Rings of Power S2 Episode 6 - DUMBEST ELVES EVER! - Angry Review

[@alrightbro]

"Legolas! What do your elf eyes see?" "I dunno bro, buncha rocks and hills? The fuck you want from me, binoculuar vision? I'm not a velociraptor."

[@Domzdream]

🤣

[@RVered]

Don't elves have these?: (Splinter Cell's goggles-on sound)

[@stormveil]

Binocular means 'two eyes' cus early telescopes where only 1 tube. It implies the velociraptor was a preadator that needs two eyes on target for better depth perception. 😅

[@PeoplePleaser578]

“What do your elf eyes see” “Looks like the Trees have set themselves on fire again, weird” “Weird”.

[@serkanbiceren9263]

The elves couldn't see the orc army because the orcs weren't rendered until they got close to them🤪

[@colm9419]

The Power of Joe The Power of Joe The Power of ...ALEX

[@SWOTHDRA]

Maaaaaaaanyyyyy

[@adelkheir]

ALEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEX

[@gaelofariandel6747]

Other Joe: What about me?!

[@TheRealSlobo]

Ahhahahah

[@anthonyrygalski6424]

Holy shit I needed to laugh today. This is goldddd😂

[@KeytarArgonian]

6 Elf spies can spot Sauron entering Mordor without knowing Sauron is back or what he looks like, but nobody can spot an army outside the city walls, or Mass deforestation and trenches hundreds of miles long.

[@peterversionone]

They told the elves that their new leader Santa has ordered them to start making toys for the humans or face punishment, thus they were too distracted to see the army outside preparing

[@PraetorianG2004]

Waffle waffle waffle

[@gabrielcruz6752]

Moreover, it seems that the main city of Am4zon's Eregion does not have farms on the outskirts, farms with people noticing the invasion. Where do they get their apples, wheat and barley? It seems the elves do not eat in Eregion despite having parties with the dwarves. People that work but do not eat: the dream of Jeff B., reflected in RoP? Or is it that Am4zon Eregion imports all of its food, implying that the dwarves have better food autonomy than Eregion xD? Is Eregion's food supply being delivered by Amazon from afar xD? Tolkien even described the farms on the outskirts of Minas Tirith! That PJ depicted the fields of the Pelennor without farms does not allow Am4zon or other showrunners to make the same mistake.

[@Imozart0341I]

Sauron casted a veil on them like he did celebrimbor

[@Obez45]

It's not a case of spotting fires and smoke, there would be lots of elven scouts all over the surrounding forest, the same way the elves knew the orcs of Moria were marching into Lothlórien in LOTR or when the fellowship was captured almost immediately upon entering Lothlórien by Haldir an eleven scout.

[@BlazingOwnager]

To be fair to the crowd complaining about the diversity, it'd been nice if it made sense is the greater point. Like if all the desert hobbits were darker it'd been perfectly logical. The Dwarves all being super pale would also be perfectly logical. It's the fact every single area looks like a modern society is the problem, and gives that sense their priorities aren't where they should be.

[@vlastelinprislic286]

Bingo. The point is not that everyone should be white, the point is ethnicity should make sense.

[@gamegeek9220]

It breaks the immersion, so stupid.... 🤷 Every Group looks like Modern Society

[@mattrasp1615]

It just really doesn’t matter what color the people are. I don’t know why it’s such an issue.

[@mattrasp1615]

@@vlastelinprislic286who cares though. It’s just goofy to be upset about this.

[@xiii0722]

Yeah agree. If only they made it make sense like you said... But they don't give a rats ass about that, along with the terrible writing.

[@Jonaelize]

What's with all the screaming and panicked elves running around in Eregion? If you compare them how elves are depicted in lord of the rings books and the trilogy, it makes no sense. They seem like humans with ears.

[@johnmcfarlane3147]

I love how this implies the race of men don't have ears 😂

[@freman007]

Yes. Elves are the epitome of a heroic people. They wouldn't panic if an enemy approached. They would calmly put on their armor, pick up their weapons, and set their defenses. When we consider what Elves are depicted doing, including a mighty hero wounding one of the Valar, you had better outnumber them a hundred-to-one if you want a chance of victory, and even then it's only a chance.

[@samflood5631]

Humans with ears? You mean like in terms of appearance or in terms of personality.

[@huntertaylor367]

Considering the woke also turned the D&D races into different flavors of human by removing race traits, this is pretty on brand.

[@don_barbour]

Noticed that, they're several century old immortals, do the showrunners even realise this?

[@charlieb2038]

I lost it when Tom Bombadil did the whole “many that die deserve life” speech. Absolute cringe

[@JohnnyZenith]

This isn't personal but the whole use of the word cringe. I'm too old, that's all it is. I'd use the words 'disgraceful and embarrassing'.

[@JohnnyZenith]

This isn't personal but the whole use of the word cringe. I'm too old, that's all it is. I'd use the words 'disgraceful and embarrassing'.

