Rings of Power - The Desolation Of Smug

[@ElValuador]

I’m so glad KZbin has channels like this. They provide infinitely more entertainment than 99% of Hollywood over the past decade.

[@TheCirticIeDrikner]

Finally it’s completed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWirnIWKibKdhs0

[@TheCirticIeDrikner]

Sounds true

[@alexneff]

If you actually want to watch a good show look up masters of the air and Nautilus

[@quatreraberbawinner2628]

Eh, I'm kind of getting tired of the bit

[@lesliehaigh6765]

Hotel cocaine is decent

[@reedr7142]

“You haven’t seen what I have seen.” I am so thankful for that. I appreciate your sacrifice.

[@heavyhebrew]

"We have such sights to show you" _Nerdrotic

[@Dowlphin]

What I have seen did not even enable me to make a living. Try to imagine that.

[@mickk8519]

I have just seen the female cousin of Dobby. It took me a while to work out who had a nose like her lol.

[@geekwithabs]

hahaha yep, we thank him

[@georgehouliaras7239]

My grandmother told me, I don't care what J.R.R. Tolkien wrote in his books, Galadriel was always simping for Sauron.

[@TheCirticIeDrikner]

Finally it’s completed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWirnIWKibKdhs0

[@TheCirticIeDrikner]

Amazing

[@inthefade]

What a terrible back story for Galadriel. A spurned lover is not how I envisioned her. What a stupid ship.

[@antoniopineda5780]

This reference is only for the hardcore drinkers

[@reidparker1848]

Garbage rap music. Stop using bots.

[@Andreas_42]

"Discount Frodo and Sam" got me laughing way harder than expected.

[@reek4062]

Ironic coming from discount Plinkett

[@chance_ondriezek99]

Congratulations, Amazon. You just gave The Acolyte competition for worst show of 2024

[@TheCirticIeDrikner]

Finally it’s completed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWirnIWKibKdhs0

[@TheCirticIeDrikner]

Nicely said

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

@@TheCirticIeDriknerspam

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

@@TheCirticIeDriknerspam

[@KokoBoomba]

I would humbly suggest that this show is worse... and I gave Acolyte a "2"

[@DainRiffgin89]

I’m shocked at Galadriel murdering those poor orcs! They have wives and children, and are fighting against Sauron’s oppression so they can finally live their lives without going to war again, just as Tolkien had always wanted. She really needs to check her privilege!

[@daveg9341]

Orcs don't fight now, they have Protests instead.

[@defeqel6537]

"I mean, black people have kids, don't they?" - woke writer

[@ΕρνέστοςΣμίθ]

@@daveg9341 Mostly peaceful protests because OrcLivesMatter

[@davidknight2104]

😂😂 💯

[@colingillbanks4022]

​@@daveg9341"From the Anduin to the Bruinen, Gundabad will be free..."

[@RictaScale.Official]

When I was in my late 20s I realised that just because a film/ TV show has the same name as another film / TV show, plus a "2" and a subtitle, that doesn't mean it is a legitimate sequal. Rings of Power is not canon. Nor is any "Star Wars" product that Disney has made.

[@TheCirticIeDrikner]

Finally it’s completed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWirnIWKibKdhs0

[@TheCirticIeDrikner]

Wow interesting

[@ZachSawyer2077]

Facts

[@yourstruly4817]

Next up: PC bible

[@bloodrosereaper2099]

That's how I see it too. I've outright ignored the more recent LotR and Star Wars stuff and treat everything older as more worth my time, money and interest.

[@kent7057]

Just wait until there's a movie with the tagline: "Somehow, the One Ring survived..." And a random woman from Rohan will actually be Sauron's daughter.

[@tapiolautavaara9532]

Plot twist: that hood rat monkey is originally from the southlands, like the ratchet impostor kween of Numenor.

[@mehtalchaynzz]

For the love of all that is holy and sacred in God's kingdom, don't give Hollywood ideas!

[@MSpotatoes]

"The internet loves that Palpatine line, right? We should use it again for our new movie, The Queens of Middle Earth!"

[@katyamileya7194]

"Somehow, Palpatine returned" is universally loathed by all normal people, mostly because of the sheer laziness of it all and the complete disrespect for the fans, but do a Google search of that line and 90% of the results will be Orwellian propaganda on how "Somehow, Palpatine returned" is secretly brilliant because Kathleen Kennedy Rey girlboss good, two legs bad, war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength. Really shows how out of touch the ivory tower elites are with normal humans.

[@have_you_no_empathy_mon]

@@MSpotatoes Lesbain space witches of middle earth coming soon.

[@balrighty3523]

2:35 Obviously, the bridge was made out of the same flammable rocks that the lesbian space witches made their home out of in The Acolyte.

[@mitchellstanding1548]

My first thought exactly

[@altercinema4311]

SPOT ON!! hahahahaha

[@negligiblegear6171]

They could actually refer to that time when Saruman summoned some magic ultra lightning to crush the ice at the mountain the heroes tried to pass. But that would need explanation - who, why, how, when... Not like they could assemble 1-2 more short scenes that explain how, say, Sauron managed it to sabotage their path and set them back a few weeks. The screentime was already too packed with more important things, like walking.

