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mr_math24 t1_jad1txj wrote

Genuinely surprised at the hate this show got. It was definitely in my top 10 seasons of last year.

It wasn't perfect, of course. I found the "Mordor" text reveal super jarring and out of place. I thought the first episode and the finale were weaker than the rest of the season.

But overall I found it really beautiful, exciting, and different!

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Stupidstuff1001 t1_jad7s81 wrote

The show is gorgeous. The music is great. The acting is fine. Just the dialogue and plot are terrible.

Really the show should just ignore everyone else and follow the elf and the dwarf. The only cast members with chemistry and fun to watch. Make them meet up with the other characters on their journey.

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Delicious-Tachyons t1_jadgiwu wrote

If you ignore the lore, as the showrunners did, it's not brutal. It's not terrible. It's .. ok. The main character is unpleasant as she repeatedly goes places and threatens them in order to speak to the manager. I call her Karendriel. Hopefully they tone that down in S2 and stop her from acting like a crazy person (in one episode she threatens to murder all of Adar's children in front of him to make him watch and then in the next episode when a guy's like 'hey i hate those orcs' she says 'don't hold hate in your heart' like it's supposed to be profound but really was just first draft writing that noone fixed)

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doegred t1_jado76k wrote

Yeah, Galadriel 'In him [Fëanor] she perceived a darkness that she hated and feared, though she did not perceive that the shadow of the same evil had fallen upon the minds of all the Noldor, and upon her own' of the house of Finwë would never make that mistake.

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mr_math24 t1_jadfoab wrote

Interesting, I found the dialogue quite in line with the movies! Heartfelt and powerful, if not a bit cheesy.

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Delicious-Tachyons t1_jadg63l wrote

> I found the "Mordor" text reveal super jarring and out of place

that made me laugh pretty good. the guy asks a question and just walks away as if he saw the title and got his answer.

Felt like a video game cutscene moment

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mr_math24 t1_jadgdc0 wrote

>Felt like a video game cutscene moment

This exactly.

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chilloutfam t1_jad3dkw wrote

lol why would anyone downvote this comment?

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anasui1 t1_jad79lf wrote

I don't know, the same reason why any post that criticizes ROP gets downvoted as well?

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HickRarrison t1_jadm09j wrote

Since when does Rings of Power criticism get downvoted on reddit?

Seriously, have you seen the comments in this thread?

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WordsAreSomething t1_jad5ne8 wrote

I'm not surprised but the hate people hold towards any show like this is genuinely weird.

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Maninhartsford t1_jadghp4 wrote

Yeah, to me it's just kind of your standard expensive show with high production value and good actors propping up a lacking script. Not that good, not that bad, frustrating at times, with the occasional cool moment or cheesy trope. I wouldn't exactly recommend it and I don't see myself making it to season 5 if it doesn't get a little more interesting, but people act like it's My Mother The Car

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