Welcome to the land of the weird, where Rings of Power is a cats musical, the Rings of Power showrunners get on their knees to beg forgiveness from the Irish Times and ScreenRant are, well, ScreenRant. I'm not sure how we passed through the normal defences into some weird land of the bizarre but here we are with this video. Some articles are just too funny to pass up. But what are your thoughts? Let me know down below, and as always, thanks for watching :)

@mitchellpolinop7650

Жыл бұрын

Why bring race into this?

@PoopaChallupa

Жыл бұрын

Christmas or Cats.

@Jim-Tuner

Жыл бұрын

Before Rings of Power, the show runners had written not one episode of television. Their only credit was uncredited additional writing on the film Star Trek Beyond. One of the two has an engineering degree. How they could possibly be hired to do a show this big is a great question.

@nemo6686

Жыл бұрын

I suspect the Nomvete comment is how it's transcribed; the second clause seems to be correcting the first - that previously people _felt_ Tolkien was inaccessible to them, though it was always really accessible to anyone, and they've helped people to _feel_ it's accessible in a way Tolkien himself didn't. Absurd, but it suggests they got the message about Tolkien's global fanbase, though still have to pretend that _representation_ is essential.

@Cartoonman154

Жыл бұрын

The Star Trek: The Next Generation episode is called "Up The Long Ladder"

In the days of the magazine, we had a rule of thumb. 1 letter reflected 100 readers who didn't bother to write to you. If you got 10 angry/critical letter, you knew you were in trouble. If you got a deluge like this show is getting, you know your magazine will go bye-bye in the next six months, and you might get fired as its Editor-in-Chief

@booshmcfadden7638

Жыл бұрын

I love this analogy.

@stpbasss3773

Жыл бұрын

With show reviews it's probably more like 1 review reflects like 500-1000 people. I have personally never left a review on a show in my life, I think I should start with ROP.

@High_Caliber

Жыл бұрын

@@Jp-eg7th (same for rotten tomatoes)

@toothgrinder2760

Жыл бұрын

@@Jp-eg7th I wouldn’t be surprised if IMDB took a page out of the censorship book written by KZread which lets you write a comment but ghosts/hides it. On our end we can see the comment but to everyone else it’s hidden. They don’t have to delete the comments or reviews, they just have to trick people into thinking their review is available to read when they’re the only one who can see it. Devious bas•t•ard•s.

@Noctes0

Жыл бұрын

@@Jp-eg7th Same with amazon. I have been trying to leave a review since day 1... still nothing.

Aside from his anger at what's been done to his work, I can imagine Tolkien pointing to this and saying "This is precisely why I don't write allegory. You set this trap for yourselves."

@VleesetendPlantje14

Жыл бұрын

At this point he’s like a jet engine spinning in his grave

@darianstarfrog

Жыл бұрын

Exactly..it full of it..esp the black elves scenes..lol suspicious Nast white villagers dislike his presence..then he's caught by very white orcs, and chained up, and told to dig. .lol allegory!? YES! Insultingly so..to EVERYBODY!!!

@redrum3405

Жыл бұрын

@@darianstarfrog Wait until he refuses to sit in the back of the bus to Barad Dur

@lynnm6413

Жыл бұрын

@@redrum3405 omg…lol🤣🤣

@briani8785

Жыл бұрын

Pretty much why it was universally loved and why Amazon felt it was worth spending a billion dollars on it in the first place.

The part when Galadriel stared down the Orc army and shouted, “In combat situations I always use Dove anti-perspirant with essential oils!” sent chills up and down my spine. Epic writing!

@landotucker

Жыл бұрын

I haven't watched it. I want to believe this...

Actually, when they say things like “Audience ratings are useless”, what they’re calling for is the banning of audience ratings across all platforms. Their idea is to stifle all speech so they can push whatever rubbish without opposition

@MyAramil

Жыл бұрын

Well they will suffer for that. With how they have treated their IP so far they have bought for to much money, (so far rings of power, and wheel of time) its just going to make their next project just tank.

@oysterman250

Жыл бұрын

If they ever achieve that goal - and they well might - it will be simple to select what to watch: anything with a high critics rating is to be avoided. Low rating means worth a look.

@MyAramil

Жыл бұрын

@@oysterman250 I'm just going to stop watching any piece of media that pulls the "watch it or else your racist" card.

@MollyHJohns

Жыл бұрын

As a bystander from across the world I'd be laughing to see that one day, any of these scheming people go bankrupt over their products not getting any attention and paid for, many times over. They deserve to be ignored tbh, but some of you passionate consumers still flock over every time they come out with something just to experience what others had. And it's always been a vicious cycle they still benefit from and you guys keep them alive even just by hating on them while paying. Idk what else to say.

@nordscan9043

Жыл бұрын

@@MyAramil If there is a next project. After all the money they wasted.

Tolkien's original work: you can believe that it's a fantasy version of Britain without offending anyone Rings of Power: every British stereotype under the sun, offending everyone Great job, Amazon.

@fortunateson101

Жыл бұрын

Is Ireland a part of Britain?

@JoSan3

Жыл бұрын

@@fortunateson101 not part of the great britain, but part of british isles

@esquilax5563

Жыл бұрын

@@fortunateson101 it's the original Britannia Minor, although that term was later used to refer to Brittany

@Gorbz

Жыл бұрын

Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales. The UK is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

@RoninDave

Жыл бұрын

Cor blimey, mate! You don't like Yanks taking the piss? I look forward to Essex Numenoreans

Sauron was not evil to begin with, he had to learn from the Harfoots..

@MovieHeretic

Жыл бұрын

Actually Galadriel, as the embodiment of all things Karen and Mary Sue, drove Sauron to evil ... it was either that or drink to erase the memory of her.

