WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING AT?! Rings of Power FINAL trailer reaction

[@julesnestt]

Many people don't know that when Galadriel spins her sword at 2:26 in the new trailer it's actually a reference to J.R.R. Tolkien spinning in his grave. That's what I call a masterclass in Cinematography.

[@peeleejin899]

Damn mate this hit hard.

[@jamesturner6979]

Underrated comment.

[@joebobhenrybob2000]

I assumed it was a Tommy Lee Motley Crue reference. Like when drummers spin their sticks between times they need to hit drums or cymbals

[@Mozers05]

jesus christ XD

[@studioYAAGEE]

I LoLed and choked on my tea :)...but then I got sad :(

[@rainmorga]

That scene where Jon Snow tells Hermoine "If you are nothing without the sword, then you don't deserve the sword" gave me chills.

[@bernhardtsen74]

I preferred the scene where Harry Potter pointed at Trafalguar square and said... "One day, everything the sun touches, will be yours!"

[@thinkwithurdipstick]

Wow, who thought I would live to see the day when a marvel movie would be deeper than a work based on Tolkien. I hate it.

[@Osekin7]

How about the moment Balu the Bear told Tarzan "Use your Claws"?

[@hawkeye5955]

@@Osekin7 : Or when Mufasa said to Gaston: "I am your father."

[@firewolf2930]

@@hawkeye5955 or when the rescue rangers teamed up with the power rangers to stop the beagle boys

[@RobAryeeArc]

31:55 CORRECTION: Amazon's Rings of Power is not fanfiction. That would require the producers to be fans.

[@Darkwintre]

True!

[@vde1846]

Progfiction - We take the name and trappings of what you like and use it to tell soulless progressive propaganda.

[@ElPibePlay1000]

@@vde1846 good description I heard someone call it hate-fiction because its made by ppl who hate the original story, the author n the fanbase

[@CharlesUrban]

I liked it when Morgoth said "It's Morgin' time" and sent Balrogs to fight Starfleet at Yavin IV.

[@aaronvt9980]

I'd watch that.

[@marcoboccoli4475]

Best crossover, 10/10 I'd watch

[@archon5553]

My god this is brilliant

[@e.mailissimo2146]

The best part of that was when the Free Navy showed up, releasing a bunch of their stealth asteroids to mess the whole thing up! That was shiny!

[@Señor-Donjusticia]

One of the films of the millennium!

[@gregoryfloriolli9031]

As soon as they started singing, “Speak your truth…” I bust out laughing. These people have descended into self parody.

[@nordscan9043]

Like the Simpsons.

[@alexanderm8880]

Tolkien would've hated that almost more than the other stuff in the trailer...

[@nordscan9043]

@@alexanderm8880 He didn't like allegory.

[@alexanderm8880]

​@@nordscan9043 He was also Catholic so the idea of everyone having their own "truth" would've been repellent to him.

[@rpgadventurer32]

@@alexanderm8880 He wouldn't even understand what he's watching. These activists are delusional, they've no sense of time and historical perspective, and how people even 30 or 40 years ago were thinking and perceiving society in the UK - not the US, let alone a traditional English professor who fought in the first world war and died in the 70's of the last century. You just need to watch his old interviews and his son's interviews to immediately recognize the mockery and distortion of this show and its showrunners against him personally not just his works.

[@KirstenQuist]

When Gandalf said "RUN FOREST RUN" to the ents that made me cry 😭

[@Perktube1]

Clever. 😉. Deserves more attention.

[@Siriusb27]

You made my day😂

[@lelpe1888]

And the stone broke and ent said use the force

[@firewolf2930]

haha great one

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

Perhaps the Huorns would be more appropriate?

[@lupuscorvus841]

If this is supposed to be Finrod (Galadriel's brother) he didn't die "hunting the enemy" he died fulfilling his oath to Barahir to protect Beren at all costs while he was imprisoned by Morgoth by breaking free of his chains and then killing a werewolf with his barehands and teeth and then dying of his wounds like an absolute badass. If that's not what happens then that completely fucks with the lore.

[@jsw973]

Being faithful to the lore is somsthing that will never happen in this show. Though, Finrod was imprisoned by Sauron, not Morgoth himself

[@gothicpando]

lore? There is no lore here. only The Message!!!!

[@swagathan5]

Honestly? I don't know if they're legally allowed to do that scene justice. They don't have the rights to the Silmarillion, just stuff in the appendices. The full story of Beren and Luthien may not be there. I'm kinda partially glad about that. They probably won't be ruining the Lay of Luthien.

[@narnia1233]

That sounds epic.

[@sourstuff]

@@swagathan5 that is why this show should have never of been made. Amazon took advantage of the gap in missing book rights to inject their made up stuff.

[@haleyschreiter9746]

Galadriel's brother was never regarded as one of the great warrior princes. He established his realm in the First Age as a refuge and a safe haven so that the Elves could better outlast the dark times ahead. If Galadriel wanted to "carry on his task," she would do exactly what Tolkien says she did as a wise ruler. And, very importantly, her brother did not die in battle or "hunting the enemy." He died in prison, sacrificing himself to save Beren so that the Quest for the Silmaril could continue. If that doesn't happen, the entire history of Middle Earth is radically altered - and not for the good.

