IMHO, the two worst parts of the LOTR films were the butchery of Denethor’s character, and turning the Dead into the green soap bubbles of death. The first two films were great, I thought. The third,… (View Post)

I'm fully on board with the idea of Sauron as deceiver. But, this is what the Director said of the Season: "Sauron, I think he even really loves Galadriel and you see that at the very end. … (View Post)

Martin was recently very critical of Season 2. (View Post)

I’m only going on what I’ve read/clips I’ve watched. I believe a major problem was the writers’ strike cut the series from 10 to 8 episodes, so that the finale is an episode that’s meant to build up … (View Post)

Woke shows can succeed if they’re well-written (eg South Pacific). The problem, is they mostly aren’t. The show runners think it’s sufficient to cast Ann Boleyn or Cleopatra as black, to achieve some… (View Post)