[@charlieb2038]

@@JohnnyZenith fair response, those words are probably more suited!

[@DRV110]

It didn't even make sense in the scene 😂😂

[@rezaruki3912]

So Tom Bombadil in this shitty universe of amazon LOTR is teaching fake gandalf to be the Ishtar lolz

[@GaudiaCertaminisGaming]

Can we start calling it 'Vulture Fiction'? These writers aren’t fans; they’re scavengers.

[@Timothy1395]

Yep. Just like The Witcher and Halo. Clearly writers who don’t give a fuck about the source material.

[@Sombriage]

That is an insult to Vultures. Parasitic Fiction is better imo. The host is old beloved content and the parasite is the harmful little shmuck of an insect that is leeching off of it.

[@emerystheimmortal417]

I totally agree. When shows like the last of us can do it. It shows that it is a choice. These shows want the backing of existing fan bases to make inferior content with the franchise name

[@bjarked47]

@@Sombriage Agreed Vultures are a very importent animal for our ecosystem, they help lowering the spread of sicknesses. Parafictions is way better

[@norwegianboyee]

@@Sombriage That fits. All they do is leech of the better things so they can spread more of themselves, which means more shitty writers to do the same thing.

[@AysarAburrub]

Numenorean politics in a nutshell: Pharazon: I activate my spell card "Eagle", it makes me the rightful king of Numenorrrrr. Miriel: hahaha, you activated my trap card "Giant Sea Kraken Monster Thing", it allows me to reverse Uno your Eagle and it makes me the rightful queen of Numenorrrr.

[@Benboy1980]

😂😂😂. I’m sorry to say I just ffwd these scenes but I knew exactly what they did. Even without the whole scene. Complete crap

[@mrcat3493]

“Throw her into the sea!” *Proceeds to gently guide her into a lagoon as if she’s taking a bath*

[@gamedude412]

“We aren’t a slave to the sun”…dwarf king Black dwarfs looking confused

[@SwordOfThruthfulness]

"Oh, now you trust me to pick out two swordsmen and an archer?" Galadrrrrial says after betraying everyone and helping Sauron.

[@selim6033]

It's a cerimony, man. Just that. This is a stupid criticism. People were asking for "Justice" and the guards were gently with Miriel, the ex Queen, btw. So it's kinda ok they doing that.

[@mrcat3493]

@@selim6033 it’s symptomatic of the poor quality of the writing in its entirety.

[@selim6033]

@@mrcat3493 I don't think so. Not that part. There are plenty of points to talk s* about it, being fair. But that one is just a nothingburguer.

[@Blue-wl1nz]

"Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo?" is my favorite scene from the entire LOTR movies. It's masterfully writen and masterfully acted by Ian McKellen. And now they're basically saying Gandalf isn't wise, he's just using catchphrases he's heard before. For real, these writers must hate LOTR. I'm not watching this crap btw, i just watch the angry review for the lols.

[@APigCalledMorris]

50/50 chance the writers use "black powder" to get through the walls, instead of creating and filming a proper siege.

[@IntrospectiveCollateral]

What do you expect? Amazon doesn't have enough funds to fully realize a siege. They are poor and destitute.

[@356z]

50/50 chance they use black power

[@willo1345]

​@@IntrospectiveCollateralthey will use black powder to harken back to its use in the two towers movie. Because memberberies, as Joe puts it. God I hope they use black powder.

[@justsomeguy1136]

​@IntrospectiveCollateral yeah poor amazon and their millions upon millions of dollars:((( its just not enough for their yacht collection AND a high quality series :(((

[@Shinyolo]

They definitely use powder, it is white, and makes your head fuzzy.

[@KoachOfGaal]

Amazon’s adaptation of Tolkien’s material makes the 2006 adaptation of “Eragon” look like a masterpiece in comparison and that’s saying something.

[@permafrostyx]

Wow thats crazy but youre right 😨😨😨

[@Username18981]

Fuck you for reminding me that existed. 🤣

[@jackdonith]

I think it's the 2nd worst adaptation after Earthsea which will rule supreme among the bad adaptations for eternity.

[@Skull1Hunter]

It didn't hurt that Eragon had Rachel Weisz and Jeremy Irons, who were, in my opinion, very well cast.

[@EonThaWolf]

I loved that movie as a kid. :')

[@EzBreezy750]

Billion dollar budget Best I can do is rubber knife

[@callumc1208]

Find it baffling that at some point, a group of writers sat down in a meeting and actually agreed this was acceptable?

[@michaeldunlap1364]

These writer rooms are DEI snake pits where disagreeing with anyone of a protected class gets you accused of an ism and fired.

[@Gunnar001]

@@michaeldunlap1364How does it feel to watch all of your favorite franchises go down in flames?

[@BritBox777]

Writers is a very generous word. Nepotism chairs is more accurate.