[@exia7777]

It's a common material

[@Mouse_Metal]

And the enemies attacking Guyladriel were obviously trained by the same sh***y fighting trainer who trained the enemies attacking Bo-Karen. A crossover of woke universes!

[@Fuzzie_Dunlop968]

Three pronouns for the Elven-queens under the sky, Seven genders for the Dwarf-ladies in their halls of inclusiveness, Nine censorships for Mortal Men doomed to simp, One for the Rainbow Lord/Lady on his/her rainbow throne In the Land of She/her/hers/he/him/his/they/their/theirs/we/its/yourdor where the Sausage lies.

[@quietspecialist487]

This is gold!!!

[@TheCirticIeDrikner]

Nicely said

[@TheCirticIeDrikner]

This is truly incredible

[@johntiggleman4686]

You left out Ze/Zhe. The fuqs the matter with you? hehehehehehe.

[@carlcotterill6283]

That was brilliant could not stop laughing 😂

[@handlehandleton]

I find it amazing that one man created LOTR and a massive team with a billion dollars created this.

[@alesksander]

Well money cant buy intelligence.

[@joshwongwai3532]

@@alesksanderit buys dei brain dead yes man highers with no single thought of their own but cavernous mouths to deep throat the executive producers.

[@julianne_warren]

@@alesksander And knowledge and passion for their work.

[@markusfreund6961]

That's what one **man** can do, compared to what a bunch of "woke", unfit-for-life snowflakes can do.

[@populustremulus228]

I find it depressing. What could have been done with this billions?

[@techgroveusa]

The disconnect in the storyline is glaringly obvious, and the character developments are weak. Perhaps some thorough research might serve these writers well, as right now it feels like they're completely disassociated from Tolkien's world.

[@brokenrecord3523]

You'd think they would have learned from The Hobbit that the Tolkien audience wasn't going to accept crap.

[@yourstruly4817]

Some things that should have been ignored appeared. History became legend, legend became myth, myth became woke, woke became broke. And for two and a half thousand years the franchise passed out of all existence.

[@TheCirticIeDrikner]

Wow then

[@TheCirticIeDrikner]

Nicely fair it

[@xuvial1391]

No way Drinker would have ignored this show. The vast majority of views on this channel are entirely thanks to terrible shows that nobody else cares about.

[@MrGamman3yt]

Just saw fellowship last night. Great quotes.

[@MegaOstiaputa]

Imagine having a life so Stress free that you think you are the victim here. 25k people dying everyday of hunger?jeff bezos has more money than countries? Nah lets cry in the internet about black elves.Truly double digit iq behaviour.

[@jpscsa]

Fans: "Destroy it! Cast it into the fire!" Amazon: "No."

[@ishakibrahim6534]

Jeff beeeezoooos

[@Meesterlijker]

​@@ishakibrahim6534It should have ended that day, but evil was allowed to endure

[@SM-os6wq]

Not a Tolkien fan but maybe that’s why I am enjoying the show. But after this season, if it’s the last, unlikely anyone ever touches the Tolkien books again.

[@asherkosmos4312]

Jeff Bezos: It's my... PreciOOOooooooous!

[@4G63Tx]

Copy/pasted

[@TheElbowMerchant]

Smug? Guyladriel, the girlboss? It's basically her defining characteristic, and I guarantee the writers of Rings of Power are damn proud of that.

[@TheCirticIeDrikner]

Finally it’s completed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWirnIWKibKdhs0

[@TheCirticIeDrikner]

That’s fair

[@trevorthornley8835]

"writers"

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

@@TheCirticIeDrikner Whats a cirticle? Sounds like some kind of VD unpleasantry … “a bad case of cirticles of the scrotum”

[@raymondamador1487]

After years of 'Girl Boss' movies, I like the idea of Galadriel being the bad guy

[@PhattyBolger]

Tom Bombadil isn't a wise sage. He's a careless clumsy guy who just wanders around singing songs.

[@EvilDoresh]

He's basically a _fey_ creature. His morality and trains of thought are utterly alien to mortals (and in this case _other_ immortals)

[@WegrennerX]

No he is all, god. Look it up.

[@chriss3276]

@@WegrennerX JRR Tolkien himself wrote that Tom Bombadil was NOT God in both Letter 153 and Letter 181.

[@DarthSidian]

@@EvilDoresh Yeah. This is basically true.

[@AbsentMinded619]

He was wisely left out of the movies because he doesn’t really involve himself in mortal affairs, and as such, doesn’t move the story along in the way you need from a movie or show. Also, his right blue and yellow outfit would look out of place. Amazon just ignored the outfit and shoved him into their show doing out-of-character things, because they’ll take any opportunity to try to associate this dreck with Tolkien.

[@isaacbrown557]

Tolkien’s gonna come back from the grave at this point to smite Amazon

[@TheCirticIeDrikner]

Finally it’s completed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWirnIWKibKdhs0

[@TheCirticIeDrikner]

This is true

[@R.P-e2z]

The way the 2020s are going right now, this doesn't even seem implausible. This decade has been so weird that if Tolkien rose from his grave and teamed up with the alien invaders to personally slap Jeff Bezos in the face until he changes his name to Jeff Bozo, I'd just say "hmm, yes, it's about time."

[@emanwe01]

That'd be much more entertaining to watch than the show itself.

