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Borboren

This guy says it just the way it is - interesting YouTube analysis

Interesting video analysis on Rings of Power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YywN8Z8nH_Y

Of the many, many YouTubers discussing the upcoming RoP show, I think Disparu nails it quite well: the show is made by arrogant and selfish people for arrogant and selfish people. These people don´t give anything about originality, authenticity or real diversity. They don´t even really try to pretend they want to honor Tolkien´s work, rather adapt (or "improve") it to their own narrow-minded standards, which they call "timeless". It couldn´t be less timeless in fact.

Anyway, check this video out.

Posted Aug 31, 2022, 7:26 AM UTC

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pedepcam•

I am fairly pessimistic on the show. After marketing campaign made inclusivity and diversity of cast into a focal point I am also concerned about the casting, which I guess makes me racist and amongst the target audience of this guy (and the myriad other channels like nerdotic, yellow flash etc.) Those videos count on rage hype to get more clicks and even if they have legit points to make those are usually mixed with a lot of speculation and unsubstantiated claims. I purposefully refrain from all of them, as this is the opposite of somebody screaming “you have to like the show or you are racist”

There are other channels that express their concerns (or optimism) of the production in a much more substantiated manner and I suggest you stick to those. Rage baits suck

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peterthehermit1•

I agree. Personally I liked nerd of the rings coverage, actually made me slightly more hopeful and excited, I’m still cautious though

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xCaptainFalconx•

Check out Tolkien Untangled. Far less biased than NOTR imo.

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peterthehermit1•

I’ll might. Show also comes out very soon any way. In what way did you view notr is biased?

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xCaptainFalconx•

I don't think NOTR is as biased as some sources, to be clear. But it is biased. It become impossible for me to ingnore after the all expense paid trip to London. After that, the critical takes dropped off a cliff and he somehow became ok with the time compression and two Durins being alive at once (he would say in one breath he wasn't and the next breath he was). Anything critical he says now is always followed up by some sort walking back, usually via extreme mental gymnastics imo.

Rainbow Dave seems way more honest and unfettered imo. The fact that he didn't join the other influencers at any of the Amazon PR events is also encouraging imo.

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IdeologicalDustBin•

Sadly, these people just serve Amazon by providing advertising.

Woke marketing relies upon these people to provide outrage about 'diversity', which the company can of course spin as racism. They can then manufacture a controversy for attention, and allow the Twitter mob and the mainstream elite to shill for their show for free.

They would be better off talking up HBO's House of the Dragon. If GRRM wants to mess around with his lore so be it, who cares?

Deprive a fire of oxygen and it will stop burning.

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IcySomewhere5878•

All I can think about is why are this guys teeth rotting.

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jameslucian•

And why he couldn't take a shower anytime in the previous week or month.

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Berreim•

Bro he's literally british LOL

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Gutgulper•

British people have better teeth than Americans apparently

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Savings_Studio_9265•

My teeth used to look like his before spending $12,500AUD to get them fixed. No joke, I can even provide before and after shots. Caps from a specialist after an appointment to get a mold of my mouth, a dozen anaesthetics, repairing several cavities, 4 back teeth pulled and a deep clean don't come cheap. This is what caffeine can do to ya, so quit while you can as it's a harder habit to quit than cigarettes. You could argue that it's 'coffee' because he's British, but I doubt it.

I'm guessing he's either in a similar situation or maybe he is just cursed with bad, brittle teeth.

Either way, I like the guy lol

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Solbraver•

If you, and Disparu, had brushed at least one time per day, it would not be like that. That level of rot can only be possible by NEVER brushing. I can't imagine your breath.

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hiccup333•

I like him too, feel bad for him about the teeth. Since he has to be on camera on his moderately successful channel I almost suggested he start a Patreon to that end. I'd donate to it. But at the same time don't want to make him more self conscious about it..

In your case, was it caffeine alone, was your brushing habit poor as well? How do teeth get to that point

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sammakkovelho•

I honestly can't stand this guy. Living Anachronism has much more reasonable takes on the matter.

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TheRealDJDarkwaters•

Dude I love Living Anachronism

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Evangelion217•

This is why I’m very pessimistic about the show.

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cantarooots1•

He is gearing up for a part in Season 3 as the Mouth of Sauron.

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Cmattywrex87•

You dummies are all way off on this YouTuber. He was right and all the critiques he made. The show is an utter failure and you ask know it 😂. That’s the funny part, you all know the show sucks, but your political ideologies are tied to woke projects like this which prevents you from being honest and objective. You’re all sad, but I have faith you will all get better. Thank you for reading pairs and gentlemen.

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Adventurous-Mix-2239•

You do realize this is the show hating subreddit right? And that nobody here is blindly defending the show and in fact we dislike it?

And that this post is from months ago before we had seen the show and had time to form real opinions about it, yo I know that right?

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Gutgulper•

His teeth are fucked and he looks like he smells of shit. How do these kind of people have the confidence to have a YouTube channel?

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AbusiveRedditScum•

If the aliens make first contact, I hope people like you don't exist by then.

