The Rings of Power is Pure CRINGE | Amazon LIES

[@nooneimportant460]

I really appreciate the writers setting 1.25 billion dollars of amazons money on fire. That was very cool of them

[@qaztim11]

"its about sending a message" - guyladriel as she burns a pile of money

[@Michael18599]

@@qaztim11 They have certainly sent a message! I'm not sure what the message is though. Maybe "Don't watch Rings of Power"

[@TheBNCyo]

It gotta be money laundering, bald man Jeff got bored of the tropical island style

[@Arthur_King_of_the_Britons]

The biggest waste of white peoples money since the BLM fundraiser

[@codyw1]

Imagine spending that kind of money on a show and not using at least some of it to hire capable writers.

[@davidbraccini4770]

“A rock sinks because it looks down, a ship floats because it looks up.” “The sea is always right.” “Lies so deep that even rocks know them.” “CoNfLiCtEd!?!? ShOw Me YoUr KiNg!!! TheRe Is A TeMpEsT In Me!!!” “A dog can bark to the moon, but can’t bring it down.” “Our hearts are bigger than our feet” Make it stop please. In this show the orcs, who previously ate themselves when being hungry, treat better their dead than the ripoff Hobbits who leave their injured behind as bait in case of attack.

[@beowulfsrevenge4369]

"No body goes off trail and no body walks alone (unless they fall behind then fuck them)"

[@Jamesmatise]

Sounds like Galadriel needs some Pepto.

[@kyotheman69]

it won't stop they spend over billion on this trash, they probably going keep showing all 6 seasons, only thing no one will be tuning in, first season is hot garbage

[@mightisright]

@@kyotheman69 I think working in an Amazon warehouse would suck balls, but at the end of the day they can be proud that they didn't have to work on this thing.

[@Bayard1503]

I wouldn't necessarily judge all Orcs based on that scene... they were literally starving, being hunted... Here they're totally in control. But yes, Harfoots are some really cold blooded monsters...

[@rafaelfarias4359]

The true Galadriel would: - Know what lies inside the hearts of everyone around her. - Inspire loyalty and devotion, up to a near religious-level. Her men would march upon the bowels of Angband itself if she asked. - Her very presence would inspire awe, fear and love depending on what you have inside yourself. - Being one of the wisest and oldest beings, her patience and calmness would be something of legends. - Would definitely not look like she is in a decade long constipation. I can only name this amazon jest "not-Galadriel" or 'Karendriel'.

[@GiI11]

Sounds like your vision of the "true" Galadriel is a Mary Sue

[@petriew2018]

@@GiI11 only if you don't know what a 'Mary Sue' actually is, but nice try

[@gerbenhoutman9348]

@@GiI11 Everyone seems to call women either Mary Sue or Karen. You didn't do it but do you know why our culture has become so misogynistic?

[@apap4997]

@@gerbenhoutman9348 because there are a lot more mary sues and karens nowadays. duh

[@karlimo4034]

@@gerbenhoutman9348 Because your culture made people become misandristic and racist against white men, so the defense mechanisim of your white men is to go misogynistic and racist too. In the meantime, while you fight over your skin tan levels and the thing you have or don´t have between your legs, someone else is in the shadows rubing it´s hands in malevolent happiness. And your judgment on others, by the way, is unnecesary.

[@kyleturner9617]

Its so sad they decided to preach politics and wokeness rather than entertain and be faithful to the lore.

[@jerryhunter5263]

compared to the rest of the tv programs, this wasn't so bad

[@acevaptsarov8410]

I still can't believe they fired the Tolkien experts, didn't follow up with Peter Jackson and proceeded to butcher and throw away the enormous potential of this show... So dumb...

[@gickojerke1262]

“I dislike allegory wherever I smell it.” J.R.R. Tolkien "Most people don't understand the difference between an allegory and an application" J.R.R. Tolkien Some of these activists are using their biased interpretation to establish their so called fact that Tolkien was a racist. "I have the hatred of apartheid in my bones" JRR Tolkien His family lived in South Africa, he was born there. (Merely glimpses at his published private correspondence proves them wrong but they aren't interested in facts) His son Christopher said you can find personal allegories/meaning in his work but they were never designed to do so. My point is, Tolkien gave us his beloved languages, that developed and changed in tandem with his diverse, culturally rich world he called a secondary world, of which middle earth is merely one part. This gives his world a depth/relalism other authors are missing. He even rewrote things to fit the lunar circle, as he once wrote about there being a full moon, when he was in fact a day short. Now that is dedicated world building. It is similar, yet unlike ours. One of his making, describing the nature he loved and hated to see destroyed, one in which magic is steadily fading and will inevitably disappear. Then he wrote a relatable story into this world he developed until his death, simply because it (the story) wanted to be written. No specific real live politics, no allegories, it's mostly timeless concepts that stay relevant to readers of all ages over the last decades. He did not even expect others to share his interest in this secondary world and wrote it for himself and was gladly proven wrong when his books were published. It shows courage and cowardliness, honesty and deceit, prejudice and open-mindedness, life and death, mistrust of strangers finally leading to cooperation, hope yet no certainty, etc. All universal concepts in a setting that isn't our modern world or even a 1:1 representation of our past, merely inspired by it to create what he was looking for in english folklore. It simply is HIS and it should not be disrespected by people claiming to know better/ to be able to "fix" Tolkien's Middle Earth so that it can be like our world. Amazon/Activists don't even care about his story, only how they can use a semblance of it for their agenda, their messages crammed into his independent world to highlight and to influence opinions in a way he did not intend. Politicising his work..... It's not wanted or needed! And when we say exactly that, they use stigmas to belittle our opinions and paint us as small-minded bigots. They ridicule that we care about a literary masterpiece to such an extent, (tell us to get a life and basically to stop caring about it at all, because it isn't real, it doesn't matter what they do to it) Instead of listening to our criticism about how they misrepresent and change things that are not necessary, they say we aren't welcome in the fandom anymore. They are drawing lines to defend a story that isn't Tolkien and claim it's the new "fixed" Tolkien that's open to all....and don't see the irony of that statement, don't mention they mean open to everyone that agrees with their point of view. Someone who does not like it, for whatever reason, is apparently against them and therefore on some level X-phobic/-ist, etc His story was already translated to dozens of languages, well received all over the world, simply appreciated for what it is. Now they are trying to claim it wasn't so and that they are the only ones able to do make that happen. That some people could not truly enjoy it before because of the creator of the entire world and story. It's sad...and I will never complain about the Tolkien estate not selling rights to his works ever again.

[@persephonepersephone4414]

Yes. All of this, and they've been ripping the fandom into shreds as well. A few academics started the noise, which led to a fringe movement of tumblr obsessed younger people rushing in and throwing around obscure and very biased sources (such as Mary Rambaran Olm and Helen Young) while causing unnecessary division. And the point of it all was somehow to discredit Tolkien personally while claiming to be "Tolkien scholars", and asking for more adaptations (for profit) rather than fewer.

[@perrymason4740]

Its not ment for Tolkien fans, its ment for normies who don't give a fuck and will just consume product. Which is what Amazon does best.

[@kungfugirevik657]

One clarification regarding Tolkien's statements on apartheid, many have used it referring to South Africa. However, Tolkien was referring to the apartheid between the teaching of English and literature, which he believed should be taught together.

[@persephonepersephone4414]

@@perrymason4740 Yeah, but they needed approval from that crowd, which is why they flew them all to the UK for a premiere of the first 2 episodes. They wanted the approval and the fandom was already torn apart by woke troublemakers.

[@gickojerke1262]

@@kungfugirevik657yest that was definitely part of it, the rest of the quote is "and most of all I detest the segregation or separation of Language and Literature. I do not care which of them you think White."

[@mr_celluloid]

The 10 minute prologue about the forging of the rings of power in The Fellowship of the Ring is a million times better than the Rings of Prime will ever be.

[@donnietobasco9791]

Agreed.....

[@petriew2018]

because more happens in that than has happened in the first half of this clusterfuck....

[@SaimoodPianoVersions]

Hahaha. That prologue is a masterpiece and when you watch it for the first time it's impossible to not see the whole movie..well, for the first time, 2nd, 3rd... :D And the music is just legendary, 11/10.

[@theeffete3396]

Only truth is spoken here.

[@TheKonnoisseur11]

Cringe of power

[@heraldofwar]

Imagine the meltdown from Trevor if they race swapped characters like Blade, Spawn or John Stewart. Of course race swapping is fine if they do it. The show itself is indefensible, the amateur writing and poor dialogue are laughable!

[@jarerarebear1765]

Their heads would explode if a black actor was cast to play Sun Wukong in a Journey to the West adaptation. Can't have a black actor play a Chinese Monkey King. That would be offensive.

