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[Represent.]

Looks goddamn incredible. Might be some of the best CGI i've ever seen.

Look at that big budget being put to good use with supreme talent

Exclusive First Look at the Orcs From Prime Video's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - IGN​

 

[chromhound]

BADASS

 

[DeepEnigma]

CGI? You sure this isn't prosthetics and practical effects?

 

[BadBurger]

Did they hire the same team that handled wardrobe and cosmetics for the films? Because this looks like an evolution of what they did in those movies.

 

[jdforge]

I’ve seen better Halloween masks in pound shops.

 

[AV]

CGI or prosthetics, those stills look better than basically everything in The Hobbit.

 

[ahtlas7]

That last image is so well lit, colored/grading with amazing costume and materials. Beautiful, ya know, save For the Orc

 

[OmegaSupreme]

The effects were the last thing I was thinking would be a problem. It's still going to be high-budget fanfic.

 

[Kilau]

CGI? You sure this isn't prosthetics and practical effects?

Story states several times they are prosthetics lol.

Did they hire the same team that handled wardrobe and cosmetics for the films? Because this looks like an evolution of what they did in those movies.

Jamie Wilson, head of The Rings of Power’s prosthetic department has worked on the 6 middle earth movies.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Story states several times they are prosthetics lol.

That's what I thought, lol.

 

[ManaByte]

The effects were the last thing I was thinking would be a problem. It's still going to be high-budget fanfic.

Monolith's two games were just fanfic, but they were fun.

 

[poppabk]

Looking very promising.

The effects were the last thing I was thinking would be a problem. It's still going to be high-budget fanfic.

90% of fantasy stuff that has come out since LoTR is basically fanfic.

 

[AJUMP23]

I’ve seen better Halloween masks in pound shops.

What is a pound shop?

 

[The Cockatrice]

Alright, maybe it'll be good. Still doubt it but just a maybe.

 

[Trogdor1123]

First promising thing they have done

 

[Ionian]

What is a pound shop?

Shops that sell goods for a pound. The name is outrargeous!

EDIT:

You're welome.

 

[It's all in the wrist]

BADASS

I cannot tell you how many times I've said this line. I have to imagine this was a movie line and didn't appear in the book lol

 

[Javthusiast]

What is a pound shop?

 

[mortal]

Am I crazy, or do those look more like screenshots from a video game? Idk maybe it's the IGN logo that's throwing me off

 

[chromhound]

What is a pound shop?

 

[Aggrotek]

This is the most promising thing I've seen for the show so far. Still not getting my hopes up though.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

A beautiful disaster, at any rate.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

What is a pound shop?

Smells like some British shit. Like a Dollar General for them damn lobster backs.

 

[AJUMP23]

Smells like some British shit. Like a Dollar General for them damn lobster backs.

We ended their tyranny hundreds of years ago to not put up with their silly nonsense.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

We ended their tyranny hundreds of years ago to not put up with their silly nonsense.

Preach, brother. But here they come, with their ace in the hole: we're all fat, gun toting, stupid people who clap after meals and unbutton our pants. God damned red coats.

(I love the UK)

On topic: orcs look good, show looks shit.

 

[Lord Panda]

I cannot tell you how many times I've said this line. I have to imagine this was a movie line and didn't appear in the book lol

Always made me wonder how orcs knew what a menu is. Do they have orc restaurants or cafeterias in Mordor?

 

[Sosokrates]

I hope they use the same type of cameras as the films, dont like when they use different cameras for tv shows.

 

[AJUMP23]

Preach, brother. But here they come, with their ace in the hole: we're all fat, gun toting, stupid people who clap after meals and unbutton our pants. God damned red coats.

(I love the UK)

On topic: orcs look good, show looks shit.

I have never clapped after a meal or unbuttoned my pants.

 

[Ionian]

Smells like some British shit. Like a Dollar General for them damn lobster backs.

Euro-shops exist too.

Useful for shitty tools.

 

[The_hunter]

Always made me wonder how orcs knew what a menu is. Do they have orc restaurants or cafeterias in Mordor?

I don't see why they wouldn't have a cafeteria. They would have barracks with kitchens and cooks.

 

[TaylorSwiftFan]

Such a shame.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Production value off the chart. For such ugly characters they're fucking beautiful. Whatever technique or mix of tech is creating that level of detail I take my hat off to the talented folks achieving those results.

 

[Rest]

Looks very Jacksonesque. I like it.

lol. It's a Skyrim troll skull for a helmet.

 

[Nobody_Important]

Such a shame.

That it looks so good? I know. It will raise my expectations too high for other shows.

 

[Lord Panda]

I don't see why they wouldn't have a cafeteria. They would have barracks with kitchens and cooks.

Then I hope one day we get a Kitchen Nightmare’s spin off featuring all the orc kitchens in Middle-Earth.

 

[Doom85]

Always made me wonder how orcs knew what a menu is.

 

[nkarafo]

That it looks so good? I know.

That this kind of fine work is wasted on a, most likely, shitty current day adaptation.

 

[Rockondevil]

They look great. Hope the show delivers.

 

[bitbydeath]

Looks like The Master had babies.

 

[ZehDon]

Gotta hand it to them, those are some outstanding looking Orcs. Say what you will about everything else - these look fantastic.

 

[GnomeChimpsky]

Looks great, surprisingly. They put a lot of thought into those costumes.

 

[The_hunter]

Then I hope one day we get a Kitchen Nightmare’s spin off featuring all the orc kitchens in Middle-Earth.

I'd watch it.

 

[sol_bad]

I honestly do see many people turning tail and looking like absolute idiots when this show comes out. So much unneeded negativity.
This alone proves how much love there is for LOTR's behind the scenes.

 

[IDKFA]

I honestly do see many people turning tail and looking like absolute idiots when this show comes out. So much unneeded negativity.
This alone proves how much love there is for LOTR's behind the scenes.

You have a lot of faith. It may well be good, but people are allowed to have doubts, myself included.

Personally, nothing I've seen or heard about this show gives me any hope that I'll enjoy it.

Tolkien wrote very, very little about the second age. So little in fact that it would be difficult to make a film of it, let alone a multi season TV show. This means that they're making a vast majority of the story up as they go along, and look how that has turned out in the past.

At best, this will end up like the Hobbit trilogy. At worst, it'll have a story like Shadow of Mordor/War. Both of those examples pissed on Tolkien's life's work and I don't see this being any different.

 

[BaneIsPain]

Pretty good, if only the rest of the casting is as competent as this.

 

[sol_bad]

Pretty good, if only the rest of the casting is as competent as this.

How can you comment on the rest of the cast when you haven't even seen them act in the show yet?

 

[BaneIsPain]

How can you comment on the rest of the cast when you haven't even seen them act in the show yet?

I've seen enough, thank you. No bearded female dwarf or short hair elves is enough for me.

 

[Halo is Back]

Not bad, Impressive actually.

 

[sol_bad]

I've seen enough, thank you. No bearded female dwarf or short hair elves is enough for me.

Again, if their acting is great and the story is interesting is that going to matter?

 

[dr_octagon]

Does IGN score the design 7.0 out of 10?