I didn’t finish it. :0 I enjoyed jumping back into that world and a lot of the nerdy heavy fantasy stuff, but pretty much every character in the show was so boring. I almost would have preferred a straight up nature or history documentary set in that world to the characters we got.

As always, read the article linked to, an in-depth journalistic article, filled with things that aren’t so stupid as to say, “but is this pretty obvious failure being seen (or at least spoken of) as a failure over in Bezosland?” Bezoland? Are you a child?

I have a feeling there’s a lot of linear channels who would love an audience of 9 million+ on a budget that equates to only a half of a days profits.

It’s the entertainment equivalent of my grandma telling me I’m handsome.

So what happened? Did people get three episodes in and discover this wasn’t Game of Thrones and there was no sex in it?

People here have already said they found it boring, slow, and disappointing.

Enjoyed this show a lot. I’m glad that Amazon are in so deep with what they’ve spent on it - financially and in reputation - that they can’t cancel it.

I found it mostly absurd and ridiculous when it wasn’t flat out boring. The hobbit characters were fun and charismatic, and Elrond and Durin had great chemistry, but every other character was a chore to watch. I have yet to talk to any of my friends or family who watched it who actually enjoyed it and are looking…

I’m the nerd who sat in the back of the room in 5th grade reading the Silmarillian for the third time instead of paying attention and I didn’t mind the changes so much. What I minded is that it was boring and there was some major nonsense with stuff like the Numinorians finding the single oh so tiny village they…

I finished it, but there were chunks where I was totally zoned out.

Going into it I knew it would basically be Tolkien fanfic but I was hoping it would at least not be boring Tolkien fanfic.

I saw it all and mostly liked it but I can totally see why a lot of people bailed. Those first three or four episodes were slow as hell. And because of the weird way that Amazon only owns some very specific rights to a bunch of ancillary parts of Lord of the Rings lore, the superfans didn’t like it because it changed…

Oh, well I liked it. I won’t say it’s good, but even a chance to step into a lesser version of Tolkein’s world for an hour a week was enjoyable. We are living in Arda Marred, after all.

I made it halfway through the first episode and I was struggling to pay attention. I paused it and watched something else. I realized a few days later that I really didn’t care enough to go back, even if it meant on missing out on a little pop culture. 

That is the problem with Men.  With their short lives, they never finish what they start, leaving us to clean up their mess.

Luxx should have gone home. Her lip sync was a mess, she didn’t know the words, and she absolutely epically bombed that challenge. The judges were really reaching for negative critiques of Loosey and her teacher and honed in on their shoes as the problem, yet Anetra and her teacher also had different shoes that were…

At this point I am just so tired of Luxx and Mistress. I didn’t particularly care for Loosey but the bullying she received from Mistress and Luxx was ridiculous. And for them to frequently frame it as “oh were just ribbing our good mate” every single single time without being called out by anyone but Loosey was…

Ross’ shirt was glittering to the point of distraction. The episode almost needs a seizure warning.

Agree! MIB makeover made her partner look harsh, old, and just a blob of a back hole of fabric, absolutely hideous. Loosey had no place whatsoever in the bottom.

• I can’t remember if there has been a final four that RuPaul has so clearly favored.