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@Lordoftheringsu This is so goofy. The basics of what Tolkien wrote about in the appendices he SA are so interesting and more than enough material for a show. Yet the show keeps wandering off on tangents. And what they do is generic at best. The whole show is a series of wasted opportunities.
@LukeAdomanis From a purely selfish fan perspective, it's tough that we've had to watch both this and the Cup clincher be away from home, but Friday night was pretty cool too.
@Knightly_Hist It's fanciful but (more) practical. The Last Duel fails even this more generous framework because a half-visor in a joust makes no sense. These are my amateur takes, curious about your thoughts on this alternative framework.
@Knightly_Hist There can be objections to the materials, surfaces covered, etc. But I think it does a lot more than other fantasy armors, and we get a full face covering!
@NUFC360@LukeEdwardsTele So pay twice the price for a difference of less than 10,000 seats? Make it make sense. (Yeah, yeah, increased corporate ticket sales). And a bowl? Blech.
Le Harve’s “bubble wrap” stadium is reportedly the template design for how Newcastle’s new stadium may look (Daily Mail).
Do we really want to bulldoze 144 years of history for this? Expand to 60k imo.
That puts #NUFC in the ballpark of Liverpool, Arsenal and Spurs.
@CharIieBennett Well said, Charlie. Want nothing to do with a soulless bubble wrapped marshmallow bowl. Get to $60k and figure out the commercial income, which is what’s really holding us back - not ticket sales.
@justin_fenton@ButternutLlama You did not. Re: tomorrow you said “it’s really not a lot of snow forecasted.” 6-12 inches coming down all day long isn’t a lot of snow for MTA and school busses? Okay.
@gilestelscanvas The thawing of relations between elves and dwarves gives you feel good story. And you can include flashbacks of elf-dwarf fighting for some action. There’s your framework. Now drill down with thorough plot lines. Instead we have too many shallow plots with too many digressions.
@gilestelscanvas There’s nothing wrong with network TV! But it’s not what people expect/want from Tolkien. Numenor gives you political intrigue and infighting and the forging of the rings gives you a compelling, tense interpersonal drama b/w Sauron - Celebrimbor.