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Join Date: Nov 2002
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#708 |
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Join Date: Oct 2012
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Yeah I agree. I've seen where some people just don't like the stranger parts. And to be fair not much is going on there. A bit daemon targaryenesque in the long boring two season build up for him.
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#709 |
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Join Date: Oct 2012
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I do not like the dwarf wife. Not for any real reason.
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Join Date: Apr 2024
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S1 had terrible costumes, characters, dialog, etc. Straight trash. |
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#711 |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Oct 2007
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#712 | |
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Join Date: Oct 2012
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The whole things demanded 100% focus. I have a coworker who cant watch TV without also being on his phone. He has no idea what's going on and has no intention to give it the attention needed. |
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#713 |
**** That Noise
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Jack Trice
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I enjoy this show.
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#714 |
I'll be back.
Join Date: Nov 2002
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It's crazy to me that people wouldn't enjoy origin stories for Gandalf, Sauron, Galadriel, Elrond and ****ing MORDOR. And I'd guess by the end, The Shire and Hobbits.
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#715 |
Three-Pat
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Colorado Springs
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Was Gandalf in the second age in the source material? Were orcs ever not evil in the source material? Did mythril come from a tree in the source material? I get modifying parts that aren’t covered in the source material, like the first orc, but what I mentioned above contradicts what is in source material.
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#716 |
sorta mod-ish
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: KC North
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I've not read the books for decades, but even I know the writers are taking massive liberties with the characters and source material. I did not care for season 1, but so far this season has been "better" enough to keep me interested, but I say that knowing this isn't how Tolkien wrote it or intended it to be deciphered. I guess I'm looking at it as Nerdrotic described it - fan fiction brought to life by a Bond villain in Bezos (I'm keeping that description btw, lol).
There are two things that I've disagreed with so far.... 1) Halbrand's death at the hands of Adar and the Orcs and his subsequent rebirth. That was hamfisted AF. He turns into a symbiote and drags himself out of the earth to consume a woman? What? 2) The writers trying to present the Orcs as creatures deserving sympathy with the one male Orc attempting to protect his Orc family by protesting going to war. Orcs are BRED for war and want nothing else, not sympathetic and misunderstood creatures. That totally threw me out of the moment (not to mention the messaging they're trying to send there, but that's another issue). Outside of that, it's kept me interested enough. This season is definitely an upgrade from S1, so far. |
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#717 | |
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Join Date: Nov 2002
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![]() You think Peter Jackson stuck to the books? Hell no. The Hobbit trilogy was an exercise in unchecked fanboy fantasy. Just roll with it. The show is ****ing tits. You've never getting 100% Tolkien on screen. Nor does anyone need to try to do that. Playing in Tolkien's sandbox is amazing enough. |
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#718 |
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Join Date: Nov 2002
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This was the visual effects team's take on Sauron regaining his physical form. While I would have preferred something more akin to a spirit, I appreciate their ability to think outside the box and come up with something fresh. I found it entertaining as ****.
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Colorado Springs
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: KC North
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