@gamble777888

Жыл бұрын

Sauron treats Orcs better than Harfoots treat their own relatives.

@Jim-Tuner

Жыл бұрын

1000 years of peace and rule by the elves in Middle Earth lead to the Harfoots. Its possible to have some sympathy with Sauron wanting to change things.

@chriscollins2095

Жыл бұрын

Maybe the harfoots learned from Galadriel. "Keep moving!"

@DamnPictures

Жыл бұрын

Brilliant.

Tolkien wanted to create a mythology for his people since he felt they lacked one. Rings of Power despises Tolkien so much that they not only decided to destroy his work but mock his people as well.

@mahogara

Жыл бұрын

Wasn't Tolkien against his works being sold to Disney (because he knew Walt Disney and he wouldn't want Disney adapting anything from his writings)? I bet if Amazon and Jeff Bozo existed when Tolkien was still alive, he would have made a statement about not letting his works touch by them too.

@nigeltheoutlaw

Жыл бұрын

These people loathe white men and everything they have created. The only reason they haven't destroyed LOTR sooner was because Christopher Tolkien always stopped them; that's why production of this show began a month after Christopher Tolkien passed away. Evil can not create, it can only corrupt.

@stanleyquine5020

Жыл бұрын

His people?

@Goodbutevilgenius

Жыл бұрын

@@stanleyquine5020 the British.

@woahblackbetty7691

Жыл бұрын

Jew knew this was gonna happen

The part where the harfoots said "dangit, they're always after me lucky charms!" sent shivers down my spine. they should save the scripts for the Smithsonian!

@wishingwell12345

Жыл бұрын

Not as moving as the point where Durin stared wide-eyed at Elrond and proclaimed "We're aw doomed!"

Kudos to the Irish Times for calling those idiots out so hard that they had to give an interview to defend themselves... and dig a deeper hole!

I'm waiting for Sauron to pull out a light saber at this point, and attack Guyladrielle and she parries it with her magical bracelets and casts Adavakadavera on him.

@3366994

Жыл бұрын

They will have an affair for sure

@deth3021

Жыл бұрын

You forgot him telling her that he is her birthing person.

@agingerbeard

Жыл бұрын

That actually sounds interesting!

@Jim-Tuner

Жыл бұрын

The Sauron-Galadriel Romance is coming.

@user-wl1uz5sb9f

Жыл бұрын

I mean, it is just fantasy, right?

The Irish & Scottish stereotypes used for the Harfoots & the Dwarves is shocking. I guess this is what happens when woke producers think inclusivity & diversity quotas are more important than avoiding actual racism.

@muwalakoala

Жыл бұрын

Obviously it's ok when it's against white people.

@jeffreyrichard2575

Жыл бұрын

I guess this is what happens when woke producers think inclusivity & diversity quotas are more important than.........making a watchable product.

@matthardy301

Жыл бұрын

They are white nations so its ok to be like this to them, Can deny it but i mean...

@LazerBrain11

Жыл бұрын

@@matthardy301 Sadly you are correct my friend. In spite of the tremendous progress the world (especially the west) has made in the fight against racism, we find ourselves right now, in a situation where a growing number of people are quite comfortable demonising one particular skin coloured group, confident in the knowlege their hateful words will be supported by many. Even more more surprising, is these people will proclaim themselves 'anti racist' in the same breath. Sad times indeed. Thanks for your reply.

@elpino8503

Жыл бұрын

Bro why's that racist

The moment Galadriel walked out of the police station and her limp turned into a walk was amazing! She was Kaiser Soze all along!

Galadriel shouting "I'm Galadriel" in the midst of battle instead of saving her brother was so inspiring it made the orcs tremble in fear!!

@VleesetendPlantje14

Жыл бұрын

Maybe she really is the scourge of the orcs, just not because of her fighting skills, her narcissistic arrogant ungrateful crap is unbearable for the orcs to witness so they run in fear the moment they see her constipated face

@Arvathyyll

Жыл бұрын

No need for these fake quotes anymore, since the reality of "When Galadriel jumped off her ship just before Valinor and swam back to Middle-earth" is more ridicilous than anything people tried to come up with. Good job, showrunners, you unintentionally outdid the memes.

@fio_lume

Жыл бұрын

@@Arvathyyll When Galadriel, who planned to casually swim across an entire ocean, abandons poor raft-stranded people during a monster attack while being proficient in effortlessly fighting against insanely strong monsters, it deeply inspired me.

@env0x

Жыл бұрын

@@Arvathyyll oh this is just the beginning. we've got 5 whole seasons down the pipeline. buckle up.

@danielbutler640

Жыл бұрын

@@Arvathyyll a true hero of middle earth!

As a Hispanic male I love the world Tolkien created, because it's an amazing fantasy world that's engrossing and full of wonderful characters that bring ones imagination to life.. I don't need to be represented, I don't need anyone to change Tolkien's labor of love simply because what Tolkien wrote is a masterpiece.. What I need is for this raging bunch of woke reporters to stop writing about what I need as a minority.. These are the same hacks that don't give a shit that every fantasy or sci-fi movie made in the last 100 years basically has zero Hispanic representation so why are they so concerned about it now. The answer is pretty easy to suss out.. We aren't important to these asshat's until they need to use as a tool to push their woke agenda forward..

@Gyrfalcon312

Жыл бұрын

Aye. Now that you mention it, movies I remember lately _have_ been lacking a certain Latino heat, hehe.

@deathbot3197

Жыл бұрын

You hit the nail right on the head when you said they don't give a fuck about any of us 👌 they only care when we consume their lifeless products 🙄

@davidmata4786

Жыл бұрын

@@Gyrfalcon312 Exactly.. LMAO

@hamletksquid2702

Жыл бұрын

The only fantasy/scifi movie that comes to mind is Machete Kills Again....In Space.

