Since you asked so nicely, I'll consider it.
It is too early. They didn't have the full rights to the Tolkien works (just the appendices) and the timeline spanning thousands of years was too difficult to write a story around. So they chose to just compress the timeline and change whatever they saw fit.
Yeah. And how they suddenly jump from one to three. It's so contrived. Of course it had to be Galadriel who suggested it. Because, forget about Celebrimbor, the heir to Feanor, the greatest Elven smith. Galadriel is all that matters.
I loved it personally and realise it's just a fantasy story which I don't take seriously. I just enjoy it for what it is. Why try to find fault in everything?
In comparison to the shit show of the previous few episodes, I think bang average is considered good.
It's a plot hole. There are ways they could've avoided this. e.g. They could've just let Halbrand excuse himself to go back to his people because he is healed and Celebrimbor doesn't need a man to help him forge his life's best creation. That would allow the same story with the same ending and align the series with the lore better. But no, they had to harvest the Galadriel x Sauron nonsense and have them confront each other.
To be fair, the series was supported and co produced by the actual authors of the book. And it shows. Easily the best sci fi series in the last few years.
I agree. Another workaround is they could've just let Halbrand excuse himself to go back to his people because he is healed and Celebrimbor doesn't need a man to help him forge his life's best creation. Then they realise their mistake later when Sauron puts on the One Ring. That would allow the same story with the same ending and align the series with the lore better. But no, they had to harvest the Galadriel x Sauron nonsense and have them confront each other as the season "climax".
Wasn't Galadriel pretty influential by this time anyway? She's a distant cousin of Celebrimbor and was one of the leaders of the rebellion that Feanor was involved in. Plus she's from the royal line and pretty much considered a Princess. I read somewhere that she even played a part in making Gil-galad king.
I'm not an expert myself. The pieces just don't add up for me. Anyways, her status is one issue in the series. They write her like a spoiled teenager or a psychopath and yet she still has to fit in her status as a thousands year old Elf. But my main gripe about that scene, was that it was just unnecessary. Celebrimbor was known to have forged the rings himself and was known as the best Elven smith at the time and the heir to Feanor. They give him so little credit for any part of the story. There really was no need to do that last twist. And to top it off, it didn't even make sense and was so contrived. Which adds insult to injury. Give a little love to the rest of the cast. Instead of hoarding it all to the main
Fair enough. I think they could have done with spending a bit more time working on creating the rings, while Sauron slowly showed his hand. Celebrimbor has had very little screen time up until this point so I think he needed some more character-building before making a decision like that one.
They picked that up from another channel that had already worked out the writers/production team/actors etc.
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I am a causal viewer, never read the books. So for me its all abit meh and could have been much better with better dialogue and stronger scripter writers.
And the "I'm peril".
Yeah but from the minute they called him Sauron I was 'No he's not'. It was just such an obvious attempt at misdirection.
Who is being shouted down here? If anything, criticism based on its overall quality is often ignored as coming from anal book purists when the lore isn’t even the primary focus of the criticism.
The follow your nose quote would suggest Gandalf.