[@consequentialistic]

To be fair they raceswapped John Stewart with whatever Colbert is.

[@IstvanThree]

Yes, none of them called for a diverse cast in Black Panther somehow... Wakanda has pretty tight borders too 😉 But these people won´t change or see their error, just look at them as the comedy program.

[@gothicpando]

they will never make black panther a mixed race asian/ white man. even though they say they want diversity. what is more diverse then an asian/ white man in Africa? disgusting peoples... s/

[@little_dandelion]

Boulé society. Don't expect the buck breakers to join the rebels when they were specifically picked by the masters to break the rebels.

[@TallisKeeton]

These two writers simply did everything Tolkien in his letters about adaptation told the adaptators not to do :) - Distortion of charachters - from good to evil, from wise to stupid, changing their goals and their images - check, - Adding of charachters without anything to do - check, - Complicating of chronology - check, - Adding nonsensical allegory (politics) - check, - Adding not needed, nonsensical magic (magic signs and magic swords) - check, - Adding nonsensical fight scenes - check, - Not focusing on any of main moral themes of the books, So yea, what an acomplishement :D

[@jwalker216]

Libs don't care. It's all about their fake theology of wokeism. They worship that god in all ways.

[@Yourhighnessnona]

The only character in this entire show I felt anything for was that poor snow troll in the first episode who was killed in his own house for no reason by the elves who got there, uninvited. Nobody asked them to come. Other than that, all the characters feel so one dimensional and unrealistic. Especially the woman elf, omfg.

[@echoechoecho7142]

Anyone else notice in the opening scene of this video, Lot's of the men look like they have non pink pussy hats on. Sigh..how did it come to this.

[@Kopyrda]

TROLL LIVES MATTER!

[@dtulip1]

yeah

[@NormanReaddis]

Honestly what they call "season" now only consist of lower than 10 episodes. Back in Smallville, a season is 20+ episodes.

[@greggeiger7532]

The snow troll was a better actor than Galadriel

[@VeniViciVeritas]

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

[@reek4062]

What a totally original comment!

[@RagingEggs]

@@reek4062 I need a shave.

[@Dinoslay]

Don’t you mean Guyladriel?

[@jonjojr]

This is like the 18th time I see this plagiarize comnent.

[@tinchotincho9231]

Guyladriel, as she burns down a pile of Tolkien's books 🤣🤣

[@iidentifyaspureblood943]

A huge, heartfelt thank you for defending Tolkien's legacy!

[@reek4062]

He's not a Tolkien fan. He's a rage-baiter using the controversy around the show to attract more viewers.

[@kabukikommandofourthworld5266]

@Reek Rage-clicks give me a reason to live. 😆

[@denorjigalaxen9230]

@@reek4062 bruh

[@paintspot1509]

@@reek4062 100% correct.

[@ContemporaryCompendium]

@@reek4062 Still haven't disproven his defense of Tolkien's legacy.

[@robertthurman1336]

This video really reminded me of the greatness of Cate Blanchett's performance in the LOTR films. She really made you feel like she was a powerful god-like queen who was truly conflicted and infected from the power of the ring over time. So many stellar performances in the LOTR and the Hobbit films. Not so many in this series tbh.

[@miladrahim5437]

The Rings of Power further makes the fans appreciate how truly beloved, beautifully shot, and written and how well made the original Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit trilogy were.

[@drizzle952]

@@miladrahim5437 LOTR was brilliant. Hobbit was trash.

[@GriffithFemJesus]

@@drizzle952 It was trash and it was still better than Rings of Power, imagine that. After watching this, people are going back to The Hobbit thinking "well it wasn't THAT bad...", lmao.

[@drizzle952]

@@GriffithFemJesus True. 😗

[@ShrekMeBe]

Compared to Cate Blanchett's delivery in LOTR, this fair but expressionless Galadriel leaves me cold. Nothing behind the blank expression.

[@Thebigbad1013]

It's insane to me that they can make something this bad and then have the audacity to claim that it's "the novel that Tolkien never wrote". To be that arrogant and that incompetent at the same time is so far beyond my comprehension!

[@reek4062]

You don't care aboot Tolkien. It's made for you

[@paintspot1509]

Imagine not understanding the English language. Do you know what "based on the work by" means?

[@paintspot1509]

@@reek4062 sorry to piss on your fire but the audience of people who dont know much about Tolkien is orders of magnitude larger then Tolkien nerds.

[@matthewmosier8439]

It's terrible writing, just imagine if it weren't. We should be glad that progressive rac**m and se***m got packaged in such bad entertainment, otherwise people might have liked it.

[@UbiMortus]

Well, technically they are correct. Tolkien could have never written something this bad. If he did, we wouldn't have Lord of the Rings.

[@MirandaSinistra]

People like Trevor Noah and Whoopi missed the entire point fans are making when calling out the 'diversity' in Rings of Power. There already was diversity in Tolkien's books. Amazon ignored it in favor of making characters up. Almost like they don't actually care about 'diversity.'

[@stefano1488hh]

They are not missing it, they just don’t care

[@MWhaleK]

Well put!!

[@DragonWarror08]

I think if you go to Whoopi for Tolkien opinions, you got some serious problems you need to work out. 😂

[@FBFTheRagingWarrior]

They said they did not add them on purpose becase the Haradrim and the easterlings were portrated in a negative light in Tolkiens works, and ofc people of color must be portrayed as good.

[@RealNigelThornberry]

What they care about is diversity seen from a “progressive” lens. Real diversity would force them to include cultures that are in opposition to their own. They can’t themselves hold two differing opinions and have them coexist, so they have to artificially implant it and twist things to fit their agenda.

[@SeanFication]

We're supposed to believe that the immortal and magical elves are going to migrate to Numenor so that they get get jobs as gardeners, cooks, and brick-layers? Dear God, this show is stupid beyond belief.

[@TheDennzio]

They aren't elves they are men...who is stupid?

[@yxx_chris_xxy]

@@TheDennzio lol thanks for your coming out

[@19MarkDavid]

Well there appears to be a caste system in Numenor.

[@humbertolopezfranco7296]

@@TheDennzio ?? The men from numenor don't want elves to come steal their jobs... Clever writing

[@akashicrecords9672]

@@TheDennzio You obviously

[@John-yg1cq]

The Fanrond: "Cast it into the fire! Destroy it!" Amazonildur: "No...".

[@trueblue1615]

HOLY SHIT THIS SHOW IS LAUGHABLY BAD. I literally laughed at the prison scene. The dialogue is pure middle school drivel. It’s so so so much worse than I ever thought it could be. And yes they blatantly portrayed MAGA “they took our jobs!” political drivel. Can not believe I’ve watched 4 episodes, but it’s kind of like watching a plane crash. Mesmerizing

[@tommaguzzi1723]

Amazon doesn't care if you hate it. They just want the views. By watching it you are validating it. Let Nerdrotic or The Drinker do the heavy lifting and just enjoy their reviews.

[@Tounushi]

They completely missed what turned Nûmenórians against elves. It wasn't jobs, resources, or whatnot. It was immortality. Elves had it, humans didn't. And elves considered mortality as a gift.

[@WhoFlungDung]

The very first episode when the black elf guy was in the tower and the white guy told him to don't feel bad for leaving this place after like 79 years because they hated him back then and they still hate him now and that he should be happy to leave them was the first little woke BS message that was a huge red flag. I don't know if anyone else picked up on that or not but it felt obvious.

[@sergiorrwodz]

What I dont get is why so many people are loving it?

[@TheNightman.]

@@sergiorrwodz They aren't, Amazons making shit up or buying off anyone with a loudspeaker

[@spacecadet35]

The thing is, looking at Galdriel, there is no way of telling that she is an elf. She just comes across as a badly acted human.

[@larion2336]

It's even more true of most of the other elves. At least Galadriel is passingly pretty. Black legolas and his companions (easily sacrificed white dudes, ofc) all literally looked like regular human men with very slightly pointy ears. They all have short hair, when elves are known for having long straight hair, and they have this gold aesthetic to everything when the elves in lore are pretty much opposed to gold, preferring silver, since gold is often a symbol of corruption/greed. It's integral to the whole story with Smaug and the fallen dwarven city about how greed for gold is a perilous mentality. The same is true for Elrond and Celebrimbor.

[@Daniel-rd6st]

This and i dont think that elves in Tolkiens Saga visibly age either after they have grown up, like you see with Celebrimbor. They are immortal after all.

[@redrum3405]

They have not seen what we have seen. The books

[@josephsilverman2568]

What about Legolas? He doesnt have the elf glow you see in other elves yet is widely accepted as pretty BA. Im not a fan of the show but yall knit pick a little too much. There are plenty of elves that are rough around the edges in LOTR.