[@willmiller3771]

We can only hope

[@mohitrawat5225]

Some funny comments I have found on other videos - 1. Anya Taylor Joy looks more elf than every elf in The Rings of Power. 2. The actress who played Galadriel once described her character as older than moon. Someone commented "older than moon, but still act like spoiled teenager". 3. Peter Jackson hired actual elves to play elves. Amazon hired orcs to play elves and writers of the show. 4. Amazon is orcwashing the elves.

[@aldunlop4622]

Imagine Charlize Theron as Galadriel...

[@aldunlop4622]

Actually, I look up the actor that played Haldir (the Elf Captain that shows up at Helm's Deep) in the Jackson Trilogy, and he's an actual gay guy, and I'm fine with that.

[@TheSuperappelflap]

@@aldunlop4622 who cares if an actor is gay? well, hollywood does. but normal people dont. Ian McKellan is super fruity as well. hes an amazing actor. thats what i care about.

[@aldunlop4622]

@@TheSuperappelflap Same here, I don't care. Actually, I'm watching Return of the King right now and he should've got an Oscar for all 3 movies, he's brilliant.

[@AS-fu1kd]

Come up with your own

[@chasehedges6775]

Rings Of Power is truly one of the shows ever made that I will never watch.

[@TheCirticIeDrikner]

Finally it’s completed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWirnIWKibKdhs0

[@TheCirticIeDrikner]

One of the best ever

[@chriskoschik391]

I felt like season 1 had a little going on and was hopeful that they could build off of it, as I would love some great new LOTR. Unfortunately, that hasn’t happened. Season 2 has totally shit the bed. I mean, it’s really hard to watch.

[@haldalorian]

True that. I'd rather watch Marvelous Masel or whatever TF that show is called.

[@warrencon1]

It's actually better comedy than most comedy these days.

[@ArthursAtman]

You spared me a couple hours of high blood-pressure, some 2000 calories of brain power, etc ranting about the criminal abuse I was subjected to trying to watch this show--thx for saying what I needed to, for like my psychological health, and w/out boring my friends/family with my rants about how freaking bored I was. You are a treasure, sir

[@nathanhoffman20000]

The perfect combination of bitterness and eloquence with the thinnest of wisp of a filter. Warms my slag coated heart. Thank you Drinker.

[@TheD-Ham]

You ain’t lying their love the venom in his voice gets the point across

[@akasgsvirgil9503]

Here's a fun fact. At San Diego Comicon, Amazon premiered their Season two trailer in Hall H. This is a 5,000 seat venue. There were less than 400 people in the auditorium when the trailer premiered. Outside Hall H, they announced the start of the ROP event 3 or 4 times because no one was showing up. By the third announcement, the people mulling about outside of Hall H actually began laughing out loud. Anyone else a bit disappointed that Tom Bombadil wasn't played by James Cordon and didn't have a musical bit? What a missed opportunity.

[@hipdolly8382]

400 people! Sounds like a lot. Maybe it was all production staff? lmao

[@EvilDoresh]

_Clearly_ Comicon has a problem with istphobes.

[@brokenrecord3523]

Amazon will then claim "People just don't like fantasy any more. Not our fault."

[@kingDowahs]

This show makes the Hobbit trilogy look like a masterpiece

[@pericajuric7326]

Hobbit is neither good nor bad, it is just content. Rings of power is abominable villification of Tolkiens lifes work, its unimaginable for me that any Tolkien fan will be interested in watching that

[@kolega427]

Rings of power is the worst show I have ever seen. Not even a joke. And I saw The walking dead world beyond season 1

[@glassprismfilms]

Cheers mate. Not even patriotic, but so glad there is a fellow Scotsman nailing it in so many aspects., every time. Mark.

[@bbenjoe]

Amazon and Lucasfilm: Critical Drinker causes us billions of demage! Critical Drinker: *laughs in drunk satisfaction*

[@hiamaraldvaan7221]

Critical D. : keep the change you filthy animal

[@TheCirticIeDrikner]

Finally it’s completed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWirnIWKibKdhs0

[@TheCirticIeDrikner]

Nicely said

[@harbl99]

They did it to themselves. Drinker just performed the autopsy.

[@Chaos_Seven]

*Lucasfilm. LucasArts was the former studio that did Star Wars games.

[@ilyasharin1976]

When the audience is rooting for Sauron, you know the show was doomed from the start.

[@michaelogrady232]

I did root for Sauron after Morgoth was defeated and he almost repented. Same for Gollum before he led Frodo and Sam into Shelob's Lair.

[@StevenHarron-h8e]

So true

[@joelchee9308]

I cannot thank Drinker enough for enduring the entire thing for us to give us proper entertainment

[@Rikolus8383]

You deserve a fine bottle of Glenlivet for putting yourself through this mind-numbing experience!

[@tjjordan4207]

The main reason why we hate Girl Bosses is actually pretty simple: They're not likable! The longer explanation is that Girl Bosses are a form of vindication and the need for praise for simply being a woman overpowering males. But it goes deeper than that, they want us to buy into it. They want us to believe that they're perfect and can do no wrong, that they are deserving to do anything they want to do because of how they feel. There's no humility or character development to help make them likable, because the way they are right now is the way how they're going to be till the end.

[@Mouse_Metal]

They are villains + Mary-Sues.