@lynnm6413

Жыл бұрын

I just saw a video about that by Call me Chato and a reaction from Ltino Slant that talked about exactly this false idea that diversity = black in movie and TV

When Galadriel steps out of the DeLorean wielding Mjolnir, and Celebrimbor just falls to one knee and says, "Great Scott!"......I actually cried, it was just so stunning and brave. It reminded me of all the years I had spent actively plotting with other men to thwart and oppress all women, and suddenly I felt such shame and regret.....that I ate 3 whole boxes of Oreos while full-on ugly-crying. This show has changed my life forever.

I just watched Fellowship for the first time in years. In the first half hour it establishes a sense of magic and wonder. They go directly to the Shire and demonstrate their respect of Tolkien and the tone of his work. Oh and the intro is narrated by Galadriel, wise and powereful long before we meet her. Amazon has delivered a cynical bastardiziaion, paper thin, where Jackson understood that he had an honor to live up to. Even putting LOTR before the title Rings of Power is an insult.

@wishingwell12345

Жыл бұрын

I don't even like the LOTR films that much, I think they're overly emotional and pretentious, but I'll watch them 100 times in a row before Rings of Power.

Just imagine it! If Tolkien's work was accessable to more people, it might be some of the most widely read works of literature in history! The mind BOGGLES!🤯

@Jim-Tuner

Жыл бұрын

The show-runners response would be that reading is obsolete and that books as a whole are not accessable. That the show is aiming at a post-literate audience.

@catinthehat906

Жыл бұрын

@@Jim-Tuner I've not been able to find anything of substance that the scriptwriters Payne and McKay have actually done. It's pretty amazing that Amazon trusted this pair with the best part of a billion dollars.

@roxxdudeplayswow

Жыл бұрын

I know, wish it was. I mean if it was more accessible it could have been the second most translated book of all time! Shame it wasn't though...

@rollinrat4850

Жыл бұрын

@@Jim-Tuner 'Post literate audience' I find that pretty funny. I think the majority of 'modern entertainment' is targeted (its a real weapon) towards such an audience. MSMBS and 'public education' is all about dumbing people down. Their target market is obviously and quite ironically 'yet to be' mature wise people. It's why there's over a thousand channels and networks, yet it takes 1/2 hour to find something maybe worth watching. I often just give up and read a freakin book. Anybody who can read and comprehend knows the movies based on books generally pale in comparison to the books anyways. Even LOTR trilogy, Master and Commander and Dune, some of my favorite books turned into movies, were a bit disappointing compared to the book's depth and detail. I did however really enjoy these movies, Master and Commander in particular was a great and underrated movie. Patrick O'Brien's Aubrey/Maturin volume of books are something a reader really needs to want to read. Its not exactly an easy read like LOTR or even Dune. Most movies are made obviously shorter to accommodate common short attention spans of the typical consumer. I'm not one of those. I'd tolerate an intermission or even two during a 4-6 hr movie. I'd even pay extra for a proper,Iong and high quality movie. I demand more! Therefore I rarely go to any movies anymore! I know much better than to support Hollyweird.

The scene where Guyladriel said "Yippie-ki-yay m0th..rF...er" before shooting down everyone with a shotgun was amazing, so empowering, stunning and brave, just as Tolkien wrote it.

@Gyrfalcon312

Жыл бұрын

One shell, two orcs, hostage situation. And she totally _bent_ those pellets with magic to score those headshots.

@MarcelNL

Жыл бұрын

Was that before or after she said: "I pity the fool who doesn't like the smell of napalm in the morning!"?

@RadicalW0lf

Жыл бұрын

@@Jp-eg7th Lies y remember to have read about the legendary Nakatomi plaza (Big a$$ building in elvish) in the silmarillion :v

@Jamesmatise

Жыл бұрын

@@Gyrfalcon312 I hear two orcs, one shell is a pretty popular video.

@creativitysubs9935

Жыл бұрын

I didn't like Bruce Willis' cameo in which he apologized for being white and male and masculin.

Reminds me of that Simpsons focus group: "So you want a down-to-earth realistic show, that at the same time is completely off-the-wall and swarming with magic robots..."

That Disa quote is quite literally Doublethink, simultaneously accepting two conflicting beliefs as truth. Fantastic we're now actually living in the world of Orwell's 1984.

I was describing the ringworm of poo to an Irish friend who rejects 'TV' that there's this new film that has this bunch of dirty, cowardly, possibly inbred migratory folks that avoids everyone, travels in dirty unwashed caravans, loves things from nature and uses lanterns made from 'fairy lights' aka fireflies. He gave me a look and asked 'They didn't have an Irish accent did they?' I nearly went to the beyond that day...... I tried to tell him it's Tolkien which made the gentle caressing way worse. Blasphemy upon insult he said.

@jacookie9707

Жыл бұрын

Okay so this didn't happen

@kathleenhensley5951

Жыл бұрын

I've always thought my sense of humor was from the Irish side of the family, now I know it.

@johncostigan8747

Жыл бұрын

Ok. This made me roar!! 🤘🤣

@30noir

Жыл бұрын

To be fair Lenny Henry's accent is Jamaican more than Irish.

@mannybruce8950

Жыл бұрын

Why would that description make someone assume it were meant to be Irish people ? I thought depicting Irish people as drunks were the racists stereotype and not being nomadic people that lives close to nature who avoids socializing with outsiders ? To me it describes the stereotype of gypsies more so than Irish people . Was the Irish depicted in the movie " Braveheart " an insult too ? The Irish in the movie weren't shown wearing shiny Excalibur knight armor and speaking the king's English . I don't know , was the movie offensive to the Irish 🤔 ?

The way Galadriel acts I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out she was Sauron in disguise this entire time.

