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Junesong
Rohan
Feb 29, 12:36pm
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Season 3 Update
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Things are looking good for ROP.
"So which story do you prefer?"
"The one with the tiger. That's the better story."
"Thank you. And so it goes with God."
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DGHCaretaker
Rohan
Mar 29, 11:00pm
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There is a new Screen Rant article about pressure on Season 2 to fix Amazon's mistakes, but don't bother. It mentions Season 3 also. But I'm not even going to link to it because It's a worthless, short, lazy exercise to see how many times the writer can repeat the same things, hoping you already forgot what they wrote in the previous paragraph. It probably only exists for the clicks. The mistakes aren't listed except for being predictable and departing from the lore. It's written like an AI on Valium. It's Access Media like this, and other things generally going on, that makes me wonder if the world is being affected by some unknown analog to Roman lead pipes and human IQ is in catastrophic decline.
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Eruonen
Half-elven
Mar 30, 4:50am
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In the article these three gems of consistency
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1. The first season of The Rings of Power received mixed reviews,
2. The first season of The Rings of Power received mostly positive reviews,
And then sums up with:
3. the series currently holds just a 38% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, though critics were more receptive, with the series holding an 83% critic's score.
Obviously, Jeff Bezos does not hold people accountable and is content losing millions "McKay and Payne will be staying busy with Amazon MGM, as it was announced that the pair have signed a new overall deal with the studio. " They should have been axed in a sane world.
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Intergalactic Lawman
Rohan
May 11, 7:25am
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This whole series is a waste of time. Hope the 'mythical' modern audience of 200 or so weirdos are enjoying it!
(This post was edited by Intergalactic Lawman on May 11, 7:27am)
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Ereinion Nénharma
Lorien
May 11, 8:56am
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... thank you.
''Do not fear the shadows, for seeing them means light is near...''
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Junesong
Rohan
May 11, 3:52pm
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Thanks for asking
"So which story do you prefer?"
"The one with the tiger. That's the better story."
"Thank you. And so it goes with God."
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AshNazg
Grey Havens
May 11, 4:48pm
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Lots of very serious Tolkien fans here who enjoy the show very much. What's weird about that?
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DGHCaretaker
Rohan
May 11, 7:38pm
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This would be a better post if you got the myth correct. Amazon posted numbers multiple orders of magnitude above 200 that were well beyond credible and provable, then the internet says only 37% finished watching it. Maybe you could find sources for all that.
Also, like what Amazon did itself, name-calling isn't impressive.
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Junesong
Rohan
May 13, 11:56am
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Are you saying Amazon inflates its viewership to obfuscate its failures? What's next? The sky is blue!?
Parts of ROP are trash. Maybe they'll do better next time. I don't know what the creators were thinking.
Parts of Jackson's LOTR are trash. Maybe they'll do better next time. I don't know what the creators were thinking.
(BTW - both WB and NEW LINE were suspected of fudging numbers as well, including lawsuits and bad blood. Amazon is just business as usual. If there wasn't a white hot culture war about this crap, nobody would even notice.)
"So which story do you prefer?"
"The one with the tiger. That's the better story."
"Thank you. And so it goes with God."
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Owlyross
Rohan
May 15, 5:50pm
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The 37% figure was taken before the series had finished and reflected initial drop off, which was inevitable. Amazon's figures were taken longer term, and just like enjoyment of the season, its success was a slow burn. It was far and away Amazon's most popular series in terms of viewership, that's simply a fact.
"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both."
Benjamin Franklin
The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
Horace Walpole (1717 - 1797)
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Junesong
Rohan
May 15, 6:33pm
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I loved it so much I watched it all through 5 times. (Love mixed with a bit of loathing, to be fair)
So I guess I look like 5 people in the stats.
"So which story do you prefer?"
"The one with the tiger. That's the better story."
"Thank you. And so it goes with God."
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ArathornJax
Rohan
Jul 5, 3:35pm
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I really enjoy reading Tolkien's works and find it more inspiring to find my meaning as I read his story. However, we live in a day of visual and I believe ROP and the Jackson movies reflect that transition. I wonder how many people actually sit down and read . . . seems we always have to be on the go.
Having said that, I take the movies and projects for what they are: 1. A way for those that own the rights to make more $. 2. Entertainment. I enjoy seeing what others come up with based on Tolkien and I enjoy seeing their interpretation of what Middle Earth and its people and cultures look like. I like to compare that to my own mind's interpretation and some I like, some I disagree which is fine.
" . . . (we are ) too engrossed in thinking of everything as a preparation or training or making one fit -- for what? At any minute it is what we are and are doing, not what we plan to be and do that counts."
J.R.R. Tolkien in his 6 October 1940 letter to his son Michael Tolkien.
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fantasywind
Rivendell
Jul 9, 7:02pm
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I mean they can enjoy this pile of crap if they want....there's no accounting for taste I guess...but I am always mistified by anyone claiming to be a Tolkien fan and saying they like this show...as if it had anything to do with Tolkien creative vision!! Hell the trash tier level of writing of this fanfic has barely anything to do with Tolkien story...so why the heck any Tolkien fan would say this generic fantasy is anything resembling adapting Tolkien world?!
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skyofcoffeebeans
Rohan
Jul 10, 12:33am
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People have a right to their own opinion
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They also don’t have to put any effort into justifying it to people writing to them in bad faith.
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fantasywind
Rivendell
Jul 10, 4:05pm
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People have right to their opinion exactly....
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which doesn't mean that one can't be asking why they think the way they think...and the only bad faith here are those who twist Tolkien lore and say it's faithful to his vision...so the bad faith of the showrunners of this...and if you don't like what I said..then you shouldn't have responded in the first place :).
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