[@Unapologeticweeb]

And then act like they are clever while having no writing skills what so ever

[@manuelfuica-martineau4940]

Never underestimate human ingenuity(Tolkien) and stupidity(ROP) So many bad work exist that makes one question the intelligence of them and you are right to feel you are smarter than them. Because you are

[@MarcGriggs]

AJ: "Alex, you explain this bit now" Alex: "Well," AJ: "IMMA SHOUT NOW!"

[@FlakoPR]

Why is Shadow of Mordor's Celebrimbor better than this show?

[@ryuhayabusaudn]

Causee that's how that kind/race of elf should really look like, Like Elrond in books/movies aswell has long black hair.. here he has modern cut.. eww

[@SupremeR3laxation]

Cause he is badass

[@harisabram4767]

Well to be fair, it would have been better than the movies too if it were a complete film set.

[@ppsarrakis]

cause the show runners cant write a plot without nerfing Elfs

[@BritBox777]

That was my first exposure to him and I thought he was very cool in SOM but this? I'd never want to touch the lore again

[@GloomspiteNoob]

The secret flame was actually a dumpster fire.

[@Lukewarm_waters]

💀

[@takuid]

LMAO. on point af

[@DragonHeart613]

The only entertainment that Rings of Power ever gives me is watching Joe, OJ & Alex hilariously ripping into, mocking & trashing on each & every episode of this dumpster fire of an adaptation.

[@Autobotmatt428]

Drinkers videos are funny

[@DragonHeart613]

@@Autobotmatt428 Critical Drinker is also funny indeed. Love his videos about Rings of Power as well.

[@RVered]

This is beyond enjoyable as a non-Tolkien fan (I read the main book and saw the corresponding 3 movies). I'm practically giddy watching it crash and burn like The Room. But if I were a fan, it would be utter torture like the new Star Wars was for me. Actually, I think it's worse; unlike Star Wars, they had a highly detailed book franchise and could've coasted to, at least, a decent product by changing as little as possible.

[@FalconOfStorms]

There's a KZbin series called "Gandalf Roasts Rings of Power" by Charlie Thompkinson, where he deep fakes the LOTR characters having a Rings of Power watch party, and it truly makes me bust a gut laughing. It's comedic perfection, especially if you start with Season 1.

[@DragonHeart613]

@@FalconOfStorms Definitely going to check that out. Thanks for the tip dude.

[@TNM001]

its really getting under my skin how they reuse lines of past movies. that is just a big NONO...you are telling me Gandalf was just parroting Bombadil when he imparted wisdom to Frodo in Kazadum....TF

[@JohnnyZenith]

Yep it's all gross.

[@mrcat3493]

Completely agree. It’s totally “can I copy your homework” meme-like

[@ReasonExtremist]

same! cringed so hard I almost fell over

[@blackwolf4653]

actually that whole scene in Moria, Gandalf recycled 2 lines now. That follow your nose is from the same scene. Makes Gandalf not as wise anymore. I truly hate ROP. Only fun i have is to guess how dumb they still can get each episode.

[@tannerp.4996]

This isn’t related to the movies though

[@Achillez098]

I like how Alex doesn't even try to hide his sadness and disappointment anymore

[@francislachapelle123]

did he ever try to hide his sadness and disappointment? XD

[@xiii0722]

Was gonna say the same ​@@francislachapelle123

[@khushman7217]

Yeah like when the show is good 😭

[@IdocarebutIdont]

@@francislachapelle123 Usually he didn't need to hide anything, because he didn't give enough F's in the first place lol

[@anpc86]

Anymore???

[@thatsilentsoul]

I'm shocked you guys missed that old lady stool spends so much time talking about her special tree that she's looked after for years and years. That's what gandalf will get his staff from. He'll go help his friends AND get is staff. The secret fire showed him Nori, he's meant to go there. Can't you see it's a deep and meaningful test, going to help his friends is how he passes the test. That's where his staff is. ...this show is fucking horrible.

[@dudeofstuff]

that part shocked me- no way that stupid trope is how they're doing character development for Gandalf? this is a facile trope from a children's cartoon

[@wolfsterjones891]

@@dudeofstuff he not Gandalf don't u people watch the show TOM saids I don't see u again and Gandalf sees him in the Hobbit. People speculating he another wizard before Gandalf

[@FalconOfStorms]

​@@wolfsterjones891LMAO!

[@Xl081x]

There using Orks from other source materials like "War of Warcraft" which is why the Orks have families, babies and etc (they think all orks are the same )🤣

[@rep8778]

Yeah they're trying without all the warcraft back story like orcs going from local tribal conflicts->unified but controlled by demon's blood - > breaking magtheridon's hold on them- > fighting for a new home on azeroth.

[@GeorgeChacon2112]

Dumbass writers

[@takuid]

They literally think Tolkien is D&D and shit, they are that clueless.

[@Xl081x]

@@takuid that's what happens when you don't read the source material

[@BoddickerOCP]

No they consider the Orcs the black people of middle earth so they are attempting to make them sympathetic because they think Tolkien was a racist white man. This is how these people think. Universities train them to see everything as racial and the "work" takes precedent over story, continuity, lore, etc.

