Rings of Power FALLOUT Journalist's INSANE Defence 

Morffyd Clarke is about as intimidating as a Labrador pup with mild constipation. Cate Blanchett could silence a room with a glance.

I watched 'Return of The King' last night and saw Eowyn run the gamut from gentle, feminine and elegant to utterly badass. She was clearly terrified to go into battle (as any sane person would be) but was determined to fight - which is what true bravery is I think - and ended up killing the Nazgul Witch King. She's a great character, who I appreciate all the more after this two dimensional cardboard cut version of Galadriel.

"Any woman can be a female, but not every woman can be a Lady." Well said, Disparu!

The galadriel in PJs films is beautiful. When Frodo was near death, she came as an apparition and gives a heartwarming smile and pulls Frodo up to keep going. She is like a beautiful yet terrifying angel. I am missing that from this show.

What I really hate is the gas lighting. If you want to rewrite Tolkien to fit the current year, then just say so. If you want to just capitalize on the LOTR name to push your message, then JUST SAY SO. But no, they have to insist this is faithful to the lore, and if we disagree, or if we don’t like it, it’s our fault. I’m not to blame for your delusions and incompetence.

We were so lucky to have Jackson's version of LOTR. We can't expect to get that lucky twice.

Cate Blanchett has a very intimidating and even somewhat evil looking face, but in LoTR (as in all other films she acts in) she has enough range to be able to deliver softness, compassion and hope just as convincingly as anger, greed and fierceness. She has perfect control over her expressions, just as any good actor is supposed to

Frodo: "I wish 'The Rings of Power' had never come to be. I wish none of this had happened." Gandalf: "So do all who live to see such times."

The angry look is the only convincing expression Clark has. The advertising is a problem, the writing is a problem, but the actress is also a problem.

It's just infuriating how they're straight up bragging about ravaging, rewriting and ideologically annexing Tolkien's work because he and his son aren't around to defend it.

I don't understand what the hell these people hate about Tolkien's writing so badly that they want to piss on it like this. The dark lord was directly defeated by a couple of hobbits and his right hand man was killed by a woman (with the help of another hobbit). None of those people were warriors and its a very inspiring story. They didn't get where they went by insulting Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and every other warrior man they saw and have every scene written to belittle them. Everyone helped each other, because that's what heroic people do.

Wow. When I heard that reading The Hobbit put the writer off from novels when he was a kid my jaw dropped to the floor. The Hobbit was the book that made me as a kid interested in fantasy novels. I bet he just doesn't read novels, full stop. Not liking The Hobbit as a kid if you like to read is just absurd.

The problem with the Kubrick Stare is that is traditionally only done once to show change in perspective or personality, when done in every scene just shows a lack of character development and broken idea of personality.

"We made a promise to ourselves at the beginning of the process that we weren't going to put any of our own politics, our own messages or our own themes into these movies." Peter Jackson "Shut up racists" Amazon

We were actually supposed to buy into the idea that this catastrophe of a show was the real example of 'empowerment'??? In the film trilogy, we have Arwen, introduced with a sword in her hand, volunteering to take heroic action, and looking nothing less than fierce all the while. We have Eowyn, devoted to Rohan and her King. Determined to fight, and doing so impressively. Up to and including the defeat of Sauron's greatest commander. And finally there is the real Galadriel. Barring celestial beings, the most powerful person in all of Middle-Earth. Strong enough to face any foe, and yet wise and compassionate enough to take real interest in the well-being of a single Hobbit. The literal embodiment of grace, wisdom, and beauty.

Arwen had a sword, Eowyn had a sword and killed the witch king of Angmar, Tauriel had a sword and Bow/arrows (not exactly lore but was still there), all very strong and powerful women while fitting into the universe. But is there nothing that says power more, than an individual who can manage without having to wield a weapon as Galadriel (the real one) did. She went to rescue Gandalf from the clutches of Sauron/necromancer in the Hobbit, "without a sword"!! how brave and powerful is that? People are so shallow when they think that strong women have never been represented before and the only thing that shows power is to wield a weapon.

She looks like she wants to challenge everyone she meets to a staring contest...but she realized she has too poop and now regrets her decision.

