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In their defense, a fair portion of the story is underground (dwarves) or in an indoor smithy (elves) or filmed at night (orcs) since most evil stuff shuns the sunlight. I get what you are saying, dark shows reek havoc on my TV, it's two characters and then just black behind them. I watch most everything on an iPad and it's much better visually.
But will they get a season 3 let alone 4?
variety.com
It's very difficult to separate the politics from reality on this stuff. Here's the same information but with a different spin:But will they get a season 3 let alone 4?
You may recall that they lost a lot of viewers in season 1; wasn't the stat 37% didn't finish it?
It doesn't look like season 2 is doing even that well.
‘The Rings of Power’ Season 2 Reaches 55 Million Viewers in One Month, Amazon Says
Amazon has reported that Season 2 of 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has reached 40 million viewers in 11 days.
Maybe. Season 1 cost 465 million to make and season 2 was even more. Smh. That's a lot of cheddar. That type of financial investment doesn't guarantee a season 3. I hope we have a season 3, but don't think it a lock..It's very difficult to separate the politics from reality on this stuff. Here's the same information but with a different spin:But will they get a season 3 let alone 4?
You may recall that they lost a lot of viewers in season 1; wasn't the stat 37% didn't finish it?
It doesn't look like season 2 is doing even that well.
‘The Rings of Power’ Season 2 Reaches 55 Million Viewers in One Month, Amazon Says
Amazon has reported that Season 2 of 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has reached 40 million viewers in 11 days.
Rings of Power Season 2 Viewership on the Rise
But if it's really a top 5 Prime series then I assume that means they're happy with it. Guess time will tell.
Spin is the key word here. Frankly, I don't see where Variety has any reason to spin things. I don't think they have a dog in the fight. As far as I know, they're an entertainment industry rag. I suppose if you wanted to see a conspiracy, you could posit that they are anti Bezos, but Amazon isn't the first corporate entity to play in Hollywood.
Which is why every viewing service from cable to satellite to streaming is gonna double in cost in the next 2 years. These services are throwing a lot of $s at content. Whether it's sports or TV series. In the end we are paying for this content. Which I'm all aboard with if we liked the majority of the content. But in reality we are paying for a few things we like and a ton of stuff we don't care about. Like if someone doesn't like LOTR ROP but wants Amazon Prime Video to watch Reacher, they are stuck paying the bill for what it cost Amazon to produce LOTR ROP. I get it ... cancel the subscription if you don't like it. But I do wonder at what point every game and show becomes pay per view.Maybe. Season 1 cost 465 million to make and season 2 was even more. Smh. That's a lot of cheddar. That type of financial investment doesn't guarantee a season 3. I hope we have a season 3, but don't think it a lock..It's very difficult to separate the politics from reality on this stuff. Here's the same information but with a different spin:But will they get a season 3 let alone 4?
You may recall that they lost a lot of viewers in season 1; wasn't the stat 37% didn't finish it?
It doesn't look like season 2 is doing even that well.
‘The Rings of Power’ Season 2 Reaches 55 Million Viewers in One Month, Amazon Says
Amazon has reported that Season 2 of 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has reached 40 million viewers in 11 days.
Rings of Power Season 2 Viewership on the Rise
But if it's really a top 5 Prime series then I assume that means they're happy with it. Guess time will tell.
Dude, we get it. You don’t like it and you don’t want it to do well.
As a self proclaimed LOTR nerd I am here for all of it. The story is magnificently told (the LOTR not this fan fiction) but a part of it is the swordplay. It all weaves together nicely.
Oh, I'm a LOTR nerd. I actually made it through the Silmarillion and Appendices a few times, which can be a tough read. That's a lot of the story being told here. There are battle scenes in movies that I like a lot. RoP doesn't do it for me, much like the Battle of the Five Armies didn't. Those in Return of the King were excellent. I think it's how well the battle ties to the plot, or if it's just a bunch of extras sloshing around in mud to eat up camera time. My biggest problem thus far is that the dwarves shouldn't have their rings yet. But it's nitpicking. The show is solid.
Ah, I see where you're coming from. I hated what they did to the Hobbit story with that stupid money grab trilogy. You're right, the battle scenes in RoP are just plot movers but I...well, I'll leave it there for now.
Battle of the five armies was such a letdown man
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He does. Logistics and continuity are not this series' strong points. He goes too hard on the snark, though, trying to be funny (it would be like me reviewing Billy Joel songs) and he falls into the trap many reviewers of this show do - he's too hung up on the source material. This is (really expensive) fan fiction. Best to let the "lore" go.I domt agree with this article but its kinda funny. He does make some good points
‘The Rings Of Power’ Season 2, Episode 8 Review: A Truly Dreadful Season Finale
An embarrassingly bad end to one of the worst seasons of fantasy TV ever made.
I prefer the term historical fiction to fan fiction.He does. Logistics and continuity are not this series' strong points. He goes too hard on the snark, though, trying to be funny (it would be like me reviewing Billy Joel songs) and he falls into the trap many reviewers of this show do - he's too hung up on the source material. This is (really expensive) fan fiction. Best to let the "lore" go.I domt agree with this article but its kinda funny. He does make some good points
‘The Rings Of Power’ Season 2, Episode 8 Review: A Truly Dreadful Season Finale
An embarrassingly bad end to one of the worst seasons of fantasy TV ever made.