[@Schinak]

They are making Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War look like masterpieces by comparison when it comes to portrayals of Celebrimbor and Sauron

[@88-V-..-A-..-N-88]

Son, they’re making the Hobbit trilogy look like a masterpiece in general

[@V4Now]

Shadow of Mordor & War (for all the latter's faults) succeed as games. What does Rings of Power succeed in beyond relative waste?

[@Userkiller3814]

Lore deviations aside the portrayal of these events in those games was amazingly well done. They were actually captivating. If anything it was fan fiction done right. They took the lore and had some fun with it.

[@CoOlKyUbI96]

I think the lore deviation in the games are a tad bit more excusable because those games did try having some consistency. Plus part of the fun isn’t only in the story but the gameplay

[@FalconOfStorms]

​@@V4NowComedy!

[@Dackelhund]

my god, I love Rings of Power. Every week it provides peak entertainment. Not the way they intended, sure, but this is great.

[@Garret007]

have another like

[@clevenlloyd4980]

I agree its just entertaining tv. Some people are just reading too much into it

[@sinsinsinat5377]

With AJS is even better 😂

[@Mike-nr9po]

@@clevenlloyd4980 the op is saying the show is so bad that it’s funny to watch

[@Autobotmatt428]

And the Drinker. Its just a laugh riot.

[@Torrenaxe]

Amazon: did you know season 2 came out? Gamers: I dont know you and i dont care to know you

[@mario387mario6]

Don't ever talk to me or my son again...

[@michaeldunlap1364]

The only thing I like to hear from Amazon is more free games.

[@animeshaggy4333]

Elder scrolls Oblivion reference love that 😂

[@PraetorianG2004]

Said from their collective basement

[@johnshepard8556]

Halo was cancelled after 2 seasons we can only hope ths same happens with this

[@thanellen8757]

Balrog are corrupted Miar and are in the same order and rank as Gandalf, Saruman and Sauron. What makes them different is the level of combat skills, and if the questions were does Sauron have the ability to command the Balrog. The answer is no, remember they are in the same order of power but serve different masters. Another question I heard someone ask is whether the Balrog and Sauron would join forces. The answer would be no, the Balrog was loyal only to Gothmog the leader of the Balrog and by extension Melkor alone. Sauron wanted world domination, Melkor wished to destroy all that Eru had created, and both villains would immediately try to destroy one another. Sauron did not bother forming an alliance because the Balrog had no intention of leaving Moria nor did it care for what the outside world was doing and what was stated above.

[@Reclaimer116]

Such a bad episode. They literally made it so that all the wise things Gandalf said in the Lord of the Rings books, he just stole from Bombadil… it’s unbelievable how lazy writers of modern movies/television are these days… especially the ones for this show.

[@JohnnyZenith]

Again. No mention of Numenorians living long lives. Numenorians are supposed to be tall. They are not diverse. Elves look ridiculous with short hair. Numenor is supposed to be much grander. If it isn't Jackson's aesthetics and world it isn't LOTR.

[@Rederz12]

This whole season ive been screaming at my screen "WHY IS EVERYONE SO DUMB" 😂

[@johnshepard8556]

Because the writers are dumb

[@Rederz12]

@@johnshepard8556 honestly im on Saurons side at this point 😂

[@johnshepard8556]

@@Rederz12 chaflie vickers is the best thing about the series he is genuinely pretty good as sauron

[@oopopp]

Jackson's LOTR made me want to learn more about the lore... this show makes me wish I never had that knowledge now.

[@Timothy1395]

This show is shit and incredibly inaccurate to the books but why does it make you want to not know the lore?

[@jakewheeler6014]

@@Timothy1395 Because now that he knows the lore it makes the show even worse.

[@Timothy1395]

@@jakewheeler6014 Oh. Well I just am pretending the show doesn’t even exist after realizing that they aren’t following the books.

[@oopopp]

I wish I never knew about the lore because to use a line from Good Will Hunting, it went something like... "I wish I never met you. Then I wouldn't know how great you could be... and how you're fking it up." This series coulda been Epic Greatness. They even were given the timeline and guidelines to follow... yet it's complete trash.

[@reimaginethesounds6694]

​@@oopoppmeh, i get the joke, but i'm so grateful to have those book and the trilogy, a garbage like this sh!tshow won't damaged my memories and my rereads. In fact it gives me much more respect for the things that are made with real passion, love and respect.

[@routineproofmusic454]

The problem with durin, is that each successive durin is supposed to be a reincarnation of the last one... "oh hi dad"

[@Hoosier765]

They have removed the most important themes of the series. God, love, and mercy. No person can resist evil alone. Everyone plays their part in the Devine plan. Morally grey characters are Game of thrones, not Lord of the rings.

[@sokolsokolowski3411]

Amen

[@sinsinsinat5377]

I hate celebrimbor in this show. He is incredibly gullible.