@wawaweewa9159

Жыл бұрын

thats the only way theyd save it lollll

@Jim-Tuner

Жыл бұрын

I think sooner or later Sauron in this show is going to turn out to be the hero we deserve.

@VleesetendPlantje14

Жыл бұрын

@@Jim-Tuner there was this theory that the story of GOT could end in the Night King winning and everyone turning into ice zombies, I kind of want Sauron to win here and turn everyone into orcs, I’d love to see this Galadriel eat maggoty bread for the rest of her stinking existence

@angelalewis3645

Жыл бұрын

🤣

@angelalewis3645

Жыл бұрын

@@VleesetendPlantje14 We’ve only had maggoty bread for three stinkin’ days! What about their legs? They don’t need those.

The part where Galadriel told a child, "its not a tumour". Was inspiring, but short-lived when the child insisted it was.

@davidemagno2005

Жыл бұрын

IZ NOT A TUMAH!!!1!11!!!! LMAO

The poor Irish are still being discriminated against, Bezos and Weber are so intolerant it's sickening. I think we should all agree that such bigoted individuals deserve no voice in our current year society.

@unasperanza9803

Жыл бұрын

@Ralph Reilly lolz

Hollywood needs to learn that Valid Criticism isn’t hate speech. Lol

@angelalewis3645

Жыл бұрын

You just boiled down everything into 10 words. So awesome!

@jypsumfantastic

Жыл бұрын

They already know. The hate speech defense is a preplanned strategy. As someone else said, the people of colour are used as both a weapon and a shield. It's disgusting.

@legatedrengr

Жыл бұрын

They know, but they just use that defence as a shield to try and keep the normies vaguely interested, since that's the audience they want - not the few people who always loved it, but the many who never even thought about it

@jeffreyrichard2575

Жыл бұрын

The have always thought that they drive the market not the other way around. Tends to bite them in the ass as people are stopping watching their products. Ego won't let them learn.

@OrangeMelon419

Жыл бұрын

It was the Same with the new bs Star Wars Trilogie. Meanwhile Episode 1-3 was totaly bs too and had no female as a leadroll 🙄 People Are just fk stupid

The part where Arondir shouted to Galadriel: “Get to the choppaaa” brought tears to my eyes, best adaptation of Tolkien’s work ever. 10 out of 10 So brave and beautiful!

@Mrturtlestomps

Жыл бұрын

Speaking of choppers, you seen disparu’s , watching his mouth as he speaks is worse than watching rings of power

@stpbasss3773

Жыл бұрын

@@Mrturtlestomps The hell are you talking about? 😂 Great now I can't stop looking at his mouth.

@stpbasss3773

Жыл бұрын

Yeah when Galadriel said "you're one ugly MFer" I lost it.

@UncleBroMiscellaneous

Жыл бұрын

Chopa is the Filipino term for Blowj*b.

@rollinrat4850

Жыл бұрын

@@UncleBroMiscellaneous That made me chuckle! 😂

I think you've nailed the core of the matter there: Rings of Power does indeed reflect the world as its makers see it. Which speaks volumes about them.

Everytime when Galadriel makes her iconic quote: „I’ll be back!“ I get Goosebumps.

The radio silence around House of the Dragon in comparison to Rings of Power is quite telling.

Also: Amazon won't let you review the show unless you've actually seen it. So their whole "review bombing" argument is out the window

Rings of Girl Power reminds me of a scene from Joe Dirt. Joe is talking to a fireworks seller named Kicking Wing. But he’s not selling anything good because he only like Snakes and Sparklers. Joe says to him, “Well that may be your problem, it’s not about what *you* like. It’s the consumer.” I guess a movie about a wandering hill billy made more of an impact on me than a billion dollar Lord of the Rings A.U. Fanfiction written by a 4th grader.

The more and more I am watching well put together reviews, the more I am feeling validated. The writing is atrocious is this show

I love the fact that their hypocrisy has caught up to the showrunners. They deserve all the criticism that they have received. I did watch the first episode but that was all I could stomach. A slow-moving story with miserable characters is not worth my time.

@sarkastodon30

Жыл бұрын

Hilarious isn't it? It's like playing around with a formula causes more issues than having just leave it alone.

@TheRealLastJedi721

Жыл бұрын

Watched up to the second episode and I’m still not sure what the hell these dudes are tryna do with this series

@Jim-Tuner

Жыл бұрын

The showrunners don't know what they are doing. They have never written an episode of television prior to Rings of Power. They have literally no industry credits. They have not written anything previous. One of them has an engineering degree. Nobody understand why two people with no experience at all would be put in charge of one of the most expensive shows ever made.

@booshmcfadden7638

Жыл бұрын

I was done before episode 1 finished. I nodded off at one point.

@booshmcfadden7638

Жыл бұрын

@@Jim-Tuner Because they were willing to get paid to ruin Tolkien. The list of people rejected for the job would be interesting.

The part when Guyladriel said of Sauron "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse" and then sends him a fish wrapped in paper, is incredible.

I love the bit where Not-Sauron says "No Mr Elrond, I expect you to die". What a gem!

I actually don't hate slow. The extended LOTR is "slow" to start, but I love it because it's a stroll through the shire, getting to know likable characters in a lovely world and understand it. The problem is not that ROP is slow, it's that it goes nowhere and says nothing and robs you of the joy of experiencing the world Tolkien ACTUALLY gave us.

