Given how many university-educated people I know (who I even took history classes with) who were angry with real-life Charles for things he said in-show... good. 

1. Don’t care.

I was completely bemused that they burned through the entire plot of what everyone expected to be Season 2 - Sauron infiltrating Eregion, befriending Celebrimbor and helping forge the Rings of Power - in about 20 minutes. That bordered on the surreal. Basically we went from the Rings not even being on the drawing…

Won’t it be great not to think about it for two years?

Indeed. The time compression really creates several problems.

Well said. I endorse this post 100%.

I liked the scene between Sauron and Galadriel, especially his line in response to her “What is your name?” question. “I was there before the dividing of the first silence, and I have had many names” is just a great line, and it’s delivered really well. I also like that Sauron sees no difference between saving the…

She recanted the accusations that Till grabbed her and made suggestive comments to her while inside her store, but the whistle was outside and witnessed by several other people, including members of Till’s family.

RIP. Seriously, watch The Manchurian Candidate in honor of Angela Lansbury. One of the great cinematic villains of all.

He beat a Republican challenger by 6 points in 2018 after Trump carried WV by more than 40 points. I don’t get the Democratic griping about him since if he was any more progressive he’d lose, and the alternative is a Republican.

Who from West Virginia do you think would replace Manchin?

So....she sexually harassed Robert DeNiro, and because she is all cute and jokey about it, it’s cool I guess?

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Yup. Exactly.

If there’s a S3, I’m genuinely surprised Amazon is spending money on both WoT and LOTR. 

Lawrence has apparently butted heads with Russell, but my recollection is that Adams described Lawrence as “Teflon” on the American Hustle set, noting that she herself couldn’t shrug it off like her. Lawrence went on to star in Russell’s next film after Hustle (not counting the film he made earlier, held back for…

Huh? They aren’t the “biggest Tolkien nerds,” they just were suggested by JJ Abrams when he passed on it. And they are ALSO doing a big “shared universe” bullshit rigamarole with multiple series and film spinoffs like the anime in production.

I would much rather have seen a First Age series or something set earlier in the Second Age but definitely not anything set around the LotR characters.

Except Tom didn’t wear his old costume.

Generally a good list, but my 2 thoughts: