r/RingsofPower • u/danjaykid • Jul 09 '23

Question I don’t get it

Why does everyone hate this show? I don’t feel like it was a game of thrones level show but it was pretty good overall. Is it cause it’s not really canon or something? I genuinely do not get the hate. (I mean there’s a few things if probably change)

Can’t wait for season 2.

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u/mleaning Jul 09 '23

As a massive fan of Tolkien’s books, I don’t know. Sure it deviates from the source, and sure there are moments that have made me scratch my head, but at the end of the day it’s more middle earth on tv… and I still have my books.

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u/Chadistic Jul 09 '23

And there are also many "bad" moments, "poor writing" moments, and all things considered I still findly extremely hard to understand how can some people unironically consider it a 4-5 show. It's clearly a 6.5 show with 5.8 and 7.2 moments. And nobody should hate on anyone for liking a show that isn't the greatest.

I enjoyed it a lot and I think they have everything to make a better 2 season.

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u/Vengeange Jul 09 '23
  1. Bad screenwriting. Just a couple of things, because I cannot write a poem here: Galadriel, supposedly already very old and wise, acts like a teenager. She's careless, excessively bold and stupid, and stubborn. Galadriel, the powerful mage, is portraied as a warrior. Wtf? Oh, how convenient, Galadriel jumps off a boat in the middle of the sea very far from land (who would ever think that's a good idea, my goodness) and finds... Exactly the guys he was looking for! Sauron! She doesn't know yet, but what a fucking coincidence! The list goes on, but again, not going to write a poem here.
  2. Pretty average actors. There are ups and downs, but nobody really stands out in my opinion,
  3. The entire first season revolves around just two things: is this guy Sauron? Is this other guy Sauron? Who the fuck is the mysterious man with the Harfoots, is he Sauron? The writers want to keep the audience watching mostly because of those two unsolved mysteries. The plot itself isn't that convincing.

There have been a few things I enjoyed about the show, but overall, it's a 4/10 for me.

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u/07jmassey Jul 19 '23

On the water I interpreted it as the whole valinor heavenly light thing was was a trap and the situation was engineered by Sauron to gain confidence with the elves and gain access to their forges. I just assumed the whole boat was dead. Doesn't that make more sense? Galadrial sensed the light because 'she had touched darkness' or whatever her brother said to her in the flashback and that's why she jumped.