Expectations VS Reality with Rings Of Power - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Andsigil · 12-22-2022, 06:34 AM

Having witnessed the way the BBC, Netflix, and Hollywood retell old stories to and... hm... "update" them for "modern" audiences, I was already pessimistic about Amazon's Ring's series.

The first preview confirmed my fears and added even more.

The clips of action scenes (i.e. Galadriel vs the troll, Galadriel vs prison guards) imprisoned me somewhere between hysterical laughter and a feeling of despair that this... this... was going to be entertainment until I'm dead; "If you want a picture of the future, imagine the worst of wire-fu and waifu stamping on a human face - forever," to rephrase Orwell.

This Quora reply sums up my feelings on the series to the point that I don't have to rephrase anything:
https://tolkienlegendarium.quora.com...et_type=answer

12-22-2022, 06:34 AM	#7
Andsigil Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The Deepest Forges of Ered Luin Posts: 733	Having witnessed the way the BBC, Netflix, and Hollywood retell old stories to and... hm... "update" them for "modern" audiences, I was already pessimistic about Amazon's Ring's series. The first preview confirmed my fears and added even more. The clips of action scenes (i.e. Galadriel vs the troll, Galadriel vs prison guards) imprisoned me somewhere between hysterical laughter and a feeling of despair that this... this... was going to be entertainment until I'm dead; "If you want a picture of the future, imagine the worst of wire-fu and waifu stamping on a human face - forever," to rephrase Orwell. This Quora reply sums up my feelings on the series to the point that I don't have to rephrase anything: https://tolkienlegendarium.quora.com...et_type=answer __________________ Even as fog continues to lie in the valleys, so does ancient sin cling to the low places, the depression in the world consciousness.