[@VoyKarma]

yeah he is a joke

[@zachmali4071]

Shadow or mordor Celebrimbor is the true Celebrimbor

[@dew-me7266]

He belongs in Golden girls tv show lol

[@ryuhayabusaudn]

​@zachmali4071 Yess LIKE I'm not a LOTR lore expert but my bro is and said like that's exactly how he looks in the books, long asf black hair and even a fighter not a librarian xdd

[@soulassassin3768]

"you serve the bright lorrrdd!" (Jeff Bezos)

[@Journeying.]

That’s a small ass crown for Morgoth lol.

[@YOUSEFTECALB]

The best way to describe Season 2 of RoP is Orc Lives Matter. 🤦🏿

[@juleso4958]

Forget the pronunciation of weird elf names and cities….who else can’t unhear “Wonton” violence? 😂

[@AngryJoeShow]

me lol

[@TheGamingHoser]

If only Adar sent a messenger to tell the Elves stop harbouring Sauron. That might be useful insight to share before bringing your "children" into war.

[@SoldierSpiderx]

Celebrimbor shouldn’t feel bad for forgetting that woman’s name I can’t remember the names of pretty much all of the made up characters in this show and also Can we agree that for god's sake, legions of orcs this near should have been goddamn spotted by the city ?

[@PeoplePleaser578]

32:10 Sauron literally was so powerful he could bring things into existence, he used to make flowers appear with every step he took… he is literally that powerful he can do that. The only reason he fails is because of his own Hubris and he believes himself unbeatable which left him with weaknesses he could not foresee.

[@mattjones2887]

Angry Joe "DUMBEST ELVES EVER!" Amazon prime "Hold my beer" The writers "DUMBEST ELVES EVER! So far"

[@PraetorianG2004]

Low energy

[@Jakub816]

Well, even AJ is now able to write better scenes than friking billion dollar Amazon project contributors, I have seen everything...

[@triggerfairy4070]

Desa and the bat scene was taken from Shrek during the Princess Infiltrations

[@dragongamer2670]

the biggest Sin is making the ORC's more human or not as Evil! This needs to Fail! Tolkien would never stand for this!

[@danielpineda4704]

You sounded more orc than the orc themselves

[@davidknight2104]

Saurons fast travel is insane 😂😂

[@TheInternetHelpdeskPlays]

29:36 I love that Joe is just riffing and coming up with a better storyline than the actual writers could have.

[@richardcassio5769]

I think Annatar seeing the Balrog in the flames isn't an indication of him sending it or commanding it, but rather that he can see the Balrog is coming and thus he knows that creature alone will do the wrecking itself and all he needs to do is just wait. I think so anyways, with this show who knows.

[@SmackheadGaming]

Joe keeps popping into Alex's sentences like a fuckin ad midroll

[@ito2789]

@@SmackheadGaming I know, it gets tiresome.

[@andyhull9182]

Modern writers have no imagination, they just project their own angst and silly current world problems etc into the scripts

[@ProjectRedfoot]

No real-world experience

[@Nunya310]

Yet another call back to Peter Jackson’s films. When Bilbo sees the ring on Frodo and his face turns demonic for a sec. Guyladriel has done it multiple times in this series without cgi

[@abelingaw5070]

Seems like the writers forgot that each elfdom has these so called SCOUTS. That orc army would've been spotted days before they even made it to the gates of Lindon.

[@hellisthenightside]

Watch the Penguin instead

[@CBonduMiel]

Who ?

[@FrostedNut]

I enjoyed the first episode of penguin, I’ll keep on watching.

[@hellisthenightside]

@@FrostedNut same here

[@jonathana6298]

TIL Penguin already premiered. 😮

[@JinxMadness]

Just finished the premiere and yes the Penguin is peak so far!

[@ellonganiza]

Some people like to discredit "postumous reviews" and suggested rewrites like the ones being suggested here by the guys by sayin "well it is easy to complain and propose fixes after the fact". But let us all remember that there were two main writers and surely a whole round table of screw ups being paid fat checks by amazon who, when being pitched this awful mess, couldn´t even come up with a simple fix. If this is what a full room of writers came up with after pitches, writes, rewrites, table readings, pre production, and everything that goes on before a show is even filmed... what the hell was in that first draft the two morons wrote? like seriously, did they just walk up the bezos, kissed his forehead at the nape and delivered a crayon scribbled parchment that said "Sauron clever, orcs good, protagonists cool, gib money?"---- AND IT WORKED!!!???

[@rusenakman]

It would be perfect if they revealed that the person holding the baby is actually an enslaved elf woman. That's what orcs do.

[@wtfdinges]

I'm just watching the show for the comedic relieve now. I know they won't stick to the source material and it's become a fun game to watch and see how they keep digging their plotholes deeper and deeper. For me the show went from "Weird, but ok" in the first two episodes, to "this is terrible" until the end of season 1, to "it's so bad it's funny". I hope they can at least keep that up.

