A Shadow of the past.
Let's look at this opening. Elf children running about like human children, being mean? I don't recall elves even thinking such until Feanor drew his sword on his half brother. What's with these haircuts? They look like they just came out of Supercuts. And everyone running around in gossamer robes like they were angels or something? Morfydd Clark. Where did the casting directors find her? Unemotional and unitone. At least they mentioned Morgoth-who the elves knew as Melkor until Feanor renamed him Morgoth, the great enemy of the world. They didn't all sail. Feanor burned the ships he stole at the kinslaying. Nice shot of the end of the Great War of the jewels (which got a mention!) They left out that, in the early battles, the elves swept through the orcs like they didn't exist. Galadriel was never mentioned as a warrior-not once. She didn't believe the Eldar could defeat Morgoth and took no part in the wars of the first age. She did become close with Melian, Thingol's wife and learned wisdom from her. She wasn't a captain of any army and there was no army of the north, unless you count Angband, under Sauron. Describing her in a footnote as an Amazon, doesn't make her an Amazon. Fingolfin gave his life to save Beren. This isn't mentioned. His body was never recovered. Also, Galadriel would have obeyed Gil-Galad, the last High-Elven king in middle-earth. Galadriel never hunted Sauron. Galadriels strength came from knowledge and from having seen the light of the two trees since she was born in Valinor. This is left out. NOWHERE is she mentioned as a WARRIOR. NOWHERE. She took no part in the kinslaying, marching across the ice of the frozen north back to Middle-Earth. Where is Celeborn? Galadriel had little interaction with men, other than the survivors of Numenor and, later, the Dunedain. This isn't the Elrond from the books, who was born IN THE FIRST AGE, and is called Half-Elven because he is a descendant, with his brother, of Earendil. Elros chose to be mortal, and be the first king of Numenor, Elros Tar-Minyataur. But that's left out as well. Galadriel is entirely brave, her male companions are cowards and buffoons. Commander of the Northern armies? Warrior of the Wasteland? Who wrote this drek. And, while Numenor exists, Sauron is off in Mordor, plotting. He can still appear fair and won't lose this ability until the destruction of that land. What's all this Harfoots nonsense? Hobbits (who shouldn't even be in this as they played no part in the second age), are descended from the Fallohides, Harfoots and Stoors. Or were the writers simple minds too small to recall this? Galadriel chose to remain in middle-earth after the war of wrath and, with Celeborn, founded Laurellindorian, later known as Lorien. And Elrond, by the second age is wise, and he grew up with the evil Galdriel claims he didn't grow up with. WRONG. His father is Earendil, who with a Silmaril upon his brow, reached the blessed realm and got the Valar to come defeat Morgoth. Guess making Galadriel a super-warrior was more important than Elrond being the loremaster he is in the books. Ooops. Elrond and Galadriel are friends eh? They're also relatives since she's his MOTHER IN LAW. Making her a warrior was a ridiculous idea. Men enslaved by Elves? Where the hell did this absolutely, untrue, stupid idea come from? From being high? Elves and Men wed only three times in all of Middle-Earths history. THREE TIMES. No other relationships. No "torrid affairs", NONE. Another ridiculous idea. Oh, did I mention that the first episode was boring as hell? BORING. And the men who followed Morgoth, the Easterlings, those who weren't killed, returned east. Hobbits aren't even mentioned in the Chronology until the third age when two brothers found the shire. And why are these 'harfoots' so untidy? Hobbits aren't bums. So, Galadriel (Morfydd Clark needs to go back to acting school) comes back from almost reaching Aman as a meteor? I'm really gagging now. Just choking on how silly this is. Amazingly silly.
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