For all it's lush landscapes and effect shots, the first episode was kind of unengaging. The elves lost their ethereal nature and become humans with pointy ears and super powers. There are some very modern looking hair styles here: Elrond looks like coming right out of a salon and Arondir sports a buzz cut with skin fade.
Elrond is a political speech writer who writes for the High King Gil-Galad. You feel the Tolkien yet?
The societies are so diverse this show may also happening on Times Square, which takes me out of Middle Earth to be quite frank. Please be more diverse but stick with the world the author built.
Based on all the promo stuff they released I was ready to hate this series but now I can just say: meh. Walking on well-trodden paths, the Hobbit parts of the story feel unnecessary and copied from The Lord of the Rings. You have your Sam and your Frodo and people advise them not to stray too far. The swooning between Arondir and Bronwyn already gets on my nerves and Galadriel is an unlikable warrior super hero, abandoned by stupid men.
So far we we get three story threads with headstrong independent females. And in regards to that I am already apprehensive about the upcoming Numenor story.
Kind of a let-down. Beautiful emptiness with deep-sounding dialogues.
Elrond is a political speech writer who writes for the High King Gil-Galad. You feel the Tolkien yet?
The societies are so diverse this show may also happening on Times Square, which takes me out of Middle Earth to be quite frank. Please be more diverse but stick with the world the author built.
Based on all the promo stuff they released I was ready to hate this series but now I can just say: meh. Walking on well-trodden paths, the Hobbit parts of the story feel unnecessary and copied from The Lord of the Rings. You have your Sam and your Frodo and people advise them not to stray too far. The swooning between Arondir and Bronwyn already gets on my nerves and Galadriel is an unlikable warrior super hero, abandoned by stupid men.
So far we we get three story threads with headstrong independent females. And in regards to that I am already apprehensive about the upcoming Numenor story.
Kind of a let-down. Beautiful emptiness with deep-sounding dialogues.
