Rings of Power Season 2 REVIEW - The Scouring of Tolkien

[@sbarnes7240]

This vid is epic, we must all stick up for JRR, what Amazon have done to his epic works is pretty much criminal

[@Htjjduaudus]

How would you know the vid is epic it hasn’t premiered yet bot 😂

[@sbarnes7240]

@@Htjjduaudus Gary's vids are always amazing you complete moron

[@Beastking1107]

It has done NOTHING ... it only CERTIFIED what of an untouchable masterpiece LOTR is - both books and movies in their own respect 💯

[@RetroHondo67]

Simon is the only one who can stick up for JRR, Amazon paid to do this and he accepted it. It all lies with him.

[@lordbane5627]

If you mess with Tolkien, you mess with me.

[@lftr_react]

For the modern audience that is confused by our reaction to this abomination, it is because The Lord of the Rings is beloved. Because Tolkien is beloved. When you take a revered story, remove it's skin, drape it upon yourself and begin dancing around, it is a mockery to that which is deeply loved by millions. When those millions return mockery in kind, you probably shouldn't be that confused.

[@animelover48348]

They believe that they're "right" and that alone justifies whatever they do.

[@beyondlimitationsvideo]

@@lftr_react Amen!

[@christiansorensen7567]

The showrunners are standing on the shoulders of a giant, only so they can piss on his grave.

[@daigaoseal5005]

@@animelover48348 well, the modern audiences are "alternatively right"..

[@JJsiN84]

@@animelover48348 It's sad but these younger generations have no sense of purpose in their lives. That's why a few select people just have a big enough mouth on social media to somehow try and fake out the world, and force feed this trash. I know the only reason these companies are catering to these snowflakes is money. But even with all the additional funds they're getting from companies like Black Rock, they have been losing a ton of money. It's going to run out sooner or later.

[@darthbiscuit]

Sauron, the most proud beings in existence listening to the words of just some peasant he met along the way as if its sage advice

[@ellietobe]

No one dared speak to him! Orks were afraid of him. He roasted people!

[@porkflaps4717]

Sauron DID end up making that rando peasant PAY for his bad luck of happening to bump into a deep undercover Satan ALREADY running various ghey ops and gaslighting operations in the Southlands on both men and orc alike!

[@janatman]

Not just some peasant, but some peasant who spoke fluent platitudes.

[@Grivehn]

Hey, thats not just some peasant. Its Caesar's (who plays Saruman in this abomination) slave from Rome series. Clearly, if his advice was good for Caesar, its good for Sauron.

[@radioface86]

​@@Grivehn Posca

[@jessicapinto3817]

There is a passage in the Silmarillion that describes this very show: The other [Melkor's music] had now achieved a unity of its own; but it was loud, and vain, and enlessly repeated; and it had little harmony, but rather a clamorous unison as of many trumpets braying upon a few notes. And it essayed to drown the other music by the violence of its voice, but it seemed that its most triumphant notes were taken by the other and woven into its own solemn pattern".

[@carnthecorby]

"It is not simply a license to do anything you like. Smaug and Toothless may both be dragons, but they should never be confused. Ignore canon, and the world you've created comes apart like tissue paper." - George R.R. Martin.

[@mangolad7731]

Interesting words from someone hell bent on not finishing his own work

[@hcook1023]

I'm scared shitless of Tolkien's grave causing a Super Volcano when it's revealed Sauron is the father of Arwen

[@kazuma7232]

Oh hell no!

[@breakhammer87]

Holy shit this might happen.....

[@fr0h1k3]

Or he can be a mother of Arwen

[@hcook1023]

@@fr0h1k3 well he is a pussy and Galadriel apparently has the biggest dick in the series

[@SilhouetteSE]

Oh God, how can I unread this 😨🤕😂

[@dcstiger]

This really strikes me as some kind of mass delusional narcissism on the part of the show runners and Amazon. No self awareness. No ability to learn from previous experience. Zero introspection. No sense of shame. They just keeping plowing forward without a clue that they are making fools of themselves. All the while blaming anyone and everybody for their failures.

[@Shamrock299]

@@dcstiger well said 🙌

[@marcusmaher-triskellionfil5158]

Abs and at this point you would pull back from the mass delusion but I fear they are going to plough on regardless with no perceptual foot in reality other than doubling down, this is the literal equivalence or a restraining order to stay away from your ex but you just can't help yourself and show up time and time again professing love and dedication when all they want is for you to end your madness and stop, Amazon it seems will simply ignore any restraing order and plough on, which makes me think they are mentally ill at this point.

[@pepincuatro2865]

I think deep down they realize they're complete frauds. There's no way they can plagiarize so many scenes from the movies and not know what they're doing

[@BearPawSwipe]

@@pepincuatro2865 I disagree. They know what they are doing and it does what it needs to do which is divide people and keep them focused on nonsense.

[@BearPawSwipe]

This assumes that they aren't doing it on purpose which more likely. They are producing what they want, and if it pisses people off, perfection.

[@echoechoecho7142]

Bezos' son told him "Not to fuck it up" Bezos turned around and fucked it up. x 1,000,000. An absolute trash show that should be erased from existence and forgotten. There is no redemption for this trash. The worst writers, directors, and cast I have ever seen. Tolkien would spit in all their faces.

[@TallisKeeton]

I'd prefer to think that, as he was highly educated old school gent he would rather wrote some 10 hilariously funny verses about the absurdities of this show, using as much Anglosaxon words as he could and making it look like epic poetry :D The scripwriters would probably think he'd complemented them :D

[@aldunlop4622]

I imagine dinner time at the Bezos house is a bit awkward these days.

[@AkiTerry]

He probably hates his son. Why else would he do that 😂

[@nirmalghosh3457]

"Shipping Sauron and Galadriel..... " . Hearing this made my blood boil.. its like painting a layer of shit on top of a great painting like Monalisa.

[@warrentalbot329]

My favorite part was when Sauron jumped out behind a tree trying to scare guylandriel yelling ITS ACOLYTEING TIME !!!

