[+] The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - SPOILERS ALLOWED

[Maxperson]

That means it’s an all elf show since not even Dwarfs live long enough to cover the whole timeframe.

Or different good actors get cycled in and are just as significant a part of the show as the elves.

 

[MarkB]

That means it’s an all elf show since not even Dwarfs live long enough to cover the whole timeframe.

And also that both the heroes and villains advance their plans at glacial speed, except when we're watching. It's a tough sell having the villainous scheme progressing for hundreds of years unopposed and then just suddenly tuning back in when one of the protagonists finally notices something's up.

 

[MarkB]

Or different good actors get cycled in and are just as significant a part of the show as the elves.

AppleTV's Foundation series is trying this approach. Based on the first season, they're not doing terribly at it, but also not wonderfully.

 

[Maxperson]

Do they not? I’d be interested in seeing your data.

I'd have to dig up some corpses and ask them as nobody alive has gone past the early 100's in years.

In people with smaller lifespans, though...

Does your personality change as you get older?

Good news: we get better over time.

www.livescience.com

So it can be pronounced, though it doesn't go into drastic changes like Galadriel seems to have undergone, and the changes mentioned in the article above show that people change to become calmer and more sensitive, not more militant and angry.

But if you look up major or drastic changes, such as the one Galadriel has undergone, you get results like this.

Personality Change Due to Another Medical Condition

Personality Change Due to Another Medical Condition is a diagnosis used to identify a persistent personality change caused by medical condition

www.psychdb.com

 

[Morrus]

I'd have to dig up some corpses and ask them as nobody alive has gone past the early 100's in years.

Yes.

 

[Tonguez]

I'd have to dig up some corpses and ask them as nobody alive has gone past the early 100's in years.

In people with smaller lifespans, though...

Does your personality change as you get older?

Good news: we get better over time.

www.livescience.com

So it can be pronounced, though it doesn't go into drastic changes like Galadriel seems to have undergone, and the changes mentioned in the article above show that people change to become calmer and more sensitive, not more militant and angry.

But if you look up major or drastic changes, such as the one Galadriel has undergone, you get results like this.

Personality Change Due to Another Medical Condition

Personality Change Due to Another Medical Condition is a diagnosis used to identify a persistent personality change caused by medical condition

www.psychdb.com

I’d think the near destruction of her world (twice), the deaths of her family and friends and near disappearance of her species might count as significant trauma

 

[Ryujin]

I’d think the near destruction of her world (twice), the deaths of her family and friends and near disappearance of her species might count as significant trauma

Indeed. It's almost as if the incredible upheavals at the end of one age and the beginning of another might be tough on a person.

 

[Hussar]

Can I just say that it’s kinda sad that the first original Middle Earth stories we’ve had are being crucified by book fans who are insisting that the books that largely no one has read must be adhered to?

I was actually quite excited when I heard these would be new stories. Now? All I see in my feeds are endless hate and worse. Has totally sucked any desire I had to watch these.

Twelve year old me would have sold a kidney to watch this. Fifty year old me just can’t get past the wall of noise.

 

[Ryujin]

Can I just say that it’s kinda sad that the first original Middle Earth stories we’ve had are being crucified by book fans who are insisting that the books that largely no one has read must be adhered to?

I was actually quite excited when I heard these would be new stories. Now? All I see in my feeds are endless hate and worse. Has totally sucked any desire I had to watch these.

Twelve year old me would have sold a kidney to watch this. Fifty year old me just can’t get past the wall of noise.

Even Elon Musk is whining about the show and, if anything, that should make people more want to watch it.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Can I just say that it’s kinda sad that the first original Middle Earth stories we’ve had are being crucified by book fans who are insisting that the books that largely no one has read must be adhered to?

I was actually quite excited when I heard these would be new stories. Now? All I see in my feeds are endless hate and worse. Has totally sucked any desire I had to watch these.

Twelve year old me would have sold a kidney to watch this. Fifty year old me just can’t get past the wall of noise.

Clear some time this weekend, put away all your devices, and just watch nearly three hours of new Lord of the Rings content. It'll be an enjoyable time.