Rings of Power: The Worst Show On TV

[@TheMovieCynic]

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[@richjageman3976]

I have to buy something just because you suffered through ROP for us.

[@codlover93love24]

It’s not but your takes are bad. At the end of the day nobody cares

[@taylorfusher2997]

To The Movie Cynic: I never watched the Rings of Powers series but I have been hearing a lot of negative about this series. Also, I thought Azog died years ago in the battle of Moria before the The Hobbit story took place. So why is Azog in the Hobbit movie? I thought Azog died many years ago in the battle of Moria by the hands of Dain Ironfoot II before the Hobbit story. Bolg is the only one that should leading the army of goblins and wargs at the battle of the five armies. Because Azog is dead during this time period.

[@ManicManiac-i5u]

Your judgements are correct the rings of power is a billion dollar hellscape that is a boring slog to get through

[@RikusentaiOfficial]

Thank god I can watch youtubers summarize this BS in less time and manage to be 1,000,000x more entertaining

[@clippy-v4q]

it still hurts the brain trying to follow the story though, it is just pain.

[@automatedrussianbot]

amazon giving us all these reviews lol.

[@EmperorTerran]

There is no way you are so autistic you would be watching 1 hour long video about something you did not watch... anyway, the show has great moments and outrage youtubers who pander to the stupidests of the crows will never tell you about them... and you likely being that part of the crowd would probably just sperg out about whatever instead of enjoying it... but go on watch 19th video how RoP is bad for 1h cuz you genuanly have nothing else to do in your life

[@AP-eq6fv]

check out Random Film Talk. His analysis is top tier entertainment (about on par with this video, perhaps a bit better, but each video is an hour long or longer).

[@MsMsStephanie]

My exact feelings of gratitude

[@Tahmaysu]

One scene that sums up the writing of the show is when Blackolas gets stabbed twice but is miraculously okay in the final episode.

[@thomasalvarez6456]

Lol not even a scene showing him being injured, captured, near death or being revived, just a jump cut. This show gives me a whiplash.

[@petriew2018]

it's literally like the writer of the last episode just didn't bother reading the scripts that came before. There's no attempt to make it make sense.... he's just dead and then he's not... how does a show with writing this bad even made it out of the conceptual phase? This isn't even a question of personal tastes, the writing is just objectively awful.

[@M24071]

He was dead, and then he wasn't

[@andymatheson82]

Blhe literally got impaled with dirty sword through his organs, he didnt even get bandaged. Did they just forget

[@maik8338]

He kinda forgot that he got stabbed.

[@bongbongGAMING7878]

Gandalf arrived to earth already as himself, not as a younger Gandalf. What he looks like on the LOTR is what he looks like when he arrives. He is not a man or an elf that slowly grows older over time; he is a freaking Maiar from crying out loud.

[@BrandonDenny-we1rw]

You mean this series has backlore? That preposterous

[@theelder4797]

As if the writers had him look that way due to knowledge. Writers: "So, like, secret Gandalf should, like, look the same, because, like, people won't recognize him, like, ya know?"

[@thekyleprojekt7996]

What is maiar now. That wasn't in any of the movies

[@gregbors8364]

@@thekyleprojekt7996in Tolkien’s lore, Maiar are like lower-tier angels who work with the upper tier (Valar). The wizards are Maiar, as are the Balrogs and Sauron

[@robertturni2845]

The Gandalf is called Gandalf because he’s a Grand Elf is a crime against humanity.

[@JackMcRae-k2f]

That’s not why he’s called Gandalf, that was just a teaser to him actually being gandalf

[@EmperorTerran]

Why? What should it be? Stolen name from nordic mythology? Wait till you hear about tolkiens Teleporno

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

@@JackMcRae-k2f”teaser to him being Gandalf” TEASER! You’re DERANGED. We knew he was Gandalf FROM EPISODE 1

[@ComedyBros5]

@@EmperorTerran You say that like it's a bad thing/crime that Tolkien did. Let's get one thing straight: Tolkien did no wrong, and Grand Elf is dumbass childish brain power.

