“I don’t care what they told you in school, Winston Churchill was a black woman.”

@champ1159

10 ай бұрын

Pretty they were a black fem non-binary but ok

@claytonbigsby6911

10 ай бұрын

deserves 700 likes this comment^

@rebeccavaughn8897

10 ай бұрын

A lesbian transgender black woman

@pauljimerson8218

10 ай бұрын

He was definitely a strong, female leader

@lostsignal4359

10 ай бұрын

😂😂 a black trans gay woman... triple shields 🛡 lol

RIP Robert Paulson. Born a free troll, died a free troll.

@carlosvangas1236

5 ай бұрын

I love you for doing this!!! Amazing comment! You F$&#$iG rock!!!

@Dr-Alexander-The-Great

5 ай бұрын

Gone but not forgotten. Robert Paulson forever

@winstonsmith8482

4 ай бұрын

Cut down in his prime while defending his home from a violent bloodthirsty warlord lusting after power and vengeance. RIP King.

@demoe-fu3sr

4 ай бұрын

HER NAME IS ROBERT PULSON!!

@radagast7200

3 ай бұрын

First rule of troll club... you never talk about troll club.

While in the military, someone commented "(rings of power) Galadriel is exactly the kind of leader that would get fragged." And they're right. She is the anti-leader in this show, and is a laundry list of everything a soldier would hate to follow.

@dag1704

4 ай бұрын

Oh no, the enemy shot our leader in the back!!! Anyways...

@ilovepeoplebro

3 ай бұрын

Well they did show that she was a horrible leader in the show, her man protested against her 20 mins in

@ewjiml

3 ай бұрын

@@dag1704hahahaha. “Platoon, our leader has fallen. Let’s just bury her under the latrine pit. Move on.”

@Olebull93

3 ай бұрын

She did get her team killed, still she killed the ice troll in under 10 seconds. Something she later braggs about and shows no remorse over losing her comrades. It's very very very poorly written, it is a shame that Tolkiens name is associated with this "TV series". They could have simply created their own IP, then Tolkien fans wouldn't have cared or known about this sewage.

@7opo5atan

3 ай бұрын

@@ilovepeoplebro yeah, but Tolkien's Galadriel was not like that, was quite the oposite, she was an admired, feared figure, a God-like being, that's why this show is so wrong.

In memory of Robert Paulson, murdered in cold blood in his own cave on a Friday night by a pointy-eared Karen. Rest in peace, sweet troll, knowing you shall live on in our hearts.

@WiZard_3829

4 ай бұрын

REST IN PEACE 😢😢😭😭

@PodreyJenkin138

2 ай бұрын

His name was Robert Paulson

It was really nice of Jeff Bezos to make sure the Hobbit Trilogy would not be remembered as the worst live action Tolkien media.

@reek4062

9 ай бұрын

PJ's twin towers still exists

@guilhermelisboa1857

7 ай бұрын

​@@reek4062Ok

@kptmaci4979

7 ай бұрын

​@@reek4062nice bait

@kenhammscousin4716

6 ай бұрын

@reek5062 did you say twin towers? 🎣

@dandolanphotography8983

6 ай бұрын

Say what you want about the Hobbit Trilogy but it's a masterpiece compared to everything Hollywood has pumped out in the last 20 Years.

Tolkien described the elves stringing their bows with their own hair. It’s pretty obvious that he envisioned them as having long strong beautiful hair.

@willbournerv2259

5 ай бұрын

"But most it was their wont to sail in their swift ships upon the waters of the Bay of Elvenhome, or to walk in the waves upon the shore with their long hair gleaming like foam in the light beyond the hill." Amazon: Sooooo buzzcut, yeah?

@chazzitz-wh4ly

5 ай бұрын

Which also makes Gimili’s ask of Galadriel even more bold and why this rough, sturdy, strong dwarf was so meek to ask for a couple strands of her hair in The Fellowship of the Ring.

@hjalti0000

4 ай бұрын

It gets worse when you realize they gave *everyone* short hair because a certain single cast member could not grow long hair naturally. Because yes, putting a black wig on him was too much effort.

@kingdelledroghe1957

4 ай бұрын

@@willbournerv2259this criticism doesn’t stand, as you know, scissors exist? It’s not like every single elf must have long hair. I don’t remember any rule prohibiting elves from cutting their hair

@mattg5791

4 ай бұрын

@kingdelledroghe1957 Managed to type all that with Amazon filling you to the balls, eh? Impressive.

I'll add another plothole that you might have missed. In lore, Numenor does not have any cavalry. This isn't because they didn't like the practice, it's because there are no warhorses that could physically bear the weight of a fully armored Numenorean. Numenoreans were quite literally superhumans. The average Numenorean was 2+ meters and 100+ kg. At that weight, a horse would only be able to maintain a rapid tempo for just a short while, never mind the continuous charge that we see in the show.

@bumblingbureaucrat6110

Ай бұрын

I think they might have been able to ride the Maeras but those are pretty unique creatures

@darthdaddy3071

Ай бұрын

Also, if they're an island nation, what use would they really have for cavalry? You'd think they'd prioritize their navy and marines over anything else

Its worth noting that sam calls frodo "mr frodo" not simply because Sam is of a lower status. Frodo litterally pays Sam. Sam's his gardener, one Frodo greatly respects, but despite their loyalty and friendship for eachother one is the servant and the other the master. That is the role they carry to each other and emulate.

@pestilentsleeper9152

3 ай бұрын

There is a level of respect there for sure, but you could not pay for the level of loyalty Sam has

@frohawkmaster

3 ай бұрын

@@pestilentsleeper9152 the poiint is that its not simply social status. Their relationship was based on like a knight squire one if i recall and its important to note sam has reason to elevate frodo specificallly

@edouardlorge4059

3 ай бұрын

also frodo is like 80 in the books

@vespenegas261

3 ай бұрын

@@edouardlorge4059 If i remember correctly he was 33 yo when we first meet him and 50 yo when he left Shire. Hobbits have a longer lifespan than humans, about 100 yo, though he was still considered as what we'd call a young adult in hobbit society

@duosythe

2 ай бұрын

oh i never knew that. i always found it a bit odd that he called him “mr frodo”

True. No man exhibits nearly as much traits of "toxic masculinity" as "strong female characters". 👍

@evanpetelle5669

8 ай бұрын

Too fucking true

@ashwanishahrawat4607

8 ай бұрын

daymmm...

@2sadto

7 ай бұрын

I am guilty of that guys wouldn’t feed me or just share their weed with me unless I sucked dick. I receive money so I do the same if they wanna smoke with me you gotta eat it from the back before and after

@chazzitz-wh4ly

6 ай бұрын

It’s all about blurring the lines between the genders.

@fighterinmkiwiscience3517

6 ай бұрын

😂

"They have a cave troll." That one line uttered by Boromir (the great Sean Bean) captures SO much feeling -- he's scared, he's feeling helpless, he's grim and resigned. Fantastic performance in such a short line. Another of the best lines by Boromir: "It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing. Such a little thing." He's confused, intrigued, strangely drawn to this "small thing", and hints at its danger and potential control over him. Another fantastic moment. The real LotR was brilliant!

@paulkelly2701

10 ай бұрын

Another great sin by the Academy was not granting him the Oscar for that role.

@cybertramon0012

10 ай бұрын

His tone for that line always made me feel like he's thinking "Well, shit." Like, if somebody had been dumb enough to say "it can't get any worse", you could hear the troll roar, have Sean Bean say that line, and you wouldn't need to change a single inflection.

@koreancowboy42

10 ай бұрын

I mean I think Boromir was rather annoyed after all he's fought cave trolls or mountain trolls before during Osgiliath when Mordor attacked.

@marckhachfe1238

10 ай бұрын

Yep. Fantastic acting from bean there. I absolutely love the way he says that line. Almost defeated akready

@marcussinclaire4890

10 ай бұрын

Reading those lines gave me goose bumps. 👌

The LOTR trilogy was quite possibly a once in a lifetime achievement for P. J. Looking back, it was so good I even forgave all the changes P. J. made to the original story (Not Elrond was in command of the Elven armies, but Gil-Galad, not Arwen rode before Frodo at Imladris, but Glorfindel, the shortening of the story, Saruman was killed in the Shire etc.). The dedication of the crew was astonishing, they even built some parts of Tolkien's world for real (the Shire for ex.). Despite all this (the actors, the extras, the sets, the makeup, the superb costume designs), somehow the LOTR trilogy cost less for roughly the same amount of playtime than this Rings of Power sh*t.

@kinkkong28

4 ай бұрын

He doesn't need your forgiveness.

@VAOdin

3 ай бұрын

@@kinkkong28 But he has it nonetheless

@GeraltofRivia22

3 ай бұрын

Most changes are very understandable. Elrond leading the army gives a quick introduction and summary of his character. Same for Arwen, and its understandable why they didn't want to introduce another Elven character. While the scouring of the shire fits very well thematically in the book, it doesn't mesh well with the typical 3 act structure of a movie, especially one already infamous for its drawn out endings.

