LOTR - The Rings of Power [SPOILERS]

[Giggles]

I don't like the head on that Arondir cunt. Reminds me of Grey Worm from Game of Thrones, who I hated.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Robert Aramayo's natural accent is so incredibly unexpected, ee-bah-gum 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQmQdZiVMnU

[Blizzard Beast]

I was a bit slow to watch season 2 as I thought season one sucked but season 2 was excellent.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Just finished up a rewatch of season 2, 4 eps last night, 4 tonight. Fairly superb!

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Someone dug up a few reaction screenshots from Tolkien forums back in 2001:
https://x.com/treebeardnerd/status/1846638963232063715

[astfgyl]

I've binged 6 episodes of this the last 2 evenings and I have to say I'm really enjoying it. It veers wildly between being pure shite and really good but the good is far outweighing the bad and I don't give a fuck about proper lore or any of that because I found the silmarillion book utterly impenetrable so for all I know it's pure canon but I'll likely never find out unless someone else tells me because fuck am I going back to that book.

Anyway only a couple left and tis decent entertainment

[Ollkiller]

I've binged 6 episodes of this the last 2 evenings and I have to say I'm really enjoying it. It veers wildly between being pure shite and really good but the good is far outweighing the bad and I don't give a fuck about proper lore or any of that because I found the silmarillion book utterly impenetrable so for all I know it's pure canon but I'll likely never find out unless someone else tells me because fuck am I going back to that book.

Anyway only a couple left and tis decent entertainment

The last 2 episodes (if its season 2 you're on) are bangers.

[Born of Fire]

It veers wildly between being pure shite and really good

That's it in a nutshell. The good stuff is quality but given the mind boggling amount of money spent on this show there shouldn't be so many shite bits 

[astfgyl]

I've binged 6 episodes of this the last 2 evenings and I have to say I'm really enjoying it. It veers wildly between being pure shite and really good but the good is far outweighing the bad and I don't give a fuck about proper lore or any of that because I found the silmarillion book utterly impenetrable so for all I know it's pure canon but I'll likely never find out unless someone else tells me because fuck am I going back to that book.

Anyway only a couple left and tis decent entertainment

The last 2 episodes (if its season 2 you're on) are bangers.

Aye it is season 2. Have stayed away from spoilers or at least can't remember if I did read any. Looking forward to it

[astfgyl]

It veers wildly between being pure shite and really good

That's it in a nutshell. The good stuff is quality but given the mind boggling amount of money spent on this show there shouldn't be so many shite bits 

Have to say season 2 has less shit bits than season 1 but yeah they're still there. Having not seen the end of season 2 yet, is it going on to a third? If so hopefully the upward trend will continue

[Ollkiller]

It veers wildly between being pure shite and really good

That's it in a nutshell. The good stuff is quality but given the mind boggling amount of money spent on this show there shouldn't be so many shite bits 

Have to say season 2 has less shit bits than season 1 but yeah they're still there. Having not seen the end of season 2 yet, is it going on to a third? If so hopefully the upward trend will continue

Supposedly a four season arc is planned.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Five afaik, or more specifically a 50 hour series across five seasons were the original terms of the contract. If the idea is for the grande finale of the show to revolve around Isildur's claiming of the ring and death (i.e. the stuff seen in the Prologue of Fellowship), then it's easy enough to see how they'll fill up three more seasons between where they're at now and that point. Don't know if it's what they'll do of course, but the entirety of season 5 could be taken up with the various stages of the War of the Last Alliance tbh.

[astfgyl]

Can see the day coming where I'll do a marathon of this, the Hobbit (maybe the cut version recommended on here though) and the LOTR trilogy.

It would probably be an ordeal but only one way to find out

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Decent enough read here. Bits and pieces from Tolkien's various writings that give hints about what his views may have been on "canon" (a notion that didn't exist in its modern meaning in JRRT's own time). If you've followed discussions about this question over the last couple of years especially (or, as in my case, since 2001), then you'll know most of the extracts already, but it's a decent effort to bring them all together.
https://reactormag.com/tolkiens-precious-words-and-the-rise-of-canon-gatekeeping/

[astfgyl]

Got to the end of S2 last night. An absolute treat this last 2 episodes. Season as a whole pretty much shat on s1. Much better altogether. Will probably do a rewatch of the whole season tbh