[@andymatheson82]

@robertturni2845 gandolf wasn't even his actual name though

[@butters1273]

Every time I watch 5 mins of this sh!t, I have to watch the trilogy 5 times in a row to save myself.

[@turtleanton6539]

Mygod.

[@calumlittle9828]

It's shit too. So is Star Wars.

[@marcussinclaire4890]

Better be the extended versions too.

[@takenorikagi]

​@@marcussinclaire4890 I've done the 1st dose. Felt abit relieved. Another 4 dose of extended trilogy to go.

[@CeeMon-xo9mg]

​@@calumlittle9828name a good fantasy franchise then smooth brain

[@luth9119]

Not-Gandalf should get an elvish tatoo on his forehead that says "good"

[@ComedyBros5]

And Sauron needs a "damaged" tattoo on his forehead. It's all that's missing!

[@AC-hj9tv]

Randolph

[@avrivah1101]

Obliterating the distinctions between good and evil is not a trope so much as a reflection of the creator's activism. Humanizing villains and demonizing heroes serves the "greater" purpose of deconstructing traditional morality so that a new value set can be forced into that space. An inferior one.

[@mrwhiteinca]

Nailed it.

[@shortandy6284]

jewish plan

[@brianluisi7616]

Damn eloquently spoken

[@chasehedges6775]

@@brianluisi7616 Yep.

[@chasehedges6775]

@@mrwhiteinca 💯💯

[@marymaza2187]

The Orcs have a weapon capable of throwing rocks at the mountain BEHIND Eregion and demolishing it, but don't think of aiming it to the city's only front wall from a safe distance. Also, the Elf guards, with their super-sight, didn't see the Orcs approaching the city in plain daylight.

[@DSPHistoricalSociety]

It's truly a sad world where Adam Sandler movies from the early-mid 90s are much better than BILLION DOLLAR PRODUCTIONS

[@spencersanderson1894]

Adam Sandler movies are amazing don’t even put them in the same sentence as this mess.

[@parapendejadas4913]

"KARENdriel wants to speak to the manager, my Lord"... _______________ Random Ork

[@JoeyP946]

Ork has to keep his job to support his family you know

[@xtrafunk]

back when season 1 ended I saw someone quip "so in season 2 is halbrand just gonna show up in a blonde wig like hi guys its me annatar?" - can't even satirize this show without it coming true lmao

[@chasehedges6775]

Rings Of Power should NEVER HAVE EXISTED! I’m so glad I I never watched it. And I never will.

[@FlifeSworld]

Me too

[@funkydiscogod]

It's amazing because all they had to do was make a script for a story that Tolkien already wrote. They're just doing extra work writing their own story.

[@chasehedges6775]

@@funkydiscogod True

[@EmperorTerran]

Meanwhile me a tolkien fan: GIVE ME MORE. I love everything about sauron, galadriel, adar, celebrimbor. Give me more poem of the ONE RING TO RULE THEM ALL in black speech. Give me more sauron crying when he is called the lord of the rings and that one of the rings will be his utter ruin. GIVE ME MORE of adar describing how it feels to be with sauron, how he promises you what you most desire and makes HIS power seem like YOUR power, only when he trully sees you with his gaze he bores a hole in you and he slithers in with his control. Give me more of an elf girl having a panic attack because when she had a ring on and she saw sauron as he is in the unseen world - of flame, reeking of death with eternal pittiles eyes. Give me adar absolutely owning and lecturing pompous elves, his every sceene was kino...

[@funkydiscogod]

@@EmperorTerran You're not a Tolkien fan, you're an Amazon fan.

[@politenonparticipant4859]

Why are there barrow wights if Gondor and Arnor have not yet been founded? The barrows didn’t exist until after the fall of the successor kingdoms which were established after the fall of Arnor. The barrows hold the noble dead of those lands which were crushed by the Witch King in service to Sauron... a service which didn’t even begin until after Sauron had gained possession of the lesser rings. The writing of this show makes me sad to think it could be someone's first exposure to something Tolkien-adjacent.

[@VidsnStuff]

Sucks man, it would've been real cool to see how the Barrow-Wights came about eventually, not right off the bat like in the show.

