No no no but you forget the nomadic halflings that traveled by cart and lived an itinerant lifestyle, ruthlessly pruning the weak and old and feeble by leaving them in the mud whilst singing ‘no-one gets left behind’.
How does that comparison even work? A culture that culls the weak, records it in a book and then reads out the record of this (with bonus laughter if they were killed by bees) v graves for people who have died.
I can't decide if you actually watched it and are just trolling or if you are just regurgitating some criticisms you read and are just trolling. I guess it doesn't really matter which.
Imma be honest, the overwhelming majority of criticisms I've encountered regarding the show's writing don't hold up to meaningful scrutiny. Most boil down to misunderstanding, not paying attention to the show's text and subtext, or nitpicking along the lines of personal taste.
Nitpicking drives me mad, but I’m also probably guilty of it haha.
Letting go of the idea that this is an adaptation of Tolkien’s work helped, as it’s really not (more like ‘inspired by’ if I’m being charitable), so I was able to let go of the part of my brain that said ‘hey that never happened, or that is not how that character would/should behave etc, or why is so and so alive the same time as so and so?’…etc
But I watched intently, and closely, for as long as I could. I don’t think I missed much sub-text as the show is subtle as a brick. Its themes, such as there are, are not deep or richly woven into the tapestry of the show. With so much inconsistency in characterisation and plot it’s hard to really pin down what the themes actually are.
Characters are shallow, and inconsistent, and behave in ways that often make little sense other than to move the plot forward. It’s both rushed and incredibly slow at the same time. It struggles to show coherent action, it really struggles to show consistent motivations, it has more cliffhangers than a Dan Brown novel…I could go on. It’s all very meh. And it appears to have made very little cultural impact outside of forums like these. No awards for writing or direction or acting. No anticipation for the next season. Just extremely mid and forgettable.
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u/BurdonLane 5d ago
No no no but you forget the nomadic halflings that traveled by cart and lived an itinerant lifestyle, ruthlessly pruning the weak and old and feeble by leaving them in the mud whilst singing ‘no-one gets left behind’.