The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

[celedhring]

Galadriel and her plotline are terribly written and really drag the show down, imho. Other than that, the show is fine.

[viper37]

Galadriel and her plotline are terribly written and really drag the show down, imho. Other than that, the show is fine.

She's one stuck up elf for sure.  And the way the actress plays her character, it's like there's never any one else in front of her, like she's doing theater.  I presume this is how she is directed to play her part, be the arrogant know-it-all-elf, until she comes back down to earth and be more likable.  Right now, you may know she's right about the urgency, you may know she's right about Sauron, but you can't help but want to smack her hard.  Real hard.

[Sheilbh]

Why are the dwarves Scottish?

[crazy canuck]

I loved the look of Numernor and Elendil is a badass.

Viper: There were some orcs in the background of that shot behind the shot elf. I think it's been established that they can go out in the sun while heavily clothed, they just hate it.

Yeah, in the scene just before that, they showed orcs putting on their layers of protection.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Why are the dwarves Scottish?

Because of this.

[The Brain]

Why are the dwarves Scottish?

Doesn't contradict Tolkien.

[celedhring]

Why are the dwarves Scottish?

They were already Scottish in the Peter Jackson movies (and in countless other media) it's one of those weird clichés 

[Sheilbh]

They were already Scottish in the Peter Jackson movies (and in countless other media) it's one of those weird clichés 

I don't think I'd ever noticed/realised before. How weird - or I thought that was just Gimli

Separately I have seen there's a bit of annoyance in the Irish press (rightly) at the awful cod Irish accents of the harfoots and that they actually look like quite racist 19th century stereotypes of the Irish. Wonder if that's something that Amazon might have a look at for the next season because it's not great - the accents are really bad (and I love Sir Lenny Henry).

[Richard Hakluyt]

Could have been worse...the orcs speak a kind of cod-Essex 

[Sheilbh]

Could have been worse...the orcs speak a kind of cod-Essex 

Elves = RP, Dwarves = Scots, Hobbits = very outdated Irish stereotypes, Orcs = TOWIE/the Mitchell brothers.

[The Brain]

Could have been worse...the orcs speak a kind of cod-Essex 

Elves = RP, Dwarves = Scots, Hobbits = very outdated Irish stereotypes, Orcs = TOWIE/the Mitchell brothers.

Didn't the makers claim some kind of non-bigotry position? Or did I dream that?

[Richard Hakluyt]

Could have been worse...the orcs speak a kind of cod-Essex 

Elves = RP, Dwarves = Scots, Hobbits = very outdated Irish stereotypes, Orcs = TOWIE/the Mitchell brothers.

It should hopefully reassure Daily Mail readers who are worried that the show is too "woke" 

[Sheilbh]

It should hopefully reassure Daily Mail readers who are worried that the show is too "woke" 

Sauron = inexplicably French

[Richard Hakluyt]

 

That would be great.

[Josquius]

Why are the dwarves Scottish?

Because of this.

What's the connection between dwarves and the redcap?