[@richjageman3976]

A dog can eat a can of alphabet soup and crap out better writing than ROP.

[@chasehedges6775]

I agree.

[@AHersheyHere]

This show also suffers from the compressed timeline, Annatar worked with Celebrimbor for 3 centuries, which makes more sense why he became "in command" when Celebrimbor became 'ill' as opposed to Annatar was there for 3 weeks and now 2nd in command.

[@yaroslavgerzhedovich6064]

These time periods from the Second Age chronology will be a problem even for a perfect adaptation. There is almost 2000 years between the forging of the Rings and the Downfall of Numenor. Perhaps it would have been better if some "perfect" writers/showrunners had focused on Ar-Pharazon, the Downfall of Numenor, the Battle of Dagorlad, and the end of the Second Age.

[@dredgen0268]

I just…I just can’t believe the Stranger is Gandalf….like god damn WE ALL SAW THAT COMING-how did they think this was a surprise?!

[@chasehedges6775]

I can only hope Ian Mckellan would be annoyed and baffled by the terrible and horrid writing of this show. And I doubt he watches it.

[@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access]

So you have to have at least five brain cells to figure that out, which is five more than the Showrunners have

[@chasehedges6775]

@@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access 👍Probably so.

[@bennygerow]

He is good.

[@M24071]

@@chasehedges6775 i doubt he gives a shit about this fanfiction

[@zackjoseph9127]

what urks me is that they diddnt bother at all to find actors that look at all similar to hugo weaving and kate blanchette.

[@chasehedges6775]

TRUE💯💯💯. Elle Fanning would have been perfect as a young Galadriel, tbh in my opinion.

[@paStLife463]

Be glad they didn't race swap Galandriel at this point...

[@DUDEDUDE33]

Elrond actor is pretty good imo

[@patrik3482]

​@@paStLife463 Only white men get blackwashed.

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

In the end, we have won. Beauty and Truth stand while that ugly imitation is sonking in to oblivion.

[@theelder4797]

Says a lot about their..."thinking"...they flat out want to end beauty and Truth with DEIversity and effinizm.

[@justforever96]

The King has returned. 👏

[@rumham8979]

The one saving grace to the tale of this Rings of Power show is how the fans have rejected it.

[@terri_blueberri]

This show was doomed as soon as the question "Why does a ship float while a rock cannot" was pontificated and it's been downhill ever since that profoundly idiotic nugget of wisdom.

[@AndrewSavasoMusic]

Absolutely glorious piece of dialogue between Not-Finrod and Guyladriel...

[@TheCarrShow]

Wait- Are you saying rocks aren't made of wood???

[@CaptiveEins]

This show made the original movie trilogy stand out even more. We didn't realize what treasure we had all the time! No wait, we always did

[@blacksheep9505]

Your editor seriously passes the vibe check. His additions/corrections are awesome.

[@ledarbyromeo9667]

6:00 That Tom Hardy clip got me.

[@kiroslepoto]

18:43 LoL

[@AromaBlue]

I really tried. But the first season convinced me not only is the dialogue AI generated, but I began suspecting Morfydd Clark was also. She is just awful, sometimes worse than that abysmal dialogue. She can only emote anger, disdain or nothing, her tone is so jarring and uneven, spiteful and sarcastic 90% of the time, I just couldn't continue. This is just drivel.

[@chasehedges6775]

Too true. This show looks horrendous. And the girl playing Galadriel is horrible.

[@chasehedges6775]

Regarding Morfyydd Clark(Galadriel), it’s so weird because I hear she’s in a good movie called Saint Maud(2019) and I hear she’s really good in it. If so, then WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED!?

[@angleofshadow9818]

@@chasehedges6775 And sucked at Netfix Dracula. It's nice to know she made it even once.

[@marychocolatefairy]

@chasehedges6775 Clark is one of those mid actresses that seems to have difficulty smiling in character. St Maud was a very grim movie, so her style fit in there. But in RoP she's supposed to be the enchanting Lady of Light, so that didn't work at all.

[@StopReadingMyNameOrElse]

@@chasehedges6775 She was told to act like a "strong female lead" and that was it.

