I think we all remember when our HS English teachers taught us that the first few paragraphs of any composition (same lesson applies to film) must grab the readers by the throat.
"Rings" handed me a nice cup of Sleepy Time tea.
HBO's "House of the Dragon" on the other hand, has so far been excellent.
I avoid anything “woke”. I won’t even say “I just woke up” to my wife. “I’m up”, “Got up a while ago” etc.
I’m a big fan of sci-fi/fantasy and I loved the Tolkien books as well as the movie trilogy.
I have zero interest in Amazon’s rings of power, I stopped watching the new Star Wars after the first one of those stinkbombs and I have zero interest in any of the current Star Trek TV series.
Stop infecting everything with your woke BS. Stop insisting on shoving ethnic minority, gay, handicapped, transsexuals in my face at every turn, stop trying to shove your disgusting leftist politics down my throat with every episode and I *might* be interested again. Keep pushing all that crap and I’ll keep tuning you out - and in normal circumstances I’d be your prime audience!
I don’t think either are great, but they’re not so bad either. They’ve improved as the story unfolds. Both took way too long to unfold their stories, about 4 episodes for both dragons and rings. So, they built slowly is an understatement. Rings has finally found an unlikely Sauron as an opponent. Dragons finally has a war of succession. Each get a 3.5 out of 5. A B. At the same time, I don’t see the wokeness.
I watched the first three episodes and the plot was slow and boring but the graphics were beautiful. I will probably tune in again sometime. The characters acted like they were too stupid to live (barging into a new society and insulting everyone, releasing a captured giant, that made no sense.)
I don’t know who the writer is (writers are) but it sure isn’t Tolkien
So happy
I tried. I started the first three episodes and fell asleep each time. I’m done.
This isn’t limited to Rings of Power. I reached a point, by now quite a few years past, at which I developed an allergic reaction to franchise bloat. This probably started with Star Wars. I am a harder and harder sell on endless sequels.
You mean people don’t want to be preached at by a bunch of Communists?
I gave up on the rings after it taking 3 or 4 trys on first couple of episodes. It just wasn’t compelling or even plausible. It did make me interested to re-watch LOR.
My all time fav series AHS also crashed and burned with it’s latest NYC gay series...gag me with a maggot.
I’ve watched the entire first season. Disappointing but bearable. Hoping they will learn their lessons and can salvage it.
I don’t think the woke aspects such as pushing racial diversity are so bad as the problem of poor storytelling.
Introducing racial diversity with things like a black elf who is a major character is fine IF it makes sense for the story. Instead, this just seems tacked on and becomes a distraction from the story. There is no explanation for how there happens to be a mixture of ethnicities within races such as elves or harfoots.
But this is a minor issue. Even if there were zero distractions with efforts for diversity and inclusivity and multiculturalism, the story has so far been fairly lackluster.
One thing I’m glad about is the tone is fairly consistent with Tolkien. There’s been little or no profanity, and no gratuitous sex and nudity. Many feared that Amazon would try to turn this into another “Game of Thrones,” which even leftwing media called porn.
I like the use of songs, and it is fitting for a Tolkien-based story. The relationship between elves and dwarves is well-developed and felt a lot more like Peter Jackson’s interpretation of Tolkien. I’m still hopeful for future seasons being worthwhile.
I dropped my prime account years ago and will never go back to that communist owned company.
The actors do not look the part. They look like a local production that cast anyone around.
Now onto Picard! .... wait, Lost in Space! ... wait Star Trek Discovery! ... no wait.
Back to Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis on Pluto TV.
I think they shoot aliens.