THE RINGS OF POWER SEASON 2 is an EXCELLENT Continuation - Review and Discussion

Episode 216 (13.10.24): We discuss the second season of The Rings of Power, a series that expands the world and drama of the first season, with excellent tragedy and conflict throughout that brilliantly builds upon the great first season! We hope you enjoy!
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2
2024
Directed by Charlotte Brändström, Louise Hooper, Sanaa Hamri
Starring Charlie Vickers, Charles Edwards, Morfydd Clark, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Daniel Weyman, Owain Arthur
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[@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast]

What are your thoughts about Rings of Power Season 2? Is it an improvement upon season 1, or does it fall short for you? Comment below!

[@Queenfisher444]

@@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast it’s complete and utter garbage. You want to succeed as a podcast maybe learn to analyse with your brains.

[@makchot3263]

It's garbage 🤡

[@Queenfisher444]

@@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast why are you deleting any comments that disagree with you.

[@rudolfolaspari782]

My recommendation to Amazon Studios: Cast it into the fire and start over.

[@PeterPuno]

Ignore the trolls.

[@emiliomurgia2026]

“I gave season 1 a rewatch” …said none ever.

[@kcarter9641]

I refuse to believe this is not satire

[@darthchingaso3613]

It was really good I too loved it

[@bring-out]

"I was just stunned by the show. How it was put together. They did not let a single thing slide." Really? What did you think about Arondir being left for dead after being stabbed by Adar on the battlefield and healed off screen to full health by the next episode? I mean, most people frown at milking a death scene and have the character brought back by some plot magic but here there's nothing, he's just back. Did you miss the day when they talked about continuity in writing class just like these writers must have?

[@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast]

@@bring-out that quote was referring to the craft of the series, the cinematography, sets, costumes, all that stuff. I say later on that the plot lines were battling for enough time, and stuff like Arondir’s magic recovery (although not covered in the video) is very much victim of those structural issues. The things that don’t miss a beat, that don’t slide, are how it’s made. Of course there are issues elsewhere

[@robertscott2427]

He pulled a palpatine and returned some how.... and if you think that a character being stabbed and dying on screen only to be running around the next episode with no explanation on how he was saved from a battlefield full of orcs is bad screen writing you are far right, misogynistic, and racist.

[@natedavis6689]

Crazy to me how many comments are on this video that are negative, and you aren't responding to a single one of them. However, you are having nice and friendly interactions with (only) those who think the same as you. Maybe make a bigger effort to engage with your entire audience and don't assume people hate the show because they're hateful and irrational?

[@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast]

@@natedavis6689 yeah I do need to make a bigger effort with everyone, to be honest, and I do endeavour to do so. A lot of it is I just don’t know what to say, frankly. Many comments don’t leave much room for discussion, but it is something I’m attempting to find angles to respond to

[@torin755]

Give them a break, man. It's two people. They can't (and aren't obliged to) respond to every single negative comment, especially when most are just rude and unhelpful

[@mochan8447]

This has to be an amazon sponsored or Amazon run channel. Either that or you’ve been smoking grass. You can’t seriously be talking about the same show because to say ROP season 2 is atrocious would be a mercy.

[@EvilStew992]

no your just on the band waggon of shitting on the show because everyone else is the show is fine is it perfect no but the fact we can get more content from middle earth is awesome. don't like it then dont keep watching simple as.

[@mochan8447]

@@EvilStew992 burned any good books lately?

[@willclark4449]

@@EvilStew992 exactly what about this show is great? nothing in this show happens in tolkens work. This is feminist fan fiction of the universe and nothing more. There wasn't even any mention of galadriel even being trained with a sword in his universe. She was a magic user. Secondly she never even met Sauroun, and sure as shit didnt have a relationship with him. Galadriel is the grandmother of Arwen. She should be married with children in the story already, but can't have that feminist hate it.

[@aldhadenglisc6937]

@@EvilStew992nope… ROP is just simply a terrible terrible show, poor acting, weird, perverted mess that makes no sense and turns orcs and Sauron the devil incarnate into a pansy who cries… it’s pathetic

[@trevorwinn5012]

Yeah Amazon got them all of 1.5 thousand subs 😂 why are you watching reviews on a show you think sucks ?? You must crave negativity , get a life

[@loloverlord1664]

Since I found season 1 dumb and tiresome, the "excellent continuation" does NOT sound like good news to me. Wake me up when they decide to adapt actual Tolkien instead of piling shit on his works.

[@EdwardSnortin]

Raise your standards.

[@aslemartinsen5284]

I loved how when Sauron pushed that blonde female elf off the edge of the wall she died from the 20 foot fall, while strong woman jumped from 500 feet and the focus was on her stab wound, otherwise she was okay..

