Thought this deserved its own thread…

Anyone else into this? Have to say its been absolutely brilliant so far, especially after the latest episode. They have definitely nailed the feel of the series, very much like the Jackson films. I’ve read that some people can’t get past the odd tweaks to the written books but at face value its truly epic.

Compared to the the House of Dragon this has been pissing all over it, where nothing has actually happened yet apart from mincing around Kings Landing and some excruciating scenes of childbirth and losing virginity.

    Thought this was a follow on to the board power rankings thread

    Proper load of old shite.

      Dan Bit harsh on Dave’s latest thread.

      Seriously though, there is a whole thread dedicated to the Marvel tripe on here, so there is form!

        A contender for worst thread of the year.

        Cap doffed.

          Hursty what the hell have you been watching? It’s possibly the worst thing I have ever seen. Unfathomably bad. I’ll guess you are not a fan of Tolken but that just like watching the show.

              Also House of Dragon is fantastic

              zackster Yeah as mentioned there seems to be a hardcore of Youtube geeks who are absolutely slamming it, I work with a guy who is constantly incensed by the series, its comedy.

              Taking it at face value, its right up there

                Its tripe. Christopher Tolken wouldn’t sell the rights to the Silmarilian and so Bezos found people who thought they could makeup their own version based on the epilogue to Return of The King. What an awful idea.

                And the shows pacing is for babies. There is never a moments silence. Right from the jump its just talking fighting singing dancing. The Mandalorian had more elevated scripting ffs.

                  Hursty’s MBB. Happens to the best of us.

                    zackster Haven’t noticed the ‘poor pacing’ at all, I can see why you like House of Dragon, its so slow and boring…

                    As mentioned, I know the die hard Tolkien fans are spitting feathers, but so what?

                      It’s not Tolkien that’s for sure, I like the idea though and it’s easy pickings for Amazon as Tolkien didn’t write a lot about the Second Age. Some things about it irritate me, like sloppy, cliched dialogue and a couple of properly hammed up performances,, but it’s not as bad as I feared, or the Tolkien dickheads would have you think

                        erik Good to see Lenny Henry has finally got some decent work.

                          erik what bothers me about anything like this recently (I remember it starting with The Last Jedi) is how fucking bad the fans are in fantasy/ sci-fi/ etc. So fucking toxic cry babies.

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                              Homegrove this 👆

                              Lots of forums wanking on about ‘how it’s an abomination and it’s not Tolkien’ and ‘Tolkien didn’t have black elves’ etc

                              Thing is, even though it’s wide of the mark, it’s still and ‘in’ to Middle Earth, it will make more people interested in the source material, so it’s not all bad

                              Just finished ep6, the best yet

                                yeah, those fucking nerds on the internet.

                                bunch of incels, right guys?

                                Do I need LOTR context, which I don’t have, to get into this show? Or does it work for a Tolkien noob?

                                  I’ve never seen a single Lord of the rings although read the books (made to at school). Also never seen Harry Potter which I file as the same kind of fantasy shite for kids.

                                    rhouses You don’t need to have read the books, as it would appear, most die hard fans aren’t into it.

                                    Depends if you are into fantasy epics I guess?

                                      Along_the_Wire Surely this doesn’t need its own thread?!

                                      Aye. Close her down, and do Hursty a favor.

                                        Thought this was another thread about Rhouses’ logging capacity.

                                        • Amps replied to this.

                                          House of the Dragon is great so far. Will give rings of power a whirl when it’s done.

                                          Mad_Cyril Thought this was another thread about Rhouses’ clogging capacity.

                                          Fixed.

                                            Cankles-McJeggings I’ve never seen a single Lord of the rings although read the books (made to at school). Also never seen Harry Potter which I file as the same kind of fantasy shite for kids.

                                            I agree. Adults being into this shite can fucking do one.

                                            Although I did watch Harry Potter on a BA flight recently, because 1) There was fuck all left to watch that I hadn’t already seen and 2) Just to spite the fucking cunts who are cancelling JK Rowling for allegedly being ‘transphobic’.

                                                Went to the cinema to see the first Lord of the rings and fell asleep within half an hour. It’s a load of old tripe the same as potter.

                                                • C_J replied to this.

                                                  Hursty Er, I also massively slag off the Marvel Universe, I like it about as much as you like FUD and FIAT Hursty

                                                      bosstrabs Lol, good to hear your hate is consistently applied across the board