Never forget that the real villain, who is responsible for the hiring of Dumb and Dumber, is JJ Abrams.

I just love how masculinity in men, and strong bad ass male characters who save women are considered toxic and should never be allowed, but masculinity in females, and bad ass women characters saving males is practically mandatory now.

We lost a hero when Christopher Tolkien died. He was totally devoted to preserving his father’s legacy and the accuracy of his works.

Morgoth, “I have sowed my seeds of corruption into every aspect of Middle Earth” Amazon, “hold my beer…”

"The horse died March 21 of cardiac arrest…" Nerdrotic: "…after reading the script” Facts 🤣

My favourite part of season 1 of The Rings of Power was when Galadriel yelled 'give it to me raw!' and then Netflix's Cleopatra scissored her mount doom.

Remember when PJ's LOTR production was able to film in a protected area of New Zealand and they bent over backwards to ensure that a rare micro ecology wasn't impacted by building their Edoras set? Weta set dressers: "Wouldn't be very true to Tolkien to go crashing about like a bull in a china shop, would it?" Amazon: "We don't do that here." [revs chainsaw]

I mean, I almost had a heart attack when I saw Galadriel smile. I can't imagine what it was like for the horse

Amazons Ring of Disappointment can be summed up in one question..."Do you know why a ship floats but a stone cannot?"

All hail Peter Jackson's team, Weta, and Howard Shore for putting together the greatest movie trilogy of all time.

My favourite part were when Sauron said: "Writers? Where we're going we don't need writers!"

Rings of Power is turning out to be like a final boss, who you think you've finally destroyed, only to find out there's two more stages and your health is on the edge.

My favourite part of season 1 of The Rings of Power was Nerdrotic's reviews of it

The death of the horse is even worse when you consider that this was the first death ever for the company that had loaned them the horse - and that this company (The Devil's Horsemen) has been around for @50 years. As for the all female directing team: the "leader", Charlotte Brandstrom, was the only director kept after season 1...and one of her episodes had the infamous volcano in the face, as well as the badly directed battle.

The horse died of a heart attack when it realised it was cast in the rings of power instead of Yellowstone 😢

One thing Tolkien taught us is that evil does not endure and never wins.

The sad thing is, if you knew nothing of Tolkein and your first exposure to him was rings of power, you would not only not be impressed, you would have no idea of the scope of his work.

5:30 For those that didn't catch it, the scenes in the Lord of the Rings movies where they show orcs cutting down the forest, it was all the same tree. They shot it from multiple different angles so they could cut it up to look as if many trees were being felled, but if you watch it carefully, it's just the one tree.

Well written Gary. "Even the smallest person can make a difference." By the real Galadriel.

I just love the endings with Elrond yelling at Isildur. It’s a hilarious touch 😂

I think we were too harsh to the Hobbit films. At least they somewhat resemble Tolkien's world.

That "Cast it into the fiyah! Destroy it!" always gets me after watching Gary roast ROP for over 10 mins. 🤣

every time i see anything with Cate Blanchett from LOTR i get goosebumps. she IS Galadriel and her voice is just soooooo on point. its scary to me .. i love her

I don't want this show canceled. I want it to do the full walk of shame, blow all its budget on unwatchable crap that gets endlessly dog piled. I don't want Amazon to be able to quietly walk away from this disaster.

Are we sure the horse didn't die from embarrassment for being involved with this garbage? (Gary beat me to the punchline.)

Hearing "its dark times in Hollywood" puts a smile on my face

Not knowing much about it, I was genuinely happy to start watching the Rings of Power. I dipped out after episode 2. Looking through UKposts to see if I was the only one whose soul had been sucked out by the sheer atrocity of what I had seen, I found Nerdrotic. And ever since I’ve been a subscriber :)

I love this channel. Videos are informative, up-to-date and tightly edited. As a fan of the movie business (as it could be), I'm glad this channel is here to sift through all the latest that we don't have the time (or talent) for ourselves. May fortune and good health accompany you, sir. You do good work.

"it's not about money. Its about sending a message. Everything burns!" Joker

The reasons we want it canceled is because one it disrespects Tolkiens legacy and two much like 99% of everything coming out of hollywood it has no heart.

If they start at 37% viewer rate for Season 2, they might end up at 5% for the finale

Wanting Sauron to be like Walter White and the Joker at the same time is like saying you want them to be burning hot ice. Those characters are huge contradictions of each other.