@Quello_Fico

3 ай бұрын

I wouldn't say that Elrond was depicted as the commander of the whole elven army, Gil-galad was the supreme leader ad he is shown in the introduction while he fights with his spear Aeglos. I always seen Elrond there as a sort of liutenant or something. The elven army was huge, you cannot reasonably direct such a large force all by yourself, you need some kind of lesser officers to assist you. Such was the role of Elrond during the battle, IMHO. As for Arwen rescuing Frodo, i think that was done for "cinematic flluidity", to say so: introducing Glorfindel would have meant adding a character that would had been there just for a few scenes, without appearing again enough to justify its introduction in the first place. It would have been too dispersive for the viewer, that's the same reason they have completely omitted the character of Tom Bombadil. Viceversa, Arwen was not a character that could be omitted, since she's so connected to Aragorn, one of the main characters, and it fitted well to put her in place of Glorfindel, to add needed screen time for her character and impress her more in the viewer mind. A similar point can be made for Saruman being killed in the Shire, except in this case the change is not in regards of a character, but of a piece of plot: the main story had ended, the Ring was destroyed, Sauron was defeated and peace restored in Middle-Earth. Imagine watching the movie for the first time and reaching the point of Aragorns coronation, breathing a sigh of relief after all you have seen in the three movies of the trilogy and then BAM, there is still Saruman to be dealt with. Not very fitting in a movie, isn't it?

@MaskedMan66

2 ай бұрын

@@GeraltofRivia22 Removing the Scouring of the Shire was an abomination. It made Frodo and company's return home utterly pointless. The avenging of the evil done by Saruman was, as Gandalf told the hobbits, "what you have been trained for."

If they wanted to do a female hero focused story why didn’t they just do the story of Luthien and Beren?

@ianduarte1992

2 ай бұрын

Theres no rings in it though...

@bolverkvolsung6142

2 ай бұрын

Neither of us wants these people to destroy that story. To quote Gandalf, "keep it hidden, keep it safe."😂

Arrows blowing by Elrons hair is such an unbelievably badass opening for the movie. Cripes! Right off the bat, this movie tells you that you're in for some serious shit.

@luisnunes3863

10 ай бұрын

And then Isildur cuts the Ring from Sauron's hand.

@Zodroo_Tint

10 ай бұрын

Utter stupidity if you know anything about bows and arrows or medieval warfare. The battle scenes in the Lord of the Ring trilogy ruined the movie for me. I don't hate it, I just can't take it seriously. In my country we had many interesting battle during the medieval, probably more than anyone else in Europe because we fought against the most powerful armies, we fought against both Roman Empire, we fought against the german tribes and The Holy Roman Empire, we fought against the Mongol and the Turk and all of our major battle is really interesting. I noticed people are not able to produce more intersting stuff than real life itself. This is the situation both with Tolkien and Jackson too. Of course I understand in the case of the books the catholic theme is the point, not the fantasy battles. Which is good because the battles are suck.

@misanthropicservitorofmars2116

10 ай бұрын

@@Zodroo_Tintas a historian, I get picking apart battles. Basically every depiction of warfare from the past is BS. But the movies are so insanely good. It’s just peak cinema. Everything about it is great. Even the dumb parts of battles were used to bolster the fantasy spectacle. Horses also don’t charge spear lines, but you can’t catch me with dry eyes during the ride of the rohiram. Impossible scene, no basis in warfare or history. One of the best scenes in cinema.

@philosophersmonkeys

10 ай бұрын

29:00

@reek4062

9 ай бұрын

@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 No. The movies degrade the characters and butcher the tone of the books

I never really considered it before you pointed it out, but trolls in Middle-earth are sentient. The ones in The Hobbit talk and hold conversations with one another. The whole framing of the cave troll in Fellowship is to show that it's a fully sentient being having been enslaved and tortured, until it's been mentally reduced to little more than an attack dog. That's why its final moments are framed with some sympathy. The only reason the troll in Rings of Power doesn't talk is because it's a reference to Fellowship without the necessary framing to establish why we should see it as an animal.

@billsutherby

10 ай бұрын

I remember one of the first times I watched Two Towers when Sam, Frodo and Gollum are at the Black Gate trying to get in. When the human army approaches, the gate is opened to let them in and the sweeping shot of the gate shows several trolls literally chained to the gate mechanism which they are made to turn in order to open the gates. It was pretty clear to me then that the trolls are an enslaved race.

@freedantheeternal

10 ай бұрын

Yup. Even Shadow of War, as much as it threw canon away, had more respect for the trolls, giving them all names and personalities just like it die the orcs.

@snoopstp4189

10 ай бұрын

Tolkien makes you feel that trolls are somewhat stupid and if they just had some good role models they might turn over a new leaf. I'm not sure if he was going for that but it's what he does.

@rebeccavaughn8897

10 ай бұрын

Yes, the cave troll was tortured. But that's not why it doesn't talk. It doesn't talk because it's a baby. They talk about it in one of the behind the scenes. You can also compare it's size to that of the three adult cave trolls in the first Hobbit movie.

@sarasunshinemt4444

10 ай бұрын

​@@rebeccavaughn8897Oh geez, I didn't know that; now I feel REALLY bad for the poor thing in FOTR!

I loved how you correlated names with the amount of respect you had for the characters, giving the stereotypes and caricatures an equally cringy name while giving the underrated characters or creatures the acknowledgment they deserved. Hence the reason I absolutely lost it at Robert Paulson 😂

@strawbbtarte

4 ай бұрын

"Negrolas" 😭🤣

I watched the first episode than quit. Couldn't see any more. I'm serious...I just couldn't. I'm a screenwriter myself, producer and I'm on a school to improve my skills here in Brazil. I'm not staying in the area, but if I would ever be successful I would rather let my work die unnoticed than put it in the hands of Disney or people like those. This is blasphemy. It's like whipping a dog's ass with someone's life's work. Disrespect in the utmost level.

I still cannot live with the fact that Guyladriel murdered Robert Palson and showed not any emotion. He is the true hero of the story.

@Nhoebi

10 ай бұрын

Justice for Robert Palson.

@Zorlag

10 ай бұрын

Bob had b*tch t*ts

@JosephCoenMason

10 ай бұрын

His name is Robert Paulson, His name is Robert Paulson, His name is Robert Paulson! ;D Haha

@bmp2791

10 ай бұрын

How dare you misgender she/her??

@madsaxon7

10 ай бұрын

+ how could anyone Like ‘Guy ladriel ‘ ,,,

I had always wanted a chance to see Gil-Galad depicted on screen, obviously because he is one of the greatest elves to ever live. If anyone reading does not know much about Gil-Galad; He was the last high king of the Noldor, the one who entered combat against Sauron himself with only his mortal counterpart Elendil as backup, founder of Lindon, the first to be suspicious of Annatar, the one to whom Celebrimbor entrusted TWO of the elven great rings... and he was reduced to a dismissive man-Karen. That I cannot forgive.

@AdamOwenBrowning

10 ай бұрын

People following this narrative take the most powerful, successful, talented and noteworthy men of REAL LIFE history and turn them into crying babies. It's no surprise that if they would have such little respect for the achievements, skills and struggles of real history's finest, they would have no respect for the fictional either.

@alexw1698

10 ай бұрын

Omg this. Gil-galad is one of my favourite character from the Lengendarium. I’ve always loathed the Hobbit movies for giving some dwarves who had little to no line in the book more screen time than the great High King of Noldor, fucks sake! Now that he’s depicted by this shitshow as a fugly superfluous impression of a king. I can’t even.

@robertmicropenis5114

9 ай бұрын

@@alexw1698 overall the feel of the show doesn't feel lotr, it feels like a high budget disney fantasy film imo

@M0rmagil

9 ай бұрын

The writers of Rings of Power kept the names, and ditched the rest. Utterly conceited and contemptible.

@reek4062

9 ай бұрын

@@alexw1698 blame Peter Jackson. He ignored Gil-Galad in his failed attempt to adapt the Lord of the Rings.

the fact Galadriel and Sauron never actually had a relationship in the books is hilarious. This whole thing (like most franchises now) are just feminist fan fiction.

@pratyushkumar885

2 ай бұрын

Fan fiction sounds accurate.

Bruh I watched the whole show and didn’t even realise that Elrond was supposed to be THE Elrond

Disa not having a beard, and the male elves (majority of them) not having long hair made my heart cry.

@KateKramer-qc1sc

8 ай бұрын

For real

@robertmiles1603

6 ай бұрын

long hair is for women

@danhutchins3237

6 ай бұрын

Agreed! In the trilogy, Elves were obviously Elves! In this crap series... Humans and Elves look pretty much the same...

@dannyknightblade4592

6 ай бұрын

The showrunners didn't care about staying true to the source material all that much; if at all.

@Rugidios

5 ай бұрын

​@@danhutchins3237They don't want elves to be special, or else it will be racist for they are white and majestic.