[@darthchingaso3613]

She died when the orks stabbed her…

[@Apple23]

You've been waiting for this for two years? And it's pretty sad when you just label any negativity towards the first season as just racist!

[@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast]

@@Apple23 yeah of course there are fair critiques, and we say a few of our own both in this video and our season 1 review, but there’s no denying the existence of a lot of hateful bigotry, which is what we are taking issue with

[@stkkjj]

​@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast the majority of people criticizing aren't racist, they're critiquing it because it's bad tv and bad fanfiction.

[@makchot3263]

Cope it's still shit​@@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast

[@bigsnacks2350]

It's not bigotry, it's called standards, also you're gay​@@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast

[@aldhadenglisc6937]

@@TheOutatimeFilmPodcastplease explain how on earth the fans are bigots… indulge us please

[@wmgjonathan]

Man this show would be great if it wasn't for the poor casting, acting, directing, screenwriting, character development, plot, activism, lack of faithfulness & respect for Tolkein. But the cinematography is great! Plenty of money for Amazon to waste in the future!

[@majkus]

A work of art? It has no invention; it has no order, system, sequence, or result; it has no lifelikeness, no thrill, no stir, no seeming of reality; its characters are confusedly drawn, and by their acts and words they prove that they are not the sort of people the author claims that they are; its humor is pathetic; its pathos is funny; its conversations are---oh! indescribable; its love-scenes odious; its English a crime against the language. Counting these out, what is left is Art. I think we must all admit that. - Mark Twain on Cooper's "Deerslayer"

[@th3n3wc4d]

Good lord, there are actual, non-ironic fans of this show?

[@-MacCloud-]

How much ?

[@Eron55555]

Surely Amazon can afford to get you more than 1.6k subs.

[@aslemartinsen5284]

Are you watching the same show..?

[@Summer_Sausage]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@nazhul]

Please tell me thats sarcasm😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast]

@@nazhul we can’t be sarcastic on the internet, it’ll backfire 😂😭

[@trevorwinn5012]

The Celebrimbor and Sauron story line was absolute S Tier television !! I don't care what anybody says this season was super entertaining , you just gotta accept it is not the books

[@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast]

@@trevorwinn5012 I agree, that part of the season was my absolute favourite and shows just how brilliant it is at its peak! I think a lot of people want this show to be more true to the books, and that’s very fair, but it was never going to be that. We’re lucky that it uses so many elements from the books, while expanding and building on it in its own ways. I can’t wait to see what they do for season 3!

[@thomaswillinger4824]

TV at its finest??? :))) whow! Do you get paid for that?

[@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast]

@@thomaswillinger4824 I really wish we did!

[@rudolfolaspari782]

Is this some kind of elaborate joke? I definitely get strong The Nerd Crew vibes.

[@markmorris7123]

If you liked this, then your part of the problem..This show is not only awful..Its completely disrespectful to the lore..

[@EvilStew992]

then don't watch it? you don't have to

[@Abmin7]

I'm not watching this video because the title is incorrect. You've gotta be trolling.

[@peterk.rosenthal1417]

Finally someone who sees this show for the masterpiece it is.

[@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast]

@@peterk.rosenthal1417 based on this comment section you’d think there aren’t many of us, but we’re out there 😅

[@aldhadenglisc6937]

Those with poor taste tend to be content with dog shit story telling, luckily there are very few of you

[@thaynefratusco401]

Ugh paid media this isn't even worth the watch. You can hear how disingenuous their review is. To many hot words, no excitement in the voice, they even giggle like they are full of it. It is unnatural. Hope you guys liked the money to produce fake brain rot.

[@rosierosie8733]

This was a super fun podcast to listen to! Personally I though rings of power season 2 was a enjoyable watch, it wasn’t perfect and it definitely improved as the season went along, but I loved the cast and characters, and you could really feel the magnitude of the story they were telling! The dwarfs were great, and it was very fun getting to experience more of their way of life and experience how they work. I found the elves really exciting and I think they’re done well, and it’s interesting how we see Galadriel as this warrior/fighter, and the true power she has. I do think there were definitely issues with the numerous storylines, as it felt like big gaps between stories, so it will be interesting how this all collide in later seasons. This season again looked incredible, and no matter your opinions on the story, you can not discredit how fantastic this show looks, from the costumes, the the sets, to the elvish looking actors!

[@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast]

@@rosierosie8733 I couldn’t agree more! I’m so excited to see more, and I’m really glad the 5-season plan is likely to go ahead!!

[@rluke3]

I love that you two actually do this with a straight face.

[@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast]

@@rluke3 well, we do smile a lot too!

