‘The Rings of Power’ Showrunners: Sauron Will Be Like Walter White in Season 2
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The 'Lord of the Rings' series showrunners are interviewed about the finale's big Sauron reveal, and what it means for next season: "There may be viewers who are like, ‘This is the story we were hoping to get in season one!’ In season two, we’re giving it to them."

In some ways, we wanted to do an origin story for Sauron.

:palme-confusion:

“I hope after the last episode airs, viewers watch the whole season again

:warf-wtf:

“Season one opens with: Who is Galadriel? Where did she come from? What did she suffer? Why is she driven?” says Payne. “We’re doing the same thing with Sauron in season two. We’ll fill in all the missing pieces.”

:concerned-confusion:

“Sauron can now just be Sauron,” McKay adds. “Like Tony Soprano or Walter White. He’s evil, but complexly evil.

:wat:

Season two has a canonical story

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    • kristina [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      doing this whole arc to get in a boat and then 2 seconds later theyre at the destination galloping across a field lmao

      not even a landing scene

        • Dimmer06 [he/him,comrade/them]
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          2 years ago

          Please correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that the first time they name the setting with on screen text too? Like rather than just having the uruk say "Mordor" they introduce a new and worse means of communicating with the audience.

    • GenderIsOpSec [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      :yea:

      lost interest around episode 4. like i could've handled all of that, but then they lost 1500 years somewhere and i figured the show isnt going to be showing the story i wanted to see. :shrug-outta-hecks:

    • JuryNullification [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Like how they spend way too long showing people suffering and in pain for no storytelling payoff.

        • UlyssesT
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          15 days ago

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          • Chapo_Trap_Horse [none/use name]
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            2 years ago

            Holy shit I forgot how awful Lost was. The entire plot of the show was basically just a never-ending series of Reddit writing prompts literally right up until the very end.

            • alcoholicorn [comrade/them, doe/deer]
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              2 years ago

              I never saw an episode, but just from hearing the absurd plots, I was calling it that Lost wasn't going anywhere and either had to ignore every mystery or pull some "they were dead all along" bullshit.

              • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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                2 years ago

                I checked out when the polar bear showed up and it was clear they were just making shit up as they went along and there was no mystery to be revealed.

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        15 days ago

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        • Mardoniush [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          Say what you like about Whedon (and I'll say many fucking things) but at least his characters had arcs and reasons to suffer. Season 2 of Angel is still amazing.

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            15 days ago

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    • duderium [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I honestly really enjoyed it but yes, it’s too slow, it spends way too much time with characters slowly staring at each other, and I actually would prefer if they didn’t keep doing callbacks (if that’s what they’re called) to the LOTR movies. Elrond’s lengthy speeches about mythological characters are boring and he also looks like Doogie Houser. The (Super) High King Gil-Galad looks like Liam Neeson. The Harfoots are dirtier than wild animals. Galadriel is genocidal. But I have to say, I enjoyed most of it. I liked Gandalf, Numenor, Sauron, and even the cop elf.

      I don’t care if it’s not true to Tolkien because Tolkien was a reactionary. They should keep moving away from him and somehow include a scene in the next season with Tolkien nerds / chuds getting crushed by oliphants.