Why does Galadriel have a *Feanorian star* on her armour? Someone legtimately posed that question to the showrunners I think it was at comic con and they could not answer it. She hated Feanor with a burning passion because he slaughtered her Teleri relatives and even before that. She would not have dreamed of wearing his family emblem. Why was there random ship full of humans in the Sundering Seas so close to Valinor when humans were specifically forbidden from attempting to sail there? Why was Elendil able to pick up Galadriel and Halbrand which would have involved him sailing West and potentially being in volation of the ban himself. Why did Halbrand seemingly not know about Numenor, when the people from the Southlands not only knew about it, but knew the direction of an abandoned Numenorian settlement?

@RoninDave

4 ай бұрын

It's the same with Halbrand/Sauron having his hands all over the 3 Elven Rings which in the books it was stated several times emphatically that Sauron never touched or sullied them and likely never even saw them being crafted in his absence. This was an important aspect with the Rings of Power. The Nine and Seven were more controlled by Sauron due to his presence in their making and his capture of them. This is why even without the One Ring, Sauron was able to control the Nazgul and apparently any mortal possessing one of the seven would fade away according to Gandalf but the 3 were different. While bound to the fate of the One Ring due to the magic and knowledge of their making, they could be used during the Third Age without Sauron able to control them or even discover them when he had gathered much of his strength at the end of the age. But ROP had an immortal being pawing the raw materials and tools in their making, in a world where powerful beings can infuse their power and will into things and places for good or evil. It shows that the showrunners really don't understand the source material.

@BroadwayRonMexico

4 ай бұрын

RoP Galadriel is just a female Feanor with everything that made Feanor interesting and multidimensional tossed out (and still somehow intended as a hero rather than a tragic villain). It's not intentional, it's just that modern "strong female character" isn't much different in terms of personality than the prideful, arrogant, angry (and dare I say "toxic") male archetype that usually either gets taken down several pegs or falls to villainy and faces a justly tragic end (neither of which ever happens to the female protags) 100% unintentionally, the Feanorian star is incredibly accurate

@englishlady9797

4 ай бұрын

@@RoninDave Yes, precisely. Sauron didn't touch the 3: they were made by Celebrimbor without his knowledge. Which also means they weren;t corrupted and by turn didn't have the same corrupting influence as the ones Sauron had touched. That's important because not only did Galadriel have one of the Elven Rings, Gandalf also had one: it was given to him by Cirdan the shipwright. In the RIngs of Power timeline, those are now corrupted and Galadriel and Gandalf can't use them or else Sauron will be able to control or corrupt them.

@englishlady9797

4 ай бұрын

@@BroadwayRonMexico Agree with you 100%. I actually made a meme showing that she espouses most of the traits of toxic masculinity. Modern screenwriters seem to think if you give a female that traits of toxic masculinity they somehow become good and admirable. Also, yes the Feanorian star is accurate: at one point she threatens to murder Elendil over a boat. Exactly like Feanor.

@RoninDave

4 ай бұрын

@@englishlady9797 Even Feanor had better reasons for what he did. He didn't start out wanting to commit the First Kinslayins. He wanted to avenge his father and get the Simarils back but the Teleri would not give him the ships he needed so he seized them which led to violence. Galadriel wanted to get back to Middle Earth because of a vague notion that Sauron might be there based on the words of a questionable character who (gasp!) turned out to be Sauron. Elendil had saved her and she was willing to murder him. And you're right about the giving toxic masculinity traits to female characters. It begs the question was it really about disliking those traits or wanting them for themselves for a sense of empowerment. They don't realize men with those traits aren't well liked either in fiction or real life.

I really dont understand how this man does not have more subs. I've seen several of these videos now & just the comedy gold & editing alone is worth a sub, let alone the extremely detailed analysis on each topic. You can absolutely tell how much you put into each of your videos Mr. Despot & I absolutely appreciate it, you've got my sub good sir! Thank you!

@damjanmladic9327

4 ай бұрын

The wrong message …. He is the „problem“ in our moDErn SOcIety 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Freedi2of2

Ай бұрын

Because he's a conservative unneccessarily bringing politics into everything and parroting insanely ignorant talking points of the right.

@mashedpotato8607

Ай бұрын

He is fun to watch, also me and my nephew literally argued on how good the show was so its nice for me to get some validation from a dude on the internet 🤣

Can we talk about how nonsensical it is that black dwarfs exist in the universe of Tolkien's works from an evolutionary and biological perspective? I feel like a lot of people forget why darker skin tones even exist and why they developed. People with darker or black skin simply have more melanin than the average European or American. Why is that? Because in the regions where people with dark or black skin originate, they have been constantly in contact with heat and the blazing sun and over many many generations and natural selection, the genetics which cause higher melanin have spread and prevailed. The purpose of an increase in melanin and darker skin is the protection from heat and sun! Back to middle earth now. What is the main characteristic for the race of dwarfs in Middle Earth? They are mineworkers! They live and work in mines and spend most of their time underground, that's their thing, for hundreds maybe thousands of years that's what this race has been doing and that's what they're famous for. That's why it makes sense for them to be small and have a tough, sturdy build because they have to navigate through small tunnels UNDERGROUND and grind through thick rocks and walls. I emphasize the word "underground" because I think we can all agree that there is not one possible place that can be more stripped of daylight and the sun than places underground. So, in what reality would there ever be a case in which a race, which is adapted to a live that takes place underground for a large majority of their time, develops to have dark skin? A species' phenotype only gets developed if there is an advantage for said species for their survival or reproduction in their environment. Having black skin as a dwarf would bring them no advantages whatsoever! Not to mention that being deprived of sunlight leads skin to fade out either way. It makes absolutely no sense. In conclusion: Representation is important and a good thing by itself but if it makes absolutely no sense world building wise it's just lazy and feels forced.

@PodreyJenkin138

2 ай бұрын

You had me until the end Representation is just a buzzword meaning white replacement and white erasure, it's supremacy plain and simple and artificial replacement

@PodreyJenkin138

2 ай бұрын

We don't need nor should we want representation it literally doesn't matter and will never improve a story

The writers should be acknowledged for the masterpiece of a show. Who else could make the evil Sauron and orcs into the good guys, whilst depicting the elves and heroes as villains.

@nicklab1927

7 ай бұрын

Yup. I felt it when Adar came for one wounded orc, treated him with respect, mercy killed him, and then he and his orcs grieved. Adar has more love and respect for his orcs than Guyladriel for her soldiers, or for the humans she came to save. Also, she took the villager's child with her, without looking for the mom first...

@The13thRonin

6 ай бұрын

When your real life ideology is as evil and disgusting as the writers you tend to get confused trying to write good characters.

@elenoe8

5 ай бұрын

the true definition of inclusion

@logicaldude3611

5 ай бұрын

That's what these people are doing in real life, also. It's not on accident. They know exactly what they're doing and they're doing it on purpose. They want to ruin everything any of us felt near and dear; anything that is good and wholesome. It's part of their Marxist worldview. I'm sure they think Tolkien is an outdated, racist, misogynistic homophobe whose work should be castrated, gutted, and destroyed. Why else would anyone want to base a movie or show on source material that they absolutely HATE? Fortunately, a lot of people are beginning to wake up to this insidious plot. It's not like it's secret, they openly talk about it but usually in euphemisms... "Oh, sure I think Lord of the Rings is an interesting universe, but I find many parts of it PROBLEMATIC. I think it needs to be UPDATED for our CURRENT SOCIETY." In other words, if they were honest, they would say, "I hate this famous story and I want to destroy it and eternally ruin it for everyone who ever liked it. We can't usher in our new utopia if stories like this are still around."

@chazzitz-wh4ly

5 ай бұрын

That shot of Sauron standing before his orcs was even shot as heroic with the light behind him and he standing before them imposing and strong.

Guyladriel makes Rey Skywalker look like a deep character with realistic flaws.

@jegr3398

7 ай бұрын

Lmao

@The13thRonin

6 ай бұрын

Do you know why a lightsaber glows Rey? It's because the plasma always looks down Rey... While a blaster looks up.

@VITAS874

4 ай бұрын

​@@The13thRonin its like in "space balls" movie thing 😂

@alanfearon6568

4 ай бұрын

penny for the guy!

@MaskedMan66

2 ай бұрын

Name one _Star Wars_ character who can be described as "a deep character with realistic flaws."

I don't care what they tell you in school, the worlds greatest spy was a duck billed platypus in a fedora...

@DaCrazyHand

24 күн бұрын

Isn't this meme supposed to emphasize things that *aren't* true?

Sauron is done well by coming across as sympathetic and heroic-seeming. He is the seducer, the manipulator, the liar, the wormtongue who whispers the sweetest things into your ears as he drags you into hell. Look at what he did to Numenor.

I have had to upload a reedited version of this video because the original video received many copyright claims by Warner Bros., claims which violated fair use. When I edited out claimed clips from my video, they would simply find a new clip to base their copyright claim on. I hope you enjoy the video and thank you for watching.

@saschaberger3212

10 ай бұрын

That's just what they do. Abuse systems. I'll watch it again

@Melvin-Deeply

10 ай бұрын

What are you doing next? Spideyverse was c*** and they're piling onto the reviewers who say so, so that one will stir up some good ol' controversy. The Flash is actually quite good, but those same reviewers are pumping out what looks mostly like a lot of bad-faith reviews because, I suppose, it's click season. 🤔

@rockinHurley777

10 ай бұрын

Flash is just member berries..

