What's good to watch on Netflix And Other Streaming Platforms

[Gotmadskillzson]

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Also LOTR: Rings of Power had 25 million viewers on their 1st day debut. So I think they will be alright.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ebut#xj4y7vzkg

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Also LOTR: Rings of Power had 25 million viewers on their 1st day debut. So I think they will be alright.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ebut#xj4y7vzkg

It's going to depend on the story. Tolkien wrote great stories but this isn't really canon. It's got some known characters but it's really all new. It's going to be hard pressed to tell new stories and get people to care about the characters without it just feeling like a bad knock-off.

I'll wait to until all episodes are out to start watching it.

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[KSUowls]

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I really hate not getting all episodes at once to binge. I guess Netflix has spoiled me.

I've heard a lot of criticism around the LOTR show, and I get it after watching the first couple episodes. I found them entertaining though and I'm looking forward to more.

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Why did the human mom go with the elf? I mean, I know why she went, but she left her young-ish child home alone for 2 days to go galavanting with her elf crush to a possibly dangerous place. It set up the story to allow for her to bring news back to the town, but again...she left her child alone for 2 days to go do a presumably dangerous place.

CGI was bad at points.

I fear that there are too many branching story lines. Galadriel, the halfling and presumably Gandalf, the human girl & the elf soldier, Elrond & the dwarves. It's goint to be hard to tell a cohesive story with so many shifting POVs

A few other little points to nitpick, but I did enjoy Galadriel. She was pretty cool as both the soldier and being determined to hunt down Sauron.

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[Gotmadskillzson]

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Other shows have done what Rings of Power is doing with the different point of views and branching story lines and were successful. People said the same thing about Deep Space Nine decades ago and it did well. I for one like the different point of views, it paints a more complete picture because like the saying goes, it is always 2 sides to a story.

[KSUowls]

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Other shows have done what Rings of Power is doing with the different point of views and branching story lines and were successful. People said the same thing about Deep Space Nine decades ago and it did well. I for one like the different point of views, it paints a more complete picture because like the saying goes, it is always 2 sides to a story.

And many have done it poorly (looking at you Titans). If you have enough time then it isn't a problem to have multiple POVs. Deep Space 9 had the luxury of 20+ episode seasons though, I believe that Rings of Power will have 8. So, an entire episode could be dedicated to 1 branch in DS9 and it would roughly equal 20 minutes of 1 episode in LOTR. That's where my fear is.

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I would think that these different branches will converge at some point, but I'm just going off of what we have in 2 episodes.

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[lowpaiddonkey10]

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I really hate not getting all episodes at once to binge. I guess Netflix has spoiled me.

I've heard a lot of criticism around the LOTR show, and I get it after watching the first couple episodes. I found them entertaining though and I'm looking forward to more.

Spoiler

Why did the human mom go with the elf? I mean, I know why she went, but she left her young-ish child home alone for 2 days to go galavanting with her elf crush to a possibly dangerous place. It set up the story to allow for her to bring news back to the town, but again...she left her child alone for 2 days to go do a presumably dangerous place.

CGI was bad at points.

I fear that there are too many branching story lines. Galadriel, the halfling and presumably Gandalf, the human girl & the elf soldier, Elrond & the dwarves. It's goint to be hard to tell a cohesive story with so many shifting POVs

A few other little points to nitpick, but I did enjoy Galadriel. She was pretty cool as both the soldier and being determined to hunt down Sauron.

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If you want to keep watching you gotta keep paying.

[Madden08PCgmr]

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Also LOTR: Rings of Power had 25 million viewers on their 1st day debut. So I think they will be alright.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ebut#xj4y7vzkg

The show can definitely succeed thanks to the massive world-wide LOTR fanbase.

Thats twice the audience of HotD, from the numbers I've seen. But Amazon also has 10x the subscriber base, if not more.

[RockinDaMike]

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I'm just being honest, i'm not feeling Rings of Power just yet. I am not liking any characters at the moment except for Elrond. I'm still gonna keep watching, it is a beautifully shot and I thought the last scene in the 2nd episode got my intrigued for the next one.


As for House of the Dragon, I freaking love this show. Daemon is one crazy mofo and i'm just loving all the moves being setup by all the players playing in the game. I honestly have no complaints and I'm all in on the show.

It's too bad the Rhanera (sp) actress is gonna be replaced when there's a big time jump because I have enjoyed her performance.

[lowpaiddonkey10]

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First two episodes in Cobra Kai decent enough.

[AUChase]

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It's too bad the Rhanera (sp) actress is gonna be replaced when there's a big time jump because I have enjoyed her performance.

Milly Alcock and Emily Carey have been great as Rhaenyra and Alicent.

So far I have really enjoyed the show. I'm holding my breath on this time jump. My wife is really invested in Rhaneyra's story and disappointed with the time lapse before it even happens.

I also recently started the Fire and Blood audiobook on Audible. I drive about an hour each day total and it doesn't seem that long in comparison to some of the Thrones books.

GRRM needs to stop messing around and finish The Winds of Winter. I mean he's 73 years old and time comes for everyone, many before that age.


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I do find it funny / ironic that people were disturbed by the incest with the Lannisters but are normalizing it with the Targaryens dating back to Jon and Danaerys in Game of Thrones. I try to keep in mind that it was a different time period but it is still weird lol. Somehow they have made it feel closer to normal with this show for people. Hopefully it doesn't spark some movement and the next generation of people start bringing it back

[l3ulvl]

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I started watching Evil and it was a cute CBS show with edge, then it got more edge, now it's TVMA and it blows my mind how they get away with this on CBS. I really like it, I'm just so accustomed to broadcast TV being so tame, and this show is not tame, maybe it's because I'm watching on paramount+. No way this stuff flies on the standard broadcast

edit: OK apparently I'm just behind and this has become a P+ exclusive and they can do whatever they want. Really good show

[RockinDaMike]

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Currently watching The Crown, I guess I had the urge to get to know more about Queen Elizabeth II after her death. It’s excellent so far, the acting is top notch by some powerhouse actors.

Matt Smith is becoming one of my favorite actors, he just steals every scene he’s in and Jared Harris is just amazing in everything he touches.

I was very surprised an English show about the Monarchy would hire an American to play a very prominent role in Winston Churchill but John Lifthgow just kills this roll.


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[Madden08PCgmr]

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I don't know what it is with Paddy Consdine (Viserys) in HotD.. all I see is Bret Hart..

[Hammerhunker]

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First two episodes in Cobra Kai decent enough.

Well said. Episodes are too short with too few of episodes to actually develop characters and plot which leads to some quirkiness and being a tad corny. But, it's good enough.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Amazon Prime Video has all 4 seasons of New York Undercover.

Looks like I’ll binge watching that tomorrow night.