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Feel free! Some folks are finding the Numenor stuff dead boring, but it's some of my favorite material int he show - and that's saying something! I think knowing Numenor's fate makes it more interesting, which may sound counter-intuitive.

I wonder about this. I don't know in the lore how long Celebrimbor survives, but I think Sauron and Feanor both trained under [smith Valar whose name I've forgotten], so maybe he doesn't need Celebrimbor for the One. I was niggling in the other thread about how I disliked that Celebrimbor has...

Some players choose fighter because it is the least-complicated option, but now (the 2024 fighter) it is more complicated, so players looking for the simplest option in a 2024 game have more to learn than in a 2014 game. I think this is the OP's concern. If you are using 2-weapon fighting...

I feel the same way about weapon properties. I like the idea of them, but in practice I find them to be stumbling blocks. They not only add decision-points and tactical analysis for the player, but some of them create an extra thing for the DM to remember or track. This has not been my experience.

I think I've enjoyed this season less than season 1, but it's interesting to think what could have been accomplished with the time that was spent on the big "mystery" of season 1. Or on the flipside, if they had really leaned into the Great Deceiver thing and had more than 2 could-be Saurons...

One of the things I enjoy the most about this show is Bear McCreary's scores. For my money, his character, race, and location themes are as good as anything in the Jackson et al films. Spent this past week at work listening to the scores for every episode of season 1, and what's available for...

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...

Looking forward to the new ep when I get home tonight! Very curious to see how this season ends...

I've mentioned this on these forums before, but I've been playing a thri-kreen battle-master fighter, using the 2024 playtest and now the official 2024 rules, and I have to say it's a bit of a nightmare. I know this an edge-case, but 3 weapon properties, 5 manuevers now, plus action surge...

Yeah, one can definitely get too far up one's own you-know-what with art criticism. It can be easy to miss the forest for the trees. I've been to art exhibit openings where the juror(s) will talk about why they chose the award-winners, and sometimes it's work that is technically proficient, but...

So...to be fair and not insulting I should read everyone's opinions and research? Not really following you here. I'll agree that the show has problems, and there have been a lot of little things that have been headscratchers, but not enough to ruin anything for me - or drive me to spend my time...

Would detailed criticism of the articles be seen by those who like the articles as just as nitpicky as those who say the articles are nitpicky? Would we then enter a recursive nitpicking loop? Would this be unusual? ;)

This, 1000% I read less than half of the first article and realized it was going to be a waste of time. I'm sure there's valid points in there, but just because there's water in mud doesn't mean I'm going to drink the mud if there's perfectly fine water (more balanced analyses) to be drunk.

It bothered me, but not enough to ruin anything. Like Aragorn in FOTR swinging a sword that clearly hits nobody yet 3 orcs fall down.

Regarding comparisons of the budget of the LOTR movies vs of RoP: 1. I don't know if the figures used have been adjusted for inflation. 2. It's worth mentioning that one of the reasons those movies gone greenlit at all was because Jackson's budget proposal was relatively low for 3 tentpole...

I try to remind myself that opinion and art criticism are two very different things. The latter requires an understanding of the media in question, craft/technique, context, history, etc. Opinions use "I like" and "I don't like" (or if online: "X is great" or "X is crap)", which are phrases that...

It would be interesting to compare the number of storylines in RoP with those in GoT, and how the two shows approach balancing them. I can't think of any other shows that have so many characters so far apart and with such (relatively) disconnected storylines.

Mostly I'm just envious of the time this person seems to have on their hands.

Can't argue with that. Conceptually it doesn't bother me, but I think the shows execution of the idea was clumsy. This is niggling, but certain Maiar were recruited as the Istari (your phrasing makes it sound like all the Maiar were). This timing doesn't bother me - it feels like a difference...

His music is one of my favorite things about the show. His character and location themes are unbelievably good, IMHO.