@DespotofAntrim

10 ай бұрын

@@saschaberger3212 Thanks!

@DespotofAntrim

10 ай бұрын

@@Melvin-Deeply I am working on a video essay about female characters.

One of the significant and often overlooked sins of this abomination is short-haired elves. It physically hurts my eyes. In fantasy in general, "contemporary" looks and hairstyles create a terrible effect and spoil the style, and unfortunately, they are becoming more and more common. Men in fantasy should either have long hair or be bald.

@aericabison23

10 ай бұрын

Speaking of which, there was a film that came out recently based on the ancient Hindu epic “Ramayana”. It’s called “Adipurush” and was heavily panned in India because of its poor handling of the source material (which is a religious text btw, and the hero Rama is worshipped as a god) and atrocious vfx. One criticism that was raised was that none of the characters look right, especially the antagonist- the evil demon king Ravana (called Lankesh in the film). Ravana in the epic is an upper caste demon who wears a heavy moustache and traditional long hair. In the film, the character has a full beard and a fade, which resulted in immense backlash. His only good look in the film is when he disguises as a mendicant in order to kidnap Rama’s wife Sita.

@DespotofAntrim

10 ай бұрын

During the 'hippy crisis' of the 60s the US government commissioned a historical study which found that historically, men have worn their hair long for 90% of history.

@Navarothravenheart2688

10 ай бұрын

​@@DespotofAntrim The appearance of the characters in this act of spitting in the face of the fantasy genre is doubly painful for me, because I read Tolkien's works (also The Silmarillion and all kinds of supplements / Unfinished Tales etc), quite thoroughly and with great pleasure. Someone whose ideas about this world and characters were shaped by book descriptions and phenomenal illustrations by Alan Lee and Ted Nasmith will feel especially strongly such a terrible interpretation of the presented world (especially that Jackson's LoTR showed that you can also make a film that is visually faithful to the spirit of these descriptions and classic illustrations ...).

@danielrafferty4108

10 ай бұрын

@@aericabison23 Man I feel bad that they did that to the epic Ramayana. In my high school religious education back 17 years ago this was one of my favourite stories. It brought a pang of nostalgia until I read the rest of the comment. I kind of want to watch the advert because this modern era of movies has done nothing but turn me into a glutton for pain.

@TRivan-kx2bi

10 ай бұрын

The "elves" in this show are just pointy-eared humans. They bear no resemblance to Tolkien's elves.

Tolkien: Everything bad is because of wicked men and demons ROP: Everything bad is because of Galadriel and Eldond

"Pfft..I'm not gonna watch 48 minutes of this shit" 48 minutes later: F*ck, I got zero work done.

The last words of a dying Boromir in Fellowship sums up what redemption, sacrifice, and character growth are all about: (To Aragorn) "I would have followed you, my brother, ... my captain, ... my king." FRIGGIN EPIC!!! Its amazing that in Fellowship, there are so many incredible line/scenes/moments. Does this disaster of an Amazon show have ONE defining / eternal moment or memory? So much Mary Sue, so little passion/growth/story arc.

@cg98243

5 ай бұрын

Sacrifice and responsibility are concepts the narcissistic left does not understand.

@F00kbluepill

2 ай бұрын

Are you saying Galadriel riding her horse in slow motion whilst looking like a field mouse on speed wasn’t epic ?? 😂

@teethhuller8275

2 ай бұрын

Alas, it lacks the dwarf-throwing jokes of Peter Jackson’s works.

@rbarnett3200

2 ай бұрын

It's definitely the complete bollockry of the twat explaining why rocks sink and a ship floats. That was epic in its stupidity! Or Galadriel diving into the middle of the goddam ocean to swim 3000 odd miles back. I imagine she did backstroke for a bit of it at least to conserve energy, at least for the first mile or so before she was overwhelmed by 40ft waves and drowned. That is genius in its idiocy! (She should've just used the eagles (the giant mythical creatures, not the band)).

@jondoe384

2 ай бұрын

​@@F00kbluepillwell, it was certainly something 😆

18:20 “This show wants you to think the slaughter of the troll as a great victory in the face of an attacking villain. But it isn’t. It’s a murder of a peaceful creature in it’s own home” 🤣🤣

@MaskedMan66

2 ай бұрын

Peaceful? You don't know trolls!

@mathew6116

Ай бұрын

​@MaskedMan66 dude was inside his fortress minding his business, only yo get jumped by a narcissist, sociopath elf

@MaskedMan66

Ай бұрын

@@mathew6116 He was jumped by her rubbish "forces" first, but that doesn't mean he's not a rotten creature., like all trolls in Middle-earth. Or at least, most versions of Middle-earth.

@julienamand4472

21 күн бұрын

that shows how this guy doesn't know how Tolkien's world works, be it by ignorance or bad faith.

@MaskedMan66

20 күн бұрын

@@julienamand4472 Word!

Few months back, I went to an all you can eat Indian buffet. I should’ve really thought that for the cheap price of £12 there was likely a downside, but stuffed my face anyway. A few hours later my stomach started grumbling and felt pretty ill, so I went to bed to hopefully sleep it off. About 2 hours later, my eyes shoot open and I rush to the toilet and out comes more watery shit than I’ve ever pushed out my body in my life! After I’m done, I stand up exhausted, look down, and see that my body has managed to produce something better structured than this show.

@jamtavana4833

Ай бұрын

🤣

I love how you compared that scene to the video game travelling stereotype like in Zelda in Zelda.....the map is shown and they apparently walked 170 plus miles haha ... With nothing like just going for a stroll in the garden... how could this be overlooked and not be seen as completely ridiculous by the show runners...

I lost it with “Negrolas” bro I literally blew sprite out my nose.

@syklon85

3 ай бұрын

BWHAHA

@genitusritus69

2 ай бұрын

+1

@Debbie-henri

2 ай бұрын

And you set me off laughing again.

@Tubesmaney

22 күн бұрын

LMAO!

It's not a surprise it's so bad. When the makers come out and publicly declare that the source material and its author are trash then you know that what they produce will be the exact opposite of what Tolkien did. Just one minor point: Sauron sought dominion, not the extermination of men. Great video.

@chazzitz-wh4ly

6 ай бұрын

More effort went into shilling this shit than actually making a good show.

@Persephone01

5 ай бұрын

They did? Wow.

@sumanadasawijayapala5372

4 ай бұрын

Well, Tolkien wasn't perfect and it shows in his stories.

@rideroftheweek

4 ай бұрын

@@sumanadasawijayapala5372no one is perfect, but his stories are close to perfection

@sumanadasawijayapala5372

4 ай бұрын

@@rideroftheweek Yeah that Tom Bombadil bit was exquisite wasn't it. Boggles the mind why PJ didn't include it in the movies.

I love that Hollywood writers are so ignorant to the message they're sending. "A woman must act like a dude to have any worth."

Small correction to the Arwen and Aragorn situation. They both lived unnaturally long lives compared to normal humans. One being Numenorian (Aragorn) and the other being Half-Elven (Arwen). Also because Arwen was a direct descendant of Elrond (her dad) and Elros (her uncle), who in turn were parented by Elwing and Eärendil, a Mortal Man and Elf Woman, they (Elrond and Elros), and by course of lineage Arwen get to choose how to live, either as an Immortal Elf, like Elrond chose or as a Mortal Human with a longer lifespan like Elros did, but eventually have to die (fade), and even in the earlier ages get to choose when and afterwards to go beyond the world to only Eru Illuvatar knows where as this is the "Gift and Doom" of Men. This goes all the way back to Luthien choosing to be mortal to be with Beren after being reincarnated in Valinor waaay back when Morgoth was still running things in Middle Earth and Sauron was just a lackey.

LOTR explores many themes that are antithetical to the modern culture. Boromir's sacrifice to protect what he belived would be the ultimate weapon of Gondor in his hand after realizing how wrong he was and accepting that he wasn't the big hero Aragorn's acceptance of the responsibilities inherent in his birthright by taking up the sword of his ancestor Samwise carrying Frodo when he falls under the weight of the ultimate evil and temptation because all he wanted to do was get himself and his friend home safe so he could live a simple life Merry and Pippin teaming up with a literal forest to take down the evil forces of the industrial revolution Gandalf returning to lead the Rohirrim to the relief of Helms Deep King Theoden cleaving to his honor and riding to the defense of Gondor despite just coming out of a desperate fight and Gondor abandoning them, then ultimately giving his life at the head of his army Aragorn and the remaining army of the West standing at the Black Gate not knowing if Frodo was even going to succeed but still being willing to give their lives to give him time Plus that Theoden scene never fails to get to me: "The beacons are lit! Gondor calls for aid!" Then there's that beat where you think he could be like nah fuck Gondor let them die But then it comes: "And Rohan shall answer!" Cue the epic music

@MaskedMan66

5 ай бұрын

That last bit is not from the books.

@rickb.4168

5 ай бұрын

Youve been watching the films to much. stick to the source material. most of what you wrote didn't happen.