@yomamma.ismydaddy216

Жыл бұрын

Yep, there are serious problems at EVERY level of this show, except maybe the music even though that too could be better

@therra1101

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that´s the difference. LOTR in both book and movie form is not very fast paced. Don´t get me wrong, there are some great action sequences like Moria, but not on the whole. But the pace lets you breathe. It lets you understand the world you are in. It opens the door to the world, to its people and characters, to the places and to the history. You begin to care for it, because it is something you know. Saving it becomes important. And the same goes for the whole of the legendarium. His prose has the power to suck you in, to make you care. RoP just doesn´t. You don´t care for the people because you don´t know them. You don´t care for the places because you don´t know properly where you are or what is the significance. There is no depth.

@CorePathway

Жыл бұрын

Joy? Dafuq is ‘joy’ in this world? (Cut to Galadriel on a horse) MY EYES! Why did I even ask?

When Galadriel says "I'll be back" and then drives a car through the front of the police station was amazing.

Elendil: Wait, You jumped off the boat thousands of miles from shore? Galadriel: Yes! Elendil: Why? Galadriel: Because The Sea is Always Right! [Cut to dance number]

@MyAramil

Жыл бұрын

I was looking to the stars!! I am not a stone that looks to the depths!!!!

@valueofnothing2487

Жыл бұрын

@@MyAramil Wait, was it Sea or 'C' as in....

The scene where Galadriel looks at the Ice Troll and say’s "I Have Come Here To Chew Bubblegum And Kick Ass. And I'm All Out Of Bubblegum". Love how they nailed Tolkiens dialogue in this show

The unhinged comparison to cats is bloody hilarious, thanks for sharing that. 🤣

The part when Galadriel proclaimed, “They're Always After Me Lucky Charms!”! CHILLS... so brave and stunning!!

@SI00000

Жыл бұрын

With an Irish accent of course.

@bridgetsilver7332

Жыл бұрын

That was my favorite part, too!!

@texasbeast239

Жыл бұрын

But does Guyladriel have Lucky Charms? Or Jellicle Balls? 🧐

@divinegon4671

Жыл бұрын

Can u stfu with this meme.

"...Elves are just angelic cats." Had me laughing more than it should, but that level of crazy can only be solved by medication 6:16 This is among the most aggrevating part in this entire mess. They want the media to both "resemble the real world" and not be indicative of anything negative because "its a fantasy". In a just world people like this would be flayed.

@vnmnavarro71

Жыл бұрын

As a cat lover, yes. If Elves were real they could only wish to be as anglic as cats.

@M167A1

Жыл бұрын

Flayed?? You monster... How about chained to an oar.

@skychieftain

Жыл бұрын

Jellicle* cat

@sgtbigballs666

Жыл бұрын

If by "solved by medication" you mean an axe to the face, then I'd agree 🤔 I honestly hope that the "author" of that article meant it as a farse

@farrex0

Жыл бұрын

@@skychieftain Anjellicle* cat

It's like getting a beautifully wrapped gift only to find a big turd when you open it. When galadriel said in the arena "are you not entertained "and the audience said "No!"

Tolkien was always accessible to people who could read. I read The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the ring when I was 12! You could check them out of the school library, the city library and find them in any book store for very low cost! Since the Peter Jackson movies were made, it has even been accessible to people who can't read. Half of it was accessible to people who can't read via the 50% completed animated version that was often aired on TV during the 80s too!

The scene where Galadriel looks the Balrog straight into the eye and says "Tell me...do you bleed?" always sends shivers down me spine. IGN Score 10/10

@Lonovavir

Жыл бұрын

"I've been a cop for ten years and I've never had to draw my gun" - Sauron "Well that makes you a good man and a good man always knows his limitations" - Galadriel

@JCO2002

Жыл бұрын

So, Balrogs menstruate? Who would have thought!

@theworldofwoo8320

Жыл бұрын

Lmao that sounds so cringey and cliche. Smh

@robo5013

Жыл бұрын

My favorite part was when one of the harfoots yelled, "they're after me lucky charms!" before they all ran and hid.

@rollinrat4850

Жыл бұрын

@@JCO2002 Naaaah, the balrog wants to be a boy....

When Arondir said to the male Orc “say hello to my little friend”, I broke down in tears

@Trollificusv2

Жыл бұрын

Really. Not many sex scenes can make me cry.

Something I noticed in the last two weeks: if I watch something on my Prime Video app I CANNOT give it a review, even if it's something I bought. I've sent in many help tickets about it that have just been closed within hours without any action or response. Neat trick to keep reviews down.

One of my favorite LOTR lore channels “Nerd of the Rings” admitted he was flown to London to view the first two episodes. It’s sad to listen to his commentary because it’s practically cut and paste of what other reviewers who were flown out there say. I never thought he would have sold his dignity and integrity for his 7 pieces of silver.

@311mikey

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s sad to watch people like nerd of the rings and men of the west go woke so to speak.There’s a few others out there as well that I’ve done the same thing

@trolleriffic

Жыл бұрын

@@311mikey Not so much going woke as deciding to suck the corporate cöck for a payday.

The scene with Galadriel on the boat, the light of Valinor and a mysterios voice screaming "You shall not pass!!" was peak entertainment in the history of entertainment. It sents chills down my spine!!!

@MarcelNL

Жыл бұрын

When Galadriel said “Let there be light,” and there was light; now THAT really moved me to tears!

@bamacapt115

Жыл бұрын

When Galadriel said..."Don’t say that! Never say that. Goonies never say die". I felt that in my soul.

When someone says something is "more accessible" that's Newspeak for 'dumbed down'. They've made a show for an audience they think are too stupid to read and/or understand the books. It was never for the book fans.

@jeffreyrichard2575

Жыл бұрын

it means they inserted minority characters where they don't fit in the hopes that black people might watch it while alienating the fans who might otherwise watch it. Makes about as much sense as making some of the Sioux warriors in 'Dances with Wolves" Chinese women because of diversity inclusion and representation.

@oldladyhembrew797

Жыл бұрын

@@jeffreyrichard2575 No, I think you will find that in this case the actress is basically saying 'we've made a dumbed down show for the idiocracy'. Look at the context in the interview.

