In other news - I did also see House of the Dragon season 2 trailer today and that one has me sooo excited! And coming in June already!? Sign me up!

There is an interesting description of how Galadriel wore her hair in her youth: "The name Galadriel is in this form Sindarin. Its original meaning was ‘lady of the glittering coronal’, referring to the brilliant sheen of her golden hair, which in her youth she wore in three long braids, the middle one being wound about her head." Nature of Middle-earth, Galadriel and Celeborn, Text 2 The Names Galadriel, Celeborn & Lórien, endnote 8

I love the hair bow on the back of Sauron's wig. haha it is as if they challenge us to troll them.

I am really not sure whether I should waste my time with this. But I will watch the reviews, that's for sure. Funny times that reviews have become more entertaining than the actual content.

[RoP trailer comes out] *Every YT content creator we trust and love:* "And here. We. Go."

The only feeling I have after watching the trailer is fear...

I'm gonna do what I did last time. Skip the episodes completely (I gave up after episode two) and watch your reviews instead XD

Somehow Annatar returned.. They already set up for the rings to be made (most of them) and Annatar arriving in Mordor, wouldn't surprise me if this season were about the rings creation and Annatar v.2 settling down in Mordor, at least that is what i get out of the trailer...

Yes, I'm watching it! This kind of delightful time wasting reminds me of the harlequin romances my sister and I would read out loud together. You know the ones - where every tall, dark, and handsome man had heavy lidded eyes and a sardonic smile. Every . last . one . . .

Thank you for giving us a very entertaining, "skip the boring parts" review of the trailer. After watching so many reactions, this was refreshing.

Yes! I was just hoping you would upload a video!

I have seen the House of Dragon season 2 trailer, and I must say that HOD trailer looks and feels more “real”, more gritty. In comparison, ROP trailer feels like cosplay to me. HOD has awesome looking dragons, and ROP has, well, “balls of fire” 😂 can’t wait for your episode by episode reviews!!

They have better music than the trailer for season 1 I will give them that, but the "story" they present relies again on visual memberberries to Jacksons' Trilogy combined with over the top action. I will "watch" the season the same as the first one: via the commentary of trusted YTbers. XD

So it begins

Such beautiful blonde ringlets! Love your hair!

Wigs of Power

Sauron's wig bothered me the most when I checked the trailer. I think they didn't properly set it right, since Charlie Vickers' hairline wasn't that far back. If we were to compare to the elves we seen in PJ's trilogy and Hobbit, they usually wear circlet when appear on screen and only seen a couple of times when they don't wear it. Then again, this is RoP; Full with nonsense and don't understand literature. The rings in Tolkien books meant to be subtle hence why the One Ring is a simple gold band, yet they go for the obnoxious looking candy rings. RoP!Galadriel more likely won't use Nenya, just like she won't use her magic to protect the villagers from volcanic ash.

🥸 "Sauron? Who is Sauron?"

Yes im gonna watch it ! Orcs are my fav

And so it begins... We come to it at last... The great show of our time... A red pill sets... The best entertainment of 2022 was Rings of Power. Well, not the actual show but all the content created by the likes of Lana Marie, et al. An alliance of man, elf, streamers and podcasters across Middle Earth united to defeat the ring, the circus ring clown troll enemies of Tolkien. YOU SHALL INDEED PASS... the popcorn please.

Not that hyped for rings of power after season 1. Way more excited for House of the Dragon season 2, you should make a video on it.

I’ll definitely watch S2. I need to see if the writers can maintain the hilarious bog standard level of disaster that kept me riveted to S1. Will they have as many mystery boxes, and will they be as dumb? Will they continue to write awful stupid evil-adjacent characters with the same blind trust that we’ll be charmed or enamoured by them? Will time and distance continue to be meaningless and off-screen teleportation the primary means of travel? Will half the dialogue be pretentious but empty tortured metaphors, and the other half sudden and inexplicable hostility? Will threats and complications suddenly spring out of nowhere and then immediately melt away into nothingness, or just be set aside and memory holed? I have to see with my own eyes. Oh, yes.

Wow, a second season? To follow an abysmal first season?

Take a look at the terrible haircut/wig on poor Gil-Galad. Is it CGI?

Take LOTR out of it and just accessing the show as a standard fantasy TV show, and it’s still awful. I was looking forward to the rings of power so much and I was absolutely gutted by the end result!

I'm sorry Lana...but I can't even watch review videos for this travesty...Amazon Prime, where great stories go to DEI..

Disclosure: I watched season 1 3 times. Hated it! A big disappointment. I’m a diehard Tolkien reader and I so wanted this 2nd age show to be great. It wasn’t. In denial, I kept watching it hoping it would become better. Follow the lore, better script, etc. That never happened. So I gave this show a chance. The teaser trailer looks like a collage of “nice visuals”. It showcases the production team’s talent at special effects, landscapes and “wow” visuals. The words during the trailer isn’t compelling. I no longer trust Prime to put out a good Tolkien product. I still feel a desire to watch season 2 - because I love Tolkien’s stories - but I hope to avoid it. The show isn’t Tolkien.