Every time it came up
Discussion of the modern Lord of the Rings series adaptation, fan reactions to casting changes, and brigading/review bombing controversies
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“i heard they brought a boss bitch into middle earth and i was like fuck you i'm not even gonna engage i won't even watch the commercials”
Woody ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“I feel like that sometimes overplayed as like an excuse for bad storytelling Like they did that with the Lord of the Rings series where they were like the show itself is awesome”
Discussion of the new Amazon LOTR prequel series and how it's being received
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“I'm still resisting the urge to watch the Lord of the Rings show. Oh, Lord of the Rings show. I'm not going to do that. I don't think I will watch the Lord of the Rings show unless everybody changes their mind about it.”
Unknown · unverified▼ negative · news/off-topic, not scored
“Lord of the Rings everyone's fucking hating, or the vast majority of people hating. I hope it fails. That would be cool to see Amazon fail, to see that project fail.”
Amazon adaptation criticized for deviating from Tolkien's vision, character changes, and diversity casting choices
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“I didn't touch that show. It's just insulting. They really fucked it up in a big way.”
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“they're just taking an already powerful character and then being like nope the lore of her reason for power isn't good enough”
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▼ negative · news/off-topic, not scored
“it's just virtue signaling”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative · news/off-topic, not scored
“Tolkien would have fucking hated it. He would not have been tolerant to people changing his work.”
Unknown · unverified▼ negative
“Galadriel isn't just powerful. She's like a bad bitch in armor with a sword who mean mugs people”
Upcoming Amazon adaptation; discussion of casting choices, inclusion of nudity, character development, and faithfulness to source material
Kyle ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“I don't want any lgbtq characters in this show is that wrong i don't want any black characters either i'm less sensitive to the to the whole lgbtq”
Taylor ✓ voice-verified● neutral
“i just hope they don't fuck up. We couldn't get Liv Tyler, so we've got hot elf number two. i'm gonna sit down and it'll have to be like really fucking terrible”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“i don't mind some titties i don't really care either way i don't want them to try and go to game of thronesy with it and lose the plot”
Discussion of the new Lord of the Rings TV show season 2 and criticism of how the Orcs are portrayed as sympathetic rather than evil
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“they made the good and evil ambiguous which Ulen is not it's very clear who the good guys are and who the bad guys”
Taylor · unverified▼ negative · passing mention, not scored
“I saw people uh that were that were mad about the new Lord of the Ring show which if you're mad about the new Lord of the Ring show you should shouldn't be watching the new Lord of the Ring show don't don't watch that tr”
▶ PKA 582 @ 0:01 — PKA 582: Woody's Christmas present, NFT Scams, Lawyer Letters
Woody saw images from Amazon's Lord of the Rings show and discussed casting choices, visual design, and how it compares to Peter Jackson's films
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“it's going to be green screen [ __ ] it's going to be an amazon show that's pumped out it's going to lose money”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“i don't think it looks like it doesn't look like lord of the rings”
Kyle · unverified▼ negative
“it looks like the witcher or any other generic fantasy show”
Amazon prequel series in development, discussion of concerns about creative direction and content
Taylor ✓ voice-verified● neutral
“I don't want a bunch of needless stuff in there like like they're they're getting away from the actual story of the like prequels and everything I'm sure maybe building around it I have tamped down hopes”