[@vladgheneli]

crazy that the first season got "some" negative feedback 🤣🤣 I really hope you guys got paid enough to shill this hard

[@Papakadush]

Rings of power is an absolute waste of time. What are you guys going talking about? You are to easy to please. And carrying on about acolyte, the worst star wars story ever!

[@mat2565]

Polish a...

[@nascarrf22]

You can't be serious. Have you read the book? None of this makes sense with in the Tolkien universe.

[@Sayajin3321]

Neither does the wraith of Celebrimbor yeeting himself inside a Gondorian soldier guarding the black gate after The Hobbit, but Shadow of Mordor was still loved by Tolkien Fans.

[@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast]

@@nascarrf22 I’ve read all Lord of the Rings books and The Hobbit, and John’s currently reading the Silmarillion as he says in the video, so neither of us pretend to be the most knowledgeable of the lore, but at the same time I’m completely fine with the show doing its own thing. I’m not coming to this for a straightforward completely accurate adaptation, as that feels less interesting to me. Much like the 6 Middle Earth movies, I like how it changes things to make what I think is something more dramatic and exciting. It’s working for me, and if it didn’t that’s alright because it does for a bunch of others too :)

[@aldhadenglisc6937]

@@TheOutatimeFilmPodcastthe very fact you have read the books and witnessed for yourselves the immeasurable quality of sir Tolkien’s works how in gods name can you genuinely say the rings of power is a testament to his legacy ? The story is lathered in hypocrisy, plot holes, made up characters that fit no measure within the lore and the orcs are turned into these peace loving creatures… come on you either lack sense or taste I fear it might be both.

[@karlcabaniya5317]

S2 is an improvement over S1, but it still doesn't live up to what it should be. There're plenty of wrong things that can only be fixed with a complete reboot, with new showrunners, writers and casting.

[@aldhadenglisc6937]

These guys are crazy, you have to have non existent taste if you think rings of power is a good show, it is perverted, weird, lacks sense in almost the entirety of the show with reused lines from the books. There’s a reason it’s views have tanked.

[@GeorgeMasterclass]

Season 2 was spot on with Sauron-Celebrimbor and the dwarves. Pure gold. For the other stuff I felt there was a waste of screentime, with the hobbits, galadriel. Numenor was left with too little, which is a pitty because there is so much to cover. Overall the battles were underwhelming for a second season, which is a let down. Although they did good with fleshing out the settlements and locations, you dont see alot of people in them, we need more people, more civilians, more soldiers, epic battle lines and so on. Overall a mixed bag for me, some things I loved, some things were a complete let down.

[@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast]

@@GeorgeMasterclass yeah that’s very fair. I was really disappointed by the structure of the season, as I said in the video, I felt like some things should’ve had more screentime. As you say, Númenor is a big one, I too wanted more screentime from them. I think if Sauron goes to Númenor next season, we’ll see that get more of the spotlight, much like how Celebrimbor and Eregion got more this season than the first. I’m interested to see how the Harfoot stuff will eventually become more integrated into the main plot line, since that’s the thread that has felt the most separate so far. I think as the story gets larger, so will things like the battles and crowds. I did love the seige of Eregion though, that absolutely made up for the lesser number of battles throughout. The way that built tension and converged four storylines was amazing to witness, I can’t wait to see the eventual seige of Lindon too

[@GeorgeMasterclass]

@@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast Another thing that the series is lacking is proper costumes and armor. They look cheap and poorly executed, if we were to directly compare them to armor pieces from e.g. Elves of the Woodland realm from the Hobbit, which were masterfully done.

[@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast]

@@GeorgeMasterclass gotta disagree with you there. While they do look different from the ones in The Hobbit, I think the armour looks exceptional, especially in the seige of Eregion. Those costumes are magnificent

[@karlcabaniya5317]

@@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast Sauron has to be in Númenor when some “catastrophic” events happen, so we will definitely see him back there. But I reckon it will be in Season 4. Season 3 will probably be focused on Men and the creation of the Nazgûl. Unless both storylines converge, although it makes no sense with the lore.

[@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast]

@@karlcabaniya5317 yeah that makes sense, although I would like to see more Númenor, so maybe we’ll find a way to do that. I think season 3 is likely to have a time jump, but it’s gonna be interesting to see how they handle it. I’m really excited, either way

[@Elizabeth-vq6mb]

Thanks for your take! I was upset by all the hate this season is getting, I also thought it was excellent and am very fortunate that we have it!

[@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast]

@@Elizabeth-vq6mb yeah, it can be really disheartening to see such pointless hate, but I was so happy to see the love for the show overall grow this season, and even the naysayer voices seem to have gotten quieter. I’m so thrilled we have 2 seasons of this series and a third on the way 🤩

[@laves820]

@@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast its straight up crap, going off canon. Funny how you take fact as hate.