[@bladeduffer]

​@@Mouse_Metalyup. They haven't earned our administration. We're just supposed to accept them. It's illogical

[@carptarts]

Bingo.

[@station-7]

Plenty were likeable in the past so the whole “you’re just sexiest” line doesn’t work. Ellen Ripley, Xena, Lara Croft, Samus, Sarah Connor, The Bride, Princess Leia, Wonder Woman, Cat Woman, Eleven, Scully, every woman in Game of Thrones, Buffy, Hermione. And all that’s just off the top of my head.

[@tjjordan4207]

@@station-7 Well, in terms of Game of Thrones, those sand women in season 5 were pretty Girl Bossy.

[@jealc0]

Just how much mileage can Drinker get out of Geralt's "Fuck?" It's literally the best gift that keeps on giving, and one of the few good things to come out of the travesty of The Witcher.

[@TommieTrumper-TFC1200]

Ask Amazon and Disney they hold the keys 😂😂😂

[@jonbaxter2254]

Hmm...

[@jacksongibbs8998]

Enough to power the USS Enterprises’ warp core.

[@tjjordan4207]

Yes

[@Rakaszta]

well Henry wants to star in his Warhammer 40k series, we might get something new :D

[@vinidion77]

"Because of course he does." That sums up Rings of Power logic all the way.

[@oldegrunt]

every time a tiny part of me says maybe I should give this not Tolkien mess a shot, I see someone post things like this.... than you sir for again saving me from that irrational part of myself....

[@pluralwheat5055]

I cant wait for the Black panther series with the same ammount of effort put into the diversity of Wakanda as this puts into Middle Earth.

[@TheCirticIeDrikner]

Here we go

[@TheCirticIeDrikner]

Loving this

[@yantzee0014]

Please, I need to see this lmao

[@crazyralph6386]

It’s a valid point. Same with Shang Chi.

[@cool-guycharlie6380]

Why wouldn’t there be a trans Asian chief scientist who’s also the best hand to hand fighter living in a secret region of Africa during the 1920s?????

[@kaliss7192]

They're supposed to be super powerful elves with strength, speed, eyesight, and the ability to cast spells. Yet they just act like humans with pointy ears.

[@sveinunglidsheim5828]

The cultural and artistic version of the Dunning Krueger effect: If you lack artistic flair you will also lack the ability to acknowledge your lack of artistic flair. Thank you Amazon for making that even clearer...

[@takuid]

I can't even watch the reviews at this point, I look at the screen for a few seconds and have to shut it off entirely. It is stupid af.

[@escepticus]

Good one!

[@Skaatje]

I just watch the show here, makes it infinitely more amusing. Thank you for your service!

[@derekbryce2632]

This show has all the maturity and consistency of the plot lines me and my 13 year old pals would conjure up when we played Dungeons & Dragons back in the day.

[@suziechapstick8236]

Hey now, the stories you made then were probably way more fun and memorable than this crap.

[@derekbryce2632]

😂 true!

[@DavidBrown-ts2us]

Imagine living in a tribe and somehow being able to maintain diversity through generations. They would have to carefully avoid breeding between races

[@matthewbooth9265]

Must be magical diversity just like the white couple had next door when she had a black baby...

[@davidcooke8005]

Genetics are magic.

[@Zara-Bari]

I did read a fantasy series once where if two races interbred, the children would be one race or the other rather than half-breeds, so maybe that's how these creatures are imagined to work.

[@vojnanaoruzanja9901]

They started from Rings of power, until original trilogy they are all white

[@misterj2875]

@@Zara-Bari I guarantee you that they never put that much thought into it. They just said “black hobbits”, and went to their safe space to congratulate themselves for being clever.

[@MurrayLime]

drinker: strap in disney: strap on

[@AlbionGames]

Brilliant. This video that is, unlike the billion dollar Rings of Dire. I just rewatched the Peter Jackson interview where he stressed they wanted to put Tolkein`s stamp on the movies, not their own, due to their respect and love for the source material, and that they were careful to find the right actors to play the roles. Turns out that worked rather well.

[@laaranenripaska8218]

"Village people of the elven world" - man, you got me with this one XD

[@aldunlop4622]

The short Asian Elf's facial expression is like, "what the fuck am I doing here?"

[@GamingTalk-cl7xj]

The implication given how homogeneous the shire is in LotR is that there would be a “cleansing” sometime in the future

[@bobsmith5185]

A scouring of the Shire

[@inthefade]

Yikes. But these show makers have made it canon... Maybe the rest of the Shire is still diverse, but the heroes live in a place that has a specific ideology and keeps things more... Pure. I guess that is the kind of thing RoP promotes!

[@annehays7799]

I literally thought about that last night as I was trying to go to bed. There’d have to be a cleansing all over middle earth to get the correct racial make up for LOTR lol.

[@AsusSusu-o3x]

Never ask the Eldar what happened with the "dark elves"

[@LJTofficial]

@@inthefade they have not.

[@covovker]

I absolutely love how the "go away now" sound and feel vastly different depending on drinkers personal feelings towards the subject.

[@BlackNomad1]

He doesn’t record it fresh for each video. He just cuts the line from other videos and pasted it in. What you are describing is your own feelings on something that is unchanged.

[@Aussieduderivs1]

@@BlackNomad1 are you stupid?