[@Siriusb27]

It might be Orodreth or Angrod or Aegnor (I think these last two died in the battle of Nirnaeth Arnoediad against Morgoth's army, if I remember)

[@fantasywind3923]

Well Finrod defintiely WAS great warrior, but he wasn't focusin merely on fighting, he was wise intellectual, artist and good ruler, philosopher king basically, higly diplomatic, who made friendships and alliances with every effin race and people he could, he was friendly with the Dwarves (even received a dwarven nickname), he was friend of Men, hell he made friends even with the Feanorians, the sons of Feanor who delicately speaking were not on the good terms with other elven princes and groups :). If this is really supposed to be Finrod, I' m really disappointed with his portrayal (plus that short modern haircut is so out of place, this guy had golden hair of Vanyar blood to fully highlight it they should have it longer at least shoulder length!), Finrod's role in the quest of Beren and Luhtien for the Silmaril is one of the most fundamental stories, it actually is talked about in the Lotr book, in the narrative at least three times! "In those days the Great Enemy, of whom Sauron of Mordor was but a servant, dwelt in Angband in the North, and the Elves of the West coming back to Middle-earth made war upon him to regain the Silmarils which he had stolen; and the fathers of Men aided the Elves. But the Enemy was victorious and Barahir was slain, and Beren escaping through great peril came over the Mountains of Terror into the hidden Kingdom of Thingol in the forest of Neldoreth. There he beheld Lúthien singing and dancing in a glade beside the enchanted river Esgalduin; and he named her Tinúviel, that is Nightingale in the language of old. Many sorrows befell them afterwards, and they were parted long. Tinúviel rescued Beren from the dungeons of Sauron, and together they passed through great dangers, and cast down even the Great Enemy from his throne, and took from his iron crown one of the three Silmarils, brightest of all jewels, to be the bride-price of Lúthien to Thingol her father. Yet at the last Beren was slain by the Wolf that came from the gates of Angband, and he died in the arms of Tinúviel. But she chose mortality, and to die from the world, so that she might follow him; and it is sung that they met again beyond the Sundering Seas, and after a brief time walking alive once more in the green woods, together they passed, long ago, beyond the confines of this world. So it is that Lúthien Tinúviel alone of the Elf-kindred has died indeed and left the world, and they have lost her whom they most loved. But from her the lineage of the Elf-lords of old descended among Men. There live still those of whom Lúthien was the foremother, and it is said that her line shall never fail. Elrond of Rivendell is of that Kin. For of Beren and Lúthien was born Dior Thingol's heir; and of him Elwing the White whom Eärendil wedded, he that sailed his ship out of the mists of the world into the seas of heaven with the Silmaril upon his brow. And of Eärendil came the Kings of Númenor, that is Westernesse.'" Name of Finrod and his role in the story is not mentioned here but it cannot be forgotten, in any case it's but a summary of that tale! Name of Finrod is mentioned though in different context, Gildor Inglorion the elf who was a leader of Wandering Companies introduced himself as: "Gildor Inglorion of the House of Finrod". This interpretation of Galadriel is definitely NOT what she is supposed to be from all we know of her as written by Tolkien.

[@haleyschreiter9746]

@@Siriusb27 Could be, although the actor is being credited as "Finrod Felagund." He's also the only brother referenced in the alleged "source material," so I strongly suspect it's supposed to be him. Unfortunately 😕

[@haleyschreiter9746]

@@fantasywind3923 Great summary of Finrod's multi-faceted character! And I agree, those short haircuts on the Elves are bloody awful. Between that and the costumes, it's like they're actively trying to make the Elves look lame 😠

[@fantasywind3923]

@@haleyschreiter9746 the elven hair is supposed to look beautiful, even shining, and so far all those weird haircuts just make them feel completely ordinary, I mean heck the Glorfindel first appearance in the book: "Suddenly into view below came a white horse, gleaming in the shadows, running swiftly. In the dusk its headstall flickered and flashed, as if it were studded with gems like living stars. The rider's cloak streamed behind him, and his hood was thrown back; his golden hair flowed shimmering in the wind of his speed. To Frodo it appeared that a white light was shining through the form and raiment of the rider, as if through a thin veil." 'golden hair flower shimmering in the wind of his speed' it definitely is longer, at least shoulder length (by the way, it seems that Glorfindel had tough luck he theoretically could appear in this tv show, it would be also the first appearance of that character in any live action adaptation, but it seems just like Tom Bombadil, Glorfindel is just not lucky enough ;), in any way other elven characters from Lotr also could have appeared because they would have been alive at an early time period too, so Gildor Inglorion, Erestor, Lindir, Galdor of the Havens, also no sign of Cirdan Shipwright, who could have shined through this one! I mean with the amount of sea stuff and ships, the greatest lord of the mariner people of the elves, the builder of ships and lord of the Grey Havens would be quite important, then also comes his involvement in ALL THE FREAKING wars in the history, including the War of the Last Alliance and the rank of being...a RINBEARER for a while! The same with Celeborn the Wise, this show could have him from the start, and character could finally shine: "For the Lord of the Galadhrim is accounted the wisest of the elves of Middle-earth, and a giver of gifts beyond the power of kings....'." and not to mention his and Galadriel's DAUGHTER, Celebrian, future wife of Elrond). Elven hair is mark of attractiveness among their people as Tolkien wrote in more obscure texts: “All the Eldar had beautiful hair (and were especially attracted by hair of exceptional loveliness), but the Noldor were not specially remarkable in this respect, and there is no reference to Finwë as having had hair of exceptional length, abundance, or beauty beyond the measure of his people.” (from “The Shibboleth of Feanor”) ... Ingwë had curling golden hair. Finwë (and Míriel) had long dark hair, so had Fëanor and all the Noldor, save by intermarriage which did not often take place between clans, except among the chieftains, and then only after settlement in Aman. Only Finwë’s second son by Indis had fair hair, and this remained generally characteristic of his descendants, notably Finrod. Elwë and Olwë had very pale hair, almost white. Melian was dark, and so was Lúthien. The Nature of Middle-earth - "Hair" Obviously Amazon DOES NOT have the rights to use those other writings, but come on even The Hobbit and Lotr alone higlight especial beauty of elven hair, but the show...they look completely mundane and oridnary, the short haircuts seem way too modern, and the worst offender is this Arondir the Latino elf played by Ismael Cruz Cordova (setting aside that there are no black elves at all) couldn't they at least give him longer hair, that buzz cut is seriously taking me out of suspension of disbelief :). It looks as if he was having electric trimmer treatment, but in such a primitive technologically world what does he use, shears, scissors, does he shave his head or what? :) Heck, even those ears won't help the fact that guy looks like a Man, if the actor played a Haradrim warrior nobody would bat an eye! At least it would make more sense :), though funnily enough even the Haradrim had longer hair hahah. ""'More Men going to Mordor,' he [Gollum] said in a low voice. 'Dark faces. We have not seen Men like these before... They are fierce. They have black eyes, and long black hair, and gold rings in their ears... lots of beautiful gold. And some have red paint on their cheeks, and red cloaks and their flags are red, and the tips of their spears; and they have round shields, yellow and black with big spikes. " ... ""For a moment he caught a glimpse of swarthy men in red running down the slope some way off with green-clad warriors leaping after them... a man fell, crashing through the slender trees, nearly on top of them. He came to rest in the fern a few feet away, face downward, green arrow-feathers sticking from his neck below a golden collar. His scarlet robes were tattered, his corslet of overlapping brazen plates was rent and hewn, his black plaits of hair braided with gold were drenched with blood. His brown hand still clutched the hilt of a broken sword." :)