[@deepstatethrombosis]

Yer ah lizard, Harry. 🦎

[@Sam.From.Wonderland]

As soon as "gandalph" oozed out of not-gandalf's piehole I grabbed the roku remote, hit the power button, said "f this show, i'm done", and swam off to the undying lands.

[@vardamir0397]

I turned it off as soon as elven kids with infinite wisdom in the land of peace were being bullies to each other...how'd you last this long :O must've been so painful, for real. F this, priciest fan fiction ever and it's not even good...

[@jessjess23brooks89]

I tried to swim to the undying lands, but... Sexy Sauron idk distracted me and we went to Numenor for some fucking reason.

[@beefgoat80]

@0:30 that kind of reminds me of when, back in the mid 2000s, I started working for whole foods. One of my coworkers talked me into taking an herbal supplement cleanse. I can't remember the specific name of whatever cocktail of plants I was putting in my body. Anyway, he told me It'd be tough, but I'd feel so much better if I stuck with it to the end. I tried it and felt like utter garbage. I did some research only to find out the stuff was full of alkaloids that probably had some questionable effects on one's liver and kidneys. So, it turns out the reason you felt so much better once the regimen was completed was down to the fact you had been taking low dose poison for a week. Yeah, of course you're going to feel great after not taking that shit anymore. Long story short, the fact that season 2 was better because season 1 sucked so bad reminded me of that story.

[@coyoteink]

He wasn’t “technically” revealed to be gandalf because they are not allowed to use him. He sees the future and sees an old man referred to as Gandalf and asks not-tom bombidil “is this what they will call me in the future? -slow claps with zero passion at the work around- ‘You cant sue him cause we haven’t actually confirmed hes gandalf

[@chickendrawsdogs3343]

I hate how characters in this show pronounce the names - it's so freaking pretentious.

[@creatrixZBD]

I despise that they roll the r’s instead of trilling them. It’s a petty difference, but it got my goat. Guttural, instead of light and lilting. My brain forgot they were meant to be elves, they were all so stodgy and clump-along.

[@crazyralph6386]

Just like the lazy and unimaginative writing of those God awful SW sequels, these jokers at Amazon shamelessly steal bits and pieces from PJ’s work, and completely bastardizes it.

[@VexElectronica]

This show was so bad I got rid of my TV all together.

[@AteshSeruhn]

Destroy it!

[@LostHorizons0]

Tolkien is my favorite in terms of books and the Peter Jackson movies despite not being exact to the books were still very good. This show is too concerned with real world politics than sticking for the canon lore. It’s just awful.

[@NavasGonzalo]

Rings of Power is a small and effective test to test the stupidity and mediocrity of the viewer. The level of writing is minimal and the series is built on polarizing hate baiting done to compensate with controversy for what the quality of the script is not going to provide. The few who defend it are neither aware of the very low criteria they have nor the profound ignorance about Tolkien's work that they carry. A work of non-existent quality made to touch the emotions of simple, easily impressionable people and that demonstrate with its simplicity that Tolkien is daisies for pigs. and then, aside, all that stuff about racism, black elves, beardless dwarfs, etc. is a controversy inserted on purpose so that people of very low intellectual level get lost in sterile debates that do not allow them to see reality: they are simple beings, with simple thinking, without deep and soulless.

[@davidmichael9275]

If you're a fan of Tolkein you're actually lucky when watching this. You know what is SUPPOSED to be happening. I don't know anything about LOTR, so I had to watch this blind. It was dreadful.

[@chasehedges6775]

As a fan of the Peter Jackson films, I’m glad I never watched this show.

[@TheCarrShow]

Oh, no... It's much worse for Tolkien fans. We have to endure bad soap opera writing AND watch our beloved characters be ridiculed and assassinated on-screen, and cringe every time they "re-purpose" a line from the book.

[@chasehedges6775]

@@TheCarrShow Same for me as a Peter Jackson LOTR fan.

[@benmiles00]

A 15 year warranty is outstanding these days for those desks.