[@jared3747]

If he does a copy past "go away now" pre recorded that's just lazy in my opinion if it's true..how hard is it to say go away now at the end? Seems strange he would feel the need to do a pre recording like it's some laborious thing to say three words..?

[@bronzotatendang2850]

i missed tatiana

[@BlackNomad1]

@@jared3747 I mean yes it’s lazy but it’s also his ‘formula’. Just like he uses the “you serious?” Guy from Spider-Man meme, tyrion vomiting wine on the floor, that guy on the toilet going NOOOO. Everything he does is repetition. There’s nothing wrong with that of course. But it’s at least good to be aware of it.

[@AA-hg5fk]

A wheelchair bound elf who had sustained their injuries during a previous battle would actually be a decent bit of character backstory!

[@Stargaze79]

I love The Rings Of Power. It is my favorite TV show. I watch it for the same reason people gather up to look at a road accident or a burning building, or a tornado ripping apart everything in it's path... I'm fascinated by the chaos and senseless destruction 😂

[@Sven-w6o]

Remember the old Sindbad Movies??? Amazing Sword Fights with Skeletons,Giant Monsters, and evil Magic,an Adventure that still is Fun to watch today. 😉

[@johntiggleman4686]

@user-ug6bk4fx8m I would rather watch Ray Harryhausen's stop action movies than this bunch of dog-squeeze.

[@davidrobinson3716]

I was thinking of the American occult soap opera "Dark Shadows" from the 1960's or the original British "Dr Who" from the same period. Cheaply made, with lots of plot flaws and overacting, etc but the fans loved it and they are still rewatchable. Now we have tv shows backed by the resources of major studios but hated by the audience.

[@Drag0nvil]

Remember the Princess Bride. With fight scenes like the one between Zoro and Inigo. Yeah it wasn't truly believable or tried to. But at least it was fun to watch

[@georgeray1906]

​@@johntiggleman4686 I got all the films that Ray Harryhausen worked on DVDs.

[@BlckJack123]

It is amazing how the Drinker's videos are almost always more entertaining than whatever show or movie he is talking about.

[@moonsofix]

"GIRD YOUR LOOOOUIIIIIIINSSSSSS"- Turin Turambar, sensing the PC nonsense of the second age and warning his descendants

[@211aonscratch4]

Pretty sure he doesn't have descendants but yes, if this is the second age then maybe don't even bother stopping Morgoth

[@hopkinsamye]

Never watched an episode of this or the Acolyte. Thanks Drinker.

[@aranikar2]

Orcs : "Don´t kill me Elf lady, I have family!" Galadriel laughing, girlbossing and slaughtering all orcs around.

[@ggallin2187]

"lmao" she says while slaughtering their children

[@JarmamStuff]

wtf I love Galadriel again

[@colingillbanks4022]

"Stick your intersectionality up your hauberk".

[@Shabazza84]

"I killed them all. And not just the men. The women and the children too." "It's ok, Anakin. I still love you."

[@Adamguy2003]

Yeah, they really painted themselves into a corner, didn't they?

[@StreetDogSteve]

I like how orcs with torches somehow snuck up (without sneaking) on a bunch of elves (who were there looking for orcs)

[@LemuriaGames]

Fun fact: At night you can see a torch from 2 miles away. Somewhat less in a forest, depending on density, but you have to be legally blind to "run into" a group of orcs with torches.

[@flabbergast_se]

It is kind of weird. Specially since one of the elves has a ring that is supposed to hide them from evil and in the show it shows her the future all the time...

[@theblujae]

It's been so long between the Seasons of RoP, that I forgot how much I enjoy your episode-by-episode breakdowns of the... whatever they want to call the attempt at "cinema" that is RoP. Thank you for letting me keep up via vicarious sarcastic reviews, Drinker 👏🏻🔥 Your sacrifice is noted and honored!

[@GeraltofRivia22]

So they tried to humanize the orcs and then show Galadriel brutally slaying them? What are we supposed to take away from that?

[@aleksander8497]

good question

[@ChaoticYak1]

You're asking a question the writers never did.

[@Ronindennis]

Oh the take away will come: probably something like 'hey viewer, you are evil and stupid!' Consume products!

[@garysuarez9614]

Huwhite elfish non-males>orcs because Patrick-archy. Or something like it.

[@bencarlson4300]

They’re trying to have their cake and eat it too, the orcs are victims until they get to have the honor of being killed by psychopath girl boss, then they’re villains.

[@klonker797]

I like Galadriel in the original books and movies. I love how elegantly she carried herself and she was able to show her how powerful she was without ruining the scene. She was a strong female character done right. But now they’ve turned one of my favourite characters ever into a rude girl boss with no personality or empathy.

[@Adara007]

Exactly. In the chapter 'The Shibboleth of Fëanor' in The Peoples of Middle-earth, of Galadriel it states: 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 good will from none save only Fëanor." RoP completely contradicts this and turns Galadriel into a pathologically narcissistic, arrogant woman who lacks any insight, understanding and mercy, and has serious anger and impulse control issues.

[@oXRaptorzXo]

She’s not rude at all and she has plenty of empathy what are you talking about

[@Adara007]

@markvictor8776 The Shibboleth of Fëanor refers to Galadriel judging others with mercy and understanding as being "(f)rom her earliest years." So even if she's meant to be relatively young in RoP she should already possess those positive qualities and RoP shows the exact opposite.

