_"I play Princess Disa. She's the first female Dwarf, she's also the first Dwarf of colour."_ Great - another character who's defining characteristics are her skin colour and genitals. Imagine if Viggo Mortensen had been asked to describe Aragorn and all he said was: _"He's male... he's also white."_

That soap opera intro for “The Young And The Elvish” is hilarious.

I love the part where Legless the paraplegic elf said, " They're taking the harfoots to Amazon"

"Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made" - JRR TOLKIEN

"won't be influenced by modern politics" Almost every cast member interview is about how inclusive and diverse it is, nothing about the actual show

This garbage is "inspired" by Tolkien the same way that Jeffrey Dahmer was inspired by medical science.

I'll never forget the scene where Aragorn kicked The Witch king of Angmar into a massive pit while screaming "This is Gondor!!".

The part where Worm tongue tells Sauramon “I can’t quit you” and then they embrace each other was truly heart warming.

I rewatched fellowship of the ring today. The extended edition. Such an amazing piece of cinematography. I'm so glad it got made 20 years ago and we can have it forever and modern woke crap can't ruin it.

"Baggins-like yearning for adventure." Baggins were exactly known for not going on adventures or doing anything unexpected. Bilbo's wanderlust came from his mother's side of the family, the Tooks, who were known for going on adventures. As for Frodo, I don't recall if he ever wanted to go on adventures in the books but he was more a victim of circumstance anyway.

The part where Galadriel was lifted by the sword of her boyfriend into the Ice troll saying "say hello to my little friend", then boyfriend elf announced he was transitioning-to-orc made me cry tears of joy. Stunning!

The part where Aragorn sees the ring and says “Look at the settle off-white coloring, the tasteful thickness of it, oh my god It even has a watermark” Really moved me

The part when the Tolkien fans climb Mt. Doom and cast this show into the fire, destroying it, brought me to tears of joy.

You know they don't know anything about Tolkien or the "legendarium" because they said her zest for adventure was "Baggins-like" instead of "Took-like." Bilbo & Frodo's inclination to look beyond their own garden gates came from their Tookish heritage. It's also why Pippin was so inclined to go off with them. I really hate fake fans. This is how my coworkers must feel when i try to feign interest in basketball.

The bit where Galadriel goes up to Elrond and says "give me your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle" was profound. 5/5 show, certainly no cringe...

My expectations were already sky-high, but when Galadriel fought a troll and then the frame froze with her going "Oh that? That's me. Heh, you probably wonder how I got here... let's start from scratch, shall we?", I knew I was in for a truly captivating experience

I'm Palestinian and The Lord of the Rings was one of the first book series I read as I was learning English. I NEVER needed it to be more accessible. It is such a shallow point of view, to believe with such assertiveness that people can only be inspired by fictional characters who look like them.

I loved the part when Elrond told Galadriel "Sauron is a man of focus, commitment and sheer will. I once saw him kill 3 men in a pub with a pencil. With a fucking pencil!" It really drives home to the audience the threat that Sauron represents for Middle Earth.

The part where Eomer rips off his helmet and proclaims "I identify as a woman" before the Witch King eats the sour patch kids sent chills down my spine.

9:54 "To make this Franchise accesible for all Generations" Let me tell you a Story: Last week I went to the movies with my 9-year-old sister who has seen the Hobbit Movies first (which she loved) to go to an Event that showed the uncut 3 1/2 hour version of the Fellowship of the Ring. She was absolutely amazed and fascinated, and I have never experienced a 9-year-old being so invested in a movie that was so long. She loves LOTR and the Hobbit. We don't need the Rings of Empowerment for new Generations.

Best way of bringing down Amazon is not to use it, at all.

Sauron: "The One Ring is literal perfection." Galadriel: "It will be, when it fits a woman."

When Galadriel screeched “ITS MORBIN TIME” I lost my shit. 10/10

Loved the moment when Galadriel said "Hasta la vista baby" to Frodo as they part ways. Poetic cinema 😢

Showrunners: "We want this show to be separate from real politics." The show: "The wicked King Trumpinius has vowed to build a wall on the border of Gondor and make the Orcs pay for it."

I love the fact we've gone from "an adaptation" of Tolkien, to "based on", tolkien, and finally now we're at "inspired by" tolkien. what's next: "has nothing at all todo with tolkien" Well I suppose that would be accurate!

The part where Sauron said, "If you want the real Slim Shady please stand up" and the nine ring wraiths stood up, it gave me chills.

I remember when Tolkien’s Estate got mad after LOTR that pinball machines were being made. Imagine that same Estate saying yes to this. Money talks I guess, when it’s not one quarter at a time.

