LOTR Rants | Mostly Aralas

We NEED to talk about the lotr show

so in heaven or the afterlife or wherever rn im assuming theyre dying of laughter about it

like it either gives me a) Narnia vibes b) King Arthur vibes (come on, that last shot with the ominous dude breaking the stone, pshhh THATS ARTHUR) or c) Disney/Pixar movie vibes. specifically the newer ones. like i said the whole explore-the-world thing and the adventurous younger protagonist running away from home (like in that part of the trailer where the girl's hair is lifted and you can see that she's an elf) is giving Merida vibes tbh

like is that just me????

and especially the elves. can we talk about the elves???? like that first shot where the dude catches the arrow from the air and nocks it was absolutely iconic and i LOVED it (FINALLY were showing the full scope of the elves' power!!!!!) so thats not my problem. my problem is that second shot of that elf in the green cloak thing with brown hair.

bestie idfk wtf that is but the vibes are not elvish to me

like at all.

but only in the second shot though, so let's not focus on that alright???

2) the plot (or more like the theme)

Okay i just really really really really FREAKING HATE the fAThEr wHeN aM i gOiNg tO sEe tHe rEaL wOrLd i hAvE tHe wHoLe wOrLd tO sEe theme in movies

yk, where it's like the pick me protagonist is tired of their life and wants to escape and see the world

like i thought we left that in the 2000s and im happy with that please and thank you

so im just not thrilled that our boy jeffrey decided to chose that specific theme ESPECIALLY for the second age

(note about my prev. point: i understand that since its the second age and not the third the vibes of middle-earth are gonna be different. but come on. you cannot deny that something is just so OFF)

the second age to me is completely different so im really not thrilled at that choice of plotline AT ALL

....buuuut thats kinda just a thing that bothers me and annoys me. its not a huge HOUIGUOYUEFUYDJV moment for me. yk??

3) that first shot. *sigh sigh sigh sigh sigh* that first shot.

okay i UNDERSTAND that movies and tv shows now rely more on CGI than practical effects than they did in 98-99 when the original trilogy was filmed. i fully comprehend that i assure you

BUT MR BEZOS SIR

ARENT YOU LIKE A ZILLIONAIRE
DIDNT YOU SPEND LIKE 450 MIL ON THIS CRAP

SO COULDNT YOU HAVE SPENT SOME MORE TIME AND MONEY ON MAKING THAT FIRST SHOT OF NUMENOR LOOK LIKE 10% BETTER

LIKE OHIOIHOUGUGOEGOUFLEIGHJDIOWEIOHDOWIEHCOICH

it just looks so so so so so so freaking FAKE
like i ADORE the architecture and that design is ON POINT

but bro

broski

it doesnt look real

3) my girl galadriel

okay this one is kinda more selfish and personal and i fully realize and acknowledge that alright-

......but i was really hoping to see young galadriel in the trailer

like really REALLY hoping

BC I LOVE THE CHOICE OF ACTRESS FOR HER
and im freaking excited abt the fact that she's gonna be in it-!!!!!
.......so why wasnt she in the trailer :((((

why :(((

also Tommy B

my boi tom friggin bombadil

i love him i STAN him okay

and sadly the trailer gave us no hint on whether he was gonna be in it or not

BUTTTT ik that we dont even know if hes gonna be MENTIONED let alone FEATURED so that ones me being a sad fangirl not a critical reviewer

same with gandalf as galadriel but im gonna stop now

4) the fact that theyre casting for nudity

i saw someone make a joke about this being like "WHOS GONNA BE NUDE, THE ENTS?!?!??!?" which made me die laughing and tbh i agree

i LOVE the fact that amazon is making tolkien's universe more diverse (PLEASE do not be that asshole of a person that says that no one in middle-earth was a person of colour and i wOnT wAtCh iT iF tHe eLvEs aRe bLaCk-- like no. no sweetie there's the door. there's the freaking door. the old side of the fandom is definitely coming out of their shells bc of the show just to SCREAM at amazon that everyone in the legendarium is cishet, straight and white. like bestie that shit yeeted itself out of the fandom in the fifties and you need to gtfo. this is coming from an aralas shipper so YK i mean it.) BUTTTTT nudity is a bit much just for personal preference

but i am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited for better representation!!!!!! i might have to do a separate chapter where i say stuff i AM excited for bc there is still a lot dw guys, and better rep is a BIG thing on that list!!!!!!!!

okay yeah i just decided imma do a separate chapter for stuff im excited for in the show but i wanna end on the note that I DO NOT AGREE WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMENTS OF THE TRAILER

i think calling it basically a force of evil a LOT much and we dont need to go that far. i definitely respect our boy jeff bezos for doing something new with tolkien's legendarium, and i feel bad for the fact that he's probably losing hope reading the comments on the trailer

i mean yall have seen them right???? it's the same tolkien quote commented over and over and over like 36K times in either russian polish or german

i mean we all agree that half of the comments attributing to this revolution are bots right???? so obviously dont agree with that.

anyways, imma go watch some marvel now and ruminate some more on this <3 see yall in the nexr chapter ✨