[@Schoolboyfrm5th]

This is money laundry😂😂 Honestly they intentionally made it bad so they can hide and clean some illegal money

[@benmiles00]

28:00 As someone who has worked in the film and TV industry I can say, this is the unfortunate side-effect of actor's egos. There needs to be an even distribution of lines between the main characters in a scene. It's a thing. Now you know about, you'll ID it all the fkin time, unfortunately. The only exception to this is when one actor is higher paid or more famous than the others so they will get more lines of dialogue or a more prominent depiction in each scene - because they are the biggest ego in the room.

[@clippy-v4q]

American tv shows kill me with this, the unnatural conversations evenly distributed between cast members, where each cast member starts talking exactly after the other for his or her time slot before the next and they go round robin, NCIS and Criminal Minds come to mind.

[@benmiles00]

@@clippy-v4q and they call it acting. lol.

[@snarzetax]

@@benmiles00 no, they call it writing lmao

[@benmiles00]

@@snarzetax They claimed it was writing. But that script was absolutely appalling. Actors endlessly repeating lines to pad the running time of each episode. Not to mention that terrible battle at the end. That was the stupidest thing I've ever had to watch. The criticism is endless.

[@skjaldulfr]

The Doors of Durin being moveable is so wrong. They're characterized by being made from the "living" (in situ) stone.

[@seanmcclure]

I tried. I put in the first season and I couldn’t even get through the first episode without rolling my eyes. There is no way they thought that this was going to be a phenomenon.

[@chasehedges6775]

I tried watching the first episode as well and I just couldn’t. It was horrendous.

[@chasehedges6775]

The show should have never been green-lit.

[@chasehedges6775]

The Peter Jackson LOTR will always be iconic and The Hobbit Trilogy is decent.

[@calumlittle9828]

A phenomenal way to launder a billion bucks.

[@ComedyBros5]

I don't believe it was ever greenlit with the plans of it being a "phenomenon." It was designed with only one goal in mind: to get Amazon more subscribers. That's why the writing is awful and clearly doesn't care to do any justice to Tolkien-lore.

[@mysticx0]

i cant see "not gandalf" without seeing Asmongold....

[@se7ensynzz16]

I’m so glad I didn’t watch the show so I could watch you tear it apart. Honestly, you might be my absolute favourite creator for this stuff. Keep the fire coming, sir. I haven’t laughed this hard in a long time.

[@creatrixZBD]

I watched it so I could discern which creators were actually own legit impressions, as compared to the grifters who just repeat the popular twitter complaints for adsense. And there were quite a few of those. A lot of smaller channels hit it out of the park, I found some cool creators. And got some great laughs mutually hating a terrible show :p

[@lordravenblade]

Elrond and Galadriel aren’t related. Galadriel is Elrond’s mother-in-law. Not sure if that’s worse or better.

[@calumlittle9828]

It's hotter.

[@ComedyBros5]

@@calumlittle9828 So hot

[@creatrixZBD]

That’s still considered “related.” Just “related-by-marriage” not “blood-related” Ugh, spelling edit sorry

[@yaroslavgerzhedovich6064]

Aside from how they butchered one of the most beloved high fantasy books, I was shocked by poor, unprofessional quality of literally everything in the show. They had one billion and wasted it for nothing... the budget of Lawrence of Arabia (1962) with panoramic battle scenes and the REAL hordes of horsemen was $15kk ( ~$100kk today adjusted for inflation which is more or less like one episode of RoP ). Another epic movie from the past, Spartacus (1960) costed $12kk, it employed over 10,000 real people, not dozen of bad CGI designers.

[@HelicopterKicks]

The imitations of the ‘actors’ you do for this ‘show’ are fantastic

[@PEC0TTO]

@1:00:00 It's even worst. Elendil, is the father of Isildur remember. So the sword revealed by Elendil, is Narsil, the sword that Isildur will use to cripple Sauron. Then the sword will shatter, and be reforged into Anduril. Later wielded by Aragorn, heir of Isildur, son of Elendil to end the shadow of Sauron. So Elendil did a gesture that, his heir, Aragorn, will re-create in the another Age. It's like poetry, it rhymes... 🤮 Edit: I mixed up my timeline, I blame it on too much intake of Rings Of Power.