[@Adara007]

@markvictor8776 Possibly she disliked his hubris which could have been the darkness she saw in him?

[@SavageKaraa]

what is impressive is the huge lack of knowledge the writers have about the characters. I would forgive it if they at least wrote them accordingly with Peter Jackson's trilogy (They were perfectly written for movies that had to tell such a huge story lore wise.) Yet they simply ruin important characters that have a huge legacy. Galadriel is one of the eldest Elves in the whole story, instead she is written like a 20 yo college girl. Elrond who is from a great line of Elves and is known for his wisdom is written as a sceptic antagonistic dude that shouldn't have a thing to say to Galadriel. Sauron an angelic being of great might is simply killed by an orc in the most simplistic and pathetic way. Isildur who is known as a great warrior is reduced to some child that knows nothing of the world. It is frustrating. Never would Galadriel rush recklessly into anything, never would she ignore Elrond's concerns. Never would prime Sauron get outsmarted by an orc, nor would he ever need to be crowned/accepted by orcs. His might alone would grant him such an influence over the mind of these lesser beings. The show is written by people who are trying to transpose todays society into a magnificent story. Galadriel is the 20 yo woman, that needs to free herself from the shackles of the patriarchy and experiment the world by her rules. Elrond is the lesser knowledgeable male, that has no say in what is right or wrong. Sauron is the dumb and evil being that needs a powerful woman at his side to achieve his goal. It needs to stop...

[@guibox3]

Frankly, I couldn't care less about 'wokeism' or 'simping' or 'moody teenager' characters' or whatever. My biggest problem with RoP is how badly they butchered the 2nd Age timeline and combined a bunch of characters into the same time period, as well as putting so many things out of order than how or when they appeared, let alone bringing in the 3rd age events as well. I'm not even going to watch season 2. Season 1 was bad enough.

[@bartsullivan4866]

You are correct but then it wouldn't checkmark all the diversity boxes. Would have been a much better idea to just do the series on the Fall of the 9 Kings and show us the Easterlings with natural diversity instead of forced diversity within the story.

[@milesnicholas5973]

@@bartsullivan4866 Great ideas - but far too logical for the show's writers!

[@Peaceful_Hermit]

The Art of Storytelling has a really nice video about this, found it thanks to this channel. So cheers.

[@jonlannister345]

Is it just me or does the insistence on hiring as many foreign origin actors as possible make all these modern shows just look like a school play? I have literally no issue at all if Mica from Jamaica wants to play a medieval English Queen at the school play, even the town theatre. When someone is supposed to be a permanent visual piece of art and they completely undermine having realistic depictions of ethnic groups it makes what should be high art into basically a village pantomime that somebody recorded. House Of The Dragon managed to avoid the effect for the most part, though King's Landing having the demographics of London did break the suspension of disbelief quite often. These cinematic creations are supposed to be like windows into another world, but if you've got a group of medieval european knights and it's people from all over the world, the illusion is completely snapped and it's like watching a reenactment group on youtube or something.

[@EvilDoresh]

The sad thing is that these school plays probably have better acting

[@rufusmcgee4383]

RoP has been a gift to KZbinrs. Chances are criticisms of the series are getting a thousand times more minutes than the shows themselves.

[@heavyhebrew]

I hope they triple down and four years from now Drinker and Gary are streaming from their undisclosed lair in an extinct volcano somewhere in the Pacific that they bought with superberry money

[@davidaustin5622]

I hear pain mixed with exhaustion in Drinker's exposition. Thank you, Drinker, for enduring it, and sparing us.

[@beavis4play]

"the village people of the elven world"..........🤣🤣🤣🤣 great video!

[@ThMrksman]

This "go away now" feels like one of "My expectations were already at rock bottom, so my lack of surprise kept me from feeling too angry."

[@FortisConscius]

"I wish the Rings of Power had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened." "So do all who live to see such times but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what else to watch instead".

[@Mouse_Metal]

Perfect!

[@thomasdrake5103]

I haven’t watched a minute of rings of power or the acolyte. I rely on drinker to suffer through it so I can watch him explain why I made the right choice. 👍

[@danipass9339]

I can’t believe you never mentioned the line in Ep4 that went, “…great big Grand Elf”. 😂 Gandalf…get it…Gandalf…

[@The-Yellow-Man]

Can we talk a little more about the part where they steal the “nameless things in the deep places of the world” bit? Like seriously they couldn’t help themselves. The “Nameless Things” briefly mentioned by Gandalf is one of the most fascinating things about LoTR and has inspired no end of speculation and discussion between fans. It did this BECAUSE there is simply no answer to be had. The mere suggestion that there are things down there bad enough to scare a Balrog, that these things terrify even GODDAMNED SAURON….was enough to give me chills when I was younger. The thing that makes it so interesting is that we have never had, and never needed an answer. It’s almost Lovecraftian in that sense. It is an unspeakable and unknowable terror we can only imagine, and pray we never experience. But for Rings of Power…..it’s a big slug worm thing that is easily dispatched by one Elf in order to make a joke.

[@Ganara426]

Yeah no comment really...

[@neiljones4013]

This type of review is why I recommend the drinker to my friends regarding ongoing series and movies. He is absolutely spot on with every aspect of the review and couldn't agree more myself being raised in the 80s and seeing the decline of great movies. Anyway... we still have the books and Peter Jackson, who made the closest concept of Tolkiens' world.