I prefer the term historical fiction to fan fiction.He does. Logistics and continuity are not this series' strong points. He goes too hard on the snark, though, trying to be funny (it would be like me reviewing Billy Joel songs) and he falls into the trap many reviewers of this show do - he's too hung up on the source material. This is (really expensive) fan fiction. Best to let the "lore" go.I domt agree with this article but its kinda funny. He does make some good points
‘The Rings Of Power’ Season 2, Episode 8 Review: A Truly Dreadful Season Finale
An embarrassingly bad end to one of the worst seasons of fantasy TV ever made.
I agree way too much trying to be funny in this article, and way too nit-picky as a result. He's stretching to find things to dislike. Especially after Season 2 paid off some of the things I thought were weak in Season 1, if nothing else Season 2 has earned the benefit of the doubt from me at least.
Parse it how you want - it's fan fiction. That doesn't mean it's bad. It's what it is.
Yeah, it does make a difference in my mind. Fan fiction is an amateur undertaking. Historical fiction is a professional one (think Shogun or the Michener books for example).
I think we have a 50% hit rate
The harfoots were the only part i didnt like. The stuff with Isildur was kinda boring. But the rest was solid
Jackson's films were massively criticized by a large segment of purists who, I guess, wanted a word-for-word scene-for-scene recreation of the books. It's just that those folks were drowned out by the rest of the public. I was on a bunch of Tolkien message boards at the time, and the hand-wringing was something to behold. When footage of Arwen at Helm's Deep leaked, I was sure the internet was going to implode
Jackson's films were massively criticized by a large segment of purists who, I guess, wanted a word-for-word scene-for-scene recreation of the books. It's just that those folks were drowned out by the rest of the public. I was on a bunch of Tolkien message boards at the time, and the hand-wringing was something to behold. When footage of Arwen at Helm's Deep leaked, I was sure the internet was going to implode
I think the show is pushing the Harfoots/Stoors towards Eriador (& thus, towards Bree/Shire). Some will lay behind in the Gladden Fields so Gollum can do his thing in 2,500 years. I reckon some of them will interact with the characters the show has established around Eregion/Imladris.
I'm with you on the Durin's-mysterious-brother thing. They don't need that to drum up extra drama.
For those so inclined, there's an almost 4 hour deep dive on the most recent episode (and series as a whole)
I hope Amazon rides it out, too. Wasn't the original plan for 5 seasons? They're almost half-way there, so may as well finish it (I say, spending Bezo's money).
I think Social Media is a big part of it. When I went to see LoTR trilogy, there was none of that so they only thing you could do was watch it and be entertained or not. No one else to feed you all the issues and why it was bad or not 100% true to the books.Jackson's films were massively criticized by a large segment of purists who, I guess, wanted a word-for-word scene-for-scene recreation of the books. It's just that those folks were drowned out by the rest of the public. I was on a bunch of Tolkien message boards at the time, and the hand-wringing was something to behold. When footage of Arwen at Helm's Deep leaked, I was sure the internet was going to implode
I think the show is pushing the Harfoots/Stoors towards Eriador (& thus, towards Bree/Shire). Some will lay behind in the Gladden Fields so Gollum can do his thing in 2,500 years. I reckon some of them will interact with the characters the show has established around Eregion/Imladris.
I'm with you on the Durin's-mysterious-brother thing. They don't need that to drum up extra drama.
For those so inclined, there's an almost 4 hour deep dive on the most recent episode (and series as a whole)
True, I know I had my fair share of complaints at the time even though overall I thought they were great. Famously Christopher Tolkien hated the PJ films, which is a big reason there hasn’t been more done with the mythology since then (Hobbit rights had been sold long before then.) But as you implied, the Public drowned it out, i think its the opposite environment these days were much of the Public is constantly negative and social media has amplified the negative voices immensely.
Fingers crossed this show keeps getting the support from Amazon, they seemed to take a lot of the criticisms of the first season to heart to improve this season. So hopefully even more improvement assuming there is a season 3.
I think it's Elendil's daughter who bugs me about Numenor. I like the queen and I like Pharazon. Elendil's ok. Isildur's been a big bag of "meh" so far, but his time is coming and we'll see.
I think I know why Numenor is unsatisfying. We haven’t seen any real pay off yet. I’m assuming the end of the Amazon show will be Isildur’s ending, so it’s important to bring him into the story now, but it’s just building up his character and story. Based what happens to Numenor, it will be interesting to see how it all happens* but I assume it will be a bigger part and more satisfying.
It's not even that for me, though I could see others having issues. I expected that to be a slow-burn and don't mind it as long as the characters are well written/acted.
The son (of bad guy) and daughter (of good guy) pair are the weakest two actors in the show. It doesn’t help that the guards/army just take order from whoever gets chosen by an animal and there’s no army leader to even ask why. The son reminds me of every 80s movie dickhead rich kid that you know will lose and the daughter is just plain stupid always screwing over her family for the son who’s a d-bag. I think if the son didn’t have the entitled d-bag vibe and she wasn’t so dumb, Numenor would have been better. I know you can’t insert Sauron as a bad advisor right now but a bad guy advising him and pushing his son would have made it a bit better.
