IlyaP Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Has anyone made it through season 1 *sober*? If so, please tell me how you did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veltigar Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 17 hours ago, IlyaP said: Has anyone made it through season 1 *sober*? If so, please tell me how you did it. Ask someone to point a gun at you and shoot if you do not finish an episode. Works wonders IlyaP and Darryk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlyaP Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 5 hours ago, Veltigar said: Ask someone to point a gun at you and shoot if you do not finish an episode. Works wonders Well that escalated quickly! Corvinus85 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 Wow, that's worse than anyone thought I bet. Farerb and AncalagonTheBlack 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farerb Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 If this was a Netflix show, it would have been cancelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 From that article Quote ,” insiders say the mandate is increasingly not on finding the kind of curated hit that defines HBO, but more middle-of-the-road, meat-and-potatoes shows like Jack Reacher. “ Rings of Power is the very definition of middle of the road, Meat and Po-Ta-toes kinda show, so job done as far as Amazon are concerned Ser Scot A Ellison and Farerb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 @Ser Scot A EllisonI mostly agree with Scott Lynch. Yet, if someone really good were to produce The Children of Hurin, or the last years of Numenor, then I’d be interested. As for LOTR, I think the first two films and the first half of ROTK were very good. The second half of ROTK was a mess, however. And the less said about Denethor and the Scrubbing Bubbles of Death (or as I prefer, the Green Soap Bubbles of Death), the better. Prince of the North and Ser Scot A Ellison 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 8 hours ago, Farerb said: If this was a Netflix show, it would have been cancelled. Here's a reddit post talking about completion rates of Netflix shows: for example: 1899 only had a 32% completion rate, so it was cancelled. Farerb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 Doubt anyone wants to emulate netflix's cancellation practices RumHam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 8 hours ago, SeanF said: @Ser Scot A EllisonI mostly agree with Scott Lynch. Yet, if someone really good were to produce The Children of Hurin, or the last years of Numenor, then I’d be interested. What did Scott Lynch say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 7 minutes ago, Corvinus85 said: What did Scott Lynch say? This: Corvinus85 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cas Stark Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 (edited) Ha, glad to know I was actually in the majority who had a hard time maintaining interest. I rarely could watch a single boring as hell episode in one sitting. Unlike the majority, I did finish it, but maybe by the end it was almost a hate watch, to see if it would get dumber or save itself. Those numbers don't speak too well of how it will do next season, if 2/3 of those who tuned in didn't finish it, presumably they won't come back for more. Edited April 4, 2023 by Cas Stark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 Yeah I only really finished it so I could understand what the hell the point was, and almost certainly would have dropped it if there wasn’t so much buzz.. negative buzz.. about the show. But every episode was a struggle, could barely stop looking at my phone.. or the ceiling instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 3 hours ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: This: [Lance Reddick Voice] "<The franchise> will not be ending. There will be sequels, prequels, reboots, remakes and ill-advised spin-offs with side characters that cannot possibly carry their own series. We'll give the fans everything they want, and much, much more. We'll use an algorithm to churn out hundreds of scripts a day at virtually no cost. And sure, you'll complain about how <the franchise> used to be better, but that anger will unite you. And you'll keep watching, hoping it will end, begging for it to end, and then you'll all die. And your children will watch it too, and so on. We're going to milk that creative IP until the UDDER RUNS DRY! "This is the future of content, and CONTENT WILL NEVER DIE!" Darzin and Ser Scot A Ellison 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cas Stark Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 57 minutes ago, Heartofice said: Yeah I only really finished it so I could understand what the hell the point was, and almost certainly would have dropped it if there wasn’t so much buzz.. negative buzz.. about the show. But every episode was a struggle, could barely stop looking at my phone.. or the ceiling instead I guess I'm a sucker for LOTR. I knew fairly early on that the point if any would be stupid. I didn't expect quite the high level of stupidity of making Galadriel mean and dumb herself, or the Sauron 'mystery'. I rejected the idea of who Sauron could be as a red herring because it was Just. Too. Dumb. To. Happen. More fool me. I will check out the second season, but the first one really was a chore w/not much enjoyment other than laughing at how much was spent on such a mediocre product. It's always a shame though when something could have been good and isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darzin Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 On 3/29/2023 at 7:06 AM, IlyaP said: Has anyone made it through season 1 *sober*? If so, please tell me how you did it. I was quarantined with no booze allowed for most of the runtime. Which is also why I watched season 1 with nothing better to do I figured why not? Without that motivator I'm probably not gonna watch season 2 though I will at least watch episode 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farerb Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 ‘Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power’ Team Talk Crafting The Look & Sound Of The Second Age, Tease Season 2 https://deadline.com/2023/04/lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-interview-sophia-nomvete-contenders-tv-1235326401/ Spoiler Saruman will be introduced in season 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 46 minutes ago, Farerb said: ‘Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power’ Team Talk Crafting The Look & Sound Of The Second Age, Tease Season 2 https://deadline.com/2023/04/lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-interview-sophia-nomvete-contenders-tv-1235326401/ Hide contents Saruman will be introduced in season 2. :facepalm: Spoiler Will they introduce Saruman as a villian? Anyone want to be Saurman will be a lieutenant to Sauron? These people have absolutely no respect for the existing story of the 2nd age. Mithril flakes to heal Elven children of their mysterious ailment. Galadriel is really in a “will she won’t she” with a maiar… this isn’t being well assembled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cas Stark Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 I'm not sure what is worse, earnest people who don't have the skills to pull of their vision [as these people seem] or cynical people who don't care about the worldbuilding in the first place. Possibly it doesn't matter, if the product is poor, whether it was from lack of skill or lack of caring, the end result is the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlyaP Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 5 hours ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: :facepalm: Hide contents Will they introduce Saruman as a villian? Anyone want to be Saurman will be a lieutenant to Sauron? These people have absolutely no respect for the existing story of the 2nd age. Mithril flakes to heal Elven children of their mysterious ailment. Galadriel is really in a “will she won’t she” with a maiar… this isn’t being well assembled. At least they're retaining Bear as the composer. His music is possibly the best thing about the show. His theme for Numenor? Zero complaints here. Ser Scot A Ellison 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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