[@aldunlop4622]

Thank Christ Peter Jackson came along when he did and made the best trilogy ever!

[@51sicboy]

I really could care less to ever watch the show but I never miss your reviews. Thanks again for a good laugh.

[@alinaanto]

I have not seen what you have seen! And Drinker, I am hugely grateful for it!

[@ΙωάννηςΔοβλέτογλου]

I will just say it...the barrow wights shouldn't even exist at this point. In fact, their origin dates to the fall of Arnor, when the Witch king sent evil spirits from Angmar to inhabit the Barrow-downs. THAT is how they were created, so they shouldn't even be here, Arnor does not exist yet, the Witch king doesn't exist yet. And freaking Tom Bombadil lives in the Old Forest, which is very close to the Shire, not in Rhun for whiskey's sake. At this rate we might as well wake the Balrog sooner, so at least some of these knock off characters get killed off...

[@aaronlake4186]

The Balrog makes an appearance this season. How…I don’t know

[@andrewbyrne2173]

Stop bringing lore and logic into it!

[@freewheeler8924]

You're quite right. The publisher needs to bring out a new, updated version of the LotR novels that agree with the improvements made in the TV series.

[@aldunlop4622]

Old Man Willow lives in The Old Forest too. Peter Jackson put him in Fangorn because they cut out the Old Forst part, but still wanted to include the character, as a show of respect. RoP put him in Rhun as a memberberry...

[@victormanteca7395]

@@aaronlake4186 Durin's wife awakens him singing "I Will Survive".

[@pendaco]

It's great to see former UK prime minister Rishi Sunak being offered the part of a hobbit!

[@johnboy2562]

Surely you mean Prime Miniature?!😅😅

[@mr.goldenproductions_0143]

yeah, he's definitely very "UK"

[@whatduck943]

😂😂

[@jonbaxter2254]

Somehow the hobbit is still taller

[@rickyclarke1757]

😂😂😂

[@tomspirktins6084]

You know, Amazon, we will find heroes elsewhere.

[@foreverpinkf.7603]

Hold on, brave Drinker, only two more to withstand. You will make it.

[@andrewhawkings5198]

By golly, Drinker has got the nerves of titanium to watch the rot poison such as Rings of Power

[@ComedyBros5]

He’s a truly honorable patriot. Such a sacrifice for the sake of our entertainment

[@disbeafakename167]

Liquor helps.

[@suziechapstick8236]

And its also kind of his job. But you can hear the slow dissolution of his soul. Soon he will become thin and stretched, like butter scraped across too much bread.

[@chrismeetswest]

Happy to give the drinker more viewership on all of these videos than anything rings of power could possibly dream of

[@curtishammer748]

Truly one of the shows of all time.

[@chasehedges6775]

💯💯💯 A show that exists

[@CKpremium1992]

This guys reviews of the rings of power are 100x more entertaining then the show itself

[@briananderson1201]

"a combination of Yoda and CNN" - had me on the floor, laughing.

[@Eyeballpaul84]

👍

[@MichaelThomas-ul4cj]

The names the Drinker has given these characters is funniest things i've ever heard!! Guyladriel, Don lemonlas, Soyboy pussified isildur, eastrogen....hilarious!

[@DarkSun123456789]

Guyladriel and Don Lemonless are afaik from Nerdrotic, sir.

[@MichaelThomas-ul4cj]

@@DarkSun123456789 well wherever they come from, they're hilarious 👍

[@xgonne]

It's universally bad. Even a single scene - the fight at the end. Gal has five arrows. Fires four. Has five arrows when captured. It's a small thing, but emblematic. The showrunners either can't count or don't care to. Emptying her quiver could have pushed her to take more rash actions, thus leading to her capture. A single fight scene can use the three-act structure to give depth and meaning and stakes.

[@TheRealValdil]

People talked about this during Jacksons interpretation. Elven quivers and elves are magically imbued. So this isnt actually a thing my man.

[@jamesmcrorie9413]

Thank you for slogging through this so people like me don't have to. Thing is, I am exactly the kind of person that would have been a devoted follower of this series: Read the books in the 70s and 80s and loved the Peter Jackson films. When I heard Amazon was ready to pony up the bucks for a series, I thought "great!" The first season was weak in so many ways, but I was ready to let them learn and was open to a second season. Seems they haven't learned at all and this "easy fan" has no desire whatsoever to log into Amazon to watch this. Once again, thank you for your highly entertaining, insightful, and (dammit) FUN reviews.

[@CoolHardLogic]

Someone really needs to tell Morfydd (it's "morvith") that walking around with a face as sour as someone chewing a wasp all the time isn't exactly elf-like. But hey, what do I know... You go, girl!

[@stevem4105]

miss your videos, still subbed :) hope life's treating you well

[@SusanDelgado1177]

Chewing a wasp all the time love that expression 😂

[@genin69]

Well then u know its Morfyn time!!

[@nurgle333]

​@@genin69 lol

[@aldunlop4622]

She looks like she needs a good shit.

[@nemofunf9862]

0:43 a man of culture, I see.

[@ubersausage8866]

It seems familiar. Where is it from?