[@EvilStew992]

i really dont understand the whole lets shit on ROP band waggon i think the show is great and I am happy we even get to see more of middle earth seeing Khazad-dûm before it comes mines or moria is great. i find it funny people are clearly watching all of season 1 and season 2 only to shit on it then maybe just don't watch it? but i LOVED IT knowing the balrog was active and seeing how the king was being used by the ring just SO GOOD loved it all.

[@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast]

@@EvilStew992 yeah this show gets so much hate and it’ll continue to. I don’t really know why but I do know I wanna we see more Balrog going forward! I like how it’s come out for it’s one scene, then just goes back to sleep for the rest of the time 😂 honestly I respect it

[@timmeeyh6523]

I aint gonna be around for all 36mins of this, but if you guys are saying its some good content then I agree

[@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast]

@@timmeeyh6523 lmao so fair, you’ll just have to take our word on it for now!

[@jonpato]

This has to be weapons grade sarcasm

[@Queenfisher444]

Lol if this isn’t a meme title I’m stopping watching after 2mins and then reporting you for hate speech.

[@arturgipner6543]

bros are really trying hard to ragebait for some views 😆 if this isnt satire u guys legit shouldnt reproduce, no front.

[@danielarcher369]

you are on some serious medication....

[@WretchMusou]

What show have you been watching? It is a shitshow

[@coherence7457]

You guys should check out JJ Abrams! You're gonna LOVE his movies!

[@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast]

@@coherence7457 I mean, his films are hit and miss for me. I love one out of two of each of his Star Wars and Star Trek films, think the other two range from alright to bad, and I don’t think a whole lot about Super 8… and I can’t even lie, I don’t even know if I can name another film he’s done! He worked on Felicity and Lost, haven’t seen either, but from what I have seen I do like him when he’s on good form I guess, just like any director actually lmao

[@coherence7457]

@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast Ok. I assume the irony is lost on you due to your age, so let me give you some advice: You clearly try to be successful on KZbin for years and fail to do so except for some additional clicks when you time your videos with its controversial source material like this one (thanks, KZbin algorithm). The reason for that is because when you do nothing but react to standardized pop culture, you either have to have good or original content (e.g. being able to objectively rate/discuss movies, be funny, original or know how to convey your opinion) or (because this is social media) ingratiate yourselves into the extreme ends of the fandom by either hating something because it's too woke or because it's not woke enough. Not doing this is the only upside I can find on this channel. Since you are obviously into movies, I highly recommend reading or (more likely I suppose) watching some more sophisticated content in order to improve your own because right now, there's nothing here.

[@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast]

@@coherence7457 thanks for that. We’re just trying to share our opinions and engage with others, because we love the art forms of movies and tv. I got the irony of the JJ Abrams comment, I just wanted to reply and be civil about it. We’ve been trying to make good stuff for 4 years, and that’s all we can do

[@coherence7457]

@@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast Try the following to maybe get new insights: "The Filmanalysis" (Ideology criticism of movies, semi-abandonded secondary channel of a very good non-english critic) or "Random Film Talk" (in regards to Rings of Power. Also no criticism of camera work or pacing, i.e. the technical aspects, of RoP but tons of input in regards to its characters and the horrible story-telling)

[@torin755]

​@@coherence7457Perhaps consider that they are being positive, genuine and sharing their ideas instead of spreading hate for views (what you're suggesting)?

[@buenosdingdong]

You guys are terrible ‘critics’.

[@TheOutatimeFilmPodcast]

@@buenosdingdong ah we try lmao

[@echolocationn]

LOOOOOOOL!!! That's some ULTIMATE COPE! Now, I used to be a big proponent of Season 1 as I originally gave it a 7/10. After a few more viewings, it dropped and stayed at a 5/10. What drove it down was literally how horrendous the dialogue was and the additional plot holes that became evident. Season 2 is FAR worse. The writing is atrocious, they're still putting stuff that shouldn't be in the 2nd Age in this story, the Dwarven Rings LITERALLY don't work the way as portrayed in this travesty, horses aren't gods of combat, and the Elves are LITERALLY just whinier versions of Humans. Oh, and as bad as Galadriel was in S1, which I forgave much of it as having a Psych background I could see what they were doing with her character (still terrible writing though), she was far worse in S2. That's why all of the writers except one got canned for S3+. Seriously, get perspective and stop fanboying.

[@gmutch7169]

No. Its shit.

[@Ramoreira86]

Lol this man is trolling obv

[@botolinguini1757]

Well I guess someone had to like the show...

[@aslemartinsen5284]

Are you watching the same show..?