discoplasm

hell yeah, i convinced a bunch of naysayers to try the first season out cos it was so fun, looking forward to more!

Teacup - i have gripes about it but it’s fulfilling my horror/scifi cravings well enough, i think it is based on a book but i haven’t read it (yet) so i have no idea how it compares. also a bit worried that maybe this won’t all wrap up tidily by the end of season and might get the axe so i will have to pick up the book if i want a conclusion anyway.

The Penguin - worth watching just for the performances alone tbh, quality entertainment.

Ludwig - i am liking it so far but it makes me very sleepy so each episode takes me about 3 days to get through.

The Devil’s Hour - just started the new season of this (which i had no idea was even coming). i still don’t know if i like it but i do keep watching it so i must like something about it. maybe it’s just Peter Capaldi luring me in. won’t say too much about it because spoilers but if you like twisty-turny stuff maybe give it a go.

Sauron ate, it was a great final scene with Celebrimbor. i did not particularly dig the actor for Celebrimbor at first but towards the end of the season i could see it better. Gil-Galad grew on me by the end of this season too, he got slightly more to do other than just look grumpy & beefy. Arondir seemed to get almost nothing to do until the last minute? i quite liked him in s1 but it felt like they didn’t know what to do with his character after that so he just sorta ran around being awkward.

i am hoping never to see the Harfoots again after this, i tried to like them but i find them so painfully twee & boring, i would rather focus on the Dwarves than spend any more time on Harfoot meanderings. the Dwarves can be a bit twee too but at least they have more edge to them and some politics in there too so they are much more interesting to me, and i enjoy the relationship between Durin & Disa a lot, they are the heart of the show for me.

mainly i feel so sad not to have Adar anymore, he was my favourite by a long way. also i feel like his was the only actor in the show to have any chemistry with Morfydd Clark. so i really would have liked more Adar time across the season.

overall i dont exactly regret staying on board the RoP train because i did find some things to enjoy, but it is still so patchy in its quality. it also felt like the season was maybe 1-2 episodes too short (or, that they could have spared us from the Harfoots and spent more time fleshing out the other stories 😇).

yet i still find it hard to get excited about a third season, especially being Adarless, i feel like there aren’t any characters left besides Durin & Disa that i feel any emotional attachment to. i suppose i will still watch it but i will be keeping my expectations low in the hopes of being pleasantly surprised as that worked ok for me this season, heh.

edit: i forgot to add, imo the rings themselves look heinous, like the type of jewelry you get for $15 at the local witchy/hippie shop. i know they probably wanted designs that significantly differed from the movies, but the chunkiness makes them look really cheap :( i would never get trapped by those rings of power simply because i would not wear a ring that fugly.