Dear Lord...they are ACTUALLY making a season 2? Who even saw the first season besides hate watchers??? 😂

"The horse died after reading the script" Might be the funniest thing I've heard all day

One missed opportunity to use Isildur throwing the ring into the fire as Rings of power, while Elrond is representing the fandom.

The irony here is that Amazon has taken Tolkien’s work and corrupted it exactly the same way that Melkor attempted to corrupt Eric Illuvatar’s creation.

Publicly showing my support for Bobo and Captain Pickles, Who are far more qualified than any other current writer in Hollywood. Thanks N for recognizing their relative talent

I have recently re-read The Silmarillion for the twentieth time since reading it first in 2007. When reading certain passages I close my eyes and try to visualize the scenes (e.g. Tulkas joining the Valar in their battle against Melkor). So, I don't need garbage like The Rings of Power to exist.

On a positive note . Andy Serkis narrating Lord Of The Rings is the best thing I’ve ever listened to . I’m in absolute bits after the Ride of The Rohirrim . Obviously The Lord Of The Rings is my favourite book but he has made it better . I cannot recommend enough . Better than Star Wars, better than The Shining , better than reading A Tale of Two Cities . When I finish , I’m going to listen again . Unbelievably wonderfully , one of the greatest joys of my life ❤

Destroying a forest is exactly what the servants of Sauron would do.

As a horse owner, I'm glad you included the horse in your list. Horses should not be dying on movie/TV sets. They should not be being worked that hard--there's no reason for it.

When you said: “The horse died March, 21st of cardiac arrest, after reading the script…” I almost died, 😂

Gary, thank you for making this video. Your live edits are great. Keep on keeping on!

the only way they could have saved the show was to bring Peter Jackson in and make him the only one to call all the shots about this series, but no, "lets just make all directors women, that should solve the issue!". when will they learn its not about gender or race, its about talent and staying true to the fandom & lore.

I can’t wait for season two to come out. I loved all the terrible things being said about it on the first season.

My favorite part about ROP season 2 is all the additional content Gary will be able to create!

Even I, a casual Tolkien fan, understand how to make a good Middle Earth story better than entire writing/directing staff being paid millions upon millions to destroy(modernize) the lore. And I'm a moron!

I think many people will notice the strike of the guild. Because, for now, directors and producers and some actors can't blame the writers anymore for making bad and worse and worst movies. It's usually not the writers writing bad things, it's usually the crews and marketers messing things up that were written good at first. I'm a screenwriter myself, and I really could tell you about meetings with the crews that would blow even your mind. You remember the first american Godzilla movie? It was meant to be a real good vintage gojira movie (If I'm not wrong, you still can find the first draft online - it was classic gojira). But the director rejected it completely, and then the marketers got involved... don't blame the writers for the mayhem the production teams is causing.

The audio clip of Elrond at the end never gets old 🤣

They had absolutley everything going for them, and they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. I am so glad we got the 2001-2003 films. Timeless masterpieces.

"Bobo and Captain Pickles???" Yeah . . . THAT is the TV series Amazon shoud make.

Just sayin, every time I see your subscribers list go up with each episode I wish I could subscribe a 2nd and 3rd time. Genuinely love your channel man. Can't wait to see it hit 1,000,000. It's really great quality, often hilarious, you have a fantastic voice (made for radio, as they say), and I love that you defend what is good and right! What you put together is a light in the dark world of entertainment man. Thanks for the videos and content.

I think we have to accept the fact that the best times for stories and video games are behind us.

It's pronounced Barkshir. I know it's Shire in Tolkien , but that's why he was such a genius as he knew that in colloquial English you never pronounce the " e " on the end of British counties.

“If those guilds and the Alliance of motion picture and television producers fail to reach a new contract agreement…. Leading to an even more drastic industry-wide shutdown.” Does Hollyweird really think that constitutes an existential threat to the public? That’s like threatening people to take their garbage away for them….

I'm not trying to "toot my own horn", as it were, but I've been working a military science fiction piece for the last 17 years. That's roughly the same as Tolkien and nowhere near done, namely out of personal apprehension. I'm not bragging, mind you. After all of this work. I've only grown to appreciate Tolkien more. He was obviously more efficient in his work, and more consistent. But this has been a long, long time. When I started, I was in sixth grade in 2006. I maintained it. I fell in love with it, and expanded it dramatically. I'm now 28 and I'm still passionately working on it. I cannot fathom someone taking my work and utterly reworking to suit their personal beliefs. I would be horrified. I would be disgusted. It's my work. I built this. And I built this for my readers. I built this to be enjoyed. I want people to plow into it and have fan theories and favorite characters and so on. This has been my life's work. And now I'm terrified to publish it because of how society handles it. This series is a travesty. If Tolkien were alive, he would have lost his mind. It's such a disgusting mess of nonsense. I would be livid. I've worked so hard to build what I've built, and in the same amount of time, roughly, and I'm still not done. I cannot fathom someone warping my work to fit their stupid fucking narrative. I would come back from the grave and ruin your life for sport. So pathetic. Write your own shit. Let that be trash. Don't tack our names onto your bullshit. If my book fails, it fails. It'll be my fault. But don't ruin a beautiful literary work because you're too fucking lazy to produce your own shit.

