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DNSKILL, on 12 October 2022 - 03:16 PM, said:

I've heard this show isn't doing so good and that Amazon is a bit startled by House of the Dragon edging them out in popularity. I would be startled too if my $715 million dollar show was going to end up a flop.

Just think of how startled Amazon is over spending a billion dollars on their series when they could have just not made it.

[Aristotle Gumball]

Legit started watching this and it's the same boring crap as the Peter Jackson movies. Really elaborate good looking sets (even better than the movies tbh), but a lot of meaningless staring off into space and annoying Shakespearean dialog.

Watch this instead:

[MrFlibble]

Aristotle Gumball, on 23 October 2022 - 02:19 PM, said:

Really elaborate good looking sets (even better than the movies tbh)

Admittedly I've only seen snippets in trailers and (mostly negative) reviews, but I got the impression that the scenery in this one is hitting Uncanny Valley really hard. LotR movies too had visibly CGI sets, but somehow this worked for me, making it look like imagery from an epic legend. The visuals from Rings of Power though look syrup-y, sugar-coated over-the-top CGI stuff that does not look even remotely realistic, almost as if the designers wanted to please video game fans or something.

LotR has a sense of groundedness, and its world feels real. The Hobbit already made it more vibrant and artificial-looking, and Rings of Power take this to a whole new level. I say, they could've just played the whole thing on a stage with painted backgrounds, like in the good old days. In fact, this is what they were doing, right? except there was a green screen instead of painted backgrounds, and the CGI scenery tries to look better than reality. Maybe going back to the roots would lend them some discipline and improve the show. Like, with minimalist decorations one could actually focus on acting and progressing the plot.

[Aristotle Gumball]

I found the scenery interesting to look at because the characters were so dull and static. Keep in mind I say all this as a person completely uninterested in LotR. So it's me trying to examine a turd and notice some speckles of glass that were ingested by accident and are now reflecting the sun. Like at least it's shiny, you know?

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MrFlibble, on 25 October 2022 - 01:32 AM, said:

Maybe going back to the roots would lend them some discipline and improve the show. Like, with minimalist decorations one could actually focus on acting and progressing the plot.

maybe getting actors that aren't made of wood, and writers that actually know the lore and aren't diversity hires with current day socio-pollical agendas.
the fake-ass cgi is more realistic than the acting and story sub-plots