[@CCARL11]

Has anyone seen any one soldier of any faction in this show that looks intimidating or competent at fighting. It seems all the soldiers look like undernourished high schoolers with a few older skinny guys thrown in. These soldiers would lose to a company of boy scouts.

[@ProjectRedfoot]

Not enough vegan options out in the field

[@anarionelendili8961]

A couple of things about the Sauron Vision scene that bugged me... 1.) It was night when the orcs attacked, but the vision was full daytime with sunshine. Sure, it made for a nice visual contrast, but it also implies that Celebrimbor was so wrapped up in his work and his forge not having any openings to the outside world at all that he would miss that. Mind control handwavey, still, bothered me. 2.) Celebrimbor is standing there, out in the open, talking to Annatar, without a care in the world. Not one of the elves running around thought to maybe seek some help or solace from the two leaders of the city?

[@FredThePhoenix]

As a Tolkien fan, it's always so nice to see people like you guys who probably like this stuff but are not super knowledgeable but you still have more respect to the source material than Amazon. You guys know a bit more than the surface but you already know more than Amazon. You spoke about Celeborn attacking the forces of Sauron. Celeborn is Galadriel's husband and for TWO seasons now, Amazon shoved him to the side to ship Galadriel and Sauron. What an insult to the world of Tolkien... Anyway, cheers!

[@CjFinishHer]

"She also has an actual brother" is too hilarious

[@DarthAzabrush]

19:30 Its kinda the reverse of what Strange New Worlds did to the Gorn. In TOS the Gorn were hard, agressive and territorial but Kirk did manage to come to some kind of understanding with them that actually lasted at least another 100 years (Kassidy Yates is a citizen of Setlik III and mentions a joint colony with them.) In SNW the Gorn reproduce via violation and are impossible to communicate with. They have a tough job explaining how that calms down in the next 7 years.

[@Jaygar9392]

24:52 The Elves at Helm’s Deep would never..

[@michaelthomas5433]

Waiting for Gandalf to sing "my stick, my stick, my stick is better than bacon!"

[@purefoldnz3070]

There is also a Tom Bombadil Batman moment too, when he suddenly vanishes.

[@MantismanTM]

I can't be the only one that thought for a moment that DEZA was SAURON when the bats got summoned because the scene immediately before it showed Annatar being refused more Mithril by King Durin, so I thought Annatar shapeshifted into Deza to get into the Mithril mines to get the pebbles of Mithril he did end up having back in Eregion after all these scenes.

[@MrDe4dGuy34]

Take a shot every time they rip off a line of dialogue from the films or the original Lord of the Rings books.

[@francislachapelle123]

Great game, here is an expansion: Ethylic Coma Edition -> Take a shot every time the dialogue is cringe

[@mattrasp1615]

The movies used lines from the lore. The show is using the movies the same way. Double standards for sure

[@futrecacao]

​@@mattrasp1615except that the films are DIRECTLY adapted from the books

[@gidope4076]

I am very drunk

[@francislachapelle123]

@@gidope4076 need help buddy? slowly drink at least a glass of water so you don't feel like shit in 8 hours

[@TT79-]

I cant believe they dont use establishing shots in this daytime soap opera. Using establishing shots is filming 101 for big budget projects.

[@eurocup07]

I love angryjoe review 1000 times better than RoP.. i hate having to wait another week for his next review.. also I barely watch the show.. fell asleep so many times

[@kinrob1]

The Power of Many chant coming out of nowhere was too funny lmao

[@madsisak]

Cast John C Reilly as Tom. And ya got the comedy and whimsical ness...

[@fistimusmaximus6576]

Imagine being able to show the contrast to how the elves react to a army attacking where they are composed and experienced conflict before compared to humans who are terrified.

[@benjii_gaming499]

Just tax writeoff at this point

[@LionLostInTime]

my favourite part about RoP is how the Numenorians switch sides every 10 minutes

[@vavan100]

head piece + Ring = 2 item set bonus Get all 8 pieces of gear to get full set bonus

[@d-pooly79]

‘The one ring, return it to the mountain you should’- Yoda

[@djJaXx101]

