcomed Guyladriel to Dragonic Park, and that he spared no expense...That brought me home.

[@geraltofrivia7535]

Like Gandalf says on the walls of Minas Tirith: "Sends this foul beast into the abyss!!".

[@rugbynut5536]

“I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend” “yOu hAVe noT sEeN wHaT i haVe seeN”. Truly on par

[@ellietobe]

I am confused by this whole thing. Amazon has already spent the money on this “ground breaking” series, right?? So why do they care about what anyone thinks about it? Are they too sensitive to hear what the people that they hate anyway have to say about their work?? They have already attacked the audience! They don’t get ad money, do they? So what difference does it make what people think?? They made this trash to insult everyone who liked Peter Jackson’s work! These people already knew that more than half of the U.S. population would hate this program and they don’t care about Europe anyway! This is why they created the series to be something that would make people want to rip their eyes out when they saw it! They wanted to preach to all of those straight white people who saw the Peter Jackson films and expected some half way decent entertainment! They wanted to be able to stick people’s noses in the reality of this new era of “woke!” These producers and others involved in this joke are the result of decades of American colleges and universities being run by elite totalitarians who hate western civilization and have attempted to indoctrinate every student that they got their hands on! Tolkien is part of that civilization that they hate so much! He is a target and they had a two fold reason for getting their filthy hands on even a small part of Tolkien’s work! They could trample Tolkien’s work and make their own piece of crap the way “that it should have been!” Oh, yes! They really showed him! It is so ridiculous!! This piece of glitzy trash is a comedy!! A true comedy! The wardrobe is a joke! The actors are jokes! The writing is just unbelievable. I only watched a few clips and it was difficult not to laugh at the actor’s expressions as they spoke….and those costumes….!!🤣🤣🥲 Even a situation comedy is better than this! At least people are supposed to be laughing!!

[@Syaniiti]

Owning up to your mistakes gets a lot more goodwill than trying to silence people talking about them. But then the show wasn't a mistake, it was precisely what they wanted and I have no idea either why they would censor opinions on it. Maybe they thought the twittercrowd is actually a large group instead of some really loud, lonely people.

[@davcrav]

They are apparently committed to five seasons of this, and I think they've only done one season so far. So they have not spent all of the money. Not by a long chalk.

[@andrewcutts3197]

The actors have expressions? Have I missed something? If you want to see actors who can bring Tolkien’s writing alive, re-watch Peter Jackson’s films. The casting was brilliant.

[@marcwilliams9824]

You don't understand, "amazon has already spent the money"? You know what "investment" means, don't you?

[@ThePhillyDz]

I like how you literally include the BEST analogy in the show to the quality of linguistic achievement.

[@Szlater]

Rings of Power is both stunning and brave, and bravely stunning and stunningly brave and if you don’t like it you are neither stunning nor brave.

[@MegaSpideyman]

Wow, that's harsh.

[@thirdlegolas7415]

I am stunned..bravely

[@kathleenhensley5951]

I was never stunning, not even when I was 24 yrs old. I was smart, witty and useful and often called cute when younger. I can live without Amazon, how many customers can they lose before they notice?

[@XadrumLtd]

Dude, this is hilarious. Kudos on calling g out the washington post. My go to mantra for writers block is now "What would Whoopi Goldberg do." 🤣🤣

[@GeraltofRivia22]

It's so bad Amazon had to trot out the 4 original Hobbit actors to shill for this crap.

[@milkoil]

Lol the breakdown of where reviews on Amazon come from is gold. Absolute gold. " All these reviews, from all these people who pay our subscription fee to watch the show, are illegitimate..." " yes lord bezo's, we will remove them at once."

[@elck3]

hahah LINE OF THE YEAR, calling it now. "Do you know why a ship floats and a stone cannot? Because a stone sees only downward, but the ship's gaze is not downward but up"

[@gillian32]

"Rings of Power" will go beyond failure and into legendary disaster.

