Amazon isn't destroying Tolkien, it is destroying Amazon.

The "super fan" not watching the show is the funniest thing I've ever seen

The funny thing is that Galadriel, in all her "girlpower" (according to the showrunners) glory, perfectly incarnates every single toxic mascunility trait to have ever existed.

"But to be fair, they only had 60 million dollars an episode." that killed me🤣🤣

A billion dollar budget and thousands of professionals collaborating on Rings of Power, and their combined creativity still can’t compete with Tolkien’s individual brilliance

The "superfan" admitting she hasn't even watched the show yet pretty much sums up this show.

It began with the forging of the great films. Threads were given by Tolkien, immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Rights were granted to Jackson, great miner and craftsman of the mountain of lore. And nine, nine hours were gifted to the race of men, who above all else, desire quality. But they were all of them deceived, for another show was made. In the land of Amazon, in the fires of Mount Prime, the Dark Lord Bezos forged in secret a master flop. And into this show he poured his money, his greed and his will to dominate all film. One show to ruin them all.

Imagine spending a billion dollars on a TV show but not spending any of it on decent writers.

Ring of Power is serving its purpose....making the Lord of The Rings trilogy even more legendary

Director: "We need a fight choreographer" Producer: "I got a friend from college who graduated with gender studies degree....she'll do perfectly!"

The Rings of Power is managing to be a story without a protagonist. Pretty impressive writing achievement if you think about it.

The cut to Aragorn beheading that Uruk-hai really shows the contrast in quality between these two productions

Rings of Power is the best example of anti-fanfiction I've ever seen.

I am appreciating “The hobbit” more and more each week.

Dude the super fan not watching the show and laughing at just the thought of it, absolutely brilliant. My TV show friends are solely discussing house of the dragon, I've not heard one person mention rings of prime.

This fight scene makes me appreciate the fact that Viggo actually learned sword-fighting for his role so much more... Imagine if Aragorn fought the way Galadriel does. Hell, everyone from LORT and The Hobbit was better at fighting than this. And that says a lot considering The Hobbit had pretty bad fighting scenes.

I just can't imagine Amazon Showrunners treated Numenoreans like some bunch of ordinary men who aren't capable to fight. Tolkien wrote that, they are more than your average/normal men. Numenoreans are descendants of the Edain of the First age ,the most noble race of Men in the first age), who were granted a gift of island of Numenor by the Valar. Even in the books. Numenoreans were able to crush and inflict a devastating defeat on Sauron's and his forces, turning the tide of the War of the Elves and Sauron. They are described as strong in both body and mind ( they are tall on average around 7ft tall, Elendil himself described as nearly 8ft tal. That scene showing Guyladriel kind of mocking and teaching them are just another level of hubris, These men fought enemies far worse than orcs.

"There is a tempest in me!" My favorite new fart warning phrase!! 😬

Watching this show is akin to watching a billion dollars burn

Having the characters lie and keep secrets is the only way Amazon writers know how to progress a story. I have watched three Amazon originals and they are all about married couples lying to each other to create a problem. But it is the dumbest thing they are hiding and creates needless drama instead of making a compelling story

The best thing about Rings of Failure are Gary's videos, far more entertaining.

It is absolutely amazing how Amazon is trying to manipulate the perception of this show on social media.

The fight sequence with Galadriel is one of the crappiest fight scenes I have ever seen. Galadrial beating the Numenoreans alone is a joke, but beating them as if they were a bunch of clowns is a real excrement show. The fight was to show Galadriel's fighting prowess, but only showed she is ridiculous pathetic character. Numenoreans are the greatest human warriors ever seen in all of Tolkien's work. No Galadriel cannot beat them at all!!

AMAZON needs to pay Peter Jackson to REDO their mess and allow him to do all of the Tolkien's works. Lets grieve ( I am still crying) over the WORST series EVER!!

The "Elendil asking Galadriel to train his men" thing was so absurd that I seriously needed a moment to process it. If someone had hit me across the face, I would have needed less time.

Why is Adar the only elf in the show who actually looks like a Tolkien elf? Facial scars aside, he immediately looks like an elf vs the pointy eared "One Tree Hill" characters they claim are the other elves.

Deleting reviews like that of any product should fall under the false advertisement statues.

Asked my girlfriend if she'd watched any of it, "Nah, everybody at work said it was some woke shit" . . .

Never forget what Tolkien truly wrote. A mythology for the English, more than that it was for everyone to enjoy. What Amazon has done to his work is something I will NEVER forgive. True middle earth transcends corporate greed and temporary identity politics.