Gives me something interesting to do while watching... These are my notes, before I see this Video's review. - The hammer scene was bizarre. A shot shows the hammer is there (when celebrimbor says "she is called Mirdania"). Then Celebrimbor first talks about the hammer (the background shows its gone) then Sauron says "That hammer" and its back again. I'm guessing the first shot was a continuity error. - Adar and Galadriel's scene was ok in spite of her stuck up, hateful, spiteful personality. - Elendil's courtroom scene was ok, a bit on the nose - Hobbit scene is terrible of course. > Please don't subject me to a hobbit love story, that's disgusting. > Trying to be funny with lizard breath, please stop - Why is Gandalf standing on a cliff chatting with Bombadil if he is so worried Nori will die. - Its always stupid when a person must choose between saving the world or saving one person. And in this case its even worse because Gandalf the blue is specifically told "Every soul in middle earth is in peril" which includes ALL hobbits, elves and men that will ever exist... but of course Gandalf the blue is an idiot and will choose to save the two stupid evil hobbits. - Now we got Bombadil quoting Gandalf's movie lines... I guess they were lines from the books, but I wish they would find new/different lines to use. "Many that live deserve death etc..." - Why would Sauron summon prince Durin to ask the king for Mithril? - What did Sauron see the fire? the Balrog I guess? - Disa defending the tunnel with bats was especially stupid, when she summons the bats of course they fly around her and they would have just flown around the miners had they stood still. I would have liked to see that scene. Also, how much time do you think they bought by a few bats chasing 4 miners 20 meters down a tunnel? 3 minutes maybe? - It doesn't make sense that the queen can take the punishment for Elidil. He was charged with "inciting a violent conflagration that led to loss of life and high treason" what has the queen got to do with those crimes? - The queen makes zero effort to save her own life - The topography doesn't make sense. The queen is in a rock pool separate from the ocean. It has a different water level. Yet somehow the sea beast phases through matter in order to grab her from below. - Pretty epic looking sea beast... but I would still like to know the mechanics of how it managed to get into that rock pool and tie its tentacle around the queens feet - They show the pool from above you can literally see through the water and see the ROCK at the bottom of the pool. it is not open to the ocean. So dumb! - Wait what? the camera pans around and all the orcs are already 200meters from Eregion? I thought they were miles away... I guess it makes sense, Galadriel was travelling there when she got caught. - I like Sauron vs Celbrimbor scene and Sauron's illusion - I would think the elves to be a little more organized in defense rather than screaming and panicking. - great siege visuals at the end. There are a lot of stupid little annoying mistakes, but they are definitely getting better than season 1, but Its still kinda below average, maybe the production value brings it up to 5/10 for me.

[@_Feanor_.]

If this show runs long enough I bet Gandalf will take Nori and the Hobbits to what will become Hobbiton. And then she will choose what will become Bag End to make her home in and it will be revealed that she is basically Bilbo's ancestor (wouldn't even rule out her being re-named Nori Baggins). And they probably drop an acorn on the hill that will turn into the tree on top of Bag End. 100% convinced they'll do that.

[@Axterix13]

Why would you panic if inside the walls? You close the gates, and you're good for a bit. It takes time for an army to deploy to set up to siege a fortified city. And they do need to set up. They'll want to fortified camps outside of the range of the city's siege weapons. They'll want fortified camps to stop relief efforts. They'll want to block off supply routes, which means surrounding the city. They'll want to set up good positions for their own siege artillery. You need to set up defensive positions for your troops in case of forays by the city's defenders. You need the tail end of your columns to catch up with the vanguard.

[@Josh-nn3xt]

I’ve legit just started fast forwarding through all the harfoot scenes. Their story is a snooze fest and they’re just obnoxious.

[@Bingo2501]

I will never watch this Prime trash, I just watch Joe's reviews to laugh my ass off this mess. 😄👍

[@cloudcollector83]

I swear, the first thing that came to my mind during the Numenorean trial scene was the Whacking day episode of The Simpsons when Quimby goes "I'm sick of you people. You're nothing but a pack of fickle mush heads." And the crowd responds: "He's right. Give us hell, Quimby" Numenoreans really are nothing but a peasant mob in this show

[@Tedogu]

Every week and episode is so BORING. Thanfully we have AngryJoe and crew to watch

[@TheEggroll4321]

The only good thing about ROP is that it got me to read the books and discover the extended lore when i was only a fan of the movies previously😂

[@Cimlite]

Don't watch this. Please. Don't give Amazon the views, don't give some dumb executive at the company the power to say "look, they watched it, let's make more like this".

[@ThoraxtheDarkk]

I'm watching it twice now that you cried about it

[@Cimlite]

@@ThoraxtheDarkk I don't know which part of asking politely you consider "crying about it", but you do you.

[@ThoraxtheDarkk]

@@Cimlite you are crying champ

[@OKMBVideos]

No, no... Let them make more of it. Let them burn more cash on useless trash that everyone hates.

[@ThoraxtheDarkk]

@@OKMBVideos cry lmao

[@angrycatalan325]

You know this show is nerve-racking when Joe says Celebrimbor the right way and now it’s Alex who says “Selebrimbor”.

[@ggom603]

Anyone else not watch the show but watch every minute of these reviews?

[@Tacitus_kilgore_1903]

Never saw an episode but watched all these reviews...

[@kylebatteson9572]

There's better reviews from guys like Disparu.

[@Autobotmatt428]

Yes! this and the critical Drinker are how I am not watch the show and just laugh at the reviews.

[@Autobotmatt428]

@@Tacitus_kilgore_1903 Yes

[@FPchie]

Never watched the show, but also at the same time I didnt understand most of the things they were talking about in this review. No clips didnt help either. Just here to see AJ yelling.

