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You're not wrong. :D It be boring. :D

Honestly, it's not the adherence (or lack thereof) to canon that puts me off RoP...it's that it too is frequently boring. :D

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Season 1 ended ended with a good episode IMO.

Yes, there were the long expected and long predicted reveals. But also a lot of threads came together in a way that made you say "oh, so that's why". Plot elements that seemed ungrounded became grounded, and the result was that the whole season was better for that last episode.

The drama had some impactful moments as well.

Say what you may, but it was far better than Season 1 of Game of Thrones. If it hadn't have been overburdened with expectation and cannon, it would be seen as a fun story with good characters and some nice set pieces. And that's how I take it.
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wayfriend wrote:Season 1 ended ended with a good episode IMO.

Yes, there were the long expected and long predicted reveals. But also a lot of threads came together in a way that made you say "oh, so that's why". Plot elements that seemed ungrounded became grounded, and the result was that the whole season was better for that last episode.

The drama had some impactful moments as well.

Say what you may, but it was far better than Season 1 of Game of Thrones. If it hadn't have been overburdened with expectation and cannon, it would be seen as a fun story with good characters and some nice set pieces. And that's how I take it.
agree 100%.

i'm still liking house of the dragon better but i was glad to see the plot solidify. the [spoiler]sauron/halbrand[/spoiler] reveal got me tho! i hadn't expected that! :D
that's always good when a story surprises me. i should've guessed but i didn't. heh.
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Yeah, they very carefully didn't tease / foreshadow that at all, while creating all sorts of other possibilities that they really belaboured.

But obviously we knew the instant he stepped into Celebrimbor's workshop and started talking to him about his "mentor" or whatever, because we know what happened with the forging of the nine and the seven.

(I saw a comment somewhere that part of its problem was it couldn't decide if it was meant for Tolkien aficionados or neophytes. :D )

Personally, I've not really enjoyed it. It had moments, but they were quickly lost.

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There are too many sites already pointing out all the ridiculousness of the ROP.

I'm happy that some people, like Wayfriend, are enjoying it but it's not for me.

But then again, I like Hallmark movies so what do I know. :D
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Fist and Faith wrote:At least you're a member of THOOLAH.
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Who excommunicated you??

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It was a self imposed exile after I announced my support of Linden. :D
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Ah! Still, mixed message there...
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+JMJ+

Well, I finally finished it.

And though some might be plumping for a contrawise appraisal, I liked it, I loved it, I want some more of it.


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Orlando Bloom talks The Rings of Power: "It was really courageous"
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The actor, known for playing Legolas, is "looking forward to more".

Orlando Bloom has weighed in on Prime Video's ambitious The Lord of the Rings prequel series, having risen to fame in the cast of Peter Jackson's earlier adaptation of Middle-earth.

The actor became known for playing elven archer Legolas in the trilogy of films released at the start of the millennium, later reprising the role for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and its 2014 sequel.

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Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com ahead of the launch of Carnival Row season 2, which also airs on Prime Video, Bloom said that he "loved" seeing a fresh take on the beloved fantasy saga.

"I had missed Tolkien," he said. "I had missed Tolkien's mind and I’d missed his world and I’d missed his vision — and I think they just stepped back into Tolkien's world. I thought it was really courageous.

"It’s not an easy thing to take on another version of something that had such a remarkable run of its own, but I thought it was really admirable; the casting, the story and the way they approached the world. … I'm looking forward to more of it."

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Nazanin Boniadi as Bronwyn, Tyroe Muhafidin as Theo, Ismael Cruz Córdova as Arondir, Charlie Vickers as Halbrand in The Rings of Power. (Credit: Ben Rothstein/Prime Video)

The Rings of Power has already been renewed for season 2, which is filming now, with the intention being for the show to run for a total of five — with the final shot already decided on by the show's head creatives.

Bloom added: "Peter [Jackson] did an amazing job, obviously, with The Lord of the Rings and we got to play these great characters. But they've kind of gone back and gone, ‘Look, these characters still exist in this world and we can show you other aspects of them’.

"I was like, ‘Cool, I'm down for that!’"

Last year, Bloom shared an Instagram photo of himself and The Rings of Power star Ismael Cruz Córdova, which was captioned mellon, an Elvish term for "friend" in the Sindarin language.

Fans interpreted this as a show of solidarity with Córdova, who had been the victim of racist trolling since signing onto The Rings of Power, with several other members of the cast also being targeted.

In an Instagram post, Córdova responded to the abuse: "I’ve continued this quest in the hope that I would make it at least a little bit easier for someone else. And perhaps inspire at least one person to do the same.

"In there I kept my Elven dream alive. And here I am. Black, Latino, Puerto Rican, proud, and Elven AF."
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Wosbald wrote: +JMJ+

Well, I finally finished it.

And though some might be plumping for a contrawise appraisal, I liked it, I loved it, I want some more of it.


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Me too!!! I liked it, I loved it and I’m looking forward to more. ✊✊✊

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I’m with Legolas 👌 100%
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"Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power" Continues to Add to the Cast
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Three new actors are joining Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power for season two of the Amazon Prime show.

Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power announced three new cast-members for the second season of the Tolkien-inspired series today on Twitter. Ciarán Hinds, an Oscar-nominated actor (for Belfast in 2021), who is known for playing Julius Caesar on the HBO series Rome, among numerous other roles, Rory Kinnear (Men, Penny Dreadful), and Tanya Moodie who is primarily a stage actor but has appeared on Motherlands and The Clinic.

It is not clear what roles they will be playing. The three actors add to an already full cast of 23 series regulars, and the announcement comes after eight additional casting announcements were revealed in early December of last year. The sheer amount of actors involved in this project is not exactly comforting, as one of the big critiques of season one was that the disparate storylines felt disconnected and the larger plot fell by the wayside.

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I think that Ciarán Hinds joining now is kind of a recognition that this series is not a nothingburger.
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Meh, more an acknowledgement that they need some acting chops... ;)

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:LOLS:

There were some good actors in the series and some newbies to the world of acting sure.
wayfriend wrote: I think that Ciarán Hinds joining now is kind of a recognition that this series is not a nothingburger.
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