The Rings of Power. Meh. *spoilers*
Sep. 4th, 2022 01:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vanilla_elf
The Tolkien Estate frowns on fanfiction. Because: reasons, mostly integrity of Tolkien's work.
Integrity is, by definition, "the practice of being honest and showing a consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong moral and ethical principles and values" (thank you, wikipedia).
I don't know whose moral and ethical principles and values were consistently and uncompromisingly adhered to when Amazon Prime got the rights to produce this series. Tolkien's? Jeff Bezos'? Rumpelstilzkin's?
Ironically, Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is fanfiction. Mediocre fanfiction of the Mary Sue variety. It was written for financial gain, though, and not by fans. I can only hope they will eventually find a capable beta-reader. As it is now, I would not leave a kudo - LOTR:ROP has no heart, no spark, and absolutely no soul.
But it has Harfoots. That doesn't help.
The production looks great, I'll give them that. The Orcs are fantastic and the scenes with Disa and Durin jr. were amusing. But that's not enough to keep me hooked and paying. So I'll pass on this, thank you. My life will be much happier without Julius Gil-galad and Finrod the Hallmark Elf. I will not take any risks. They might cast Nathan Fillion as Glorfindel.
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on 2022-09-04 01:52 pm (UTC)Ugh, that's disappointing to hear.
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on 2022-09-04 06:52 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2022-09-04 05:49 pm (UTC)I loved Lenny Henry as Sadoc Burrows, though. “There’s something not right with the sky!”
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on 2022-09-04 06:55 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2022-09-05 08:51 am (UTC)I have a vague idea Eregion was his city, and that was by Moria. But he built that later perhaps, so maybe he was camping. :D
Still he was an elf - so a very long wander around the countryside would be a pleasure. Certainly better than in a cave smashing rocks.
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on 2022-09-08 10:28 am (UTC)Ahaha! Shouldn't really be a problem for an Elven smith, but then again... might get his morning gown dirty. ;-)
We are undecided whether to suffer through another episode or not. I'd rather not and ignore the whole matter, SO wants to mockwatch. Life is full of difficult decisions!
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on 2022-09-10 10:27 am (UTC)Maybe because PJ and Alan Lee shared the vision I had of elves when I read the books.
Perhaps someone coming to it new will feel differently.
I'll keep watching. The story of Elendil and Isildur is more interesting and the scenery of Númenor beautiful.So worth a look perhaps
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on 2022-09-11 07:29 pm (UTC)Eh, I don't know. One more episode on our "free trial" run, then I'm out. This is just not something I can get invested in, emotionally or financially. Then again, I don't thin I was the target audience, anyway. :)
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on 2022-09-12 07:59 am (UTC)no subject
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on 2022-09-11 07:25 pm (UTC)It's like RoP has a kink for square jaws. Not that it's a bad thing (it's not like humans have an agency over their genes), but it's like everyone has the same face.
And RIP ugly PJ's Elves (made me laugh)
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on 2022-09-11 07:32 pm (UTC)Ahahaha! Nooooo... I love them! :-D I'm an unrepentant elfaholic, I'm afraid. And not even ROP and Amazon will change that (thought they try really, really, REALLY hard!)
The ROP Elves just look like regular humans in bad Elf cosplay. Eh, that's not for me.
Elrondian facepalm
on 2022-09-11 07:17 pm (UTC)My bud watched it, he's a casual LotR fan, he said RoP isn't life changing, but to pass time, it does its job. Most people I know aren't convinced by this series. I won't watch it because I loathe giving Amazon money, I'm only here to collect reviews (and rants).
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on 2022-09-11 07:40 pm (UTC)We got a one-month free trial. I wouldn't pay Amazon, as I've been boycotting the lot for ages, but even if I weren't: the show is all over the place, it's rather boring, and the few likeable characters really can't save it. Were it on AO3, I wouldn't leave a kudo.
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on 2022-09-11 10:59 pm (UTC)I'd love to see a twin facepalm, I'm sure it's priceless.
I approve the month trial. It's rather smart. I should have thought about it!
If it were on ao3, I might read it. It's hard to tell, I can be quite picky with what I consume (published fiction or fanfiction, I don't consider published fiction inherently better than fanfic. Ah, if you knew all the crap I read at university). From the little I know, I'd say it's something I'd write--dubious AU and all. It'd be better if RoP were a crack fic imo. Too much seriousness doesn't always successfully convey what it tries to. It's rather the opposite. At least, purposely bad writing can get away with being bad and trollish.
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on 2022-09-14 03:36 am (UTC)