Has anyone watched it yet? I’m about to watch the first episode shortly. Will report back. I’m nervous Amazon is going to butcher middle earth.
Galadriel and Elrond are younger for sure, but everyone else for the most part are fine. Those are pretty good acting wise as well. Glad to see Gil-Galad finally get some time to shine.Did the show have the same Young Adult vibe as the trailers?
This is a tough one to answer. I'd say, not exactly (despite the ages of many actors being young adults), but it's also not as dark/grimey as LOTR either.Did the show have the same Young Adult vibe as the trailers?
Liked it a lot and will re-watch later tonight. It’s a different color pallete and vibe than HOTD but that is fine. World behind the production value of Wheel of Time
As a mild Tolkien zealot I feel like I'll end up hate -watching it at some point. While I roll my eyes a little at the attempts at inclusiveness-that in and of itself would never keep me from watching it; they need to stay true to the characters and the story lines, don't make up shit that contradicts the later story. I have total and complete doubt the writers of this will.I think a spinoff focusing on the the men/people/creatures of the East (including how the men of the West were exploitive of them), could both be inclusive and still be true to the story, without trying to shoehorn in race-
I think it’s a little early to say thatI agree very much with your spoiler, by the way. I always consideredto be the central story of the Second Age, but it doesn't seem like the show runners agree. Tons of great story potential there, but they apparently decided to make Galadriel the central character for...reasons.the downfall of Numenor.
Galadriel seems a Strong Independent Woman®, so I suppose it has that going for it.