Season one finale. New alliances are forged.Season one finale. New alliances are forged.Season one finale. New alliances are forged.
Lenny Henry
- Sadoc Burrows
- (as Sir Lenny Henry)
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Did you know
- TriviaFiona Apple's end credit song, "Where the Shadows Lie", marks the first time anyone has spoken or sung the complete Ring-verse ("Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky...") in an on-screen J.R.R. Tolkien adaptation.
- GoofsThe audio description states, "The perspective rises to take in the apple tree on the hill's crest, along with the tiny figures of Nori and the Stranger as they embark on their sojourn." This is a misuse of the word "sojourn", which refers to a temporary stay in one place.
- Crazy credits"This production contains dialogue, characters, and places that were inspired by, though not contained in, the original source material."
- SoundtracksWhere the Shadows Lie
Written by Bear McCreary
Performed by Bear McCreary feat. Fiona Apple
Featured review
Nine minutes
Eight minutes and 50 seconds, to be exact. That's the exact number of quality scenes in the entire first season. With all of them condensed into the last episode (mostly being Galardiel - Halbrand* by the river scene).
Overall, I can't say I'm disappointed. There was so much silliness, bad acting, and virtue signaling in the first season that by the end of it, I had learned to mostly ignore or laugh it out.
I don't know why so much screen time was spent on the Harfoots and all those scenes other than trying to build up a weak twist. The last-minute Sauron twist wasn't believable at all, and even a non-fan would never be confused by that.
Describing the season as a whole, it could have turned out pretty good if it was 5 episodes instead of 8. If they hadn't wasted so much time on nonsense. If the dialogues had been interesting. If some of the important scenes were not directed in a laughable parody manner.
Overall, I would rate the first season at 6/10. The last episode was failure-proof, or at least hard to mess up. It also looks like somebody is helping with the dialogue, because in some scenes it feels like 200% better than on average. Maybe there is something to this.
If you subtract the visuals, it's 4/10.
If you are a more hardcore Tolkien fan (which I am not), 2-3/10.
Overall, I can't say I'm disappointed. There was so much silliness, bad acting, and virtue signaling in the first season that by the end of it, I had learned to mostly ignore or laugh it out.
I don't know why so much screen time was spent on the Harfoots and all those scenes other than trying to build up a weak twist. The last-minute Sauron twist wasn't believable at all, and even a non-fan would never be confused by that.
Describing the season as a whole, it could have turned out pretty good if it was 5 episodes instead of 8. If they hadn't wasted so much time on nonsense. If the dialogues had been interesting. If some of the important scenes were not directed in a laughable parody manner.
Overall, I would rate the first season at 6/10. The last episode was failure-proof, or at least hard to mess up. It also looks like somebody is helping with the dialogue, because in some scenes it feels like 200% better than on average. Maybe there is something to this.
If you subtract the visuals, it's 4/10.
If you are a more hardcore Tolkien fan (which I am not), 2-3/10.
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- kuarinofu
- Oct 14, 2022
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- Runtime1 hour 12 minutes
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- 2.39 : 1
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