[@spence_da_fence]

@@josephsilverman2568 good point, (no pun intended, elf ears) but Legolas is a wood elf, not royalty descended from the Noldor (correct me if I’m wrong, but I think Galadriel is Noldor)

[@chucksenhowzen9740]

When Guyladriel says “you have not seen what I’ve seen” & Johnny Lawrence yells out QUIET it brought me tears of joy

[@s.maddin5536]

YES SENSEI

[@manoz6194]

I thought she was talking to Stevie Wonder

[@WillCamx]

When I think of how much was spent on this crap it brings me to tears..... of laughter.

[@DragonWarror08]

@@WillCamx That money could’ve ended world hunger! Instead they make this boring pile of crap. 😂

[@masamune2984]

And then Chozen ran in and straight-kicked her in the stomach. Amazing writing.

[@rogerborg]

Fun fact, IMDB (owned by Amazon) is _still_ censoring reviews, even neutral ones that don't mention The Message. They're doing it for She-Sulk as well. For attempting to resubmit my silently rejected reviews I've now been given a stealth-strike that's raised my minimum review word count to 600 . I'm a 22-year member with 1000+ review, and I was there the day the strength of IMDB failed.

[@snuffcarl]

Is that why every single review (almost) totally shits on house of the dragon?

[@rogerborg]

@@snuffcarl Given that it has an 85% audience positive at Rotten Tomatoes, I wouldn't rule it out.

[@steveguse4481]

Wow..They're corrupting everything

[@jacquelinefolguera7841]

interesting, but there is plenty of bad reviews on there, lots of good ones too. i blame the bots

[@JackJonesFOFF]

Your reviews are spot on. This show is complete drivel. It's so bad that my 17 year old son who's a huge LOTR fan couldn't sit through one episode. Made it about 30 minutes and then walked out of the TV room. Rings of Power is destined to become a case study in behavioral economics on the dangers of groupthink.

[@dextermorgan6689]

I kno pple gtta take everyone who says they’re a “Huge fan” with a grain of salt but someone like me loves lore videos on KZbin even.. I played most games for LOTR just any content I could find on it I’d eat it up.. Now they spend more money than ever on the franchise just to turn me from it.. DAMN 😢

[@yourdedcat-qr7ln]

Be honest with me. How long you been waiting to use that sentence.

[@MrBingogogo]

My Prime account claims I've watched The Rings of Power--I've never watched a single second and I always skip the ads for it. They're pumping their numbers.

[@i_grok_u2902]

Then go write a review...?

[@MyAramil]

Wait, really? I was kinda speculating they would pull this. Gotta go check my account and see if they did this

[@shadyrebob5999]

I'm actually rooting for Sauron and the orc, dragons, and balrog. F#@$ these stupid "characters". Loving the videos as always sir.

[@justinwhite2725]

Sauron has more character than any of the other characters in the scene he is in. Yes, that parallel dimension of middle earth belongs to Sauron.

[@ChristianRobertPeterson]

My favorite part is when Galadriel jumps on her polar bear voiced by Ian McKellen and yells “for Narnia.” Great writing

[@jacquelinefolguera7841]

seems the bots are getting confused

[@roboatnick6178]

For me the best part was when Galadriel manages to grab the ancient idol and starts to leave, and then we see the pedestal the idol was on triggers some sort of mechanism and starts this giant boulder rolling! Galadriel had to run like hell to not get crushed!

[@jacquelinefolguera7841]

@@roboatnick6178 lol how many incorrect versions are we going to say on here lol. bad bot bad

[@seeprom]

@@jacquelinefolguera7841 what is the salary range @ Amazon for someone who writes comments attempting to dismiss any negative comments someone might have about their poorly written and overly bloated show?

[@jacquelinefolguera7841]

@@seeprom same as you bot zero. love all those details lol

[@belisaurusgaming6192]

There is so much cringe in all of this, from the marketing to screenwriting. I find it hard to believe anyone still treats these mass produced divisivness seriously.

[@rj8877]

Audience reviews still disabled on Rotten Tomatoes...the fanbase has responded by inundating The Hobbit with 5 stars. I love you guys 🙏

[@reek4062]

What fanbase?

[@rj8877]

@@reek4062 the one Rings of Power wish it had

[@ProjeKtWEREWOLF]

Still waiting for my 4* review on IMDb to be published. Haha. It will be a while longer I think.

[@lilacblue783]

I actually like hobbit lol. The movie on its own without the comparison to lotr is pretty solid movie

[@rj8877]

@@lilacblue783 same, I watch all 6 extended editions every year and never tire. The love of the story and its creator, the stellar talent, the accomplished and well researched world building. Studio static and the occasional duff side plot aren't enough to smother its charm to me. LOTR is a towering yardstick but The Hobbit movies do a great job of setting up its grandeur. If it's Tolkien, it's gravy. The Amazon show...well it's certainly brown and runny...

[@moviewolverine89]

Random Guy: "The Elf that has been here for 19 hours has already infiltrated our government and corrupted our officials!" Angry Mob: "YEAH, f*ck that Elf!" Other Random Guy: "No she hasn't, that's ridiculous. Drinks for everyone!" Angry Mob: "You're right, she hasn't! Yay alcohol!" Aaron Sorkin can eat his heart out, THIS was the pinnacle of political discourse. 17/10.

[@JackAcid]

Haha! Absolutely!!! That was the bit that absolutely killed me.

[@NotThatGuyPal.]

They have to have an evil right wing antagonist.

[@TheDkb427]

Why don't political throw booze out to solve problems like that lol

[@Talia.777]

😂😂🤣... 😞😞😞

[@rafaelfarias4359]

This guy is Boris Yeltsin.

[@Joeyglide]

It's funny that they created an entirely new character for her to LITERALLY just stand around doing nothing.

[@KevinOnEarth_]

But, “female touch”

[@queenberuthiel5469]

Ugh... Bechdel test duhhh

[@dw620]

Even better than "doing nothing", the BEST part this time was the TOTAL lack of Harfoots with Sir (Lenny Henry) Not-Appearing-in-this-Episode, per Monty Python. 🤣🤣🤣

[@otterspacetime2608]

She's going to the architect behind Minas Tirith, a wahman "forgotten by history", calling it now!

[@matthewmosier8439]

@@otterspacetime2608 Oh no. I think you're right

[@earlofbroadst]

"There is a tempest in me" is them trying to copy Cate Blanchett's famous speech from her role as Elizabeth I. Galadriel is so indelibly linked with Cate Blanchett that ROP is ripping off her other roles to try and make Guyladriel look genuine!

[@plainbagel9192]

I was thinking the same thing, when heard that I couldn't help but think to that scene in the Golden Age when she tells the Spanish dignitaries to crawl back to Spain.

[@samazwe]

I laughed uncontrollably at that line so much so that my mom thought I was watching a comedy...she watched with me for a good 30 seconds, remarked disappointingly with "Oh.." and left without another word. Truly an intriguing story. Captivating!

[@marcogenovesi8570]

@@samazwe you have disappointed your mother

[@GastNdorf]

I thought it was a codeword for period cramps

[@kajolusakajolusa5347]

I have read TAMPAX :)

[@daviddelmundo2187]

It’s shameful for Amazon for manipulating the IMDb reviews and ratings.

[@rayh9039]

Amazon owns IMDB, so there you have it

[@cailleach1916]

The reviews on Amazon are freaking hilarious. It looks like they were publishing the critical 1-star ones in the beginning and then started declining them when it became the majority. My review got declined because it "contains inappropriate content". The inappropriate content was me saying none of the characters and plots make any sense in relation to Tolkien's lore and the show has absolutely nothing to offer but nice CGI landscapes 😂

[@doingtime20]

I know right? And sadly it's not just Amazon, EVERY SINGLE big budget movie and series for the past 5 years or so has thousands of bots rating 10 stars. It's probably an established business by now, "Gold package will get you 5 thousand 10 star reviews and 300 hundred fan comments praising it", "Silver package 5 thousand 10 star reviews..." etc. I used to know clearly if a show was good or bad right away just by looking at IMDB, now it's meaningless thanks to shills.

[@ankundamwebembezi6358]

The reviews and rating better drain them of cash

[@stevenschultz9637]

Can anybody explain to me how Galadriel went to the ends of Middle Earth looking for Orcs, but they were digging a trench next to an Elvish watchtower the whole time?

[@mojo199]

The Amazon writers could have had cool scenes with Sauron manipulating and corrupting the Numenoreans, instead they went with "they took our jobs"

[@-Mithrandir]

Dude, they are not even at that stage yet. Get a brain.

[@merlinnicholas544]

Er .... they are being manipulated (not by Sauron). You do realise that?

[@-Mithrandir]

@@merlinnicholas544 Sauron is not even at their shores yet. He will come once the Numenoreans enter Middle Earth, read the damn books. Sauron will turn himself in, in disguise, but first the Numenoreans have to get to middle earth. The Southlands to be exact.