@andrewhabroad

5 ай бұрын

@@rickb.4168 doesn't matter, his point stands. The themes that made the first lotr movies exciting and good are antithetical to post-2012 modern society.

@matwatson7947

5 ай бұрын

​@@rickb.4168 That's not his point. It's to do with the themes within the films. Most of which came from Tolkien and a few of which came from the writers.

@VITAS874

4 ай бұрын

So modern culture is actually evil?

"Look at you now. Commander of the northern armies and warrior of the wastelands." It's incredible that it cost a billion dollars and this is the quality of the writing. And yeah- you're absolutely right. Without context freaking Sauron and the villains almost look like the good guys. "Adar" seems to care about his orcs more than Galadriel and her friends care about the people on their side. In the first episode when Galadriel tries to abandon her injured friend I assumed it was part of an arc and she would grow into a better person . . . nope. This selfish behavior is reinforced and justified more and more as the series progresses. I hope no one is stupid enough to watch this and actually take the themes to heart. This is poisonous

@caroldelosangeles3621

7 ай бұрын

Wow exactly 💯 speceally last part of your written should be more spread on internet...not parents should be allowed this show is poison for kids 😞

@snerdterguson

4 ай бұрын

I mean, wasn't Saurons motivation starting out that he wanted to create order to make up for his past deeds as Morgoths Lieutenant? The show wasn't good, but them making the antagonist more than just pure evil isn't one of the reasons to me. I'm not saying they did a good job, but the attempt was to make him more compelling than a character that is just the bad guy because they're evil.

@billyguyjoe1858

4 ай бұрын

@@snerdtergusonhumanizing the villain wasn’t the problem. Making the villain a better person than the “heroes” is the problem.

@riri2803

4 ай бұрын

Trying so hard to be GOT. lol. Like why do you want to imitate an inferior piece of literature? You already have in your hands the greatest fantasy story and you still want to be like GOT. lol

@johnmcgill3603

4 ай бұрын

Amazon's Galadriel is a reflection of the modern independent women: Leave anyone, especially husbands, if they ran out of money.

That scene from Independence Day to metaphor your feelings about the Potato Hobbits was comical gold

Luthien Tinuviel, the most powerful being born in middle-earth who went on an epic adventure where she constantly had to save her human boyfriend and even single handedly beat Sauron and b a Sing off! They really missed their golden opportunity by not making the dhow about her

@erion4019

3 ай бұрын

and the original galadriel is pretty badass too, but the showrunners have a severe case of blindness. Although i think they didnt't have all the rights to adapt the full story of the silmarilion..

My 12 yr old daughter saw Rings of power first and then the LOTR trilogy. She thanked me for introducing her to the movies. Even kids are aware how awful the pretentious wokeness in the Rings for power is.

@RoninDave

4 ай бұрын

kids usually can see thru fakery

@zengjiachen7878

4 ай бұрын

‘Wokeness’?

@1lukarioz

4 ай бұрын

@@zengjiachen7878 I dont really know at this point. Im all about social deconstruction and stuff but i also hate how corporations use a surface interpretation about progressiveness but when people use the "Woke" its impossible to know if they are talking about corporations or normal people too

@bdleo300

3 ай бұрын

@@1lukarioz Woke Cult was created by corporations. Artificial ideology and fake narrative created to replace the real leftism and liberalism (and anti-globalism). Back in late '90s/early 2000s young people were fighting against the system. Then the establishment created Woke ideology. Today, young people are fanatically defending the system without even realizing it.

@Mr_Bones.

3 ай бұрын

To be honest, you failed as a father to have let her seen Rings of Power at all. Why your daughter has access to Amazon is beyond me. Have you not been paying attention to the past 8 years? Everything is propaganda, everything is woke, and it’s all made to subvert gender roles and frankly discourage traditional families. Lord help you if your daughter has a Netflix or instagram account. She’ll have an OF and pink hair by 10th grade.

Arwen was a descendant of Beren and Luthien and therefore was partly human, the line of those halv-elves could decide to become mortal and living a human life. This is why we see Arwen being "sick" in the movies. She died a year after Aragorns death from a broken heart (123 years after the marriage), but she wouldn't have lived for eternity anyways due to her decision.

@pelisinho

9 ай бұрын

The lineage of Aragon also goes way back to Beren and Luthien. The union between elves and humans works almost like full circle in this case. Because from Beren and Luthien was born the greatest of the human race, and at the time of the lord of the rings story human's strenght was fading. Arwen's and Aragon union "fixed" that. Rings of Power having a elf human romance is too fucking cheap, it just shows how the writers understand nothing about Tolkien.

@dimasgirl2749

7 ай бұрын

Part of what makes Aragorn and Arwen's story so fascinating is the whole conflict about her being immortal and him not being so. In the books---specifically the end of Appendix A in "The Return if the King"---Elrond compares a twenty-year-old Aragorn to a yearling shoot next to Arwen's "birch of many summers". So there's already an age-difference issue, even though both Aragorn and Arwen are adults. And if they marry, and Arwen chooses to forsake her immortality, they will both die. But Arwen is willing to take that chance if it means she can have Aragorn's love, and even though he loves her, he is willing to let her sail West so that she won't have endure the pain of widowhood. Casual treatment of Elf-Human relationships really hurts the issue more than helps.

@Kal911

7 ай бұрын

@@dimasgirl2749 Technically she didn't forsake immortality to be with Aragorn, she simply knew that his death would have broken her heart, thus killing her. That's why in the LOTR when it's shown Arwen destiny if she choose to be with Aragorn they show him dying of old age and she is still young looking by his side to mourn him.

@codinghusky5196

7 ай бұрын

I don't quite understand the elven immortality, but it doesn't have specifically to do with whose dick was riden and what womb spat someone out. Elrond and Elrohir were half elven brothers from the same breeding couple, and Tolkien wrote Elrond chose immortality, and the other chose to die as a human. it's sort of a gift from somw level of gods you can earn or ne granted at birth or denounce.

@stefanoputignano1555

6 ай бұрын

@@codinghusky5196 Correction, is Elrond and Elros.

The CG scene with sauron standing on the stairs with the light behind him does frame him as a hero. Yes, he is a dark shadowy figure but his Silhouette is far too small to eclipse the light behind him and he doesn't cast an ominous shadow. He is also elevated above the rest of the actors on screen making his presence even more pronounced. Paired with heroic music it is hard to look at him and think he's the evil witch king. Obviously you can see that he's evil but the framing contradicts his character. He litterally looks like Gandalf coming over the ridge at Helm's deep.

When Guyladreal is enveloped by the volcano cloud one can not help but remember that "A pyroclastic flow is a hot (typically >800 °C, or >1,500 °F ), chaotic mixture of rock fragments, gas, and ash that travels rapidly (tens of meters per second) away from a volcanic vent or collapsing flow front. Pyroclastic flows can be extremely destructive and deadly because of their high temperature and mobility. "

Peter Jackson omitted and revised a lot of things from the books. But you can tell he still did it with a level of care and respect. Despite what Christopher Tolkien said. The same cannot be said on the rings of power.

@adamjames2332

8 ай бұрын

After Fellowship PJs films become a teenage CGI fest about battles. Tolkien hated that nonsense

@joaopedrofm1299

4 ай бұрын

@@adamjames2332 you'd prefer them to adapt the multiple pages spent on characters talking things out knowing that the world was at the risk of being conquered, maybe they should've made the scene with the ents 30 minutes long to match tolkiens multiple pages spent on talking in detail about their days worth of negotiation with the fellowship, if you wanna consume media that goes into world building and lore go read a book and stop bashing movies for going for the more visually entretaining part of the story, it's called Tele VISION for a reason.

@riri2803

4 ай бұрын

@@adamjames2332 Agree, but I don't think anyone could have adapted ROTK better. That's the last arc and it's all about claiming Middle-Earth's freedom.

@johnmcgill3603

4 ай бұрын

@@adamjames2332 Movies are not books. Books are not movies.

@RoninDave

4 ай бұрын

@@adamjames2332 he hated CGI? Was he psychic? Tolkien himself wrote the Battles of Helm's Deep and Pelennor Fields. The difference is Jackson ended Pelonnor Fields sooner with the Army of the Dead whereas the battle went on for hours in the book.

This review is honestly more entertaining than the entire rings of power series, I absolutely love it.

@KateKramer-qc1sc

8 ай бұрын

Ikr😂😂

@paulchristian1358

5 ай бұрын

The only silver lining for the likes of Rings, Wheel of Time, Obi-Wan, Halo, etc

Your whole section of the Ethnography of the story is spot on. 10/10

"Follow the mandalorian-" *THIS WAS MADE BEFORE SEASON 3* That made me laugh.

My fav is how Tolkien said he hated allegories and metaphors and RoP decided to fuck that and use third grade poetry homework as the basis of their dialogue

I laughed/groaned when the great Elven lords rocked up at Moria like two boys asking if their mate can come out to play, instead of arriving with an impressive retinue at a diplomatically agreed time. Also, Dwarves spend most of their time underground. Why would any be black?

@adamjames2332

8 ай бұрын

Agree. Why would they be wandering alone with no retinue. As for why would they be black? Makes no odds really as Dwarves are not "evolved" beings. They were created as they are by Aule. They didn't evolve at all.