Actress, "This evil has to be stopped." Nerdrotic, "What do think I'm tryin' to do lady?" 😂

When Bilbo said "It's Baggin' time!" Literal chills. When Gandalf yelled " Get to the Eagle!", so iconic. The moment when Sauron took off his helmet and Elrond said " You are one... UGLY... mofo" and then Sauron roared. When Galadrel said, "We need to nuke the mines of Moria, it's the only way to be sure." Or that time she turned her back on Sauron, then turned around and took off her helmet and said, "I am Galadriel Meridius Decimus, Commander of the armies of the North, leader of the Mirkwood legion, wife of a murdered dwarf, birthing person of a murdered Harfoot, and I will have my vengeance in this season, or the next" I literally dropped my popcorn.

I like where Gandalf said “ we need to nuke them from space….it’s the only way to make sure”

The part when Dumbledore came back to life and travelled to Mordorbius to face Sauron in mortal kombat and say to him "It's Tolkien time" was truly one of the moments in the series.

The part where Sauron tweeted to his entire army and said… “Be inclusive, be respectful and honor everybody’s pronouns no matter what” Was so heartfelt.

8:27 No! Baggins's do not have a yearning for adventure. It's literally the opposite. Baggins's were known for their wealth and their love of hearth and home. They never did anything out of the ordinary. Bilbo craved adventure because of the Took in him. This is a fact that everyone that has seen the first movie in the least should know.

I felt my eyes start to stay at the back of my head from all the eye-rolling I did from the clips you showed. I hate these overmanly, overpowered female characters!!! It's a deservice to Galadriel, Arwen and Eowyn who were powerful and strong and remained feminine!!! Keep women characters as is!!! They became relatable because of their own personality! Not a modernized , toxic feminist sh*t that the woke keep spewing! I hope the show loses billions of dollars to stop this atrocity!!!!

I loved the bit when Frodo was hanging upside down in the ice cave and he summoned the ring to him using the force and used it to cut off gollum's arm. Truly indistinguishable from the works of Tolkien himself

It really got me when Elrond said "There are two kinds of people in Middle Earth; those with loaded bows and those who dig. You dig." Tears in my eyes.

Man, you laughing at the term "dwarf of color" really brought it home for me. I started laughing too at the sheer ridiculousness of it. 😭🤣 It's soooo bad, you can only just laugh at it.

This is already the most insufferable cast in history. All of them are so self-involved it's mind blowing.

When Sauron said "The ring is literal perfection.", then Galadriel said "It will be. When it fits a woman."... I got goosebumps.

I think they need a missing person's poster all over that says: " Have you seen Gladriel's husband, Celeborn? He was written out because he a male."

Just imagine how completely vacuous you would have to be to celebrate the “representation” of a fictional character. It’s like crowing that you championed the building of wheelchair ramps that are big enough to allow access for “differently-abled” hippogriffs. Or that you have “broken the glass ceiling” by portraying the first yellow dragon in a major Hollywood movie.

I loved it when Galadriel told Isilidur that travelling through hyperspace isn't like dusting crops.

When Sauron demanded to know her name and she took off her helmet, turned and said “My name is Galadrius Decimus Meridius”. Chills.

Frodo: "Gandalfine, is your period late?" Gandalfine: "A wizards period is never late Frodo Baggins, nor is it early. It arrives exactly when the female goddesses means it to."

When Galadriel hangs the ring around Frodo's neck and says, "This...has great power" and Frodo nods vigorously and says, "With great power comes great responsibility." Chills!!

After suffering through this abomination, in hindsight I think that this show hasn’t ruined Lord of the Rings or Tolkien’s legacy, because this show was so bad I don’t consider it part of the franchise at all. In fact this trash made The Hobbit trilogy better for me when I ended up rewatching the prequels after watching Amazon’s awful fan fiction disaster. So Amazon can keep wasting money on seasons 2 through 10. I won’t even bother watching. I don’t recommend anyone else watching it either. All it does is give Amazon more viewer ratings and insults the true fans. We shouldn’t even be talking about it. Rings of Power isn’t LOTR, it isn’t Tolkien, it’s just some garbage on Amazon.

This makes me realize Lord of the Rings would've never been made today. It just couldn't. I honestly can barely believe how lucky we've got. It was filmed late enough to have proper special effects and other cinematic qualities, but early enough to escape PCs ever-present fingers. I'm buying another copy right now and sealing it in a metal cage for future generations. A miracle like that will probably never happen again.

Calling this a dumpster fire is an understatement.