[@___David__]

When Elon Musk eventually buys Twitter at a lower price, if I were him, I'd immediately kick out Neil Gaiman. Just because. Also...maybe Gaiman SHOULD ask Elon Musk for advice on TV series. Maybe then Netflix's "The Sandman" wouldn't be garbage.

[@Syaniiti]

I'd watch a TV-show where Musk is the showrunner, can't even imagine what kind of stuff would be in the show. The Sandman had so much potential, but ended up a 3/10 for me.

[@awavey]

for some reason I actually thought Gaiman was one of those creatives who'd said he quit twitter if Musk bought it, but maybe I imagined it.

[@ushojedi]

Critics have to give good reviews or they will no longer have interview privileges from the movie studios. That's why big Hollywood movies rarely if ever get 1*

[@deceiver444]

Another brilliant video with perfect editing. You're doing a great and useful job.

[@imprimirclothing1291]

The Ship and stone analogy reminds me of monty pythons holy grail, on how you can tell if shes a witch scene. “ if the woman weighs the same as a duck, then she is made of wood. And it makes more sense than the 5 grade bs the spouted here.

[@apollolux]

When Galadriel looked up at the clear sky and said "Looks like rain" while a single tear streamed down her cheek and Elrond finally agreed...powerful.

[@VleesetendPlantje14]

Don’t forget how thrilling it was when the storm surprised Galadriel and Hallbrand on their raft and Galadriel said “wind’s howling” and then they glitched all the way across the sundering sea to Númenor

[@reek4062]

WHEN SHE SLAYED THE TROLL I CRIED!!! SHE IS A MARY SUE! WEEHHHH! WEEHHHH!

[@reek4062]

@@VleesetendPlantje14 The WOKE left turned Galadriel in a Mary Sue! They desecrated Tolkien's work!

[@apollolux]

@@reek4062 I was memeing using Full Metal Alchemist as the base, I don't know what you were doing. Feel free to comment somewhere else.

[@VleesetendPlantje14]

@@apollolux yeah I was using the Witcher game as a meme base, but I don’t know what Reek is doing.

[@Dryde85]

I spent near ten hours watching your reviews this week. Big fan. Sides still hurt

[@BinkyTheElf1]

When Globradriel and Aunt Jemima attacked that troll together, it was AMAZING, so very INSPIRE, and cat-ladies, wine-aunts, and show-runners give it a MUCH DESERVED 10 out of 5. As for “Whoopi Goldberg” (irl name Caryn Johnson), if you ever notice anyone taking their cultural cues from her, hit them with something heavy.. like the leaden & mostly lifeless RoP script.

[@deceiver444]

Hahahahah

[@haydn-db8z]

Let me know when because I want to watch.

[@VleesetendPlantje14]

I would consider myself a budding cat-lady, lol, but I hate how the females are suddenly capable of 360-no-scoping trolls with ease while men die like whimps. Women deserve respect but so do men.

[@memphistim2001]

Save it for the Klan meeting.

[@tentaklaus9382]

@@memphistim2001 Sounds like you're recruiting.

[@thomasdudley7982]

" Do you know why you will burn your hand in fire?" " Because fire is hot." The show runners may freely use this in the next episode.

[@theekim6625]

I read the reviews on rotten tomatoes and found that the bad ones left a reason. Poor writing, boring, slow... Maybe not worth 1 star, but I think in part it is in response to the hype and the controversy about "White Man Bad" message

[@_Uh_Oh_]

I read hundreds and hundreds and did not see a single one mentioning actors racial background yet now the constant attack at us for hating this show is we are all rascist? ...

[@VleesetendPlantje14]

@@_Uh_Oh_ And they’re telling us that we’re mindlessly following the lore while they are clearly mindlessly following Amazon because they can’t seem to be bothered to read and try to understand our arguments… Also I’m seeing a lot of people who hate the show saying that they like Disa, the black female dwarf, the best because she’s actually fun and bubbly unlike Guyladriel and the phytoestrogen consuming men

[@shle20]

@@_Uh_Oh_ Racists usually don't want to admit that they are racist. Nothing new here.

