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Sep 13, 2022Liked by Breanne Rodgers

Soo... thoughts after the third episode? I went back and brushed up on the timeline in the appendices, and I am SO confused. Have the rings of power already been forged? Because they should have been, if Ar-Pharazon is the current king of Numenor, but then Celebrimbor would already have been killed.

I don't know. It's still an interesting show, albeit a bit slow, but I'm having to actively treat it as separate fan fiction, not Tolkien.

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Sep 8, 2022Liked by Breanne Rodgers

I totally agree, that it feels different from Jackson's films doesn't strike me as "wrong" at all - The Silmarillion feels different than LOTR, but it's still EQUALLY Tolkien's work. So a show about a different age can feel different, alright!

And yesss it totally felt like I was watching different shows in one, between Bronwyn's world and the Harfoots and Galadriel and just.... Everyone. I hope that it all starts to connect soon. It's not even that there are too many threads going on at once, it's that I don't feel like I'm watching the same show. LOTR of course goes back and forth between multiple parts of the story, but it all FEELS like the same movie. I don't know how else to describe it. But it sounds like you feel the same why so I guess I don't have to 😅

Overall I'm just very very thankful that I finally actually have something Tolkien-ish to watch 😭❤️

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Sep 8, 2022Liked by Breanne Rodgers

Overall I liked the world created in the first two episodes, visuals, music, all that was good. And yes, seeing Dwarrow-delf in the height of it's glory was great!

I am, however, sad and apprehensive that they started right before the Third Age. I loved The Silmarillion, especially the first two-thirds, and the fact that they started this a good 90 percent of the way into the book is disheartening. Hopefully they go back and actually tell some of the great stories (Beren and Luthien, anyone? Anyone? Hollywood?), instead of just the mid stories of a few main characters with whom movie goers are already familiar.

P.S. I would put money on the stranger being Gandalf, or Olorin as he was when the world was young.

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Sep 6, 2022Liked by Breanne Rodgers

I am so captivated by the scenery and the lighting! It’s really beautiful to look at, I was crying not long in just from the details!

I did find myself drifting attention wise a couple times (I blame overuse of social media tbh lol), but I am keen to see what they do with the story! The slow climb may give us more deep information and time to get to know the characters.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! How fun to connect with others in this way!

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Sep 5, 2022Liked by Breanne Rodgers

I also love how it was different from Peter Jackson's Middle Earth. Partly because it's different ages like you brought up, but also because Peter Jackson isn't Tolkien so I love another interpretation of Tolkien's descriptions.

And I'm 100% with you on characters making impulsive decisions. Already annoyed a bit over that.

I didn't mind the slow pace, but it was a LOT of threads to be following, and that was where the slower pace felt off to me.

It's just great to be re-immersed visually in Middle Earth again.

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Sep 4, 2022Liked by Breanne Rodgers

I actually liked the slow pace because it made me feel like we were embarking on an epic journey that was going to take a long while— in a good, curl up with a blanket type of way. I liked that the show took its time with the scenery and world building. But I get your point as well!

And The Stranger… that has to be Gandalf, right?! Or Sauruman… but I lean towards Gandalf because of his love for Hobbits in LOTR.

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Sep 3, 2022Liked by Breanne Rodgers

I loved Kazad-dum too! It was beautiful with it's waterfalls and greenery. Durin was very dwarf-like in the best ways. His lines were funny and his heart is good.

I agree that the story was slow and I felt pulled in too many directions. Who is the main character? Is there a main character? We shall see. All the trailers focus on Galadriel, but it wasn't quite The Galdadriel Show that I was expecting.

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