[@MurtonFeygor]

Nah, it´s even worse... Isildur isn´t Aragorns father. He is his great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather...they are literally 3000+ years apart.

[@PEC0TTO]

@@MurtonFeygor I don't know if it's even worst. But you're right I got the ascendancy wrong. He's not the direct son of Isildur.

[@OrangeGeemer]

I just finished watching the Penguin and there is a scene there where he talks to the smaller gangster and gives them beer, he talks to manipulate them and you can tell he is talking BS by the smallest of smiles he makes right before drinking the beer. It´s a brilliant scene and it fits with what you´ll expect an evil person would do, specially if that character has a reputation of being cunning, deceptive and persuasive.

[@Outlier68]

I didn’t enjoy The Penguin at all. I couldn’t find one character that resonated with me. They were all so bland and unlikeable that I didn’t bother finishing it. The Day of the Jackal series, on the other hand, was superb.

[@rileyroosreviews7052]

The orc baby was funny and also the black legolas dying in one episode than just coming back without so much as a stab wound in the next

[@JohnKlimakos]

That Shite is still on?!?! I love LOTR, but hated season 1. I am convinced this is a lefty plot to ruin Tolkien.

[@rennn9482]

nah us lefties hate the show too 😔

[@Modenut]

Delightful video as always. I never bothered with season two. Watching youtubers lose their minds over it is far more enjoyable.

[@abylon9641]

yooooo they got Asmongold to play Gandalf

[@xXImbaFuryXx]

I am goooouuud

[@DopestOFSmoke]

46:20 Non-dolf really got me good 😂

[@MarvinPowell1]

The editor: The unsung hero of any medium to large KZbinr. Also, She-Hulk is worse than Galadriel, because She-Hulk was written as if she was going to have a character arc to stop being a c*nt, but never gets it, while there's still time for Galadriel to suck less. Seal Clap Counter: 9.

[@TheMovieCynic]

That was also me for the first 40 videos of this channel. Now BagFace is my personal hero

[@neilhannan7525]

I don't think Movie Cynic likes Rings of Powers 😂

[@chasehedges6775]

I don’t blame him at all😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@TheCarrShow]

Do you realize how much money he's making from these videos? He surely loves RoP

[@chasehedges6775]

@@TheCarrShow He loves despising it and talking about how bad it is. LOL

[@Andriej69]

Don't call it 'worst", they may treat that as a challenge

[@bottlethrower1544]

0:50 You had me at "Temu" 😢 Thank you giving RoP S2 the review it deserves You are a gentleman and a scholar

[@theblackflame4002]

Don Lemolas....oh man.

[@Bob.Roberts]

I found myself actively rooting for Sauron to destroy everyone else. I didn't like Elrond much, but I did like it when he continuously checked fake-Galadriel with truth bombs.

[@SilverGoldGaming]

I never seen a show that literally made me want all the main characters dead and Sauron to win. 😂

[@brianabalos4878]

What's the actual payoff of including not Gandalf in this TV show if it will not be affecting the main storyline of Elves and Sauron? Well, I for one is hoping for Amazon to dish out the money (to waste) on Season 3. GO AMAZON! DO IT! WASTE MORE MONEY!

[@reygonzalez6021]

Ill never get over what a frump the lead actress is compared to the Movie Galadriel

[@ComedyBros5]

Thing is, Cate Blanchett is still a babe and still could've played the role. Would've worked just fine.

[@reygonzalez6021]

@ComedyBros5 she has better sense and taste I would guess, but in a better prequel, what with de-aging, yeah for sure.

[@ComedyBros5]

@@reygonzalez6021 Yeah, I'm glad she didn't sign up for or get the role again. It would've been a terrible mistake after seeing how bad the show has turned out.

[@DdHenley307]

After episode 3 of season 1, I wanted this show canceled. Since then, I've realized that I want them to keep going. I want them to be forced to do 5 seasons even after realizing what a failure it is. Everyday just going through the motions while knowing they have ruined their names in Hollywood. I want it to lose so much money that the people involved never get jobs in Hollywood again and people think of this show the next time they try and adapt fantasy.

[@AHersheyHere]

55:00 It's actually better, they come with the rising sun "Look to the North!" You know, north, where the sun normally rises.