[@everopeneye3290]

Sauron, “no Galadriel, i am your farther” was the best bit for me, such a good and original twist

[@WaxTheDolphin]

When Galadriel looked inside Chucky and realized there weren't any batteries I knew I was witnessing the best moments of cinema in all history.

[@lupus2079]

How dare them to make Finrod the Brave turning into a crybaby! He wasn´t diyin by "hunting the enmy". He died by his wound after killing a werewolf with his bare hands to protect Beren.

[@jarnobrofelt1891]

They did same thing to every male character!

[@georgejones5019]

He has short hair too.

[@Beardshire]

The men in this show are weak, incompetent and nothing but toxic, and in the end the female solves it all even when maneuvering around all the cat calls, mansplaining and literal maybe murdered. oh wait that's She-Hulk, OH wait, also maybe this?

[@silentrpglord8229]

Never once in my life have I wished for an adaptation of Tolkien's work to fail. But these past few months? Burn baby burn

[@DavidM_10]

That's actually a great point Claudia rose about the hobbits' feet. They're an insular society (especially in this age, one would assume). They wouldn't think they have big feet. They'd think they have normal feet, and that other races they happened to run into have small feet.

[@creatrixZBD]

They don’t have to do anything but stand and stare broodingly/stunningly/bravely. They’ve TOLD you how epic it is, they’ve TOLD you what wonderful actors they are and what you’re going to think about it. Just sit back, watch the characters hold their Instagram poses and FEEL the generic gravitas. It’s the first real acting ever seen onscreen. Ever.

[@gothicpando]

hell first acting nah try first black woman on screen EVA!!!!!!!!

[@creatrixZBD]

@Dante Rossini yeah totally lol. Took a few years, but they’ve got it down to a fine art now. It will be nice when this phase passes. I’m down for progressive themes and motifs, just not the being told how to feel. And I would love to see some really creative, intelligent and original writers allowed to flourish. Would love to see indy/arthouse films make a comeback.

[@qaztim11]

@@creatrixZBD heres the thing, you can tell a lot of great stories that incorporate THE MESSAGE, as long as the characters are good, and the plot actually makes sense, and the show does not condescend to the audience with one sided political takes, then people will enjoy it.

[@manofculture4938]

@@qaztim11 nah. If the politics is annoying it will bother me and others quite a bit even if the rest is good

[@MrEmpireBuilder0000]

EXACTLY how Eternals looked. Like.. Stop posing!

[@randomazman]

I think it’s time Claudia gets her spot in the intro. I enjoy what she adds to the channel.

[@jean-luclorusso]

I was just thinking that. Love to see her medieval get up in that same art style

[@qaztim11]

yep, she brings a balance to the usual trio, and has a lot of unique takes

[@Letsgosurfing-cc3ly]

Was watching the into and thinking, wonder what Claudia is. No Claudia 😞

[@steve-oh4342]

agreed

[@jasonlavallee8195]

I was looking for a comment like this. I was actually surprised how quick I found it. It's time she gets her own artwork.

[@DaveYogs]

When Picard looked at gandalf and said, "take the gondors and deliver morbius to the gates of mordor" i knew it was one of the movie game trailers ever.

[@joykilla9563]

I'll bet Amazon is hiring fake reviewers for Prime in order to combat the looming and inevitable fan victory.

[@MaxxMcGeePrivate]

Already happened. Not fake, but they just needed to invite them to a premier with all the benefits and they praised the first 2 episodes.

[@jasonck9635]

I had heard that they already hired some .

[@philipbutler6608]

Even Gollum described as being from a river people that also lived in holes like hobbit’s. Hobbits were sedentary. They may have migrated but they didn’t wander for generations. A nomad life is contrary to the very nature hobbits who consider adventure and travel as not respectable even queer. A hobbit worries about their reputation they wore bright clothes and their holes are none nasty or grubby.p but comfortable and very nice.

[@hermitcard4494]

Wrong. Hobbits are mutant mechas traveling the space.

[@philipbutler6608]

@@hermitcard4494 lol they are not dirty little vagabonds portrayed by Amazon. I canceled my Amazon Prime when they started de-platforming companies on their platform for political reasons. I now try to buy from box stores or direct. This is what monopolies do, they supply restricted unresponsive choices. Warner Brothers is also finding that you can’t make a profit on garbage. From what I have seen in trailers the costumes in this are cheap the mail is plastic and in some cases a tee shirts printed to look like mail. The mail on the horses looks 3D printed and painted. The background looks like the painted Scenery you see in the 1950’s adaption of Oklahoma. It really looks more cartoonish than cgi. Peter Jackson’s epic films inspire people to visit New Zealand. Real armor and mail has a sound you can’t fake. In Jackson’s films each faction had theme music performed by an orchestra. Even 1950’s TV shows had real orchestras. The music sounds worse than loops people buy for their KZbin creations. Wandering tribes don’t plant crops.

[@vde1846]

Queer you say... ;)

[@philipbutler6608]

@@vde1846 queer is not always sexual.

[@vde1846]

@@philipbutler6608 I know, I know. 'Twas but a jest :) Indeed both "queer" and "gay" began as polite/bashful euphemisms. "Mommy, why doesn't uncle Wilbur have a wife?" "Oh, he's just a little queer."

