Adrift

Actually found quite a bit of enjoyment out of it. Prince Durin and his wife were great additions and I loved the dialogue between them and Elrond. Nori continues to be my favorite character so far, and the scenes she had with that strange man from the fireball were fascinating. Arondir and Bronwyn grew on me this episode, and I even found Bronwyn's son to be entertaining. Some really good suspense moments throughout as well. Low point for me is Galadriel's story line. I don't find her likeable at all, and have no idea how she is gonna turn out to be the Galadriel we all love from Jackson's films.

I was so surprised by the difference in quality from the first and second episode, that I checked the writer for the 2nd, and low and behold, she was previously a BCS and BB writer. Doesn't surprise me that I found this episode to be much stronger.

It was a very good idea for Amazon to drop both episodes because if they dropped that 1st episode only, then I probably would've let this go by the wayside.

Adrift is a better episode than the choppy first, it is paced better, acted a little better and sets up the story going forwards. Like episode one, Nori is still the highlight so far, and I though the scenes with Elrond and Durin were pretty funny and well done. The scenes in Khazad-dûm were the best part of this episode, and they very much felt like they belonged in the Hobbit Trilogy. The sets and quality of the visuals during these scenes were fantastic, so props to the guys responsible for carrying these few episodes.

That being said, Galadriel is still boring, as is the elf warrior guy - Arondir and his weird relationship with Bronwyn.

We got an opening title, with was ok, but getting to hear Howard Shore do some more LotR music was a joy, and it's glad to see he hasn't lost his touch. The rest of the music, done by Bear McCreary is also very good, but this should be expected by the guy who composed the music to a much better Amazon show, The Outlander and the video game God of War.

Adrift was just fine, not great, not bad. I do hope the episodes get better going forwards, but I think Amazon should have released 3 episodes instead of 2, because I'm still not invested in these characters or the story.

This episode was even better than the previous one. It left me with many questions. Who is Halbrand? Is he evil or good? Then why did he rescue Galadriel?? She's been nasty to him from start.

I'm also so intrigued with meteor man. Good or evil? Did he kill the fireflies??

The Harfoots keep growing on me. Nori is such a great person!

And then Khazad-dûm. Ooooooooooooo my jaw dropped. Brilliant. Stunning. Gorgeous. The dwarves were no longer silly comic relief. They were real, with big feelings, a great culture. Not to toy with. Nobody tosses a dwarf!

And of course another cliffie lol. Can't wait for Ep3. <3.

This show has nothing to do with the works of Tolkien, nay it completely disregards them and goes against them. Writing is awful, dialogues are bleak and cheesy af, bordering on nonsense. Casting and acting is bad just plain bad. Show just tries to make easy profit and get instant global audience by slapping names from Tolkiens beloved works on showrunners own original characters and story. Wanna see Galadriel we love from Tolkiens world? Elrond? Celebrimbor? Gil-Galad? You simply cant because they do not exist in this show, there are completely fundamentaly different characters who just happen to have same name and vague outward resemblance to Tolkiens characters.

Dwarves women don't have beards according to Lord of the Ring - Ring of Power. What were the directors thinking? If you guys are remaking one of the best franchise, at least have a decency to honor its folklore. Even witcher has dwarves women with facial hair. They completely ruined this franchise for me. Making a folklore to adapt to modern world standard is stupid. Its not worth it to watch and spend your energy if they don't care. Please don't watch this show if you are a Tolkien head. Only good thing about this show are visual and music. Story and folklore which is what makes LOTR so great is dead.