[@garethtipton659]

The channel: "Nerd of the rings" is probably one of the best in-depth exploration of Tolkien's works, lore , and writings on KZbin. Yes, original Orcs do have babies, wives and are not entirely evil, form families, societies etc. Orcs are basically like people in that regard. The orcs we see in Peter Jackson s work are enslaved orcs in a military camp, preparing for war, similar to WW2 training camps.

[@Don9872]

Exactly! Orcs are actually the good guys in the lore, just misunderstood and slaughtered indiscriminately by the evil elves and men.

[@toastmangler2415]

For that Morgoth bit, in Khazad Dum, Gandalf mentions "Balrog of Morgoth". If Gandalf just shut his mouth then it probably wouldnt be allowed to be used.

[@TheDisruptiveOne]

So boring. Credit to you guys for sticking with it.

[@jajssblue]

DWARF BATMAN?! What is this show?

[@purefoldnz3070]

Also there is a Tom Bombadil Batman moment too.

[@TheOnlyGuermo]

I actually know who loves this show. I am an English as a second language teacher, and I talked to my student about their favorite movies. It was LOTR. I asked if they knew about the Amazon show, turns out they loved it, so the fans to my survey of one. Is house 45 year old house wives.

[@shadowjudge921]

17:05 WTF is on his armor? Is... Is that the Green Man? 🤦‍♂ *CrrIIINNNGE!!!*

[@FugacityCIT]

Sounds like they are trying to do mystery box storytelling without any kind of spectacle substitute. Smoke monster - mysterious and scary. The bunker - mysterious and tense. This story sounds like they are doing mysterious and banal.

[@scottcarroll3017]

Best I could do was up to season 1 episode 5 when galadriel was training the numenorians. I physically could not tolerate anymore. My hats off to you, gentlemen.

[@JohnnyZenith]

Again. No mention of Numenorians living long lives. Numenorians are supposed to be tall. They are not diverse. Elves look ridiculous with short hair. Numenor is supposed to be much grander. If it isn't Jackson's aesthetics and world it isn't LOTR.

[@jundisundi8208]

Did you not enjoy the fact Tom Bombadil is teaching "Gandalf" about the sacred fire? TOM! WHO NO ONE KNOWS WHERE HE CAME FROM AND IS BELIVED THAT HE WAS THERE BEFORE THE SONG!!!

[@miendude]

I don't even watch the show, but man it's so annoying that so many modern writers are just copying and reusing things that were written before. Rings of power, Alien Romulus, and Acolyte... It's like they only learned how to google and use AI on their essays in college and never wrote ANYTHING GOOD of their own. It's just a sad, line-recycling machine.

[@FPchie]

Alien Romulus had a pretty good review though. Did the job for been horror-ish enough possibly because of copying the right things at the right moment. I watched it and it was not bad.

[@firstlast-wm3li]

Alien Romulus was good. What are you going on about?

[@miendude]

@@firstlast-wm3li The point isn't that the movie was good or bad, it's that the writing keeps relying and REUSING lines from the old movies

[@firstlast-wm3li]

@@miendude Imitation is another form of flattery. No.

[@JackChurchill101]

"Because Amazon only acquired the television rights to The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, the writers had to identify all of the references to the Second Age in those books and create a story that bridged those passages." Official wiki page. Please correct the urban myth of what Amazon has access to. Morgoth is also mentioned in the opening paragraph of the appendix. They cannot however say "Melkor" - his real name.

[@MarwanMahdy]

I ordered plain Jello but the shop sent me jello with fruits, which tastes worse than the plain, but more expensive. It is so funny because this is exactly my experience with this show now.

[@joshuan3265]

Dude when you said "how could they fuck up a battle scene" My first thought was "don't test them, they will lower your expectations".

[@bgko91880]

I don't know what channels you're talking about, but all the ones I see none of them trash entertainment properties just because there's somebody of a different color in it. A lot of times there's a person of that color on that channel. Which means you probably don't even watch those channels to know, you just listen to The same type of people who accuse you of being a troll and go with your own bias.

[@ProjectRedfoot]

All I can think of is HeelVsBabyFace when he was screaming about gender ambiguity

[@vermidian_]

I'm only partway through this, but I just wanna say that around 17:00 when joe says "Thank you for pointing this out. I'm gonna harp on this when it's my turn.", this is lovely to hear and I'm glad Joe is allowing and encouraging the others to speak, while still keeping things in motion. I'm only watching these reviews instead of the show from now on. RIP Rings Of Power.

[@B3NICKY22]

Tolkien never wanted Disney to touch LOTR but he no idea that Amazon would exist and be 1000x worse

[@gamegeek9220]

Season 3??? How many Viewers will be left till then? 🤔😅

[@apathyminus5925]

They made such a big deal about that ancient tree at the stool village that obviously Grandelf is going to leave that magic forest, go save the Nobbits and low and behold, that tree will be his staff.