[@AeternusNox.]

Okay. So as a Millennial, poppy intros don’t have a place in fantasy trailers, especially Tolkien’s world. That and I hate hate hate hate autotune. Anyone can use it. Poppy intros are better suited for shows like True Blood. Even with Stranger Things, they used the music that would be suited to the timeframe. Rings of Power show creators are trying to get the next gen involved in the most expensive fan-fic in history.

[@digital_waffles]

I thought it ROCKED

[@CharlesUrban]

Ditto. When they put the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" in the Star Trek Beyond movie trailer (and then in the movie), I lost all confidence in the people running Star Trek.

[@evanevanf4033]

I don’t even like pop music I hate how “Old town road” is like literally the only song movies know it’s annoying

[@hermitcard4494]

Let them burn money hahahhaahhaa

[@tunguskalumberjack9987]

It’s as immersion breaking as modern terms, phrases, and the like being used in A Knight’s Tale. Full disclosure, I’ve never watched the movie myself, and that’s one of the major reasons why- I’ve heard about it from people I trust. Imagine Frodo seeing Aragorn defeat a Ringwraith and saying, “Word, you opened a can of whoop-ass on that bitch.” How much more awful will this get?

[@aaronhaase7905]

Claudia needs her own cartoon intro, she's part of the family now

[@harrisonpritchett7538]

Nathan’s Shad impression at the beginning 😂😂😂

[@hr8978]

The part where Gandalf tells the producers and ACTIVISTS of this PRODUCT, "throw yourselves in next time and rid us of your STUPIDITY!" That was perfect.

[@scottski02]

Based Gandalf

[@beowulfsrevenge4369]

Galadrial: "There is a tempest inside of me!" Me: "I told your Orc food was a bad idea. Did you have to be polite and have seconds?"

[@CharlesUrban]

Torco Bell? ...Nah, that's forcing it.

[@lokdog257]

7:00 the actor that plays that dwarf said that he didn't know Tolkien until he started working on the show, and now he is a real fan. His face lit up and he seemed so happy and excited talking about Tolkien's world.

[@gothicpando]

dude need to hire a better agent then...

[@CharlesUrban]

Well, he's taking this annihilation of the canon in stride. I can't tell whether that's impressive, disheartening, or both.

[@lokdog257]

@@CharlesUrban well he was already on board before he learned the lore, kinda too late at that point. In the interview with him and Deza? you can tell that he can't stand all the nonsense she is saying

[@beowulfsrevenge4369]

@@lokdog257 That dude was hurting inside it was written all over his face.

[@TheHeroRises]

When Galadriel looked at the Predator and yelled “Come on!” and the the DeLorean blasted in running him over only to open its door to reveal Galadriel driving it and tells Galadriel, “Come with me if you want to live.” I wept for joy!

[@JohnMiller-zr8pl]

😄

[@insertclevernamehere1186]

"Two Warrior Galadriels? That's three too many."

[@pira707]

Then another delorean blasts through and side swipes galadriel's delorean and Darth vader hops out and does a fortnite dance on both of dead galadriels in the crashed delorean

[@quailstudios]

The music is definitely NOT timeless. It’s modern and pulls me right out of the cinematic experience, if there ever was one. After being pulled out of the experience there is no hope of ever getting back in.

[@evanevanf4033]

I don’t like pop music anyways and it use in movies maybe good contemporary music that could have been used here is Mother Falcon music. Go listen to that and see what I mean

[@Perktube1]

I like the part where Galadriel raised her lightsaber, shouted "By the power of Greyskull!", and then cut my sandwich in half, like I told her to. 😉

[@DoubleClefFm]

Didnt saw that coming....good one xD

[@JohnMiller-zr8pl]

😁

[@FAFOActual]

Indeed

[@donthaveaname15]

Galadriel screaming " There is a tempest in me", warned Japan of the massive Typhoon that took out the Fukushima nuclear plant. She is indeed an Oracle of our age.

[@CharlesUrban]

"There is a tempest in me!" _The National Weather Service in Imladris, Eriador has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for..._

[@manchild3437]

I was nearly paralyzed from chills when Gimli jumped into the ATAT and blew Jon Snow's head off while the laugh track came in. Tolkien's best work imo.

[@andykeiser6049]

staring off into the middle distance is the new cool thing to do when the director/writers can't fill out an episode. Check out handmaid's tale, the deeper into the seasons you go the more they use it. if you cut out all the time spent with the main character staring off into nothingness you could shorten nearly every episode by a third.

[@misiopuchatek152]

Used in Venezuelan, Turkish and similar ‘shows’ a lot. There are literally scenes when they are watching like that for 30 seconds, it is cut to black and again 30 seconds of the same look but a little different crop. Just 🤮 So they learn from the best in the industry!

[@filmandfirearms]

Even Jeremy Clarkson made fun of that. When Jeremy Clarkson is calling you lazy and unoriginal, you fucked up big time

[@Letsgosurfing-cc3ly]

It is what we made fun of in bad daytime drams of the 80's

[@misiopuchatek152]

@@Letsgosurfing-cc3ly immortal smelling the fart from Friends 🤣

[@eamonnholland5343]

Sadly, lengthened shots of characters remaining silent and staring could be great character moments, or give proper perspective to the incredible environments they're in. Instead, it's used to give hollow gravitas to hollow characters and hollow stories. Many modern Hollywood products use unnecessarily terse shots, with multiple jump cuts lasting a second or less. Most scenes, and the audience, aren't allowed to breathe or think. This is especially true for action sequences. When was the last time you've seen an action sequence with only one or two cuts? I remember an episode of Daredevil season 3 that had a continuous 11 minute sequence. It was so anathema to modern Hollywood it nearly pulled me out of the story, but only because of how awesome it was. If properly executed, pauses on characters and scenery could be incredible.

[@Boo1776x]

When Galadriel unsheathed her sword and said, "Wakanda forever" I lost it

[@Nonplussed]

Galadriel sounds like a theatre kid pretending to understand how a super ancient elven queen would act.