Fucking superficial scum. Unbelievable.

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yalerd•

I watch these vids, I’d hardly call disparu a Tolkien fan, he’s bandwagonning off the wokeness for viewership

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Cold_Situation_7803•

This guy is terrible.

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ManOfTooManyHobbies•

So are his teeth. I can smell his breath through the Internet.

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Atlas_sbel•

Disparu is really the worst out of all the show critics out there. He is making 90% of what he is saying up, or deliberately just says stuff and then claims someone related to the show said it.

He also says an argument that no one ever made and then counter it which is a very simple exercise.

L post.

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MakitaNakamoto•

Sadly, these videos are all made to harvest views, likes, and money from you.

They have not seen the series, yet they claim to know and explain to you what are its exact flaws. I pity everyone wasting time watching analysis on something that cannot be analysed yet. Dont fall for these scammer youtubers. Your time is valuable

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BTC-maxi•

The flaws of the show are already apparent. Trailers give us a glimpse into how the show will be.

Sadly, these videos are all made to harvest views, likes, and money from you.

Ok, and the show itself is made to harvest views and money from us. And what?

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MakitaNakamoto•

You guys perfectly encapsulate what being wrong logically means, like... see, the show could be bad. But you are not waiting to see if it is. You are prejudiced already. You may not be a racist, or anything, but really, it is the same logical bias.

Passing judgement before actually experiencing or engaging with the subject of your prejudice.

Boo hoo youtube clickbait videos suggested that it will be the worst thing ever, so you adopt that view. Congrats. I will call this series utter shite if I feel like it, but only after I've actually watched it. Would be too much for most brainlets here. lol

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BTC-maxi•

Are you this anal about things when people see a trailer and get excited for things too?

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MakitaNakamoto•

No. I came to dislike the echo-chamber-like predisposed hate from youtube and this reddit sub towards the show.

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yalerd•

Oh god I’m so tired of the “we don’t know anything about the show yet” take. We do. We really do. But I agree with you about this YouTuber. He is a sky is falling youtuber

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MakitaNakamoto•

Yea yea we do but to the extent people claiming the series is butchering the story is hyperbolical. Like yea, I get why you dont want 50% of the cast to be original characters, and timeline issues, and meteor man, etc. But those characters were merely introduced, we seriously might end up with the most epic conclusion to a show ever with Numenor's fall, Pharazon's giant armada assaulting Valinor, and so on. I seriously doubt that Miriel dying on her way to Meneltarma's peak, swept away by the rising tide as tall as the mountain itself, will be a BAD cinematic experience just bc the actress is black. You know what I mean. We can still enjoy the show for what it is. Regardless of certain creative choices.

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yalerd•

Sure, and there is a chance that their marketing was just that bad it made the show look way worse and blasphemous than it actually is.

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crimeo•

It's a bad cinematic experience because it has incredibly cheesy dialogue, the "good guys" constantly act evil, selfish, arrogant and unlikeable in every way, the villain is the only one with a reasonable motivation and character arc, there are constant lazy deus ex machina and cartoon solutions to problems, everyone acts like morons all the time ("Quick go to the fortified keep to make our stand!" "Quick everyone get back out of the keep right before we make our stand and go to the unprotected village we started in and knew was indefensible from the start but forgot for some reason!"), physics do not function properly (everyone surviving a fucking volcano straight to the face for no reason), etc etc.

Not anything to do with the race of any characters.

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theitchcockblock•

We know things about the show that the majority of professional critics is liking it at least the first 2 episodes , so the odds are that this is not the train wreck you guys were expecting to be , it’s not wrong if you end up liking it and change position there’s no shame in admitting you were wrong ( I myself was on the fence with this show still got bit more optimistic after the comic con trailer and orcs pictures ) , also I liked the first two episodes but it does not mean as well the show is not going to be trash after those 2 …

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crimeo•

Ironic, since you cannot have possibly yourself viewed any of his youtube videos and think "He hadn't watched the series" when one of his specialties is is correctly pointing out internal inconsistencies with subtle plot points and commitments connected from multiple episodes ago, with reminder video clips demonstrating it even, that the writers themselves don't catch or pay as close of attention to even as he did.

Off the top of my head for example the fact that the elves say they have no medical doctors among their people, only artists for beauty to be good for the soul, but then a guy gets stabbed, and "we have to bring him to the elves for doctoring!"

Or Nori's entire personality being about exploring the outside world and seeing more wonders than harfoots normally do, then she does that by helping gandalf, it works out great for her and saves her and her family's life, and she concludes from this that she never should do it again and should fall in line. So, the exact opposite of what the consequences of her actions would have actually taught her ....? ....??? The writers just literally forget their own characters and previous episodes on a regular basis.

Or how the writers seemingly set up for evil fire not actually being hot in several scenes, but then apparently forgot this setup when failing to use it to explain why the volcano didn't kill everyone, even though it seems like that was the whole point of introducing the concept earlier? He caught this, the writers got confused and didn't and wrote something that makes no sense instead.

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