[@chaotix7275]

I acolyted in my pants when that scene happened. So intense.

[@jimmerhardy]

This is the only satisfying way to watch this show. Mocking, ripping and more mocking.

[@phann860]

Still too long and a slog but it has saved me hours of watching the crap.

[@gw5976]

“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy what has been invented or made by the forces of good.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien

[@Mereologist]

Gilgadaddy likes this quote and apparently doesn't realize it was meant to apply to him, lol.

[@The_Primary_Axiom]

I think by evil, he meant liberal white woman.

[@Dylan4nderson]

Shut up nerd

[@bry8636]

@@MereologistI heard that- he said it in mockery of those slamming RoP Great way to grow the fanbase-mock them

[@phant0mwolf421]

Prophetic.

[@klodd5328]

"Look to the north" *sun rises* Brother you can not be serious. How can a whole team of writers and showrunners be THIS stupid?

[@Bjamin9891]

It’s women writers who follow their gps to Starbucks

[@SRMoore1178]

They forgot that they killed Don Lemonless in episode 7. He back in 8 without a scratch. Maybe he's actually dead but doesn't know it and only the Elves wearing rings can see him? An M. Night kind of twist? I must admit, I did like watching Guyladriel getting her ass kicked.

[@audreybailey5139]

They never went outside?

[@rafewheadon1963]

its "middle-earth" so there's only North and South

[@porkflaps4717]

And HOW were these showrunners able to convince Amazon and Bezos that THEY were the ones to helm this project with only HALF of a writing credit EACH? Man, Amazon and Bezos done MESSED UP ROYALLY! This show was FUBAR from JUMP STREET! Worst show in tv history!

[@MichaelB-jw5po]

Seeing the footage of RoP compared to Jackson's LotR is so jarring. The LotR movies look like events taking place in a real world with completely believable characters. RoP looks like a bunch of people cosplaying in front of a green screen.

[@Shyning77]

And people were complaining about the Hobbit trilogy having a "soap opera" effect (partly due to HFR)...

[@rap1df1r3]

It's a bunch of woke activists living out their wet-dreams while scooping up a load of cash from a project that was never meant to be profitable anyway.

[@justacomment123]

The other day my father-in-law said, "would you rather them not make anything?" Yes. yes, I would.

[@johnpike8010]

Yeah at this point, i genuinely think i would prefer nothing. I dont want the current brain dead shithole political activists running Hollywood anywhere near Tolkien's cannon. Maybe in like 20 years if the culture changes, it would be great to see Beren and Luthien or the Fall of Gonodolin? Something they have some real cannon for. But not this ultra-truncated piece of shit which compresses 3000 years of history into one summer and shoehorns in every single recognisable character.

[@MSgt5J071]

Darn right! Do it properly or don't do it at all.

[@DelightfullyMADD]

What's even more hilarious/disgusting about the "character" of Estrid is that she's pretty much toxic-femininity embodied... and neither the show nor the writers ever address it. Let's recap: - She almost immediately wants to jump Isildur's bones after stabbing him, despite supposedly searching for her 'husband' - Actively lies to Isildur multiple times - Once reunited with her husband who's shown to be a caring man who is quite literally trying to build a life for them... expresses disgust of him, outright declaring herself as "feeling sick" at his expressions of love for her, all so she can monkey-branch to Isildur because he's Numenorean nobility and has running water in his home. - Is ultimately stuck with her "disgusting" husband who has the gall to break his back actively building a home and a life for her, very obviously upset at having to remain with such an unqualified man as her upgrade, Isildur, has a rare moment of masculinity and basically says "Begone thot!" Even for this show, her "character" was honestly revolting and I can't really decide whether the writers are honestly so lacking in morals and principles that they thought she was a good character... or if they know full well just how revolting she is but put her in anyways in an attempt to appeal to modern western female viewers who they likely believe would greatly relate to such a vile character... and unfortunately they may be right if the later is the case.

[@scotthoward1265]

Definitely put it in for western women..who don't watch this crap. But, the soyboys think that's how a "person identifying as female" acts, because it's all they know.

[@theelder4797]

It's written by whoa-menz, so they write what they know and what they do. Literally hundreds of thousands of vids with 🚺 talking about behaving like this... PROUDLY. I would say it just represents the modern western 🚺, no other adjectivs required.

[@CleverGirlAAH]

They are unaware of their evil. Or excuse it as an answer to what they perceive as toxic masculinity. "I should cheat on my husband before he cheats on me"

[@TheSpoovy]

Pretty standard for modern film&TV. Women are lionised for acting as morally repugnantly as possible.

[@MEshaoWords]

I’m a writer, and imo it is 100% the former. It never ceases to amaze me when I see such blatant projection skirt by completely unaware on behalf of writers/producers. The fact that the story arch was framed in a way that seems to suggest the audience should empathize with her is *clearly* indicative of what types of people these “creators” are. I imagine the vast majority of them have histories of failed relationships they blame on “crazy exes”, when in reality it’s simply because they’re toxic pieces of filth. Like so many others have said, it’s basic narcissism and an utter lack of self-reflection.

[@MrHydenSeek]

The dumbest and most incompetent program to ever grace film despite spending a billion+.

[@Friedbrain11]

And in second place is the "Wheel of Time" fiasco. Amazon Prime just doesn't get it yet. Bud Light is their drink of choice...so be it!

[@scorpio_9810]

​@@Friedbrain11ding dong battle between WoT and The Acolyte for 2nd spot

[@ConstableHandsy]

It makes Season 8 of GoT feel like the height of television drama.