[@Miam_miam_la_gauffre]

@@-Mithrandir you rly believe it's gonna get good? 😂 Cute, gullible but cute

[@bobmcbobson8368]

People being manipulated by a modern day Sauron not understanding criticism of simplistic writing about manipulation… priceless.

[@taesirejasper4267]

"They took our jobs!"- Writers "The fans are racist!" - Amazon "Tolkien is rolling in his grave!" - Elon Musk "This show is cringe and Guyladriel is stupid!" - Fans

[@vitorfratucci5832]

They took our Jobs! -Amazon employee about robots

[@TheBelieveit1]

"We wanted to write the story Tolkien never did." Pretty sure Tolkien never wrote this story cause he was more interested in writing something that DIDN'T make you vomit

[@-Mithrandir]

Point out what is not in line with the books, then ill do the same with the Hobbit and LOTR. Im sure it will match.

[@-Mithrandir]

@@billy-the-butcher Its in line with the books, just some side stuff isnt, just like in the Hobbit and LOTR movies.

[@Nonreligeousthiestic]

Elrond looks like a 14 year old.. Yikes.

[@-Mithrandir]

@@Nonreligeousthiestic Nope.

[@Hiraghm]

Pretty sure Tolkien didn't write the stories he wrote for the sake of people he didn't know who wanted to write different stories.

[@DreamingDarlin]

How sad that Adar is the only one who actually looks like an elf.

[@charlottedekievit3874]

How did they manage to butcher elves so much, like why?? It’s not like they didn’t have money for wigs

[@tiaaaron3278]

Doesn't Adar mean dad? Why is he called dad?

[@charlottedekievit3874]

@@tiaaaron3278 I AM YOUR FATHER

[@happypill6195]

@@tiaaaron3278 the orcs are his "children"

[@tiaaaron3278]

@@happypill6195 So the name choice is intentional?

[@RespectTheSourceMaterial]

Nerd of the rings gave this show an 8/10 and in the same video he was sponsored by audible. Also he has exclusive access with the actors and he is now interviewing them on his channel (AND DIRECTORS). But we are the crazy ones when we say amazon payed him. Remember, amazon also send him to a trip to london and to the premiere of ROP. And don't forget that other youtubers, like hello future me, have come forward and said that amazon pressured them into giving the show a positive review and when he refused amazon ghosted him. (Daniel greene another youtuber said amazon did the same thing to him but with amazon's other fantasy show wheel of time). I liked nerd of the rings but amazon payed him 100%. I just hope he was smart enough to ask for money since he has kids and not just access.

[@raeldri5867]

And remember nerd of the rings give the Hobbit trilogy a 5 - 6 if i remember correctly (so you can see it doesn't actually makes sense)

[@PNX034]

Yeah I lost a lot of respect for Nerd of the Rings and unsubscribed. It was painfully obvious that he was paid off

[@WhoFlungDung]

Yeah, I like people who are principled and don't sell out better.

[@reek4062]

I don't agree with his opinion = he must be a shill Shills and incels are different types of trash

[@ganonjesuschrist2053]

Nerd of the sellouts

[@Sarx88]

Tolkien gave us an amazing story, the best we can do for thank him is protect his work

[@javierramirez1805]

It's sad when people can take a South Park episode more serious than Amazon's mediocre fan fic. Oh wait, no it's not, it's hilarious since Amazon spent a BILLION DOLLARS on this crap.

[@matthewmosier8439]

That's the biggest mystery. I haven't watched the show (just lots of breakdowns of the episodes with some footage from it) but I can't find the money in there. I'm serious. Just behind the characters on the wharf or panning over walls in drone shots, there's nothing realistic looking. It looks like sets built the day before. Compare that to Helms Deep where you could have told me that it was an actual old fortification and I wouldn't have been confident enough that you were wrong to question you. $30 million per Jackson film, even adjusted for inflation, is still the budget for each 1 hour Amazon episode and yet RoP looks plain and unconvincing. Put a ton of stains on stones where water pools, wear more realistic clothing or dip it in mud after they travel, things like that. Millions of dollars and they can't make a physical set look real.

[@qaztim11]

@@matthewmosier8439 my tin foil hat theory is that this is just a massive oney laundering scam. THe fact that they left their New Zeland studio that they built just for this show, just to build another massive studio in britain for season 2 makes the entire thing more fishy.

[@matthewmosier8439]

@@qaztim11 I agree. However, I think that the location change might double as a method for saving money if they decide to cancel the show. Pretty sure they had test audiences (not the paid for superfans, but the scientific style test audiences used for income projections) and they realized that the show was a flop. That would explain why they went so aggresively with the race baiting as a cover for a failed product.

[@d13054]

@@matthewmosier8439 You’re the perfect example of all these narrow minded rage merchants who haven’t even seen the show but hop on the bandwagon of crying and whining about it 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@matthewmosier8439]

@@d13054 That angle of debate is interesting. If we all watched every minute of every show before we made a decision about it then corporations would never have to do better. They would just pump out bad television and shame anybody who made any decisions using a review for "not watching it".

[@DougOvermyer]

My wife and I started watching this series just this week. My wife is a Tolkien-fan-by-marriage. She kept asking if “is it this dumb in the book?” Anyway, at this point, we are watching the episodes just so we can watch the Nerdrotic reviews right afterwards. She laughs so hard she has tears. We agree. The show is epically stupid, but the reviews are hilarious and on point.

[@ironwarrior73]

Spot on as always. Fantasy stories do not need modern diversity, woke political message!!

[@reek4062]

ok incel

[@gerhardskronn6546]

Its so incredibly bad, I am almost lost for words. How on earth can anyone sink so much money into creating such a steaming pile of monkey droppings? Unbelievable...

[@Herr.P]

Its a money laundering operation.

[@rickyrayrosenberg420]

imagine how much pointless resources will be wasted when they finally get there Communist Revolution

[@lazyman7505]

The show has 26 (or around that number) executive directors ...

[@Kiyoone]

watch monkeys take a sh*t is more entertaining

[@ekscalybur]

The Cathedral *only* hires fully vetted true believers. Ideologues do not create stories/products, they create vehicles in which to push their narratives.

[@1701EarlGrey]

I heard this bit about Numenor being treated as allegory for anti-emigration on FNT and it pissed me off! Story of Numenor have NOTHING to do with anti-emigration or any contemporary politics; it was a story about how man who was gifted with exceptionally long life and who made their island country powerful and influential began to feel jealous of Elves because they could live forever! That was tragedy of Numenor; and not this petty, contemporary whining about current US policy! Just like this scene with bulling of little Gaylladriel - if I was watching it this would take me out of the show because this is not world created by Tolkien; it's modern day America! Same thing was in $tra Trek 2009 by Abrams - there was also bullings scene of little Spock and that, amongst other things made me think that I no longer watching futuristic SF world, but that this is modern day US. I don't even live there, can stop Americans - not all world is USA!

[@raulpardomorales7994]

USA is like the entire galaxy for 'muricans, for real.

[@CapitanoAraym]

AMEN, my brother! That piss me off too: one of the dumbest social trend is ruining the WHOLE world entertainement industry, just for the sake of internal political agendas, AND anyone alike YOU or ME, not even living in that shit of a country, can do anything to do it!!!

[@examiningkubrickphilosofia1530]

Yeah I hear racist nonsense on FNT and kinda angry ... oh you mean that news lmao

[@creatorsubscriptions7821]

@@raulpardomorales7994 It's really not though, we're not actually asking to have this shit shoved down our throats either

[@michaelalford5565]

And you are making stuff up randomly. You really have no clue.

[@Xa4HD]

I just love how a billion dollar company expects us to tolerate every massacre they do to this series but at the same moment they can't handle any criticism towards their show😂 it's so ironic and it seems like the access media doesn't want to understand the fans just a little bit... We must stay together fandom

[@jacquelinefolguera7841]

the show is beautiful

[@jacquelinefolguera7841]

fans or trolls? :)

[@jacquelinefolguera7841]

@-MR-PoPo- im a big fan orf the rings of power :) its a great beautiful show

[@NextChapterRapper]

You’re not fandom. You’re the 15%. Like the antivaxxers. And the MAGA hats. And the 9/11 truthers. Regardless if you have point, you make it so terribly, your words and actions have the opposite effect if any. ROP has 200 mil viewers and YOU, and your dweeby bitter hatred, are at the very most 15% of them.

