XXRDJisDoctorDoom Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 31 minutes ago, Porthos said: ??? It's at 18.7m on the YT Prime Video channel alone. Not saying that's necessarily the right number. But neither is 4.8m Yep my mistake, I looked at the first vid up when I searched YT but didn’t notice it what PV UK. Idk why that would be the top on but eh, my fault. Seems incredibly high, still; but I guess it’s feasible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porthos Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Inceptionzq said: I’ll admit I didn’t do my due diligence beyond the main YT channel, but I’m surprised how strong the LATAM and India channels are. I can definitely see it now depending on socials At least you didn't go to Prime Video UK and think it was the main. (love ya @PenguinXXR , but that was pretty funny ) edit: And now I feel bad slightly ribbing you, XXR, after the cross post. If it's any consolation, I'm pretty dubious of the 250m+ number myself even after checking out YT and Twitter. But 150m+? Maybe even 200m? That I could see. Edited February 16, 2022 by Porthos 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Menor the Destroyer Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Falcon and Winter Soldier supposedly got "125 million" views last year from the Super Bowl, despite much lower view numbers than many Marvel trailers that didn't even break 100. I don't trust anything from these Super Bowl stats. Also @Porthos@Inceptionzq I don't but the prime video India number. Wheel of Time's trailer was shockingly high on prime video India at first, later the view count was dropped massively to a more reasonable number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daxtreme Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 https://old.reddit.com/r/lotr/comments/strutc/a_look_back_on_how_fans_in_2001_criticized_pjs/ Really good point : back in 2001 lots of people were going apeshit over the smallest of changes. Let's wait and see! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Daxtreme said: https://old.reddit.com/r/lotr/comments/strutc/a_look_back_on_how_fans_in_2001_criticized_pjs/ Really good point : back in 2001 lots of people were going apeshit over the smallest of changes. Let's wait and see! The trilogy was such a cinematic achievement that it shut up all critics except for the most tenacious minority. Rings of Power "only" has to do the same. What are the odds? Must be hell of a pressure on the showrunners right now. Yeah, don't want to be in their shoes. But i remain hopeful, i want to. The teaser doesn't give me much cause for concern, to the contrary (some casting choices and hairdos notwithstanding). I detest the negativity, lack of open mindedness and that mob mentality that is so prevailing on the internet. Hate it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieleeann Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 I feel like the hate for this is soooo over the top at the moment. The outrage just seems so manufactured, especially on YouTube. The YouTubers are riding this hate train so hard, on par with the hate train for star wars sequel trilogy. The only legit concern I have for this is it will be great? It needs to be great not good. I said in the Superbowl thread that I hope this universe doesn't turn into Star Wars where the first 3 movies are ground breaking masterpieces and then everything after that is just OK-to-mediocre(even tho the tv side of Star Wars has been killing it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 let's hire two people who don't even have a Wikipedia page who's only IMDB credit is an uncredited script contribution to Star Trek Beyond to be the main showrunners of your billion dollar streaming show makes sense! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion Roar Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 I hope this show can get me to finally remember who's who between all the F elves, especially Fingolfin, Finarfin, Finrod and Fingon. I can never remember how they're related and what they did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 6 hours ago, John Marston said: let's hire two people who don't even have a Wikipedia page who's only IMDB credit is an uncredited script contribution to Star Trek Beyond to be the main showrunners of your billion dollar streaming show makes sense! Hire somebody who's only done niche indie and shlocky horror flicks down in NZ for your $300m movie trilogy. Makes about as much sense... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menor the Destroyer Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 6 hours ago, Lion Roar said: I hope this show can get me to finally remember who's who between all the F elves, especially Fingolfin, Finarfin, Finrod and Fingon. I can never remember how they're related and what they did. Those are all first age, this show is second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 4 hours ago, Elessar said: Hire somebody who's only done niche indie and shlocky horror flicks down in NZ for your $300m movie trilogy. Makes about as much sense... Peter Jackson had at least directed before and had an Oscar nom under his belt for The Lovely Bones. He was also the main person pushing and wanting to direct the trilogy because most people thought it would be unfilmable these guys, who are now taking on a franchise that has been established in the movie word, have nothing, and we’re mainly hired supposedly because of a recommendation from JJ Abrams.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 5 minutes ago, John Marston said: these guys, who are now taking on a franchise that has been established in the movie word, have nothing, and we’re mainly hired supposedly because of a recommendation from JJ Abrams.. They were hired because they made a great pitch, supposedly. And i feel like TV might be even more of a group effort with the directors and writers and the show has some good established talent working on it. We'll see... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion Roar Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Menor Reborn said: Those are all first age, this show is second. Finrod is (apparently) in the trailer so there will be some flashbacks to the First Age. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Gosh there is sooo much negativity sorrounding this project! And we barely saw anything ffs. As a huge Tolkien fan (I’ve read pretty much all his books, including some of the History of Middle-earth -still making my way through that) it is so disappointing. I do agree that including hobbits is strange but it can be made to work. At least wait to see a full episode before judging the whole thing🙃 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ozymandias Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Apparently this is Celebrimbor, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 Yeah, not a fan of some of the casting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daxtreme Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Those who are more familiar with the lore and the 2nd age, is it possible we get a Balrog appearing somewhere in this series or does the timeline make it impossible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
