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Author:  Shack [ Wed Aug 31, 2022 12:05 pm ]
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Review embargo lifted and it has 71 on metacritic https://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-lord- ... -of-power/
Author:  Flava'd vs The World [ Wed Aug 31, 2022 12:08 pm ]
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71 is good enough. Holding the embargo so long made me think it'd be in the mid 50s.
Author:  zwackerm [ Wed Aug 31, 2022 1:01 pm ]
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Hope this is better than The Wheel of Time. What a snooze that was
Author:  Rev [ Wed Aug 31, 2022 1:05 pm ]
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Gooooood! :D looking forward to this.

zwackerm wrote:
Hope this is better than The Wheel of Time. What a snooze that was


:ohmy: SHUT YO MOUTH!!!!!! WOT IS AWESOME!
Author:  Shack [ Wed Aug 31, 2022 1:24 pm ]
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Wheel of Time and His Dark Materials were such non events. Maybe they can try again one day.
Author:  MadGez [ Wed Aug 31, 2022 7:25 pm ]
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zwackerm wrote:
Hope this is better than The Wheel of Time. What a snooze that was


Yeah I wasn't impressed. I liked the first few episodes but then it fizzled out.
Author:  MadGez [ Wed Aug 31, 2022 7:25 pm ]
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I'm hoping this is good and can re-capture some of what made the LOTR trilogy so special.
Author:  zwackerm [ Thu Sep 01, 2022 10:31 pm ]
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First episode was quite mediocre and only occasionally interesting, though obviously gorgeous to look at
Author:  zwackerm [ Thu Sep 01, 2022 11:40 pm ]
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second episode was slightly better but still not grabbed. i'll watch episode 3 but out of obligation moreso than desire
Author:  zwackerm [ Thu Sep 01, 2022 11:59 pm ]
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It also was not that woke and probably like 90% of the characters are white including all the Elves in Valinor. From the backlash you'd think this had Sandman level race and gender swapping.
Author:  Flava'd vs The World [ Fri Sep 02, 2022 12:15 am ]
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I already feel like this would have been better off with original characters in place of Galadriel and Elrond. The actors are both good, but knowing their fates makes them less interesting by default.
Author:  Shack [ Fri Sep 02, 2022 1:15 am ]
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Galadriel being married since the first age is kind of a bummer for them storyline wise
Author:  Flava'd vs The World [ Fri Sep 02, 2022 1:47 am ]
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I pretty much agree with zwack on everything. It's not very good, but also not bad enough to bail on the return to middle earth just yet. The music was excellent at least.
Author:  Shack [ Fri Sep 02, 2022 4:13 am ]
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I agree that it has prequel problem of knowing already Sauron will come back and eventually get his finger cut off. But I just don't like the pacing of Amazon shows.
Author:  SolC9 [ Fri Sep 02, 2022 6:19 pm ]
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I feel like people are just being negative for the sake of being negative. I watched the first two episodes this morning and loved them.
Author:  Algren [ Fri Sep 02, 2022 9:37 pm ]
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SolC9 wrote:
I feel like people are just being negative for the sake of being negative. I watched the first two episodes this morning and loved them.


This is probably partly true. There's a lot of resentment that the series even exists. In a lot of people's minds it's almost as if if there's any Tolkien TV/movie adaptation then Peter Jackson is the only person that should be involved.

But the trailer was pretty awful, too. So people were probably going in with their knives sharpened, and I can't fault them for this really. The series looks to be yet another example of woke-ism, and people are rightly opposed to it.
Author:  zwackerm [ Fri Sep 02, 2022 10:25 pm ]
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SolC9 wrote:
I feel like people are just being negative for the sake of being negative. I watched the first two episodes this morning and loved them.


This attitude is SO annoying. I was reserving judgment until I saw the show, despite thinking the trailers were meh. I've been a defender of many review bombed productions.

But this show is just not good. It's gorgeous to look at but there is no interesting hook in the first 2 episodes whatsoever.
Author:  Flava'd vs The World [ Fri Sep 02, 2022 11:54 pm ]
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If someone's main critique is black elves then sure, but the critiques of the show being boring are pretty valid in my opinion. I feel like people were coming at House of the Dragon with their swords out, then after two episodes most bent the knee because that show has been awesome so far
Author:  SolC9 [ Sat Sep 03, 2022 12:59 am ]
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zwackerm wrote:
SolC9 wrote:
I feel like people are just being negative for the sake of being negative. I watched the first two episodes this morning and loved them.


This attitude is SO annoying. I was reserving judgment until I saw the show, despite thinking the trailers were meh. I've been a defender of many review bombed productions.

But this show is just not good. It's gorgeous to look at but there is no interesting hook in the first 2 episodes whatsoever.


I think the hook for me is the young Galadriel. I'm interested in the journey she takes from warrior to Lady of Lorien. I think the actress portraying her is phenomenal so far.

I also find the Harfoot Nori's story more interesting than most of the hobbits.
Author:  SolC9 [ Sat Sep 03, 2022 1:06 am ]
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Flava'd vs The World wrote:
If someone's main critique is black elves then sure, but the critiques of the show being boring are pretty valid in my opinion. I feel like people were coming at House of the Dragon with their swords out, then after two episodes most bent the knee because that show has been awesome so far


I love both shows so far. If I could only pick one though, right now it would be Rings of Power. Mainly because I know less LOTR elven history than I know Targaryen history, so there's a bit more mystery and intrigue for me in Rings of Power.
Author:  Shack [ Sat Sep 03, 2022 2:59 am ]
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Yea I'm going looks great visually but boring after seeing episode 2.
Author:  Flava'd vs The World [ Sat Sep 03, 2022 4:12 pm ]
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Galadriel is the best character for sure. But it still wasn't that interesting watching her spend an hour on a raft with Totally-Not-Sauron guy.

Girl Frodo is in the same boat. I kinda like her, but Totally-Not-Gandalf has already overtaken her story.

Again though, I'm very much hoping it all comes together. I read that even though they spent $250M on the rights, they can't use anything from The Silmarillian. That's a tough place to start from considering this show is supposed to be an adaptation of it lol.
Author:  Shack [ Sat Sep 03, 2022 4:36 pm ]
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Hot raft dude being Sauron seems pretty possible. Not sure if meteor guy will be Gandalf, it sounds like the timeline in the books would have to be changed quite a bit for that, but maybe.
Author:  Chippy [ Wed Sep 07, 2022 5:53 pm ]
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Watched episode 1, pretty good stuff. Will def continue tonight.
Author:  MadGez [ Wed Sep 07, 2022 6:37 pm ]
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I would have preferred this and HotD not being released so close together but ah well.

Haven't seen it yet (the 'it's boring' talk puts me off a bit) but the visuals just look too good to miss so will give it a go.
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