This episode still manages to kill immersion every time I try to believe in what's going on. How can a pennyworth Mythica be 100 times more immersive than a major billion-dollar production?
As I've mentioned in my previous LOtRtRP reviews, the dialogue is a weird mix of contemporary and fantasy elements. It feels so weird when the characters talk about information, migration, and de-caravaning (don't get me wrong, Jackson's LOTR had those as well, but minimized).
Exposition delivery is also messed up, the queen doesn't know who her new captain is, and Galadriel asks stupid questions about the poisoned food (why would anyone save stranded people at sea only to poison them hours later).
Everyone is super racist again, but I'm not sure how this works. Like how can random people tell if Galadriel is an Elf when she's just walking by? They also emphasize her hiding her ears, so people just randomly check for ears even though Elves are not welcome on their land. I thought they would be more surprised than disgusted that an elf showed up. And since the queen saw this coming, her initial reaction made no sense.
I got some fun from watching confused extras standing clueless not knowing how they should react (especially the guards), entertaining.
The production is also a mix of ideas lacking coherence, everything looks beautiful and the CGI is very expensive and high-quality. But when it comes to design, we get a prison that looks like an art museum. Well, maybe it's Elven legacy.
Story-wise most of the episode is stretched with useless complications, like blacksmiths crest, front/back caravan, and more. So it seems that the show was planned to last at least 3-4 seasons. Every story branch moves as slowly as possible with lots of barriers that shouldn't have been there.
In a typical series format, the best scene in this one is at the end. I kinda enjoyed Elven kung-fu. The last 2 minutes are dynamic and fun. And of course, Arondir's music theme is amazing. I can still hear it playing in my head (although the main theme is lacking).
Even though the immersion-breaking dialogue and production design make this feel like a huge and expensive cosplay event, I can see myself continuing to watch this only (of course) to be disappointed over an empty cliffhanger of Season 1.
Ep. 3 shined by giving some screen time to Harfoots, introducing Elendil, who is my favorite now since the leads are so unlikeable, and providing an intense kung-fu scene. At the same time, it also brought all the problems of the previous episodes, as I predicted.
Overall, the series continues in line with mediocrity with the first episode (eventually shining here and there) and is likely doomed to be average, to be forgotten faster in history, never becoming a legend, and ever reaching myth.
As I've mentioned in my previous LOtRtRP reviews, the dialogue is a weird mix of contemporary and fantasy elements. It feels so weird when the characters talk about information, migration, and de-caravaning (don't get me wrong, Jackson's LOTR had those as well, but minimized).
Exposition delivery is also messed up, the queen doesn't know who her new captain is, and Galadriel asks stupid questions about the poisoned food (why would anyone save stranded people at sea only to poison them hours later).
Everyone is super racist again, but I'm not sure how this works. Like how can random people tell if Galadriel is an Elf when she's just walking by? They also emphasize her hiding her ears, so people just randomly check for ears even though Elves are not welcome on their land. I thought they would be more surprised than disgusted that an elf showed up. And since the queen saw this coming, her initial reaction made no sense.
I got some fun from watching confused extras standing clueless not knowing how they should react (especially the guards), entertaining.
The production is also a mix of ideas lacking coherence, everything looks beautiful and the CGI is very expensive and high-quality. But when it comes to design, we get a prison that looks like an art museum. Well, maybe it's Elven legacy.
Story-wise most of the episode is stretched with useless complications, like blacksmiths crest, front/back caravan, and more. So it seems that the show was planned to last at least 3-4 seasons. Every story branch moves as slowly as possible with lots of barriers that shouldn't have been there.
In a typical series format, the best scene in this one is at the end. I kinda enjoyed Elven kung-fu. The last 2 minutes are dynamic and fun. And of course, Arondir's music theme is amazing. I can still hear it playing in my head (although the main theme is lacking).
Even though the immersion-breaking dialogue and production design make this feel like a huge and expensive cosplay event, I can see myself continuing to watch this only (of course) to be disappointed over an empty cliffhanger of Season 1.
Ep. 3 shined by giving some screen time to Harfoots, introducing Elendil, who is my favorite now since the leads are so unlikeable, and providing an intense kung-fu scene. At the same time, it also brought all the problems of the previous episodes, as I predicted.
Overall, the series continues in line with mediocrity with the first episode (eventually shining here and there) and is likely doomed to be average, to be forgotten faster in history, never becoming a legend, and ever reaching myth.