[@se7ensynzz16]

Also, why is it nobody ever pointed out that diversity hobbit looks like bubbles from the wire? Am I the only one that laughed my ass off every time I see that ?

[@Wade-1]

Insane to me that anyone who loves Tolkien's work would watch this woke garbage. People should have known considering how ugly the actors are. They don't look like Elves and Dwarves. The actors aren't good. The casting isn't good. And from ever one of these review videos I've seen, the show is one of the worst of all time.

[@sydneyslaughter7163]

I was scrolling through the cast list and apparently Femenem’s real first name is “Birdie’.

[@spiderprint]

Show: I'M BAAAAAaAD

[@chasehedges6775]

👍👍👍😂😂

[@lordravenblade]

My one “to be fair” is to say that Elrond is supposedly a scholar with little real world experience so him not recognizing the barrow-wights but knowing how to defeat them once he hears the name makes at least some sense.

[@benmiles00]

Sorry you had to endure this sh1t mate. Your sacrifice shall not go unnoticed. You have shown your true quality. See? I said the thing too! Oh Iiiii member! lol.

[@lea-anne9133]

😂😂😂

[@jakethomasedwards]

Grandalf is the most uninspired name ever and would 100% be the name of Gandalf in a Parody movie

[@jakethomasedwards]

Holy shit this app is so buggy

[@crabhater9373]

Glad I didn't watch this trash. It does not deserve Tolkien's world

[@chasehedges6775]

Same. Or Peter Jackson, for that matter. But then again, if he had been involved from the get go, we would have gotten something better or at least passable.

[@FLOJo83]

Great commentary! You’re so cute. Yes I’m a man

[@StarshipTrooper4231]

The only thing I want to know now is what movie is at 06:03, with tom harding. The rest I couldn't care less about.

[@bwilson5401]

Its called 'Bronson.' Starring Tom Hardy.

[@patrickb1303]

The movie about Charlie Bronson

[@SlipdeGarcondeJour]

Loving the unobtrusive editing by Bagface.

[@ggadams639]

so not gonna talk about the most funniest black actors cameos in the background who have absolute nothing to do other than being in half of the screen by bying the blackest black actors you could find for all the races of middle earth

[@freddyvalentine]

Why do you all watch this shite and then come on KZbin to post about how shite it is? I'm a Tolkien fan and knew as soon as I saw the first trailer to give it a miss. By watching this nonsense you are contributing to it's continuation. They don't care if you like it, they just need you to watch it.

[@Neo_Vandole]

it's about Amazon PRIME subs. Nothing more. They've calculated that shit through and ended up with a fat +. One tuber more or less watching it won't change a thing.

[@lJ0blixen]

For the algorithms because yours & the Despot make such great content and got me through my night shifts.. thank yoy

[@fluffypinkpandas]

In Tolkien's original return of the king, orcs dont really want to go to war they dont fear it its just that the dark lord's war specifically isnt one that interested them. They had their own inner battles they wanted to fight. They had things THEY cared about fighting and fighting for, and the only way they would listen to the Dark Lord is if the Dark Lord hired whipmasters that could use the orcish language of violence against them, dominate them at their own game, then herd them & dump them off at the battlefields of his chosing To the dark lord, Orcs were bugs. Snarks from Half Life that nip at you and you gotta reach in there and pick up the whole hive and hurl rabid animals at your foes. He his someone who finds a way to guide a swarm of locusts.

[@SageFrogOil]

I thought this show was GREAT

[@MajorDrinkins]

Great video! Very funny edits and jokes. And the breakdown of the mess this series is, just spot on

[@warcheef]

01:01:37 "He asked the gods..." Wait, what? This is Middle Earth... what gods?! Did they not check the script at all?

[@nickn271]

There are so many moments when it’s clear this show was written by AI. ie. nothing but Sauron could have destroyed the bridge and Elrond not knowing what the barrow wights were but does know how to kill them.

[@ClarkBent604]

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[@ClarkBent604]

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[@anthonymolden4684]

This shit was freaking hilarious. 😅

[@rossbooth4635]

Adar "turning good" at the end made sense to me. Nenya healed him, presumably including Morgoth's torment, and is basically turned back into an Elf (at least while wearing it).

