Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Making of Part 3, the Finale! Finally the last episode from Amazon's X-Ray series and boy, did they explain a lot about how this show came into being. From shallow interviews to comments about how the evil in the world is "beautiful" are eye opening. The aim is to get episode 2 review of Willow out tomorrow, then 3 out on Wednesday when the episode release so I'm caught up. Packed schedule, but should be a laugh! Let me know your thoughts about what you saw in the review down below and as always, thanks for watching :)
My dude, you are kinda beating a dead horse here, especially the Dutch angle part it got pretty cringe, I say this in the spirit of a friend telling his drunk friend he has had one too many.
Hey Kapitalist Agenda, that's funny- have you seen how many views these videos get? You seem to be doing a bit of gaslighting because you're the absolute ONLY person I've seen with this horrible take. How about take your Communist agenda elsewhere, because this video is hilarious. You failed to camouflage your butthurt over this pile of manure getting roasted and rightly so. In the spirit of a Capitalist telling a Communist- you aren't forced to watch, so get lost!
Wow, it just seems like the Worst idea to put out a lush and fluffy ‘making of’ for such a poorly conceived and poorly received show! It’s like performing a very long, drawn out demonstration of how a very bad magician did a very poor trick - that nobody fell for in the first place! 🙄🙄
I’m willing to acknowledge and give credit where due. Congratulations is in order. The production staff managed to achieve both range and depth of a teaspoon. 👏 - one clap.
I have zero interest in ever watching this show, but I am somewhat glad it was made. All these videos dunking on it and its makers are more entertaining than anything Hollyweird vomited out in years.
I must have watched 50 hours of free content about a show that I will never, ever watch. At this point they might as well stop even pretending that they're making content for actual fans.
Director lady: We had to stand in mud up to our knees. Stunt orcs from Helm's Deep: We had three months of consecutive night shoots in the rain. Tolkien: My mates and I fought in the trenches in World War I. Not only did we have mud up to our knees, we were infested with rats and regularly had to be de-loused. Enemy artillery was constantly firing on us when the enemy soldiers themselves were not shooting at us. Out of a group of four best friends, I am the only one who survived World War I. Tolkien fans: We love you, we respect and admire all your sacrifices, as much as we appreciate the wonderful literature that you gifted us. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
Eh. A lot about what is expressed in that documentary seems to me more like it was the production from hell. Corporate and PR meddling with the creative vision, Bezos personally watching his small vanity project and two staggeringly incompetent showrunners. If i had a guess, i would say that the final product bears little resemblance to what was originally pitched, got mired down in production hell for a loooong time (it was first pitched after the lawsuit between WB, New Line and the Tolkien Estate was settled in 2017), with pre-production staring in 2019 and rebooted a number of times during it. I would disagree with everyone working on it not giving a toss about it.
Helicopter riders in NZ can vary from $270-$350 dollars per person. If the entire cast and crew was flown out to a destination like this then it explains why the budget was blown so quickly and the costumes, scenery and make-up looked so crap
There's a rumour that they paid for helicopters for the execs and their families but insisted a few necessary electrical/lighting replacement parts that broke had to be walked into the set because the bosses (Payne and McKay) didn't want to pay for a chopper. That delayed filming for day....
@@primmakinsofis614 That is indeed something to ponder. The filmmakers knew they were on to a loser as the appendices of the LotR is not much to go on so they had to make a profit somewhere. Anyone with eyes and a working braincell could see this wasn't going to sell and would fall off the charts as soon as the season is over
@@andrewmack2161 Yet the whole cast and crew had to get out there somehow and some of these Islands are really remote with no ports or infrastructure. What can explain the ridiculously high cost but cheap looking production of the show? Because let's face it I've seen better cosplay than the elves and numeonoreans portrayed in this series
I can just picture Frodo and Sam walking over the mountain ridge and seeing Mordor up close for the first time, and instead of shuddering with horror they both go, "Aww... there is almost a SENSE OF BEAUTY in this hellish desolate place.... Fire and smoke, death and ruin... Aww... We think we've found ourselves a lovely new home!"
Frodo: "What a terrible place!" Sam: "try seeing it from the orc's point of view! It's really a home for them, innit? There's almost a sense of beauty in the poisonous air, barren rocks and ruined nature."