[@nemofunf9862]

@@ubersausage8866 teh lurd of teh reings

[@toeray5864]

Floridian here, I can confirm all our bridges are routinely vaporized by lightning strikes.

[@reignman30]

When they're not collapsing immediately because they were made by an all feminist construction crew. Too soon?

[@hushpapi]

I don't see most of these things as critical, but they way you present them is hilarious 🤣🤣🤣 cheers mate

[@harmonica8389]

Remember: there is no such thing as rock bottom. Every time you think you've hit it, someone breaks out a jackhammer and keeps digging.

[@NarcissistAU]

Amen to that. The only surprise is that it still surprises me.

[@reignman30]

I guess they subscribe to the theory that if you dig long enough, eventually you come out the other side.

[@daveeyes]

The China Syndrome of TV shows.

[@louisduarte8763]

6:06 "Actually, it's Super easy! Barely an inconvenience."

[@hrabtamas]

Oh, really?

[@heathenhammerfeld148]

I'm going to need you to get way off my back about the logic in this show.

[@brian76264]

Using catchphrases from other KZbinrs is tight.

[@zevak1]

Wowwowowow………wow

[@heavyhebrew]

@@brian76264 He nails that smarmy fake Hollywood producer smaltz so perfectly

[@robertbrown3413]

There are no words in Elvish, Entish, or Tolkien that contain any of this plot.

[@xeroprotagonist]

The plot of the Rings of Power is actually how you say 'hello' in the Black Speech of Mordor.

[@thebreifcaseman269]

That's first clip of frodo cracked me up, I had to comment and pause. Was not expecting that. Even though I've seen the clip before it's still absolutely hilarious to watch, the one tooth and the cross eyes is so funny.

[@rmrm1229]

The best thing I can say about this show is that a luxury cinema put on the Extended Editions of LOTR on Tuesdays as a promotion/cash-in for this season’s release. 3 evenings of viewing pleasure the like of which I have not experienced in a long time (although the complimentary popcorn and wine probably helped). A pity I’ll not find even a thimbleful of that joy in this show.

[@Jonathan_Collins]

"Go write your own book" should go viral! How many egotistical people who have ruined great stories is off the charts these days.

[@alesksander]

Yeah sheer hubris.

[@seefoghall]

It never fails to make me smile knowing that Drinkers drunken rants get more views than a Billion Dollar TV show 😂

[@lcdubs7847]

I'm quite happy to say I have never been forced to watch a single episode of Rings of Power.

[@Aranisi85]

Elves caught by surprise… I’m done your honor!!!

[@DroZzhat]

I really thought "The Acolyte" was going to win the "Who is this for?" award this year, but then Borderlands happened. But now, after struggling through this season of this fanfic it's really a toss up.

[@Dedjester-to9uk]

I don't know that I would classify this as "fanfic". No true fan would ever think about putting out something like this.

[@Zara-Bari]

@@Dedjester-to9uk to be fair, I've encountered purported fanfic authors who write stories with author's notes like "I haven't seen this series, but my friend has" or "I don't know anything about this series, but the characters looked cool, so I decided to write this." I think that's the level of fan fiction we're on.

[@Mouse_Metal]

@@Dedjester-to9uk It´s a ship-fic.

[@carptarts]

Truly a race to the bottom.

[@fredtott4684]

After the Acolyte, The Crow, Borderlands, Rebel Moon Part 2, Madam Web and Damsel....We're looking for some epic competition for the worst of 2024 !!!

[@TheStacanova]

“Amazon’s Rings of Power, continuously lowering the Bar, one episode at a time.”

[@fredtott4684]

Can't wait for ep 5....Seriously if TCD review all of them like he did with Acolyte, it'll be a blast.

[@paulbenthin8946]

“You haven’t seen what I have seen.” Thanks so much for taking one for the team

[@aldunlop4622]

The only good thing about RoP is that it got me reading the books again, and I was watching Fellowship and Two Towers (Extended) yesterday for about the 50th time, and I noticed loads of tiny details in the movies that I'd never seen before, like little comments about Arnor. It was great to think that despite watching them so many times I still find little nuggets I'd skipped past before.

[@Dr.Gainzzz]

Hollywood took one of the most beloved books ever written and completely changed it to fit their precious narrative. Tolkien is rolling in his grave. I’m convinced they’re doing it on purpose. They want the youth to lose interest in any kind of story with a strong male hero who does brave things.

[@gmonkman]

One of the wonders is that the heros are not strong and do not start brave.

[@RandoGrunt]

They deliberately waited until his son Christopher Tolkien passed because he'd never let something like this show happen.

[@LexiB-o9c]

@@RandoGruntJust like with Stephen Hillenburg and SpongeBob. 😞

[@davidkeane1820]

That is the truly sad part of all this. It’s an amazing story. If only they had just kept it the way it was written.

[@Mouse_Metal]

Their her-oes are not heroes either, they are villains who are treated as heroes by the plot which bends around them into a triple pretzel. In other words they are evil Mary-Sues.

[@NejTak-lq7uk]

When Guylandriel, discount Sam and Frodo yelled out: "free free Gondor", it was truely one of the greatest moments of our time! i'm litterally shaking.

[@DrNDJas]

Love the backsplaining about how Hobbits became less diverse. Lovely stuff. Makes so much sense. Thank you Amazon.