Again, I consider the LotR films a towering achievement. What more did the Tolkien family want?

Elrond and Círdan were both there urging him to destroy the ring, they knew, and he knew, but the ring had already started manipulating him.

Galadriel was far from perfect. In The Silmarilion, she was one of the first of the Noldor to enthusiastically join the rebellion against the Valar and return to Middle Earth as part of the war party, a series of events that eventually resulted in the almost complete destruction of her people and nearly everyone else…

None of the actors for the Fellowship were especially famous before the film made them so. Back when that film came out, we debated which bearded guy was Boromir and which was Aragorn, and almost no one could tell Merry and Pippin apart. 

In the book, Aragorn has no doubt regarding his line. Isildur is one of the greatest heroes of Men and Aragon has to be specifically cautioned against announcing himself too soon.

Sophia Nomvete is the the first to play an actual female dwarf character rather than a silent background extra for a few seconds of screentime.

There’s plenty of story to tell. Two big ones, in fact: the dissatisfaction among the elves about their impending decline that allows for Sauron to seduce them into learning from him and creating the Rings of Power with his aid. And the dissatisfaction of the Men of Númenor of their elevated position among mortals…

She does have hair under her chin, at least. 

Canned food is usually good indefinitely, but not all cans are equal, individual cans can go bad. I remember visiting my parents’ place one time and offering to make food, and a can of beans from the top shelf that was “only” two years out of date stank of rot and death as soon as I opened it. Didn’t end up using its…

Sadly, this last trailer was the only preview thus far that I outright disliked. The choice of music and tone is completely off from the previous one’s excellent portrayal of Middle-Earth. It was clearly made by some other team with less understanding of the material or faith in the audience. Not a great last move…

House of the Dragon starts with a “genuinely loving” dude signing his wife’s death warrant in the hopes of securing a male heir. Love that for them.

I was actively annoyed with Daemon by the midway point. Okay, you’re a bloodthirsty weirdo who has dick problems; and??

Yet, for the next 3,000 years after they were built, almost nothing changed in Egypt except for the “huge pyramids are too expensive, so let’s not build them anymore” thinking.

2. Dany’s psychotic streak was readily visible from the first season. There was no heel turn. He unrelenting vengeance was inevitable.

It was necessary so that Geoffrey Chaucer, Will Shakespeare and Kit Marlowe could be in the right place at the right times.

It’s almost a Cantebury Tales pastiche; the whole point of the story is to tell a whole bunch of independent stories. 

Godrick, Godfrey, Goldwyn, Godskin Peelers… Mergot, Morgott, and then there’s TWO Mohgs.

I really wouldn’t describe Malenia as a fairy, of all things. Aesthetically and thematically she’s more like a corrupted Greek goddess.

No one is hyped about this at all. Fans of the source material hate it already and non-fans aren’t aware of it or don’t care.

That Louis’s self-pitying version of events was very one-sided was the whole charm of the subsequent books. I don’t know why “retcon” has become a synonym for simply writing.