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The Lords of The Rings: Rings of Power Official Teaser Trailer
Javthusiast
Banned
BaneIsPain
Member
Meh. I have expected that visual.
Still not impressed
Still not impressed
Come On Tars
Member
Hmm
LaughingStock
Member
It looks meh with a high production value.
TransTrender
Gold Member
A child had a speaking role so I'm out.
TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
Haven't you ever wondered what else is out there?!
There are things beyond our wandering!
Like PEOPLE OF COLOR AND WAHMEN
There are things beyond our wandering!
Like PEOPLE OF COLOR AND WAHMEN
sw0mp_d0nk3y
Member
Coolest looking Lord of the Rings show I've ever seen. I'm happy to get one.
cheststrongwell
my cake, fuck off
Man, I don't know. I'll give it a chance.
Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
Sigh.
sw0mp_d0nk3y
Member
I just saw the trailer with a bunch of people who are out of the loop, and they definitely thought it was a movie trailer.
sol_bad
Member
Yeah, I was worried it would look like The Witcher or something to that degree. I feel that series is under budgeted.
cheststrongwell
my cake, fuck off
Loved the LOTR movies. I just hope the characters in this show are likable. The worst thing about the Hobbit movies(for me) was that I didn't care about most of the characters.
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strange headache
Banned
That trailer is as generic as an amazon product recommendation.
SirKicksalot
Member
Is that a graug from Shadow of Mordor?
cheststrongwell
my cake, fuck off
I also hate the asshole elves, and this seems to have a lot of elves. We will see.
bitbydeath
Member
It’s about time New Zealand brought out a new tourism video.
Javthusiast
Banned
More like a high quality screen saver, cause ain't nothing real there.
iorek21
Member
Hardensoul
Member
This doesn’t really show much but also seem to show less of what’s in the Variety article!
sol_bad
Member
I don't think that is a real quote and it's definitely not a quote from Tolkien.
KyoZz
Tag, you're it.
Indeed, the real quote is from Frodo:
“The Shadow that bred them can only mock, it cannot make. I don't think it gave life to the orcs, it only ruined them and twisted them.”
But this as the top comment is still funny af.
Doom85
Member
Perhaps, but still it’s funny that this person is obviously all, “we know the source material better than the people making the show!” as they simultaneously fuck up a quote.
It’d be like seeing a YouTube video of a guy ranting about Book of Boba Fett while wearing a shirt that say, “R2-D2 Shot First”.
Unknown Soldier
Member
This doesn't look good, and I strongly suspect they are going to fuck up the Silmarillion until it's unrecognizable.
NecrosaroIII
Ask me about my terrible takes on Star Trek characters
It's not the Silm. It's the LotR appendices.
I think I saw my boy Gil Galad
I think I saw my boy Gil Galad
The_hunter
Member
The elf scaling a mountain with a daggerI'm calling it, this is going to be sequel trilogy level of storytelling.
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Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
I think it's a very very loose description of Melkor, and how he wanted to imitate / supplant Eru to create life in his own image.
Kinda applies to this series, too
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Xenon
Member
In a post Star Wars sequel trilogy world it's hard to see myself even watching this. Not only do these people seem to resent that Tolkien's works and the pervious movies didn't live up to their standards of representation but they seem to hold the same contempt for anyone who enjoyed them.
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Pejo
Member
It's a YouTube comment. It's at least legible and not talking about which other youtuber brought them there. It's not that bad all things considered.
Regarding the trailer...."eh".
I just finished up the "Wheel of Time" Amazon show and if it's anything like that, it's going to suck a bucket full of ass. Whatever, my expectations have been set so low that even a mediocre show will garner praise from me. Let's see if it can hit mediocrity.
Oberstein
Member
I'm calling it, this is going to be sequel trilogy level of storytelling.
Regular training for an elf.
Well, it wasn't great.
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strange headache
Banned
Here is the original quote:
If Amazon would be that faithful to the source material as that guy in the Youtube comments, we wouldn't be in this mess.
sol_bad
Member
I think it's a very very loose description of Melkor, and how he wanted to imitate / supplant Eru to create life in his own image.
Kinda applies to this series, too
IMO there is nothing wrong with changing up adaptations as long as the story is still good. That's yet to be seen though.
And I know people think they should have created their own thing, but fantasy and SciFi are expensive and risky. I guess in a way they are creating their own thing within Tolkien's world, at least it sounds like it based on various comments in the other thread.
strange headache
Banned
strange headache
Banned
Amazon is the perfect example that you can't buy success. Doesn't matter how much money they put into it, it's still soulless.
We are beginning to understand why Shippey had to go.
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
I personally disagree. Sometimes changes need to be made to adapt a novel to screen. That I understand and agree with. However, change an adaptation too much, or in this case, complelty make up the story as you go along and just slap Tolkien's world on top like slapping magnets on a fridge, and then you end up with nothing more than bad fan fiction that disrespects the authors original vision.
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Ammogeddon
Member
It looks like a teen fantasy series.
GeekyDad
Member
Haven't even bothered watching the trailer, but I was kind of expecting to react that way.
Hopefully, maybe...someone here will watch it and get fired up about it. Right now, though, I just ain't even got the motivation to watch the trailer, and this is coming from a guy who has more motivation to type out this long and drawn out response to a gif reply.
sol_bad
Member
We'll see, the teaser has the same feel as the LOTR Peter Jackson films, at a minimum I'm expecting it to be far far better than the Hobbit films.
I know that isn't saying much but the Hobbit films are really bad and even if this series is a tiny bit better, it's a win. But I'm expecting it to be far better. Not as good as the LOTR movies though.
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
Lol. I was wondering that. Translate it and it's all the same messages as well. Very odd.