[@josefmengele181]

@@jacquelinefolguera7841 5 dollars to pick my tomatoes lawnmower

[@mcparadise97]

Did anyone notice how relationships and friendships in RoP are not valued as much as the original series, and everyone just seems to hate each other? I was feeling that heavily when Durin was having a rage fit, and during several other scenes. Just so much anger….I’m not feeling any kindness and/or love emanating from ANY characters, and it just seems to be getting darker and darker, like there’s no hope, and nothing left to cling to other than bitterness and hatred. I wouldn’t be surprised if I found out Sauron himself produced this heartless series full of inaccuracies, politics, and the feeling of murky faux “optimism” slowly turning into drowning in evil. as the running theme. Not at ALL like the books or the movies. Can’t stand this show, and won’t be pirating it again.

[@Miluielle]

Thought provoking comment - it seems hope is missing from most of these franchise sequels/prequels as is kindness.

[@marychocolatefairy]

Exactly, the nicest person so far is arguably Halbrand- and he's also the one that's acting like a friend to someone (Fake Galadriel), at least a little. And of course he's being set up as a bad guy. I've been thinking that maybe the showrunners just have a very warped sense of morality, lol.

[@Finraen]

Pffffft.... who cares. Galadriel is RIGHT about stuff. And she gets her way. How stunning and brave she is... I want to be just like her! You know, right all the time and like, always getting my way and stuff!

[@fiesbert5677]

Do you know any beings that hat their friends and are always competing? Could this be a certain perspective on the world?

[@rpotuathail9471]

Aeryn you pretty much described Leftists. No wonder they make shows that reflect themselves.

[@krajicsek13]

When I saw the "They took our job" part I was laughing so hard I almost choked

[@dw620]

It was nice of them to give Karl Marx a role in the series... : )

[@qaztim11]

It makes no sense, even in the context of this show, elves are show to be isolationist and only venture out to quell evil, they have no interest in the lands of the other races. The most advanced humans of the planet (like this show portrays them) should know this fact in their bones. But who cares about plot and internal cohesion when you can just say "orange man bad" and get political brownie points

[@akcorbel]

Make Numenor Great Again!

[@TheGourdKing]

This is my first time seeing the "tempest" line. That's one of the cringiest things I've ever seen, both in terms of dialogue and acting. I almost collapsed inward into a small black hole. Oh, I mean "hole of color."

[@Too_many_thoughts]

"In the end, the show isn't even worthy of hating on, it will fall like the rest and we will be mocked again and again for not "loving it" it's exhausting at this point and we are better off purging this from our minds.

[@EhlistarsWrath]

Do *NOT* stop, let this series be remembered in infamy

[@ab-ue9yx]

I'd rather forget. I don't know if you're into South Park, but to me this whole situation feels like that episode where everyone is traumatized because Lucas and Spielberg raped Indy XD

[@CorePathway]

If at all

[@sportsfix6975]

Nerdrotic has to hope Hollywood stays Woke, because if they ever start getting the fans back, he'll be the one saying "They took are jobs!!" Lol

[@leroylowe5921]

@@Averkie_Skila I'll never watch these anyway (I'll never watch anything if streaming is the only option but that's beside the point). I only come here to listen to Gary. It's a cliché come to life that I get more enjoyment from this than I would watching the show.

[@royalnovember66]

"Mr. Bezos, burn down this money." - whoever floated the idea for RoP to Amazon

[@seancampbell2335]

I love how one guy with a spare room in his house can provide more entertainment than a billion dollar production.

[@TheBNCyo]

the crazy thing is that a team of people can all agree to dump this show on the world and be ok with it

[@TickleMeElmo55]

@@TheBNCyo Agreed. And that goes for 99% of all the self-important tv series being produced today ... but then where would that leave all the unemployed actors who were to be employed on the already existing series? Guess they need to find an actual job that services society. A good percent can't do comedy effectively. Even more aren't good enough for stage/musicals. Who knew that playing pretend on tv/film was so utterly useless in the grand scheme of things.

[@bigyin2794]

Agreed, the only reason to watch Rings of Powder is to watch it get ripped apart afterward.

[@Rabijeel]

You ever did Tabletop-Roleplaying?

[@shellyseketa582]

Garbage will always be garbage no matter how much effort is put into promoting it for people who know Garbage when we see it . Thanks Nerdrotics for this brilliant review 👏

[@Travis015]

The costumes look like shit they seem soo cheap

[@Rabijeel]

Yes, but we all have to become little cute Racoons, then there will be no Problems, right? Just change yourself. It's your fault you do not enjoy the abuse, you heared the Mob.

[@andrewpizzimenti2666]

@nerdrotic, this how Amazon and Netflix spin the 25 million number, they will say 25 million people streamed it or accounts streamed it. But in their fine print the source line will say 1 minute qualifier. This means 25 million accounts streamed for 1 minute. This is a massive false equivalency to traditional TV ratings.

[@taqresu5865]

There is one silver lining about Amazon's The Rings of Power. Incentivizing fans to return the LotR, Hobbit (not so much the Hobbit Trilogy, but it's still leagues better than RoP), the Simarillion, etc. It's makes us realize that we kind of took these stories for granted, and there's nothing wrong with revisiting them when there's currently nothing better to enjoy.

[@ThePariahDark]

"Everyone wants diversity in their shows" ... uhhh... no? I want good stories. "Hard to imagine black people in this white guy's imagination" ... hello, let me introduce the Haradrim, the people of Rhûn, the Corsairs... If only it were terminal to be so wrong.

[@patrickhenry8425]

All I heard was "I hate the whites"

[@PpierrotT1]

You forgot, poc can't imagine themselves in this show if they are not represented When I was younger I imagined myself in mace windu, I'm white... Good character matter, not skincolor

[@ekscalybur]

@@PpierrotT1 You also don't have a room temperature IQ.

[@HerculesBallsInc]

The irony is that saying 'the white person must be racist because he's white' is itself a completely racist idea being advocated by a couple of black hacks.

[@thomasmarbach9086]

Problem with this is, they (the activists) want black people have access to all Tolkien races, especially the "cool ones" like Elves and Dwarves. Only when you`re okay with this, you`re not racist.

[@galaxywolf969]

Does it seem intentional to anyone else that some of these writers and directors are intentionally setting out to ruin things that a majority of people (of all races, colors, and creeds and orientations) once loved? Or do I give them far to much credit and they are as inept as they truly seem?

[@fostxswire1600]

Your focus is too narrow; this goes beyond them; to people behind the scenes of behind the scenes.

[@larion2336]

It is intentional. If you understood the sm0lhaats agenda, that has been in operation well over a century now, you would see it. I would post some quotes but it's hard to get them not deleted. Yuri Bezmenov's interview about soviet propaganda on cultural subversion is very informative though.

[@a.m.pietroschek1972]

They rip-off plenty of money by their terrorism disguised as movie making?

[@Psilocybin77]

It's intentional, this is neo liberalism, destroy traditional values, myths, and things held dear in order to rebuild it. It's all in service of propaganda.

[@marinawolf]

it's intentional.

[@Archphoenix1]

I swear they just took a dragon age script, repurposed it and called it a day. All of the plot points are dragon age, including the knife ears,the weird orc behaviour and the unknown evil that will emerge and only galadriel can stop it

[@earlofbroadst]

Except Dragon Age was fun and engaging, with mostly well-written, likeable, charismatic characters. ROP is just appallingly bad.

[@PeteTheGrouch]

@@earlofbroadst Well, certainly the first game; the sequels... _eh_

[@mirceazaharia2094]

Out of Dragon Age and Mass Effect, I found Dragon Age to be just plain better. I'd buy Dragon Age nowadays, I wouldn't buy Mass Effect.

[@surfingeagle784]

That's an insult to Dragon Age. I mean, for me, there's nothing to compare ROP to, in terms of awfulness. It's achieved a whole new level of bad adaption.

[@SquareNoggin]

@@earlofbroadst The bar is lower for video games though, as it should be, frankly

[@brynmatthews4365]

That Weirdest Cringe fight scene with Guy-lad-riel, I notice something. After the Guard opened the prison door to let Guy-lad-reil out he immediately closed it again afterwards and we don't see any of the other guards opening the prison door again. so somehow magically it just re-opened by itself to let Guy-lad-reil push those four guards in. Talk about a billion dollar production

[@StopReadingMyNameOrElse]

I knew exactly where this was going when they showed young kid Galadriel being a "girlboss" by immediately assuming a fighting position on top of a boy who bullied her. Such Elven much wow.

[@Yarblocosifilitico]

yep, that was very telling. And as Shad often says, they probably think themselves very clever by including that

[@guyincognito959]

It is also a great message that Tolkien would have liked in his story: If someone treats you wrong, just beat the livving hell out of them. ...to consider that they did not even kill Wormtounge at the end....

[@Rommulo35628]

That scene is annoying as fuck. Pure cringe. LotR never made me cringe.

[@vaclavsoukup7302]

@@guyincognito959 Well, in books, at the end of the Return of the King, after Pippin, Merry, Sam and Frodo returned to the Shire, Saruman was there destroying it. After they helped organise a rebellion against Saruman, Wormtongue killed him for insulting him far too much and got turned into a pincushion by the Hobbits.

