I would’ve passed on this before, but now I’m in. Thanks for the rec!
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I wholeheartedly agree. I'm glad that Amazon wanted to be ambitious, but there's so much great fiction out there that hasn't yet been adapted, even of other Tolkien stuff such as the Silmarillion (not exactly a story but still plenty of rich details about the world).
I will say, it at least goes down smooth as turn-your-brain-off entertainment if you are looking for something that just looks nice. A lower bar to clear, but I liked having something to fall back to when I ran out of House of the Dragon.
if you are looking for something that just looks nice
Honestly, the show can get by on looks alone for me. IMHO, it is the best-looking TV show ever made, by a significant margin.
Which is not to say I didn't enjoy other parts of the show. The music was good, the acting was good, I loved the Harfoots (Harfeet?) in general, I loved Elrond and Durin. A lot of the side characters were charming. The opening sequence was inspired.
I think they missed the mark a bit with the "mystery" elements, though, and if they want me to give a shit about Kemen and Eärien, they're going to need to try harder in S2. But I thoroughly enjoyed season 1 and I hope they stay the course in general.
Lmao and all those good looks were ruined for me, by attempting to watch it on prime, with my Linux powered HTPC, crappy resolution, and crappy video compression left it looking absolutely awful. Thanks widevine DRM.
This is why one might theoretically prefer to download videos through unofficial channels, even if they are already paying for them through official channels.
Totally theoretical, of course. Just a little thought exercise.
Way ahead of ya, haha