This is seriously the only mindset I can envision someone who loves living in a city having. I mean really, _who on earth_ can look at a place like New York and say “yes, it’s really quite beautiful, isn’t it? All the gorgeous architecture either completely hidden, completely deformed or outright destroyed by years of muck, filth, and neglect on all surfaces, as the rats scamper in multitudes under our feet. The smell of excrement and trash left out on every street corner really is refreshing!”?
I loved how Galadriel brought out her twin lightsabers and said, "Say, hello to my little friend!" Before putting her ultimate Karening powers into action. It brought tears to my eyes. So emotional!
I like it when she was killed by the frost troll in episode 1 and everything after is he mind creating this elaborate yet ridiculous story so she doesn't have to deal with the pain of dying.
A 160cm, 50kg girl who can’t swim, ride, or sword fight, and is deathly afraid of actors pretending to attack her, was cast as a 190cm eleven BATTLE COMMANDER.
@@thelasttaarakian After wasting budget on every other garbage imaginable they had none of it left to spend on an actually decent actor so they took this charisma void on stubby legs.
@@sphyre1196 charisma is nearly impossible to achieve with shit writing. Adar being one of the more charismatic characters is in no small part due to his character being written better than the others. No matter who they got for Galadriel it would be fucking tough to work that script and the fact your character is already hard to like
@@skylx0812 honestly though. For me that was when I tuned out. That line was so horrendously idiotic and vapid I just couldn’t respect a show with such shoddy writing. I’m surprised a lot of people don’t mind that trash.
23:20 "If only there was some way of doing more... with less..." The obvious scathing irony is that Peter Jackson's entire "Lord of the Rings" trilogy cost $281 million ($457 million in 2021 dollars). Season one of "Rings of Power" cost "nearly $700 million", according to a quote from Jennifer Salke. So they literally did less with more.
For the whole show I honestly believe this Guyladriel was actually Sauron in disguise. Just look at her, always angry, sour, feeling superior to everyone and despising everything. Barking orders and going on about revenge.
shes so eager with glee to exterminate an entire orc race just so adar who care and want to protect them could see it all before she kill him 🤔 she was already evil but that really show how deep her evil is .
Nahhh dont insult sauron like that hes wayyy more cooler and polite.if he bit everyone he met like guyladriel he wouldnt be able to manipulate anyone. Guyladriel is a minion of sauron she has the phenomenal power of making people who talk to her want to commit suicide.even her husband died!(in the show)
A good theory but Sauron was canonically far more charming and charismatic than that. Not even joking either, he really was far more likeable in the books than Guyladriel in this show.
Hey, that's Vic Armstrong! That guy's been throwing himself out helicopters since before I was born. He's been a stunt coordinator for Bond, Last Crusade, Total Recall, Universal Soldier, Last Action Hero, Starship Troopers... Seeing him here like this just makes me want to cry manly tears of manliness. Oh well. "Chin up Vic; it wasn't your fault!"
So, if I'm understanding this correctly, according the logic of the show, the people cutting down the Amazon rainforest should just say they're making a home for Orcs and that makes everything okay.
Our choices for the watchtower trap are that either a race of immortal beings have the fortification architectural prowess of a mentally handicapped walnut, or a village of peasants could weaken a structure designed to resist such efforts in a matter of days. Rings of Power engineering everyone! Edit: bearing in mind that medieval sapping operations took month under the direct supervision of expert siege engineers.
Weakening the tower could be done in a few days if the had proper tools, the main issue would be it not falling on you, after you break a row of stone or much of the foundation. The brace to keep that from happening will also take multiple days and be very difficult to complete. Sapping tunnels during month-long sieges take a long time because you are digging long tunnels to avoid the defender's intervention. Theoretically here you don't need that long as you have free access to the building. If they had a week at least, I could maybe buy it, but still any time used to sabotage your own defenses would have been better used to strengthen them.
I assumed the Elves took over the watchtowers when they were left behind after the war, but even then - if the Men of the Southlands built them, why rig them to collapse when you sever the *one rope holding everything up*??? This makes no sense, and the showrunners clearly only did it because they thought it would be so cool for Fake Legolas to do a stunt like that. It's stupid, it's stupid even just on the level of casually watching a TV show, but once again - no thought went into the making of this series. No braincells were harmed during the filming of this episode, because they were kept far away from it.