Peter Jackson, in his WWI documentary, wanted to bring a contemporary soldiers' ditty to life, so he went out and got honest to goodness Brits to sing the lyrics for his documentary, not wanting to diminish or disguise the song's origins by having Aussies or Kiwis sing it. THAT is professionalism guided by love and respect. You won't get anything like that coming out of California, the center of American ethnocentrism and didactic self-loathing of anything that could ever be described as "white," the color that embodies evil in the mind of these cultural vandals and demagogues more than anything Sauron or Morgoth ever did.

I can't tell you how much I love listening to you totally dismantle these morons in the entertainment industry. You rock, Disparu!!

“Does ‘Rings of Power’ live up to the hype?” Well, given that the “hype” for this show among fans has been subterranean for months, then yes, I’d say it did indeed live up to it: it’s every bit as atrocious as we thought it’d be, and then some.

Shame on you Disparu. Can't you see how stunning and bold this series is? Clearly this is how Middle Earth is supposed to be represented! If only Tolkien could see this improvement to his work. (There are Amazon drones outside my window. Please send help...)

I love that Clark's pathetic little lip quiver of teen angst has become the most well-known meme from the show.

I love the Irish Times review! Famine cosplay, brilliant! Someone on the Middle Earth Facebook page commented that the Hobbits' accent sounded like the voice coach made the actors watch an episode of 'Derry Girls" and told them "Do that accent".

Hahahaha! Agree. Am "waiting not waiting" for Asian representation. I am Filipino and discovered Tolkien back in 1984. I thoroughly enjoyed the books long before any film adaptation. The values are timeless and totally resonate if people use some sense to be drawn into real story telling. They Prime and the showrunners have no ability to create only to corrupt - so very modern. Keep up the great work! Really appreciate your videos.

Finrod: "Do you know why a ship floats and a stone cannot?" Child Guyladriel: "Nope." Finrod: "Because any object, totally or partially immersed in a fluid, is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object."

Why? Why on earth does a company pay $250 million to gain access to an existing fan base ... and then tell that existing fan base to go f*ck off? Can someone please explain that to me?

Perhaps Amazon would have done well to spend that billion quid on improving the wages for their workers rather than destroying a cultural legacy. Everyone would have been better off.

In letter 348 Tolkien states that in Sindarin “Galadriel” means “maiden crowned with gleaming hair” and that the name was a secondary one given to her in her youth when she was then of ‘Amazonian disposition’ and ‘ bound up her hair in a crown when taking part in athletic feats’. Tolkien elsewhere noted that Galadriel was unusually tall and possessed of a proud nature. So the “Amazon” part may not have the warrior meaning that some would impart. It could of course. But it could also just mean that Galadriel was a strong willed young female elf who enjoyed physical exercise in the first age. In the start of the second she was already 1500 or 5000 years old married to Celeborn and living in Lindon.

I can just imagine kindly old Professor T finishing up the Return of the King and going back to work on the Silmarillion, thinking to himself, "In sixty years or so, they're going to need a bigger television to watch this."

People defending the show: “there is not a single thing in this series that Tolkien would not like!!” Me: “since he was a linguist.. I’m pretty sure he’d take issue with the dialogue”

I just can’t get over the fact that she needed therapy after filming her fighting scenes! So friggin weak!

Watching videos like this makes me wish it was still possible to have an actual debate or conversation about things like this online. Imagine Disparu sitting down and actually talking with someone that was involved with the show, or just one of the people writing positiv articles about it. Both sides telling their opinions in a calm reflected manner and listening to the other side. It would have been so interesting to listen to.

That scene Gary from Nerdrotic kept playing of Guyladriel where her face all of a sudden twitches uncontrollably. The director saw that and said “Cut! That’s a wrap” and moved onto the next scene.

I got chills when Galadriel pick up a grenade launcher and aimed it at Harry Potter and said "Hasta la vista, baby"

Morfydd Clark one dimensional? I don't think she's got that many dimensions to her acting.

"there is no evidence of any Irish actors having been involved" Well there is no evidence of any genuine Tolkien fans being involved either, so no surprise there :P

$1billion budget and we get genius lines like "do you know why ships can float and rocks cannot?" I'm more and more convinced that this show was some sort of money laundering scheme.

We're not throwing rocks *at* them. We want the rocks to look up at the stars.

My favorite part is when she does the Kubrick stare at the camera and says, "it's Morfydd time!" and then just kicks ass!