[@moriscondo5511]

the visuals were good, but the cast choices ruin the aesthetic of Middle Earth for DEI. Also, the timeline of Tolkien was thrown into a blender. Overall I wanted to like thius, but got pissed off at it many times. Goddamn writers at Amazon thinking they know better than Tolkien. That elf charachter, Arondir, or however it's spelled looks like a US marine, not a damn elf. Fail on Amazon. They could have used those same actors but in different roles.

[@flandstuteclasher3767]

why does the modern writing not have that magic anymore? even now when i watch lotr i can feel that mesmerizing feeling from the dialogue.....these series feel so fake.. like they are telling to our faces that "we are totally acting

[@drowningmonday4374]

Well said. There is no drama or real feeling of pacing and immersion in new media. LOTR was a masterpiece

[@flandstuteclasher3767]

@drowningmonday4374 yeah that's it... immersion Even with bad pacing it could be awesome but the immersion is completely missing... Instead of middle earth it feels like a studio

[@OrangeGeemer]

13:59 is he shaving?? but elves don´t have beards, only the super duper old gets one

[@AndrewSavasoMusic]

Cirdan is a super duper old one by the time of ROP I think... Correct me if I'm wrong please.

[@OrangeGeemer]

@AndrewSavasoMusic ah is Cirdan, yes he did have a beard, a long beard, so still is weird he is shaving it.

[@MeaTargett-du3jw]

“The bullsh**** mystery box style storytelling popularized by the show Lost…” Bro at least Lost was a good show 💀

[@erniebellinetti7590]

Thanks for your in-depth analysis of TRoP. After season 1 ended i looked forward to watching season 2. Surely things would start making more sense. But after the Harfoots got taken away by the whirlwind I was so disoriented and confused by the multiple story lines that I just quit watching it. I thought I must not be intelligent enough to understand this complex telling of a tale. Thanks to your explanation I now know the problem was not with my failing mental capabilities, but the insanity of the writers and producers of this train wreck series. By watching your complete video i now know how TRoP ended without having to watch hours and hours just to be torture. Plus I have been freed from the confusion of Middle Earth forever....

[@TheDenoginator]

You didn’t mention the horrendous way the names are pretentiously pronounced. “GaLaDrIeL!”

[@solzenstein]

I love your editor and the channel. Therapeutic for one such as myself. Keep up the great work!

[@TheMovieCynic]

Thank you!

[@ekszentrik]

I don't think you quite understood what "metamodern" means if you connect it to this show.

[@Inastewpopotogo]

16:50 Yes, why would Hollywood want us to be sympathetic towards evil...🤔 Another fantasy series completely ruined😧😮‍💨 Ill just skip this sacrilege and go read the books and watch the movie again.

[@MARTINSTERN]

You and the Despot of Antrim should team Up for a video

[@sassyquin707]

This review is awesome

[@DaBearsGG]

I remember when I was 15 years old, this was in the late 90s... I discovered and read the Lord of the Rings books. To this day, I love everything about Tolkien, the books, the lore, the history, the world and universe. I cannot bring myself to watch this show. It is too painful as it not only destroys but mocks everything Tolkien stood for and created. Thank you for showcasing and articulating it so well in this video.

[@johnnyjay6959]

So I love the writing of this shit show and I love that it’s a thing. It only makes me LOVE Tolkien even more. Makes me cherish the fact that those movies got made when they did bc imagine if they got made today. I just feel bad for the actors who actual try to make it better by giving their all but it’ll never work.

[@kens2328]

That bunch of grapes is the funniest thing I’ve seen all week.

[@jonathanhopkins8565]

Hour long video?? Man's blessing us

[@booshmcfadden7638]

Didn't Tolkien spend 20 something years writing LotR and longer to write The Simarillion? But these writers "fixed" it all in a few months.

[@ImpoliteSociety]

💯 Loving these ‘Editor Notes’!!! 💯💯😂😂😂

[@metcaelfe]

The show is definitely the equivalent of prison food, good call