[@matthewclark7955]

the hobbits are a good humoured and witty satire of middle English people from the 16th 17th and 18th centuries. so.. tweed, cotton, waitscoats, cloggs, pipes, lots of hair, bright colours and good humour. not trampy tree hippies

[@ebeneezerscrooge8394]

The part where Galadriel says " they may take our lives but they can never take our freedom...." wow, just breathtaking.

[@tiago82943]

Their release date is bothering me so much. They put Hobbits in their story, right? Why not wait until Hobbit Day? Why launch the series on the day of Tolkien's death? Only if they mean something by it. This is all so sad.

[@schwartzy65]

They are not hobbitses remember ;)

[@porkflaps4717]

Let me just answer that for you. They changed it by one day just because of the backlash, but it was initially done to mock Tolkien, and you, because what he wrote about is diametrically opposed to what they are attempting to do with the world's future. It's hubris. Let the past die, kill it if you have to and all that. Forget all the tradition and good that got us to where we are, it was all bad and we know what's best from now ON. It's OURS now. That's what that is.

[@ashleythibault5434]

It's a huge slap in the face to Tolkien that's for sure.

[@leovirgo4538]

They wanted Tolkien to die again.

[@Evarakeus]

They're killing public interest in Tolkien adaptations on the anniversary of the Professor's real passing. It's like poetry, it rhymes!

[@tekkblade82]

34:45 at least in season 1, they will not have Galadriel grow as a character into a good leader. She is a woman and modern hollywood cannot show women group b/c that would mean they were less than perfect at the beginning. All that will change is that other characters (the men) will have to learn that she was right all along.

[@echi4985]

We need a review of original Lord of The Rings trailers to see what it's ment to look like. Those give me chills, rings of power doesn't even feel in the same world.

[@beowulfsrevenge4369]

Those trailers are incredible!

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

When Galadriel said, “Ich bin ein Berliner,” then eloped with Mr. Darcy, I nearly swooned!

[@cairsahrstjoseph996]

I can't even watch the trailers. So I am glad you both are reacting for me.

[@canaldecasta]

My favourite part was when Galadriel drived the Mach 5 and won the Piston Cup.

[@canaldecasta]

@@biggestmuddah Sorry, I did not read the manga

[@alecstewart2612]

I like when Galadriel t-posed on the orcs and they all backed away in fear.

[@CharlesUrban]

She T-posed on Frodo when he offered her the One Ring and she gave her "All shall love me and despair" speech. Sooo...not entirely out of the question?

[@wastrelperv]

Actually want this to happen. Stunning and brave. Literally shaking thinking about that absolute power move showing the domination of the male sex is crumbling in this new era. Fragile males no longer so tough once womyn take a stand against injustice.

[@firewolf2930]

hahaha that holding onto the dagger scene reminds me so much of the scene from The Naked Gun where Frank is holding onto the statue's ... um ... nether regions ... to prevent himself from falling off the side of the building and then it snaps off and then he "attacks" the lady with it hahaha RIP Leslie Nielsen

[@JackoBlades]

That moment when Dumbledore calmly said” Sauron did you yeet the one ring into mt. Doom” Made me cry

[@joel6221]

When Galadriel battled Sinbad during the Christmas Parade, and then told the young boy "It's Turbo Time!" ... chills. Cinematic excellence. Stunningly brave.

[@WaxTheDolphin]

It's clobberin' time!

[@Fartinhalerr]

My favorite part was when princess Disa refused to sit in the back of the wagon and then when Galadriel told King Earnur to "tear down this wall!" I got chills

[@shihonage]

they would never put Reagan in this show

[@Fartinhalerr]

@@shihonage I meant like she's telling gondor to tear down their walls, not that they'd be anti communist because the opposite is true obviously

[@Fartinhalerr]

@@theabhorrentchef7226 literally shaking

[@Nexus-6]

A homeless looking guy (aka some 'Harfoot') in the latest RoP trailer - "One thing we can do better than any creature in Middle Earth, we stay true to each other with our hearts even bigger than our feet." What the fuck is this shit?.. 💩🤦‍ Jackson's trilogy was made with love and respect to the source material. Meanwhile Amazon is making a generic fantasy show with a Tolkien paint job. Rings of Power is not made with love or respect to the source material. It's been co-opted to be a platform for virtue signaling activists. We want Tolkienism, not tokenism.. Amazon, the showrunners, and actor(vists) associated with the Rings of Power have fucked with the wrong fanbase, in Tolkien fans.

[@joyis9638]

Best spot on comment I have seen yet. Thank you.

[@beowulfsrevenge4369]

Hobbits had tough leathery feet with hair on top such they didn't need shoes. They weren't comicly larger or clumsy. In fact Hobbits in general are know for being able to move quickly and almost completely quietly to such an extent that they seemed to have the ability to disappear at will. Especially to the eyes of men. This strange "joke?" seems to be an attempt to make humor because their called Harfoots and for no other reason.

[@afelias]

When Sauron said "This isn't even my final form!" and then transformed into a Nazgul to fight Gandalf in Super Maiajin 2 I knew where the budget went. Can't wait for the Abridged series.

[@CharlesUrban]

If you came up with "Super Maiajin 2" yourself, you went even further beyond. Thanks for the laugh.

[@alexanderm8880]

Assuming the hobo-wizard is Gandalf, that means he's been involved in most of the history of the Hobbit race, which means he shouldn't have had such trouble figuring out Smeagol's background. It also makes his relationships with Bilbo and Frodo a bit weird.

[@MaxxMcGeePrivate]

If he's with the Harfoots of course he'll never know about Smeagol :D

[@alexanderm8880]

@@MaxxMcGeePrivate Harfoots are Hobbits so that's no excuse lol

[@MaxxMcGeePrivate]

​@@alexanderm8880 Yes they are, no excuse. I mean the Hobbits before the time of LotR. Harfoots, Stoors and Fallohides existed separately. And Smeagol was a Stoor.

