|
zoux posted:Some people have become very emotionally invested in the hope that this show will be bad. I don't know why. they think it’s cool, especially online, to publicly hate things that others enjoy, especially if it’s adapted from something else.
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2022 18:49
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 17, 2024 15:51 |
|
|
It’s extremely cool to see Amazon piss money away
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2022 18:50
|
|
|
Vegetable posted:It’s extremely cool to see Amazon piss money away  Jeff Bezos will still be the richest man in the world regardless of if the show is good or not. The show being bad will not own him in any way that matters. It would own people who would enjoy a good LOTR show, so I'm hoping its good.
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2022 18:52
|
|
|
zoux posted:Some people have become very emotionally invested in the hope that this show will be bad. I don't know why. black people are in it
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2022 18:58
|
|
|
e; nvm
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2022 19:04
|
|
|
zoux posted:Jeff Bezos will still be the richest man in the world regardless of if the show is good or not. The show being bad will not own him in any way that matters. It would own people who would enjoy a good LOTR show, so I'm hoping its good.
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2022 19:16
|
|
|
Its a shame they dont have the rigths to use Tom Bombadil. It would so easy to fit him in a episode. No reason he can`t teleport his little realm around middle earth at will by singing one of his silly songs so he could turn up anywhere at any time.
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2022 19:16
|
|
|
Llamadeus posted:I hope for the best of both worlds then: it's good but loses a huge amount of money for Amazon Oh it will, I dunno how a streaming show recoups three-quarters of a billion dollars in production costs. Especially for Amazon, which has probably the least elastic subscription base of all the companies, since so many people have it because it comes free with Prime.
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2022 19:19
|
|
|
Llamadeus posted:I hope for the best of both worlds then: it's good but loses a huge amount of money for Amazon Honestly, we need more Borgia poo poo. Rich people laundering their public image by funding high quality art that will not be strictly profitable in an economic sense, but will show off how big their money dick is. Jeff Bezos funding a lavish adaptation of the Silmarillion that is an absolute commercial flop is a win in my book.
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2022 19:20
|
|
|
JazzFlight posted:This is based off of like, an edited version of some Entertainment Weekly story and Twitter today all seems to think it’s the real opening (the one without the text/song). Misinformation really spreads like wildfire. LoL "misinformation" go outside
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2022 19:39
|
|
|
Dan Murrell is a guy I occasionally watch(reasonable dude and not one of those chuds) and he didn't really like the first two episodes at all. He says its very slow and meandering without a Frodo or Aragorn type character for the audience to really latch onto.
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2022 19:40
|
|
|
Bad news about the Silmarillion lol
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2022 20:18
|
|
|
Looking forward to yet another Prime subscription cost increase to offset this stuff while I watch literally nothing on Amazon Video and just want my packages to come to my house for free.
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2022 20:30
|
|
|
AlternateAccount posted:Looking forward to yet another Prime subscription cost increase to offset this stuff while I watch literally nothing on Amazon Video and just want my packages to come to my house for free. They're actually spending not much more on streaming content than they were 2 years ago. And the biggest cost to that isn't the Rings of Power, it's the $1billion they paid to get streaming rights for NFL football's Thursday Night Game. Also compare their 2021 $13m streaming budget to Netflix's $17bn or Disney's insane $33bn
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2022 20:35
|
|
|
Data Graham posted:Bad news about the Silmarillion lol 
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2022 21:09
|
|
|
Judgy Fucker posted:I'm under the impression Tolkien was vehement in his insistence his works were not allegorical in any way I'm under the impression that Tolkien hated allegory in a sense of straight "the One Ring is the atomic bomb" analysis or how C. S. Lewis made that lion dude to be a Christ figure. I find it pretty clear that Tolkien used allegory and brought modern themes into his work at places. Like themes of industrialization with Isengard and Saruman's conflict with the ents from Fangorn. Or about the transformation people go through in war with the hobbits returning to Shire.
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2022 21:37
|
|
|
That's more theme than allegory.
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2022 21:58
|
|
|
I wouldn't classify man versus nature and war as strictly modern themes either.
