First Look - Gorgeous Imargery


https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/02/amazon-the-rings-of-power-series-first-look

-Set within Tolkien’s Second Age, will juggle 22 stars and multiple storylines—from deep within the dwarf mines to the elven kingdom of Lindon. Here, the adventures of the fellowship are still some 2,000 years in the future.

-Based not on a novel but the Middle-earth prehistory attached to the end of LOTR—will be the costliest TV show ever.

-Despite being set thousands of years before the stories we know, familiar immortals do turn up as their younger selves: Morfydd Clarke as the elven queen Galadriel, now a hardscrabble warrior leading the Northern Armies.

-Robert Aramayo plays Elrond, the elven statesman who is just beginning to build his reputation—starting with mending the relationship between his people and the dwarves of Khazad-dûm.

-This series condenses Tolkien’s Middle-earth timeline and adds entirely new characters. Black characters such as Sophia Nomvete’s dwarven princess, Disa, and Ismael Cruz Córdova’s Silvan elf, Arondir, broaden the notion of who lives in Middle-earth.


I'm actually excited for this again now. The background, scenery, and props are gorgeous as well as the lighting. I actually feel this will be better than The Wheel of Time.

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Takeaways;

- The new Galadriel is a major step down from the movies.
- They have a Female Dwarf for once...it's obese and black.
- They have an black Elf ?
- Elrond looks fucking weird.
- The character 'bronwyn' is a single mother...ffs.

I'll never be able to look at them as Galadriel and Elrond, then add all the forced diversity with obese people of color and single mothers..what a shitshow.

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Well, doesn't seem that big a deal considering it's only 2 black actors unless I am mistaken and there will be tons. Too bad they didn't just make a Dark Elves race instead of the regular Elven race.

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Now look at the behind the scene photos. The production is all white.

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It looks okay, but I wasn't blown away. Galadriel looks good. The bloke playing Elrond doesn't quite mesh with the character in my opinion, but I'm just going on his look (partly the hairstyle...) The Dwarven princess' dress seemed Egyptian to me, which seemed off.

I'm still nervous. I'm nervous that they're going to make this Game of Thrones and fill it with nudity. I'm worried they'll put in big speeches about Equality and Diversity. And I'm worried they'll bunk up the existing characters (the caption described Elrond as politically ambitious or something? Hm...)

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It has already self-destructed from poor casting choices. The Elves are supposed to be beautiful. The girl they have cast as Galadriel is not unattractive but she isn't beautiful, and the guy they have cast as Elrond looks like a freak. So fucking stupid.

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Are you jacking off to pictures of Hugo Weaving? You obviously find him so beautiful.

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Another obvious attempt at baiting by a sock puppet. Oh, unless you are the guy who looks like a freak.

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Sorry, neither. I just think you're an idiot for whining that cast members aren't beautiful enough to portray elves. You either get a hard on for Weaving or think his role in the trilogy ruined the movies i guess.

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Denys being a baiting sock puppet while posting again as a baiting sock puppet.

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I'm curious myself.

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Fair inference; it still won't hold a candle to Lord Of The G Strings

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This is going to suck and it's blatant oppression of a piece of white culture.

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Good-looking photos, gorgeous costuming, and WTF is up with the guys wearing giant moose antlers?

And kee-rist some of you are disgusting, you look at these fabulous photos and all you get out of it is that is being angry that you might have to look at people who aren't white. You assholes don't deserve to read Tolkien.

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Well, they spent the equivalent of Canada's GDP on it, I expect it to look good. And it does.

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