[@joebobhenrybob2000]

Harfoots, Stoors and Fallohides ARE THE THREE TYPES OF HOBBITS. They are NOT pre-hobbits

[@MaxxMcGeePrivate]

​@@joebobhenrybob2000 I'm talking about the Hobbits from the Shire. They were not separated into types anymore. Or do you mean Frodo for instance belonged to one of the types? I don't get where our misunderstanding lies.

[@chriscollins2095]

In the scene where a guy falls and Galadriel says, "We keep moving," I'm thinking, "Can't we take the time to pick him up?"

[@richardrose2606]

In the Marines and special forces they have a slogan "no man left behind". If this fake Galadriel is a commander of armies then she's a piss poor leader.

[@davenathan2002]

GaladaREEel is tuff gurl donchaknow?

[@Beardshire]

"Where is the person with all the food?" Uhh, you let them die.

[@walkir2662]

There's a good theoty, friom Disparu IIRC, that sending out the dwarf actress was basically bait to draw everyone's attention, just like everyone obsessed about Master Cheek's helmet before HALO. Iz definitely makes sense.

[@jarnobrofelt1891]

You dont need to be genius to figure that out, that lady have minor side role serie but she give more interviews than lead character.

[@matthewbrantner798]

to what ends though? why do this? "hey lets make everyone focus on something they'll hate right up till the show comes on" as opposed to focusing on???

[@thinkwithurdipstick]

@@matthewbrantner798 because they can pull the “racism” card for pity points and to dismiss criticism. If they had to focus on showing the story then everyone would know how horribly they done goofed on the lore of Tolkien’s world, so instead bait the race. It makes a useful shield and generates drama/publicity

[@georgejones5019]

@@matthewbrantner798 Yeah. Deflect critisism using the racism card. I've already had it pulled on me. I just stated they shouldn't have made it LoTR as theyve changed so much from the source material. But I'm racist because black drawf and elf, not all of the other shit.

[@DanielEade79]

I was so moved when Darth Vader said, “No, I am your father.” And Marty just looked at him and said “Calvin? Why do you keep calling me Calvin?”

[@Tyarrk]

Going back to this video and hearing her say: "it would make sense if a volcano exploded" is freaking funny! 🤣

[@shovel662]

That one part where Elrond shows up: he’s ten feet tall. He shoots fire from his eyebrows, and thunder from his arse. I loved the part where he yelled “FREEDOM!” before getting decapitated!

[@garym6315]

They're really going over the top with the accents. "His task is now moyn." Welsh actress trying to do English and ending up sounding Irish. We also have Lenny Henry's strange "skoyz" which, for an English man, is a very OTT accent. The Harfoots seems to have stereotypical West country accents too, apart from that guy who again sounds Irish but that could just be another bad attempt at an accent. As for Disa? God knows. As a Scot myself I can't tell if she is trying and failing at a Scottish accent, or an American one?!? I mean, to American ears these probably all sound like perfectly acceptable Ye Olde British accents, but to actual Brits, it's like nails on a blackboard.

[@CharlesUrban]

"'Is task is now moine, you wanker! MANCHESTER UNITED!!"

[@beowulfsrevenge4369]

I'm pretty sure the "Irish" Harfoot was a girl. The accent was still terrible. But they're costumes, especially the feet, look terrible! Something that never made sense to me in the initial stuff they released was why the Hobbits were carrying around elk antlers on their backs. Elk antlers are huge when compared to human much less a Hobbit who are at most half our size. There incredibly bulky and heavy to carry around and if their a nomadic society they'd be traveling light not hauling around elk antlers.

[@ikept_the_jethryk2421]

Now you know how Cajuns feel

[@mastnero8227]

American here, no these accents sound like shit, trying way to hard to have that medieval fantasy style accents, they just sound like highschool theater classmates trying to role play their dnd seccession written by one of their kid sister.

[@ReganSmash83]

Even us American’s are like those accents sound fake. It sounds like American kids doing British accents while playing around

[@lordhelmchen3154]

I felt my soul leave my body due to the cringe when I saw the opening scene with Galadriel's brother. Everyone is just standing still, the costumes and lighting look like a school project and the main guy just being pressed against an enemy and screaming for 10 seconds was sooo bad. Felt like they were going for a Battle-of-the-Bastards-style shot but completely blew it. I mean come on, at least show Galadriel's brother in the middle of fighting, then screaming after being stabbed for a short moment then cut to black. That's how you dramatically portray someone dying in a trailer, not by an extended screaming shot where all actors are just pushing against each other like they are on a metal festival.

[@ThePastryNinja]

He also looks weirdly like Hal from Malcolm in the Middle

[@toastyrules8221]

Not only that, there are multiple lone Elves completely surrounded. Do i have to be more mad at trained, disciplined warriors not being able to keep group cohesion up or that they arent just getting shanked in the side/back and dropped on the ground. Such a weak and sad try to invoke the nostalgia of the opening clash of Elves and Orks from the first movie.

[@Siriusb27]

Isn't Galadriel's brother Finrod "Felagund" ? He clearly did not die in a battle but killed by a Sauron's diar wolve in Sauron's dungeon while killing it with his bare hands and teeth to save Beren. Well it can be Angrod or Aegnor or Orodreth too

[@georgejones5019]

More retconning and changing of the story. Finrod killed a werewolf with bare hands then died shortly after from his wounds.

[@sariahd5083]

I agree. In a lot of ways it looks like a rip off of the Donato Giancola painting 'Faramir at Osgiliath' or something like that.

[@fatgim]

The scene where broody millennial archer elf dude reveals himself as the one and only Hawkeye from Marvels the avengers was SUCH an unexpected twist! The accuracy of his archery technique AMAZING and technically sound so I had my suspicions, but joke is on me! haha! I can wait to see what other amazing surprises await us in this series! IM HOOKED!

[@shukarion6677]

I am looking forward to the part where Boromir rides to Numenor to tell Galadriel: "One does not simply WOKE into Mordor".

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

Brilliant! 🤣🤣🤣

[@EyeOfMagnus4E201]

Seeing how every one of those good reviews had blue check marks by their names makes me automatically suspicious of them and think this show will be AWEFUL!