@@maryokeeffe3528 It's more than lazy writing Mary, it's an obvious cash grab which led to poorly written scripts, sub par actors and cheap looking sets. Maybe Bezos should look up who he's hiring and their track record before signing those big cheques in future
Imagine the slow mo scene where Adar and Arondir lock gazes and the sax from Careless Whisper starts playing. And yeah, as a shorty myself (5’2”), the struggle to get on the horse isn’t the saddle. It’s the short legs lol. I had to use a mounting block too.
They are all profoundly stupid! The producers must have actively driven away anyone intelligent- woke ideology, mask & Vaxx mandates, racial quotas. Guarantees a retarded cast!
Really awesome work on this dude! These videos have been absolutely hilarious to watch. I think you absolutely nailed the balance of how much you add to each part as well. You have quickly become one of my favorite RU-vidrs, and I always look forward to watching your stuff!
I'm surprised no actors left the show half way after realizing how embarrassing what they where helping to create was. Everyone looks so bamboozled by everything they are involved with. They really think in their minds they are creating the most groundbreaking show ever filmed. Is... Weird... And sad.
To be honest I don't think they really care. They get their big paycheck and the entertainment industry stamp of approval for being diverse, inclusive and empowering. They then got back to their million dollar mansion and get a good night's sleep on a big pile of cash. The producers, writers and directors are so far up their own asses they believe they're making the greatest masterpiece the world has ever seen.
Because probably after you sign the contract for a role you're contractually obliged to fulfil it or you're legally liable? I'm sure they were overjoyed to be cast in a show like this and thought this would be their big break into stardom, and now feel quite cheated. If anything, I feel quite bad for them as all the faults clearly lie with the showrunners, writers and directors - the poor performances (like Galadriel: haughty and one-note) seem to be exactly what the shitty script demands.
Did you guys remember LOTR behind the scenes? They talked about how they worked with what they got and respect all they have, be hard working humble and resourceful. And look at what we got this time, they can have everything they want but they still need to explain everything and make tons of excuses.
What I noticed between this behind the scenes and LOTR is that there were hardly any Kiwi accents. LOTR was made by Kiwis in New Zealand and it was a big deal. There was a position in parliament for a while which was Minister for Lord of the Rings. :)
@@jeremybeavon4476 That's because they had to get out of New Zealand and film the rest in Europe. I get what you are saying but I'm not sure how long they were actually in New Zealand. And honestly did you think these people care like they did during LOTR?
As a writer, I can tell you that it is often REALLY difficult to separate yourself from your work and see it as other people see it. You know in your head what you MEANT to say and what you WANTED everyone to take from it. This is why critique and editing can be so vastly valuable. There are lots of other tricks, like trying to recite dialogue out loud to see if it sounds like something someone would actually say. A lot of written speech ends up completely awkward when you put it in your mouth. I have little doubt that the same can happen in a production of this type too. They're all trying hard and see all the huge production. They repeat lines and scenes over and over until they probably sound like nonsense to the people saying them (research suggesting this only takes about ten repetitions - try it yourself!). And they know that no matter what they think of it, it's all going to be edited and remastered and all of that to make things as cool as possible. I'm sure many, many actors have no material idea what actually happened until they see their show in the theatre... and maybe not even then.
I'm embarrassed, the director is also Swedish... oh damn it gets worse and so far I agree with you 500%. That was half way, and now I'm exhausted and amazed and drained. Thanks for taking a bullet for the team Disparu and bringing some light to the darkness. But I don't agree the rings looks like from a slot machine, the slot machine rings worth ~10kr sek (~1£) rings are better looking in my opinion.
If Christopher Guest of Spinal Tap and Best in Show needs inspiration for a new behind the scenes mockumentary this has to be it. Comedy gold just waiting to be mined.
I guess this is what we should expect from Mighty Morfydd’s Girl-Power Rangers, but I can’t believe that even their “making of” series is boring and makes no sense. Once again, your review is a much better watch than the show itself- thanks👍🏻
The conclusion at the end was on point. The people involved in this show never had to achieve anything in their lives, all they had to do was to be present and collect their participation trophies. That's why everything, not just entertainment, is slowly turning to sh*t. These people have penetrated companies and are doing the hiring right now and there is no one left or willing to keep them in check.