Well said Disparu! 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I'm compiling an amalgamation of videos for my nephew to watch as he grows up (he's 11, nearly 12 in Oct) to help him understand the insanity of the world right now. I am including your videos for the TV side of things because I don't want to overwhelm him with doom and gloom. I think your videos will make him laugh and give him a real eye opener 👀 Keep up the great work! 👍🏻

The moment where Galadriel and Míriel bonded over some mead was such a special moment. Just two girls, one cup. So simple yet beautiful. Thanks amazon GG

Obviously she isn’t the same character. One is a sorceress and the other one is Rambo.

I have a confession to make. After reading the Irish Times review I went to my daughters and watched the 1st episode on her dodgy box (one of those that's tuned to the 'high seas yo ho ho') Gawd Almighty those accents were BAD! I wouldn't have been surprised if the Knights Who Say Ni had shown up. All that wittering on about inclusivity and toxic 'ist' fans and all the time they were the ones denigrating a whole culture and race. You couldn't bloody make it up lol. My youngest granddaughter (9) thinks Galadriel's brother is a bit thick......... "does he really not know why a stone sinks Grandma?" It all looked pretty enough but it was all style over substance or, as we say up North, all fur coat and no knickers.

The show: “LOOK!! We are so progressive!!!” Me: “you could have made a show centred on the south in Harad or the east with Rhûn!! But oh no you wanted to make token black characters... doesn’t look very progressive to me.. I thought we were past that kind of thing

Can you imagine being so out of touch with reality that you believe that this is a good show full of good performances?

I really loved the part where she demanded to speak to the manager. Err wait king. The part where she demanded to speak to the king

A lot of bad reviews can be expected when you mishandle an IP with a huge international fanbase. Seems like these companies only want to protect themselves from negative reviews.It's almost as if creating a Tolkien level epic requires hard work and talent.

Congrats on 70k matey! Loving the content since the start!👌

I was truly amazed how badly they managed to f up the lore and history in just the first episode. It only took the opening monologue to take it completely of the rails. I was done with the show when Galadriel jumped off the ship. As a intended viewer, im quite insulted by this poor quality of writing. Wheel of time 2.0

If I had a Billion dollars i’d give half of it to Peter Jackson as thanks and the other half to the Amazon factory workers

Cordova: Tolkien’s appendices DIDN’T state elves with fades we’re not present Fans: Elves were very specifically described as having hair depicted accurately in Jackson’s films

Cate Blanchett was calm, graceful, and put off an aura of millenniums' worth of wisdom and kindness. Morfydd Clark comes across as a stuck-up, angry, brash Karen that thinks everyone else stinks.

As a proud Irishman, I was quite offended with the accents. I have never turned off a tv show quicker! Though amazon probably thought I had to clock in at the Tír Na NÓg clog factory for my 35c an hour, or deliver coal to naughty children...

How can you claim openly to be all about representation and not hire Irish people to play your Irish speaking roles.

It never occurred to me until you pointed it out that this show is engaging in blatant anti-Irish racism.

When Sauron busted through the wall and said 'It's Sauron time' it gave me chills.

The way her nose twitched when she said "Conflicted" was hilarious. 😂

go woke go broke

The ultimate comedic effect, during watching this, halfway through and up pops a video of Guy-ladriel telling Granpa Elrond how much she's seen, Great.. Brill vid...

Jesus, this article. As a bit of a writer myself, I will straight up say you can make any character you want into your hero, but they need to fill three conditions at minimum: 1. Be logical. A female fighter is easy enough to justify if she has proper background and history with the training and such. But if they randomly pick up a sword they've never touched before and defeat a man with years of experience, you're doing it wrong. I've written a story in which one of the main heroes was a sorceress capable of annihilating entire armies or cities with a few words, but she had a lifetime of work behind her to achieve that kind of power, as well as the will to NOT use it, which was an important part of her character itself. 2. Be entertaining. A one note personality with no expression or variation gets boring quickly, man or woman. They have to be someone people actually WANT to follow the story of, either through a relatable event/tragedy or just being that much fun. And that leads to 3. Be likable. A hero character needs to make the audience like them, so the audience actually wants them to succeed. This is by far the most important part of a fictional hero, man or woman, because if they're a complete jerk the whole time they're around, people aren't going to stick around to see how it turns out. There is a possibility of making them a likeable jerk, but that's a tightrope to walk, because the jerk and likable behaviors have to be carefully balanced.