According to reading the books, from the time the Fellowship of the Ring was separated until the Ring was destroyed, about two weeks passed.

I've finally got it! Morfydd what's her name is actually an amazing actor. She was just horribly miscast. She is the perfect villain! After all, one of the most important traits of a villain is to make you hate him with every thread of your body. And believe me, she is a genius in that regard!

I've gotten many hours of entertainment from youtubers shitting on this series. So thank you Jeff and ROP

@jessegiroux6521

9 ай бұрын

What a sad existence that must be lol

@bennyreda9415

8 ай бұрын

@@jessegiroux6521 Not when the series sucks lol

@jessegiroux6521

8 ай бұрын

@@bennyreda9415 God the delusion is incessant

@Legendendear

8 ай бұрын

@@jessegiroux6521 Guys get in here! We found the only fan of RoP Its an endangered species

@justasimpleguy7211

7 ай бұрын

@@jessegiroux6521One of the worst TV series ever based on one of the best series of novels ever. By the way, looks like your (Woke?) sensibilities just got tweaked. LOL!

The anti-lord of the rings... So, I suppose Melkor won, in some form. A corruption of Tolkien's masterpiece. A corruption of Eru Illuvitar's will and music. That's what the Rings of Power is, symbolically. It is, at its very core, evil. A corruption of something good and beautiful. And _THAT_ is the greatest and most terrible tragedy of this entire situation.

@N7_Jedi

3 ай бұрын

Bring this energy for Jackson's.

@noneofyourbusiness2437

3 ай бұрын

@@N7_Jedi For what? What's "Jackson's"? Sorry, I genuinely don't know what you're talking about.

@N7_Jedi

3 ай бұрын

@@noneofyourbusiness2437 Peter Jackson's LoTR?

@noneofyourbusiness2437

3 ай бұрын

@@N7_Jedi Ah, sorry about that. I don’t keep up with the names of the directors and I've kinda given up on movies and tv lately. Haven't heard the news about that on KZread either, it might have just slipped by me while I was scrolling through or something. But, yeah, what I said here applies there too. Melkor wins, Tolkien's work is currupted, Eru Illuvitar's music is poisoned with Melkor's discordant evil, and the fans suffer because of it.

@N7_Jedi

3 ай бұрын

@@noneofyourbusiness2437 you've never watched the Lord of the Rings trilogy?

One of funniest things for me was the use of Middle-Earth's map in this show. :D They wanted to use it but they didnt care for using it properly. - They added non-existent river to be able to sail up to the mountains of Mordor with their "fleet" of Numenor. - They made Southlanders village moving wherever they liked to have the village at this or that episode. It was first in TV history teleporting medieval village. :D One time it was west of Mordor in Ithilien (according to what the chief orc said about their location - he said they are in Arnen so in the middle of Ithilien - later Faramir's country), then it was supposed to be on the south plain of Mordor near Lake Nurnen where later Sauron got his human slaves working to produce food for his armies - they lived around the Lake, and then after some time the village is located like 10 - 15 miles from Orodruin, the vulcano, so its north-west Mordor near the Black Gate. - They made the Meteor man fly circulating around the map. :D Becouse it seems that everyone could have seen his passage on the sky, even though every group of heroes was located in different part of continent. So Meteor man seem to be circulating around Rhovanion on the north and Mordor on the south and Eriador on the west.

The problem is, all the people creatively in charge that are being told to add “diversity” are all people that actually have no idea, or experience of authentic diversity and how to show it. As you said, the ethnography is super important in fantasy world building. So if you’re actually good at creating and have an authentic understanding of diversity, then you can create something that’s grounded in the story and makes sense. That has depth, and good characters. Then the diversity is just an aesthetic to a really good story…uuuggghhhhhhh 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

The saddest thing about this show is that Galadriel(the Tolkien character not Amazon's abomination) is actually an incredibly interesting character with a story that was completely unexplored by any of the movies. She is a legitimately 'strong female character', not a Mary Sue, and it would have actually been awesome to have a LotR show based around her and her story. Going back to her rise to prominence in Elven society to the point where she became one of the recipients of the 3 Elven rings and of course her lordship over her kingdom in Lothlorien. With other actions like the purging of the Necromancer from Dol Guldur which Galadriel partook in along with other prominent characters. But no, instead of that interesting story that is actually in Tolkien's works we got Amazon's atrocity that ruined Galadriel for good and destroyed any chance of actually seeing her, or any of the other interesting characters in Tolkien's works outside the trilogy.

@snerdterguson

4 ай бұрын

I mean, without making any judgement on the show, good or bad, it takes place thousands of years prior to what you're talking about. So perhaps she changed as a result of her experiences. I will be honest, I read the Hobbit and LOTR, plus the Silmarilon (pretty sure I spelled that wrong) and a couple of the histories, can't recall the titles. So perhaps there are things written about Galadriel during that period that I've not read.

@Owlr4ider

4 ай бұрын

@@snerdterguson You do realize that Galadriel was around since the first age, right...? That means that by the time the second age begun: with Numenor and all that, Galadriel was already thousands of years old at that point. So no, the show doesn't take place thousands of years prior to what I was talking about, I was talking about her life as a whole which both precedes and succeeds Numenor(its rise and its fall). Speaking of time lines, the show doesn't even follow Tolkien's time line properly, it's all over the place. Thus your comment makes even less sense considering that's one of the key aspects this show utterly butchered.

@riri2803

4 ай бұрын

@@snerdterguson Uhh, no. Galadriel is already thousands of years old in the Second Age. You wanna tell us that Galadriel matured only after 5,000 years?

@RoninDave

4 ай бұрын

@@snerdterguson What makes Galadriel unique even by the 2nd Age is she is the last of the Elven nobility of her generation that went to Middle Earth. She was born before the rising of the Sun and during the Bliss of Valinor when Melkor was chained so she had a unique perception over the elves who stayed in Middle Earth during the Second Age. To be really pedantic she was already around 700 years old when Melkor started sowing strife amongst the Noldor. She was already over 1200 years old when she left Valinor. It was the Kinslaying that turned her against the Wars of Beleriand and after spending time with Melian she eventually left to her brother Finrod's kingdom and left there as well to go beyond the mountains.

@aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051

4 ай бұрын

@@snerdterguson At least reply saying you werw wrong.

Yes I WILL watch all of this again, this review holds 10x more value to me than the actual show 😂 👏 🔥 💯

@DespotofAntrim

10 ай бұрын

Much appreciated.

@matthewwhite5936

10 ай бұрын

Absolutely same here. This is one of the best. 😂

@TRivan-kx2bi

10 ай бұрын

This was the first of the Despot's videos I watched.

@Godstud

10 ай бұрын

It was better than the entire Rings of Pyre series. Better writing and presentation, at a fraction of the price.

@ihateyoutube772

10 ай бұрын

On my second watch myself

Great critics! Keep it coming !! The Elrond description !! I pissed myself ! And I couldn't agree more . It is Anti-Tolkien

the problem with the LOTR franchise is that the current owners no longer care who gets their license, as long as it makes them money, Tolkien would be so mad to see what has happened to his work.

@VITAS874

4 ай бұрын

Bad family huh? How they can't respect his work?

This review is ART. I have watched this three times now and I am still entertained by it. It did not cost over a billion dollars.

@honkhonk8009

5 ай бұрын

40% of the budget went into the graphics and visuals, which where the only part where the Woke brainrot couldnt infest as easily. 60% went into "consulting" and prolly buying mansions for the writers

@ketugrahagraha3673

5 ай бұрын

Agreed. I added it to my Favourites to watch from time to time when I need a laugh

@mikedempsey1496

5 ай бұрын

Glad I didn't bother.

@VITAS874

4 ай бұрын

​​@@honkhonk8009more like in pocket to amazon.

@blitzworldace

4 ай бұрын

@@honkhonk8009 ENGINEER GAMING!

Writers don't understand that the strength and capability of a character is less important than how a character grows in the face of adversity. And if you have invincible characters, they need to be anchored to something, like superman's weakness is his love for Lois and humanity, but it's also the thing that drives him, his reason for existing. Guyladrial only cares about her own obsession with revenge, but she's perfect. Her only struggle is finding out her friend is Sauron, but she didn't even struggle with that, she doesn't care at all. I think it comes from writers with no life experience.

@DespotofAntrim

10 ай бұрын

I also think lack of literacy has to do with it; the writers don't read books, and the few books they have read are trash.

@InvertedWIng

10 ай бұрын

@@DespotofAntrim Yeah. Harry Potter. That's all they've read. Maybe also Twilight and YA crap like Hunger Games and Divergent.

@masontrent5543

10 ай бұрын

Feels like PTSD but it’s not addressed. And if it is PTSD it should be. Not enough with their backstory or her and Finrod to strengthen their kinship. The darkness line he says does not help either unless re-edited and almost thought she was going to be Sauron.

@RoninDave

4 ай бұрын

@@InvertedWIng definitely Twilight and Shades of Grey as they tried to ship Galadriel and Sauron

I LOVE that you mentioned the cave troll was a slave and a by-product of an evil ruler. It wasn't just an evil force doing evil things, it was a prisoner.