At Thanksgiving, I was asked why so many people actively hated the Rings of Power. I answered that Tolkien fans knew that when Galadriel dove off the boat to swim back to middle earth she would cross something like an ocean -- hundreds of miles at a minimum. "Now, if they had her porpoise through the water with great speed and determination she'd be like a porpoise with a purpose and the action would be more believable." I then added that if you knew nothing about Tolkien it wasn't horrible -- that it was like a low-budget "Xena, Warrior Princess" that could have used a young Lucy Lawless in the lead (when they sacrificed the male gaze, they lost the male watch).
Dude, I know nothing of Tolkien and this show is still horrible. XD Maybe if you have zero standards (especially for fight scenes, story, and dialogue), then yeah, this show might be great!
I seem to have offended the "Xena, Warrior Princess" fans. For this, I heartily apologize: Speak in haste, repent at leisure. OK, I did say RoP, season one, wasn't horrible but I wanted to leave room for commenting on season two.
Hey man, I’m not sure if you will read this, but it’s just for you, I appreciate your videos, because I refuse to watch actual shows like this, but I know what they are about and I’m very in tune with how things are being ruined these days, so your videos help me unwind after a long day and feel connected with someone else out there that is just as disgusted as I am. At least we can laugh at it together.
Did they witness a different California fire then I did? The fires were hellish and terrifying even as I knew that the videographer survived, I held my breath as I watched. The volcano fire looked pitiful in comparison.
Quickly double checked, but the Two Towers appendices (behind the scenes) for Helm's Deep uses minimal background music. Its more raw, authentic, amusing, and more ... well, "behind the scenes". The appendices do use the epic music at times, but it often fades out. Meanwhile, Rings of Power has to absolutely drown out everything with generic fantasy soundtrack to make it sound more impressive, like canned laughter on a comedy.
18:54 did anyone notice that Elrond as an actor looks EXACTLY like Elrond as an Elf. Same with other actors except Adar. They all look like they do in real life. Speaking of suspension of disbelief.. I quess elves are people now?! What's next, orcs are people?🙈
That's the problem, the elves in RoP were just people with pointy ears. Notice in Fellowship how Legolas walked on top of the snow while the others sank into it. Elves are mystical and magical in nature, not just regular dudes with pointy ears who live a long time.
They looked like Vulcans more than anything to me. Which doesn’t surprise me considering these hacks also destroyed Star Trek and Star Wars. “Ultimate power” my ass.
The Rings of Power has the same writing energy as a book I read recently that described a town market as "there were booths that were portable and could be moved where needed, unlike the buildings behind them which were permanent."
It pains me to say my brother actually enjoyed this monstrosity of a show. I watched the whole series because of him and I totally regret it. The lore of Middle Earth has been so important to my family for years and to see this just shits on the works of Tolkien himself. I'm glad my late grandfather didnt have to see this, he would've been mortified to watch the show. I hope more people realize what an absolute shitshow this series is.
Just talked to someone who says they are a fan of LOTR cuz they recognized my ring of barahir I wear cuz imma nerd lol. But then he proceeded to tell me he enjoyed ROP! Said he's just happy that the show stayed true to the heart of Tolkien...🤬 I really don't understand why some ppl say this cuz every bad writing choice I pointed out he agreed was bad so I'm like what did you actually like. It seems like some ppl are just happy to see another LOTR thing regardless of whether it is actually LOTR? I'm so perplexed -Dan
My friend loved that freaking show as well, and I mean LOVED it, also will always refuse to watch any review that makes valid points why it's a terrible show. Our discussions on it are completely pointless and it annoys me so much you can't imagine, but I still love him :')
It is because many sheeple have been conditioned to like/enjoy/love crap, as long as there are dangling keys in it. Sadly, it takes less and less keys these days.