Goodness, the Star Wars shot for me is personal. Frankly, I don't think Star Wars' serious fans went hard enough, and let them get away with savaging that franchise. I tapped out long ago when I saw the direction things were going, and felt like alot of serious fans were not going to fight them to the death. And now they've moved on to Tolkien which has a much bigger following and meaningful story. I keep saying this everytime now: don't let them get away with what they did to Star Wars, as well as franchises like Star Trek, with Tolkien and LOTR. They're already calling everyone racist, mysoginists, and all sorts of ists, phobes, isms, and ad hominems.

On the bright side, this dumpster fire had been making ppl( myself included) go back and rewatch the original trilogy with the extended cuts. It's really gave me a renewed appreciation of how much of a masterpiece lotr was. Stare at a turd for while, it really makes the flower next to it seem that much more beautiful

The show will give whole new meaning to the phrase get woke go broke.

oh my gosh the "its not about brute force" line followed by Aragorn killing the orc was hysterical. I couldn't stop laughing

The transition between "It's not about brute force" to Aragorn brute forcing an elite orc commander was gold!

Oh boy, you just look at her face during "a tempest" scene, she tries soooo hard to mimic Kate's performance and falls flat on her face, its laughable.

Tolkien Untangled on youtube - is doing a great series on what rings of power (2nd age) could have been. It is several hours long and is far more entertaining than the $60m episode ROP from amazon. Why because it is a good story based on what Tolkien spent a lifetime building. I only hope that Embracer Group makes something better down the road. I do have to say these videos are too funny, keep up the good work

I loved how galadriel and numenorians decided to “train” with metal blades instead of wood sticks

Was reading original Lotr today, and it struck me how well Morphydd clarke, and the writers writing her character have captured the character of gollum! self-obsessed, believing she's the centre of the universe, constantly playing the victim card to manipulate others, getting those around her to do dirty work so she doesn't have to, and never entering a fight that she isn't sure she can win? A perfect gollum alright!

Probably one of the most lore breaking scene to Tolkien beloved works - though the visual of it looks nice, too bad is a non canon. the Silmarils and Mithril scene : AMAZON VERSION ( completely made up lore which has nothing to do with Tolkien whatsoever): an odd and obsucre legend of an Elf and a Balrog fighting over a tree containing one of the Silmarils. The event leads to a lightning strike that turns the roots of the tree into light-infused mithril - a single vein of which runs down into the mountain. The story is a bit odd, as is the need for the Elves to literally soak in the light of the Valar to avoid fading. TOLKIEN VERSION: The Silmarils were created by Fëanor in Valinor.The gems/jewels were crafted of the hard crystalline substance silima, which Fëanor had devised, as their shell, and were named after it. In their heart burned some of the Light of Valinor from the Two Trees. Their exact nature and the manner of making the Silmarils were known only to Fëanor, and none other succeeded in making gems of comparable greatness and beauty. There are 3 silmarils. all of them were stolen by Morgoth but later on, one of them ended up in the hands of Eärendil; it was its light that guided him through the Shadowy Seas and he found his way to Valinor. The Valar then set this Silmaril as a star in the sky, bound on Eärendil's brow as he sailed through the sky. The other two gems remained in Morgoth's hands, and were taken from him only at the end of the War of Wrath. However, soon afterwards, they were stolen by Fëanor's two surviving sons Maedhros and Maglor. But because of their crimes in order to reclaim the jewels, they were unworthy of them, and the jewels burned their hands, in refusal of their rights of possession. In agony, Maedhros threw himself and his Silmaril into a fiery pit, and Maglor threw his into the ocean. With Mithril, it is just a precious, silvery metal, very lightweight but immensely strong. Amazon somehow, tried to link it with the Silmarils. It doesnt come from an epic fight between elf vs balrog that somehow fuses goodness and evil into a light infused metal. The story that was told in ROP is just made up story that Tolkien never wrote. The show is just a boring parody, and its already more than half way through of season 1. Such a waste of billion dollars all for this to flop.

Weird, your take on it is becoming the single reason why I keep watching the rings of power. This is just too funny and spot on.

