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

[Maxperson]

He has no business being in this season. They've explicitly said the series ends when Sauron loses the ring. They will be doing time jumps.

We can hope. But they've said that they are condensing the timeline, so it may not be much of a jump if at all.

 

[Stalker0]

I can respect the concern about introducing characters at vastly "wrong" points in the timeline, as that can have a big impact on the overall story.

However, the concern on Galadriel to me is an overreaction. People change, sometimes dramatically. There is nothing that has been presented that suggests Galadriel will not be the woman we see some 1500 years from now. How she gets there....well we just have to wait and see!

 

[Paul Farquhar]

More accurately. It's a story of a Second Age and some Rings of Power, just not that are set in Tolkien's Middle Earth.

I'm sure if you wrote a book about the second age and the rings of power set in Middle Earth, the above argument would completely save you from being sued for copyright infringement.

Paying for the licence is what saves you from being sued. And once you have paid for something it it's yours - you can do whatever you want with it. It's not "Tolkien's Middle Earth", He's dead and the estate sold the rights. It's Amazon's Middle Earth now.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Isildur being alive in S.A. 1600 is incompatible with Isildur being born in S.A. 3219. He can't be both.

But his birthday is irrelevant to the story. Tolkien set out to write pretend history, not a TV show. He didn't have to worry about having characters the audience could relate too and follow.

The established story is that he was born in 3219

No it isn't. No dates are given in either the PJ movies or this TV show.

The date of birth matters as much as anything else in the story.

Indeed. Which is not at all. Made up stuff does not MATTER. It is an entertainment, nothing more.

Might as well not have him cut off the hand and instead cut Sauron's head off, then take the ring and rule.

A story which Tolkien himself outlines in his forward to TotR. Because it's fiction, you can do whatever you want with it. You try to choose whatever is most entertaining.

 

[Nikosandros]

Paying for the licence is what saves you from being sued. And once you have paid for something it it's yours - you can do whatever you want with it. It's not "Tolkien's Middle Earth", He's dead and the estate sold the rights. It's Amazon's Middle Earth now.

I didn't know this. So, has Amazon purchased full rights to LotR? I thought that they had a license.

 

[wicked cool]

The Facebook post I think was a mistake. I get what you wanted to do but I think it’s going to hurt the show in the long run. You went after the fans and they are the ones you have to win over. This show might not have enough casual fans to keep it afloat based on its budget

 

[Mort]

The Facebook post I think was a mistake. I get what you wanted to do but I think it’s going to hurt the show in the long run. You went after the fans and they are the ones you have to win over. This show might not have enough casual fans to keep it afloat based on its budget

The premiere drew over 25 million viewers, the largest Amazon has had to date for ANY show.

Sure that will drop, but if it keeps even a fraction of those viewers it will be fine.

 

[Nikosandros]

We can hope. But they've said that they are condensing the timeline, so it may not be much of a jump if at all.

Elendil and Isildur are in today's episode. No time jump at all, I believe.

 

[reelo]

Elendil and Isildur are in today's episode. No time jump at all, I believe.

No. No time-jump. It's all contracted. And you know what? While I'm still quite miffed about the way they had Galadriel end up in Númenor, I've warmed up a bit to the show. I wish the dwarves in the second episode were a bit more than comic relief but at least they're well-portrayed.
I quite like Arondir's arc so far.
We got spoken Quenya (though I wonder why Nandor would speak that, and not some dialect of Sindarin) and lots of namedrops from the First Age.

One other thing I found weird (in the 2nd episode) was Celebrimbor referring to Fëanor like it was just any elf. He could at least passingly mention that Fëanor was his grandfather and that this hammer was the closest thing to a family-heirloom. Establishing that close family-link would add some gravitas to Celebrimbor's character.

I'll keep watching. I might just end up liking it.

 

[Maxperson]

No. No time-jump. It's all contracted. And you know what? While I'm still quite miffed about the way they had Galadriel end up in Númenor, I've warmed up a bit to the show. I wish the dwarves in the second episode were a bit more than comic relief but at least they're well-portrayed.
I quite like Arondir's arc so far.
We got spoken Quenya (though I wonder why Nandor would speak that, and not some dialect of Sindarin) and lots of namedrops from the First Age.

One other thing I found weird (in the 2nd episode) was Celebrimbor referring to Fëanor like it was just any elf. He could at least passingly mention that Fëanor was his grandfather and that this hammer was the closest thing to a family-heirloom. Establishing that close family-link would add some gravitas to Celebrimbor's character.

I'll keep watching. I might just end up liking it.

Other than the kids in the helmets, I didn't see the dwarves as comic relief.