The part when Frodo is standing over the fires of mount doom contemplating destroying the one ring or not, when stops and looks at the camera and says "i love lamp"..........moved me to tears.

I can almost guarantee that the party composition of this new ‘fellowship’ will make absolutely no sense

The part where Sauron talks to the elves who have his daughter stating 'But what I do have, is a very particular set of Rings' gives me the chills every time. So true to the lore that J.R.R. Martin created

When Sam threw Sauron off Nakatomi Tower and as he fell Sauron said "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion... I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain... Time to die." Chills...

That feeling when Gollum said to Frodo, "I know now why you cry. But it's something I can never do." I was touched, then turned on my heel and lowered myself into the lava.

The scene where Sauron turns to all the diverse, made up characters around him and says "Huh, huh huh huh... you said 'rings'... huh huh huh" brought a tear to my eye.

I always think its very funny that every thing they "reboot/remake/reinvent" is for "new fans" yet they all have the same problem, those "new fans" only exist in their imagination. And we all know how little imagination they have...

The best part, by far, is when Samwise comes out of his hobbit hole and says "I did not hit her. It's not true. It's BS. I did not hit her. I did not. Oh, hi Frodo".

Gandalf's epic line when facing off against the Balrog: "Good, bad, I'm the guy with the Flame of Udun," always gives me chills.

With premiere date they underline the death of Tolkien

After this show releases, it marks the moment just about every franchise from my childhood has been ruined by some corporation. Gotta love it.

I actually thought you somehow created the slow-mo scene showing their faces and how dopey they look. Then once you gave context and I realized it was them who did it, I laughed for such a long time. Wow, they just can't help destroying everything.

When Galadriel said to Sauran "Is that you, John Wayne? Is this me?" .. thats Epic!!

I loved when Onyxia summoned Mjolnir and yelled: This is Sparta!

I like how the actress that plays the "First female dwarf to appear on screen in a Tolkein film" doesn't know that there were female dwarves in Peter Jackson's 2012 "The Hobbit". Must have been because their beards made them indistinguishable from the male dwarves. 😏

I can't believe how Amazon is marketing this.

And Sauron commanded: "Build me a flop worthy of Mordor."

Why the f do the elves look like that? That's all i need to just pretend that this whole series never happened. Maybe i'll write a fantasy novel where "The Rings of Power" never happend.

I cried when Galadriel said “It’s forgin’ time!”

Gimli: "It's true that you don't see many dwarf women." Aragorn (whispering): "It's because of the beards." Two decades later: "Beards? What beards?"

The original trailer is currently sitting at 1.9 million dislikes 💀

Since she’s “the first dwarf of color”, what tf were her parent’s?

I am SO looking forward to Gary, Az, Drinker, Mauler, Disparu et al ripping this series a new ring hole. Man this is going to be entertainment GOLD!

"The Harfoots wander as nomads" "Go back to the book go back to the book go back to the book." Somehow they didn't get to page 4 of the books cause it specifically stated that the Harfoots (which Tolkien said on that very same page was just a breed of Hobbot) were the most inclined to settle in one place and didn't travel much outside their homes and Hobbit holes.

Amazon are Geniuses. They knew they could never compete with LOTRs and didn't have the the writing of Tolkien. So they went full on Star Wars Holiday Special. Dump Tons of money in it. Make it terrible writing, cost lots of money and be a Dumpster fire that will never be forgotten.

Releasing on the anniversary of Tolkien's death? How appropriate... this insult to his legacy will make him roll in his grave.

“To draw in the NEW fans” she said. And, there you have it. Cultural colonisation.

Few things to note regarding Tolkiens actual writings and stance on some stuff; 1. Galadriel wasn’t a warrior. She was influential and powerful magically sure (for an Elf) but her whole personality and story back during this time was her simply wanting to rule. Gil-Gilead, Glorfindel and the like were elven warriors and hunted Sauron down WITH ARMIES until the final battle because no Elf could defeat what’s essentially a fallen angel power wise. Soooo Galadriel looking for Sauron is like trying to find the center of a nuclear bombs target 5 seconds before it blows up. 2. This timeline is fucked up. Is Sauron using his Annatar alias? Because if so then nobody should be “hunting him”. And if he isnt using it anymore then that means all the rings are created and he should have the Nazgûl prior to their complete succumbing into their wraith forms. Maybe Numenorian Nazgûl kings , sorcerers and warriors should be in the show. 3. For clarification: harfoots are 1/3 types of hobbits. The creators don’t know anything and it really shows, but anyways. Magic is also a very unique aspect within Tolkien’s books. Like The Maiar (Sauron, Gandalf, Balrogs, etc) can influence the energy that makes up Middle Earth from Eru Aluvitar into “spells” but Tolkien specifically made sure that Elves can only influence things not outright cast spells. Kinda like the stronger the spirit the more impact on the surrounding world it would have. Humans like Denethor and Faramir were unique due to being able to see into the future albeit very murkily, but that’s ALL a human could do. The Witch King can use magic only because he has a power source… that just so happens to be a maiar directly. But yeah went on a tangent, toodle-do

In the words of Tywin Lannister: "Madness. Madness and stupidity."

