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Shouldn’t We Be Having More Fun in Middle Earth? (www.vulture.com)
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The Rings of Power returns — big, expensive, and static as ever.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

season 2 is unwatchable, didn't make it past halfway of the first episode. total loss. i was very up on the first season, which i found draggy, right up until the sprint across all of middle earth, to a battle, to the mountain exploding into a volcano in the span of 10 minutes (HotD pulled this same bullshit with a 5 minute montage in the finale which had more movement of forces than the entire rest of the shortened 8 episode season). that sprint. fight, mordor, bit ruined what was already teetering on a bad experienced. found myself about 30 minutes into the first episode of the second season thinking, this is all shit, the acting, the writting, the direction, all of this is just straight garbage, i don't like any of this, it's pretty, but that's all that it has going for it, i guess i fixated on the stupid acorns still green in the proto hobbit's hair in the desert, and the rock try sprouting bugs, that did it for me, i was like, nope, i'm noping the fuck out of this bullshit right fucking now, nope nope nope, i'm done

[–] Subtracty 11 points 2 months ago

The pacing cheapens the entire experience. The greatest part of Tolkeins worlbuilding was his willingness to dwell on the little things and let the greater world and conflict fall into the background so it could build into something terrifying. The action packed pacing doesn't feel earned, and I don't care about any of the minor characters or locations because they feel hamfisted in and not genuine.