Kevin's Watch

I just watched the first episode of the new Amazon series Rings of Power.

There's only one word to describe my initial experience: uninteresting.

I have hope it develops into something watchable.

Come join the discussion in the JRR Tolkien sub-forum.

aTOMiC wrote:I just watched the first episode of the new Amazon series Rings of Power.

There's only one word to describe my initial experience: uninteresting.

I have hope it develops into something watchable.

I agree - 1 episode in, and I don't care. Trying to be patient, but there's just so much other stuff I'd rather watch.

Im in through Ep 3 and I have to agree. I am not "connecting" to anyone or even the plot enough to really keep my attention. Im gonna watch a bit more but so far its underwhelming.

started watching both rings of power and house of the dragon at the same time, thought i liked rings of power better but now i like house of the dragon better...but i'll keep watching both probably.

i let a few episodes cache up before watching either.

lucimay wrote:started watching both rings of power and house of the dragon at the same time, thought i liked rings of power better but now i like house of the dragon better...but i'll keep watching both probably.

i let a few episodes cache up before watching either.

I keep hearing good things about House of the Dragon.

But here's what I'm having a problem with.
I never watched Game of Thrones.
I was going to start after the final season but heard that the ending was universally hated so I passed on the whole thing.
Why invest so much time when I know the ending is going to suck.
Aren't I going to feel the same way with House, knowing how it ultimately ends?

I didn't have any problem at all with the ending of GoT. I don't know why people did. It's not like it deviated from the non-existent ending in the books. It doesn't seem unlikely, either, given the rest of the story.

My wife, who does not like fantasy, and only managed to tolerate a few Marvel movies, watched the whole shoe.

I can't get into it. Part of that is because I've read the Silmarillion twice. And yeah, sure, that's not the source, but it wasn't supposed to contradict the source. I feel like it does, albeit vaguely. And I don't care that it's not canon; I do care that it's just not very good. Not horrible, but...

And I think everyone remembers, more or less, my opinion on Martin. I don't care if HotD is the best thing since The Magicians. I refuse to contribute (even if Matt Smith sorely tempts me)

I made my opinion known about RoP in another thread. I don’t really like it.

As for GoT, I had no problem with the ending. It made sense who “won� when I remembered from whose point of view the first chapter of the first book was. I haven’t started with the new series mainly because I don’t want to pick up HBO again.

[Syl] wrote:And I think everyone remembers, more or less, my opinion on Martin. I don't care if HotD is the best thing since The Magicians. I refuse to contribute (even if Matt Smith sorely tempts me)

i didn't realize you were a matt smith fanboy!!
i am actually *not* a matt smith fan, he kinda bugs me when
i see him in interviews and i didn't watch doctor who at all,
but he IS good in HotD. and semi schmexy!!

Watching HOD and though it's not the immersive experience GOT was it's surprisingly good. Watched a bit more of ROP and I think I've seen enough.

Yeah, I'm mostly finding RoP unutterably boring, and wondering where the hell that budget went...

--A

Avatar wrote:Yeah, I'm mostly finding RoP unutterably boring, and wondering where the hell that budget went...

--A

budget = sets, costumes, makeup, props, salaries etc
and has nothing to do with the quality of the writing.
in my opinion.

i find the pacing a bit slow but enjoyable to look at <shrug>
i'll probably keep watching.

Boring AF. Stopped after 2 episodes.

The GF is liking it, so I'm kinda watching by default. Prob wouldn't bother with this or House of the Dragon if not for her.

(Also, for [Syl], there's discussion in the Tolkein forum on this too.)

Another bit of a meh episode...so many meaningful looks...

--A

Avatar wrote:The GF is liking it, so I'm kinda watching by default. Prob wouldn't bother with this or House of the Dragon if not for her.

Dames!

I'm watching it. It's okay. I find myself picking up my phone at times, though -- never a good sign.

[Syl] wrote: Part of that is because I've read the Silmarillion .

You triggered me, Syl! Or rather I triggered myself. It’d been a long time since I’ve read the Silmarillion. Seeing that I’m thinking I should reread it. I have a copy, along with about 20 other boxes of books in the garage that have been there since we had the fire at my house 6 years ago. Rather than dig though them to find the book, I downloaded the kindle version.

I can't tell you how many times I've heard people say that the Silmarillion is too dense, too dry, too many names, reads like a history book, and most of all boring.

Don't get me wrong. I love it, read it many times.

But maybe you can just possibly maybe kinda sorta see why a TV adaptation isn't - can't be - exactly the same and without embellishment? It be boring. Sorry, but it's true.