I was under the impression that returning to Valinor WAS a metaphor for death. Wasn’t the entire ending of LOTR supposed to be that all the non-humans of Middle Earth were essentially dying off and leaving the world to men? I literally thought that was supposed to be the ending for Frodo, all the elves, etc

@Birthday888

Жыл бұрын

No. Having a metaphor fpr death is kinda stupid when death frequently pccurs throughout your story. There are definitely parallels to the Christian afterlife, sure, but I don't think it was meant to be taken as an "elvish" version of death.

@notmocka

Жыл бұрын

Nah dude, you return to bask in eternal bliss with the literal gods Literal eternal life, if you die before entering you dont get to enjoy the party

@trolleriffic

Жыл бұрын

@@Birthday888 I always got a vibe of it being "The Undiscovered Country, from whose bourne No traveller returns". Maybe not as clear cut as it is in Hamlet, but similar to dying in the sense that the elves leave the world forever.

That cats vs rop review is simply brilliant!

The moment when Galadriel pulls her sword out of the stone gave me literal chills down my spine.

@theblackflame4002

Жыл бұрын

Did she do that before or after she solved the puzzle box from Hellraiser? All I know if I'm glad they waited until episode three to have Morpheus show up to tell her she is the One.

The part where Galadriel strips naked, slays Grendel with her bare hands and shouts "I AM BEOWULF!!"...I can't deny it: I ugly wept. Pure brilliance.

@jeremybrocknblue5593

Жыл бұрын

Lmao

@JohnSmith-is4uu

Жыл бұрын

😅

@Lonovavir

Жыл бұрын

THIS IS LOTHLORIEN!!!!!!! *Slow motion kicks an Orc into a pit*

@Trollificusv2

Жыл бұрын

@@Lonovavir Top kek!!!!1

@Gyrfalcon312

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't mind nu-Galadriel going commando, if I can be honest with ya. Off-putting personality, I can set aside. Elves are supposed to be perfect, right? Let's see it.

I loved the scene where Galadriel was captured in a suspended net and she turned to the camera and said, "Get your stinking paws off me you damn dirty orcs!"

Man, you are killing it. 121K views - hardly surprising for this subtle blend of hilarity and on-the-nose points. The Cat's analogy; God, I thought I'd need an ambulance.

"I have an irish friend" defense, classic.

The Star Trek TNG episode I believe is called "Up the Long Ladder". It is not Irish aliens but a group of Federation citizens that happened to be Irish crashed on another planet and were still "VERY" stereotypical Irish (totally Darby O'Gill) since they were separated from the federation for such a long time.

@TJWilson

Жыл бұрын

Season 2 Episode 18 "Up the Long Ladder"

@rabbit42

Жыл бұрын

Including a fiery Maureen O'Hara-esque template in the body of a very fetching woman...but that accent oof

@thebrewingsailor9172

Жыл бұрын

@@rabbit42 they were caricatures of of O'Hara and Victor McLaglen's characters from The Quiet Man.

@thebrewingsailor9172

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. They weren't "Irish Aliens." They were Irish, albeit removed from Earth for 2 centuries, but only around other Irish for that whole time.

@mb2000

Жыл бұрын

But at least from that episode we learnt that the Enterprise cleans itself!

This was fun and hilarious! I was as confused you were with the "double speak" this show seems to highlight. Thanks for putting this all together in such a wonderful way. Thank you :)

So literally Hollywood is telling me that you can be racist to Scottish, Irish and English people.

I love the bit where Galadrimale says about the producers: "Listen to them: the children of the night. What sweet music they make."

@Gyrfalcon312

Жыл бұрын

Ooofff! Wicked burn, "Galadrimale!" I hope this word of yours trends.

I liked it when homeless Magneto got carted about in a wheelbarrow by the Irish and somehow ended up in Aberdeen. I have often traveled from Dublin to Edinburgh by wheelbarrow, so I applaud the bravery of recognising our real world. My wheelbarrow also once fell off a raft in the Pacific so I decided to swim to the UK but then realised it was a bit far so made a space shuttle out of fish and then crashed it in Middle Earth.

@blw4089

Жыл бұрын

LMFAO 😂 😆😆😂

I know I shouldn't give the show any of my time but I just have to watch it now. It is like watching an unintentional comedy. When I see the parts of the episode that are going to be roasted by everyone I just start laughing. Like the dirty harfeet's being followed around by a mute mage and Galadriel with her cringe grin leave me laughing till my face hurts.

Congrats, Disparu, for nailing this so well. Yes, the words "now" and "always" cannot be reconciled, and their backtracking doesn't survive logic. But there's a gap that I think is very interesting. Who told the showrunners to respond directly to The Irish Times? I would welcome the possibility that there is someone above the Executive Producer and showrunners who is in damage control mode. Optimistically, that opens the door to demolishing this wreck and starting over.

@disparutoo

Жыл бұрын

The Irish Times review was scathing and it focused on the EXACT same pressure point Rings of Power marketing had been using against the fans. It would have been an easy counterpoint to use when they attack fans and you pull up the Irish Times about how you're treating people. That interview was most certainly damage control mode, it was also behind the subscription wall to the Irish Times lmao. If anything I'm surprised they waited this long to do it as it kind of just reminds everyone about the first article.

@reek4062

Жыл бұрын

@@disparutoo ''against the fans''? What fans?

@nonmatt

Жыл бұрын

@@RexGalilae I can agree with that. How many times do we allow Amazon to run over the family pet before you figure out they can’t drive?

@nonmatt

Жыл бұрын

@@reek4062 Yes, I see where you’re going. I can actually draw the ven diagram showing fans of Tolkien and fans of AROP. Here goes: O O (nailed it).