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2022 22:00
|
|
|
Something just occurred to me and I want to write it down so I can say I called it if it happens. Eärien has been stated in promotional materials to be looking for her purpose in life, potentially at odds with her family, a little naive about the tensions in Numenorean society, and she wants to be an architect. Akallabêth spoilers: She's going to design, or help build, Sauron's temple to Morgoth. 3 hours, 37 minutes and 25 seconds to go!
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2022 22:20
|
|
|
BoldFace posted:I wouldn't classify man versus nature and war as strictly modern themes either. I see the conflict between Isengard and ents as pretty straight forward metaphor for industrialization which is a modern phenomena. Like sure, there are some ancient examples like ancient Roman industry in their mining operations in Hispania that caused significant environmental damage. It is estimated for example that they increased atmospheric concentrations of lead concentrations by a factor of 10 in Europe. But I'm not aware of any contemporary texts lamenting ancient industrialization. The angst against industrialization came from industrial revolution from 19th century onward. Primordial Fangor and idyllic Shire is contrasted against smoke belching Isengard and transformed Shire with machinery that pollutes the waters etc. Man vs war theme is ancient true, but I'd reckon in Lord of the Rings they are influenced a lot by Tolkien's modern WW1 experiences.
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2022 22:23
|
|
|
I really want this show to be a great success just so all the whining cunts in the YouTube comments can cry some more.
|
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2022 00:12
|
|
|
DJ_Mindboggler posted:Honestly, we need more Borgia poo poo. Rich people laundering their public image by funding high quality art that will not be strictly profitable in an economic sense, but will show off how big their money dick is. Jeff Bezos funding a lavish adaptation of the Silmarillion that is an absolute commercial flop is a win in my book. I doubt The Expanse made money for Amazon either but I’m glad they funded it. May as well make use of these concentrated pools of wealth.
|
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2022 00:25
|
|
|
Is there a known time of day that these episodes will go live at?
|
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2022 00:32
|
|
|
9 PM ET.
|
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2022 00:36
|
|
|
Bongo Bill posted:Is there a known time of day that these episodes will go live at? 30 min
|
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2022 01:32
|
|
|
There is literal GamerGate-chud misinfo straight from YouTube being not so subtlety shared in this thread.
|
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2022 01:52
|
|
|
cool, episode 2 is available but not 1! get your poo poo together bezos 
|
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2022 01:59
|
|
|
Gresh posted:cool, episode 2 is available but not 1! came here to post that
|
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2022 02:02
|
|
|
Same here lol
|
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2022 02:02
|
|
|
I watched the trailer and it put me into episode 1 Let's do this poo poo
|
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2022 02:06
|
|
|
drat, won't have a chance to watch the first few eps until next week. Time to bow out for a bit, enjoy the show or the hatewatch friends!
|
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2022 02:11
|
|
|
elrond looks like beavis
|
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2022 02:46
|
|
|
no spider? edit: HOLY gently caress why is this a map of middle-earth after the sinking of beleriand edit edit: just skip over beren and luthien lmao they really didn't get the rights to anything i do like galadriel she just gave a big spooky look to a guy Mameluke fucked around with this message at 03:08 on Sep 2, 2022 |
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2022 03:02
|
|
|
This is the most movie looking tv show I've ever seen holy cow it's pretty.
|
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2022 03:08
|
|
|
Good god this is terrible. What were they thinking? 
|
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2022 03:09
|
|
|
I disagree I think it was really good (I will save Ep. 2 for tomorrow)
|
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2022 03:10
|
|
|
Only half through the first episode but I'm enjoying it much more than I thought I would.
|
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2022 03:12
|
|
|
I thought it was really good!! Saving second episode for tomorrow Elrond and celebrinbor’s hair are definitely bad tho, and they look exactly the same. The fight against the snow troll with the blood splatter on the camera was also very corny But I liked everything about it otherwise! 9/10 Verisimilidude fucked around with this message at 03:23 on Sep 2, 2022 |
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2022 03:14
|
|
|
I am only nine minutes in, and I already need to just take a break and try again tomorrow. Trying to give this a fair shot, but what in the world.
|
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2022 03:15
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 17, 2024 15:51 |
|
|
The lighting effects in the last ten minutes of Ep. 1 were wild One second Calaciryan floodlights, then suddenly cut to dim grey where there had been at least nice pleasant greenery and it's like woooah poo poo
|
|
#
?
Sep 2, 2022 03:17
|
|