Not sure about that. Thought the torches appearing over the hill one by one was great tension.
Television The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
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Yeah my wifey said exactly the same I didn't feel anything. Helm's Deep. Now that was tension. This was just some 20 odd orcs running a hill up with torches.
Just to add: still think that the show is alright. It just fails at some things that prevent it from being really good.
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I feel similarly but its gradually sneaking its way up a couple of marks as the weeks go by. Adar has been quite good. Its difficult not to be impressed by the spectacle.
Can anyone highlight the swap over of the hilt, from Arondir's possession to the old creepy bloke? I've watched this twice now and cant see how it would have happened
Assumed it happened before that Uruk dude rode off and was captured
No idea. Seemed quite random.
Overall probably the best episode yet. Would have wished for more tension but still decent.
In a slight way I’m in a ways seeing both sides of the arguments when it comes to this show
I’m delighted it exits, it looks amazing, is very interesting for me as a lotr fan, I am genuinely excited each week for a new episode
The other side though, I think there here is no one in the show I feel overly fond of like I’m rooting for them. So it has failed in that respect
I’m delighted it exits, it looks amazing, is very interesting for me as a lotr fan, I am genuinely excited each week for a new episode
The other side though, I think there here is no one in the show I feel overly fond of like I’m rooting for them. So it has failed in that respect
When did Adar tell the old creepy bloke (who I keep thinking is called Baldrick) that he had a task for him? Was it before or after he took it from Theo? If it was after then surely the swap occurs right then off screen. Otherwise we have to assume that Baldrick and Adar swapped the hilt with the axe in the moments before the Numenorians arrived. Baldrick escaping isn't a big deal given he's a local he'd know how to avoid detection.
Aye, that was my conclusion too, you do see Theo watching him and the hilt has a ring type sway over Theo so no doubt he followed to see where it was hidden. But it was a moment when you had to assume things happened off screen. I imagine there were moments that were cut to keep the run time down and that was one of them, which was an error.
He tells him he has a task for him just as the Numenoreans arrive, so it has already been swapped out at that point and Adar is essentially a decoy.
I know what you mean, I keep trying to remind myself of how invested I was in the Starks after episode 6 of Game of Thrones... But the truth is that I don't actually remember.
My major gripe was why the feck did he hide it in there of all places...
I guess its the old saying... "The closer we are to danger, the farther we are from harm."
Ahhh yes I remember that dualogue, spot on there! Thanks a bunch, that solves that mystery for me.
It was ridiculously obvious though.
people scratching their heads around that is worrying. Same as how the old man got the dagger.
Plus it is a strong magical object that cannot be destroyed by normal means, like one in the movies. And that one also had people missing it when it was gone, like Theo talked about later.
The ring wanted to be found; we don’t know exactly if that was the case here but it didn’t really need to be spelled out regardless.
It's been a bumpy road so far but this latest ep was legitimately excellent IMO.
In the show's defence we haven't even seen Sauron's rise to power yet so I wouldn't expect any big, epic battles for a while. This was just a skirmish.
I enjoyed that. Didn’t think we would see any battles on tv of that scale for a long time after GoT ended so in that aspect it was cool. Still a lot of hammy things like the dialogue and acting but if you don’t take it too seriously it’s really good fun.
I liked it...
There was a lot wrong with this episode.
But mostly I just don't believe in or care about these characters. I'm just watching as a chore at this point because I like Tolkien and I want to see what they do with this.
Numenoreans just randomly galloping into town like they knew the script - why were they arriving in such a hurry and how did they know to be in the one place in the Southlands where the action was? Awful dialogue. Girl boss high fiving. Water setting off a volcano. The sword hilt having a stupid purpose. The now irritating teasing of Halbrand as Sauron. The Flash Gordon ending. Did I mention the dialogue? The absolute stupidity of the tactics on all sides. The underwhelming battle scenes compared to the lower budget Peter Jackson movies or GoT.
But mostly I just don't believe in or care about these characters. I'm just watching as a chore at this point because I like Tolkien and I want to see what they do with this.
I think your mind was already made up and you’ve set out to be angry
Thinking about giving this a go but seeing the feedback on here has been mixed from week to week. For those watching both, are you enjoying this more or House of the Dragon?
I've looked forward to House of the Dragon more but the last episode of this was the best of both so far.
I am surprised with your tagline that you’re not familiar with the relative specific heat capacities of water and silicate lavas. That’s a big part of Tolkien lore. I am just kidding I don’t even remember what that means.
Hot D is the sophisticated delicacy like foie gras or sea urchin, this is candy corn and and caramel popcorn…not that there’s anything wrong with that. Except candy corn, I mean that stuff is just weird.
Definitely House of Dragon. The characters are more interesting, the plot is both more surprising and more logical and its moving at a quicker pace. RoP has 4 different stoeylines and only 2 have really intersected. HotD is all about one royal family in one court.
RoP is brighter but a bit dumber.
I highly doubt that
Stewart Lee called Game of Thrones "Peter Stringfellow's Lord of the Rings".
What good is doubting what you haven’t seen or tasted?
Who is that?
I've seen and tasted Game of Thrones. Even that didn't fit that lofty description.
I feel HotD started strongly but took a bit of a dip with the last episode whereas RoP started slowly but has steadily improved with each episode.
Initially I was enjoying HotD more but I like them equally now.
Yeah at least half of what you've written there is wrong or easily explained. Not gonna bother though.
Username checks out.
And you'd be right. It's about as sophisticated as The Sun newspaper.
They should have killed him. Letting him live and escape only to come back and cause the death of thousands is a trope that is far too overused in action movies.
He takes him outside asking him to do something for him.
Well he's the best thing in it for me so glad he didn't get killed but yeah you're right...
I agree that I don't want him dead but you know that when they didn't kill him he was going to escape and cause them loads of problems.
Thought you two were talking about Waldreg for a second there.
Just out of interest, how did you find the Hobbit? This is an absolute treat by comparison, and these guys have no real source material for the meat on those bones, so it feels less sacrilegious to me.