@reek4062

Жыл бұрын

@@nonmatt It seems you're in neither O

“It’s just terrible I can’t watch this. It’s a multi billion dollar social engineering project, and they skipped out on actually even making it entertaining “ I got an email saying my 1* review above cannot be processed because “It appears your review had inappropriate content.”

@Whathappened875

Жыл бұрын

This really really needs to be illegal

I don't think the showrunners actually know that Hobbits are a branch of humans. I think they think they are leprechauns or something.

"From a certain point of view, an elf may be a Jellicle cat" has "from my point of view, the Jedi are evil" energy, and I'm dying. XD

The part where Guyladriel says "run forest run" and then sits next to a person on a bench and says "life is like a box of chocolates... you never know whatcha gonna git"

When Galandriel yelled at Rocky “ Get up you son of a bitch, Mickey loves you” i balled my eyes out.

Killing it atm dude. Loving your content. 🤘

This is one of my favorites of your vids - just for the comparison of Cats to RoP. I laughed so hard. That felt so good. Thanks!

The scene where Galadriel tells Halbrand “You’re the second man who killed me this week, but I’ve got seven lives left”, coughed up a fur ball and left doing 5 backflips had me fist pumping the air

@angelalewis3645

Жыл бұрын

🤣

I've been calling out their offensive accents for a while now. For a production that claimed to be SO representative, it contains a hell of a lot of racial stereotypes through culturally appropriated accents performed VERY badly. As a Scot myself it feels pretty offensive that this obnoxious woman who claims to be representing so many people by being "the first" black dwarf or the first female dwarf, is actually doing a horrific accent and portraying a Scottish stereotype. Aside from Gimli, I'm pretty sure all the dwarves on The Hobbit used their own natural accents and the only Scottish ones were played by Scottish actors.

@JohnSmith-is4uu

Жыл бұрын

Tolkien based the Dwarves on Jews. This is so terrible

@RoseBaggins

Жыл бұрын

Not only that, but technically, Tookland in the Shire is Scotland. They even invented golf.

@darianstarfrog

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnSmith-is4uu lol okaaay.. you on Twitter I'm assuming? Or perhaps they teach this rubbish at school?

@jonathanferguson7791

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnSmith-is4uu Heard it was teh Danish, people tend to extrapolate Jewish

@jesterssketchbook

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnSmith-is4uu i was gonna write something about being Scottish and watching the show - but your comment is so stupid im out

This is gold! Bravo! 😂👏🏼… sharing on Amazon prime Facebook page immediately lol

A dog can bark at the moon, but can't bring it down. Pure gold

Galadrial is so tough, that the stone floated because she told it to.

Amazing how they took something timeless & beloved only to turn it into something nobody wants

The scene where Galadriel's brother, Guyadrien, said "According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible." and Galadriel killed Morgoth, Sauron, Saruman and Voldemort with one swing of the Sting was truly breathtaking

Brilliant linking of commentary

"Audience reviews are worthless"? They're the only ones worth considering. A shows viewership is no indication of how good it is or if it's success will endure. There's never been a more useless person than a "professional" critic. Those who can't, critique. Such a disgusting display of arrogance.

@muwalakoala

Жыл бұрын

Lol I couldn't agree more. Professional critic is low

The part where Galadriel grabs a frost troll and says, "Do you know how many pounds of pressure it takes to break a wrist?" was inspiring. One of the best shows ever made.

@bmustardman

Жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHAH

@englishlady9797

Жыл бұрын

No no no, the part where she held a knife to Elendil and threatened to fillet him for mansplaining was better.

Galadriel's face riding the horse is the best description of what is this series

I think I haven't laughed so hard since "American Pie I", when I was in highschool! 🤣🤣

@Disparu, I'm irish and a huge Tolkien fan, i read everything he wrote more than once and let me just say this, I would rather watch a dog lick itself for an hour than watch the rings of power. Love the videos.

@JohnSmith-is4uu

Жыл бұрын

Irish are the Last descendants of the Celts. Masters of the Iron Age.

Turns out Halbrand is also a king in waiting like Aragorn. This show rips of so many things it's unbelievable.

@gamble777888

Жыл бұрын

It's called "a homage", but also fuck the original trilogy because it's not inclusive, but also look at this warg here remind you of anything? eh? eh? Also Tolkien is outdated and not in touch with the world of today, but also, hey look at this bit of very elaborate old english style pseudo poetic dialogue doesn't it sound a lot like Tolkien?

@melrobertson2743

Жыл бұрын

Honestly with the whole king in waiting I thought Witch King of Angbar first rather than Aragorn

@chriss3276

Жыл бұрын

If script leaks are to be believed he is someone a little more Maia

@gamble777888

Жыл бұрын

@@chriss3276 Seems like he will be the witch king rather than Sauron after the "king in waiting" reveal.

@VleesetendPlantje14

Жыл бұрын

The most painful one for me so far is the scene with Arondir and the tree that completely ripped of the counsel of Elrond scene where the journey of the fellowship truly begins. They want to inject their own story into Tolkien’s world but also don’t even know the definition of the word creativity so they just repurpose scenes from the original trilogy…

This is comedy gold! 😂 Great video! Thanks Disparu! 👏

Man i am having such a good lough on your reports. Keep it up

I doubt that anyone has actually signed up for Prime because of this show. Anyone that uses Amazon gets a free subscription in the beginning and lots of people, myself included didn't realize they had it until they saw the charges on their credit card. As soon as I realized that I was paying for something I never intended to use, not only did I cancel Prime, I vowed to not use Amazon to buy stuff anymore. Anyone watching already has Prime, but they aren't going to grow subscriptions, and I don't see how they are going to make a profit.

