TV Series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

dikowt dowg said:
So what did you think of season 2, ep 8?
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I thought it did a pretty good job of bringing closure to season 2, which was way better than season 1. It also left just enough unanswered questions to leave viewers hungry for the next season. I enjoyed season 2 a lot.
 
Big Al Rogorson said:
I thought it did a pretty good job of bringing closure to season 2, which was way better than season 1. It also left just enough unanswered questions to leave viewers hungry for the next season. I enjoyed season 2 a lot.
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Agreed. It brought about many answers to questions we never had. The rings didn't start it all but they sure fucked things up. Makes you look back at elrond wanting above all to have that one destroyed with a deeper appreciation.
 
I felt like they rushed trying to tie up all the storylines in that last episode. As a result, there was some weird dialogue and some narrative jumps.

What possessed Durin III to take off the ring? Just the appearance of the balrog?

What possessed Adar to take off Galadriel's ring and give it back, promising peace?

the scene with the blue wizard and Gandalf just happened out of nowhere. No lead up at all, and then just as quickly it was over. Then we were treated to Poppi's version of Sam's "there's some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for' speech before the hobbits walked out.

the numenorean stuff is all over the place. Miriel just happens to have Narsil leaning up against a sofa in her room?? Last episode, she was queen again, now she's guilty of some other crime that didn't make sense.
 
Hu War Yu said:
I felt like they rushed trying to tie up all the storylines in that last episode. As a result, there was some weird dialogue and some narrative jumps.

What possessed Durin III to take off the ring? Just the appearance of the balrog?
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We are left only to guess. My guess is he knew he was going to die and wanted to leave it for his son. I liked that scene and thought it a great way to start of that episode. I extra liked the cgi of the balrog.

Hu War Yu said:
What possessed Adar to take off Galadriel's ring and give it back, promising peace?
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That was my assumption. He needed to show her that he was an enemy of Sauron and he knew he needed her support in the coming battles.


Hu War Yu said:
the scene with the blue wizard and Gandalf just happened out of nowhere. No lead up at all, and then just as quickly it was over. Then we were treated to Poppi's version of Sam's "there's some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for' speech before the hobbits walked out.
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Yes...that was weird. Something got cut. The last we heard from the dark wizard was him saying he would take care of the stranger and then poof, there he is. I am noting that you are identifying the dark wizard as one of the blue wizards. I'm cool with that.

Hu War Yu said:
the numenorean stuff is all over the place. Miriel just happens to have Narsil leaning up against a sofa in her room?? Last episode, she was queen again, now she's guilty of some other crime that didn't make sense.
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I didn't care for how those scenes played out either. She fended off the sea creature and was restored as queen. But then some parchement showed up in the hands of the bad guy...forget his name at the moment, but somehow that parchment linked the queen to Sauron and that got her back on the bad list. So she met with Elendil and gave him the sword that Isildur uses to cut the ring off of Sauron's hand and told him to find his destiny. I think that was the object of all of those scenes. Just a way to show us how the broken sword gets into Isildur's hands eventually.

I thought the story ended on a very good Tolkien beat. We still have much to learn about the halflings and have another season to get them to the shire.
 
dikowt dowg said:
We are left only to guess. My guess is he knew he was going to die and wanted to leave it for his son. I liked that scene and thought it a great way to start of that episode. I extra liked the cgi of the balrog.



That was my assumption. He needed to show her that he was an enemy of Sauron and he knew he needed her support in the coming battles.




Yes...that was weird. Something got cut. The last we heard from the dark wizard was him saying he would take care of the stranger and then poof, there he is. I am noting that you are identifying the dark wizard as one of the blue wizards. I'm cool with that.



I didn't care for how those scenes played out either. She fended off the sea creature and was restored as queen. But then some parchement showed up in the hands of the bad guy...forget his name at the moment, but somehow that parchment linked the queen to Sauron and that got her back on the bad list. So she met with Elendil and gave him the sword that Isildur uses to cut the ring off of Sauron's hand and told him to find his destiny. I think that was the object of all of those scenes. Just a way to show us how the broken sword gets into Isildur's hands eventually.

I thought the story ended on a very good Tolkien beat. We still have much to learn about the halflings and have another season to get them to the shire.
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Are we certain the dark wizard is one of the blue wizards? I'm half convinced he's Saruman.
 
Big Al Rogorson said:
Are we certain the dark wizard is one of the blue wizards? I'm half convinced he's Saruman.
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Yeah...I'm not sure, but hu seems to think so. Others think that as well. Saruman is another option. That one gets downplayed because he had both Elron and Galadriel's ear right up until he held Gandalf captive. Long before that, Saruman fought the Nazgul with Elron and Galadriel at Dol Guldur to save Gandalf so him hiding his alliance for that long would be quite the task.
 
Saruman is a good thought though because after the battle at Dol Guldur, he told Elron to get Galadriel to safety and that he would go hunt down Sauron. And then he did nothing.

But how do you go from being the dark wizard to being a white wizard?
 
dikowt dowg said:
But how do you go from being the dark wizard to being a white wizard?
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Magic.

Seriously dude there literally are no rules LOTR and any corner a writer gets themselves in they can "magic' their way out. That is exactly why fantasy isn't my thing because it encourages lazy writing.
 
Wild Turkey said:
Magic.

Seriously dude there literally are no rules LOTR and any corner a writer gets themselves in they can "magic' their way out. That is exactly why fantasy isn't my thing because it encourages lazy writing.
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There is a guide with this one. There will always be some things a producer does different than the books, but this one still has a template.
 
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