Spoilers Rings of Power is back!

[Morrus]

Which makes them a lot less appealing to watch.

To you, perhaps. I enjoy flawed protagonists.

 

[TheAlkaizer]

I found the first season to be pretty mediocre television. But there's a few moments I enjoyed and I was open to seeing what they'd do with the feedback.

My girlfriend convinced me to watch the newly released season. I've been a lot of people saying it's better than Season 1, but I disagree. I find it pretty bad. I like some of the actors, the show is a feast for the eyes and I also enjoy the music and tone. But the writing is pretty bad and a few dramatic scenes made me chuckle. They did make Galadriel to be less hostile to everything that breathes air, but she's still nowhere the character she should be.

I don't think I'm gonna watch the rest. Unless my girlfriends forces me to.

 

[Horwath]

To you, perhaps. I enjoy flawed protagonists.

heroes can be flawed, and should be for good storytelling, but most of these are just dumbarses or annoying, or both.

 

[Morrus]

heroes can be flawed, and should be for good storytelling, but most of these are just dumbarses or annoying, or both.

I disagree.

Luckily we can both be happy -- I'll watch it and enjoy it, and you can not watch it and not not enjoy it. Win, win!

 

[Zardnaar]

I wonder whether Rings of Power suffers in the same way Solo suffered: it is trying to wrap up every hanging story thread we have heard of in one go. Maybe I am wrong and all of these big events really were this compressed in the lore. But somehow I doubt it.

Solo was paced better and was kinda fun. It's better than it's detractors say imho. It looks really good now vs most of the shows, ST, AotC and TPM.

 

[Hriston]

At this point, I’ve only watched the first episode and found it as slow-paced as, or even slower than, season one. I thought the depiction of Sauron in the coronation scene was pathetic. He seemed so naive and unsure of himself whereas he'd been built up in season one as a powerful sorcerer who'd murdered Finrod. Sauron doesn't need to convince a group of orcs to go along with his plan and wouldn't fail so spectacularly to do so. Nevertheless, I'm thinking I'll watch episode two tonight.

 

[TheSword]

At this point, I’ve only watched the first episode and found it as slow-paced as, or even slower than, season one. I thought the depiction of Sauron in the coronation scene was pathetic. He seemed so naive and unsure of himself whereas he'd been built up in season one as a powerful sorcerer who'd murdered Finrod. Sauron doesn't need to convince a group of orcs to go along with his plan and wouldn't fail so spectacularly to do so. Nevertheless, I'm thinking I'll watch episode two tonight.

Great to hear you know him so well! Any other insights to share? Sauron’s favourite dessert perhaps, or his college transcript?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Sauron’s favourite dessert perhaps

 

[MarkB]

Great to hear you know him so well! Any other insights to share? Sauron’s favourite dessert perhaps, or his college transcript?

I imagine we'll get to those in season 3.

 

[Kaodi]

Adar is basically an elf-tier orc. At least insofar as the lore of the series he is not just some random dude Sauron was trying to convince: he is another hand-crafted former servant of Morgoth. Presumably the reason Sauron always had armies is because he always needed them. And it does not seem to me that farfetched that he generally had something to offer them, even if only to the brighter ones who led the rest.