The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Amazon | September 2, 2022

[Eric S'ennui]

 

[CoolioD1]

oh i did not realize the girl from saint maud was galadriel in this. she's great in that movie.

[Lucas]

 

Edited February 10, 2022 by Lucas

[Elessar]

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This looks like when cosplayers do an engagement shoot.

 

Well, one should not judge the show's look based on those publicity shots. Those are not frames directly out of the show, at least i hope so. 😅

[Lion Roar]

Males elves with short hair just looks wrong. Elrond looks ridiculous.

[Elessar]

45 minutes ago, Lion Roar said:

Males elves with short hair just looks wrong. Elrond looks ridiculous.

 

Going from movie Elrond to this is a tough pill to swallow i gotta say.

 

Hopefully his performance is good, then i can look past that.

[Menor the Destroyer]

They are putting hobbit ancestors in this? That seems...weird. If there is a story reason for it it's fine but "we can't do Middle-Earth without hobbits" kinda makes me worried about the mindset. But I'm probably just paranoid about adaptations. 

Edited February 10, 2022 by Menor Reborn

[Daxtreme]

Hugo Weaving killed it as Elrond in terms of posture, demeanor and acting, but I always felt like he looked a bit too weird to play Elrond. Maybe it's just that I'm so used to his role as Agent Smith that I can't see past that.

 

Regardless, I'm open to new interpretations. 

[Ozymandias]

[Elessar]

Too bad Will Poulter had to leave the show. Unlike the actor who now plays Elrond he actually had some of that Hugo Weaving DNA.

[XXR & Friends]

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[Ozymandias]

Lol jesus, you can't really read anything about this on social media without seeing people bitching about the racial casting.   If you seriously thought that a billion dollar Tolkien TV show in 2022 wasn't gonna have some brown people in it, you're just a fucking idiot.  It really doesn't matter as long as the casting is inspired and the writing is good.   Now, if this ends up like the Wheel of Time where its obvious the only thing the producers gave a shit about was a diversity quota with literally everything else being terrible thats gonna be a big problem and give all the wrong people so much ammunition.  The thing I'm most concerned about right now is the look of the show...fingers crossed it looks like Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones and not all digital/CG like The Hobbit or the clean TV-like of The Wheel of Time with awful costume design.

[XXR & Friends]

 

 

I'm feeling it, I'm feeling it! 

[Daxtreme]

Well, the sets and costumes look great, much better than the Vanity Fair shoots. I think they got the overall look mostly right.

 

As for the story though... that remains to be seen. I am cautiously optimistic!

[Menor the Destroyer]

Looks solid, probably will get a fuller trailer that I can say more about closer to the release date. 

[Lion Roar]

Looks promising, but I still can't get over how weird Elrond looks with short hair. Just give him a wig for Eru's sake!

[cax16]

I love lotr movies so I’m super excited for this. 

[Fox20]

It looks more like the Hobbit visually...

 

Then again I just hope the story is good, I still have no clue what is this about.

[Ozymandias]

I like the look of Galadriel, still a bit reserved on everything else.  Still need to see more.

 

 

[Elessar]

Whether it'll be a great LotR show remains to be seen but that was one nice teaser trailer. Beautiful imagery.