[@calumdeighton]

Watched the trailer as well. I'm just bracing myself for the hammering I'm going to get watching Rings of Power with you guys. I'll post my reviews in the comments of each Episode. Otherwise. I can't look at this as a Tolkien work, as its the only way the thing works. And even then. The Hobbit Movies were true and faithful to the source material by comparison to Rings of Power.

[@Trevlodas]

Let this shit show tank. For goodness's sake don't give amazon views. If you want to hate watch so bad pirate it.

[@ahoramazda6864]

The Hobbit was just moneygrabbing, but at least not so arrogant and obviously bad. People greeted The Hobbit relatively warmly and began to curse years later, at least that's how I see it. But the Rings of Power are a separate case. Social engineers have already nurtured an audience for such "content". Besides, if people are ready to endure high prices for gas and petrol, to endure lower living standards for the sake of an imaginary "climat change", then I kind of understand the creators. It makes no sense for them to create something good, because their audience is a stupid herd and it deserves such an attitude.

[@PhageTheFinalCure]

Just make sure that you're viewing it in a way that doesn't add to stats that help the show continue. This needs to bomb or they will keep doing this and we will never see any tolkien works properly brought to life again.

[@calumdeighton]

@@ahoramazda6864 Yes. I went to the Cinema's when they were still a thing, and saw the release of each thing. Things were just better back then. Also. Don't buy a Prius. That does more damage to the environment than a old Range Rover.

[@calumdeighton]

@@PhageTheFinalCure I have access to Prime because of my Family. Otherwise. I'll take this flog stripe for the sake of the community. I need to do my bit.

[@joebobhenrybob2000]

"There is a tempest in me" See Elizabeth: The Golden Age, in which Kate Blanchett, as Elizabeth II, says "I too can command the wind sir. There is a hurricane in me that will strip Spain bare if you dare try me" ...Kate Blanchett, who played Galadriel in the Lord of the Rings films. Totally coincidental, surely. Surely. The showrunners aren't reaching hard or compensating at all. Oh no. Not at all.

[@tyleresplin3414]

There's a scene in this trailer where they stretch a chain between two horses and use it to clothes line some orcs. It's not a bad idea. The problem is that they don't show any impact. The orcs just fall over while the horses gallop lightly through. In reality the horses should be jerked hard toward the center. When they don't, it looks very strange.

[@beowulfsrevenge4369]

Pah!! Physics do not affect people of diversity.

[@Beardshire]

But they "Spoke their Truth" and found no flaws.

[@LivingAnachronism]

Also the reactions saying "I was skeptical" are just framing. Amazon could have invited Shadiversity or Nerdrotic, someone who has a history of being skeptical and being vocal about it, in order to try to win fans over. Someone that actually has a following and pulls some weight in the community, not those random blue checkmarks. But normies don't know any better. They know there are skeptics, see a comment saying "I was skeptical" and then think that ACTUAL skeptics are being won over.

[@Ethan-yz7lc]

I loved that moment when Galadriel knees that dude in the nuts and then another person said “oh that HAD to hurt!”

[@CharlesUrban]

The Lord of Ow, My Balls.

[@Seallussus]

I personally got attacked for saying this is gonna be garbage. Got called a white supremacist and I'm not even white. Also sexist and retard. And obviously there is the genius group of people that are like: You have not seen it. Mate. They literally went out and said this and that, it's not canon. Like love it all you want, just don't be absurd. I respect you guys for having your opinions. While you were always critical of things outside your own political views, even though I'm in a totally different part of the world, I totally support your views regarding this.

[@straightjacket308]

My favorite scene was when Galadriel let Elrond live by giving him all the room on the door after the Titanic sank and Elrond began screaming at Galadriel "YOU WERE MY BROTHER ANAKIN!!! I LOVED YOU!!!" and Galadriel just glared back saying "No Elrond. I.... Am.... Batman!" then sank into the ocean and died.

[@seanallard9335]

Honestly my favourite scene is when Jason Voorhees declares that "I am the senate!" Then he fights Batman. Gets me everytime.

[@anzerupnik1442]

Also regadring the explosion. It was a big thing when Saruman, years later showed them the bomb that fell the wall of Helm's deep.

[@Alex-kr7zr]

Gotta take more to destroy the walls of Helms deep with a sea mine than to blow up a small ship.

[@arnecruz]

When Shadowfax was showing Gandalf the meaning of haste but Pippin shouted, "Frau Blucher!"

[@DaenerysGOT18]

They lost me the moment the lyrics sang “speak your truth” started playing

[@richardrose2606]

Real truth is objective. If you are talking about something that is yours it's usually your opinion which is subjective. Of course we live in a time that doesn't believe in objective truth. It's all about what you "feel".

[@CharlesUrban]

You can "speak your truth," but "your truth" is basically your opinion. If you try to make something true just by believing it, you're in the process of inventing a new religion. That will make you unpopular among religious people _and_ atheists.

[@jarotheboar8398]

My favorite part is when the fanfiction had a dad telling his son that he's a dank meme, I felt emotional

[@josiahrogers1728]

I loved the part when Giladriel rickrolled darth vader and then crushed the terminator in the hydraulic press after shooting the alien of of the airlock saying, "I'll be back" to general zodd

[@totalrko]

When Galadriel dreamt of Picard and the Enterprise, while she muttered "Up, up and away" I was in tears

[@pascaldongen2981]

At the apple scene they were talking about the hobit hair with twigs but the first thing that i noticed was that ragged bathrobe of the other actor. x.x

[@ministryofwrongthink6962]

I think one thing people should be ready for the fact that Amazon is going to double down into infinity. They’re going to lie about their numbers and there’s no way the show will ever get canceled no matter how terrible it is. My point being, the show will likely live to see all 5 seasons and that will be held up by Shills as proof of us being wrong..when in fact Amazon simply has the world’s biggest case of Sunken Cost Fallacy. Just be ready for it and don’t get discouraged. 👍

[@ministryofwrongthink6962]

