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Post by Glorfindel on Sept 7, 2022 10:39:12 GMT -5
...back from Valinor to ask thoughts on the new series.
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Post by Huinesoron on May 24, 2023 10:06:59 GMT -5
My biggest thought is that it is *lovely* to have actual "canonical" visual references for so much of the First and Second Ages. I know, I know, none of the adaptations are actually canon - but we've had 20 years now of Aragorn being scruffy Vigo, Legolas with long blond hair, and Rivendell's swooshy arches. I don't know that RoP's depictions of Valinor, Numenor, Lindon, Ost-in-Edhil, and Khazad-dum will endure to quite the same degree, or that the more aged appearance of Gil-Galad, Celebrimbor, and so on will stick, but... it's nice.
Though Finrod needed a better haircut.
For the plot: the dwarves and the Harfeet were the best parts of it, and the whole Southland plot devolved into increasing incoherence as it went along, until it took the laws of physics with it. I did like the Halbrand twist - I know some people didn't - and I have at least moderate hope for season 2.
hS
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