Even the wife of Durin was able to be explained according to the lore - she could have been a princess brought to Moria from distant south-eastern clan of dwarves. As only 3 clans of dwarves lived on the north-west of continent of Middle-Earth the other 4 clans lived way east from Mordor actualy. Beyond Orocarni mountains. So she could be one of them. As all 7 clans of dwarves revered Moria as their place of origin and their sacred ground. So such provincial princess from the east clan should have been overwhelmed by the proposition of marriage with the heir of the main leader of the greatest clan - Longbeards. Longbeards were created in Moria by their god Aule the Smith. Aule created all of dwarves but every clan under their own separate mountain.

@Serucipe

3 ай бұрын

My only problem is that she had no beard. All dwarves are supposed to have beards, including women.

Everything that could be said about this atrocity can be broke down to one line: They just didn´t understand it.

@Splucked

4 ай бұрын

They had no desire to understand it. That much is obvious. After Jackson's LOTR, Amazon wanted a Middle Earth cash cow. They gambled that whatever they threw at us would be an instant hit because, Tolkien. They bet poorly.

@VITAS874

4 ай бұрын

​@@Spluckedgood thing they fail, and now all they products will be automatically bad and lose money, as we now know true color of amazon.

@alpharius2omegaboogaloo384

3 ай бұрын

@@Splucked”They chose… poorly.”

Another thing on human-elf romance, it's specified in the books that this sort of stuff almost never happens, and when it does, the human, I think always a man, has to first prove himself, so to say. Elrond only let Arwen marry Aragorn when he had assured his rule over literally the entirity of humankind. And if you think about it, Guyladriel is actually a half-decent parody of Feanor. But even a character that became ash upon dying because his heart was that much on fire is less reckless than Guyladriel.

@bumblingbureaucrat6110

Ай бұрын

No in the Silmarillion there was this one Human Elf romance between a guy Elf and a human Woman but he had to leave her and it was very sad.

@moritamikamikara3879

13 күн бұрын

Also Aragorn doesn't become King of all of humankind. There are other kingdoms in middle earth other than Gondor and Arnor, such as Rhun and Harad, and I guess Umbar as well, I have no idea the status of Umbar after the Corsairs were driven out, but previously it was independent. The Oliphant riders at the battle of Pelenor fields were men from Harad. They're generally not thought of as much because Tolkien doesn't flesh them out at all in LotR and only vaguely fleshes out their history in the Silmarillion and Legendarium, which I think is a shame. It would also be a great opportunity for these diversity toting retards to do a series about dark people in middle earth, and have it make sense, AND flesh out on something Tolkien didn't. They could have created something pretty cool. But they didn't. Instead, they made black dwarves. No race. In the entirety of fiction. Needs Melanin less. Than Tolkien's dwarves. It serves, ZERO function to them.

I have only gotten 5 mins in. You sir are one of the best reviewers I have seen in a long time. And you did it in 5 mins. I love the passion/anger for Amazon and compassion for the real lore. Now to complete this.

@reek4062

3 ай бұрын

He forgets that in the movies Elrond and Gil-galad didn't even wear helmets on a battlefield. Elendil on the other hand could afford a helmet.

"Utterly desecrating the area they had previously infested"

I have to admit seeing Sauron as the hero, actually makes the show a bit better.

@Olivia-W

10 ай бұрын

I assume this is Sauron's fanfic.

@iamrubenmes

7 ай бұрын

Rooting for Adar and Sauron made this exciting. Halbrand makes absolutely no sense though.

@RoninDave

4 ай бұрын

It's insane. Sauron just wanted to be left alone later and later he seemed quite happy to help Celibrimbor until Galadriel exposed him (but didn't tell anyone). Adar was trying to find a home for his people. Meanwhile the humans in the Southlands were dirty racists. Numenoreans were xenophobes. The Elves were manipulative of their allies and they occupied humans for a thousand years. Only the dwarves had the right idea - at least the king did who wanted them to stay out of the whole thing. And of course the Harfoots were grubby little cultist vermin who need to be wiped out. Was this the writers' intention to make the good guys reprehensible and the bad guys somewhat noble?

I honestly tear up every time I see the cave troll die in Fellowship. THAT is great directing and writing.

@reek4062

10 ай бұрын

lmao little crybaby

@blueskysummit6153

9 ай бұрын

He sounded so pitiful before he fell dead. I thought that when I first saw the movie, and I feel it every time I rewatch it.

@dbf1dware

8 ай бұрын

@@blueskysummit6153 He sounds so sad, confused, completely lost. It hurts me so much every time because he sounds like a little child or a faithful dog. Doing what he was told to do and suffering for it. Just thinking of that moment and typing this makes me tear up.

@dimasgirl2749

8 ай бұрын

In "The Silmarilion", Tolkien explains that Trolls were bred when Melkor (a.k.a. Morgoth) tortured and mutilated Ents.

@Backupbackupplan

7 ай бұрын

Those trolls were so different from the Trolls in The Hobbit.

Elf man relationship was made to appeal to women. One of the most common women fantasies involve a "plain Jane" that somehow attracts a exotic/dangerous/powerful man who becomes obsessed with her for some reason.

That's a sub from me, you have crazy talent. You retell this hot garbage perfectly, but you hit us with the left hooks in the form of those comedic moments. Bravo, brother!

@DespotofAntrim

Ай бұрын

Thanks. Welcome to the channel!

Still can’t believe how bad of a job amazon actually did with this

@VITAS874

4 ай бұрын

Milking fast as can,credo of corrupted company

@KneeCapHill

4 ай бұрын

I actually forgot about it all together

This show is telling its viewers that the Galadrial in this story develops into the character played by Cate Blanchett...the same with Elrond...and I absolutely agree with you, I could watch the Battle of Helms Deep and the whole Trilogy over and over again. This series is insulting to the people who have read the books, enjoyed the original Trilogy but most of all insulting to JRR Tolkien himself. Peter Jackson himself stated that he tried to follow the story in the books. He succeeded where this show failed miserably...excellent presentation by yourself.

@LegendOfZeldafan666

10 ай бұрын

This has nothing to do with galadriel we grew up with

@albogypsy2842

9 ай бұрын

​@@druidofscosglen2868not including Tom Bombadil was a great decision, always hated that nonsensical character... LOTR was not just a perfect adaptation, it was even better than books (even if it's 'heretical' to say so)

@cy-one

9 ай бұрын

@@albogypsy2842 I agree in some regards, though. I prefer movie-Aragorn over book-Aragorn.

@JonBrase

7 ай бұрын

The whole reason that Galadriel is even around in Tolkien's LotR is because it took millennia for grief to wear her down into the character we see in Fellowship. The beginning of her character arc is that her people rebel against the angels that rule Middle Earth and basically walk out of heaven because they want revenge on Sauron's old boss. She goes along not because she agrees with that, but because she wants to make a name for herself in Middle Earth. All the Noldor go through hell and by the end of the First Age are either dead or broken in spirit, and all the leadership of the Noldor that weren't born in Middle Earth return to Valinor *except Galadriel* because she's *still* proud and headstrong. It takes until the end of the Third Age, when she's been in Middle Earth longer than the Pyramids have been around IRL, before she's questioning what she really gained from all of this (the temptation of the Ring for her is that everything she built over millennia with her ambition is crumbling, and she only need take the ring to salvage her ambition and Make Lorien Great Again). If she were any less headstrong, she'd already have gone home. So it's *entirely* believable that the Galadriel in this story develops into the character in Tolkien's LotR. Any other Galadriel would develop into that character sooner and would tap out before LotR, so in fact *only* this Galadriel is believable, or consistent with Tolkien. PJLotR doesn't engage with any of this, so the character played by Cate Blanchett is effectively a blank slate, making the question of whether RoP's Galadriel is consistent with her a moot point; practically anything could be consistent. Meanwhile, PJLotR presents us with an angsty Aragorn that's deeply conflicted about whether he can handle being king, and expects us to believe that he has the fortitude to follow the path of Tolkien's Aragorn, while this show gives us an Elendil that has the confidence we'd expect of Aragorn. Criticize RoP if you want, it certainly has a lot of flaws, but don't pretend that Jackson respected Tolkien *more*.

@cy-one

7 ай бұрын

@@JonBrase *"So it's entirely believable that the Galadriel in this story develops into the character in Tolkien's LotR."* No. Being a child, a bad leader (when you're actually canonically already a great leader) and absolutely despicable as a person and being headstrong are two different things. But hey, it's okay. We can't all be right about things ;)

Mr. Despot, I’m sure you’re not a baseball fan, but, boy, did you knock this one out of the park!! Well done.

The fact that we can still speak out against the evils of the Post Modern Marxists and their ilk is a good sign. Despot; you do the world a service by informing and empowering them. Best wishes.

@nickmoranis2865

10 ай бұрын

Marxist? They’re not. Just twats.

@user-pu6pn8vt5d

10 ай бұрын

Marxists? They're SJWs, what would Marxists have to do with them?

@tejasgreen1717

10 ай бұрын

wtf is s post modern marxist?