@Dante Rossini we’ll see. but unless they flop so bad Amazon actually sells the license nothing will change. heck, maybe them sitting on the rights without doing anything with them and refusing to sell actually would be better than selling to another idiot lmfao

[@LivingAnachronism]

Great video guys. Ar-Pharazon is supposed to be the King, Tar-Miriel is his cousin and wife. Elendil is supposed to be his adviser. But the show changed it, so now she is the queen and Ar-Pharazon is her adviser and Elendil is a single dad and they created a new daughter character for him she is Isildur's sister. I hate using modern music in fantasy trailers. Witcher season 2 did the same thing. I don't care if it's the modern trend in Hollywood. LOTR was successful because it did things no one ever did before. You can't make a show that will shatter expectations and redefine the genre by copying other shows and playing it safe. And Witcher was also just a bunch of contrived expositional scenes for a lot of it. Halbrand (sexy sauron) and Galadriel meet on that raft after a shipwreck. And they are taken to Numenor, where Galadriel never actually went. If he is Sauron, she should know immediately, so if they are doing a secret reveal that tricks her, it breaks the lore. Witcher did the same thing, think took the names and little else and just did whatever they wanted. These companies should just make their own shows. If they think they need recognizable names and formulas in order to be successful, we point to Elden Ring. Brand new world, heavily influenced by Tolkien, game mechanics that were "too hard!" and it blew every other game out of the water. My final statement, is that LOTR is a myth, a legend. Myths and legends don't have or need character arcs. Especially ones that are explained retroactively as backstory or world building. The most important thing is that we go on the journey and learn something, not that the characters do. I haven't given that a lot of thought, but please encourage Shad to make a video about stories for the sake of entertainment and myth.

[@telchar]

I'm assuming the "rustic table" was made by the dwarves. It looks like a feast between the higher ups among the elves and dwarves. So you're seeing a combination of the two aesthetics there

[@mechazoic]

The part in Minas Tirith when Harry Potter teams up with Optimus Prime to stop Freddy Krueger from stealing the necronomicon was a fantastic piece of film. I’m also interested in seeing how they’re going to resolve the love triangle between Darth Vader, General Zod and Cruella Deville.

[@seraphimc.2231]

“There’s no whimsy.” That was the best line succinctly describing what is wrong with this version of Middle Earth, at least as presented in these trailers. That’s what we want, what we’re missing! Whimsy! What a great word…Claudia, you’re awesome. That big foot/small foot distinction was such an astute point! Great commentary, you two!

[@broeretop1]

They are looking at the ratings probably

[@guichogf5636]

I almost cried with joy when I saw that scene where Pyatt Pree, warlock of Qarth was standing on that hill top. It looks like he went to rehab to kick his shade of the evening habit because his lips aren't blue in the scene. Glad he got clean and sober.

[@zeorhymer6]

That scene where Gandalf told Jason, "You shall not pass" gave me the chills!

[@CharlesUrban]

Thank you for the image of a balrog wearing a hockey mask.

[@nbanyan]

That was one of the most natural closing catch phrase delivery I've seen for this channel. Very nicely done Nathan. I also really like the transition when Claudia snapped. Very nice!

[@tophatgoblingreeny5662]

I like there combined calm perspective from these two, do more of this in between the high energy reviews☺👍

[@WrestlingWithHorror420]

The moment when the first female black Dwarf says "We didn't land on Plymouth Rock; Plymouth Rock landed on *US*" Pulled straight from the pages of Tolkien.

[@Beardshire]

I loved it when Galadriel said "Thundercats HO!" Epic storytelling.

[@Sock-Monster-Simian]

Up until this point people were like: "Oh, just wait for the trailer, it'll be better." But now we have the trailer and its exactly like the "teasers," except for like the first few seconds where there was actual context.

[@caseyedelman812]

The part in the trailer were Amazon announced they were canceling this show Bat Woman style made me weep for joy.

[@zoebaggins90]

Let's hope it gets cancelled after 1 season.

[@tnstaggs91]

The scene where Hodor looked at Obi Wan and said “I’m always angry.” brought me to tears.

[@BloodnSteel]

Claudia made some pretty good points here - I think perhaps even the majority of the issues with a lot of Woke media these days is that they have legions of characters right off the bat. So their stories have to spend so much time chasing around tons of characters that it winds up running low on time for everyone. Especially those characters that are most central to the plot. Nice review Nathan and Claudia.

[@kenkaneki3873]

I need more Nathan LARPing as Shad

[@spacejunk2186]

There are going to be five seasons because that is part of the deal Amazon made with the Tolkien estate, which cost them 250 million dollars on top of the 1 billion Dollar budget.

[@zoebaggins90]

In short, they had money to sacrifice for their Marxist, anti-White agenda.

[@OppositeOfNinja]

This Nathan + Claudia dynamic feckin' rocks. I love Oz and all his genuine wit, but when he's on with Claudia it seems she is the main person he wants to make laugh (which she does. Oz is a funny guy).

[@chuchichastli3809]

5 years of amazing memes, i dont complain. If they didnt do this series I would have less to laugh about😂

[@Beardshire]

No way possible this is lasting 5 seasons.

[@The_Phantom_Writer]

Are you guys going to make Knights watch shirts/hoodies? Really would love to get my wife and I something like that.

[@BovineDesigns]

I really enjoy seeing Nathan getting into the discussions

[@dreioo8759]

Imagine Finrod crying and panicking hahaha! Oh we don't have to imagine...

[@josiahrogers1728]

I just realized we are a few weeks away from RoP and I’m freakin scared!

[@carlroy]

This show was a masterpiece especially the part where Sauron ask Ray to join their force together to defeat the master fleet of Khan.

[@jflowization]

When Sauron teamed up with Morbius to battle the power rangers, it was beyond epic giving the bad guys a victory!

[@grbdevnull5611]

I've figured it out. They must feed the actors poorly, so the thousand-yard stares are them watching the Director's personal buffet table longingly. That has to be it.

[@surlyunicorn9461]

lol Um normally I’d make a snide remark about the Disa actress here but of course I’m better than that. 😆