“The horse died of cardiac arrest… after reading the script.” 😂

I think the writer's strike should continue and people with a better level of creativity that haven't been able to break into the business should be given a shot.

7) If you ask me, the horse is the lucky one. 6) Doesn't matter if he wins or loses; just the fact that this lawsuit exists is pure gold. 5) Insurance fraud? Not trusting Amazon on this... 4) This is just aggravating on so many levels. Amongst other things it's hypocritical, given how much emphasis they put on the one tree being felled in season 1. 3) Frankly, after season 1 I doubt this show can be turned around anyway. If anything, this would be an interesting experiment for hate-watchers. 2) Well, at least that'll speed up her inevitable downfall. 1) All-female directing team = new shield for Amazon to hide behind. This is gonna be Webber's go-to excuse throughout season 2's run.

If things had gone differently with the production, I would have been part of the target audience for this show. I would have signed up for Amazon Prime just to watch it, and I would have obsessed over every episode even more than I did with Game of Thrones when it was at its height. Instead, I haven't watched a single minute of Rings of Power, not even to 'hate watch', and I never will.

My favorite part of season1 of Rings was not watching it because I actually listen to reviews.

Can't wait for season 2, purely for the content you guys are gonna make!

Thank you for all of this, Gary, You, the Critical Drinker, and RK Outpost have inspired me a lot. I bring up a lot of these same stories and points in my 3-part series on The Frauds of Prime and actually got some good feedback on how I put them all together with the research. I don't agree with ALL of your film and TV takes, but I'm there with you and the Drinker about 95-98% of the time. Keep up the good fight and doing what you do when we're handed garbage like this! You give us nerds on UKposts some hope.

Elrond: Cast it into the fire! Amazon: ... Elrond: DESTROY IT! Amazon as it walks away: No... Elrond reaching for his sword: AMAZON!!!

What I found amazing is how quickly they shot season 2 of this shitshow in the UK. There's now only 11 days of filming left. Just how much is being done in post for this? I'm guessing the budget is much smaller.

With great wokeness comes great irresponsibility. And money loss.

It’s not about lying to their customers. It’s about lying to their *Shareholders.*

Actually, if you look in the credits, Bobo and Captain Pickles are part of the writing staff.

The destruction of the forest is the worst for me. (Second to the show itself, of course)

Amazon truly missed the mark with Rings Of Power. Whether you enjoyed this season or not it does not compare whatsoever to the Peter Jackson trilogy. And my GOD, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT MUST BE INCREDBILY DIFFICULT TO CREATE AN ADAPTATION OF LOTR nowadays that doesn't resemble the trilogy in the slightest, but for some reason it frightened amazon so much they decided to go with a look that is not only unrecognizable if you were to put it beside peter jacksons, but it genuinely doesn't look like it'd be even close to the works of Tolkien. I'm not an expert in Tolkien's work nor do I ever want to be, but to look at Amazon's budget, and witness so much go to waste it makes you think just how unironic a mega corporation like amazon is trying to profit through the works of a guy who devoted his life to storytelling and worldbuilding along with being a professor in english which amplfied his overall finesse in writing. The world needs good storytelling, not shitty rushed projects with no complexities that are riddled with greed.

👍 Love ur weejios! Oh by the way, I've always wondered is that TJ Kirk as a sorcerer behind you😂 ?

Great video! Can't wait to see the outcome of season 2. Also, It's funny hearing people pronounce our counties wrong. 😁

The forest in Berkshire, England, is also a national heritage site so there might be some legal issues for cutting down those trees and an international incident.

I can't wait for season 2... on Nerdrotic, Disparu and the Drinker's channels

"I am Gandalf the Rainbow. And I come back to you now… at the tide of monkeypox." - Gandalf

I dont care what Tolkien said, my grandma told me that Galadriel was black.

If modern entertainment has taught me anything…it’s that it can always get worse.