@jypsumfantastic

Жыл бұрын

They have probably lost subscribers due to this show

@Songbirdstress

Жыл бұрын

@@jypsumfantastic me. Now I know they are insulting Mancunians on purpose.

@BeardClipper

Жыл бұрын

@@jypsumfantastic Well I, for one, cancelled Prime a few months back because of the direction they were taking RoP so yeah - definitely think they have lost subs

@dr9660

Жыл бұрын

@@jypsumfantastic cancelled too.

@yyclept

Жыл бұрын

🏴‍☠️

I got emotional when Morgoth gets captured, his plan gets exposition dumped and he says "And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for those pesky elves!"

Been watching you for the last few months and love your videos. The other day someone brought me a bag of T-shirts and the nine line T-shirts were in there, I was like oh shit Disparu wears those lol

Disparu is an international treasure 👏😎👍 well done Laddie

@chasehedges6775

Жыл бұрын

I love his stuff, especially his OBI WAN KENOBI reviews

@kathleenhensley5951

Жыл бұрын

He really is! bravo Disparu!

@chasehedges6775

Жыл бұрын

@@kathleenhensley5951 💯🙏. YEP

When Galadrrrrriellll yelled to the Ents, “Run Forest. Run!”

@ghostinthecornerofyourroom6612

Жыл бұрын

This is both a meme and a pun. Excellent

The part where it was finally revealed that it was galadriel planned the battle of marathon instead of themistocles had me and my wife yelling " i knew it!!! " to the next door neighbours .

When Galadriel said "Gabagool? Ova 'eeere" whilst tapping the table I just about lost it. Vince Gilligan has once again outdone himself

The STTNG episode was Up the Long Ladder. The intent of the writer was to show how "cross-breeding" was "necessary" to "improve" peoples. The Irish were trapped by their "irishness" in a child-like peasant existence. Their society could not improve itself in isolation. The super-advanced "non-irish" civilization in the episode was small in number, uninterested in biological reproduction and suffering from genetic decay. Being "moral" people, the entire crew of the enterprise refused to share any of their genetic material with the non-irish civilization. They basically told them that they either had to breed with the space irish or just die out. The story is incredibly insulting and horrible on almost every level. The message was basically that the only way to "improve" Irish Catholics was inter-marriage with Irish Protestants. And the only way to preserve Irish Protestant culture was to merge it into Irish catholocism.

@The_10th_Man

Жыл бұрын

Almost like they just hate Christianity, hmm so weird.

It works like this. ESG is a very serious high-pressure thing. Film & TV production companies have to tick the right boxes or face obstacles in stock trading across worldwide markets (provided by BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, WTO, etc). Those same production companies also depend on lazy rehashes of IPs with proven track records, or sausage factory releases focused around brands. Put those together & you get the latest remake of X with gender/race swapping, or the next instalment of Y with precisely the same. The 'fan-baiting' part is simply the way this necessity has been transformed into a literal virtue & used in the marketing to deflect inevitable criticism. Namely: "So, you don't like our new & completely unnecessary Little Mermaid remake, with a black actress replacing the lead to please our financial overlords? Well, you're just a bigot" (rinse & repeat for whatever movie or show you happen to care about that's recently been trashed). And please remember, this is only the tip of the iceberg people are reacting to, because it's now visible in big budget output. Think of all the lower budget stuff that was written one way, only to be filmed quite another. This is much bigger than 'woke'. It's really about cultural engineering via financial pressure from above.

@matthewmosier8439

Жыл бұрын

And the financial pressure is about Com***sm, so the woke is really just a weapon used to attempt to subvert "expectations" (cultures)

@FriendlyDemon93

Жыл бұрын

@@matthewmosier8439 Yuri Alexandrovich Bezmenov warned the US that all the post-structuralist/post-Marxist dregs from the Frankfurt School were being weaponised in academia. Now this is being utilised to serve the CCP because sociopaths like Larry Fink have made financial bets against the west. And that's been allowed to infect everything, from social policy, education, medicine, etc. Like I said, woke is a smokescreen. This is a battle for survival.

@jonathonmenth3901

Жыл бұрын

I don’t think so when you consider all of the interviews for the shows actors

@WiseOwl_1408

Жыл бұрын

@@jonathonmenth3901 to get big investor money you have to do most of what the OP said. It's capitalism controlling society. Or corporatism if you prefer.

@FriendlyDemon93

Жыл бұрын

@@jonathonmenth3901 You mean the people being used as shields to deflect criticism & play to an agenda don't know they're being used to deflect criticism & play to the agenda? Or maybe if they did, seeing there's good money & career breaks in it, they might not just be happy to play along? Thanks Jonathon. I'll have a rethink.

Disparu - frenetic, eloquent, intelligent, concise and … f**king entertaining!!

I just discovered your channel. That was a hilarious take down.

So... Is the free advertising that Amazon is receiving (since fanbaiting to get a reaction) outweighing the impact of the negative sentiment they've managed to create? Are the actors and actresses involved aware that they've been set up and thrown to the wolves to generate free advertising?

@cyfreusz

Жыл бұрын

No and no :)

@aahzmandiaz2767

Жыл бұрын

Useful idiots are always that.

@harbl99

Жыл бұрын

If it was, they wouldn't need to play defence like this.

@commentorinchief788

Жыл бұрын

I doubt they do that level of psychoanalysis while on their knees blowing the producer to get cast. Maybe afterwards.

@Jim-Tuner

Жыл бұрын

No. The excitement is all around "house of the dragon" now in this space. Its clearly the hands-down winner. Its what people are watching and talking about. Its not my thing personally, but that is the show where the interest is. That amazon isn't releasing more and newer viewership numbers suggests that they have a real problem with this show. They have not only produce a bad show, but they have also seriously wounded the entire lord of the rings franchise.