Five hour-long episodes already. In _HALF_ this run time PJ's films had given us prologue, set up, Bilbo's long-awaited party, Frodo's call to adventure, Bree, Weathertop, Gandalf's capture and escape from Isengard, the Ford of Bruinen, the entire Council of Elrond, Saruman calling the storm on Caradhras, the Watcher in the Water, Moria, the troll fight at Balin's Tomb, the Balrog and "You shall not pass!", and was charging towards Lothlorien, the Argonath, the breaking of the Fellowship, Boromir's redemption, etc. That's the difference between a production that cares about what they're doing, and a bunch of hacks extruding content to fill their streaming service.

it was weird seeing the Aragorn vs Lurtz fight spliced in between rings of power footage... like a gold nugget buried between turds

The “there’s a tempest in me” edit killed me 🤣🤣

This show is a billion dollar virtue signal. Amazon is a $700 billion dollar company. 1 billion is a drop in a bucket. It’s a shame that they chose Tolkien to bastardize, but that’s what’s happening. Really want to punish Amazon? Boycott.

one of my biggest lore beefs (amongst many) is how shite they've made the Numenorians look. As you said they should all be tall, powerful and imposing - yet they've cast a bunch of people who look like out of shape university graduates. Not sure the byzantine theme is working either.

The essence of Galadriel is that she is so the epitome of serene. That's why it means something when Frodo rattled her cage by offering her the ring.

when life gets you down always remember, rocks sink because they look down and boats look up...

"There are many ways to kill Tolkien's lore, but for this show I'll keep it simple. Stab. Twist. Gut"

One of the british newspapers said watching ring of power was like eating rancid cat food. I think that says it all.

I grew up in a family that's huge on Lord of the Rings. My grandfather read The Hobbit to my mom in the sixties. She read the trilogy of books to me when I was 6. And within my family who talks about shows a lot... complete radio silence. They didn't even bother to watch it.

I also heard that Viggo Mortensen was one of the best natural swordsman taught for the movies

they can dump a billion dollars on this but we still have people making 7dollars an hour. Disgusting.

This show makes last Jedi look like citizen Kane

Ever since this started I've been dreaming of what Jackson could have done if you'd given him the $2Billion and said "Go for it!". What wonders to behold... Such a dream.

This guy just doesn’t miss. Wtf is this show!?! How is this even possible

Its funny, Nerdotic and his video editor have better visual story telling than a BILLION dollar franchise.

It's amazing how the ships can sail in a totally enclosed bay with 500 foot high walls. and the wind always seems to be coming from behind.

My favourite part was when Galadriel went back in time to steal the almanac from Biff. Such an amazing twist. A masterpiece.

No matter how much money Amazon throws at it, it still looks like television.

I hope it doesn’t get canceled. The YT reviews are so entertaining

A guy I work with asked me if I was watching, I told him no… he said he likes it because he “loves that time period.” That was the moment I realized he should be wearing a helmet everywhere.

I’d like to personally thank Amazon for providing us with such entertaining KZfaq content…..now I’m off to finish my weekend Jackson binge with Return of the king.

It’s not really a flex that “Guyladriel” beat all those Numenorians she was “training” because she only taught them to stab

As a gay couple (my husband and me), we totally hate this "everything has to have diversity" and this woke bs... we watched 3 episode aka we tortured ourself through the cringe, after that we decided just to watch your recaps and discussion points. I could not survive another cringefest episode on its own. Thank you for your recaps. I still pray that they never used that nude/sex instructor.

LMAO the part where the "superfan" admits she hasnt watched it at all and instead says HOTD has won her attention

12:19 Remember Aragorn and Boromir teaching the hobbits how to fight on Fellowship? That was a nice moment. Slow paced. Fun and wholesome. A moment that made sense (Because Boromir and Aragorn are veteran fighters and hobits are not). Realistic, believable (Basic. Don't dance around, just show how to use a sword). And that at the end... the scene even advanced the plot. yet the scene looks so simple!

This wasn't 1 billion dollars, its tax evasion. It has to be.

As much as I disliked the invented character of Tauriel in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, I would take her over any of the she-bosses in this disaster series any day. And that's pretty pathetic.

Wheel of Time was the canary in the coal mine for Rings of Power. Amazon's ability to completely fail when the story was already completed for them and the arcs of the main characters already existed should have been a warning.

Episode 5. Elrond discusses with Celebrimbor how torn he is feeling about breaking his oath with Prince Durin, by revealing the existence of Mithril to others, especially King Gil-galad, who has questioned Elrond about it, all while literally breaking his oath to Durin, by admitting Mithril's existence to Celebrimbor and showing him the sample piece he was permitted to keep. Absolute stellar writing!

I have come to the sad realization that literally my whole family, minus my wife, are a bunch of entertainment normies. I try to show just how bad this show (and others) are and they just refuse to see it. I can't watch shows with them. Thank God I'm married and my wife and I have the same tastes and takes on films, comics, and shows.