If one thing would summarize RoP it's the phrase "commander of the northern armies". It is meant to sound so awesome, cool and important. Instead it sounds pompous, shallow, stupid and most of all - silly. I hope Amazon was aiming for silly. You get 10/10 ladies, gentlemen, them and zirs. Compare to Aragorn being called "Strider" by Bree peasants unaware he and rest of Dunedain are their protectors. So simple, modest, even mildly offensive yet it is the perfect symbol of what Aragorn actually is. Or Geralt's "Butcher of Blaviken", symbolizing not Geralt's martial prowess, but prejudice and injustice he was shown by the people whose miserable lives he saved. It is about achievements and personal history (especially if that history is emotionally charged for the protagonist)...instead we have Comanndah o' De Norfern Armees, in all its meaninglessness and sillyness. You should have gone with Insufferable Angry Mary Sue, at least it would be true to the character.
Especially, when you pretty early find out, it's title she gave herself. No one is addressing her like that and we were shown, she commands only 10 elves, which ends up in mutiny.
It's a series with gen Z morals and emoting. The scene at 18:30 says it all: the two actors walking by the horse are over-acting their little hearts out, suffering in every pore, but hey, at least their hair is perfect!
@@purefoldnz3070 Based on interviews and analysis, seasons 7 & 8 were rushed. They didn't have Martin, they didn't have the talent, and they wanted it to be over. RoP feels much more intentionally devoid of care or responsibility; like the political ideology was literally the only thing that mattered, so the product is garbage on purpose. I do believe D&D started out liking their product and caring about fan reactions and staying somewhat close to Martin's canon. I see none of that in RoP, in fact, I see the exact opposite to an extreme degree.
DUUUUUDE, watching you watching this trash was a blessing because i wanted to watch it but didnt want to get disappointed and you made the whole experience so enjoyable. thank you, for real,
To think that this and she hulk we’re running simultaneously. I think the entertainment industry has truly reached rock bottom. But don’t worry, they’ll move the rocks over and go lower before we know it
Cate Blanchett was on top of it on huge platforms to make her appear Galadriel’s actual height. Amazon’s Galadriel is super short,obviously painfully short and they didn’t even try to hide it.
To be Honest, when I got smacked in the face with a Pyroclastic Flow, my personality changed. Luckily a few moments(months?) later, I reverted back to my beloved wisea$$ self. Love your videos.
Morbed Glark was a better actress when she was in "His Dark Materials", where she played a creepy smiling nurse who is mind broken and half of her soul removed.
I think there was an interview with her when she was surprised that she was cast as Galadriel because she’s usually cast as a villain because of her face. Even the actress was confused by her casting. Shows you how incompetent and horrible the casting director was 😂
5:53 Honestly? At this point I had forgotten the actress talking was playing Galadriel. It's not just the height, people can compensate for that, they did it with the non-short hobbits in the movies. The real issue is that she has No presence. I should know the actress instantly if she's playing that role.
In canon Mithril is just a great metal which has fantastic quality of being extremely strong while weighing almost nothing. The only magical quality it has is that it shines in the moonlight while being almost invisible to the eye otherwise. Here they decided to turn it into something that's connected to the lifespan of the elves, for whatever reason. It makes no fucking sense considering how the metal should be connected to the dwarves, them being children of Aulë who created them to be connected to the earth and capable of crafting wonders with all minerals.
I'm getting strong Game of Thrones Season 8 vibes from this behind the scenes look. Specifically the cast and directors attributing motivations to characters that were never really shown nor explained in dialogue. Leaked S8 scripts show complex character motivation that D&D expected the actors to convey with looks and facial expression. It didn't work. Seems like something similar happened here.
I didn't realize that the intimacy coordinators they hired for the show were in preparation for us getting f*cked. Surely they could have come cheaper though, right?
Clark is not 5'4. She MIGHT be 5'2. In any case, if she actually put in the work, she wouldn't need a step stool, or any trouble at all, getting on a horse. It takes a lot of practice, but no matter how short you are, as long as you can get one foot in the stirrup, you can vault on a horse.
I used to show horses and first rode a horse at the age of 5 or 6. I could definitely get up on a saddle by myself at the age of 6 or 7. I'm baffled that she can't mount on her own... it's been years since I've ridden a horse, but muscle memory tells me that it's really not that hard, like, does she not have leg muscles? You just get your left foot in the stirrup, push up with your leg, swing your right leg behind you, and you're good to go, it's not that hard
I'm 5'2 and I recently got into a saddle, without a step stool. Sure, I needed a bit of help because the horse is the tallest of the three my aunt owns, but I still did it.
