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Nov 5, 2024
12:49:03pm

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Yup, what we know of Bombadil from LOTR opens up license to treat him as an

ancient with a shared history with Gandalf. And they do a great job of it.

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Time

Hot Take: I loved the "Rings of Power"

a priori

11:45am

I haven't read any books, but I liked the series as well

11:45am

I liked it. The last episode seemed kind of like they couldn't figure out what

RGGeemer

11:45am

The last episode did seem rushed — they had to tie together a whole bunch of

a priori

11:46am

Sauron was the best part of the 2nd season by far. Very well done.

RGGeemer

11:47am

Completely agree.

a priori

11:48am

The final episode seemed like they figured out the slow burn from the previous episodes had been too slow

Indy Coug

11:48am

I also disagree on Elrond. That is no elf warrior.

RGGeemer

11:46am

Some of the casting was great. Elrond and Galadriel were terrible. Tolkien makes

oxcoug

12:26pm

Fair points.

a priori

1:49pm

I agree w you overall, BTW - I think it's mostly good. Those two castings kinda

oxcoug

2:27pm

It’s great television. Can’t wait for season three.

Flippy

11:46am

I also really enjoyed the series. I thought Elrond was a little weird and

tony

11:49am

I keep saying it and I stand by it: the actors for Elrond and Celebrimbor would

SalmonOfCapistrano

11:50am

Haha--I can see that.

a priori

11:53am

it's the jaw line I think. The actress for Galadriel is very short but she

SalmonOfCapistrano

11:54am

Celebrimbor was great this season, though. He and Sauron side by side was

RGGeemer

11:53am

I'm not saying anything about the acting ability of either of them

SalmonOfCapistrano

11:56am

I agree on Elrond, I thought Celebrimbor was fine.

oxcoug

12:29pm

It's flawed, but ultimately it's entertaining. My wife and I enjoyed it.

ldssdl

11:51am

I wish they'd done a Beren and Luthien story

11:52am

Abjectly poor production by any standard.

MarylandFan

11:58am

RE: Abjectly poor production by any standard.

claw

12:07pm

It’s a MST3K type of show because of how poorly written it is.

MarylandFan

12:53pm

Season 1 was pretty bad. Season 2 was a lot better.

JuicyJam

11:59am

Tom Bombadil is in season 2?

NGB

12:12pm

Why not?

LifeLongLakerFan

12:18pm

He an exceptionally stupid character

NGB

12:25pm

He was great

RGGeemer

12:30pm

I agree he's the worst part of LOTR - but they do great work with him in RoP.

oxcoug

12:31pm

No problem not having him in the LOTR movies.

JuicyJam

12:37pm

I thought he was an interesting side story in LOTR books. I agree

LifeLongLakerFan

12:38pm

Yup, what we know of Bombadil from LOTR opens up license to treat him as an

oxcoug

12:49pm

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