[@MnMHirschiTravels]

i just don't really care about the race swapping and crap anymore, but the thing that is unforgivable in this show is Galadriel. During the second episode where she bitches to the numenoreans that she WILL go to middle earth... My son turns to me and says, "why did they make Galadriel so unlikable?" I said that is EXACTLY the proble. they think woman power = bitchiness. go figure.

[@ethansnyder3401]

They're so desperate to insert their intersectional messaging, to portray Galadriel as a type in the deconstructionism of femineity and traditionalism. They can't even give her a proper arc in the trajectory of the hero's journey because they'd have to demonstrate her virtues, an internal logic to her behaviors. Were supposed to just unconditionally accept her every action by virtue of her identity and have our minds sandwiched between the double bind of her empowerment and victimization.

[@Vespyr_]

Same thing in She-hulk. It almost feels like fake woke. It's sabotaging everything feminism had ever struggled to reach. It's anathema. House of the Dragon did this a lot better.

[@skarloeythomas5172]

@@Vespyr_ their idea of ‘diverse casting’ is also sadly counterintuitive. Goes against what great men like MLK Jr strove for.

[@CA-ny2fl]

Actually this is a good Galadriel. She is supposed to be rash and ambitious. She has an arc, she changes and becomes wise through her life. She craves power but her wisdom is what sets her to be the elf we know and love.

[@Anon1gh3]

why did you give amazon your money tho? 🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@dritzzdarkwood4727]

Lol, we Danes and British are having a right old laugh at the expense of Amazon over at Disparu's channel. Credit where credit is due, this epic comment came from Captain Hurricane(most likely a Brit, my Viking senses tell me!) and tears of laughter ran freely, lemme tell ya! : Galadriel: Give me a ship so I can get outta here! Miriel: No, you must stay for three days Galadriel: I want to see your father Miriel: No we are going to deport you by ship right now! Galadriel: How very dare you! I demand you send your entire fleet to save the people of this guy who is currently in your prison Miriel: No-one tells me what to do, Elf! Numenoreans, prepare the fleet at once!

[@PunishedlLongshanks]

Pure gold.

[@authorofgriz]

It's false plot followed up by forced reason for it to happen. I can do better than this

[@joeneltner3558]

@R D it’s not even as good as a soap opera

[@floydfanboy2948]

Who wrote the script for this steaming pile of horse manure? Benny Hill?

[@HerculesBallsInc]

It's almost long none of the characters have any actual identity or motivations and they're all plot devices. Hmmm... 🤔

[@perlaber5360]

Amazing how much "entertainment" today is made for people who measure themselves, and judges others, based on the color of their skin and not the content of their character.

[@thursoberwick1948]

MLK ref detected.

[@MALICEM12]

@@thursoberwick1948 for the millionth time, yes

[@Linus1871]

Keep using the color thing as a shield. The show is just trash and a complete waste of money. You know it, i know it, everybody knows it.

[@chrish4439]

@@Linus1871 I think he was saying that. That anyone defending this show cares more about the characters being POC then them actually being good well written characters. Which actually makes them more racist (cus they put so much focus on race) than the apparent racist critics 😂

[@digitalcareline]

Elrond spying on his friend - A sad desecration of a great character Just one low point in the Olympics of low points Isildur A failure, Elendil a fool, Celebrimbor a vacuum and Galadriel the obnoxious Oddly, I am rooting for Sauron - The only character that Amazon respects.

[@ibrahimdafalla6695]

Because they still never showed him yet, I fear he will be an emo edgy villan lol

[@digitalcareline]

@@ibrahimdafalla6695 Halbrand (Fake Aragorn) hasn't found his spiky suit yet. This could be another bait and switch and we get Elon Musk as Sauron - I will laugh if that happens. The child of Galadrial and Halbrand will become the Witch King of Angmar - Or more disturbingly - Grond

[@SW-fn7cl]

Yeah I want the Orcs to win now

[@lol101lol101lol10199]

And Celeborn - Lord Not-Appearing-In-This-Show

[@fantasywind3923]

@@lol101lol101lol10199 his daughter Celebrian also does not appear, nor Glorfindel (again), Gildor Inglorion, Erestor, Galdor of the Havens, Cirdan Shipwright, Amroth, etc. :) all the characters that they could have easily used for this tv show, all immortal elves who would be around for long :).

[@MrMicronano]

You and Critical Drinker are the best at this by far. Appreciate all your analysis. It is hard to be funny and insightful you easily pull it off.

[@fingolfin9086]

Justsomeguy has been great as well, I’ve liked his insight.

[@j.p.9522]

Disparu's reviews are amazing as well.

[@LouLikestowatch]

If you need a laugh, Disparu has been killing it

[@hammyhamster8349]

They're all great: Gary, Disparu, Drinker, Az etc. giving this series exactly what it deserves. I really wish I had a billion dollars to make this series properly. I'd start off by hiring some proper writers.

[@charlesludwig8672]

@TheLittlePlatoon

[@Palaecro]

They should have created their own fantasy and removed any Tolkien ties and names and tried to make it on their own. It's so pathetic and insulting they needed the Tolkien name attached to this to have marginal success. Let's hope they cancel it after this.

[@xycap8351]

Goldblob calling the Tolkien mythopoeia "fake" and accusing US of not having read the lore it rich beyond belief. It's akin to calling HER un-orc like... Btw, the regent always looks like she's sniffed at something rancid. Maybe a Whoopi...

[@kaputasri]

No I hope they keep going at it losing even more.

[@Eluzian86]

I would say it would have done far better if it didn't have any connections to The Lord of the Rings.

[@tjroelsma]

They should have done what Tolkien's vision was: create new stories that play in the world he created. But these "creators" know that they can't even stand in Tolkien's shadow so they try and "subvert" the characters he created to mask their lack of creativity. When being criticized, they immediately counterattack by trying to sell that BS excuse of "why do you complain about our race- and genderswapping? It isn't a big deal." That's an "argument" that immediately contradicts itself: if it isn't a big deal, then why do it when you KNOW that it will piss off the fans?

[@xxpatrick204xx]

They even own that RuneScape rip-off they could have used New World or Old World I forget

[@TheFoezee]

she looks like she wants to summon the manager in every scene

[@Mr.Batsu12]

Rather than making Rings of Power - Imagine if Amazon said for the next 8 weeks they are going to have a giveaway. Each week they are going to randomly select 50 Prime customers and give each of them $1 Million dollars. They would spend less money doing that then they are making Rings of Power. They wouldn't be pissing people off. Their Prime subscription rates would likely double. Most of all, they would create 40 new Millionaires in the world, all of them absolutely loving Amazon and finding themselves with a lot of new disposable income.

[@circleofrage]

I loved the part where Galadriel demanded from the queen regent - "Your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle." Soooo moving and epic.

[@ffmmain8673]

You forgot the sunglasses aswell

[@charlesswinden4885]

Hey.. there's a tempest inside her...

[@jmace2424]

Funny how they always feel the need to say “This is fake” but also “It’s really important that there be representation in this.” Why do you care if it’s just “a fake thing”?

[@BerenTol]

It's all about inclusion ...yet cast a bunch of White folk as key characters ruling Wakanda and watch their teeth explode

[@matthewmekonis1790]

Or that Tolkien is timeless….then proceed to explain it needs to reflect our modern world to be accessible and have “representation”!

[@petriew2018]

@@matthewmekonis1790 fun game : go count the number of actors who said both "oh, i loved Tolkien Growing up' AND 'now i see myself so i can connect with the work'..... the two statements are mutually exclusive

[@factsoveremotions6035]

Amazing morons even try to claim they need their race to be represented in a show about Elf’s and Orcs. Being neither Elf nor Orc, I loved LOTR growing up and didn’t have to “see myself represented”. Good writing is just good writing. Besides, needing to see one’s race in a show to enjoy said show is a bit racist.

[@praetoriandorn3154]

This is just what happens when you have no principles and will say literally anything to make yourself look good even if it directly contradicts what they said five minutes ago. If you notice their inconsistencies they then attempt to gaslight you by challenging your memory of what they said.

[@lmSheep]

I have a genuinely serious question regarding all this woke culture that's hit video gaming and films. It seems that a LARGE majority to such changes are always met with negative feedback, not because people are racist/sexist etc, but because in order to shoehorn something woke in, they often end up destroying narrative and lore. My question is then why do they keep doing it then? There's no way that producers and investors prioritize MONEY and profit over "being inclusive". And you'd think they're taking huge profit hit with all the negative feedback. But it seems not to be the case, since wokeness continues being injected in to all forms of popular media.