I wonder how much training she got. Some of the actors on LotR couldn't ride (or do any fighting or stunts) at all either, but PJ put them trough months (?) of training so they could learn and gain confidence, which takes time. Some still didn't, like the actor playing Faramir! Ultimately they are actors and that's what they were hired for - they don't need to do the stuff well if they can _act_ like they do (and directors, stuntspeople and camerawork should all cooperate to cover for their faults and help deliver a more convincing scene). Not defending the series at all, just that some of the criticism directed here at the actors seems rather petty, especially when the actors are the least responsible for the crapdumpster that is this show. I lay ALL of the blame strictly at the door of the showrunners, then writers and directors.
Stanley Kubrick filmed a scene in _"Barry Lyndon"_ only lit by candles. So if you want and have the knowledge a scene can be lit only by natural lighting.
If the cast were getting the same amount of work done as those twitter employees in some tik tok videos, no wonder it took them months to film an episode.
I would love to think the editor for this is doing it on purpose when they show clips that contradict them but It's probably more likely they shot so much crap they can't possibly know what's made the final cut (or what is even going on) and the poor guy is just stuck working with what he has
It's as you said before; it's almost like they are not describing the same show that went public. So either there has been some drastic cuts/changes, or they had no freaking idea what they were doing.
When someone explains to me in details how one can survive a fiery volcanic eruption straight to the face, only then I will take this show seriously. Also it's so funny how they try to glorify and hype the battle in episode 6, when it's more actually like a skirmish or raid.🤦 Great video Disparu!
The problem is not that, it's fantasy world, it could pass. But why the inconsistency? Why is there house on fire and right to it child completely unaffected, next to it burned corpse ...
This feels like my final reflection of my college class after moseying through class, procrastinating assignments, and not showing up to class. And how I have to comment on, "how this class furthered my educational goals, and how I learned about rhetoric on my assignments"
The worst thing about the creation of the three rings in this show is that it completely fucks up the timeline even further than they already have. in the original timeline sauron tricks calibrimbor into making the nine rings for man and the seven rings for the dwarves. the idea behind the number of rings made is that you make the ore, you empower the ore, then you split it up into however many magic items you want basically dividing the power poured into the ore amongst those objects. so to the humans who have the weakest wills according to the lore received the weakest rings which successfully corrupted them. then you had the seven rings which were stronger that went to the dwarfs, which according to the law failed to enchant them, as they sensed the evil within. sauron didn't need to corrupt the elves, he already had corrupted elves in the form of the orcs. he wasn't going to give them rings in case they overpowered the evil he poured into the rings and used them against him so he was just planning on wiping them out. Calibrembor realize this and create the 3 elvin rings in secret, completely free of sauron's corruption meaning that their wavers would not be affected by the one ring. when sauron learned of this he marched on calibrembor’s city and raised to the ground, captured calibrembor and attempted to torture the location of the rings out of him as he wanted them for himself since the fact that the same magic used create the other rings was used to create only three meant they would be extremely powerful. when this failed he went about his original plan to create the one ring. In this timeline sauron would have been able to place this corruption into the rings royally fucking the timeline. Many people don't realize this, but Gandalf actually carries one of the three elven rings throughout the Lord of the rings movies. Don't believe me? go back and look at one of the final shots of the Peter Jackson films when Gandalf is getting ready to board the ship to valinor you can see the ring on his hand as at this point all rings of power in Middle Earth have lost their power. you don't normally see it because the ring actually has an in lore ability to turn invisible if the wearer does not want it to be seen. this is actually why saruman it's such an intimidating character to so easily be able to overpower Gandalf the grey carrying a ring of power, and why Gandalf the white is so easily able to overpower him later.
To be precise, I am also 5’3 and three quarters with short legs. I can get on a horse just find and I am not even an avid horse rider. She doesn’t have the leg or arm strength to pull herself up and over the saddle. 🤦🏻♀️ She is also maybe 100 lbs soaking wet meaning she doesn’t have that much weight to pull up.
@@imma5761 It’s not even putting in effort, it’s just having general fitness (I am not even that fit). You literally just have to be able to step up your body weight on a single leg and and swing your other leg around.
