Spoilers Rings of Power is back!

[Zaukrie]

She does consider Sauron the greater threat, and she was basically ready to team up with Adar the previous episode, but then he basically turned around on her and was like "I was only humouring you to get my hands on the ring." At which point she ceased to see him as any part of the solution.

I must have missed that....

 

[ART!]

I'll be really disappointed if Arondir is really dead, but I suspect the showrunners know he's an important presence on the show.

I would have to go back and watch every episode this season again to be sure, but feels like the best, most solid, focused episode this season. I think it was really strong. I wanted to watch ep 8 as soon as I finished!

Kind of curious where all the Glanduin's water went. And I don't think a major riverbed is going to be that traversible immediately after damming it.

But man - Charles Edwards is dynamite in this episode.

 

[Zardnaar]

I'll be really disappointed if Arondir is really dead, but I suspect the showrunners know he's an important presence on the show.

I would have to go back and watch every episode this season again to be sure, but feels like the best, most solid, focused episode this season. I think it was really strong. I wanted to watch ep 8 as soon as I finished!

Kind of curious where all the Glanduin's water went. And I don't think a major riverbed is going to be that traversible immediately after damming it.

But man - Charles Edwards is dynamite in this episode.

I would probably go best episode of the season which kinda makes it best so far. I liked it.

The hobbirs weren't in it again? They just seem like a pointless sideshow tbh.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I would probably go best episode of the season which kinda makes it best so far. I liked it.

The hobbirs weren't in it again? They just seem like a pointless sideshow tbh.

Well, next week's the finale, so I expect they have to look in on them then, but yeah, the whole Harfoot plot line seems like a waste of air time and an excuse to crowbar in setting elements familiar to fans of Jackson.

 

[The Soloist]

Excellent episode. The face of Elrond when he understands Durin will not show. Setting up perfectly the distrust between the two races.

I expect a full episode of Harfoots next week. Haters brace yourselves! LOL

 

[Zardnaar]

Excellent episode. The face of Elrond when he understands Durin will not show. Setting up perfectly the distrust between the two races.

I expect a full episode of Harfoots next week. Haters brace yourselves! LOL

I don't hate the harfoots care factor 0 and they're essentially sidelined from the main plot. They're basically just there.

 

[The Soloist]

I don't hate the harfoots care factor 0 and they're essentially sidelined from the main plot. They're basically just there.

Frodo and Sam were sidelined from the war between the Free People against Sauron main plot, and yet... Never underestimate a Harfoot!

 

[Zardnaar]

Frodo and Sam were sidelined from the war between the Free People against Sauron main plot, and yet... Never underestimate a Harfoot!

1st movie/book established them as important though.

End of season 2 and they're doing stuff I suppose?

 

[The Soloist]

1st movie/book established them as important though.

End of season 2 and they're doing stuff I suppose?

They are helping an Istari. I qualify that as important. Anyway, we will see next week. /going to bed. good night.

 

[Maxperson]

When used excessively I think it damages the credibility of a statement. Either way.

I don’t think you need to be a film producer to have an opinion. I do think credibly being able to say something is a steaming pile of garbage in every regard with no artistic merit I do think you need to be an expert. If not maybe just hedge the opinion a little bit. Though what we see is the opinions aren’t formed by an honest appraisal of the series but instead a dogmatic ideology of fictional purity.

That's flat out wrong. When I say that the writing in season 1 was garbage, it has nothing to do with the butchering of Middle Earth. Those are two separate issues. I'm talking about writing that Galadriel jumps off into the ocean hundreds of miles from land and expects to be able to swim to shore. I'm talking about writing a scene where a volcanic pyroclast like destroyed Pompei rolls over Galadriel and the humans and they almost all just shrug it off like it was nothing. All of them with the exceptions of Galadriel and Sauron should have been killed. I'm talking about writing in a few Numenorean ships that somehow have room for an entire army with horses and supplies for the army plus horses. Ships of Holding I guess.

There were dozens of examples of horrible writing like that.