A moment of silence for the horse that lost it's life. May it run with the horses of rohan for eternity.

Rangz of Poower is such a dumpster fire. Nothing can fix it because it does not have the right people with balls behind it or even involved in it. One thing I absolutely abhor from contemporary writers is their obsession of self inserting their view of the world into their products. They see the world as a diverse place on skin color, race, and sexual orientation alone. Unfortunately, when I indulge in fiction, the last thing I want to see is the world I am trying to be away from.

I honestly just love this guy😂 I listened to every one of his ROP reviews and laughed every time. Friday night tights goes crazy

What frustrates me is the seeming inability to counter-create LotR things to draw attention away from RoP and similar vandalism. I remember the Skyrim molders couldn’t even finish a FREE MOD without being hit with a C&D from Warner Bros. This situation with Tolkien’s masterpiece feels very much like watching a hostage being abused over a CCTV.

This is too funny. I was just in Best Buy and all the tv's there played Rings of Power at that scene she does the angry nose twitch thing. I thought I was being pranked.

How did it even get approved for a second season ? Maybe they're counting on Netflix's Cleopatra making them look like a masterpiece by comparison

The sunk cost fallacy has to be the only reason they are continuing this.

the horse learned he gonna be in rings on power, he had a heart attack

“Back to the book, back to the book’ It just wasn’t one Tolkien wrote.

"If you replaced these two clowns with a couple of chimpanzees named Bobo and Captain Pickles I doubt anyone would notice !" Wow, this one is priceless !

The absence of BoBo and Captain Pickles would most definitely be noticed in their home territory of Secret Hideout, where their genius is much needed on the final season of STD, the Section 31 movie and Starfleet Academy series.

The truly sad thing about all this is it may forever keep us from getting a good The Children of Hurin film.

I wonder if the Tolkien’s offspring care about what they’ve done to their legacy… because now they will forever be viewed as people who sold out their own family for money they didn’t even need…

*Warrior acting horse: Was ridden by the super woman and was totally conflicted and was quoted nahing You haven't seen what I have seen You haven't seen waht I have seen niegh th da gulp kck ca cough croak

The horse died from carrying the first season on its back by being the only good actor in the entire show

I would gladly accept to being forced to watch every Hobbit movie by PJ for every day of my life over ANY footage of that Rings show.

The Based Entertainment Manifesto : - Representation is made with groups, peoples, cultures. Not with out of context token individuals. - A narcissistic or psychopathic character is not a strong character. Humbling and lowering other characters is not strenght. - We recognize ourselves sinners. All of us are bound to fall, all of us can be saved. A strong character is not a powerlifter, nor someone who cannot fall. In the based entertainment the strong character is the one who stands up again, no matter how many falls. - Messages of any kind are vehicled with new ad hoc stories, not by twisting the meaning of established works. When adapting any work for the screen, respect of the author has the greatest importance. - The customer is ever right. No one will be called names for not liking our work. - Suspension of disbelief is not due, it must be earned giving respect to the audience in exchange.

Why PETA isn't promoting the use of coconuts over CGI animals I put down to their lack of taste. The horse dying of cardiac arrest tells me it died of heart break, not embarrassment. Were I Amazon, I would pay off the fanfic writer as a way of excusing why the writing for Season 1 was so terrible. Nice to see Amazon is following the footsteps of Sauron, stoking the forges so their sets light on fire and torching forests. Not sure it is the kind of thing Tolkien would have supported, though.

They will continue this series despite the entire universe yelling for them to stop. They will finally get to season 5 and the final episode's total budget will be $50. EDIT: 9:00 God please! I want an entire industry shut down. I don't want Hollywood to make anything for the next decade. They have shown time and time again they are beyond creatively bankrupt.

Amazon did not understand that unlike Star Wars, Star Trek, Ghostbusters or other film/television franchises the work of the Professor is written down in books and protected from idiocy and ret-conning. Just as Netflix with The Witcher for pretty much the same reason but with much more might in the fandom, they are getting kicked out of the franchise despite their huge money

People disliking the Ring of Power show and in your opinion of it being a "flop" is not a representation of the movie industry being out of touch with society, but that societies opinions do not matter. This was a great show that was well cast, well directed, and well written. Our sick and twisted world enjoys garbage shows with garbage content. What is popular is rarely good and what is good is rarely popular.

RIP to that horse. The hardest worker on set.

Wait, a writers strike has impact on a series that has only 19 days of filming left? So even now the script isn’t complete? Why isn’t this a surprise, it’s gonna be a banger…