@j.a.velarde5901

10 ай бұрын

@@tejasgreen1717 Here's a video that can explain: kzread.info/dash/bejne/jKtl18WTddS3Z5s.html

@davidedoni3674

10 ай бұрын

@@tejasgreen1717what’s commonly known as woke is actually rebranded identity Marxism

7:10 This is because modern day SJW or progressive writers are villains. Every villain is just a weak broken person who never fit in, and then grew up seeking revenge until they got in a position to enact that revenge. The writers are all the people who didn’t fit in and so desperately wanted to, but without having to do the work. Now they are in a job where they can “enact their revenge” by writing fan fiction where they get even. They write the hero characters as themselves, which, unfortunately, carries all the dark and villainous qualities.

I'm still waiting for an explanation as to how they spent $1billion on this crap. They have no 'name actors', the writers are rookies (most of the story they mangled had already been written for them), a lot of it is green screened and/or CGI....seriously, how did they spend that much on it? You can't tell me they spent $980m on buying the rights to the appendices and then $20m on the rest of it?...actually, that does kind of make sense now I come to think of it

Elronds intro in LOTR is one of the most badass scenes in the trilogy. Him leading the vanguard of men and elves, stone faced and collected while arrows are whizzing by his face. Thats who his character is. A stoic and fearsome leader. Not this little sensitive twink conjured up in a writers room

"Why wouldn't you look up to Sauron? He's the only real man in the show." Very much including Guyladriel. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

27:41 The problem of rewatchability is a constant in all Netflix series. Almost all of them are built around a mystery, and once you know it, there's no reason to watch them anymore. Good films, on the other hand, are written around interesting characters and it's a pleasure to watch them again to meet the characters you love again.

OK, this is annoying me. Rivendell wasn't founded until AFTER the Rings of Power is set, Elrond founded it after Eregion fell. I believe (if I'm remembering the 3 episodes I managed to get through while drinking right) he's in Lindon, which was the capital of Eregion. Of course, that makes the travel issue worse, as I think Lindon is quite a bit further away from Moria... Otherwise you make some excellent points. I'm a HUGE Tolkien fan, and I've had an awful time articulating why I have only gotten through 3 episodes (but watched House of the Dragon twice). I did like some aesthetic choices, like Elrond having short hair as it makes him seem younger. Shampoo's hair makes sense too, a smith with long hair is either really good at their job or has just accepted their hair's going to catch on fire sooner or later.

Remember that Hollywood will continue with garbage like this if you watch it. Don't pay them anything and don't stay silent. Let Hollywood know - in nice language - that we will not accept their insults or their franchise destruction.

Excellent review. It's no mistake that a sane person would end up rooting for the villain. This is not due to the wrtiter's inexperience, but because Woke morality is twisted. I find it particularly disturbing when woke movies portray violence: they direct it only towards white men in disgusting ways and they also expect people to consider it funny. On the other hand no woman can be hurt, unless in a final showdown with another woman. This happens also in mainstream movies generally considered "not-woke" like the John Wick saga. Once you see it you cannot unsee it.

@ofaznadarxmkiii8476

10 ай бұрын

Father Enrico Pucci was Modern Hollywood before even being a thing

@champ1159

10 ай бұрын

​Did not expect to see a Jojo reference here

@champ1159

10 ай бұрын

But in John Wick the are only three women who fight, one of which is a friend of John. The two female antagonists get treated the exact same as males in that they're quickly disposed once they go toe to toe with John

@ofaznadarxmkiii8476

10 ай бұрын

@@champ1159 it's not a reference, Part 6 anime's last portion Reflects a lot of Hollywood and visual media these days, especially his main villain with the closer he gets to achieve his goal.

@DespotofAntrim

10 ай бұрын

I'll be talking about the issues you raised on my next video. The Hollywood double standards for women are glaring.

This series is genuinely offensive

The reason Hollywood is obsessed with "girl-bosses" is because they believe that's how men have been portrayed. They'll look at John Rambo or the Terminator and see men who are incredibly smart, strong, and seldom wrong. Then, they'll make female characters based on these characteristics. They can't figure out what made Sarah Conner in the original movie a powerful, well written woman. They don't understand what makes Ellen Ripley such a badass. Rambo wasn't written to make a statement about men. He's the embodiment of a power fantasy. It's badass because it embraces how ridiculous it is and makes no political statements. Want a female equivalent? Watch Kill Bill. These SJWs don't get it. They don't know how to write powerful women. Because, to them, powerful women are literally in competition with men. And that is clear as day in their writing.

Poor Robert Paulson, what did she ever do to deserve a butchering from a psychopath? Also such a memorable scene: Elrhonda having dinner with Gimly and his wife Queen Latifa.

More than happy to give this another watch. Glory to Sauron, a true hero!

@georgechapman9688

10 ай бұрын

Listen here Galadriel, when you come at Sauron, you best not miss 🤴

@alexporter7379

10 ай бұрын

That's Sauron the Great, you pleb! 😂

@luker2693

10 ай бұрын

“Good is a point of view, Anakin.”

@bdleo300

9 ай бұрын

*Guyladriel

@IsaacMuntz

5 ай бұрын

All hail sauron

Thank you for covering Ethnography, even though it's very difficult to cover. European history is being wiped out..

@SleepyPotterFan

3 ай бұрын

I need for you to explain to me how, canon or not, making a fictional character on a TV show Black is erasing European HISTORY. I was under the impression that Disa had been invented for the show and the show itself doesn’t claim to be canon or a faithful adaptation of the works, so she doesn’t even erase or retcon Tolkien’s works. His works, while amazing and absolutely deserving of respectful adaptation, which RoP falls very short on, Tolkien is not a representational monolith of even British culture and history, let alone the UK, or Europe as a whole.

In all fairness, even in Tolkien’s cannon, Galadriel was exceptionally tall and strong. Her second name “Nerwen” literally means “Man-maiden”. So her overpowering regular men is not that far fetched. I agree with the rest though.

The amount of love that went into those costumes and sets, the dedication those actors brought to the screen - many of whom believing they'd be part of something epic - BREAKS MY HEART.

@henkhenkste6076

5 ай бұрын

fix your eyes, the sets and costumes are trash as well

@luikanami

5 ай бұрын

@@henkhenkste6076 I'm not talking about the overall vision & the people making the big decisions, but about the person painting a little detail, the craftsman creating one drape, the video intern rendering the lighting in a scene, all of them not knowing the overall picture but being excited to be part of the next Lord Of The Rings and doing their very best. Their freedom in what they do is limited, but they trusted the briefing of the show runners in their little aspect and did their best to make that one detail great. Little did they know that the overall vision was crooked from the start.

@jankoo285

5 ай бұрын

@@luikanamithe sad part a few things you’ve listed here were as shit as the script and show itself. And actually the actors themselves at least half of them are abominations as well, they are completely horrible as characters and both as humans. Watch some of their interviews for example the actor for black Legolas. He is awful to say the least

@AkWar9

5 ай бұрын

“Breaks my heart”, they never really cared about all those things you mentioned. It was nothing but like minded people coming together to destroy a masterpiece by injecting their BS propaganda.

@luikanami

5 ай бұрын

@@AkWar9 you clearly don't know how movies/shows are made. making such a big project includes thousands of people contributing each just a little part without knowing the big picture, trusting in whatever the crew of decision makers and show runners planned. Of course the deciding group was big and maybe equally flawed like minded, but that little artist contributing that one little part of that one fabric did their best because they probably thought they'd be part of the next amazing journey to middle earth and writing history. And when you are an actor and love Tolkien, and there's a chance you get to play a little part in a new movie project, you'll do it... and chances are you don't know any lines other than yours until release.

Worry not, Despot. They won't silence you. Not everyone are fools who bend over to this corporate slavery. Some of us appreciate how you give us voice and speak what we want to say (and make us laugh a lot). And we won't let you down.

This video deserves more views. Not only is this analysis hands down accurate, it also makes the cringe appetising with all the comic spin on it all.

22:25 There were seventeen years between Frodo getting the ring and starting the quest.

@fullirishham1015

2 ай бұрын

In the books. Film doesn't really lend itself to significant time jumps well, especially if taking it out doesn't really alter the stories effective pacing.

Not a single moment in this 8hr bloat fest gave me anywhere near the same emotional impact as King Viserys climb the iron throne one last time

@basedelon

10 ай бұрын

"I'll have your tongue for that".

@champ1159

10 ай бұрын

Viserys had me so hype in that scene, it's crazy how much better he is that his books counterpart

@basedelon

10 ай бұрын

@@champ1159 crazy isn't it, who knew following the source material and tweaking little bits here and there can be good! Amazon should've taken note.

@pbh9195

10 ай бұрын

@@basedelon he can keep his tongue

@gunkulator1

10 ай бұрын

@@basedelon Viserys' last climb to the Iron Throne was entirely an invention of the show. In fact, there's very little of HOTD that is a lifted directly. They had about as much book material as the ROP did. It's all in the quality of the writing.

Every time I rewatch this video I laugh long and out loud when you call Not-Gandalf the “sky hobo”☠️