[@Blast1314]

Can Amazon please cancel this shit show already, I want this to end

[@polaco9898]

I actually like laughing at this disaster. The damage is done. I never thought they could do a S2 worse than S1, surely they would course correct. But it is even worse. The siege & battle of eregion is probably the worst episode I have seen in a very long time, it marks a new low. Interested to see if they can go even lower in S3

[@KarioMuschel]

@@polaco9898 "I actually like laughing at this disaster." +1

[@ade3628]

Nah its great to laugh at

[@ViolentMessiah666]

I was pissed when I heard what they did in season 1 but seeing the reviews, memes & everyone generally clowning it has been good times. I want all 5 seasons for the laughs & seeing Amazon waste another billion $, none of this crap is Tolkien & it doesn't affect the books or his legacy

[@moresnacksplease526]

Unpopular take, but I want 'Wheel of Time' cancelled first. I've seen Jackson's adaptation, but I've never seen a WoT adaptation(that unholy bastardization doesn't count).

[@scadian9]

I love how “the sea is always right “ bloke was a widower, his wife drowned at sea .

[@manfIesh]

LMAO hes saying it with a smile on his face too

[@jeffreyyoung6714]

LOL no way…… they definitely purposely made it bad

[@bry8636]

I was so elated when Don Lemonlass was killed. Then they had to go and resurrect him. Least desired resurrection ever in all of fantasy.

[@dudeguy8686]

Imagine having the rights to adapt two of the most successful fantasy series ever written, using a studio with more cash on hand than most countries' yearly gdp, and still producing two of the worst tv shows amidst a sea of endless disney star wars and marvel sludge.. At this point, Bezos should really audit the studio, find out where all that money went..

[@Grivehn]

Probably back into his pocket... or his handlers at Blackrock.

[@pigriser]

Morfydd Clark's manner of speaking and facial expressions are absolutely ludicrous. How she got this gig is utterly baffling.

[@Zennsunni]

She had like a pinchy face or something, she looks perpetually uncomfortable

[@GaudiaCertaminisGaming]

Her delivery is so pompous.

[@seefoghall]

I'd guess any good actor took one look at the script and refused the part.

[@clippy-v4q]

a sentient mouse reciting a laundry commercial while eating a lemon for the first time at gunpoint

[@whatsuphelp]

its because she can roll the R in Saurrrron like noone else

[@Masaq_TM]

I’m re-reading the LOTR to get this complete dumpster fire of a show off my palette.

[@Beastking1107]

You earned it bro 👊😄 .. did you really managed to sit through it fr lol?? ... I only watched the reviews.. can't imagine how haunted I'd get watching it directly 😅

[@Masaq_TM]

@@Beastking1107 yeah I did out of morbid curiosity. Caused a lot of cursing and cup throwing, vomiting and dizzy spells, but I’m better now. Thank Eru for Gary and all of the real fans, and enough real Tolkien material to bring me back to my senses…😂

[@letoatredies7050]

Same. Been reading my 28 year old copy to my youngest son. May the show go the way of Willow so my children will never know of it.

[@philipperostin]

That wont be enough ! You need to read the entire work to make your own mind ! 1974 Bilbo's Last Song 1975 Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings (edited version) published in A Tolkien Compass by Jared Lobdell. Written by Tolkien for use by translators of The Lord of the Rings, a full version, re-titled "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings," was published in 2005 in The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull 1977 The Silmarillion edited by Christopher Tolkien with the assistance of Guy Gavriel Kay. 1980 Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth edited by Christopher Tolkien 1983-1996 The History of Middle-earth compiled and edited by Christopher Tolkien (a combined index of the series was published in 2002): The Book of Lost Tales 1 (1983) The Book of Lost Tales 2 (1984) The Lays of Beleriand (1985) The Shaping of Middle-earth (1986) The Lost Road and Other Writings (1987) The Return of the Shadow (The History of The Lord of the Rings vol. 1) (1988) The Treason of Isengard (The History of The Lord of the Rings vol. 2) (1989) The War of the Ring (The History of The Lord of the Rings vol. 3) (1990) Sauron Defeated (The History of The Lord of the Rings vol. 4, including The Notion Club Papers) (1992) Morgoth's Ring (The Later Silmarillion vol. 1) (1993) The War of the Jewels (The Later Silmarillion vol. 2) (1994) The Peoples of Middle-earth (1996) 2005 Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings (full version) published in The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull. Re-titled to "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in this book. Written by Tolkien for use by translators of The Lord of the Rings; an edited version was Lobdell 1975 (above). 2007 The Children of Húrin edited by Christopher Tolkien 2007 The History of The Hobbit by John D. Rateliff - contains substantial text fragments 2017 Beren and Lúthien edited by Christopher Tolkien[1] 2018 The Fall of Gondolin edited by Christopher Tolkien[2] 2021 The Nature of Middle-earth edited by Carl F. Hostetter[3] 2022 The Fall of Númenor edited by Brian Sibley[4]

[@CrowR75]

Maybe that's their plan - make people buy the books from Amazon as the antidote

[@CarlWheatley-wi2cl]

Mess with the Tolkien fandom at your peril. Even Jackson, who committed the most faithful depiction that it may be possible to achieve with live action was not treated lightly for the changes that he made. Not at all. This abomination is going to get buried without a tombstone or a footnote. Also, Numenor as a latin telenovela will never get old.

[@aldunlop4622]

Not at all. One of my friends I saw it with was furious about the changes when we left the cinema. We argued for weeks about it 20 years ago.

[@CarlWheatley-wi2cl]

@@aldunlop4622 That's what I was saying lol

[@Muschelschubs3r]

Dude. I was 24 when the first LOTR movie dropped. The vast majority of people praised him to the heavens and back for his effort. The naysayers were a small but annoying minority. Today, it is 180 degrees reversed. The vast majority knows and says RoP is shit, and a loud but annoying minority praises it.

[@teresa6525]

​@Muschelschubs3r another important difference is that Peter Jackson wanted to stay as close to Tolkien's work as possible and justified his changes well and they worked in the film. Whereas with Rings of Power they just wanted to use the success of LotR and create their own version of Tolkien's work and in doing so, decisions were made that made no sense at all.

[@franciscastiglione5832]

“Why does a ship float, while a stone sinks?” “The principle of Buoyancy…” “Well yes… that and… oh never mind.”

[@demonsofrazg]

Amazon does NOT own the rights to Peter Jackson's Trilogy. Rings of Power is straight plagiarism of his work, NOT homage!