[@Concerned.Citizen]

Don lemon and potato stelter dropped from CNN, trevor no laughs dropped from the daily show Wokism is pretty clearly failing in some places

[@victor382]

The “There is a tempest in me…” diatribe is stolen from Cate Blanchett’s Queen Elizabeth in the highly fictionalized Elizabeth: The Golden Age.

[@sauronmorgoth5417]

Spot on. Glad someone else caught that.

[@yw1971]

The producers thought it was a prequel...

[@LordPoshnameVonPlumbingparts]

I had a tempest in me late last night. Caused by none other than a Jalfrezi and a few bhajis.

[@michaelfontanelli2450]

Watched the first episode of Cringes of Power, turned it off and never looked back. Some of us are tired of being hit over the head with cringy woke politics, handed down from privileged Hollywood Overlords with a predilection for divisive race & gender-baiting and sexualizing children. Spare us the social reprogramming disguised as entertainment, please.

[@PM-gf1nj]

It’s more like money-grab garbage disguised in woke politics that will get a rise from both SJW’s and anti-wokists who’ll fight each other while the Hollywood overlords go buy another island from the Caribbean and laugh at the squabble amongst peons.

[@cameronjones8641]

I felt exactly the same except I cut out the bit where I watched an episode and wasted my life.

[@username4441]

i havent watched anything for a decade.

[@danielamilton7737]

Politics ?

[@pietheijn-vo1gt]

Exactly what is so woke about Rings of Power? I've read a lot of comments now and it's just general crybaby nonsense, nobody can give concrete evidence

[@alejandromolina5645]

Galadriel in this show acts like a raging beast on hormone shots. Amazon turned the most beloved character of Tolkien's work into a total piece of garbage. It is really sad to see other LOTR channels turn to Judas betrayers of Tolkien's work.

[@Miam_miam_la_gauffre]

That's no Tolkien work soooo... We good 😊 it's just a creation of evil to deceive the heart of men

[@TheDennzio]

Bet you only watched LOTR films and never read the books.

[@alejandromolina5645]

@@TheDennzio You would be completley wrong. I have and read every LOTR writing there is. Since I had worked in hollywood I even got the rare opportunity to meet Tolkien's son Christopher Tolkien. I can definitely tell you with authority what is Tolkien and what's NOT. Right from his son's mouth to me when I talked to him years ago about his father"s work. Don't think for one moment these POS at Amazon or Peter Jackson were the only one's interested in his fathers works. Unfortunately Christopher Tolkien passed away in 2020 so of course the filthy scum Jeff Bezo or Bozo as I call him ran to purchase the rights to this piece of Tolkien's work, Thank Goodness it wasn't the LOTR itself. The normies are like a bunch of vagabonds that run around like busy bees sampling everything, but never caring a darn about anything.

[@pablito4762]

@@TheDennzio , she was nothing like she is in the show, in the books. Stop justifying this nonsense show with Tolkien books.

[@kaletovhangar]

@@TheDennzio Shilling for Amazon?

[@TallisKeeton]

In my country there is a stone tower - a small fortress from 13-14 th century. With some nice paintings on one of the inside walls of main room - its depiction of Lancelot and Guinevra story. These paintings are very precious becouse they are very rare for their kind. There is nothing like this preserved that well in all of the country and in most of Europe. They are absolutely gorgous for its kind. The figures of knights on horses are esp. good for the time and region of their make. Historians agree that it was work of accomplished, famous artist. This artist never finished his project ( we dont know if he died or was fired ) so his job was taken by another painter, maybe much younger or without experience. And the second artist made just one depiction on one of the walls of the tower probably before being fired - it supposed to be another knight on a horse but it looks more like an American Iroquois on a dinosaur :D Thats how I think now of Amazon "fixing" Tolkien :D

[@JimiVexTV]

Just thought, if there where elves and dwarfs "of colour" in the second age, but not the third - does that mean we should expect a targeted genocide by the end of the series?

[@b.benjamineriksson6030]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@lunalovitt]

I left a one star review (which ended up getting rejected), but when I went to go watch the fourth episode a few days after it came out, Amazon said the video was unavailable on my account. I tried watching it several times, but couldn't get it to work. So I logged into my dad's account and lo and behold I could watch it with no issue. Just thought it was weird.

[@cailleach1916]

They didn't even accept my 1 star review... Got declined because it "contains inappropriate content". The inappropriate content was me saying none of the characters and plots make any sense in relation to Tolkien's lore and the show has absolutely nothing to offer but nice CGI landscapes 😂

[@Gasser2799]

@@cailleach1916 Get a life

[@huehue5286]

Ironic that they have this union moment in this show when amazon itself is one of the great forces enslaving thousands in their fulfillment centers. Basically amazon is our real life Mordor.

[@examiningkubrickphilosofia1530]

When did Nerdrotic become pro-socialist lmao

[@corsairsofnarshaddaa]

A channel-impersonating scam bot trolling on a comment about how RoP is trolling it's own production company is absolute gold.

[@chriso8485]

No one is enslaved you fool

[@mathias4851]

We all are. ever heard of working 8 hours a day for the rest of you fk life

[@beedos08]

I can tolerate making up characters and small changes to the story in order to better fit a movie or TV adaptation. For instance adding the tauriel character in the hobbit felt contrived but at least the rest of the movie attempted to stay on plot. I knew things were going to be added simply because they wanted to stretch out a single ~400 page book into 12 hours of movie. What I can't tolerate, at all, is the omission of lore points when there is no reason to leave it out in the first place. In the first 5 minutes of the first episode they left out the part dealing with Melkor's influence in the decision for the elves leaving Valinor. They leave out the Doom of Mandos (to get galadriel to Numenor?) which was a big influence for the decisions elves make after returning to middle earth. They leave out Galadriel's part in the following the kinslayers. I feel like these were intensionally left out because we might not feel the same about Galadriel if she was a morally grey character. That was the beauty of Tolkien's work, however. Showing that people who were not perfect were capable of incredible things.

[@georgehouliaras7239]

My favourite part is when Discount Aragorn said "The circle is now complete when I left you i was just a learner now I am the Dark Lord." The feels.

[@LivingAnachronism]

They swung at a target that was just way to big, divide and conquer tactics can't work with a fandom the size of Tolkien's especially when so many of us are so well informed. And because the group is so large, inevitably this swing is going to hit people on their own side and wake them up.

[@patrickhenry8425]

Accurate

[@reek4062]

Jackson fans and incels always think they're well informed

[@JohnS-il1dr]

@@reek4062 projection much??

[@RSAnimism]

@@reek4062 lol "Incels". Such a clever term...

[@LifeIsBrief]

@@reek4062 so do woke intersectional identity politic leftists. But in reality they have absolutely no grasp of reality

[@greymark420]

Seeing Cate in this video portraying Galadriel just for a few seconds then seeing ( already forgotten her name, are yes Guyladriel), is more inspiring, emotional, convincing, then seeing Guyladriel for a whole season.

[@NotchEvident]

Cate nailed the gravitas of Galadriel.

[@scifiwriter98]

@digifalc0087 You really have to question their taste in women to cast such a plain Jane one dimensional actress in the role. You'd think they could find someone better for such a central role that they've built up to be stronger, wiser and morally superior to even Gandalf.

[@rpotuathail9471]

Cate Blanchet is Australian (I am also) and she's as woke and leftist as you can get. Very very unpopular in Aus and why she's ran off to live in California.

[@greymark420]

@@rpotuathail9471 That maybe so, doesn't take away the fact that she played the character perfectly, unlike Guyadriel.

[@whedonobsessed]

Even just seeing a few clips without really knowing the context, it just feels so Hollywood. The lighting, the makeup, the tone, everything.

[@jonmcdaniel8492]

"I know what it's like to be the only other only one." Great writing.

[@matthewmekonis1790]

“Guyladriel, what troubles you so?” Guyladriel, “There is a Tampax in me!”

[@xminusone1]

And her brother asks "Do you know why shit float ?"

[@br3ak_]

As someone who did not read the books (currently listening to the first audiobook), and is just watching casually, I laughed so hard during this episode because of how much I cringed during the part of ¨There´s a tempest in me!", think I repeated that part 10 times. I quickly opened KZbin to find out if I'm the only one that thinks this show is kinda bad, and that's how I ended up here. I always stayed away from politics and I've learned to ignore the rather not so subtle 'messages' in the tv shows I watch, but it's getting harder and harder. I am glad people like you are trying to make a stand, I'm just not sure there's enough of you. Left politics have spread in all aspects of life like a virus, and it feels like it's too late.

[@scottnadel2721]

Gotta vote come November!

[@BelaSkriva]

The thing that drives me insane is how Arondir and Galadriel get their armor back. Galadriel’s amor is on the boat going to the west and Arondir’s breast plates we’re still with the orcs! What the heck?