When Sam told Frodo, "Mr.Frodo?! Goonies never die!" And Frodo responded with,"But I'm not a Gooney Sam!" I had chills.

'What is this: Famine cosplay?' Best line in the review.

I really hope your channel grows. You have a fierce logical way to to your criticism that is mind blowing .😊😊😊

I would sincerely love a gag reel of all the Disparu clips that end up on the cutting room floor. I think that would be equally funny.

Morffyd Clark didn't look unnerving she looked constipated.

as an american, I am so sorry that the tolkien legacy has been "tarnished" by ignorant Hollywood asswipes. I grew up being more of the film type, I grew up with an imagination being touched by the peter jackson films. so much it had inspired me to read Tolkien's works. And as an American, bookworms over here always believe the books vastly outclass the movies.

I was legitimately surprised that guy talking about seeing Rings of Power on a bigger screen being more important didn’t have an affiliate link to a wide screen television on Amazon.

Lady Galadriel, daughter of Finarfin, grand-daughter of Finwë (one of the original elves created by Illuvatar and the first High King of the Noldor), probably one of the only living beings in Middle Earth that was born in Valinor during the Age of the Trees: she looks like a random unknown human warrior girl, fighting trolls to revenge her brother's death, Finrod (who is actually resurrected and waiting for her, drinking mojitos in Valinor). Also Elrond, twin brother of Elros "Tar-Minyatur" (first King of Numenor), son of Earendil (a Star in the sky!), grand-grand-son of Turgon (King of Gondolin), grand-grand-son of Beren and Luthien, grand-grand-gran-son of Elwë "Thingol" (original elf created by Illuvatar and King of the Sindar) and Melian the Maïa: an amateur "politician"/architect, barely allowed to attend Gil-galad's meetings. Gil-galad, son of Fingon, grand-son of Fingolfin and grand-grand-son of Finwë, therefore Galadriel's nephew twice removed: looks much older, looks dumb, but still addresses Galadriel like a random warrior (which she actually is in the show), never seen Valinor and still indirectly under the Ban of the Valar, but can decide to send random elves there. Celebrimbor, grand-son of Fëanor, grand-grand-son of Finwë: looks like an old grubby politician, left at the door of Khazad Dum like a tramp.

I loved the part where the harfoots danced and playing xylophone on stormtrooper helmets!

"just think about it, they took one of the most majestic, most magnificent female character written in modern literature, the embodiment of grace on middle earth. the person whom her mere presence changes the very nature of the earth itself and makes it magical and peaceful, the person whom her hair was considered more valuable than all the jewel beneath the earth. and they turned her to an idiot, heartless, vengeful Mary Sue! if you really understand, respect and love Tolkien's writings, this is enough to hate the show. it's kind of like depicting Gandhi as a warrior flame thrower in WW2, who laughs when people are burning! and at the end claim that its true to real Gandhi's biography. then when people and historians say: this is a disaster and an insult. accuse them as anti Indians and racists. this is exactly what amazon is doing. there is power and authority in non violence. the most powerful characters in Tolkien legendarium are non violent, Tom Bombadil is considered as thee most powerful being in meddle earth, and his childish and playful and sings songs and gather flowers! Tolkien understood this the most. the showrunners don't. every character in the legendarium represents something, for example Gollum is representation of self pity and depression. Sauron is FEAR and Galadriel as I mentioned is the embodiment of grace. and this representations of values and plagues of human life and psyche, forms the root structure of all of the Tolkien's story. we love it because of them, because we recognize our own grace when we see Galadriel or our own hopefulness when Samwise can find a star in the darkness of Mordor or in the ring and the burden that we all have in our lives. this representations are all part of a whole, together they form the soul and essence of what we call the Lord of The Rings. this is why we love it so much, because it represents our psychology, humanity and life. and it is ageless, colorless and genderless, because it wants to represents us as human beings not a mere identity. you cannot change them. Tolkien himself could not change them. it does not matter if you own a house, if you remove a break from its foundation it will crumble. and amazon just removed many. and this rule is true for any art whether it is a symphony or a book or a painting." I beg you, please point out what here I say that is wrong for I believe what I believe based on this reasonings and if you can logically prove them wrong, then by all means I shall change my mind.

Thank you for your perfect work!