[@PeterT-i1w]

If it would ever make it to court, Amazon would claim that it's a parody, and it would be kind of hard to argue against it, wouldn't it?

[@baconghoti]

@@PeterT-i1w Milord, I present to the court that parody requires intent not incompetence and this show has a surfeit of the later and little of the former. In fact, William himself would be beseeching the court for infringement on this comedy of errors were it not for public domain laws.

[@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it]

also LOTRO and some parts of SHADOW OF WAR/MORDOR games. they ripped off A LOT

[@BillBui_]

@@PeterT-i1w It’s definitely a mockery so in that case we should all continue laughing at it 👍🏼

[@Grivehn]

Is it plagium if you dont even understand the context, just rip out the words? Probably is, but it still sounds something even dumber.

[@The_Laughing_Cavalier]

I can't wait for Season 3 where Glug junior is told his father has gone out for a packet of cigarettes, a Fellbeast based on Walter White starts a Mithril Lab and Galadriel sees more of what we have not seen.

[@MasonZymak]

Methril

[@moresnacksplease526]

Middle Earth / Wheel of Time crossover episodes please!

[@cheevzzz]

@@moresnacksplease526 Riight? I think this series is just as good as Wheel of time was!

[@moresnacksplease526]

@@cheevzzz hahaha couldn’t agree more!

[@nicbrone1846]

Maybe runs into the owner of Los Lembas Hermanos.

[@realityquotient7699]

Somehow I never imagined Tom Bombadil sounding like Hagrid.

[@MsEnglishtea]

Finally! I've been saying the same thing as well. I have a feeling they are more Harry Potter fans than Tolkien

[@TheRealGuillote]

Lmao

[@Runsfrombears]

You mean hagridillo!!!

[@QuasarSevilla]

​@@MsEnglishtea They even referenced HP a couple times with the whole "the wand chooses the wizard".

[@alanfearon6568]

Hold on to your ticket! 😂😂

[@laura-bianca3130]

Ok, but why does the dwarf lady have such a superior expression? All I can think of is: "you are proud of destroying Tolkien's work" and it makes me sooo angry 🤢

[@Muschelschubs3r]

She looks haughty because bedore shooting her scenes, she managed a new PB for polishing off an entire buffet on her own. Nomnomvete…

[@theabhorrentchef7226]

One of the few people who has to pay double when she goes to a buffet.

[@laura-bianca3130]

@Muschelschubs3r lol, no. But there is sth nefarious going on.

[@laura-bianca3130]

@theabhorrentchef7226 they say we shouldn't blame the actors. But they take part! I get it, landing a job is really hard, but still, this is evil

[@theabhorrentchef7226]

@@laura-bianca3130 there are times when you shouldn’t blame the actors, but with so many of them (especially this supposed dwarf lady) they earn massive disrespect and anger with their interviews and statements. The Despot of Antrim even has a “Despot’s pardon” for decent actors who appear in trash lol. In the Worst of Woke Awards.

[@SquirrilahFish]

THEY GAVE GANDALF THE WRONG STAFF!!! He picks up the staff he has in LOTR, which is actually RADAGASTS staff that he got after Sauron destroyed his original staff in the Hobbit.

[@LucasAurelius]

I think that was just a convenience plot thing in the films. Gandalf disappears in the Hobbit before Mirkwood in the books and returns at the Battle. We don't know where he goes because it's irrelevant. But ignoring that, yeah we did see that staff later. Kinda dumb choice to put it in the show.

[@justforever96]

I don't take anything from the Hobbit movies as particularly canon, most of it was almost as bad as this show, just stuff they made up to put in the movies, the books are the only really source of canon. But they could have at least tried to make them all work together. By dismissing the previous films they just set a precedent for us to dismiss this whole show.

[@jimluebke3869]

When you see those "almost a million" numbers for people who've seen RoP, please remember that the original, low-budget 1960s _Star Trek_ original series, saw 15 to 20 million viewers as a _bare minimum_ to stay on the air.

[@porcine83]

with half the population then too. I'd watch the season ST season 3 Abe Lincoln episode on a 24hr loop before watching this dreck.

[@konnorgrimek9980]

Are you just stupid? Do you understand the difference between streaming numbers and 1960s TV lol

[@rofz168]

Amazon deserves the Bud Light treatment.

[@Beancurd168]

How do we make this happen?

[@kazuma7232]

​@@Beancurd168Stop watching it.

[@SaberGW]

@@Beancurd168 Cancel your prime, forget amazon exists. They don't give a shit if you watch it or not, they care about that membership.

[@Beancurd168]

@@SaberGW done. cancelled sub

[@aymenlhadj777]

Yup🎉

[@thomasparsons9866]

I just finished re-reading The Lord of the Rings, there’s a funny bit at the end concerning the Three Rings. In the last chapter “The Grey Havens” the rings are described. Galadriel’s ring, Nenya, was stated as “the ring wrought of mithril”. Elrond’s ring is gold too. Now, why would Professor Tolkien specify the difference of material? It seems as though mithril wasn’t a core component of the rings, but rather a secret method of crafting similar to how the crafted items of the Elves are “magical” due to how they were created rather than what they were made of. Something mentioned in Fellowship when they asked if certain items were magical, the chapter Farewell to Lórien has a short discussion on the robes. Even the elves say they can show Sam how to make the rope that can be loosened at will. Just looking at the appendices, Professor Tolkien conveniently gave us a timeline with the year of when everything happened, which the show runners ignored…

[@SurnaturalM]

That's my understanding of the rings too, the metals themselves aren't magic, whatever it might be. It's the sorcery and probably the ritual held when they were made which made them magic. This is ridiculous that we have to say it.

