Here is part 2 of my review of the Rings of Power...So I watched the next two episodes of the series. Now episode 3, I would say, was all right, and episode 4 was way too long, but meh.
Now in episode 3, we are introduced to Numenor's people. I got to be honest Numenor looks fantastic, and I will admit I like the actor who plays Elendil. He does a great job. Everyone else is okay, but my only issues are why Elendil has a daughter. Earien is an original character in the show, but I don't think they needed to add a daughter. Why not just make her Isuldir's girlfriend or wife. Why not have Elendil's wife still alive in the first season? Also, Pharazon has a son in this show named Kemen. Pharazon had no son, just like Elendil had no daughter.
In episode 4, it seems they are setting up a romance between the two, which feels kind of weird and forced. I think it's going to be a forced romance or something. It just doesn't fit.
I think they will likely kill off Elendil's daughter like she's sacrificed at the temple of Morgoth, and it's expected her building designs will probably be used to help build Gondor and Arnor. I just feel like they will do that in the show.
Tar Miriel's father, Tar Palantir, is in the show, and they still have him faithful, trying to restore the friendship between the elves and men. Which is good. I like how they kept that.
Isuldier's story is that he hears a voice calling, and it feels weird that he doesn't want to be a sailor. He and his father have some issues, but we all know they would become great kings of men.
Pharazon is basically being set up to take over Numenor, and he's telling the King's Men the elves won't take their island. He goes all they won't take our jobs.
One thing that is weirdly funny but creepy is Galadriel riding a horse.
She seems to really like it like she enjoys riding that horse too much. I just find this scene cringe to watch for some reason. It's already become a meme.
Also, Galadriel believes she was sent back to Middle Earth for a reason and wants to convince Numenor to fight against Sauron, who is taking the Southlands. Elendil is the only one who agrees with her, revealing she is the scourge of orcs. I'm like, really? She was not. However, some shippers are shipping her and Halbrand. Why did they cut Celebrom? Still bothers me but hey he might be the next season.
Speaking of Halbrand, he might actually be Sauron or the Witch King. He shows a lot of signs. It's revealed he is the king of a kingdom in the south. However, I got a feeling he is likely Sauron he looks at Blacksmith forging, and Sauron was a craftsman, after all. So I think they will pull a twist in the end that he is Sauron, or he becomes the Witch King because he's got a lot of anger and hate despite being a charming guy.
Some of the dialogue in these episodes is kind of bad, and it just feels like, my god, this writing cringe. Like Elendil says, the past is dead, and I'm like, in the books, you firmly believe in the old ways. At the end of episode 4, Miriel agrees to help Galadriel, but I got to bring up that in the second age, Numenor had colonies in Middle earth. I mean, why did they change that? There is a lot to see what they will do, and they are setting up Pharazon to take over, but I think he should have been a general and still be nicknamed the Golden. The show also teases the downfall of Numenor in a vision that kind of does spoil because if you've seen the movies and read the books, you know it will happen. You could have teased, just showing if the white tree falls, the line of kings will end.
Now the Hobbits appeared again in episode 3, but one thing that bugs me is that harfoots abandon their own if they get left behind. I'm like hobbits don't do that. They even talk about who they lost but kind of joke about it. When the stranger is revealed to the harfoots, they have Nori and her family put at the back of the line, and the stranger helps them carry their wagon. Honestly, we didn't need hobbits this season. They should have waited like a season 4 set during the third age. The hobbit storyline just doesn't work with anyone. It just feels forced. Also, hobbits were friendly to everyone and would help anyone in need and not abandon their own friends!
The Arondir storyline is the one I'm actually interested in the most.
In episode 3, he and his fellow elves are forced to work for Adar, who could likely be Sauron or an original character who served Morgoth. I will admit I liked this character's action scenes and some cool moments.
The warg in episode 3 looked really weird. I mean, it looked like a hyena on crack.
Still, I quite like this storyline, and in episode 4, we meet Adar, and he frees Arondir and tells him that the south pledged loyalty to him. Of course, the people of south Bronwyn won't agree to it, and they will likely fight against him. Also, her son Theo I think they will set him up to be a future Nazgul or maybe not. I like the scene where Arondir, Bronwyn, and Theo are escaping the orcs, especially when the sunlight comes out of the clouds because it does show that there is always hope in the light.
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One thing I would have added to this show was the Blue Wizards. Like they didn't show up in the second age, but they did appear in the third age, with Saruman, Radegast, and Gandalf, the stranger, likely will be. I would add the Blue Wizards to the story because it would have worked. After all, their mission was to help and teach the Harads and Easterlings not to worship Morgoth. The two blue wizards would have been great to include.
Also, we are introduced to Adar, the Father apparently, and he could be Sauron, no doubt, or an original character we don't know.
Now the Elrond and Durin as well the Celebrimbor storyline, is just okay, and I did find it stupid that Durin the third doesn't like Elrond because he didn't go to his wedding. Still, this storyline is okay but nothing great I mean, it is setting up Durin's Bane because the dwarves keep digging, and we all know what they found shadow and flame.
So far, that is a good build-up, and I found it funny when Dis asks Elrond if he saved her husband or if he saved him. That was a funny scene, I will admit. I also like how they mention his father, Earendil, which was cool, and I do like that dialogue between him and Durin about how fathers would feel about what they have done with their lives.
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House of Dragon is way better for what it's worth because they got more experience and better writers. I mean, the last season of Game of Thrones sucked but at least House of Dragon is making up for it.
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Now I want to talk about this review bombing that's been going on with the show.
Now when I wrote my first review, and this is my second review of this show, I give honest opinions about how I feel about this show. I'm always honest about how I feel about certain shows and movies. Lately, people have seen anyone who doesn't like this show as review bombing it because you are a bigot if you don't like Rings of Power.
This is ridiculous. If people don't like the writing or the characters in the show, that's not review bombing. They're being honest. Like, look at me, I don't like the story's writing and characters, but I do like the designs and visuals of the show. If someone says they don't like the show, it shouldn't be looked at as review bombing, being toxic, or a bigot. They are just giving their honest opinion about how they feel about it. Now I know there are some review bombers out there, but the ones who write honest reviews aren't review bombing because they watched the show, but those who do without watching the show are review bombing. See the difference between honest reviews and review bombing.
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