[@chrisdolan9579]

Let's tackle this "Harfoots have darker skin" argument! Do the the Spanish, French, Greeks, and Italians have darker skin than the Irish, Scots and Finns? Are they all still white? Done! Also, if you're using this line as an argument, then you also have accept that the elves all had fair skin! The fairest of all! You can't have it both ways!

[@ardisgreenwater857]

Too much logic for our times ;) And isn't logic a white man's tool!! :P

[@ScouserLegend]

The Irish used to be described as dark and swarthy compared to the English. Does that make them subsaharan African? No.

[@awavey]

and then how does he explain the white Harfoots... ?

[@hollowedshinobi]

@@awavey because equality. It doesn't matter if a race has defined characteristics. As long as there is equality. If a a race with predefined characteristicts (such as tanned skin) doesn't include any other shade of skin, it's prejudiced or racist. It has to break all boundaries and include everyone otherwise its not good.

[@hawaiianpunch781]

I miss the old days when the movie studios would try to win over the critics, instead of the critics trying to win over the movie studios.

[@nklin6]

by far the best bit for me was when finrod whispered to galadriel "this is my swamp"

[@Lopyswine]

What's so interesting is that ALL the criticisms say the show is boring and poorly written. I haven't heard anyone give a negative review due to diversify casting.

[@thesteveruss]

Perfect editing, perfect video. More power to you! 👏

[@rksnj6797]

Even though I'm not a fan of Musk, the only issue I have about his statement about the show is that I don't think the Galadriel character is "nice". Other than that he was spot on.

[@awavey]

remember he dated Amber Heard for a bit, so "nice" is probably subjective

[@DrakonR]

Neil Gaiman is the perfect example of how quickly a man can turn once he starts drinking the "progressive" kool-aid.

[@cartoonking1789]

He’s a weasel.

[@ravinrabbit7932]

Sandman is anorher good example. Great Show but These "the message" moments.. Just hope its over quickly

[@awavey]

Gaiman has always been like that, I think he's just more emboldened thesedays to express himself within his groupthink bubble.

[@harbl99]

@@ravinrabbit7932 _Sandman_ was always thick with The Message. Half the original comics were so right-on and pompously worthy that they're almost unreadable. The whole thing was a Curate's Egg.

[@varsityathlete9927]

Chris Pine, with Harry Styles, the interesting thing about Chris Pine - who I don't care for as an actor - he uses ZERO social media.

[@middlesiderrider]

I liked the part in the first few minutes when Galadriel takes out her dagger to point to a spot on her map, while standing alone looking at the map alone... Why did she need to point out a spot on the map to herself with her dagger? That's the quality of writing this show has. I didn't even make it through the first episode.

[@reek4062]

I liked the Peter Jackson movies! They are totally true to the spirit of Tolkien, unlike this woke Amazin trash! I clapped when Aragorn beheaded the Mouth of Sauron! He was so badass, a strong male character!

[@TrafalgarWaterDLaw-dl5cm]

Tbh even Tauriel in the Hobbit was badass. Because she was just extremely skilled like legolas. Its her profession. Galadriel the politician taking on a Cavetroll in a matter of munutes while the entire fellowship struggled is just bs. Besides she was never written nor intended as this warhero as its not her role and theme in the overall story.

[@coolperson962]

My favourite part was the bit where an elf sticks his hand in his torch and says 'I've lost all feeling in my fingers' implying how cold it is and Galadriel says something like 'its this place, its so evil it takes the warmth from our fire' and one of the other elves says 'how can you be sure?'.....guy just stuck his hand in fire bro!!!!

[@rclaws3230]

@@reek4062 Seethe harder.

[@punisherprime]

What about the scene where Lucius Fox shows Guyladriel the Batman costume, telling her it is perfect in every way. Guyladriel looks Lucius in the eye and says "It will be...when it fits a woman!". Stunning and brave storytelling!