[@GideonRavenor712]

Exactly on both counts. Mithril was never stated as a key component of making the Rings, it was Sauron's knowledge being a very powerful Maia formerly under the Craftsman Vala Aule, which was the key factor. Not that the Rings couldn't be made of Mithril, but that it wasn't the main factor of making them Rings of Power. It's why the Elven Rings were different. Celebrimbor made them separately from Sauron's direct input, but he still used Sauron's knowledge of HOW to make the Rings to create them. But it was a big enough difference to make the effects of the Elven Rings' control over their bearers, greatly muted. Though all of the Bearers immediately took their Rings off and hid them after he put on the One. Nor does Mithril have any "anti-corruption" properties, that was made up for the show, along with it's "Origin". I always figured Mithril was always in Khazad-Dum as Aule's 'gift' to his children (Since Durin the Deathless saw it as divine providence for him to settle the Dwarves there, and the Dwarves were Aule's creation), and similarly when Numenor was created as the 'gift' to the descendants of the Edain, Aule threw some there as well as part of his portion of creating the island. And yea, you'd think for how much Amazon spent to buy the rights to use the appendices, they'd use the Tale of Years as guide stones . . . but no, they can't be bothered to give us a year and desperately want to rush the Fall of Numenor, the awakening of Durin's Bane, and the entire timeline of the Second Age into being only a few years when it should be spanning THOUSANDS.

[@markgregorygacosta531]

Somebody needs to make a compilation video about every scene Amazon ripped off from Peter Jackson's LOTR trilogy so Warner Bros can use it later if it comes to court.

[@LordSauron1066]

One thing that always bugged me watching the rings of power is that almost every character not in armour wears the same stupid robes. It's just annoying seeing so many characters practically in the same outfit, you can just tell that they didn't put much effort into this.

[@etienne8110]

It s a billion dollars production, they couldn t afford more costumes. Be sympathetic. /s

[@hancvetan]

I listened to this in the gym to fuel me with anger . Sick gains. Thank you for the long format!

[@coneyconezn3680]

Loving Nerdrotic's summaries. He makes even the trashiest movies and series a great entertainment

[@aarontaylor1688]

The Numenorians look like KZbinrs...LOL!

[@Dave-zw4tu]

I thought Monty Python got cancelled... But here it is

[@englishlady9797]

The biggest liberty they took is saying Galadriel got her magical powers from Nenya. Tolkien was very, very clear that Rings did not work like that. They couldn't convey powers that the wearer didn't already have, only enhance those they did have. And what was that garbage about Sauron being about to see into her mind at the end of Episode 8? He could only see into the Elves minds when he had the One Ring, which *hasn't been made yet*.

[@justforever96]

I don't remember him saying anything like that in the books. He doesn't give many clear instructions at all. Are you saying that the Ring only made hobbits invisible because they are already skilled at staying unseen and that wouldn't happen with anyone else? I definitely don't remember him saying anything like that. I do remember him saying that it wasn't a magical ability they had, it was just a thing they were skilled at. So if you are a skilled carpenter, and you get a ring you become the most skillful carpenter ever? And I guess the Wraiths were all originally very talented at smelling people out and screaming and instilling fear in people? That sounds like someones fan theory, not something Tolkien "very clearly said".

[@englishlady9797]

​@@justforever96 Oh dear. Someone hasn't read their Tolkien: this is from the foreword of the Silmarillion, originally one of Tolkien's letters. "The chief power (of all the rings alike) was the prevention or slowing of decay (i.e. ‘change’ viewed as a regrettable thing), the preservation of what is desired or loved, or its semblance - this is more or less an Elvish motive. But also they enhanced the natural powers of a possessor - thus approaching ‘magic’, a motive easily corruptible into evil, a lust for domination. And finally they had other powers, more directly derived from Sauron (‘the Necromancer’: so he is called as he casts a fleeting shadow and presage on the pages of The Hobbit): such as rendering invisible the material body, and making things of the invisible world visible" Tolkien, J. R. R.. The Silmarillion (p. 2). HarperCollins Publishers. Also of Galadriel he said this: "forget. From her earliest years she had a marvellous gift of insight into the minds of others, but judged them with mercy and understanding, and she withheld her goodwill from none save only Fëanor" Tolkien, J. R. R.. Unfinished Tales (p. 222). In other words Galadriel's ability to see into people's minds was evident from before even The First Age and *long* before she got Nenya. That thing about Nazgul sniffing and screeching is from the movies. You're seriously trying to take something from the movies as "proof" Rings of Power is lore accurate?

[@m.j.5681]

Nerdrotic, thank you for suffering through this so people like me did not have to waste time and brain cells doing so.

[@lea-anne9133]

@@m.j.5681 I seriously do not know how he does it. I wanted to scratch my eyes out after about 30mins of the first episode. It was frigging awful!

[@ValGursky]

I know you watched it all

[@roelven1282]

for so long i wanted a show "about" the Silmarillion (yeah i know 100 movies worth of stories in it) .... so long have i waited... and we get ....... the rings of power..... i have NEVER in my entire life split my usual 5 cords of wood for the winter so fast..... i was so irritated by this mockery, that all the anger i had about it i unleashed on all those poor lumber blocks

[@jacklu1611]

Would rather watch you split those logs than watch Elrond split stones in Khazad-Dûm season 1 😂

[@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it]

tbh. NO ONE has seen that coming back in 2019. people were really hyped about it. i remember it like its yesterday when i saw the first news about "amazon doing a tv show in tolkien's universe" then it went radio silent, sir christopher passed away and they showed the first trailer and it was bad. also there were rumors back in 2021 that they FIRED original writers for the show who were picked by sir christopher or it was some kind of a band of writers (writer of soprano, breaking bad etc, wanted to make a tv show homage for tolkien) but they got either fired or left on hold just like peter jackson who wanted to help with this tv show.

[@OliverT-qt1gn]

Yep, medically-approved way to work off all those nasty stress hormones...!

[@SammySlamma92]

​@@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it I'm glad Christopher never saw this show. It would have broken his heart to see what Amazon has done to his father's work.

[@TheRealGuillote]

Hang in there brother. “...in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer.”

[@michaellee8815]

The more I see of Gary’s vids the more I think I need to just read the actual novels unabridged and in full literary glory

[@Aeqitaz]

The books are just brilliant. Not even comparable to the rings of power. Even better than the Peter Jackson films.