[@mattblake6198]

It’s so freaking boring! The most enjoyable bit about watching is knowing how you will review it 😂

[@user-erick007]

IDK why are you even complaining while you are contributing the show as an audience. If you don't like it than don't watch it or just stop complianing since people like you are responsible for ensuring the continuation of such shows by contributing as an audience

[@mattblake6198]

@@user-erick007 Well, you only earn the right to pass judgement on something if you’ve watched it surly. It is boring but I hope for an episode where it proves it’s does have some merit. And I stand by what I said, the best part is hearing someone describe why it’s not very good in credible detail as it solidifies your own view point in a more articulate way.

[@davidthomas4282]

I may be one of the 25 million Amazon count for episode 1. I'm a Prime subscriber it's "free" so I watched, the first scene was enough to convince me I couldn't take no more. My favourite TV show of the last 30 years is Buffy, my favourite books are the Modesty Blaise series (sorry kids you missed some great thrillers) I have no problem with strong women but I hate terrible writing.

[@deceiver444]

I don't know many people who really dislike strong female characters when they're written with some care.

[@luisgutierrez6414]

Buffy lmao

[@derekgray120]

Yes to Modesty Blaise - a superb and strong female character, so well written with excellent stories. Why has this character not been revisited (and better served) by film? Not that Bad Robot should ever be allowed to get their mitts on it.

[@spechund7109]

You a racist. There no way the series is bad. It must be because u a racist.

[@minimumlikelihood6552]

@@deceiver444 "with some care": exactly!

[@skroodup]

Yeah yeah it's bad, but can we all just come together and laugh at how they're going to force a love storyline between the made-up sister of Isildur and the made-up son of Ar-Pharazon? They literally created characters to make a contrived "doomed romance" plotline, in a world with dozens of written and fleshed out ones already there. It doesn't get more cringe than that.

[@marychocolatefairy]

The MTV version of Terry Brooks' fantasy book "Elfstones of Shannara" made up a whole bunch of new characters in order to have various immature romances/love triangles/whatnot, for a story that originally had just one acted-upon romance (that only happened towards the end). That show's problem was that they were adapting a serious fantasy book into something they thought would appeal to the MTV crowd (it didn't). I have no idea who the RoP showrunners thought they were adapting this series for, lol.

[@jrconway3]

The Hobbit films did the same thing. Created a new female elf character to be in a love triangle between two characters we knew she could never wind up being with. One of the dwarves who was doomed by canon and Legolas who we knew would never wind up being married by the events of LOTR.

[@vemto9643]

@@jrconway3 Yeah, and everyone hate that

[@KalonOrdona2]

@@jrconway3 if Tauriel had just been someone for Legolas to talk to it would have been fine. But they had to a: force a romance, b: force it into a triangle, c: with a dwarf! and d: had the gall to say "because it was rEaL"

[@TransformersBoss]

Referring to Whoopie as “dinosaur media” is even more ironic since she starred in the flop movie “Theodore Rex”

[@JohnDoe-rq7ep]

Sampling is an industry term that means a viewer tried your show. Some one turned on the show, watched it, turned it off. Therefore, 25 million people sampled The Rings of Power and only about 10% of viewers stay, which is about industry norms, which fits the Ruko TV numbers put out of about 1.8 million viewers watched the entire episode.

[@trumpsextratesticle8590]

Sure but put that to a fanbase thats probably bigger than Starwars,,, 1.8 million is really fucking low.

[@cpeplinski]

I couldn't believe they went with "they took our jobs". I started laughing when that scene happened. Then to get Guyladreal ask for the manager (again) was priceless. Adar letting Don Lemonlas free was so ridiculous. It truly keeps getting worse.

[@wintergreen2.073]

That shit made me spit out my drink but the skit at the beginning of this video had me in tears

[@eriklucasmusic]

@jim ritchie you’re*

[@cpeplinski]

@jim ritchie actually not, I gave it all I can handle

[@cpeplinski]

@@wintergreen2.073 exactly

[@antoniopineda5780]

I thought it was a voiceover joke 😂

[@cheshirekat8273]

Food shortage plotline: It would've been so easy to replace the food shortage with, lets say, a water shortage. It would've made more sense for them to be missing something vital they were expecting to find once they got there. Maybe the well has dried up and they can't figure out why. Maybe the water is contaminated. Who knows. Would've made a lot more sense than that.

[@sjake5142]

When Galadriel tried to convince Miriel to sail to the Southlands... Miriel was looking at her like surely you can't be serious. Galadriel decrees; "There is a tempest in me. It swept me to this island for a reason. And it will not be quelled by you, Regent." Then she pulls her dagger, points it at Miriel and says; "And don't call me Shirley!" Pure Magic.

[@TheCondomconnor]

Make a fantasy show with as much woke and intersectional politics in it as you like- even to please Whoopsie OldBird, BUT don't call it Tolkien. And then try and sell it. Good luck with that.

[@backseatboysgaming6911]

The scene in the jail where she just handles 5 dudes twice her size OFF CAMERA was just painful. They just shuffle in there with zero resistance, it was a joke. Also one of the very few moments of the fourth episode I have been able to commit to memory, the whole show so far has just gone in my eyeholes and poured right out some other orifice. The writing is just too miserable to hang on to anything.

[@nickc3856]

When Guyladriel saw the monster in the water and said "We're gonna need a bigger boat." I screeched with delighted ecstacy. Truly one of the shows of all time.

[@StimParavane]

Then shouted "Get to da Choppa", brought me to tears.

[@DogSerious]

@@StimParavane Guyladunreal "There is a tampax in me"

[@remuslazar2033]

You can stop with this funny joke that over stayed it's welcome. You can write how shitty it realky is, no one is going to delete your comment here on Nerdrotic's video.

[@StimParavane]

@@remuslazar2033 Joke Police?

[@000TQ000]

@@remuslazar2033 Who da fock is dat guy?

[@adhdadhdadhd]

I was careful when i wrote my 1star review of rings of power to not break any imagined guidelines , my review didnt get posted for a week, i then contacted amazon about it and the next day it was approved and is now up on UK amazon reviews, ...the ending sentence is "amazon has let the fans down and amazon has let itself down" XD

[@didymos9010]

*After watching Rings of Power* "I wish this show had never come on screen. I wish none of this had happened." Gandalf: "So do all who live to see such things, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.”

[@MrApostolis78]

I have to ask the question. Has Bezos actually watched this and said "Now that is a billion dollars well spent". How has a guy with the business acumen to amass a fortune of billions not looked at this and immediately called for the heads and all dangly bits of every person responsible for its production?

[@simonhandy962]

Have you seen Bezos' taste in women and rocket-ship design? The Eye is always watching.....

[@joyis9638]

I think the point is to simply desecrate JRRT whether ROP is any good or not.

[@kevt4315]

Do you honestly think jeff gives a shit about any of this?

[@Bazelf]

@@kevt4315 Guess he has(had) a billion reasons to.

[@JOSEPH-vs2gc]

Bezos, a controlled puppet. Zuckerberg, a controlled puppet. Musk, a controlled puppet. Gates, a controlled puppet. and on and on.

[@centurion8446]

Lol, the irony of the whole Guyladriel being obsessed with stopping Sauron and going to war is it completely undermines Galadriel in the film in the sense that they only reluctantly send soldiers to Helms Deep but most importantly she just "steps back" and gives a pep talk to Aragorn and some trinkets to Hobbits when it's the final battle to stop the arch-nemesis she is so gung-ho about in this series

[@MALICEM12]

Of course, she is a "girl boss" now and thus can't be hesitant or wrong but always know what is right

[@bertrandronge9019]

Knowing the show happens around 4500 years prior to that... Maybe in this show, she is arrogant and angry and with time she learns and get wiser... Just saying

[@chrish4439]

@@bertrandronge9019 she's apparently been chasing Sauron for thousands of years with an unending rage to avenge her brother but oh wait nvm I don't care anymore? No. They're blatantly contradicting the source material. They've done it non stop. Stop defending a scummy ass corporation.

[@dacshark4448]

Painting mustaches on the Mona Lisa should be a crime. Cancelled my Prime to be replaced by Walmart, pulled my Alexa’s and replaced with Siri, and deleted my Whole Foods app and replaced with so many better options it’s staggering. Cancel Amazon! They can make crap, but not with my money!

[@HsenagNarawseramap]

They are too big to be canceled.

[@KrisVuk]

lol

[@nanonxpc9677]

Vote with your dollars! thank you!

[@jjbanana2774]

Bruh Amazon is just way too convenient. Just don't watch their shitty TV shows

[@darianstarfrog]

@@HsenagNarawseramap lol you'll see, disney and amazon are going to go down..

[@Robaylesbury]

Pure gold. We need more terrible programs because it leads to amazing Nerdrotic content.