AHAHAHAHAAAA! The LotR "Days of our Lives" intro was the funniest thing I've seen in a while!

Every day that goes by, we see more and more how blessed we were to get the 2001-2003 Trilogy. Nothing will top it, ever.

"Won't be influenced by modern-day politics" *We just made all the main characters women, black, gay, etc in a setting where none of that makes sense.* I know we haven't heard anything about there being a ton of gay characters, but....come on.....it's Amazon.

The part when Galadriel finds out there is an Orc on her ship and asks: "-How many orcs we got in this ship anyhow?" , and then everyone on the ship yells "Yo" and she replies "Keep firing Orcs!". Stunning, brave, goosebumps, shivers, the works

The part where Aragorn and Thoron Oakenshield team up and drop kick Jeffrey Bezos in the nuts while screaming “this is Tolkien!” Had me to tears while glimpsing at Kili making out with Tauriel with Fili watching and whispering “frankly my dear I do t give a damn” - the stuff of legends.

I literally cannot take Morfydd Clark seriously in any of these promos. When Tolkien described Galadriel as "ageless" I don't think "grown woman with a 12 year old's face" is what he meant.

Said it once, I'll say it again. The marketing for this show has been nothing short of an absolute fucking disaster. I'm convinced they're joking at this point. It's unbelievable.

It's funny that they call the desire for adventure "Baggins like" because in the books Bilbos adventuring spirit comes from his Mom's side, the Tooks. In fact the Baggins are super respectable and NEVER go adventuring.

Didn’t female dwarves has beard as well, as Gimli explains to Eowyn in the two towers why no one has seen female dwarves.

"Baggins yearning for adventure" "First female dwarf" "Every adventure needs a fellowship" They really could have just called it a fanfic alternative

When Galadriel handed Rey the lightsaber and said "May the Morbin' TIme be with you" I cried...

That trailer looks like a new fragrance called "Conceit," for those who don't want to smell their own bullshit.

My favorite part was when Girladriel fought off the female scorpions with her special cervix magic blasts.

You know, I can remember going to see movies like, The Color Purple, Coming To America, Friday, and Boyz N The Hood and never once did I think, "I just can't enjoy this movie because there's no one that looks like me". I mean, I'm a white male who has seen thousands of movies in my lifetime, and it has never once crossed my mind to question the racial makeup of the cast of any particular movie. If I was going to see a Kung Fu movie with Bruce Lee, I pretty much expected to see a movie with mostly or all Asian actors in it. If I went to see A Piece of the Action or Uptown Saturday Night, I expected to see black actors. You know what, I enjoyed all those movies. It just seems like they're being patronizing when these movie executives race swap or gender swap, as if they are saying certain people just don't have the capacity to like movies unless they have people like them in the film.

Scary how well the days of our lives fit with that opening

I loved the part where Elanor Brandyfoot said, "It's Norin time." So beautiful.

Not all heroes wear capes. LOTR had a huge influence on my childhood. Im talking about building forts in the he wood, making wood swords and bamboo bow and arrows lol and for Amazon to come in and basically ruin everything that I loved about Professor Tolkien's work.. your saying everything we're all thinking and I just applaud your channel sir🤘

The character "Disa" is the biggest joke of 2022 🤣 Tolkien clearly writes that female dwarves could only be identified by dwarves since they looked the same, beard and all, even Jackson respected this and had Gimli give a brief comment about it. Disa....😂🤣😂🤣

The Harfoots are literally just one of three breeds of hobbits that migrated to Eriador in the third age. Literally a thousand years after the Last Alliance of elves and man. These people have literally no grasp of the lore and are absolutely butchering everything Tolkien created.

That "Days of Our Lives" intro was the best... and then I came to "Urethra Franklin" and completely lost it. 🤣

correction. First female black dwarf played by a non-dwarf that is right-handed with a british accent and definitely not on a diet

When Galadriel says "I'm here to chew bubblegum, and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubblegum!" Absolutely profound, couldn't help but cheer the screen