[@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it]

LOTR books are the best piece of written art on this earth. it surpasses religious books bcuz it doesnt treat itself like that but it competes with these books and WINS in the terms of logic, consistency and lack of contradictions

[@denali1566]

Get them on audible, I hear the Andy Serkis readings are really well done. The book themselves are profoundly good, worthy of reading and rereading and you are seriously missing out if you haven't read them.

[@s13gouf60]

The audiobooks are indeed quiet good.

[@cliffordterrell5524]

This on going problem with most of Hollywood today. This is what happens when you sacrifice common sense and intelligence. You can't have EMOTIONAL DRAMA WITHOUT COMMON SENSE and intelligence

[@leesmith3216]

The Durin 'Give it to me RAW' segment hits every time 😂😂😂😂

[@simons.3973]

best part was when x-ray girl was shoot from several directions and after that every orc who just shoot her watches her shoot the arrow

[@GideonRavenor712]

It was such a joke. Oh, how they wanted a Boromir rip-off scene for a character nobody cares a fraction about and has no meaningful dialogue, with a nonsense 360 degree set of shots, and ultimately meant nothing because the Orcs still get into the city anyway and its dumb contrivance, they didn't immediately kill Elrond and Gil-Galad (Even though they're there to kill everyone else in the city and have wiped their entire army).

[@rjzavala87]

The diverse elves is one of the most insulting things about this show.

[@Likexner]

And dwarves, and Numenorians.

[@rjzavala87]

@@Likexner oh yea. All of them really

[@blakerogge2213]

All the bad people are white, sooo... lmao

[@Arominit]

Also the short hair and hairspray, also the diversity hobbits

[@haha__hihi]

There are so many things wrong with the show that immersion breaking multiculturalism takes back seat

[@georgehouliaras7239]

I always knew that Sauron wanted to put his Barad-Dur in Galadriel's Golden Forest.

[@Pizzpott]

Or indeed his crown in her ring of power...

[@jmwoods190]

An invasion from Barad-Dur in Lothlorien!

[@georgehouliaras7239]

@@jmwoods190 Gilga-Daddy yes.

[@SurnaturalM]

*dungeon

[@quercusquercus532]

Puts the "Romance" in "Necromancer".

[@ploppill34]

Imagine how many more customers Amazon would have gained had they just donated 1 Billion to help feed those in need

[@andrabook8758]

evil can only destroy...

[@etienne8110]

But then how would the money laundering happen ?

[@andrabook8758]

@@etienne8110 it wouldn't?

[@etienne8110]

@@andrabook8758 exactly. Thus why it will keep going as is.

[@dogstar5927]

This review, in all honesty, is infinitely better than the actual Rings of Power, both seasons combined ! 🤦🏽

[@phydeux]

Not only is this one of Gary's best videos, but I laugh every time I hear "High District Manager". And every time I expect to see a pocket protector.

[@timarmstrong3251]

So, the black elf abandons a kid he's responsible for, right?

[@AbbaZabbaMan]

aww sheeit😅😂

[@kendallhudak]

He's not actually responsible for the kid. He's basically an adult by old timey standards, and donlemonlas didn't ever say he'd take care of him. The shows garbage, but this isn't a part of why.

[@timarmstrong3251]

@@kendallhudak I'm ridiculing the show's wokery and unconscious racism, not its risible storytelling.

[@GideonRavenor712]

Yea . . . TBF his character is actually SLIGHTLY more bearable being unchained from the season 1 plotline, but it looks all the worse for having happened.

[@ThereIsAlwaysaWay2]

5.1 foot actress paying a 6.4 foot elven. 🤣 Falling short LOL

[@Arkaeus04]

I prefer all Nazgûl’s screeching at me point blank instead of watching any form of RoP

[@11MisterGrimm]

Hi Gary👋, my cousin (who's black and VERY gay lol) found your channel after searching "why does LOtR suck now?" and he agrees that it's not Racism or Homophobia... if a show sucks, it just plain SUCKS. Keep doing what your doing, brotha! Awesome review 🙌

[@ayoitzsergio]

“Mostly Peacful sack of oregion” 😂😂

[@thunderleg6605]

The soap opera camera effect is humorous

[@Shyning77]

Not only camera effect : also writing and acting.

[@5dmkiii60]

Nerdrotic: "You have not seen what I have seen." Me: I've only seen the first 5 mins of the first episode of Season 1. Me again: "I've seen enough." Nerdrotic, who's had to watch all episodes of both seasons. "You have not seen what I have seen." Wrinkles nose repeatedly. Me: I win. I''m glad I've not seen what you have seen.....you poor bastard.

[@aldunlop4622]

I saw up to her killing the troll like something out of a Marvel movie and I'd seen enough. The only footage I've seen since is in Gary's and Drinker's videos. I stand for Tolkien; I will NEVER watch this shit. I wouldn't even watch it for free.

[@5dmkiii60]

@@aldunlop4622 Amen!

[@AbbaZabbaMan]

Im really trying to watch this. on the 4th episode season one and I cant get interested. this shit is so fucking ass. I want to see thinga and make my own opinion but it hurts

[@5dmkiii60]

@@AbbaZabbaMan You're stronger than me Sir. I have no ability to deal with masochism. I wish you well with your battle to survive this quest. I could never do it. LOL

[@2403rygar]

That ROP intro looked like a 90's soap opera intro.

[@Shyning77]

That's why Gary is referencing The Young and the Restless.

[@Futureinmypalm]

I was LITERALLY just thinking the show should be called Rings of Drama Hour

[@justforever96]

Exactly what I said. That was the same technique they used to use for soap operas or sitcoms in like 1995. Which I guess is at least appropriate. 😅

[@HasidicKaiju]

The person who demanded Guyladriel to roll her R's more than a Mexican soap opera needs their own special place in hell.

[@GaudiaCertaminisGaming]

The show actually has a dialogue coach who trains them how to over pronounce these words. Not joking.

