DementedDaveyMeltzer t1_jad4jfo wrote
Who else peaced out of Rings of Power forever the second that Galadriel tried to swim back home from elf heaven? That has to be one of the most unintentionally hilarious scenes ever committed to film.
OCGamerboy t1_jad93ug wrote
Part of me was wondering WTF were the writers thinking. But then I realized that they weren’t thinking and are just terrible.
eojen t1_jadjg09 wrote
Well they were thinking. “She has to meet hot Sauron at some point”. So instead of doing something that makes more sense, they just went “uhh, how about in the middle in this gigantic oceans?” And it wasn’t like Sauron did it on purpose either, he was literally fighting the majority of the show to not be around Galadriel
A_Dog_Chasing_Cars t1_jaelnl9 wrote
To me, that scene is emblematic of one of the show's worst issues: fake tension.
There are so many scenes that are shot like something that's supposed to be tense, but what's going to happen is so painfully obvious and it's dragged out so much.
It's the beginning of a ten hour show and we know Galadriel is around in LOTR, of fucking course she isn't going to leave Middle Earth and she's going to jump off the boat.
So many scenes like that, where they shot it like a tense moment but you 100% know what's going to happen because you've seen movies before and/or it's a prequel to one of the most famouse stories of all time.
Like the elf guy getting the orc blade close to his eye. OMG, what is going to happen to this main character? Oh, he was saved a moment before being blinded? No shit.
Are they gonna make the three elven rings? They are? No shit!
Is Galadriel going to join Sauron? She isn't? Who would have thought!
Rings of Power is so painfully bad.
Edit: Added thoughts.
-FeistyRabbitSauce- t1_jadaaxu wrote
Idk, I can imagine an elf not having too much of a problem swimming long distances.
I didn't really have much issue with the show. I watched maybe six episodes and then kind of forgot about it. I keep meaning to finish it but just haven't been bothered. The thing is, it just never had much of a hook besides being LOTR. The entire time I was... Whelmed. It was just very mid-tier.
AinsleysAmazingMeat t1_jadhjm1 wrote
Trying to swim across the ocean is exactly the kind of crazy shit a First Age elf would do, this complaint has always confused me. Its not like she even made it.
narhiril t1_jadp1or wrote
Her uncle rode into Angband alone and challenged Morgoth to single combat, this kind of thing happens a lot in this family.
SuperBowlXLIX t1_jadzurf wrote
The text should inform the audience (who largely won’t be Tolkien experts) that this is something a First Age elf would do. The way it looks in the show comes off silly to an average viewer.
AinsleysAmazingMeat t1_jaeijno wrote
How would they inform the audience in a better way?
SuperBowlXLIX t1_jaejfh4 wrote
Have a character say “I don’t trust those First Age elves, they’re always taking stupid risks and don’t think their decisions through”. Show one doing something stupid, like that one black elf, and have a human go “wow, those First Age elves do really impulsive things with no regard to their or others’ safety!”
I’m being blunt lol but my point is that there are ways you can setup a character’s actions prior to them doing something, and this should happen if the audience won’t have prior knowledge of what these characters are like.
AinsleysAmazingMeat t1_jaekm1b wrote
I feel like the show pretty quickly establishes that Galadriel is kind of insane. Her first scene is climbing a giant icy cliff, then pushing her struggling men through a blizzard on the vague chance of finding a clue to help advance her centuries long revenge mission.
SuperBowlXLIX t1_jaf4l7d wrote
That has nothing to do with First Age elves being inordinate risk takers. It means Galadriel specifically has revenge on her mind. I don’t think pushing her men equates to jumping off a ship a thousand miles at sea, and certainly doesn’t follow your statement of Elves from this time period being crazy.
G_Liddell t1_jadwwqv wrote
And what else is she going to do, drown
doegred t1_jadnnpm wrote
Exactly. Galadriel's family (including Galadriel herself) are the people who were mad enough to cross the equivalent of the Arctic on foot rather than simply ask forgiveness of the Valar and return to Valinor. And then early Second Age Galadriel herself is the woman who's seen more or less her entire paternal family die as a result of said pride, and is the only survivor (except for maybe one insane cousin) out of her entire generation of 10/11 cousins + 3 brothers... and still says 'eh, nope, still not going to ask the gods for forgiveness or heed their advice!' The show just dramatised her hubris.
Varekai79 t1_jadd4ma wrote
That horseback riding scene just took me out, and not in a good way. I have a handful of episodes left to watch but I just can't be bothered.
Where_Is_Old_Zealand t1_jadz93a wrote
I watched the whole thing but she is the more unlikable main character ive seen in a while, by the final episodes i was actively rooting for someone to kill her
schitaco t1_jaelwi5 wrote
So funny, that's exactly when I stopped watching.
old-west-action t1_jadelwn wrote
Anesthetize85 t1_jadive0 wrote
Yep that’s exactly where I noped out
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