It's a mystery to me...
Someone wrote those dialogues, then someone directed these episodes and later edited them. And at every stage clearly enough people thought: "Yeah, that's good stuff".
How?!
Don't be afraid of the string !
And at last we finally know what Benjen Stark was doing in all those years beyond The Wall.
Wondering how something this poorly written was actually made is way more interesting than watching this garbage show
shareJesus, and that sword lesson scene.
She is at least a thousand years old in the show and supposedly a formidable warrior, and yet she gleefully humiliates a bunch of recruits.
And her face is filled with triumph and derision.
What a lovely person.
Seriously. She acts as if she is 18 years old angsty and moody teenager. Writers keep forgetting that she is supposed to be 1000 years old. Meaning there was a lot of time to grow up and become wisely and calm responsible person.
Seriously. Why this show exists? What showrunners try to tell us?
I dont understand anything that is happening. They are almost at the end of season.
- two women-hobbits and amnesiac tall guy that fell from the sky. They just wonder around with no meaning.
- black legolas and his side story where he likes a woman who has teenager son. Was briefly captures by orcs and released. Orc dig tunnels.
- Young Elrond hangs out with his friend dwarf. There is some precious MacGuffin stone Elronds boss needs.
- Unbearable and annoying young Galadriel that is mad at everything and swam to some city and hangs around and tries to get their army for her revenge or whatever. While swimming at the sea she found some hot guy that is just around, being hot. To make him meaningfull they made him some cheap version of Aragorn with being some prince in exile or whatever. And there is some sublpot with teenage Isildur and his friends. I dont understand anything about that Isildur subplot.
On top of that casting is horrible. Its like we are watching CW show. Only young Elrond and dwarf look organic because actors are good. All other actors are just awful. Zero charisma.
Galadriel is so bad. Like there were casting people who saw her auditions and decided that she is best among others. Maybe better actress could have sold that character less annoying.
And now Amazon stuck with this garbage show for few years because they put too much money into making it and cant just cancel. So they will have to give it 4 seasons at least. When not many will watch.
Its like this show was made for books fans but book fans hate it. And non-readers are lost at what is happening.
I would attribute this to a lack of competition. There are no other Tolkien second age movies or shows so they have more artistic freedom. The Tolkien estate does have some restrictions on the show's direction BUT the late Christopher Tolkien may have been the last steward who cared about his father's legacy.
shareAmazon prime has some outstanding writers. They have made some of the best adaptations of the last few years.
Yet for this Bezos vanity project they hired an army of talentless hacks. And some decent CGI programmers.
The scene with the ice was cringe.
You see something weird happening and your first reaction is to hold out your hand and grab it.
I laughed out loud when that happened ))) I was like: "Good God, why are you touching it? Your hand is gone sweety".
But then her frozen hand went unfrozen and was fine... Cheating.