[@liamholt5623]

They are saying it like Scandinavians, Germans and Russians. This is literally "The show of Hard R's"

[@marcusjosefsson4998]

​@@liamholt5623No they're not! Not even we Scandinavians roll our Rs this hard. It's making me cringe as a Swede, and I'm also a quarter Finn.

[@liamholt5623]

@@marcusjosefsson4998 Yeah, I can agree. I am Norwegian and not even I say it like that. Do you know if there is an in-lore reason for them doing it, or was it simply because they thought "sounds cool"

[@GideonRavenor712]

She's not the only one who does that. They have everyone roll their Rs WAY too much. It just heaps on the overly poetic nonsense dialogue with way too embellished pronunciations, and that's before going into outright inaccuracies.

[@be_quiet_and_drive]

The orignal ring of power was really cool in the movies. The firey script etc. i cannot believe they made the rings in this show look like lollypop rings that kids have.

[@vincestapels2022]

Gary, when you used the dialouge from BBC's LOTR Radio Drama, it reminded me that you truly love Tolkien's story! ❤ Thank you! 😊

[@banhammer3904]

@4:30 That's from PJ's Fellowship, not the BBC radio drama. I thought so, too, for a moment.

[@vincestapels2022]

@@banhammer3904 At 4:30 that's clearly Micheal Hordern playing as Gandalf and Ian Holm playing Frodo from the 1981 BBC Radio show. Did you get the timestamp wrong?

[@banhammer3904]

@@vincestapels2022 No, you're right. The first time through, I thought it was the BBC production. Then, I went back and thought it was Elijah Wood and Ian McKellan.

[@ViolentMessiah666]

👀 Give me the memes, and give em to me raw

[@caldodge]

Look like memes are back on the menu, boys!

[@M-S_4321]

Raw sausage the memes

[@darthlaurel]

Totally unfair....I was drinking when I read this! Have a little pity!

[@jmwoods190]

There is a tempeh- I mean the soybean-powered tempest in me!

[@angelgabrielgrove9938]

​@@jmwoods190😂😂😂😂

[@The_Primary_Axiom]

Galadriel was tall, grave and beautiful, glad wholly in white; and her hair was of deep gold… but no sign of age was upon her, unless it were in the depths of her eyes; for these were keen as lances in the starlight, and yet profound, the wells of deep memory. CAME TO KICK SOME ASS!!! 🤣 😂 That was so funny. I couldn’t stop laughing.

[@ConsoleCleric]

How This Show Was Made A group of spoiled, useless rich kids were brought-on by nepotism to direct this show. They hired a bunch of nervous actors based on DEI and key performance indicators. Half the budget was pocketed by the unnamed. The other half went towards two-take recording sessions that had more DEI hires than Starbucks. The DEI's were too few and untrained to spot problems with continuity. Anyone during the interviews who admitted to reading the Tolkien books were rejected. The production team only wanted wastrels and those who don't ask questions. The final product is this failure of a TV show. The fans pointed out all the flaws. They ticked down the score cards. But there might have been a chance for them to look the other way. The fans might have held on because, after all, it's Tolkien's work. Turns out, two seasons later and none of the source material was respected. The fans who voiced their disappointment were met with backlash - being told they were racist, misogynist basement dwellers. The fandom pushed back, got in front of their cameras and spoke how they felt. Once the word got out, this show and its future seasons became doomed. Even if there is a third season, even if it is much better than this year, the story is tarnished and any Lord of the Rings show going forward will be met with harsh criticism. Perhaps Amazon will learn a lesson from this sorry excuse of a show and we can move on to better things.

[@KoovinCartoons]

This is what happens when wine aunt cat ladies write and direct fantasy

[@reservoirdude92]

Much love from Windsor, Ontario to you and yours, Nerdrotic! I guarantee that your videos from this year ALONE have more views than the entirety of BOTH seasons of Rims 😂❤

[@dirtdealer6813]

Deesa singing at rocks and other trolls was cringe hilarious.

[@russiasvechenaya58]

you will respect the black kween

[@bingbong4186]

“I don’t like allegory” -Tolkien “We’re gonna put allegory in” -Wokies Even if the allegory were good (big if), it’d still be unfaithful to Tolkien and his work based on that alone.

[@justforever96]

I was always a little baffled by that statement of his. It's hard to believe that none of his writing was meant to be allegory of any kind. At least he must have known that it wild be extremely easy to read meaning he didn't intend into it. I almost think he had some inspiration in real events but just didn't want to get drawn into the arguments and politics and so he's just like "nope, no allegory, Sauron had nothing to do with Hitler, the Scouring of the Shire has zero relationship with industrialism or communism vs capitalism, no comment". Because the symbolism is definitely there if you are looking for it. He was saying something by having them cut down trees and build ugly mills and factories and smoke stacks, replacing the peaceful old rural coexistence of the hobbits with a repressive gang of thugs who centralize their labor and seize all their produce for "redistribution" that didn't happen. It's hard to believe he didn't have _anything_ specific in mind with all that.

[@blackphilip8369]

4:56 "Retardatar, The Lord of snacks" lmao 💀

[@SquirrelASMR]

Amazon releasing this series on tolkiens birthday is like when frodo sold bag end to the sacksville-baggingses on bilbos birthday.

[@TheStormtrooper2004]

Grandma Brimbor 💀

[@LadyMutare]

"Gil-Galad was an Elvin King. Of him the harpers sadly sing. The last whose realm was fair and free. Beneath the Mountains and the Sea." Now I remember reciting that poem in 1974 in English class. I still remember that from all those years ago and I will admit that they ruined the character I had a childhood hero crush on. I just cant watch the show. Its horrible.

[@RBL13]

All the rings are so ugly they look like ring-pops or like they came out of a Cracker Jack box.

[@keithrobinson5752]

All the shipping, tears, and over-the-top emotions were a result of choosing the all-female directors, whose experience comes not from making good products, but from keeping wine mums happy through daytime television.

