Rings of Power

Woke garbage, and boring at that.
Shitting on The Witcher and Star Wars was not enough apparently...

Only characters I actually like are sauron and the dark elf dude

RaphaelPhoto said

Woke garbage, and boring at that.
Shitting on The Witcher and Star Wars was not enough apparently...

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In all honesty, the books were a little boring.  Great stories but oh my what a lot of exposition. Peter jackson made LOTR watchable with great screenplay and effects.  The Hobbit film was good in its own rights if you had called it. Something nothing to do with Tolkein.  The first season was not bad but a little too slow.  This season so far for me has had the odd flash but that is as rare as Mithril.

Lazy, racist shite….

the harfoots (prehistoric hobbits, dirty, simple folk) all have Irish accents.

GDSandy Photography said

In all honesty, the books were a little boring.  Great stories but oh my what a lot of exposition. Peter jackson made LOTR watchable with great screenplay and effects.  The Hobbit film was good in its own rights if you had called it. Something nothing to do with Tolkein.  The first season was not bad but a little too slow.  This season so far for me has had the odd flash but that is as rare as Mithril.

I think you miss the point.  The books were meant to be folklore/faux-history/immersive….hence the exposition.  They weren’t meant to be rip-roaring adventure à La Wilbur Smith or dialogue-driven thrillers à La Elmore Leonard or rattling good yarns à La Jeffrey Archer.  The idea was for the reader (like Tolkien himself did) to get lost in that world/those worlds.

However you make a good point: had RoP been called something with no reference to Tolkien I might have been more smitten…..but I doubt it.

Carlos said

GDSandy Photography said

In all honesty, the books were a little boring.  Great stories but oh my what a lot of exposition. Peter jackson made LOTR watchable with great screenplay and effects.  The Hobbit film was good in its own rights if you had called it. Something nothing to do with Tolkein.  The first season was not bad but a little too slow.  This season so far for me has had the odd flash but that is as rare as Mithril.

I think you miss the point.  The books were meant to be folklore/faux-history/immersive….hence the exposition.  They weren’t meant to be rip-roaring adventure à La Wilbur Smith or dialogue-driven thrillers à La Elmore Leonard or rattling good yarns à La Jeffrey Archer.  The idea was for the reader (like Tolkien himself did) to get lost in that world/those worlds.

However you make a good point: had RoP been called something with no reference to Tolkien I might have been more smitten…..but I doubt it.

These works are inspired by , not direct comparisons to the original authors' creations. If Tolkien hadn't passed 50 years earlier, he might have expanded on his universe himself, much like how Michael Crichton could have continued developing the Jurassic Park universe or Westworld (personally i thought Westworld remake was brilliant). The merit of these adaptations lies in how they interpret and evolve the original story. It's similar to comparing the 1996 Romeo + Juliet to Shakespeare's original, or 10 Things I Hate About You to The Taming of the Shrew, or Beastly to Beauty and the Beast. They are inspired by classic stories but aren't meant to be judged by the exact standards of the original works. if people could write exactly the same as Tolken would then who would remember the man himself and who would appreciate his unique vision ? 

Owen Lloyd Very well put.

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Carlos -Yes, I do agree with you. Wednesday was good, better than I had expected it to be, and she has some great lines in it.

Last month I tried ‘Dark Matter’, but it totally lost me. Will have another go in a few weeks time. ‘The 4400’ is one of my all time favourites, along with ‘Dexter’ of course. I mean, who doesn’t like a bit of blood splatter?

As I've not been very successful in reading Tolkien, and so come at this without any preformed ideals, there's a chance I might like it .. or even enjoy it, lazy racism aside.

I enjoyed season one , it was a bit slow but it was a good watch.

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TedBancroftPortraits you may like the 100 , Westworld and last of us

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ANDY00 - Andy Sir, I have see all 3.

100 - them all being teenagers was stretching it a bit, more like early 20 to 25.

Westwood was good, I enjoyed that.

The last of Us was good, but did they ever explain why 1 person in every 10 disappeared?

ANDY00 said

Carlos said

GDSandy Photography said

In all honesty, the books were a little boring.  Great stories but oh my what a lot of exposition. Peter jackson made LOTR watchable with great screenplay and effects.  The Hobbit film was good in its own rights if you had called it. Something nothing to do with Tolkein.  The first season was not bad but a little too slow.  This season so far for me has had the odd flash but that is as rare as Mithril.

I think you miss the point.  The books were meant to be folklore/faux-history/immersive….hence the exposition.  They weren’t meant to be rip-roaring adventure à La Wilbur Smith or dialogue-driven thrillers à La Elmore Leonard or rattling good yarns à La Jeffrey Archer.  The idea was for the reader (like Tolkien himself did) to get lost in that world/those worlds.

However you make a good point: had RoP been called something with no reference to Tolkien I might have been more smitten…..but I doubt it.

These works are inspired by , not direct comparisons to the original authors' creations. If Tolkien hadn't passed 50 years earlier, he might have expanded on his universe himself, much like how Michael Crichton could have continued developing the Jurassic Park universe or Westworld (personally i thought Westworld remake was brilliant). The merit of these adaptations lies in how they interpret and evolve the original story. It's similar to comparing the 1996 Romeo + Juliet to Shakespeare's original, or 10 Things I Hate About You to The Taming of the Shrew, or Beastly to Beauty and the Beast. They are inspired by classic stories but aren't meant to be judged by the exact standards of the original works. if people could write exactly the same as Tolken would then who would remember the man himself and who would appreciate his unique vision ? 

I was specifically commenting on the Tolkien books in this post….which you seem to have missed.  For my response to your ‘adaptations’ comments may I refer you to previous comments by Owen Lloyd and @Huw  both of which. I fully endorse.  Why is it that just Welsh get it?