Thank you for your honesty. I fled Hollywood in 2007 - I could no longer stand the horror of it all. Now? I am very glad I was always nothing in Hollywood.

The copy/paste crowd scene in episode 5 has to be seen to be believed. 😄

I think we need an embargo from woke chicks writing anything… forever

In LOTR, The one ring was a character. It was not a MacGuffin. It altered the behavior of anyone who came into contact with it. It sang a siren song individual to each person it was attempting to seduce eg Aragorn near the end of FOTR, Faramir in TTT. The ring has a will of its own and is actively trying to return to its master. Source: Peter Jackson interviews and the prologue montage of FOTR, and the books themselves.

On rotten tomatoes most of the 5 star reviews are written by accounts with only one film/tv series reviewed and they all sounds the same.... sounds like someone is trying to lift the score 🤢

Adar: “As a teenager, elves, men, & hobbits made fun of my acne, calling me pizza face. Only the orcs were kind to me. So, now I get my revenge!”

What I've always understood was Elves would live forever unless killed in combat or consumed by despair. Despair turned Elves from being pure and immortal into dark and twisted beings. Morgoth would take Elves captive and cause so much distress and despair that they slowly became something other than Elves and through this process they lost their identities and became Orcs. Morgoth then corrupted their minds further and made them into his warrior slaves as their all-consuming despair made them destructive and vindictive, evil beings. So, no, Adar didn't create the fucking Orcs.

Strange how Galadriel, formerly shipwrecked with nothing, now appears on deck in wonderfully tailored elven armour. Must have been some spares in town.

I just don't understand how they didn't see this problem in the scripts!!

_The Rings of Power_ moving steadily toward being revealed as the biggest accounting sham in entertainment history. Which is really quite an achievement, considering Hollywood is notorious for its shady accounting. Somewhere, Max Bialystock is smiling with pride, and composing this song for the musical adaption of _The Rings of Power:_ _Springtime for Sauron and the Orcs_ _Winter for Harfoots and Elves_

I was especially moved by the writing, Galadriel saying "This is Sparta!"

Everyone knows the best way to produce a faithful adaptation of a classic fantasy is to make it seem as similar to today as possible. Because different is bad… wait I mean…

I noticed when you were talking about the training scene you showed Aragorn beating Lurtz. Even in a cut up fashion, the swordsmanship, power, tension and camera work are all amazing. Especially when he cuts his head off and the sword is in the camera! Truly stunning and another example of how this show is a mockery of what came before

At this point, I'm honestly cheering for Sauron!

this is embarrassing Amazon come on admit defeat and cut losses they will black list some showrunners and writers and say its not our fault.

Many Tolkien fans like me probably never watched in the first place. Didn’t want to watch another abomination of a beloved book.

Galadriel trains Numenoreans, it's like the Virgin Mary training Spartans. That was just brilliant, I laugh soooo hard on that one!

I just want to know how did the galadriel cosplayer get her armor and giga sword hilt when she jumped without it! It was painfully repeated for a hundred scenes that she only had her brothers dagger on her. Also those ships apparently are magically enlarged from the inside (like in harry potter) and are able to carry 100 people each, AND have stables...

This is so bad, it looks like an SNL parody... so glad I'm not watching it, thank you Nerdrotic

I saw Lenny Henry in it and turned it off.

Amazon is the same company that thought they could get away getting rid of all of the one star reviews, and that failed spectacularly so how could anybody trust the writing skills of these same people?

The Numenorean dance-off was so stunning and brave.

I love Nerd 's funny editing! It is really good! I know it probably takes a while to get the right and apt clip or meme reaction but they are REALLY ON POINT!! 👍👏

I have Amazon prime I get quite a bit of use out of it at this point I could literally watch it for what is basically free. I still don't want to watch it not even to do a review on it.

Oh man I couldnt stop laughing hard after the "influencer" said she isnt even watching it lmfao

If Campea shills any harder, he is going to break something. Go Campea, you can do it!

The thing that pisses me off more then anything is that I was so looking forward to this series when first announced. I still watch every episode and still want to throw a brick at TV ever time I see Galadriel and that Boss lady who says she's not their king. No shit. For one thing you would be a queen and one that everyone hates. God I hate this freaking series but yet I still watch it for some dumb fuckin reason.

they wanted to destroy or abuse Tolkien but it hits back harder than they thought it would hit back. this show is bad when youre not tolkien fan, this show is atriocious when youre tolkien fan. galadriel is awful, that little harfoot girl is literally FRODO wannabe with eye lenses and facial experssions....

"Galadrial training numenoreans is like the virgin mary training spartans"