[@canaldecasta]

Also in the spanish dub Galadriel had obviously a mature and graceful sounding voice actress. For RoP they gave her a young girlish voice, because why wouldn't they?, making it even worse. She is not freaking 16...

[@Barmandudeguy]

"High District Manager Gil-Galad" had me laughing for 20 minutes. I subscribed on that name alone.

[@justforever96]

It's a great name for the character. I can just picture him calling meetings about productivity and safety compliance initiatives.

[@salvatorepapotto3446]

classic sunrise in north and not east

[@Br4dSp34d]

1:12:45 I never knew that the sun rises in the north in Middle Earth. I learn something new from this show everyday!

[@devil93ization]

Season 3.."Sauron to Guyladriel:"I AM YOUR FATHER!!"...Guyladriel:"NOOOOOOOOO!!"

[@knuyorkr]

Why Do They Whisper So Much?... It's like they think it's dramatic, or tension filled!

[@jamescuttler8047]

The people creating this show are scared of raised voices

[@dogewanderlust4359]

​@@jamescuttler8047 the lore professor might have made it watchable... imagine without him . Original show might have been total loss

[@Futureinmypalm]

@@dogewanderlust4359that’s a scary thought but you could be right that he made it a 2 out of 10 instead of a 1.

[@lorderkenbrand5105]

get back to the books, get back to the books, get back to the books. What a pair of scammers Pain and Mckey are!

[@Jim-Mc]

The terrifying part is they may believe it.

[@mattgohlke8216]

When Sensai Bombadil made Gandalf wax on wax off his Limbo to teach him how to staff and block orc attacks was cool. Also it was wicked when Blagolas respawned at the end with a fresh wooden plank armor skin was awesome especially after getting stabbed by the most powerful goblin.

[@RajeshJustaguy]

26:05 the exagerated "R"s are so cringe

[@Cheka__]

What arrrrrrrrrrrrre you talking about.

[@TheEyez187]

13:00 - Why Gil-Galad sent messengers is beyond me. Would have been far quicker to have Galadriel telepathically contact Celebrimbor!! 24:55 - I can't lie! I've always thought an Orc using/saying the French word 'Menu' really kind of weird, weird! 49:48 - Nice plastic helmet 1:05:47 - Why stop the charge? They have Galadriel (not saying that as a reason for them to stop! :D); if they'd continued the charge, they'd have flattened the front majority of Orcs in mere seconds and have been able to free her?

[@justepic7029]

Not only should they cancel this show, they should delete s1 and s2 from all historical records. You literally have to try hard to screw up Tolkien fantasy which has been laid out so thoroughly, that he created entire languages to use in onscreen dialogue. The people who made this should be exiled. It’s the worst show ever made .

[@TheRealGuillote]

Those who dont know their history are doomed to repeat it. We should keep them. So that people never forget how even greatness can be butchered by the wrong people

[@justforever96]

That's a strong statement in a world where Velma and the Acolyte exist. Just judging by the writing and characters Velma is the worst. But on the scale of what they are desecrating, this probably is on top, then Acolyte, then Velma, just because I don't really give a crap about Scooby and you can only barely say they are related. But why he specific, they all are terrible, the exact degree is not important.

[@Urunian]

Everyone I know who watched the first season hasn't returned. Sadly I think Amazon will be too stubborn to cancel the series but this has got to be biting them hard financially.

[@danl.909]

Who else thinks “Karen” every time Morfydd Clark appears?

[@PeterRichardsandYoureNot]

WHAT is this beginning from? They are all standing around posing in some fruity photo sitting?? What the hell?

[@718Hokage]

😂😂😂

[@martyfrank3548]

Wouldnt we love to see the outtakes from those ridiculous posing shots lmao seriously i feel so bad for these actors

[@eimere]

But is it real?! What the hell?? I can't tell, I'm being serious

[@GideonRavenor712]

It was a photo shoot for some outlet by all of the main cast. It also included interviews of them all, funnily enough being fairly candid about their characters. Clark actually calls Galadriel in the show an "Elf Disgrace" during those. LOL.

[@justforever96]

I was just thinking the same thing. They really used smug character shots of each character doing little smirks at the camera as an intro? That's what they thought was appropriate? It's exactly like they used on 90s sitcoms or soap opera, and that was usually in ad spots telling you to tune in later, Young And The Restless, 7 Eastern Time, on Fox! But these are the guys who ended an episode with thrash metal. Thought "yeah, that will get those kids watching, brilliant!"

[@DiscussThing]

A dwarven king fights a balrog in their kingdom somehow equals NOBODY knowing anything about it in the third age..... But yeah, they are 'honoring' the lore.

[@sepo3451]

The warmth of a fire fueled by the billion dollar loss of bald man of delivery universe is soothing.

[@qccanales8610]

can´t wait for the first dwarf of color, Disa, to sing a lullaby and send The Balrog back to sleep. this and more in season 3

[@Muschelschubs3r]

The Balrog is more likely to cover its ears and flee to the netherworld voluntarily just to escape that ugly blob of blubber‘s screeching voice.

[@garylyons6457]

This review is excellent, I laughed more times watching this than I have at any movie in a long ass time.

[@HannahKayW]

The reason they were not going to do the Annatar plotline was because in a podcast interview, they scathingly insulted that plot line and said that it was painfully obvious, that they could do better, and I’m sure the backlash from insulting the professor directly made them reconsider.

[@mspointyears]

When Guyladriel is falling off the cliff, you can see Saurons real hair when his wig blows back.

[@LuckyBogCat]

Yep! Sure enough. Good catch

[@gazlife7963]

Lol . I've never known the Sun to rise in the North when he says " the Dwarves are coming" 😆

[@qazz11q]

We remember Glug

[@MadalinL]

Bezos got his Game of Thrones. Too bad it´s competing with the last season of GoT

[@Felixmz]

Nerdrotic and the critical drinker made this show memorable to me. I hope this season goes for another nine.

[@leonardoastros]

10:02 I've always laughed when hearing "Dangalf" 🤣

[@csaplarsoma]

Why the hell do they use the eye of Sauron as a symbol??? :D