"Rocks and boats have feelings" -Galadriel's brother

Deranged is how I describe Galadriel. Many times when people are talking to her you can see she's seething with anger. The scene with Elrond where the famous "You have not seen what I have seen" line is from shows her going mental. She's shaking, twitching and her eyes are bulging at times. You can see the tops of her iris many times in that scene. Normal people have the tops of their iris covered by their upper eyelid. Her facial twitches and shaking make her appear totally insane. Is this bad acting? Bad directing? Both? Or just that the actress is really an unhinged far left weirdo? It's very possible it could be all of the above.

Guyladriel defenders point to Tolkien's choice of word "fight" in several passage about Galadriel, but of course they conveniently forgot being an Elven Noble, Guyladriel should have a named Sword, not just any ordinary sword. 😆

Didn’t realize it till he showed the pic but guy looks like Malcom McDowell from Clockwork Orange. Also, keep up the great work!

You're finest yet. Thank you for your service.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. For decades I've been fighting against the habit people have of calling anything with a vagina "lady"... even animals. Thank you for pointing out that not every female is a lady.

When Elrond said: ”My fair lady” to Disa, I got the feels.

Excellent analysis!👍

why everytime the elf guy shows up i think "wtf Vulkans doing in here?"

The actors deserve the script. Absolutely talentless on every front.

I want to watch it simply to pick the shit apart, but I know what Tolkien is and isn't. And I'd rather NOT fund the monster that disrespects Tolkien, his son Christopher, and my intellect. Amazon has done their damnest to shred the legendarium and spit in my ale at the same time. I think one episode was enough for me.

Critics: Tolkien’s a racist Fans: Explain the regions he created where he cited Asia and Africa as influences? Critics: My feelings are more important than your pesky facts. Hold my beer while I speak my truth!

You’re take on Colonization had me in stitches, as I pictured Suri from Black Panther calling out “Colonizer!” while pointing at the person. In this case, American writers. Lol

The fact that I'm already over this whole thing is... Unexpected.... But also not unwelcome...?

I was watching ep 1 with a friend, and he said Galadriel has “AOC crazy eyes”.

Good video, thanks!!

Great video man. PS: it's no Viola, it's Voila (french) hehehe

These weirdos can say whatever they want, they can’t have Tolkien or his works. To quote the greatest wizard ever… YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!! 🧙‍♂️

Interesting juxtaposition with Cate Blanchett's Galadriel. I recall from an interview with Peter Jackson that he really wanted Blanchett to play Galadriel because of her smile.

Something I haven't seen mentioned is that eowyn was good with a sword. She was ok, but it was heavy. She didn't come across as this super strong woman lifting everything like it was nothing, but she persisted, she had courage, she kept fighting even though it was clear she had no chance, and that was her true strength, that's why she beat the witch king.

It’s hard to blame the actress for many of the problems with Galadriel. Much of this comes down to the show runners.

Fans: we don't like the thing. Media/"super fans": why??? Fans: Bad writing, script is awful, acting is sub-par, VFX looks cheesy, not faithful to source material. Media/"super fans": Oooohh so you're racist?

This production team doesn't know what a woman is, they have no idea what a Lady is.

"Stolen Valor" is a term applied to the phenomenon of people falsely claiming military awards or medals they did not earn, service they did not perform, Prisoner of War experiences that never happened, and other tales of military actions that exist only in their minds. To buy rights to a book for the sole purpose of adapting to screen, and then not including one thing from the book in the screen adaption is not only Stolen Valor, but gaslighting. Not one thing from the appendix Rings of Power made it to the films. Not one. Ungoliant killing the trees, kinslaying, flight of the Noldor, death of Morgoth, Gladriel leading her kingdom with Celeborn, Elrond finally being born and marring her daughter... nothing. Literally nothing that is in the book made it to screen. Never ever thought anything would destroy a franchise more than Earthsea. 😡

viola! Ha. Check your pronuncation amigo. 'part from that, love the video as always..

I think I will keep my own Galadriel. From the books.

Lee Pace's Thranduil is the best Tolkien's Elf character, tbh, design-wise. Him, and Cate's Galadriel.

This was fuckin HILARUOUS keep it up my dude🤘 *hilarious trying to type on stairmaster

The piece from the Irish Times was amazing. I tripped over it the other day searching for after-release-reviews of show.