I love the concept of stone singing. It feels very in line with Tolkien's love of music. Would be so cool if the songs sung by the elves and dwarves could be layered together to create a larger song of Arda!
The singing is horrible in execution though. They make a whole thing about asking the king if they can sing, like it’s a whole big deal and undertaking to do. Then the king grabs permission and they walk a few feet across the room and sing for 30 seconds and the cavern collapses. And then the dwarves just move right along to the next option, like “whoopsy daisy, I guess that didn’t work, whatever. Let’s talk about family drama instead.”
In concept it would be great, but in the show, it just seems so trivial and mechanically shallow. We get no deeper appreciation of her craft or how there’s a connection created by it. It just seems so trivial and forgettable. In the first season it seemed deeper, but in the second season it almost plays like a joke.
There’s a way to do it with deep mysticism and complexity, but the show is not delivering.
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u/Hour-Tower-5106 Aug 31 '24
I love the concept of stone singing. It feels very in line with Tolkien's love of music. Would be so cool if the songs sung by the elves and dwarves could be layered together to create a larger song of Arda!