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<blockquote data-quote="Ibrandul" data-source="post: 9453945" data-attributes="member: 6871736">The ent and entwife were voiced by recognizable British actors—Jim Broadbent and Olivia Williams—but neither of them is Cate Blanchett (though I’m sure that, like all rational beings, they’d love to be). Nevertheless, when in doubt, always assume it’s no accident whenever this show compulsively reminds you of Jackson’s LotR. In this episode alone, Arondir’s “nameless things” line and Galadriel’s “go back to the Shadow” are the most desperate such moments. Those could, of course, just be shout-outs to the books, but they don’t feel like it, and many other instances couldn’t be (Grand-elf’s “follow your nose” line from last season, for example, which doesn’t appear in the books). Add to these Tom’s “You should not be waking” speech, which Jackson gave to Treebeard; here that one is at least restored to its original speaker, so it gets a bit of a pass, but it’s nonetheless the third line in a single episode that also appears in Jackson’s LotR.I like some things about the show and will watch to the end, but I find the constant stream of needless call-backs to be one of its worst qualities. I respond almost viscerally with disgust whenever one of these pops out of the muck like a familiar-named thing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ibrandul, post: 9453945, member: 6871736"] The ent and entwife were voiced by recognizable British actors—Jim Broadbent and Olivia Williams—but neither of them is Cate Blanchett (though I’m sure that, like all rational beings, they’d love to be). Nevertheless, when in doubt, always assume it’s no accident whenever this show compulsively reminds you of Jackson’s LotR. In this episode alone, Arondir’s “nameless things” line and Galadriel’s “go back to the Shadow” are the most desperate such moments. Those could, of course, just be shout-outs to the books, but they don’t feel like it, and many other instances couldn’t be (Grand-elf’s “follow your nose” line from last season, for example, which doesn’t appear in the books). Add to these Tom’s “You should not be waking” speech, which Jackson gave to Treebeard; here that one is at least restored to its original speaker, so it gets a bit of a pass, but it’s nonetheless the [I]third[/I] line in a single episode that also appears in Jackson’s LotR. I like some things about the show and will watch to the end, but I find the constant stream of needless call-backs to be one of its worst qualities. I respond almost viscerally with disgust whenever one of these pops out of the muck like a familiar-named thing. [/QUOTE]

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